Phil James
@phljames.bsky.social
British man long time living in Quebec. Interested in #nature #tech #books #films #music and #TaiChi
Reposted by Phil James
"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?"
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?"
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP to support Petition e-7237 and protect voter privacy: openmedia.org/voter-privac... @openmedia.org
Our Data Isn't Political Currency: Protect Voter Privacy in Canada!
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP...
openmedia.org
July 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP to support Petition e-7237 and protect voter privacy: openmedia.org/voter-privac... @openmedia.org
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22 #canada
Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...
openmedia.org
June 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22 #canada
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows
I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...
you.leadnow.ca
June 5, 2026 at 10:14 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...
Reposted by Phil James
A dozen Canadian aid workers were kidnapped and tortured by Israel and not a single government official has called on them or inquired about the abuse that they suffered.
Meanwhile the Israeli lobby are welcome insiders on parliament hill.
Israel is a terrorist state.
Meanwhile the Israeli lobby are welcome insiders on parliament hill.
Israel is a terrorist state.
May 30, 2026 at 1:03 AM
A dozen Canadian aid workers were kidnapped and tortured by Israel and not a single government official has called on them or inquired about the abuse that they suffered.
Meanwhile the Israeli lobby are welcome insiders on parliament hill.
Israel is a terrorist state.
Meanwhile the Israeli lobby are welcome insiders on parliament hill.
Israel is a terrorist state.
Reposted by Phil James
"I thought about how the kids of the future would find me strange for all of my hyperaware survival instincts that had been rendered moot by living in a kinder world."
May 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"I thought about how the kids of the future would find me strange for all of my hyperaware survival instincts that had been rendered moot by living in a kinder world."
Reposted by Phil James
Reposted by Phil James
France is phasing out Zoom and Microsoft tools by 2027 over data-access risks tied to the US Cloud Act, which allows American firms to seize data stored anywhere. Legal scholars warn Canada’s digital future is at serious risk, but political will to act remains tepid. https://ow.ly/nM6M50YXuLC
May 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
France is phasing out Zoom and Microsoft tools by 2027 over data-access risks tied to the US Cloud Act, which allows American firms to seize data stored anywhere. Legal scholars warn Canada’s digital future is at serious risk, but political will to act remains tepid. https://ow.ly/nM6M50YXuLC
Reposted by Phil James
Capitalists are sock-puppeting CBC, inserting phrases like "money bleeding" when referring to essential public services.
In fact, capitalism is the least efficient way to deliver any service, and Carney is enacting a colossal privatisation drive which includes healthcare in Canada.
#cdnpoli
In fact, capitalism is the least efficient way to deliver any service, and Carney is enacting a colossal privatisation drive which includes healthcare in Canada.
#cdnpoli
Imagine talking about any other public service this way. Does the government keep public hospitals “afloat”? What about when it gave Marine Atlantic $169 million to support its operations in 24/25?
The media does the bidding of those who want to private Canada Post when they adopt this framing.
The media does the bidding of those who want to private Canada Post when they adopt this framing.
Feds greenlight $673M to keep Canada Post afloat this year | CBC News
The federal government is handing hundreds of millions of dollars to Canada Post to keep the money-bleeding mail service afloat for the current fiscal year.
www.cbc.ca
May 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Capitalists are sock-puppeting CBC, inserting phrases like "money bleeding" when referring to essential public services.
In fact, capitalism is the least efficient way to deliver any service, and Carney is enacting a colossal privatisation drive which includes healthcare in Canada.
#cdnpoli
In fact, capitalism is the least efficient way to deliver any service, and Carney is enacting a colossal privatisation drive which includes healthcare in Canada.
#cdnpoli
Reposted by Phil James
CCLA and a broad coalition of groups call on all members of Parliament to scrap Bill C-22’s unprecedented and unjustified expansion of surveillance.
ccla.org/privacy/coal...
ccla.org/privacy/coal...
CCLA and Coalition to MPs: Scrap Unprecedented Surveillance Measures in Bill C-22 - CCLA
CCLA joins coalition in calling on all MPs to scrap Bill C-22's unprecedented and unjustified expansion of surveillance.
ccla.org
April 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
CCLA and a broad coalition of groups call on all members of Parliament to scrap Bill C-22’s unprecedented and unjustified expansion of surveillance.
ccla.org/privacy/coal...
ccla.org/privacy/coal...
Reposted by Phil James
“I think empathy is a creative act. It’s imaginal, it’s an art-making practice, where even just listening is creating a picture and a lifeworld of the other inside yourself in order to get closer to each other.” Dr Dylan McGarry
accidentalgods.life/sculpting-in...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
accidentalgods.life/sculpting-in...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
Sculpting Invisible Materials: Expanding Empathy in the Hot Mess of Now with Dylan McGarry of Empatheatre
Empathy lets us do more than just step into another's shoes, it opens the doors for us to step into their heart and soul with the vast generosity of spirit we'd like others to bring to us, so that we ...
accidentalgods.life
April 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
“I think empathy is a creative act. It’s imaginal, it’s an art-making practice, where even just listening is creating a picture and a lifeworld of the other inside yourself in order to get closer to each other.” Dr Dylan McGarry
accidentalgods.life/sculpting-in...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
accidentalgods.life/sculpting-in...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
I was sad to hear news of the death of Andy Kershaw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ke... and surprised because I'd lost contact with his career. The British DJ and journalist was incredibly influential on me, opening my mind to all sorts of music #music
Andy Kershaw - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 18, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I was sad to hear news of the death of Andy Kershaw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ke... and surprised because I'd lost contact with his career. The British DJ and journalist was incredibly influential on me, opening my mind to all sorts of music #music
I just signed a @leadnowca.bsky.social petition: Tell the Canada Pension Plan: Divest from ICE. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Tell the Canada Pension Plan: Divest from ICE
Millions of Canadians trust the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to safeguard their futures, yet breaking research from Stand.Earth shows they have been investing our retirement savings in companies tied to ...
actionnetwork.org
March 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I just signed a @leadnowca.bsky.social petition: Tell the Canada Pension Plan: Divest from ICE. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Reposted by Phil James
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud to be on the bottom of this list. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
March 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud to be on the bottom of this list. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Reposted by Phil James
As if by magic ... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy
I have made the leap from literary fiction to fantasy – for those who think it’s mere wish-fulfilment, here’s why we need that thing with the dragons
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2026 at 12:06 PM
As if by magic ... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Reposted by Phil James
Here's everything you need to know to have a traditional Valentine's Day/Lupercalia as it was before the church slapped a Saint on it.
First, priests would sacrifice a goat &a dog to Romulus&Remus, legendary founders of Rome, at the cave where as babies they were allegedly suckled by a she-wolf.
First, priests would sacrifice a goat &a dog to Romulus&Remus, legendary founders of Rome, at the cave where as babies they were allegedly suckled by a she-wolf.
February 14, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Here's everything you need to know to have a traditional Valentine's Day/Lupercalia as it was before the church slapped a Saint on it.
First, priests would sacrifice a goat &a dog to Romulus&Remus, legendary founders of Rome, at the cave where as babies they were allegedly suckled by a she-wolf.
First, priests would sacrifice a goat &a dog to Romulus&Remus, legendary founders of Rome, at the cave where as babies they were allegedly suckled by a she-wolf.
Reposted by Phil James
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Reposted by Phil James
Bandcamp pays artists about 80% of sales. And prohibits AI music.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Bandcamp pays artists about 80% of sales. And prohibits AI music.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
Reposted by Phil James
"The Donut Lab solid state battery is made entirely from abundant, affordable, and geopolitically safe materials, does not rely on rare or sensitive elements, and demonstrates a lower cost than lithium-ion."
Heck. Can all of that be true at the same time?
Heck. Can all of that be true at the same time?
DONUT LAB INTRODUCES THE FUTURE OF ELECTRIFICATION AT CES PRESENTING WORLD’S FIRST ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY READY TO POWER UP PRODUCTION VEHICLES NOW - Donut Lab
The Future of Powering Electric Vehicles Is Here Today with Donut Lab Introducing New High-Performance Solid State Donut Batteries Ready for OEM Use Now and Powering All 2026 Model Verge Motorcycles O...
www.donutlab.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
"The Donut Lab solid state battery is made entirely from abundant, affordable, and geopolitically safe materials, does not rely on rare or sensitive elements, and demonstrates a lower cost than lithium-ion."
Heck. Can all of that be true at the same time?
Heck. Can all of that be true at the same time?
Reposted by Phil James
Incredibly promising news to start the new year…
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Incredibly promising news to start the new year…
Reposted by Phil James
If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
Reposted by Phil James
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Phil James
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?
Reposted by Phil James
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.
Reposted by Phil James
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.