Zac Trolley
@zactrolley.com
Engineer, Luddite, part time community builder.
Calgary Alberta. 🇨🇦
Calgary Alberta. 🇨🇦
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Zac Trolley
@zactrolley.com
· Dec 29
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
The dumbest among us are killing us. We should have worked towards equity, not equality.
Not all ideas should get equal air time.
Not all ideas should get equal air time.
“Canada should anticipate that the petition and likely referendum on Albertan independence will be subject to foreign interference over both the outcome and the process itself.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Danielle Smith has put out the welcome mat for foreign interference in Canada
Alberta’s new Bill 54 makes it much easier to hold a secession referendum - and for adversaries to exploit a societal rift
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
The dumbest among us are killing us. We should have worked towards equity, not equality.
Not all ideas should get equal air time.
Not all ideas should get equal air time.
Reposted by Zac Trolley
was looking for something else and found this important post deep in my files
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 AM
was looking for something else and found this important post deep in my files
The USA is dead.
Long live the USA.
Long live the USA.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The USA is dead.
Long live the USA.
Long live the USA.
My hero
February 14, 2026 at 1:10 AM
My hero
I'll be talking about the Luddiets on Feb 19th at Dickens in Calgary.
Education on the machine breaking lifestyle.
@parismarx.com
calgary.nerdnite.com
Education on the machine breaking lifestyle.
@parismarx.com
calgary.nerdnite.com
Nerd Nite Calgary
calgary.nerdnite.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I'll be talking about the Luddiets on Feb 19th at Dickens in Calgary.
Education on the machine breaking lifestyle.
@parismarx.com
calgary.nerdnite.com
Education on the machine breaking lifestyle.
@parismarx.com
calgary.nerdnite.com
Companies would rather you die than affect profits.
On two occasions a Dollar General worker drank a $1.69 orange juice to stave off diabetic shock. She later paid for each drink.
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General facing $250K bill over 2 bottles of juice | CNN
Federal court has awarded more than $277,000 to a diabetic former Dollar General employee after she was fired her for drinking orange juice without first paying.
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Companies would rather you die than affect profits.
Remember when sex in the White House was enough for an impeachment trial for Bill Clinton.
Oh how the Overton window has moved
Oh how the Overton window has moved
Wait til Melania hears about this. Ahahahahah filthy bastard.
February 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Remember when sex in the White House was enough for an impeachment trial for Bill Clinton.
Oh how the Overton window has moved
Oh how the Overton window has moved
Workers have the power, and we need to flex that power to fix everything that shareholders have destroyed.
Solidarity!
Solidarity!
Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children'
The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office
www.polygon.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Workers have the power, and we need to flex that power to fix everything that shareholders have destroyed.
Solidarity!
Solidarity!
It's all out in the open now.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It's all out in the open now.
It's clear to the world who the heroes are.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
It's clear to the world who the heroes are.
But it's normal behavior for an authoritarian government clawing at power and desperately trying to re-write history in their image.
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
But it's normal behavior for an authoritarian government clawing at power and desperately trying to re-write history in their image.
Disinformation is operating full throttle in the US.
The once mighty Empire is fading fast.
The once mighty Empire is fading fast.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Disinformation is operating full throttle in the US.
The once mighty Empire is fading fast.
The once mighty Empire is fading fast.
Reposted by Zac Trolley
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
This is the exact same message that George Bush gave the people after 9/11.
Go shopping and everything will work out.
And that's not even close to a viable plan of action.
Go shopping and everything will work out.
And that's not even close to a viable plan of action.
When people are afraid to go to work, afraid to shop, or afraid to gather in their community, it hurts families, neighborhoods, and our entire economy.
If you can, show up for a small business and let’s continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
If you can, show up for a small business and let’s continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This is the exact same message that George Bush gave the people after 9/11.
Go shopping and everything will work out.
And that's not even close to a viable plan of action.
Go shopping and everything will work out.
And that's not even close to a viable plan of action.
Reposted by Zac Trolley
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Reposted by Zac Trolley
Reposted by Zac Trolley
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
Booo.
More and more reasons to move to open source and self-hosted tools
More and more reasons to move to open source and self-hosted tools
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Booo.
More and more reasons to move to open source and self-hosted tools
More and more reasons to move to open source and self-hosted tools
If you are in Calgary on Feb 19th and want to learn about the Luddites, join me for Nerd Night!
Spoilet alert: The dictionary definition of a Luddite is capitalist propaganda.
calgary.nerdnite.com
Spoilet alert: The dictionary definition of a Luddite is capitalist propaganda.
calgary.nerdnite.com
Nerd Nite Calgary
calgary.nerdnite.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If you are in Calgary on Feb 19th and want to learn about the Luddites, join me for Nerd Night!
Spoilet alert: The dictionary definition of a Luddite is capitalist propaganda.
calgary.nerdnite.com
Spoilet alert: The dictionary definition of a Luddite is capitalist propaganda.
calgary.nerdnite.com
Reposted by Zac Trolley
This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
This post was brought to you by Lockheed Martin.
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No place for politics in F-35 cockpits as Canadian fighter jet pilots get ready to train at U.S. base | CBC News
While procurement for Canada’s complete fighter jet fleet remains up in the air, advocates say politics need to be set aside as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force head to Luke Air Force Base in A...
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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$700B
This money showed up pretty quickly and easily to prop up the tech oligarchy.
This money showed up pretty quickly and easily to prop up the tech oligarchy.
The domino effect from the tech industry’s $700 billion AI spending spree is diverting resources and attention from other sectors of the economy, making finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone increasingly difficult.
The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else
The hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by tech companies on AI projects are diverting resources from other parts of the economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
$700B
This money showed up pretty quickly and easily to prop up the tech oligarchy.
This money showed up pretty quickly and easily to prop up the tech oligarchy.
The Alberta workforce is so brainwashed they will support the oil patch even as they are laid off by the thousands.
edmontonjournal.com/business/ene...
edmontonjournal.com/business/ene...
Alberta's oilpatch cut 10,000 jobs last year — even as production soared
The province produced about 122 million barrels of oil in 2011. Last year, Alberta produced nearly 1.4 billion barrels of oil by November.
edmontonjournal.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The Alberta workforce is so brainwashed they will support the oil patch even as they are laid off by the thousands.
edmontonjournal.com/business/ene...
edmontonjournal.com/business/ene...