Allison 😣
@allisonpotts.bsky.social
More radical as I age. Humanist, mum, social worker & college prof. Compassionate and Curious with a side dish of Tired and Scared. Harm reduction saves lives. 😷 🍉🕊️
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Excellent and what more therapists should be saying. ⬇️
My friend @mirajacob.bsky.social takes us all to therapy and I can say I got a lot out of it: mailchi.mp/eed8f2d5e619...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Excellent and what more therapists should be saying. ⬇️
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If u care about better cities for people in Ontario Canada, please pay attention to what Premier Ford is doing. Not only would his new bill block cities from building bike-lanes if they touch car lanes, he’s talking about imposing his own street standards & standardized official plans in EVERY city.
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If u care about better cities for people in Ontario Canada, please pay attention to what Premier Ford is doing. Not only would his new bill block cities from building bike-lanes if they touch car lanes, he’s talking about imposing his own street standards & standardized official plans in EVERY city.
In case anyone is wondering why colleges are slashing programs with impunity. Follow the money 💰 #onpoli #DougFord
From the Star's Moira Welsh: the Ford government gave Postmedia more than $1 million to train employees on AI as part of its under-fire job training fund www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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NYC 📍Starbucks workers rally in Brooklyn, NY to demand that the company comes back to the bargaining table!! Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee Take Action: seiu.co/NoStarbucks
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NYC 📍Starbucks workers rally in Brooklyn, NY to demand that the company comes back to the bargaining table!! Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee Take Action: seiu.co/NoStarbucks
🤔 you don’t say??
NEW: The Canadian military is getting the biggest injection of cash since the Korean War. Meanwhile, the Defence Department continues to fail on its transparency obligations, according to a report submitted to Parliament. www.readthemaple.com/as-military-...
As Military Spending Soars, Defence Department Fails On Transparency
A report shows the Defence Department’s already poor transparency record is getting worse.
www.readthemaple.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🤔 you don’t say??
Read this. Share this.
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Read this. Share this.
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COVID-19 should have brought us together. Instead, it accelerated our turn towards toxic hyper-individualism.
On Remembrance Day, let's rediscover the importance of values like shared sacrifice and mutual interest -- and remember why it mattered.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
On Remembrance Day, let's rediscover the importance of values like shared sacrifice and mutual interest -- and remember why it mattered.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
In the age of selfishness, let’s rediscover our sense of shared sacrifice
Remembrance Day is a reminder of what we were willing to fight for in the past — and how much it mattered that we fought together.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
COVID-19 should have brought us together. Instead, it accelerated our turn towards toxic hyper-individualism.
On Remembrance Day, let's rediscover the importance of values like shared sacrifice and mutual interest -- and remember why it mattered.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
On Remembrance Day, let's rediscover the importance of values like shared sacrifice and mutual interest -- and remember why it mattered.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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I know that some education workers didn’t bother to vote because they “aren’t political”.
Caring about the safety and wellbeing of children is political.
Wanting children to be clothed, fed, and housed is political.
We can’t afford to “not be political”.
Caring about the safety and wellbeing of children is political.
Wanting children to be clothed, fed, and housed is political.
We can’t afford to “not be political”.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I know that some education workers didn’t bother to vote because they “aren’t political”.
Caring about the safety and wellbeing of children is political.
Wanting children to be clothed, fed, and housed is political.
We can’t afford to “not be political”.
Caring about the safety and wellbeing of children is political.
Wanting children to be clothed, fed, and housed is political.
We can’t afford to “not be political”.
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Next phase in Big Tech takeover/ rightwing demolition of education: mass hiring of faculty with "expertise in AI" as in-house promoters.
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Next phase in Big Tech takeover/ rightwing demolition of education: mass hiring of faculty with "expertise in AI" as in-house promoters.
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Doug Ford’s war on tenants: Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back.
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
Doug Ford's war on tenants
Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back
ricochet.media
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Doug Ford’s war on tenants: Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back.
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
Musk and Trump and all who enabled them own this horrific carnage.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Musk and Trump and all who enabled them own this horrific carnage.
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These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget: thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
How Carney’s first budget impacts the environment | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget scales back many Trudeau-era environmental programs and creates a youth climate corps
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget: thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
I wanted to add something to this but really, what’s to add?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I wanted to add something to this but really, what’s to add?
I so appreciated this from @maris.bsky.social and if it means I’m becoming an old woman yelling at clouds, so be it.
Create, question, contribute and create some more. Otherwise, why are we here?
Create, question, contribute and create some more. Otherwise, why are we here?
I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…
lithub.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I so appreciated this from @maris.bsky.social and if it means I’m becoming an old woman yelling at clouds, so be it.
Create, question, contribute and create some more. Otherwise, why are we here?
Create, question, contribute and create some more. Otherwise, why are we here?
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This is part of a pattern: concentrating power, bypassing debate, and weakening public institutions. We can’t just shake our heads; we need to organize, speak up locally, and support people pushing back.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is part of a pattern: concentrating power, bypassing debate, and weakening public institutions. We can’t just shake our heads; we need to organize, speak up locally, and support people pushing back.
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“Education is one of those areas where every asshole thinks they know what’s best, and where supposed innovators think undermining teachers is a net positive.”
Resisting the AI push into education - Halifax Examiner
Technology has long been pushed as a way of revolutionizing and personalizing education. But there are no panaceas.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“Education is one of those areas where every asshole thinks they know what’s best, and where supposed innovators think undermining teachers is a net positive.”
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Budgets aren’t just numbers; they’re a reflection of what we stand for.
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Budgets aren’t just numbers; they’re a reflection of what we stand for.
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
And #Budget2025 shows #Canada turning away from the world when humanitarian needs are rising.
Our reaction: https://ow.ly/ISuF50Xnu7o #cdnpoli
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The 2025 federal budget just dropped... and it clearly favours corporate profits over the wellbeing of everyday people and the planet. Students across Canada are condemning this budget as a betrayal of our futures.
#Canada2025Budget #Budget2025
#Canada2025Budget #Budget2025
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The 2025 federal budget just dropped... and it clearly favours corporate profits over the wellbeing of everyday people and the planet. Students across Canada are condemning this budget as a betrayal of our futures.
#Canada2025Budget #Budget2025
#Canada2025Budget #Budget2025
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
I’m in Canada and have never visited New York & seeing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social win the mayoral election was a big dose of hope.
Democratic socialism is a win for all of us. (That’s why the billionaire class tries to make us afraid of it!)
Democratic socialism is a win for all of us. (That’s why the billionaire class tries to make us afraid of it!)
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I’m in Canada and have never visited New York & seeing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social win the mayoral election was a big dose of hope.
Democratic socialism is a win for all of us. (That’s why the billionaire class tries to make us afraid of it!)
Democratic socialism is a win for all of us. (That’s why the billionaire class tries to make us afraid of it!)
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#TalkAboutSudan:
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#TalkAboutSudan:
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli