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· Sep 11
www.taxfairness.ca
Check out @policyalternatives.ca, www.taxfairness.ca/en, and @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social for writings on this.
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In today's @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File, I reach back to Jerry Mander's book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, for a critique of gen AI. Also, stories by @suzannerent.bsky.social, @mmughees.bsky.social & @dartjam.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different - Halifax Examiner
"We have not yet learned to think of technology as having ideology incorporated into its very form."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In today's @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File, I reach back to Jerry Mander's book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, for a critique of gen AI. Also, stories by @suzannerent.bsky.social, @mmughees.bsky.social & @dartjam.bsky.social.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
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If we taxed the Tesla Ketamine Bigot's conditional pay package at 99%... NINETY-NINE-PERCENT... he would still clear 10 billion dollars if he met performance requirements.
Ten. Billion. Dollars.
MAXIMUM WAGE NOW.
Ten. Billion. Dollars.
MAXIMUM WAGE NOW.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If we taxed the Tesla Ketamine Bigot's conditional pay package at 99%... NINETY-NINE-PERCENT... he would still clear 10 billion dollars if he met performance requirements.
Ten. Billion. Dollars.
MAXIMUM WAGE NOW.
Ten. Billion. Dollars.
MAXIMUM WAGE NOW.
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Ahem.
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 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ahem.
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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Indigenous health-care programs in Quebec at risk due to funding insecurity, advocates say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/indigenous-health-care-programs-quebec-funding-ombudsman-report-9.6976034
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Indigenous health-care programs in Quebec at risk due to funding insecurity, advocates say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/indigenous-health-care-programs-quebec-funding-ombudsman-report-9.6976034
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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And these fault lines bear out economically and quality of life. If the Liberals fail to target them they may find themselves out of power bc their domestic policies are shit.
I don’t know how you justify a huge increase in military spending when people can barely afford to eat
I don’t know how you justify a huge increase in military spending when people can barely afford to eat
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
And these fault lines bear out economically and quality of life. If the Liberals fail to target them they may find themselves out of power bc their domestic policies are shit.
I don’t know how you justify a huge increase in military spending when people can barely afford to eat
I don’t know how you justify a huge increase in military spending when people can barely afford to eat
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But that is the reality of the voting public: young women and young men are more politically polarized. I’m not surprised that the political divisions in this country are based on the fault lines of gender, generation and class.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
But that is the reality of the voting public: young women and young men are more politically polarized. I’m not surprised that the political divisions in this country are based on the fault lines of gender, generation and class.
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The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
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Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
Genuinely curious as to why Wu and others who argue along these lines are surprised that pro-Israel politics are on the back-foot in the United States.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
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Seriously, the reaction of plutocrats to the Mamdani campaign — histrionic freakout before the election, with promises to flee the city if he won, followed by a big “never mind” when he did — can teach us a couple of things. — @pkrugman.bsky.social
The Plutocrats Who Cried “Commie”
About that “fleeing New York” claim
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seriously, the reaction of plutocrats to the Mamdani campaign — histrionic freakout before the election, with promises to flee the city if he won, followed by a big “never mind” when he did — can teach us a couple of things. — @pkrugman.bsky.social
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I want to tell you what we know about Trump’s truly sh*tty economy. Then I’ll suggest 10 things that Democrats should pledge to do about it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-truly-shtty-economy
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I want to tell you what we know about Trump’s truly sh*tty economy. Then I’ll suggest 10 things that Democrats should pledge to do about it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-truly-shtty-economy
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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Over 20 million Canadians live in the ~500 km long corridor between Toronto and Montréal
This is as dense if not more densely populated than many parts of Europe
The reason we don’t build this stuff is because Canada’s government puts the interests of businesses ahead of the interests of people
This is as dense if not more densely populated than many parts of Europe
The reason we don’t build this stuff is because Canada’s government puts the interests of businesses ahead of the interests of people
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Over 20 million Canadians live in the ~500 km long corridor between Toronto and Montréal
This is as dense if not more densely populated than many parts of Europe
The reason we don’t build this stuff is because Canada’s government puts the interests of businesses ahead of the interests of people
This is as dense if not more densely populated than many parts of Europe
The reason we don’t build this stuff is because Canada’s government puts the interests of businesses ahead of the interests of people
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This really needs to be stressed, as it seems obvious Trump is going to let them vote to release it and then pretend his hands are tied.
He’s had the power to release them all along, and still does. It’s just his excuses that are changing.
He’s had the power to release them all along, and still does. It’s just his excuses that are changing.
The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This really needs to be stressed, as it seems obvious Trump is going to let them vote to release it and then pretend his hands are tied.
He’s had the power to release them all along, and still does. It’s just his excuses that are changing.
He’s had the power to release them all along, and still does. It’s just his excuses that are changing.
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But the market does not care, it does not respond to rational action. It's at the mercy of humans, predominantly ones full of fear, greed, FOMO, and occasionally psychopathy.
You can't tell it what to do, not forever.
You can't tell it what to do, not forever.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
But the market does not care, it does not respond to rational action. It's at the mercy of humans, predominantly ones full of fear, greed, FOMO, and occasionally psychopathy.
You can't tell it what to do, not forever.
You can't tell it what to do, not forever.
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It would be nice if Starmer just went quietly and let Rayner take over like everyone normal wants, rather than let McSweeney manipulate him into promoting the most Right wing person in his cabinet into one of the offices of state where she can launch her leadership campaign on the backs of migrants.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It would be nice if Starmer just went quietly and let Rayner take over like everyone normal wants, rather than let McSweeney manipulate him into promoting the most Right wing person in his cabinet into one of the offices of state where she can launch her leadership campaign on the backs of migrants.
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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Every Democrat should be saying, "When we take control of either House of Congress again, we promise to investigate this regime's ties to Hitler lovers."
I'm no lawyer, but when the president is defending the elevation of literal Hitler lovers, no one should ever take anything his regime says, pretending to care about antisemitism, seriously. Hope every university in America gets that.
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Every Democrat should be saying, "When we take control of either House of Congress again, we promise to investigate this regime's ties to Hitler lovers."
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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
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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
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Maybe strip billionaires of the power to convert media outlets and social media sites into right wing propaganda arms?
Is there a way to encourage voters to calm down, slow down and think twice, in an information environment that pushes us all to hurry up and feel? on.ft.com/4nUXTeI
Why populism became popular
It appeals more to a way of thinking than to a set of ideas — but is it just wrong?
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Maybe strip billionaires of the power to convert media outlets and social media sites into right wing propaganda arms?
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
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So the occupant of our White House is cool with pedophilia and we’re just going to carry on like everything is normal?
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So the occupant of our White House is cool with pedophilia and we’re just going to carry on like everything is normal?