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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-04-27 18:57:59
Can I just say I hate that "Canada Strong" has gone from political pitch to clumsy two-worded adjective?
Quoteth the Prime Minister:
""If you have a bit of extra money, we'll make it easy for you to invest in the fund to help build Canada strong for all,".
Aaauuuggghhh
Just use regular words.
Also, naming your Sovereign Wealth Fund after your own partisan nomenclature is a great way to ensure it doesn't live past the current political party in power.
Not everything has to be a slogan!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-26 19:03:26
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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-23 07:41:10
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Franz Schubert & Can Çakmur:
🎵 Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850: IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato
#FranzSchubert #CanÇakmur
https://open.spotify.com/track/64qtRERMRaRP9CWe9xEj9X
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-21 04:52:36
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-05-19 19:53:50
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Can:
🎵 Vitamin C
#Can
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Td5FqApG1uDhhoBvrOxOH
@sean@scoat.es2026-05-06 15:21:08
I recognize that this is not a *new* idea, but it occurred to me that if Google wanted to start pushing “51st State" propaganda (or any other disgusting ideas) to a whole generation of children in #Canada , we don't really have a viable alternative to Google Classroom and Chromebooks.
This is why I think data/technology sovereignty is so important, but from what I can tell it's not e…
@emd@cosocial.ca2026-05-01 18:26:18
If I ever ran for office, I'd run on a single issue, government transparency.
Unless it was super duper top secret, every single gov't decision must be automatically and immediately posted to public page/site that had a RSS/Fediverse feed.
Governments are FOR the people BY the people, give us the info!
Let us deal w/ the firehose of information, we can take it!
#CanPoli
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-05-25 16:45:38
Hey Canadian Bluesky users!
Getting uncomfortable with Bluesky’s inevitable decline into USA corporate, private-equity, control?
Now is the time to come over to the Canadian Social Web.
It is free, open, community driven, and growing fast.
There is a handy directory of Canadian spaces at TheSocialWeb.ca.
And don’t worry, you can even bridge over to Bluesky from your Canadian account so you're not out of the loop.
#deshitification
#socialweb #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Bluesky #OpenSocialWeb #EndCorporateControl
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-02 19:45:30
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-05-21 04:12:22
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Can:
🎵 I Want More
#Can
https://open.spotify.com/track/5NEnHpKc8FXVodV2ed5DCp
@m0les@aus.social2026-03-01 23:44:56
FYI, My friend Emma is doing another mythology talk at Smiths Alternative this Thursday:
https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-powerful-feminine-95231?d=5/03/2026 6:00:00 PM
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-12 15:22:35
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-15 20:03:23
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RecordReview
Robert Schumann & Can Çakmur:
🎵 Waldszenen, Op.82
#RobertSchumann #CanÇakmur
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ffd1Sa8iuxuXx3xkOUKI0
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-03-10 16:45:56
Content warning: Important question about Open AI use by the Tumbler Ridge Shooter - My post contains details that are disturbing.
“The suspect was able to then open a second ChatGPT account, despite being flagged by OpenAI systems in the past, and "continue planning scenarios involving gun violence”.”
The BBC, CBC and other media are only focusing on half the story. But the quote above almost gets there! Hey @… can you help highlight this in your reporting??
Yes, it is extremely important that OpenAI tells the authorities if obviously dangerous planning is happening. But we should also be asking a second question:
Should we as a society allow automated tools to be created that can help plan “scenarios involving gun violence”?
This is not an "age verification" question. As far as I'm concerned, a computer system should not be designed or be allowed to counsel people of any age on how to kill others. That is what ChatGPT is likely to have done here. There is no limit on what any LLM/AI system can say to users.
That is a problem that must be regulated.
This might also be an issue of 'sober second thought' @…
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #CBC #TumblerRidge
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-20 20:01:49
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Can:
🎵 Vernal Equinox
#Can
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/track/vernal-equinox
https://open.spotify.com/track/6x3lLGBR9zI1Mr71MlIPEl
🎶 show playlist 👇
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🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
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@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-10 21:48:17
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-14 14:23:45
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RecordReview
Franz Schubert & Can Çakmur:
🎵 Piano sonata in D major D.850 (2nd mvt)
#FranzSchubert #CanÇakmur #newRelease 🆕 album
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hyEOTiS3tRnfcVbWU91Rp
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-05-10 19:27:16
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Can:
🎵 Future Days
#Can
https://open.spotify.com/track/0KHP9P5QZGcUJDzMYj3j6W
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-03-18 20:12:06
It is frustrating every single time that I see the popular votes versus seats won in Canadian elections.
Especially when you have a party like the Bloc Quebécois who run only in Québec, pull 1.2 million votes in that province, and receive 22 seats in the House, yet the NDP pulls 1.2 million across Canada and gets 7 seats.
All our system does is reward density, rather than delivering actual representation.
But someone please tell me how 'ranked ballots' will fix this*
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-18 10:10:47
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBethDittoShow
Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt & Can:
🎵 Vitamin C
#HolgerCzukay #MichaelKaroli #JakiLiebezeit #IrminSchmidt #Can
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-29 08:04:50
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-18 03:15:58
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistInResidence
Can, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit & Irmin Schmidt:
🎵 Vitamin C
#Can #HolgerCzukay #MichaelKaroli #JakiLiebezeit #IrminSchmidt
https://open.spotify.com/track/6WCbMIWmuGEdpJxW9ukPPI
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-08 00:32:58
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Clara Schumann, Can Çakmur, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice & Laurence Equilbey:
🎵 Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra
#ClaraSchumann #CanÇakmur #PolishNationalRadioSymphonyOrchestra #Katowice
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-09 01:13:24
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CillianMurphysLimitedEdition
Can:
🎵 Halleluhwah
#Can
https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/track/halleluhwah-live-1972
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-09 00:55:24
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-03-15 16:56:02
Dear Liberal partisans: “we can’t do anything about this chaos Trump is creating” is a bad look, and also completely untrue and a cop out.
Things you can do *today*
1) food and gas price controls
2) food and gas rebates/grants
3) EV, solar and wind mandates and grants
4) direct investment in electrification of fossil fuel transport and infrastructure, today. Move all existing projects on the books up to start asap.
These are just some of the things that could directly and immediately help Canadians through #theAmericanFascists oil wars.
Acting like it is 1975 and we just have to stick it out because there is no alternative is a cop out and makes you complicit.
Either we are different, or we are along for the sick ride. Which would you prefer?
🇨🇦
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #iranisraelUSAWar #oil #fossilfuels
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-05-05 20:51:56
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Can:
🎵 Father Cannot Yell
#Can
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-03-09 18:53:59
When I was researching and then pursuing obtaining my Spanish citizenship, I came to realize that citizenship laws are incredibly varied and changeable. They'll change with the political winds, for good and bad!
It looks like Canada has gone a little against the grain and opened up its citizenship requirements!
Now anyone with a proveable ancestral connection to Canada can apply, not just one generation back! This is even better than Spain “Historical Memory" changes that are now slowly expiring!
"“In January 2025, we had 32 requests for certified copies of vital records and this year in January 2026, we've had over 1,000,” she said, adding most of those requests were made by Americans.”
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Heritage #Geneology
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-05-06 21:21:45
Oh great... so we're going to privatize or sell 'equity' in our airports to private interests so that we can spend the 'proceeds’ on... let me guess... fossil fuel projects.
The more this government digs in, the more it looks like the worst Brian Mulroney Stephen Harper mashup.
@avilewis and the NDP need to be relentlessly loud in their opposition to this and presenting of socially progressive alternatives.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Airports #Transportation #EndFossilFuels
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-08 23:06:26
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Candi Staton:
🎵 Young Hearts Run Free
#CandiStaton
https://deceivr.bandcamp.com/album/candi-staton-young-hearts-run-free-deceivr-club-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3MFa9idQuY4iJLWsZl3tIQ
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🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-04-07 19:16:06
Dear Canadians.
Send a message to our Prime Minister!
pm@pm.gc.ca
This is what I just sent.
Dear Prime Minister,
I am shocked and deeply disturbed by your inaction and inability to call out the President of the United States who is using the rhetoric of a madman.
Canada should call in the USA Ambassador, close our airspace to USA forces on Iran-related flights, and denounce in public this clearly criminal and suicidal rhetoric.
Sincerely
Chris
You can also fill in this contact form: #IranUSAIsraelWar #Iran #USA #TheAmericanFascist #CanPoli #CdnPoli
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-03-31 16:21:13
Is this allowed? This feels really really gross if it is. You shouldn’t just be able to appoint your own staff people to Senate positions.
G&M:
“Two other senior Liberals say there are also active discussions to appoint the Prime Minister’s principal secretary, Tom Pitfield, to the Senate with a mandate to get legislation passed quickly. The Globe is not naming them because they are not authorized to speak publicly about internal party matters”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Senate #Liberals
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-04-05 14:48:02
“Wang Chuanfu, BYD’s CEO, barely slept for weeks. Three passengers, all in their twenties. His chemistry. His cell. His company’s name on the casing. He had not built it to kill anyone, but it had. He pulled his engineers together with one question: What is the mechanism by which this cell fails, and how do we make that physically impossible”
Someone needs to get this article in front of Mark Carney and Doug Ford and then the stupid limits on Chinese cars need to be eliminated so Canada can start building these things immediately.
This is the future.
China is leading that future and we need to come to terms with it and use our influence to make it, and them, better.
#climateEmergency #climatechange #byd #china #canada #canpoli
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-03-09 17:03:44
Very proud and excited to vote in the NDP leadership race today!!
This is not the first time I've voted in a Federal leadership race... more on that later but first, my choices! I considered only voting for two people, but I ended up filling in all 5 choices.
#1: Tanille Johnston @…
#2: Avi Lewis @…
#3: Heather McPherson
#4: Tony McQuail
#5: Rob Ashton
Why?
You might ask why I would publicize my choices. I don’t expect others to of course. It is a privilege and a right in Canada to exercise your democratic choice freely and privately, but I also think there is value in knowing how others voted.
#1 why Tanille? #electoralReform and proportional representation myself, I didn't just want to pick my top two. I wanted to make a statement on each of these candidates an influence each one.
To be blunt, Heather is #3 because she is the middle-of-the-road candidate. She is an excellent representative as MP and has gathered the support of other MPs including my own, but while I would be OK with her leadership, I would see her as a continuation of the status quo, and that is not what the NDP needs as a party, nor is it what Canada needs as a country.
We desperately need a vigorous and clear alternative to the Centre-but-mostly-Right Liberals, and the MAGA-wannabe Conservatives. The only way to do that is to catch the attention of Canadians and inspire them. I am not sure that Heather has the ability to do that, and if we continue with the same leadership crew in the NDP, I am not confident that the policy choices will be strong enough to inspire and attract Canadians.
That is why Tanille and Avi are far better options.
#4 Why Tony:
Tony is the real deal. Honestly, I would have loved to rank him higher. He represents the true life blood of rural, socially progressive, environmentally aware, Canadians. You should go check out his platform. I am so glad that he was able to participate fully in the race and we need his voice in the NDP.
#5 Why not Rob?
I have been an active member in my Union for more than 10 years. Unionism is The Way. Rob is representing a division within the union movement that claims that working people can't have jobs if the environment is put first. This is a lie.
We need union leaders that look to the future and speak honestly to people. We need union leaders who are genuinely progressive, not ready to do the bidding of corporate masters to the benefit of a few.
Working people need honesty, and when an industry is on decline, a clear path to new, excellent, union, jobs!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberal #CPC #Canada #Democracy #NDP
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-05-04 21:54:28
The three most interesting paragraphs from this story, IMO:
"The Stay Free Alberta petitioners say they have collected 301,620 signatures, well over the 178,000 threshold that can prompt the province to consider a referendum question. "
"Gordon McClure, chief electoral officer, has said that [the verification] process will now also include a search for fake names seeded in copies of voter lists — designed as a mechanism to prove if improper use of the electoral list has been used.”
"A pro-unity ‘Forever Canadian’ petition had 404,293 signatures verified in December. That citizen initiative wants the government to consider making it official policy for Alberta to remain a part of Canada.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ABPoli #Separatism #Republicanism #Fascism #USA #Expansionism
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-separatists-say-more-than-300k-have-signed-petition-9.7187218
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-04-02 20:47:34
I hate this timeline.
As a long time #climate campaigner... I almost feel like I should be hoping that the Iran/US war continues as long as possible so the price of oil and gasoline can go as high as possible and force economies to electrify and shift at emergency-speed to renewables.
We could have started on this the easy way 30 years ago... but a few of the same people objected and obstructed.
#IranUSIsraelWar #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateWar #Oil #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCollapse #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli