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  RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/116992284596853424 The always excellent @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io offering us the mappings! Consider supporting the work if you can (I can, so I do).

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  "Mark Carney’s old company wants an unprecedented right to sell power to the US.: https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/24/Powell-River-Canada-Electricity-Future/ #canada

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  The ‘end of geography’ has been part of the Silicon Valley tech mythos and marketing for decades. With the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, old-timey ‘capes-and-bays’ geography has come roaring back... https://joshlepawsky.site/semiconductors-and-the-limits-of-capes-and-bays-geography/ #tech #semiconductors #supplynetworks #geography

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  Some places have enough renewable energy that they're giving it to citizens for free instead of --- checks notes -- "paying wind farms to switch off" https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/27/european-country-vows-to-give-homeowners-free-electricity-instead-of-switching-off-wind-tu

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  RE: https://toot.community/@openculture/116087081626301350 Barbra Streisand! Oooooo-wah-ah-woooo-ahhh... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duck_Sauce_-_Barbra_Streisand_sample.ogg

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  Today in 'Why is housing so expensive in Canada?' data visualizations REIT's didn't exist before 1996. https://breachmedia.ca/housing-crisis-toronto-black-tenants-corporate-landlords/ See also: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/hate-the-high-cost-of-rent-blame-the-1990s/ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/why-private-investment-doesnt-solve-housing-issues/ #Canada #rent #housing #housingcrisis

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  Housing or AI? Or housing for AI? https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/02/news/ontario-towns-cities-data-centres-mapped #AI #tech #housing

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  I think war is bad. If you do too, here's a small thing you can do right now: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/condemn-carneys-musings-about-dispatching-troops-to-iran?source=direct_link& #Canada #war #politics

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  "If your experience of computing has been one of serial upgrades, with little thought to the source or destination of the device, it may be hard to appreciate the breadth of opportunity that the same set of components can present to people living in different economic contexts. Taken further, an anthropological approach to design helps us see that belief systems less centered on the Western individual embrace the notion of afterlives in ways that are far more common in daily life.&q...

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  ""When I think about education, I don't think about it as a cost. I think about it as an investment," Tony Wakeham told CBC Radio's On the Go." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mun-budget-pc-tony-wakeham-1.7406105 #Canada #NL #education Here's what an investment looks like: for every $1 of public money put into the university $2-4 come out into the economy...

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  Another internet is possible... "Breaking Free In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. " https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/ https://vimeo.com/1168468796?fl=pl&fe=sh #tech #enshittification

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  1/x For more than a decade, our provincial government has been defunding our university. Now, contract faculty positions are being cut, class sizes are increasing, while students' tuition has increased 2x-4x over the last 2-3 years. Literally, paying more to get less... #munfa #MUN #newfoundland #labrador #postsecondary #university #canada

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  @restartproject is hiring! Details here: https://therestartproject.org/about/jobs/?utm_source=restart&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&__s=nkx5e7tmss5rqj9oihs7