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Toronto’s Don River was declared “biologically dead” decades ago — now fish are returning after a major wetland restoration. The rebound follows a C$1 billion renaturalisation that rebuilt wetlands, reshaped the river’s course, and restored spawning habitat. buff.ly/Mm6gOi1 #ShareGoodNewsToo
Fish are flooding back into Toronto’s Don River
This month, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority shared its findings from the Don River in 2025, which included documenting over 20 fish species. For the first time since 2012, an Atlantic…
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Toronto’s Don River was declared “biologically dead” decades ago — now fish are returning after a major wetland restoration. The rebound follows a C$1 billion renaturalisation that rebuilt wetlands, reshaped the river’s course, and restored spawning habitat. buff.ly/Mm6gOi1 #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on body cameras, sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability.
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even whe...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on body cameras, sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability.
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
(Published 2023)
Guesses only: mine: CIA involvement supporting Alberta and/or Quebec seperatists
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Guesses only: mine: CIA involvement supporting Alberta and/or Quebec seperatists
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Premier Kinew and Minister Asagwara aren’t leaving seniors at the mercy of the market, they’re stepping in to save these precious elder care beds.
This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.
This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.
NDP government uses health system expropriation powers for first time, seizes care home
The provincial government has taken control of a personal care home in south Winnipeg, marking the first time since taking power in 2023 that it has used expropriation within the health-care system to...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Premier Kinew and Minister Asagwara aren’t leaving seniors at the mercy of the market, they’re stepping in to save these precious elder care beds.
This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.
This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.
Trust
Waiting for the Joe Warmington take on this one lol
"Officers are accused of trafficking, leaking addresses to hitmen, and leaking police officer addresses, the sources said.
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said."
Holy Christ. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said."
Holy Christ. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Trust
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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"At least nine people were killed by police in December 2025. This means that at least 94 people were killed by cops this year." mediacoop.ca/node/119334 #cdnpoli
Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in December 2025
At least nine people were killed by police in December 2025. This means that at least 94 people were killed by cops this year. At least nine people were killed by police in Canada in November 2025 and...
mediacoop.ca
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"At least nine people were killed by police in December 2025. This means that at least 94 people were killed by cops this year." mediacoop.ca/node/119334 #cdnpoli
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Honest to god, what is it going to take to get political / governmental accounts in Canada to stop using this deranged website?
Other countries are launching criminal investigations into X, Canadian officials / political staffers seem more worried about their social media engagement metrics tanking
Other countries are launching criminal investigations into X, Canadian officials / political staffers seem more worried about their social media engagement metrics tanking
French authorities will investigate the proliferation of sexually explicit deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence platform Grok on X, the Paris prosecutor's office told POLITICO.
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.
www.politico.eu
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Honest to god, what is it going to take to get political / governmental accounts in Canada to stop using this deranged website?
Other countries are launching criminal investigations into X, Canadian officials / political staffers seem more worried about their social media engagement metrics tanking
Other countries are launching criminal investigations into X, Canadian officials / political staffers seem more worried about their social media engagement metrics tanking
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It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
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Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country"
This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
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'Ultimately, the crackdown on solidarity with #Palestinians reveals a profound crisis, not only of human rights in the occupied territories but of freedom itself, in societies that claim to be democratic.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds
Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
'Ultimately, the crackdown on solidarity with #Palestinians reveals a profound crisis, not only of human rights in the occupied territories but of freedom itself, in societies that claim to be democratic.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Oof
Imagine being a dying WW2 veteran and the last thing you see on earth is your great-grandson invading Portland for fascism and losing to a frog wizard.
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oof
Promoting an event? Don't just put the date, include the day of the week. Makes a big difference for me when I am planning.
Anyone else feel this way? Is it just ADHD brain?
Anyone else feel this way? Is it just ADHD brain?
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Promoting an event? Don't just put the date, include the day of the week. Makes a big difference for me when I am planning.
Anyone else feel this way? Is it just ADHD brain?
Anyone else feel this way? Is it just ADHD brain?
Jokes, but for real
BREAKING: Antifa designates the Trump administration as a domestic terrorist organization.
October 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Jokes, but for real
Just like Francis attacking minor costs in the city budget that have negligible impacts on the tax rate (but high culture war impacts) while ignoring the largest municipal budget impact, policing. Hypocrites.
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just like Francis attacking minor costs in the city budget that have negligible impacts on the tax rate (but high culture war impacts) while ignoring the largest municipal budget impact, policing. Hypocrites.
But trustee milkshakes!!!!
Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding in Paris after granting his clients millions in training funds
The "wedding was held on Saturday, during Paris Fashion Week, at the five-star Four Seasons Hotel George V, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower"
The "wedding was held on Saturday, during Paris Fashion Week, at the five-star Four Seasons Hotel George V, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower"
Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds
Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show
www.thetrillium.ca
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
But trustee milkshakes!!!!
The place everyone hates
Marineland's request for emergency funding from Ottawa, in a letter that warned 30 belugas at the park will otherwise be euthanized, is "inappropriate," Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said Monday.
Marineland's request for federal funds to care for belugas 'inappropriate': minister
Marineland's request for emergency funding from Ottawa, in a letter that warned 30 belugas at the park will otherwise be euthanized, is "inappropriate," Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said Monday.
www.chch.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The place everyone hates
Hamilton police would do this during bike week annually.
Gueph police is doing a bike blitz in October like as if it was cyclists who triple child pedestrian fatalities ever Halloween night. 🙄
"Cyclists must dismount and walk when going through a crosswalk or crossover."
Is so much bullshit that I get "seeing red" mad.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Is so much bullshit that I get "seeing red" mad.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hamilton police would do this during bike week annually.
Golly, I took one wrong turn and it's "survive"? :)
- Great bunch of upper-year McMaster undergrads again at the Semester in Residence program, we all made it out of the woods.
- Great bunch of upper-year McMaster undergrads again at the Semester in Residence program, we all made it out of the woods.
Some beautiful paths can not be discovered without getting a little lost 😌 🍁🍄...
CityLab students getting lost in Hamilton during a CityBuilding excursion (but we found a waterfall, so it's all good! 😂)
This video was made by a CityLab student, Monisha, as part of their passion project!
CityLab students getting lost in Hamilton during a CityBuilding excursion (but we found a waterfall, so it's all good! 😂)
This video was made by a CityLab student, Monisha, as part of their passion project!
Hike day: Snacks, Sweat and Sherman Falls
YouTube video by Semester in Residence CityLAB
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Golly, I took one wrong turn and it's "survive"? :)
- Great bunch of upper-year McMaster undergrads again at the Semester in Residence program, we all made it out of the woods.
- Great bunch of upper-year McMaster undergrads again at the Semester in Residence program, we all made it out of the woods.
Long overdue
Go small, or go home.
Index motor tax to vehicle size & weight please @darraghobrientd.bsky.social. If people want to drive big, they should pay big. And any EV subsidies should favour small vehicles.
#RoadBloat
Index motor tax to vehicle size & weight please @darraghobrientd.bsky.social. If people want to drive big, they should pay big. And any EV subsidies should favour small vehicles.
#RoadBloat
This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Long overdue
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Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
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Interesting that CN's PR damage control in @thespec1846.bsky.social only mentions "noise", and drops mention of their (carcinogenic) "odours".
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Based on my observations at the bay, the far bigger news story was the foreign rail oligarchs who are NIMBYing Jamesville development because of the unmitigated cancer they dump into #HamOnt 's local air shed.
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Interesting that CN's PR damage control in @thespec1846.bsky.social only mentions "noise", and drops mention of their (carcinogenic) "odours".
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...