Frank Mason
@frankmason.bsky.social
Politics, culture, political culture, cultural politics
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"But to call the crime femicide — a sex- or gender-specific term — is in fact a radical rethink in a climate of neutrality that too often masks the disproportionate burden women and girls bear for some forms of male violence."
Why Canada needs to recognize the crime of femicide — on Dec. 6 and beyond
More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"But to call the crime femicide — a sex- or gender-specific term — is in fact a radical rethink in a climate of neutrality that too often masks the disproportionate burden women and girls bear for some forms of male violence."
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The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
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Every time this Gov't floats a trial balloon & then backs off after public outcry, we get a glimpse of what's in their heart. What they'd do if they could get away with it. This whole thing reveals they still have no plan for housing that doesn't involve further impoverishing working folks. #onpoli
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Every time this Gov't floats a trial balloon & then backs off after public outcry, we get a glimpse of what's in their heart. What they'd do if they could get away with it. This whole thing reveals they still have no plan for housing that doesn't involve further impoverishing working folks. #onpoli
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Doug Ford is about to make Ontario's housing crisis even worse by ensuring that renters with leases will live in constant fear of being forced out so that landlord can demand higher rent. Many will be forced into homelessness.
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 7:07 PM
Doug Ford is about to make Ontario's housing crisis even worse by ensuring that renters with leases will live in constant fear of being forced out so that landlord can demand higher rent. Many will be forced into homelessness.
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If you're a renter in Ontario, you should know Doug Ford is trying to make it easier for your landlord to raise your rent or end your tenancy. #HamOnt #OnPoli
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acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...
Doug Ford Moves to End Rent Control
Doug Ford announced proposed changes to the LTB that would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.
acorncanada.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you're a renter in Ontario, you should know Doug Ford is trying to make it easier for your landlord to raise your rent or end your tenancy. #HamOnt #OnPoli
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acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Who could have imagined Great Britain's descending into the kind of speech censorship one associates with China?
People Are Being Thrown In U.K. Prisons Over What They’ve Said Online. Can Free Speech Be Saved?
Who could have imagined Great Britain's descending into the kind of speech censorship one associates with China?
www.forbes.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Who could have imagined Great Britain's descending into the kind of speech censorship one associates with China?
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Doug Ford's 401 tunnel is a fantasy that will almost certainly never come true. It should still worry us. A lot.
thewalrus.ca/a-highway-to...
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Ford’s Plan to Dig a Tunnel under Highway 401 Is Almost Certainly Doomed | The Walrus
The megaproject is a $100 billion boondoggle with the risk of roadway collapse
thewalrus.ca
August 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Doug Ford's 401 tunnel is a fantasy that will almost certainly never come true. It should still worry us. A lot.
thewalrus.ca/a-highway-to...
thewalrus.ca/a-highway-to...
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Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. www.wired.com/story/palant...
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
www.wired.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala
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Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala
Danielle Smith and four staffers flew to Florida in March so she could speak alongside conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. It was almost double the cost of her infamous Mar-a-Lago trip.
www.readtheorchard.org
August 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala
www.readtheorchard.org/p/premiers-o...
www.readtheorchard.org/p/premiers-o...
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Former workers, clients and advocates question why a family reunification centre in Brandon, Man., charges residents almost $10,000 a month to live in a converted motel room, arguing the price exploits First Nations communities and government agencies that foot the bill.
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Manitoba addictions centre offers limited treatment services for $10K monthly fee: advocates, former client | CBC News
Former workers, clients and advocates question why a family reunification centre in Brandon, Man., charges residents almost $10,000 a month to live in a converted motel room, arguing the price exploit...
www.cbc.ca
July 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Former workers, clients and advocates question why a family reunification centre in Brandon, Man., charges residents almost $10,000 a month to live in a converted motel room, arguing the price exploits First Nations communities and government agencies that foot the bill.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
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“Cash grab” (from killers)
"Would you say that automated speed enforcement saves lives?" Councillor Gord Perks ask Transportation GM Barbara Gray.
"Absolutely," says Gray. She points to studies from Sick Kids Hospital that make that conclusion.
"Absolutely," says Gray. She points to studies from Sick Kids Hospital that make that conclusion.
June 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“Cash grab” (from killers)
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ICE killed a Canadian man.
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
June 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ICE killed a Canadian man.
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Toronto the Cruel
You want to know how not to build trust in (municipal) government? Publicly encourage people to cool down during a heat wave by going to city pools, then close the pools because it’s too hot out.
June 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Toronto the Cruel
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I’ve been talking recently about how I see ChatGPT/generative AI as part of a longer project to dumb down the population, so it was great to see this piece by @astra.bsky.social and Eleni Schirmer explaining the political project to degrade higher education and how long it’s been in the crosshairs.
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.
newrepublic.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’ve been talking recently about how I see ChatGPT/generative AI as part of a longer project to dumb down the population, so it was great to see this piece by @astra.bsky.social and Eleni Schirmer explaining the political project to degrade higher education and how long it’s been in the crosshairs.
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Doug Ford used government resources during the election to boost his re-election bid globalnews.ca/news/1124413...
Ford election trip to Washington, D.C. cost taxpayers over $100K, docs show | Globalnews.ca
Ontario Premier Doug Ford faced criticism in February after the PC Party appeared to disregard the government's caretaker convention with trips to the U.S. capital.
globalnews.ca
June 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Doug Ford used government resources during the election to boost his re-election bid globalnews.ca/news/1124413...
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Do whatever you want (if you own a home or drive a car). Nothing matters. What an empty society.
‘That’s a lot’: Vaughan pumps the brakes on photo radar after a deluge of speeding tickets raises hackles
The city says it will pause handing out fines to speeding drivers caught by automated speed cameras.
www.thestar.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Do whatever you want (if you own a home or drive a car). Nothing matters. What an empty society.
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ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
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It's so so important to understand that these technologies are absolutely failing within a market context, they all lose a ton of money and are set to lose more, the only path to profit for these vultures is to attach themselves to educational and government institutions.
The article itself is studiously balanced. (To a fault to my mind, but that's my perspective.) But this very dry paragraph in the middle is the whole deal. Why would an educational institution make this leap without any evidence of efficacy?
June 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's so so important to understand that these technologies are absolutely failing within a market context, they all lose a ton of money and are set to lose more, the only path to profit for these vultures is to attach themselves to educational and government institutions.
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Canada Post wants to create a new class of flexible, part-time worker that will better compete with Amazon and implement “dynamic routing” so delivery routes can be changed on the fly.
It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.
It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.
Inside the Long, Hard Battle Between Canada Post and CUPW | The Tyee
After 18 months of bargaining, the sides are still far apart.
thetyee.ca
June 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Canada Post wants to create a new class of flexible, part-time worker that will better compete with Amazon and implement “dynamic routing” so delivery routes can be changed on the fly.
It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.
It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.
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🔪⚰️ A murder in the town square by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Ontario Place redevelopment gets an unlikely new pitchman
Before joining Therme, Adam Vaughan spent decades advocating for public space as a city councillor and MP
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🔪⚰️ A murder in the town square by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social