Lieffe Wilden
@randomlettering.bsky.social
Budding Horticulturalist. Antifa. No one's going to save us. Blame my phone for typos, get a real argument.
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Mark 'Pipelines' Carney is no nation builder. @mark-carney.bsky.social
“When Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his government’s first budget earlier this month … it took a step backward, cutting money from the Canada Public Transit Fund — one of the few programs that provides federal resources for public transit.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o... #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o... #cdnpoli
Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that
If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastructu...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mark 'Pipelines' Carney is no nation builder. @mark-carney.bsky.social
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“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
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Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected.
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected.
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
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Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait
Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
"They’d basically talked themselves to death."
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait
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bro, I dunno, if you can't get Democrats to stop acting that way, maybe the leftists weren't really assuming that in bad faith
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
bro, I dunno, if you can't get Democrats to stop acting that way, maybe the leftists weren't really assuming that in bad faith
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the reality is that they have already won & they do not want to change anything. they want a strong republican party, as they say often. the only time they put any work in is to sabotage candidates running to the left of them, otherwise they just sit around doing insider trading
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
the reality is that they have already won & they do not want to change anything. they want a strong republican party, as they say often. the only time they put any work in is to sabotage candidates running to the left of them, otherwise they just sit around doing insider trading
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Jesus fucking christ this is so evil. Thinking about that Graeber quote about how in the 70's the US legalized interest rates previously only seen from organized crime
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
www.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Jesus fucking christ this is so evil. Thinking about that Graeber quote about how in the 70's the US legalized interest rates previously only seen from organized crime
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Those cheering on the massive job cuts in the public service need to realise that those displaced workers will be competing for the limited number of available private sector positions.
This increased competition will result in lower wages for everyone.
This increased competition will result in lower wages for everyone.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Those cheering on the massive job cuts in the public service need to realise that those displaced workers will be competing for the limited number of available private sector positions.
This increased competition will result in lower wages for everyone.
This increased competition will result in lower wages for everyone.
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This is what a generational investment in the future looks like @mark-carney.bsky.social. You're doing it wrong. electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is what a generational investment in the future looks like @mark-carney.bsky.social. You're doing it wrong. electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Seeing more “no the right way is to do it like this”
When it’s literally dem socs vs anarchists vs revolutionairy communists
You guys aren’t going to agree on tactics. It’s just not going to happen
When it’s literally dem socs vs anarchists vs revolutionairy communists
You guys aren’t going to agree on tactics. It’s just not going to happen
I think at the end of the day some people just have different goals in their organizing so critiques and tactics will obviously differ. There is no universal truth when there are groups of people with vastly different goals. People who want the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Seeing more “no the right way is to do it like this”
When it’s literally dem socs vs anarchists vs revolutionairy communists
You guys aren’t going to agree on tactics. It’s just not going to happen
When it’s literally dem socs vs anarchists vs revolutionairy communists
You guys aren’t going to agree on tactics. It’s just not going to happen
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I have hand embroidery commissions open once more, open to whatever!
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have hand embroidery commissions open once more, open to whatever!
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Who broke Alberta public education and what will fix it?
An investigation into public education funding in Alberta
courtneyhall486753.substack.com/p/who-caused...
An investigation into public education funding in Alberta
courtneyhall486753.substack.com/p/who-caused...
Who caused Alberta's education crisis and what will fix it?
An investigation into public education funding in Alberta
courtneyhall486753.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Who broke Alberta public education and what will fix it?
An investigation into public education funding in Alberta
courtneyhall486753.substack.com/p/who-caused...
An investigation into public education funding in Alberta
courtneyhall486753.substack.com/p/who-caused...
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If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.)
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
The big crime lie
Crime is down but spending on cops and security is up. Why?
noraloreto.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.)
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
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A bunch of newly activated people in Chicago need to read this. A troubling number of people believe the police "are on our side" because they have largely followed the law and orders they've been given about not helping ICE. The police will never be "on our side." Sometimes, they're just reined in.
In case you wanted to know what was going through the heads of some Chicago police as the feds throw tear gas and make arrests throughout the city, Jeremy Gorner and I have you covered here. What they have to say may surprise you.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/c...
Chicago police find themselves in difficult spots as wave of federal immigration enforcement continues
On at least two occasions, CPD personnel responding to standoffs between neighbors and federal agents have found themselves tear-gassed alongside residents as agents react to thrown objects and sho…
www.chicagotribune.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A bunch of newly activated people in Chicago need to read this. A troubling number of people believe the police "are on our side" because they have largely followed the law and orders they've been given about not helping ICE. The police will never be "on our side." Sometimes, they're just reined in.
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At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
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The left: always correct—uncomfortably early for everyone else
Everyone else: “now that we agree with the left, the left needs to compromise to accommodate us”
Everyone else: “now that we agree with the left, the left needs to compromise to accommodate us”
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The left: always correct—uncomfortably early for everyone else
Everyone else: “now that we agree with the left, the left needs to compromise to accommodate us”
Everyone else: “now that we agree with the left, the left needs to compromise to accommodate us”
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PSA for everyone going to protests
June 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
PSA for everyone going to protests
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if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.
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Gaza has around 20,000 unexploded Israeli bombs amid up to 70 million tonnes of rubble, posing a massive threat to Palestinians, as removal is blocked by Israel’s ban on heavy equipment, according to the Government Media Office.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m73gl0
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m73gl0
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Gaza has around 20,000 unexploded Israeli bombs amid up to 70 million tonnes of rubble, posing a massive threat to Palestinians, as removal is blocked by Israel’s ban on heavy equipment, according to the Government Media Office.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m73gl0
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m73gl0
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Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July)
(Published July)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July)
(Published July)
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On Monday, Pierre Poilievre shared his party’s petition to “end DEI” and “restore the merit principle.”
Just before that, another Conservative MP posted that “Canada must now place restrictions on birthright citizenship”
If it all sounds a bit Trump-y, that’s probably because…it is:
Just before that, another Conservative MP posted that “Canada must now place restrictions on birthright citizenship”
If it all sounds a bit Trump-y, that’s probably because…it is:
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
On Monday, Pierre Poilievre shared his party’s petition to “end DEI” and “restore the merit principle.”
Just before that, another Conservative MP posted that “Canada must now place restrictions on birthright citizenship”
If it all sounds a bit Trump-y, that’s probably because…it is:
Just before that, another Conservative MP posted that “Canada must now place restrictions on birthright citizenship”
If it all sounds a bit Trump-y, that’s probably because…it is: