Phil James
@phljames.bsky.social
British man long time living in Quebec. Interested in #nature #tech #books #films #music and #TaiChi
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FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
CFO reports Canada Post is 'effectively insolvent' as losses skyrocket to $1B through Q3
Amid 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage reveals 'unprecedented' operating numbers at annual meeting — an eighth straight year of losses.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
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Radio 4 interviewed some folks on AI yesterday and one proponent rolled out the usual 'people are scared of new technology' nonsense.
People aren't scared of new tech.
They're scared of the devaluation and loss of jobs, which is happening.
They're scared of thirsty data centres.
This isn't hard.
People aren't scared of new tech.
They're scared of the devaluation and loss of jobs, which is happening.
They're scared of thirsty data centres.
This isn't hard.
October 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Radio 4 interviewed some folks on AI yesterday and one proponent rolled out the usual 'people are scared of new technology' nonsense.
People aren't scared of new tech.
They're scared of the devaluation and loss of jobs, which is happening.
They're scared of thirsty data centres.
This isn't hard.
People aren't scared of new tech.
They're scared of the devaluation and loss of jobs, which is happening.
They're scared of thirsty data centres.
This isn't hard.
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The loathsome zeitgeist of "having *done* without having to *do*", that started in the creative arts, now burrows outwards through the corpse of human experience.
Philip K Dick still undefeated at correctly predicting our current dystopia
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The loathsome zeitgeist of "having *done* without having to *do*", that started in the creative arts, now burrows outwards through the corpse of human experience.
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It takes 30 seconds to send emails to your politicians, Canadians. Carney's government is on a warpath to destroy Canadian rights and freedoms, please speak out before it's too late
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
Stop Bill C-12 - Migrant Rights Network
Send an Email Now! Bill C-12 is a cruel and violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine: One-Year Refugee Deadline: Bill C-12 blocks anyone in Canada over one year from claiming refugee...
migrantrights.ca
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It takes 30 seconds to send emails to your politicians, Canadians. Carney's government is on a warpath to destroy Canadian rights and freedoms, please speak out before it's too late
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
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In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
www.monbiot.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.
The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.
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Impressive. Via xcancel.com/The_x_Truth/...
March 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Impressive. Via xcancel.com/The_x_Truth/...
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The walk to beach is food for my body, as evening beckons with a sun-kissed dusk, as cotton soft candy colored clouds wrap their strands around my soul.... my spirit shook by awareness of how fortunate I am to be a witness. A winner in Mother Nature's eternal game. ✍️ @mdanielsmith.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The walk to beach is food for my body, as evening beckons with a sun-kissed dusk, as cotton soft candy colored clouds wrap their strands around my soul.... my spirit shook by awareness of how fortunate I am to be a witness. A winner in Mother Nature's eternal game. ✍️ @mdanielsmith.bsky.social
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This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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🇨🇦 Nuclear Laboratory to be taken over by 🇺🇸!? WTF @mark-carney.bsky.social?!
Pls sign this HoC petition! No f’ing way!
“Canada is poised to award a multi-billion dollar contract — the largest federal contract ever — to a consortium of U.S. companies;”
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Pls sign this HoC petition! No f’ing way!
“Canada is poised to award a multi-billion dollar contract — the largest federal contract ever — to a consortium of U.S. companies;”
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6636 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🇨🇦 Nuclear Laboratory to be taken over by 🇺🇸!? WTF @mark-carney.bsky.social?!
Pls sign this HoC petition! No f’ing way!
“Canada is poised to award a multi-billion dollar contract — the largest federal contract ever — to a consortium of U.S. companies;”
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Pls sign this HoC petition! No f’ing way!
“Canada is poised to award a multi-billion dollar contract — the largest federal contract ever — to a consortium of U.S. companies;”
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight
Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by millions to fight corporate surveillance and take back
www.eff.org
August 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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I saw this at the beginning of the invasion but was unable to find it again, thankfully someone posted it yesterday on Twitter. A very wry explanation of what’s been happening in Palestine for the past 75 years.
August 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I saw this at the beginning of the invasion but was unable to find it again, thankfully someone posted it yesterday on Twitter. A very wry explanation of what’s been happening in Palestine for the past 75 years.
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Your semi-regular reminder that Winston Smith, in Orwell’s 1984, worked as a records editor for the Ministry of Truth, continuously rewriting the historical record to ensure that it matched the Party’s preferred version of events.
August 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Your semi-regular reminder that Winston Smith, in Orwell’s 1984, worked as a records editor for the Ministry of Truth, continuously rewriting the historical record to ensure that it matched the Party’s preferred version of events.
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I know we probably know this but:
New York’s murder rate is one of the lowest in America’s cities, at 5.3 per 100,000.
That’s still four times higher than London’s, which is around 1.3 per 100,000.
So if Mamdani turns NY into London…all good?
New York’s murder rate is one of the lowest in America’s cities, at 5.3 per 100,000.
That’s still four times higher than London’s, which is around 1.3 per 100,000.
So if Mamdani turns NY into London…all good?
Over on X, the right wingers are melting. Some of my favourites 🧵
1. "NY will turn into London" 😂
1. "NY will turn into London" 😂
June 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I know we probably know this but:
New York’s murder rate is one of the lowest in America’s cities, at 5.3 per 100,000.
That’s still four times higher than London’s, which is around 1.3 per 100,000.
So if Mamdani turns NY into London…all good?
New York’s murder rate is one of the lowest in America’s cities, at 5.3 per 100,000.
That’s still four times higher than London’s, which is around 1.3 per 100,000.
So if Mamdani turns NY into London…all good?
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How did I miss this story earlier in the week…Daniel Ek has “doubled down” on investments in military drones and AI. Original source is FT, here is that article past paywall archive.ph/2025.06.18-1...
June 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
How did I miss this story earlier in the week…Daniel Ek has “doubled down” on investments in military drones and AI. Original source is FT, here is that article past paywall archive.ph/2025.06.18-1...
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I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
June 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
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This article on ‘Steps of Life’ inspired the cartoon below:
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June 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This article on ‘Steps of Life’ inspired the cartoon below:
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