@simongood.bsky.social
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“New ideas must use old buildings” - Jane Jacobs.
The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.
The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“New ideas must use old buildings” - Jane Jacobs.
The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.
The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.
It’s the Germany iron cross!!!
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 AM
It’s the Germany iron cross!!!
This is the flaccid response from leadership of @democrats.org
This was funny enough but this actually got me
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is the flaccid response from leadership of @democrats.org
Every @democrats.org that voted to send money to war criminals in Israel need to lose their seats. Vote out the weak.
NEW: 153 House Democrats voted with the Republican majority to pass the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 which includes an additional $3.3 BILLION in aid to Israel.
January 15, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Every @democrats.org that voted to send money to war criminals in Israel need to lose their seats. Vote out the weak.
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
Trump is pushing forward with his tech initiatives and has started a new website called Grope-on.
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Trump is pushing forward with his tech initiatives and has started a new website called Grope-on.
Slippery Carney strikes again. @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Canada denies participation in the Danish military exercise in Greenland: "As of this moment, the Canadian Armed Forces are not initiating any new operations in Greenland," said Maya Ouferhat, press secretary in the office of Canada's minister of national defense.
Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and France will participate alongside Denmark to expanded military exercises in Greenland.
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Slippery Carney strikes again. @charlieangus104.bsky.social
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This should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This should alarm everyone. The FBI searched a journalist’s home and seized her work devices, despite no criminal charges. This is a direct threat to press freedom.
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🚨Border Patrol whistleblower outraged by ICE's conduct exposes over a dozen secret ICE programs in documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/21-secret-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/21-secret-...
21 Secret ICE Programs Revealed
Leaked documents detail the dizzying scope of ICE operations
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
🚨Border Patrol whistleblower outraged by ICE's conduct exposes over a dozen secret ICE programs in documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/21-secret-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/21-secret-...
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One-in-five local constituents in Mark Carney’s Nepean riding work in the field of public administration
www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...
www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
One-in-five local constituents in Mark Carney’s Nepean riding work in the field of public administration
www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...
www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...
Ford: Tear down that dangerous Science Centre and put up some much need public housing !!! Of course built by one of my friends. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford government looks to pause affordable housing quotas near transit hubs in Toronto, Mississauga, Kitchener | CBC News
The province says inclusionary zoning, which allows the city to compel developers to add a percentage of affordable housing to new builds near transit stations, is deterring construction. But the oppo...
www.cbc.ca
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Ford: Tear down that dangerous Science Centre and put up some much need public housing !!! Of course built by one of my friends. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario if you think olde
Kaptain Am-Can isn’t doing this here you are not pay attention.
Kaptain Am-Can isn’t doing this here you are not pay attention.
This video from @propublica.org provides a robust summary of the Trump admin's work to reshape and dismantle public education in year one.
For readers of "They Came for the Schools," this picks up where the book left off.
Be sure to follow @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @megomatz.bsky.social
For readers of "They Came for the Schools," this picks up where the book left off.
Be sure to follow @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @megomatz.bsky.social
Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Change Public Education
YouTube video by ProPublica
youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Ontario if you think olde
Kaptain Am-Can isn’t doing this here you are not pay attention.
Kaptain Am-Can isn’t doing this here you are not pay attention.
Trump’s posturing to let everyone knows he owns CBS… fascist mob boss nothing more.
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Trump’s posturing to let everyone knows he owns CBS… fascist mob boss nothing more.
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Every time I think of Harper: dismantled & sold off assets of Canadian Wheat Board to Saudis, despite 60% of farmers wanting to keep; removed long form census, so now we have no idea what kind of infrastructure must be developed & where. Accepted $5 billion of $6+billion owed by US softwood lumber.
January 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Every time I think of Harper: dismantled & sold off assets of Canadian Wheat Board to Saudis, despite 60% of farmers wanting to keep; removed long form census, so now we have no idea what kind of infrastructure must be developed & where. Accepted $5 billion of $6+billion owed by US softwood lumber.
Housing? Livability? #FordFuckedItUp
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows.
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Nearly 85,000 people homeless in Ontario, up 8 per cent in 1 year: report
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalitie...
www.cp24.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Housing? Livability? #FordFuckedItUp
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ICE abducted and injured (bruised cheek) a 1-year old who is the daughter of a US citizen detained as part of a Kavanaugh Stop.
"Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid."
Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid
The father, who is a U.S. citizen, was detained for allegedly throwing rocks at agents. He says agents then drove off in his car, with his 1-year-old daughter in the backseat.
abc7.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
ICE abducted and injured (bruised cheek) a 1-year old who is the daughter of a US citizen detained as part of a Kavanaugh Stop.
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Ford employees are held to a higher standard than the president.
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ford employees are held to a higher standard than the president.
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Hugh Simpson, a former Region of Waterloo hydrogeologist, said the current water problem has been building for years — and has been worsened by the Ford government weakening long-term planning rules.
“That took away the ability to say ‘no,’” he said.
“That took away the ability to say ‘no,’” he said.
Ford's permit approvals have driven Waterloo to its water-taking limit
The Ford government approved more than 100 permits in the past five years, allowing industry to take water for industrial and commercial use in Waterloo Region, despite the province’s own data showing...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hugh Simpson, a former Region of Waterloo hydrogeologist, said the current water problem has been building for years — and has been worsened by the Ford government weakening long-term planning rules.
“That took away the ability to say ‘no,’” he said.
“That took away the ability to say ‘no,’” he said.
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"I don't know what other tools we have until the legislative branch of our government can stand up and do its job and provide a check to all of this, because our state government can't," he told us. "All we can do is collect evidence that this is happening and let people know about it."
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
‘We have to make sure people are watching. We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members.’
www.404media.co
January 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"I don't know what other tools we have until the legislative branch of our government can stand up and do its job and provide a check to all of this, because our state government can't," he told us. "All we can do is collect evidence that this is happening and let people know about it."
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Donald Trump pictured yesterday walking past a framed print of the US Constitution.
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Donald Trump pictured yesterday walking past a framed print of the US Constitution.
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Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
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January 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
But…but….Obama in a tan suit!
This visibly gets to him so people should keep doing it.
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
But…but….Obama in a tan suit!