Ursa the Hopeful
@ursathehopeful.bsky.social
🌳🚲 #AusterityKills
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Smart cities are transforming transportation, reducing emissions & public costs while adding more choice and improving quality of life. COMMON SENSE! Smart infrastructure for public transit, walking & biking is a GREAT INVESTMENT but cities need funding. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Smart cities are transforming transportation, reducing emissions & public costs while adding more choice and improving quality of life. COMMON SENSE! Smart infrastructure for public transit, walking & biking is a GREAT INVESTMENT but cities need funding. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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There are many more bad tech products to avoid. But I keep coming back to @hypervisible.blacksky.app and David Golumbia’s concept of luxury surveillance.
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There are many more bad tech products to avoid. But I keep coming back to @hypervisible.blacksky.app and David Golumbia’s concept of luxury surveillance.
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
We need to really think about the surveillance tech we’re adopting — and certainly that we’re pushing on others.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
“Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals
A new report titled “Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals” from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence in...
www.democracynow.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
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WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
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How did working from home become just another perk to be negotiated for? https://macleans.ca/society/return-to-office-mandates-are-about-control/
Return-to-Office Mandates Are About Control - Macleans.ca
Companies are trying to kill remote work. It has nothing to do with productivity.
macleans.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
How did working from home become just another perk to be negotiated for? https://macleans.ca/society/return-to-office-mandates-are-about-control/
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With RTO, the knowledge that companies don't care about our wellbeing or the planet depresses me to no end.
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
How did working from home become just another perk to be negotiated for? https://macleans.ca/society/return-to-office-mandates-are-about-control/
Return-to-Office Mandates Are About Control - Macleans.ca
Companies are trying to kill remote work. It has nothing to do with productivity.
macleans.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
With RTO, the knowledge that companies don't care about our wellbeing or the planet depresses me to no end.
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
"When remote work is seen as a viable norm, employees begin to ask hard questions: Why do I need to be in the office 4 days a week for a job that I did perfectly well from home for 2 years?"
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The high standards of the Royal York Drifters have gone downhill I guess.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The high standards of the Royal York Drifters have gone downhill I guess.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Buried in Ford's omnibus budget bill is a provision for Ford to take control of Exhibition Place from the city. Likely a move to grant more favours to Therme.
As I said yesterday Ford is on a mission to usurp control over every aspect of Ontario's governance
As I said yesterday Ford is on a mission to usurp control over every aspect of Ontario's governance
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Buried in Ford's omnibus budget bill is a provision for Ford to take control of Exhibition Place from the city. Likely a move to grant more favours to Therme.
As I said yesterday Ford is on a mission to usurp control over every aspect of Ontario's governance
As I said yesterday Ford is on a mission to usurp control over every aspect of Ontario's governance
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Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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oh no!!! The crossing guard by my place got hit and injured in January. It's such a dangerous job! The news only calls him a pedestrian when he was a crossing guard on the job.
>>Forest Hill collision: 2 pedestrians hurt www.cp24.com/local/toront...
>>Forest Hill collision: 2 pedestrians hurt www.cp24.com/local/toront...
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
oh no!!! The crossing guard by my place got hit and injured in January. It's such a dangerous job! The news only calls him a pedestrian when he was a crossing guard on the job.
>>Forest Hill collision: 2 pedestrians hurt www.cp24.com/local/toront...
>>Forest Hill collision: 2 pedestrians hurt www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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a crossing guard being killed by a driver the day before we yank speed cameras out of school zones is super on the nose
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
a crossing guard being killed by a driver the day before we yank speed cameras out of school zones is super on the nose
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Data shows Trump’s dehumanizing rhetoric spreading beyond just his supporters.
Anti-immigrant language is rising—even on the left
Data shows Trump's dehumanizing rhetoric spreading beyond just his supporters.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Data shows Trump’s dehumanizing rhetoric spreading beyond just his supporters.
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Oz's tiny shred of medical background briefly surfaces while RFK Jr is scrams outa there like a bat out of literal hell
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Oz's tiny shred of medical background briefly surfaces while RFK Jr is scrams outa there like a bat out of literal hell
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‼️ WHAT IS BILL 60?
Bill 60 is an attack on renters that will raise your rent, strip away tenant protections, make evictions easier, and hand more power to corporate landlords.
Doug Ford already removed rent control on new buildings in 2018. Now, he wants to go a step further.
Bill 60 is an attack on renters that will raise your rent, strip away tenant protections, make evictions easier, and hand more power to corporate landlords.
Doug Ford already removed rent control on new buildings in 2018. Now, he wants to go a step further.
Stop Bill 60!
Doug Ford is attacking renters. We must stop him.
StopBill60.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
‼️ WHAT IS BILL 60?
Bill 60 is an attack on renters that will raise your rent, strip away tenant protections, make evictions easier, and hand more power to corporate landlords.
Doug Ford already removed rent control on new buildings in 2018. Now, he wants to go a step further.
Bill 60 is an attack on renters that will raise your rent, strip away tenant protections, make evictions easier, and hand more power to corporate landlords.
Doug Ford already removed rent control on new buildings in 2018. Now, he wants to go a step further.
If they leave Andy penniless, what he'll have to do to make a living will be far more embarassing to the Royal Family than giving him enough to go on. Leaving their shunned out on the curb is always disastrous, eg Fergie, Diana, and even the Markle dad who they could've housed and kept him quiet.
"Mountbatten Windsor is in line to receive a large one-off payment and an annual stipend designed to prevent him overspending in his new life as a commoner"
Andrew hoped to meet Jeffrey Epstein after his prison release, emails reveal
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If they leave Andy penniless, what he'll have to do to make a living will be far more embarassing to the Royal Family than giving him enough to go on. Leaving their shunned out on the curb is always disastrous, eg Fergie, Diana, and even the Markle dad who they could've housed and kept him quiet.
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For the rest of the world, the single case of Mike Johnson refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva after her special election win, because Johnson knows her vote will tip the scales for the release of the Epstein files, is enough evidence by itself that the U.S. political system is broken and lawless.
Johnson sets record refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 36 days after she won election | Arizona Mirror
Speaker Johnson sets record with 36-day Adelita Grijalva swearing in delay as lawsuit claims constitutional violations
azmirror.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
For the rest of the world, the single case of Mike Johnson refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva after her special election win, because Johnson knows her vote will tip the scales for the release of the Epstein files, is enough evidence by itself that the U.S. political system is broken and lawless.
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Whether you're calling for open streets, #BikeTO lanes, #TTC funding, housing, or something else, today is the deadline to complete the 2026 Toronto pre-budget survey! #TOpoli #BudgetTO ca.mar.medallia.com/BudgetTO2026
BudgetTO: Building a City that Works for You
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October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Whether you're calling for open streets, #BikeTO lanes, #TTC funding, housing, or something else, today is the deadline to complete the 2026 Toronto pre-budget survey! #TOpoli #BudgetTO ca.mar.medallia.com/BudgetTO2026
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"The Trump administration hides its atrocities behind its atrocities, its obscenities behind its obscenities, its corruptions behind its corruptions. The ones this week distract us from the ones last week." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/48CM3SF
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"The Trump administration hides its atrocities behind its atrocities, its obscenities behind its obscenities, its corruptions behind its corruptions. The ones this week distract us from the ones last week." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/48CM3SF
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Thank you, Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you, Chicago.
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If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other