Is P(Fork | Anarchy) > P(Fork | Pareto Efficiency)?
Nick Almond@DrNickA
Governance lesson number one. You cannot avoid governance.
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Jeff
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@jmclarty
Fix The Money + Governance, Fix The World. Building at @AgoraGovernance #LLD gov/acc ftw
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@lucyhargreaves4 The problem is, they don't actually want to build trust. They want to build the perception of building trust, but also build uncontestable governance.
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this kind of thing drives me crazy. $250M spent over 8 years on a failed program that <5% of doctors ever used
it's really no wonder many ppl are losing faith in our democracy. we run programs like this for years, no one has to answer for them, and when someone finally asks what is a completely reasonable question, they get orwellian talking points instead of answers
this level of obfuscation is embarrassing
no government wants to admt they made a mistake, but it would be easy for them to do so in this case. they are, by their own definition, a "new government". instead of digging a deeper hole, why not share the contract, hold the public servants involved accountable, and share lessons?
would build way more trust
Matt Strauss@strauss_matt
What is even the point of Parliament? At Health Committee, we asked to see the PrescribeIT contracts, in which the Liberals blew $250 million on NOTHING. But Mark Carney’s Chief Filibuster Officer spent 2 hours talking to prevent us from seeing it. I asked why at Question Period, but the Chief Filibuster Officer took the question and…. Filibustered. That’s why I went to ask again tonight in the House:
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You likely don't know me but you might have seen the thread I shared below..
I have now been asked to do another investigation but a bunch of big names popped up and I do not want to get caught up in the middle of any of this stuff.
I'm an engineer who likes to solve hard problems, I do not like pointing fingers.
I would rather build tools that empower others to create transparency and accountability than do any investigative work myself.
If you're a journalist, lawyer, civil-liberty, taxpayer, or advocacy group in Canada and wants to learn how to use the tool I created, please reach out.
My goal is not to be a vigilante, but rather, to empower individuals to have agency.
Canada is in desperate need of merit, transparency, and accountability.
Please get involved.
@lucyhargreaves4 @tobi @stuartxthomson @ForsterSam @hollyanndoan @MatthewH_ET @dsimieritsch @TheCarneyFiles @OvercastOnline @JacobRobinsonJD @WhistleblowerCA @nationalpost @CDNAffairs @financialpost @cancivlib @taxpayerDOTcom @franco_nomics
Idiom@idiom_bytes
Canada spent $5.1 BILLION fixing a broken payroll system (Phoenix). Now we're about to spend $4.2 BILLION+ replacing it with Dayforce. I went through every lobbying record, every communication report, and every revolving-door hire to identify potential conflicts of interest. Here's what I found. 1/🧵
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Make sure you get this context in there:
prescribeit.ca/about-us/worki…
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Something called "Infoway" too.
"Infoway will provide targeted support to active jurisdictions, vendors and users throughout the transition period to coordinate a smooth and orderly conclusion of the PrescribeIT® service."
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What is even the point of Parliament?
At Health Committee, we asked to see the PrescribeIT contracts, in which the Liberals blew $250 million on NOTHING.
But Mark Carney’s Chief Filibuster Officer spent 2 hours talking to prevent us from seeing it.
I asked why at Question Period, but the Chief Filibuster Officer took the question and…. Filibustered.
That’s why I went to ask again tonight in the House:
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@idiom_bytes @strauss_matt "As part of this transition, the PrescribeIT® operated service will conclude on May 29, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST."
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@idiom_bytes @strauss_matt "PrescribeIT® can be an important tool for prescribing opioids"
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Can confirm, PrescribeIT should have been a fraction of $250M.
Another data point for the case that...
All government software procurement should be open-sourced!
$250M vanished.
And @maggiechidvn is covering it up. Well done @strauss_matt
Matt Strauss@strauss_matt
What is even the point of Parliament? At Health Committee, we asked to see the PrescribeIT contracts, in which the Liberals blew $250 million on NOTHING. But Mark Carney’s Chief Filibuster Officer spent 2 hours talking to prevent us from seeing it. I asked why at Question Period, but the Chief Filibuster Officer took the question and…. Filibustered. That’s why I went to ask again tonight in the House:
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@aaronjrafferty @boardyai Yo @andrewdsouza , EAT and @aaronjrafferty is working on something pretty slick.
Can you put in the good word with @boardyai? :P
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@idiom_bytes @strauss_matt 100M? Pssh, a 5M project can budget for an accountant.
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@strauss_matt Such unprincipled government
Any public contract above 100m by default should be fully transparent and use standard reporting methods
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@andrewdsouza @oliverbrocato @boardyai @andrewdsouza , you should try to get people tagging @boardyai , like they tag @grok .
Or find some way, to get grok to start tagging Boardy, like it's the metaphorical equivalent of a "skill" for Grok.
Something like that.
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hyper scaling rn.
biggest bottleneck: can’t hire fast enough.
we only want A++ talent.
u send someone we hire → i send u $10k
looking for:
-2 founding engineers
- founding CSM
- content creator (30k+ personal following)
- ghostwriter (twitter, linkedin, newsletter)
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@idiom_bytes @junonewscom @MelissaLantsman You need to be able to deep link to specific politicians. So, the open-graph shows up in the tweet.
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@junonewscom @MelissaLantsman He seems to be much better at deflection and blame than economics and finance.
canada-central.com/scorecards
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Conservative MP @MelissaLantsman says federal fuel taxes add about 25 cents per litre, and calls for their suspension.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne deflects, blaming soaring energy costs on the Iran war.
"We won't take lessons from Conservatives," he added.
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@RikaGoldberg Oh, it's just a tiny little thing that gives me a time series, and thus the rates of change, of the chemistry in my hot tub. It allows us to understand and balance it better.
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Imho, the crypto industry - should find a way to organize a giant trust graph across participants.
It would lower the cost of capital doing business in "our" industry, thus making it more competitive.
We have the tools.
Tom Dunleavy@dunleavy89
The shift in the crypto fundraising landscape the past 6 months has been insane. Crypto VCs used to have to constantly be networking/writing/podcasting/going on spaces/promoting your thesis/getting on 10 deal flow calls a week, to get into good deals...now it's literally enough to just have capital to write checks. Deals are being pushed rather than dug out. Inbound if people know you have money is at an all-time high. Most firms are either 1) Out of money 2) Moved to Series A and beyond or 3) Fundraising (with no success). Deals that used to close in 2-3 weeks now close in 2-3 months. Firms with questionable business models or copy pasta of the latest trend are getting zero primary or follow-on funding (Good news!). There are now realistically <20 firms writing checks in pre-seed/seed. VCs basically have the pick of any deal they want, with more time to do DD. IMHO 25/26 are going to be historic vintages for those who stick around.
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