The Dabbler

this post has also been published on BlunderValley.ca UPDATE, May 30: please visit StopTheDataCentre.ca for information on how to get involved, as well as a toolkit for engagement with the upcoming June 4th Committee of Adjustment meeting.

Update 2026-04-20: It has come to my attention that David MacNaughton is no longer the President of Palantir Canada.

My eyes are like telescopes / I see it all backwards, but who wants hope?

"Chicken Caesar Salad IMG_9383” by Carol, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Undercover Boss Years ago, there was a reality show on cable TV called Undercover Boss.

Overview The goal was to stop using my home's IP address as the public IP for my home server, while at the same time: continue to host my websites and services on a machine that I physically control; terminate TLS on that same machine rather than decrypti…

AI systems are an attack on workers, climate goals, our information environment, and civil liberties.

We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.

Max Ernst, The Triumph of Surrealism, 1937.

This post is a two-for-one: first, a hot take on what Canada's response to Trump's tariff threats should look like, and second, a quick guide on how to 'buy Canadian' most effectively.