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Over the past few months, you may have heard that the provincial government wants to restrict where new bike lanes can be built in Ontario. And even worse, in Toronto, they’re planning on tearing out the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Over the past few months, you may have heard that the provincial government wants to restrict where new bike lanes can be built in Ontario. And even worse, in Toronto, they’re planning on tearing out the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University.
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The third largest wholesale food market in the Americas is the publicly owned Ontario Food Terminal, and it's proof that a public supply chain is both possible and necessary. New research: www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs...
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The third largest wholesale food market in the Americas is the publicly owned Ontario Food Terminal, and it's proof that a public supply chain is both possible and necessary. New research: www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fs...
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Your friends that work in the Canadian book industry - *waves* - are a bit stressed right now, please use your voice to help.
Canadians, part of the proposed tariffs for April is a 25% tariffs on books. This would be devastating for Canada's book industry, with very little impact on the US.
You can voice your opposition to this particular tariff using the form below:
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
You can voice your opposition to this particular tariff using the form below:
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
Consultations on Canada’s Response to United States Tariffs on Canadian Goods: Comment Submission Form
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca
March 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Your friends that work in the Canadian book industry - *waves* - are a bit stressed right now, please use your voice to help.
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Bayer Welcomes New Law in US Sate to Better Shield It Against #Glyphosate Litigation. Of course, it does. It wrote it. It paid for it through its massive lobby spend. And only it and its fellow pesticide pushers stand to gain by it, while their many victims can go hang www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
March 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bayer Welcomes New Law in US Sate to Better Shield It Against #Glyphosate Litigation. Of course, it does. It wrote it. It paid for it through its massive lobby spend. And only it and its fellow pesticide pushers stand to gain by it, while their many victims can go hang www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
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Bayer is lobbying to change US laws so it has legal immunity from #glyphosate lawsuits. Now it's had its first success in the state of Georgia, where both the House and Senate have approved giving immunity, following a push by Bayer. Bayer is also lobbying Trump. www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/...
March 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bayer is lobbying to change US laws so it has legal immunity from #glyphosate lawsuits. Now it's had its first success in the state of Georgia, where both the House and Senate have approved giving immunity, following a push by Bayer. Bayer is also lobbying Trump. www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/...
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This is what we’ve become. In just a single decade.
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is what we’ve become. In just a single decade.
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The development of Highway 413 will endanger the 5,908 farm operators working in the GTHA (as of 2021), their $824 million in farm cash receipts, the 11,731 local agrifood businesses they support and the 82,048 workers employed in the sector.
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
No farms, no food: The hidden toll of Highway 413
At a time when U.S. economic threats could impact Ontario’s food supply, preserving our farmland needs to be a top priority.
www.thespec.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The development of Highway 413 will endanger the 5,908 farm operators working in the GTHA (as of 2021), their $824 million in farm cash receipts, the 11,731 local agrifood businesses they support and the 82,048 workers employed in the sector.
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
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Zelensky Zingers:
I need ammunition, I don’t need a ride.
I didn’t come here to play cards.
I will wear costume after this war is over.
Brilliant. Any others?
I need ammunition, I don’t need a ride.
I didn’t come here to play cards.
I will wear costume after this war is over.
Brilliant. Any others?
March 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Zelensky Zingers:
I need ammunition, I don’t need a ride.
I didn’t come here to play cards.
I will wear costume after this war is over.
Brilliant. Any others?
I need ammunition, I don’t need a ride.
I didn’t come here to play cards.
I will wear costume after this war is over.
Brilliant. Any others?
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At the end of his CPAC speech, Steve Bannon exclaimed “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, raised his arm in a brief Nazi salute gesture, brought his arm down, nodded his head at the crowd, and then said, “Amen!”
February 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
At the end of his CPAC speech, Steve Bannon exclaimed “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, raised his arm in a brief Nazi salute gesture, brought his arm down, nodded his head at the crowd, and then said, “Amen!”
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“It appears as if there is an unelected billionaire more or less running the federal gov right now, who none of us voted for, who seems to be breaking both the law and potentially the constitution all over the place."
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s been madness’: US federal workers reeling over Trump-Musk takeover
Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It appears as if there is an unelected billionaire more or less running the federal gov right now, who none of us voted for, who seems to be breaking both the law and potentially the constitution all over the place."
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Justin Chen, Pres. AFGE local 1003
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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Pet fur found in songbird nests contains high levels of pesticides, study finds
Pet fur found in songbird nests contains high levels of pesticides, study finds
Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks
Songbird chicks are being killed by high levels of pesticides in the pet fur used by their parents to line their nests, a study has found.…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Pet fur found in songbird nests contains high levels of pesticides, study finds
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‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
In first week in office, president has made false claims on topics from immigration and economy to Panama canal
Donald Trump had been US president again for less than 15 minutes when he made his first factually dubious claim.
“The vicious, violent and…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
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JOIN US on Youtube this Saturday at 10 EST for the PREMIERE of our latest video series "Voices of Resistance" on the Mapuche struggle! Tune in here this Saturday: youtu.be/jEu-Z8GdYQ8
Voices of Resistance: Young Mapuche man speaks about the toll of political repression on his family
YouTube video by Global Justice Ecology Project
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January 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
JOIN US on Youtube this Saturday at 10 EST for the PREMIERE of our latest video series "Voices of Resistance" on the Mapuche struggle! Tune in here this Saturday: youtu.be/jEu-Z8GdYQ8
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Check out the new article in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social by @annegjep.bsky.social called "The Darling 58 Debacle" about the near-disastrous attempt to genetically engineer the American chestnut tree. Read the article here: www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
#stopgetrees #GMO
#stopgetrees #GMO
Lessons from the Unsuccessful GM Chestnut Experiment
Failed attempts to genetically engineer the American chestnut tree are a warning against rash solutions to complex problems.
www.earthisland.org
January 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Check out the new article in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social by @annegjep.bsky.social called "The Darling 58 Debacle" about the near-disastrous attempt to genetically engineer the American chestnut tree. Read the article here: www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
#stopgetrees #GMO
#stopgetrees #GMO