mathenpointe
@mathenpointe.bsky.social
🚲Cars ruin everything
😷Clean air indoors and out
🇨🇦Protect public healthcare and education
😷Clean air indoors and out
🇨🇦Protect public healthcare and education
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The Toronto police union getting mad that the Inspector General is ordering a province-wide review of policing is very funny to me. Why? You don't have anything to hide, do you? Just comply! If you haven't done anything wrong, there won't be trouble!
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The Toronto police union getting mad that the Inspector General is ordering a province-wide review of policing is very funny to me. Why? You don't have anything to hide, do you? Just comply! If you haven't done anything wrong, there won't be trouble!
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Harbord yesterday. Anyone with a mobility device will have difficulty & now-plowed bike lanes unusable. Tory-council contract but somebody is making cash w/out doing the job right. It’s confounding that the mayor isn’t yelling about this. Instead we get city ads/PR that snow clearing is good.
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Harbord yesterday. Anyone with a mobility device will have difficulty & now-plowed bike lanes unusable. Tory-council contract but somebody is making cash w/out doing the job right. It’s confounding that the mayor isn’t yelling about this. Instead we get city ads/PR that snow clearing is good.
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Many Black Canadians were kept from serving in the First World War, with some officials considering it to be a "White Man's War".
The No. 2 Construction Battalion was the only Canadian battalion composed of Black soldiers to serve in the war.
This is the story.
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The No. 2 Construction Battalion was the only Canadian battalion composed of Black soldiers to serve in the war.
This is the story.
🧵 1/10
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Many Black Canadians were kept from serving in the First World War, with some officials considering it to be a "White Man's War".
The No. 2 Construction Battalion was the only Canadian battalion composed of Black soldiers to serve in the war.
This is the story.
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The No. 2 Construction Battalion was the only Canadian battalion composed of Black soldiers to serve in the war.
This is the story.
🧵 1/10
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The real story is why *more* elite athletes are not regularly masking and occasionally quarantining as needed. If you spent years training for an event, wouldn't you take every step to ensure peak performance?
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The real story is why *more* elite athletes are not regularly masking and occasionally quarantining as needed. If you spent years training for an event, wouldn't you take every step to ensure peak performance?
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I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
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I read somewhere 'The US isn't like the US because of Trump, Trump is like Trump because of the way the US is' and I really do think this explains why Trump's getting away with what he's getting away with.
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while U.S. fallout is more muted
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while U.S. fallout is more muted
The huge trove of Epstein documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice has sent shock waves through Europe’s political, economic and social elites.
www.thestar.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I read somewhere 'The US isn't like the US because of Trump, Trump is like Trump because of the way the US is' and I really do think this explains why Trump's getting away with what he's getting away with.
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And yet the Ford government will take over multiple school boards on the premise that they have mismanaged their finances.
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
And yet the Ford government will take over multiple school boards on the premise that they have mismanaged their finances.
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how the photos look in the hometown paper when a police son and dad team up to plot a murder
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
how the photos look in the hometown paper when a police son and dad team up to plot a murder
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This is fucking criminal. I can't believe Ontario keeps electing these malicious clowns who are openly and gleefully destroying health care in front of our eyes.
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
The metric was not included in the latest Ontario Health annual report, with one emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is fucking criminal. I can't believe Ontario keeps electing these malicious clowns who are openly and gleefully destroying health care in front of our eyes.
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I always say, see that black shit on the snow? It's from cars. And you're breathing it all the time.
More advocates should be doing "cars are filthy" posts. This is really hitting a nerve:
www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/c...
www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/c...
From the fuckcars community on Reddit: Cars make everything they touch filthy
Posted by MiserNYC- - 2,321 votes and 51 comments
www.reddit.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I always say, see that black shit on the snow? It's from cars. And you're breathing it all the time.
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I knew about the tow truck wars in Toronto but I did not know that MORE THAN 1 IN 8 bullets fired by guns anywhere in Toronto in the year 2024 were related to tow truck driver turf wars???
And the police force is not just complicit but LEAKING INFO TO HITMEN????
And the police force is not just complicit but LEAKING INFO TO HITMEN????
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I knew about the tow truck wars in Toronto but I did not know that MORE THAN 1 IN 8 bullets fired by guns anywhere in Toronto in the year 2024 were related to tow truck driver turf wars???
And the police force is not just complicit but LEAKING INFO TO HITMEN????
And the police force is not just complicit but LEAKING INFO TO HITMEN????
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Released on a ‘promise to appear’. Not even bail.
I look forward to Doug Ford, calling their release “beyond comprehension” and “completely unacceptable,” like he did in a recent Toronto case.
I look forward to Doug Ford, calling their release “beyond comprehension” and “completely unacceptable,” like he did in a recent Toronto case.
This story is wild 🤯 #Ontario
9 Toronto police officers facing charges related to tow-truck violence: sources
The officers are accused of trafficking, leaking addresses to hitmen, and leaking police officer addresses, the sources said.
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
9 Toronto police officers facing charges related to tow-truck violence: sources
The officers are accused of trafficking, leaking addresses to hitmen, and leaking police officer addresses, the sources said.
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
9 Toronto police officers facing charges related to tow-truck violence: source | CBC News
Nine Toronto police officers are facing charges related to violent incidents involving tow trucks and operators across the Greater Toronto Area, multiple sources tell CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Released on a ‘promise to appear’. Not even bail.
I look forward to Doug Ford, calling their release “beyond comprehension” and “completely unacceptable,” like he did in a recent Toronto case.
I look forward to Doug Ford, calling their release “beyond comprehension” and “completely unacceptable,” like he did in a recent Toronto case.
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Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe.
The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to.
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
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Like, nothing isolates society more than a car and the kind of city's we've built because of the car!! Now we have to do more costly acrobatics for the car. Why is new housing so expensive, you as???
(OK i stop looking at city council NOW)
(OK i stop looking at city council NOW)
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Like, nothing isolates society more than a car and the kind of city's we've built because of the car!! Now we have to do more costly acrobatics for the car. Why is new housing so expensive, you as???
(OK i stop looking at city council NOW)
(OK i stop looking at city council NOW)
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The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
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The War is On
I'm on stage Thurs eve at Hot Docs cinema w @thewaroncars.bsky.social + lawyers who argued against Ford bike lane ban @bronwynroe.bsky.social @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social at Supreme Court of Canada. Welcome @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social to Toronto.
Books & war.
I'm on stage Thurs eve at Hot Docs cinema w @thewaroncars.bsky.social + lawyers who argued against Ford bike lane ban @bronwynroe.bsky.social @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social at Supreme Court of Canada. Welcome @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social to Toronto.
Books & war.
The War on Cars is coming to Toronto, and they've brought reinforcements.
Tickets: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...
Tickets: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...
February 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The War is On
I'm on stage Thurs eve at Hot Docs cinema w @thewaroncars.bsky.social + lawyers who argued against Ford bike lane ban @bronwynroe.bsky.social @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social at Supreme Court of Canada. Welcome @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social to Toronto.
Books & war.
I'm on stage Thurs eve at Hot Docs cinema w @thewaroncars.bsky.social + lawyers who argued against Ford bike lane ban @bronwynroe.bsky.social @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social at Supreme Court of Canada. Welcome @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @sgoodyear.bsky.social to Toronto.
Books & war.
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The War on Cars, welcome to Toronto! We are so excited to be in the city that inspired the podcast's title.
We’ll see you at our LIFE AFTER CARS show on Thursday, Feb 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Who knows? Maybe we can convince Doug Ford to come.
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
We’ll see you at our LIFE AFTER CARS show on Thursday, Feb 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Who knows? Maybe we can convince Doug Ford to come.
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The War on Cars, welcome to Toronto! We are so excited to be in the city that inspired the podcast's title.
We’ll see you at our LIFE AFTER CARS show on Thursday, Feb 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Who knows? Maybe we can convince Doug Ford to come.
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
We’ll see you at our LIFE AFTER CARS show on Thursday, Feb 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Who knows? Maybe we can convince Doug Ford to come.
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
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Canadian banks closed 561 branches & 900 ATMs in 4 years, while population grew 7%.
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Crowsnest Pass town latest Alberta community to lose bank branch — a trend seen across Canada | CBC News
The loss of retail banking service locations is not unique to one bank or to Alberta or to small towns. The Canadian Bankers Association says the number of bank branches is down nationwide: about six ...
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Canadian banks closed 561 branches & 900 ATMs in 4 years, while population grew 7%.
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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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.
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Reporters! Every time a politician talks about Heated Rivalry, please follow-up with a question about declining arts and media funding in Canada.
Prime Minister Carney is killing it here: "I greenlit this thing!"
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Reporters! Every time a politician talks about Heated Rivalry, please follow-up with a question about declining arts and media funding in Canada.
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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 3:00 AM
This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵