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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One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription.
Reading educates us about each other, about history, about injustice. Thats why they came for the newspapers, they came for the books, they came for public schools. It was never, ever, about free speech. It was about strengthening their place as feudal lords and ours as their servants and toys.
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Reading educates us about each other, about history, about injustice. Thats why they came for the newspapers, they came for the books, they came for public schools. It was never, ever, about free speech. It was about strengthening their place as feudal lords and ours as their servants and toys.
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There are no immigration crises, anywhere. There are governments deliberately under-planning for forecasted immigration and then using the strain to turn people against each other instead of against them.
February 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
There are no immigration crises, anywhere. There are governments deliberately under-planning for forecasted immigration and then using the strain to turn people against each other instead of against them.
And Canada still has deals with Palentir. Walking us right into Thiel’s ideal.
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
And Canada still has deals with Palentir. Walking us right into Thiel’s ideal.
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There are legtimate uses for AI. There are ways for AI to empower humans and level playing fields. It's just that they don't tend to make billionaires richer or let people be lazy, so that's not what is being forced on us.
February 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
There are legtimate uses for AI. There are ways for AI to empower humans and level playing fields. It's just that they don't tend to make billionaires richer or let people be lazy, so that's not what is being forced on us.
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Universal healthcare is a socialist policy so if that’s what you are most proud of as part of your Canadian identity, congratulations you have just discovered socialism. Its not scary here. On the contrary, it’s nice & equitable. #Canadasky
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Universal healthcare is a socialist policy so if that’s what you are most proud of as part of your Canadian identity, congratulations you have just discovered socialism. Its not scary here. On the contrary, it’s nice & equitable. #Canadasky
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A 4th term will be the last nail in the coffin for publicly funded education and healthcare. Calling all educators, education workers, physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers to mobilize NOW. Contact your local Ontario NDP riding association and find out how to get involved.
Doug Ford touts a fourth term in speech at Tory convention Saturday night
Doug Ford touts a fourth term in speech at Tory convention Saturday night
Speaking to 1,000 Tory delegates, Ford vowed to “protect Ontario” from U.S. President Donald Trump and said he looks forward to leading the Progressive Conservatives to “a historic, fourth majority ma...
www.thestar.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A 4th term will be the last nail in the coffin for publicly funded education and healthcare. Calling all educators, education workers, physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers to mobilize NOW. Contact your local Ontario NDP riding association and find out how to get involved.
Listen and share this song 🎵 and contact your MPP. @eslfairy.bsky.social I’m sending you a hug and a fist of solidarity. 🥰
They are cutting down public schools because they foster community, collectivism and shared goals. We need to push back. ✊
They are cutting down public schools because they foster community, collectivism and shared goals. We need to push back. ✊
February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Listen and share this song 🎵 and contact your MPP. @eslfairy.bsky.social I’m sending you a hug and a fist of solidarity. 🥰
They are cutting down public schools because they foster community, collectivism and shared goals. We need to push back. ✊
They are cutting down public schools because they foster community, collectivism and shared goals. We need to push back. ✊
I’m thankful for books Ive read recently that inspire & inform about community action & change.
Moral Ambition by @rutgerbregman.com
Doppelganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Crackdown by
@garthmullins.bsky.social
Moral Ambition by @rutgerbregman.com
Doppelganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Crackdown by
@garthmullins.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I’m thankful for books Ive read recently that inspire & inform about community action & change.
Moral Ambition by @rutgerbregman.com
Doppelganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Crackdown by
@garthmullins.bsky.social
Moral Ambition by @rutgerbregman.com
Doppelganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Crackdown by
@garthmullins.bsky.social
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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Israel has been using AI to mass target Palestinians for years. It has used the genocide in Gaza to accelerate this technique, ramping up the speed of AI targeting to create what Israeli journalists called a “mass assassination factory”.
www.democracynow.org/2023/12/1/is...
www.democracynow.org/2023/12/1/is...
“Mass Assassination Factory”: Israel Using AI to Generate Targets in Gaza, Increasing Civilian Toll
We look at a new report that reveals how Israel is using artificial intelligence to draw up targets in its military assault of Gaza. The report’s author, journalist Yuval Abraham, has found that the I...
www.democracynow.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Israel has been using AI to mass target Palestinians for years. It has used the genocide in Gaza to accelerate this technique, ramping up the speed of AI targeting to create what Israeli journalists called a “mass assassination factory”.
www.democracynow.org/2023/12/1/is...
www.democracynow.org/2023/12/1/is...
This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:
It seems that Acton’s quote is bang on - Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
At this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It seems that Acton’s quote is bang on - Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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For decades in Canada, we built thousands of affordable co-op homes every year. In 1995, the federal and provincial governments stopped financially supporting co-op construction.
Thirty years of underinvestment in affordable homes has contributed to the housing crisis we face today.
Thirty years of underinvestment in affordable homes has contributed to the housing crisis we face today.
January 30, 2026 at 5:21 PM
For decades in Canada, we built thousands of affordable co-op homes every year. In 1995, the federal and provincial governments stopped financially supporting co-op construction.
Thirty years of underinvestment in affordable homes has contributed to the housing crisis we face today.
Thirty years of underinvestment in affordable homes has contributed to the housing crisis we face today.
Canadians need to deal with the bigotry being entrenched in policy right here at home. Consider what we are seeing south of the border as a wake up call. We lose the rights we don’t fight for.
SCOOP: I obtained the lists of books banned at the Edmonton and Calgary public school boards.
Click to find out which ones were removed.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Click to find out which ones were removed.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Here are the secret lists of banned books from Alberta's 2 largest school boards
The Calgary Board of Education removed 42 books from its libraries and the Edmonton Public School Board removed 33 in response to an order from Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Canadians need to deal with the bigotry being entrenched in policy right here at home. Consider what we are seeing south of the border as a wake up call. We lose the rights we don’t fight for.
Sure, I’ll bet those food inspectors were just surplus all along @mark-carney.bsky.social
And with the wheels completely off the cart down south, I’m sure nothing will get into our food supply that we need to track and alert people about. How is this for #ElbowsUp Canada?
And with the wheels completely off the cart down south, I’m sure nothing will get into our food supply that we need to track and alert people about. How is this for #ElbowsUp Canada?
a cartoon drawing of bacteria with the words party time written below them
Alt: a cartoon drawing of bacteria with the words party time written below them
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Sure, I’ll bet those food inspectors were just surplus all along @mark-carney.bsky.social
And with the wheels completely off the cart down south, I’m sure nothing will get into our food supply that we need to track and alert people about. How is this for #ElbowsUp Canada?
And with the wheels completely off the cart down south, I’m sure nothing will get into our food supply that we need to track and alert people about. How is this for #ElbowsUp Canada?
So well said. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social sums it up here.
A man of quality isn't threatened by a woman's equality. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
So well said. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social sums it up here.
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Local woman wakes up, redistributes all the billionaire money (but especially the Bezos, Zucko, Musko fucko buckos) to healthcare, education, housing, libraries and anything else that will help the world instead of destroy it, makes oatmeal.
January 29, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Local woman wakes up, redistributes all the billionaire money (but especially the Bezos, Zucko, Musko fucko buckos) to healthcare, education, housing, libraries and anything else that will help the world instead of destroy it, makes oatmeal.
We stand with Minnesota ✊ Selling armoured vehicles to ICE isn't Canada Strong. It's Canada COMPLICIT.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
No more Canadian arms for ICE!!! act.gp/4rfbKi6
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
No more Canadian arms for ICE!!! act.gp/4rfbKi6
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bisan Owda won a Peabody for journalism, the Edward R Murrow Award for News and and Emmy - yet when US investors snapped up TikTok she was one of the first to be blocked out. It was never about free speech. It was always about control and oppression.
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Bisan Owda won a Peabody for journalism, the Edward R Murrow Award for News and and Emmy - yet when US investors snapped up TikTok she was one of the first to be blocked out. It was never about free speech. It was always about control and oppression.
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:16 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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This is but one of many articles exploring SARS-CoV-2’s potential oncogenic properties. If you want to avoid cancer, take steps to avoid C-19. If you don’t think your ‘future you’ will be glad you did, you’ve clearly never had cancer. It’s rather unpleasant.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The double-edged sword: How SARS-CoV-2 might fuel lung cancer: Investigating the potential oncogenic mechanisms of the novel coronavirus in lung carcinogenesis
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has had far-reaching consequences beyond acute respiratory illness, with growing evidence suggesting pote…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This is but one of many articles exploring SARS-CoV-2’s potential oncogenic properties. If you want to avoid cancer, take steps to avoid C-19. If you don’t think your ‘future you’ will be glad you did, you’ve clearly never had cancer. It’s rather unpleasant.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Interesting look at property controls and anti-competitive practices in the grocery business (i.e. how commercial landlords attract anchor stores).
(housing scholar hint: Competition Bureau might also want to peek at municipal corporation property controls on housing!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(housing scholar hint: Competition Bureau might also want to peek at municipal corporation property controls on housing!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood | CBC News
Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an...
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Interesting look at property controls and anti-competitive practices in the grocery business (i.e. how commercial landlords attract anchor stores).
(housing scholar hint: Competition Bureau might also want to peek at municipal corporation property controls on housing!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(housing scholar hint: Competition Bureau might also want to peek at municipal corporation property controls on housing!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...