Geordie
@geordiedent.bsky.social
Kicking billionaire ass wherever possible
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Alberta renters have it bad. Part of the reason is the dismal amount of non-market housing options available in this province.
In my latest story for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social i write about the limitations of Build Canada Homes’ approach to non-market housing.
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
In my latest story for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social i write about the limitations of Build Canada Homes’ approach to non-market housing.
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
Alberta renters don’t need more ‘supply’ — they need non-market housing options
Governments keep chasing the market while community housing providers quietly deliver stable, affordable homes that won’t disappear when profits rise
ricochet.media
December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Alberta renters have it bad. Part of the reason is the dismal amount of non-market housing options available in this province.
In my latest story for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social i write about the limitations of Build Canada Homes’ approach to non-market housing.
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
In my latest story for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social i write about the limitations of Build Canada Homes’ approach to non-market housing.
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
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TorontoToday spoke to clients entering the Grifols paid plasma clinic in North York this week, where they would receive up to $100 for their plasma. All of them said they were there because they needed money.
One man from Scarborough, who appeared to be in his 40s, said he was “f—ing broke.”
One man from Scarborough, who appeared to be in his 40s, said he was “f—ing broke.”
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
TorontoToday spoke to clients entering the Grifols paid plasma clinic in North York this week, where they would receive up to $100 for their plasma. All of them said they were there because they needed money.
One man from Scarborough, who appeared to be in his 40s, said he was “f—ing broke.”
One man from Scarborough, who appeared to be in his 40s, said he was “f—ing broke.”
Landlords
Stephen Wilkins had sought to illegally evict Patricia Hall and her children from his Germantown property. Hall, 45, was shot and killed in September 2023. (1/2)
Philly landlord whose intimidation campaign against tenant left two people dead is sentenced to 9 to 18 years in prison
Stephen Wilkins had sought to illegally evict Patricia Hall and her children from his Germantown property. Hall, 45, was shot and killed in September 2023.
www.inquirer.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Landlords
Oh no
Two people found dead after a fire at a sauna facility in Tokyo’s Akasaka district on Monday may have been trapped as a result of a broken door, according to investigative sources.
Broken door may have trapped victims in Tokyo sauna fire
Investigators found the L-shaped handles of the door of the sauna unit on the floor inside and outside.
ebx.sh
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Oh no
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Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Teens turn to a variety of online platforms, but YouTube continues to stand out. Roughly nine-in-ten teens report ever using it. TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the next most widely used platforms.
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B.C.’s UNDRIP law was passed unanimously as a path to reconciliation. But now that a provincial court has ruled the government’s obligations under the act are legally enforceable, Premier David Eby is vowing to amend it, raising alarm bells among some First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/undrip-eby-s...
B.C. premier’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law, explained | The Narwhal
B.C. Premier David Eby’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law following the Gitxaala ruling has some concerned about the province’s future
thenarwhal.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
B.C.’s UNDRIP law was passed unanimously as a path to reconciliation. But now that a provincial court has ruled the government’s obligations under the act are legally enforceable, Premier David Eby is vowing to amend it, raising alarm bells among some First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/undrip-eby-s...
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I was hoping to ask the premier about his plans to amend DRIPA
I also have questions about his government's energy policies and his evolution on the issue of fossil fuel development
But my request for a year end interview went unanswered
Most press gallery members got one last week #bcpoli
I also have questions about his government's energy policies and his evolution on the issue of fossil fuel development
But my request for a year end interview went unanswered
Most press gallery members got one last week #bcpoli
In 2019, BC MLAs unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
It was hailed as a watershed moment for reconciliation
Now, the government is vowing to change the law to block the courts from enforcing it and the official opposition is calling for DRIPA's repeal #bcpoli
It was hailed as a watershed moment for reconciliation
Now, the government is vowing to change the law to block the courts from enforcing it and the official opposition is calling for DRIPA's repeal #bcpoli
B.C.’s UNDRIP law was passed unanimously as a path to reconciliation. But now that a provincial court has ruled the government’s obligations under the act are legally enforceable, Premier David Eby is vowing to amend it, raising alarm bells among some First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/undrip-eby-s...
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I was hoping to ask the premier about his plans to amend DRIPA
I also have questions about his government's energy policies and his evolution on the issue of fossil fuel development
But my request for a year end interview went unanswered
Most press gallery members got one last week #bcpoli
I also have questions about his government's energy policies and his evolution on the issue of fossil fuel development
But my request for a year end interview went unanswered
Most press gallery members got one last week #bcpoli
Some interesting analysis in here, but not all that I agree with. My guess is that Chomsky probably knew Epstein was a past monster, but probably didn't care. I think it's politically consistent with his approach to pretty much everyone.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
www.thenation.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Some interesting analysis in here, but not all that I agree with. My guess is that Chomsky probably knew Epstein was a past monster, but probably didn't care. I think it's politically consistent with his approach to pretty much everyone.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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CASINO (Scorsese, 1995)
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
CASINO (Scorsese, 1995)
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Ten years and barely a dozen of the 94 TRC calls to action have been fulfilled.
I spoke a bit about this with Billy-Ray Belcourt in the summer.
www.thegrindmag.ca/billy-ray-be...
I spoke a bit about this with Billy-Ray Belcourt in the summer.
www.thegrindmag.ca/billy-ray-be...
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ten years and barely a dozen of the 94 TRC calls to action have been fulfilled.
I spoke a bit about this with Billy-Ray Belcourt in the summer.
www.thegrindmag.ca/billy-ray-be...
I spoke a bit about this with Billy-Ray Belcourt in the summer.
www.thegrindmag.ca/billy-ray-be...
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The Canadian media is an affirmative action program for right-wingers.
Nice to see that Globe and Mail columnist Robyn Urback is allowed to once again just totally twist my words and falsely smear me as antisemitic with zero professional consequences.
This is the second time she’s done this to me personally, and she’s done this to others too.
Such an awful person.
This is the second time she’s done this to me personally, and she’s done this to others too.
Such an awful person.
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Canadian media is an affirmative action program for right-wingers.
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Such a good article in Maisonneuve on how Canada Post is being dismantled, management is rolling out tech to try to emulate Amazon, and what Canadians collectively lose if they’re successful in gutting this public institution.
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maisonneuve.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Such a good article in Maisonneuve on how Canada Post is being dismantled, management is rolling out tech to try to emulate Amazon, and what Canadians collectively lose if they’re successful in gutting this public institution.
This is giving leftist splintering a run for its money
Dallas Brodie has apparently been removed as leader of far-right splinter party OneBC
December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is giving leftist splintering a run for its money
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AI-generated “synthetic respondents” can now pass the vast majority of fraud, attention, logic, and CAPTCHA checks used in opt-in online survey-based polling.
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling
[Ottawa – December 1, 2025] As AI tools become cheaper and harder to detect, non-probability, opt-in polls are becoming more vulnerable to synthetic respondents. This deck looks at what’s hap…
www.ekospolitics.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
AI-generated “synthetic respondents” can now pass the vast majority of fraud, attention, logic, and CAPTCHA checks used in opt-in online survey-based polling.
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
This, by the way, is an amazing series of photos.
December 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This, by the way, is an amazing series of photos.
I wrote a song a few years ago and the only lyrics are:
“I exercise at 90 out of defiance:
DICK VAN DYKE!”
“I exercise at 90 out of defiance:
DICK VAN DYKE!”
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I wrote a song a few years ago and the only lyrics are:
“I exercise at 90 out of defiance:
DICK VAN DYKE!”
“I exercise at 90 out of defiance:
DICK VAN DYKE!”
Mandy
December 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Mandy
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“We’re not learning from the past." www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-g...
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“We’re not learning from the past." www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-g...
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Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
Some pretty poor reasons for denial here. Lots of people “echo...state propaganda with respect to....war and NATO,” myself included.
Being a bad candidate shouldn't disqualify you from being able to run. If there's a good reason to reject, it should be better than this. 1
rabble.ca/politics/can...
Being a bad candidate shouldn't disqualify you from being able to run. If there's a good reason to reject, it should be better than this. 1
rabble.ca/politics/can...
NDP leadership committee rejects Yves Engler’s candidacy application
Yves Engler’s candidacy for the leadership was rejected on November 25 with the committee raising issues with his alleged behaviour.
rabble.ca
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Some pretty poor reasons for denial here. Lots of people “echo...state propaganda with respect to....war and NATO,” myself included.
Being a bad candidate shouldn't disqualify you from being able to run. If there's a good reason to reject, it should be better than this. 1
rabble.ca/politics/can...
Being a bad candidate shouldn't disqualify you from being able to run. If there's a good reason to reject, it should be better than this. 1
rabble.ca/politics/can...
Always interesting to watch how various actors - who have been banging on about antisemitism in relation to Palestine - remain totally silent in face of this news.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Always interesting to watch how various actors - who have been banging on about antisemitism in relation to Palestine - remain totally silent in face of this news.
Can’t believe that it took 10 years of work to get here. Hope City staff don’t just kill this on the DL again.
When I last talked to them suring a previous round of consultations they took as fact when landlords said it would cost millions. When I asked how they confirmed that they never responded.
When I last talked to them suring a previous round of consultations they took as fact when landlords said it would cost millions. When I asked how they confirmed that they never responded.
This summer in Toronto could be the last without a bylaw requiring landlords to keep rental units at a safe temperature during increasingly hot summers. Mayor Olivia Chow called for the drafting of a max temperature policy by this upcoming summer + implementation in 2027. For @nationalobserver.com
Toronto Mayor Chow calls for protections to keep tenants safe in extreme heat
Mayor Olivia Chow has requested the drafting of a new bylaw that would require landlords to keep rental units cool in the city's increasingly hot summers, just as heat is required in the winter.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Can’t believe that it took 10 years of work to get here. Hope City staff don’t just kill this on the DL again.
When I last talked to them suring a previous round of consultations they took as fact when landlords said it would cost millions. When I asked how they confirmed that they never responded.
When I last talked to them suring a previous round of consultations they took as fact when landlords said it would cost millions. When I asked how they confirmed that they never responded.
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My hot take is that Eddington and One Battle After Another are mirror images of Right-Wing and Left-Wing fantasies.
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My hot take is that Eddington and One Battle After Another are mirror images of Right-Wing and Left-Wing fantasies.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE