Mætrix Blackstone

The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don't like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they're 95 percent dead wood.

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

The creator of Ultima is reportedly reclaiming the series' rights back from EA https://t.co/wnj3B5gXvK

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

@JKash000 @TheOfficerTatum @ladybugz443 Maybe he got too close to the Ark of the Covenant?

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

@MadamSavvy @Muj_in

[tobi lutke @tobi]

These bills, along with C-22 and C-9 constitute a total erosion in Canada’s basic liberties. They interlock into making Canada essentially unviable for those with choices on where to build.

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

🚨BREAKING NEWS: the Orwellian Surveillance state is officially coming to Canada.

The Carney government just filed a motion to ram Bill C-22, the mass Canadian spy bill, through Parliament by the end of this week.

Here’s their play:

✅ Amendments kept SECRET from the public before the vote
✅ Zero discussion on any remaining amendments
✅ Weeks of expert testimony from the Privacy Commissioner, lawyers, security companies, discarded
✅ Only 30 minutes of committee debate

They want all the big tech companies to be forced into metadata retention, encryption backdoors, warrantless data sharing.

Not to mention that they introduced Bill C-36, which strips the Privacy Commissioner’s role in private sector privacy regulation.

The privacy regulator gutted on Monday.

The surveillance bill rammed through on Tuesday.

The amendments hidden from Canadians on Wednesday.

Spying on us by next week?

So this is what Carney means when he said doing things “at speeds not seen in generations?”

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

@Tectone Party on...

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Any attempt to impose mandatory Digital ID will be fully repealed, scrapped and eradicated by a Restore Britain Government.

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

Canada is next.

It was always about digital ID.

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

Smash burgers give this kind of energy... i miss the 1/3 pounder...

[Washingtons ghost @washghost1]

The burger skins comment

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

@mike_wintrs I can't support a business that shows such a flagrant disregard for parallel structure.

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

Mission planning for the Dark Continent

[PurΞLovΞ ❤ @RealPureLove]

Before the last Federal Election, I was a strong supporter of keeping Canada together.

I was one of the people who was pushing back against Alberta Independence.

I really thought Canada could start moving in a better direction, with new leadership.

Then the election happened, and the realization finally hit me.

The Liberals have perverted the demographics so severely, that they will never lose another Federal Election.

Canada was never intended to be a dictatorship, but here we are.

So I could either support that, or I could support Alberta Independence.

I chose Alberta Independence.❤️

[Jon Alberta Patriot @JonFromAlberta]

I just finished watching this (2005) CBC documentary about the 1995 Quebec referendum.

It’s fascinating history, especially for Albertans.

Two things stood out.

First, around the 25-minute mark, Quebec separatists are shown building relationships with France and reaching out to the United States before the referendum. They were seeking recognition and discussing future economic relationships in the event Quebec voted to become independent.

CBC presents it as a matter of fact.

No panic.

No accusations of treason.

No outrage.

Just a recognition that if a region is considering independence, its leaders will naturally want to know what recognition, trade, and diplomatic relations might look like afterward.

Today, when Albertans have similar conversations with Americans, many of the same people immediately scream “traitor.”

Why?

What exactly is the difference?

Second, around the 50-minute mark, several political leaders discuss how important it is that a referendum question be clear and understandable.

That struck me because we’re seeing many of the same arguments in Alberta today.

Democracy works best when voters know exactly what they’re voting for.

Not when questions are engineered to create confusion.

Not when the goal is to muddy the waters.

Not when politicians try to manufacture a result.

History matters

And if you support Alberta independence, you should study Quebec.

Canada came far closer to breaking apart than many people realize.

For generations, Quebec maintained a strong identity, a distinct culture, and a vision for its future that often differed from the rest of the country.

English Canada understood that Quebec was different.

Yet when Albertans say we have our own culture, our own priorities, our own economic interests, and our own vision for the future, we’re told to stop asking questions and fall in line.

This documentary is worth watching; and I am nostalgic for when CBC had a semblance of journalistic integrity.

https://t.co/frbQ7yRHkn

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

@elonmusk @MikeBenzCyber @iam_smx

[Anime Corner @animecorner_ac]

『NEW VISUAL』
"The Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2"

The sequel premieres on July 8. MYTH & ROID and Aoi Yuki (as Tanya) return to sing the theme songs.

[Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum]

Last night, I read the entirety of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. It's a novel told in the form of letters written by a demon to another demon instructing him on ways to manipulate his "patient" to do evil.

This one quote sounded familiar.

[Mætrix Blackstone @Maetrix]

@powdury Just reminds me of my fav Dr. Peterson quote

"The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don't like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they're 95 percent dead wood."

[Overton @overton_news]

Fidel Castro’s daughter Alina Fernández addresses the rumors that Justin Trudeau is her half brother.

The strangest part of her recent interview with @KatiePavlich is that Fernández did not outwardly deny the story.

PAVLICH: “For years, we’ve heard rumors that Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, could be your half brother. What do you think of that?”

FERNÁNDEZ: “Uh...the only thing I can say is that his mother used to visit the country very often...”

PAVLICH: “Well, that might be a tell then. I guess, that’s a half answer.”

FERNÁNDEZ: “Yeah!”

PAVLICH: “Do you plan to call him and maybe find out?”

FERNÁNDEZ: “No...no. Uh...I won’t do it. If he wants, he’s going to be welcome, but I won’t. I won’t.”

“I think he keeps that to himself and you have to respect that.”

Interesting.

[JudyMB @JudyMaxB]

Canadian Seats by province, 1 seat per average population count:

*Total seats (#)

Nunavut(1): 1 Seat per 41.9k
PEI(4): 1 Seat per 45.5k
NWT(1): 1 Seat per 45.8k
Yukon(1): 1 Seat per 47.5k
New Bruns(10): 1Seat per 86.9k
Newfound(6): 1 Seat per 91.4K
Nova Scotia(10): 1 Seat per 109k
Saskatchewan(6): 1 Seat per 211k
Manitoba(6): 1 Seat 251.2k
Quebec(24): 1 Seat per 376.3k
Ontario(24): 1 Seat per 674.6k
Alberta(6): 1 seat per 841K
BC(6): 1 Seat per 943k

By region:

Northern (3): 1 Seat per 45.k
Atlantic (30): 1 Seat per 83k
Quebec(24): 1 Seat per 376k
Western (24): 1 Seat per 563k
Ontario (24): 1 Seat per 675k

The Westminster Senate Seat system must be reformed