They have nothing to offer. So much of Alberta is owned by the federal government or the indigenous peoples.

A separated Alberta would be a handful of urban centres (which are strongly opposed to separation) and some farmers here and there. Landlocked and surrounded by hostile borders on all sides.

It would be the equivalent to setting yourself on fire with gasoline and then begging someone to put out the flames by pissing on you.

I don’t think I’ve been to one in over 15 years now. Not going to change that anytime soon.

Does it? I thought this entire industry was completely unhitched from reality and was basically just one massive case of corporate fraud.

Surprised this is only being mentioned now. I’ve been getting these on my phone for years.

They wouldn’t even need to invade.

The right puppet in the right place is all it takes. Just look at what Putin’s puppet, Trump, has done to destroy the US from within without any foreign boots on US soil.

The UCP in Alberta has been involved with the US Heritage Foundation and P2025 and the federal Conservatives have been using many of their same talking points so I’m sure they’ve involved too. The fascists in the US badly want puppets in Canadian politics and going after conservative parties is the easiest route because people will vote for them regardless of policy.

I’m just going to assume that the software that drives these things was vibecoded.

Reminder that NatPo is an american-owned rag.

Just “USA” works fine. It’s easy to type and the world already understands it means “Festering pile of shit”.

Twice!

I never had a particular love of Microsoft at any point in my life but at least they had a diverse portfolio of various products from software to services to hardware of all sorts.

Now they have abandoned most of that (and continuing to abandon more with each month) as they pivot to being one of many AI-focused grift companies. They now sell bullshit, lies, fraud, and scams as their primary products.

Incredible transition into a poisoned, bloated, festering asswipe of a company that isn’t worth a moment of anyone’s time or respect.

Not surprising. The US is undergoing self-sabotage on an unprecedented scale.

I’ve had a personal EA boycott going for over 10 year snow. One of the best decisions I’ve made and I’ve never regretted it once.

Ragebaiting is extremely powerful as an engagement tactic. I have seen so many instances of people fully admit that they know they are being ragebaited and still engage anyway because they feel they “must say something”.

It sounds simple, but being able to say “No, I’m not getting involved with this” is a very helpful skill to have when using the modern internet. Don’t let them drag you through the muck for clicks or views.

This. Word-of-mouth travels fast, especially in tight communities.

Everyone with a smartphone has the muscle memory to quick-draw their phone while hitting the camera shortcut to take a quick photo of whatever they need in under 10 seconds.

Stop shoving AI garbage into places it does not belong. We are so tired of this.

Oh, it’s rather simple actually.

I have Facebook, Meta, and all their various domains blacklisted on my PiHole.

Or, you know, just don’t use a service that allows AI slop in the first place.

to US-based private equity firm

RIP Moneris

This.

This is just a general publicly traded company problem. Line must always go up, share value must always go up, C-suite bonuses must always go up

I can’t confirm this, but I remember reading that Amazon will ship you devices with your wifi password already entered if you purchase a device from another Amazon device that is signed in.

Sorta similar. And equally creepy.