StarryStuff
@starrystuff42.bsky.social
Canada. Toronto. Vegan. Lefty. Atheist. Oxford Comma. Never Poilievre. Elbows Up 🇨🇦 She/her 🍉
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
Canada.... always trying to be like the US. Pathetic.
After almost three decades, Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998.
This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Canada.... always trying to be like the US. Pathetic.
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Americans can’t recognize fascism because American exceptionalism prevents them from acknowledging their country is capable of it. They just held a Senate vote to kill 50k citizens and the Americans’ take-away was that they have to primary harder.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Americans can’t recognize fascism because American exceptionalism prevents them from acknowledging their country is capable of it. They just held a Senate vote to kill 50k citizens and the Americans’ take-away was that they have to primary harder.
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Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
Congrats, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !!! So happy for you and NYC!!
@ndp.ca take note! Study his campaign!!! Learn from it!
@ndp.ca take note! Study his campaign!!! Learn from it!
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Congrats, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !!! So happy for you and NYC!!
@ndp.ca take note! Study his campaign!!! Learn from it!
@ndp.ca take note! Study his campaign!!! Learn from it!
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We published an investigation from @kcinbk.bsky.social
into YouTube vids that falsely claim to show police racially profiling and arresting a person that turns out to to be an FBI agent. They've earned over 300 million views.
In response, YouTube banned 13 channels: indicator.media/p/youtube-co...
into YouTube vids that falsely claim to show police racially profiling and arresting a person that turns out to to be an FBI agent. They've earned over 300 million views.
In response, YouTube banned 13 channels: indicator.media/p/youtube-co...
Rage-baiting YouTube videos falsely claim to expose police for arresting FBI agents
Indicator identified 55 false or misleading cop comeuppance that generated hundreds of millions of views. In response, YouTube removed 13 channels
indicator.media
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We published an investigation from @kcinbk.bsky.social
into YouTube vids that falsely claim to show police racially profiling and arresting a person that turns out to to be an FBI agent. They've earned over 300 million views.
In response, YouTube banned 13 channels: indicator.media/p/youtube-co...
into YouTube vids that falsely claim to show police racially profiling and arresting a person that turns out to to be an FBI agent. They've earned over 300 million views.
In response, YouTube banned 13 channels: indicator.media/p/youtube-co...
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For Slate, I dived into what a viral real estate influencer in NYC may reveal our increasingly polluting news environment of, and how a profitable business model of amplifying polarizing political and cultural content is making it even worse.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
He Used to Make Videos About NYC Real Estate. Then He Became Radicalized by the Right.
Cash Jordan made a name for himself showing off New York apartments. Now his YouTube channel is all crime and conspiracy. What happened?
slate.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For Slate, I dived into what a viral real estate influencer in NYC may reveal our increasingly polluting news environment of, and how a profitable business model of amplifying polarizing political and cultural content is making it even worse.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
I'm an auntie to my cousin's kids. It's a thing. #zohranmamdani
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm an auntie to my cousin's kids. It's a thing. #zohranmamdani
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
It's so nice that celebrities were able to afford tix to Game 1 of the World Series. #gojays #worldseries
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It's so nice that celebrities were able to afford tix to Game 1 of the World Series. #gojays #worldseries
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Here's the full radio address from Reagan in 1987.
He talks a little about how he needs to impose tariffs on semiconductors from Japan but it's clear he's singling them out as something that should be rarely used.
The Reagan Foundation suggesting they might sue over the ad is hilarious.
He talks a little about how he needs to impose tariffs on semiconductors from Japan but it's clear he's singling them out as something that should be rarely used.
The Reagan Foundation suggesting they might sue over the ad is hilarious.
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Here's the full radio address from Reagan in 1987.
He talks a little about how he needs to impose tariffs on semiconductors from Japan but it's clear he's singling them out as something that should be rarely used.
The Reagan Foundation suggesting they might sue over the ad is hilarious.
He talks a little about how he needs to impose tariffs on semiconductors from Japan but it's clear he's singling them out as something that should be rarely used.
The Reagan Foundation suggesting they might sue over the ad is hilarious.
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The youth leader from Attawapiskat First Nation says Ontario’s Bill 5, which lets the Ford government fast-track development in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire, could bring the same kind of damage already felt in the James Bay lowlands. #onpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/30/n...
Ontario communities mobilize against Ford's fast-track bill
Ramon Kataquapit travelled hundreds of kilometres from North Bay to Kingston this weekend to join events opposing Bill 5 because he has seen what mining has done to his community.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The youth leader from Attawapiskat First Nation says Ontario’s Bill 5, which lets the Ford government fast-track development in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire, could bring the same kind of damage already felt in the James Bay lowlands. #onpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/30/n...
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Doug Ford wasting a lot of our money on these stupid ass ring of fire ads that serve no benefit except his for party's propaganda.
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Doug Ford wasting a lot of our money on these stupid ass ring of fire ads that serve no benefit except his for party's propaganda.
Doug Ford's #RingofFire ad during the Jays game... F**k you. Ruining a great game and constantly turning your back on the environment and Indigenous people so that you can pay your friends. Leave us all alone. #onpoli
October 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Doug Ford's #RingofFire ad during the Jays game... F**k you. Ruining a great game and constantly turning your back on the environment and Indigenous people so that you can pay your friends. Leave us all alone. #onpoli
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Housing is a human right and the way capitalism has brain rotted people into thinking it's an "investment opportunity" makes me want to flip every table in sight.
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Housing is a human right and the way capitalism has brain rotted people into thinking it's an "investment opportunity" makes me want to flip every table in sight.
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The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
Same. If every landlord can jack up the rent to whatever they want, I have literally nowhere to go. I would be homeless. And I have a good job.
We live in an apartment in downtown Toronto and we pay well below market rate because we moved in eight years ago and the landlord has only been able to increase rent at about the rate of inflation. If this law passed and we got a rent hike we'd have to move, and I have no idea where we'd go.
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Same. If every landlord can jack up the rent to whatever they want, I have literally nowhere to go. I would be homeless. And I have a good job.
Proposal - Landlords should control who rents and for how long. Landlords can end leases based on:
🚩market conditions
Or
🚩Business strategies
👀
And - evicting tenants will somehow ‘unlock’ new rental stock?
👀 … while also leaving more people searching for housing?
🚩market conditions
Or
🚩Business strategies
👀
And - evicting tenants will somehow ‘unlock’ new rental stock?
👀 … while also leaving more people searching for housing?
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM