Andy F.
@andemic.bsky.social
How many rebrands before you know it’s not happening?
Reposted by Andy F.
Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
Hey @cbbworld.bsky.social, don’t know where else to file a request so:
Could the CBBW merch-czar consider a reprint of the “Green Things Like Me…” tee from Scott Hasn’t Seen? Many hamburgers.
#green-round
Could the CBBW merch-czar consider a reprint of the “Green Things Like Me…” tee from Scott Hasn’t Seen? Many hamburgers.
#green-round
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hey @cbbworld.bsky.social, don’t know where else to file a request so:
Could the CBBW merch-czar consider a reprint of the “Green Things Like Me…” tee from Scott Hasn’t Seen? Many hamburgers.
#green-round
Could the CBBW merch-czar consider a reprint of the “Green Things Like Me…” tee from Scott Hasn’t Seen? Many hamburgers.
#green-round
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Reposted by Andy F.
Marit Stiles warns of water privatization in Ford government’s omnibus bill
Marit Stiles warns of water privatization in Ford government’s omnibus bill
Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, would designate a corporation to provide water and sewage services "on behalf of particular lower-tier municipalities."
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Marit Stiles warns of water privatization in Ford government’s omnibus bill
Reposted by Andy F.
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
Reposted by Andy F.
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
Hey @sportsnetpr.bsky.social
Tell your tech team I love being gaslit!
SN apps telling me there’s a problem with *my* network while Sportsnet is the only thing not working perfectly.
Tell sales this is why piracy is up.
Tell your tech team I love being gaslit!
SN apps telling me there’s a problem with *my* network while Sportsnet is the only thing not working perfectly.
Tell sales this is why piracy is up.
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hey @sportsnetpr.bsky.social
Tell your tech team I love being gaslit!
SN apps telling me there’s a problem with *my* network while Sportsnet is the only thing not working perfectly.
Tell sales this is why piracy is up.
Tell your tech team I love being gaslit!
SN apps telling me there’s a problem with *my* network while Sportsnet is the only thing not working perfectly.
Tell sales this is why piracy is up.
If you’re an #Ontario #tenant in #Toronto or anywhere else, speak out now. Today.
The market for ON’s unliveable-layout condos is falling. Premiere Ford, corruptly connected to (esp. RE) capital, has the solution: pushing long-term renters like the elderly into the market to help “landlords” profit
The market for ON’s unliveable-layout condos is falling. Premiere Ford, corruptly connected to (esp. RE) capital, has the solution: pushing long-term renters like the elderly into the market to help “landlords” profit
Doug Ford Moves to End Rent Control
Doug Ford announced proposed changes to the LTB that would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.
acorncanada.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
![“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vpkw7cvu6eu742hvjk5wsxf2/bafkreicrlxzxja6qeixsnutjxdwddofgxqymqtw7n4kgfol4wg5tabcdhq@jpeg)
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
DISGUSTING @theglobeandmail.com is owned by the Thomson family via Woodbridge Co. They also own Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp., managing retail at Union Station & other commercial property.
The ed. board has chosen to publish propaganda solely bc their owners stand to lose money if people WFH
The ed. board has chosen to publish propaganda solely bc their owners stand to lose money if people WFH
October 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
DISGUSTING @theglobeandmail.com is owned by the Thomson family via Woodbridge Co. They also own Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp., managing retail at Union Station & other commercial property.
The ed. board has chosen to publish propaganda solely bc their owners stand to lose money if people WFH
The ed. board has chosen to publish propaganda solely bc their owners stand to lose money if people WFH
Reposted by Andy F.
An AP investigation finds that Silicon Valley companies sold surveillance technology to Chinese police and security contractors, ignoring warnings that the tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religious sects and target minorities.
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
An AP investigation finds that Silicon Valley companies sold surveillance technology to Chinese police and security contractors, ignoring warnings that the tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religious sects and target minorities.
Slept on it. Still disgusted @lawfaremedia.org gave Stewart Baker the legitimacy of their masthead in publishing his apologia for corporate “AI” theft
Presented as a contributors piece, not some external “op-ed.” Lawfare believes the law should serve profit first & so my material support ends today
Presented as a contributors piece, not some external “op-ed.” Lawfare believes the law should serve profit first & so my material support ends today
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Slept on it. Still disgusted @lawfaremedia.org gave Stewart Baker the legitimacy of their masthead in publishing his apologia for corporate “AI” theft
Presented as a contributors piece, not some external “op-ed.” Lawfare believes the law should serve profit first & so my material support ends today
Presented as a contributors piece, not some external “op-ed.” Lawfare believes the law should serve profit first & so my material support ends today
Reposted by Andy F.
#Sudan: Across #Darfur, faculties are overwhelmed at the levels of #cholera.
Watch as Matteo Chiesa, our Logistic Team Leader, updates on the health crisis: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-war-fu...
Watch as Matteo Chiesa, our Logistic Team Leader, updates on the health crisis: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-war-fu...
August 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#Sudan: Across #Darfur, faculties are overwhelmed at the levels of #cholera.
Watch as Matteo Chiesa, our Logistic Team Leader, updates on the health crisis: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-war-fu...
Watch as Matteo Chiesa, our Logistic Team Leader, updates on the health crisis: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-war-fu...
Hey @pftompkins.bsky.social, thanks for the variucopia of entertainment last night!
With stuff not making it across the border, any chance there’s a Varietourpia merch site going? (Was hoping to snag cufflinks)
Either way, break many legs & oink-oink 💦 🐷
With stuff not making it across the border, any chance there’s a Varietourpia merch site going? (Was hoping to snag cufflinks)
Either way, break many legs & oink-oink 💦 🐷
May 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @pftompkins.bsky.social, thanks for the variucopia of entertainment last night!
With stuff not making it across the border, any chance there’s a Varietourpia merch site going? (Was hoping to snag cufflinks)
Either way, break many legs & oink-oink 💦 🐷
With stuff not making it across the border, any chance there’s a Varietourpia merch site going? (Was hoping to snag cufflinks)
Either way, break many legs & oink-oink 💦 🐷