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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Car culture thrives on all-or-nothing thinking.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Some politicians will say out loud that road deaths are the cost of doing business. MPP Ric Breese at the Bill 212 committee meeting said that we would need to slow cars to 5km/h to avoid all deaths, and of course we can't do that, so "there occasionally will be injuries".
Violent crime is more rare, shocking, headline-grabbing. We treat it as an intolerable aberration from the norm. And we should! But that suggests that road deaths and injuries are the norm and are therefore tolerable. No politician will say that out loud, but watch what they prioritize.
September 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Car culture thrives on all-or-nothing thinking.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
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How a functional democracy deals with authoritarian insurrectionists.
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
How a functional democracy deals with authoritarian insurrectionists.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
September 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers
September 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers
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The contemporary Republican Party has gathered together, under one banner, the worst human beings in the country. It barely even has an ideology any more beyond "be your worst self."
Loomer: “You think these kids are so innocent? Because they're kids? Yeah? ... You think little kids are not capable of evil?”
Trump ally Laura Loomer on Palestinian children seeking medical care in US: "You think these kids are so innocent?"
www.mediamatters.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The contemporary Republican Party has gathered together, under one banner, the worst human beings in the country. It barely even has an ideology any more beyond "be your worst self."
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Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media.
Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are.
Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are.
Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
August 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media.
Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are.
Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are.
Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
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In a press release Jack Daniels was whining that their profits and Canadian consumers are being hurt by our own boycott.
They still don't get.
They say sales dropped 62%.
C'mon people we can do better than that.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They still don't get.
They say sales dropped 62%.
C'mon people we can do better than that.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Company behind Jack Daniel's says Canadian boycott is 'significant' as sales drop 62% | CBC News
The parent company of American alcohol producers such as Jack Daniel's whisky and Woodford Reserve bourbon says sales to Canada dropped 62 per cent during the latest fiscal quarter compared to a year ...
www.cbc.ca
August 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In a press release Jack Daniels was whining that their profits and Canadian consumers are being hurt by our own boycott.
They still don't get.
They say sales dropped 62%.
C'mon people we can do better than that.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They still don't get.
They say sales dropped 62%.
C'mon people we can do better than that.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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WATCH THE REST OF THE VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/lbEqasOTAIM?...
Pierre Poilievre is back and so is his virulent transphobia
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WATCH THE REST OF THE VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/lbEqasOTAIM?...
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NEW: Walkable cities linked to health benefits, study finds.
“A new study found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
Add this to many similar global studies.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
“A new study found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
Add this to many similar global studies.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Walkable cities linked to health benefits for some residents, study finds
A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.
www.cbc.ca
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
NEW: Walkable cities linked to health benefits, study finds.
“A new study found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
Add this to many similar global studies.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
“A new study found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”
Add this to many similar global studies.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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I'm stunned it's not more like an 80-90% drop. But we'll get there.
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm stunned it's not more like an 80-90% drop. But we'll get there.
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It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
August 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
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Right now, the calculus that every Canadian consumer has to make, is "does buying this product make me complicit in ICE kidnappings and concentration camps? Am I helping to fund an eventual Fascist invasion of my own country?"
U.S. products look pretty bad in that light. They look like pure poison.
U.S. products look pretty bad in that light. They look like pure poison.
An American colleague told me about an elbows up experience he had in Canada. He asked the bartender what kind of bourbon she had.
The woman replied, "Honey, as long as that orange asshole is in power, you will never get a drink of bourbon here."
#boycott
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/kentuck...
The woman replied, "Honey, as long as that orange asshole is in power, you will never get a drink of bourbon here."
#boycott
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/kentuck...
How Kentucky bourbon went from boom to bust
Tariffs, oversupply and teetotaling Gen-Zs have all contributed to the downfall of one of America's most iconic liquors.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Right now, the calculus that every Canadian consumer has to make, is "does buying this product make me complicit in ICE kidnappings and concentration camps? Am I helping to fund an eventual Fascist invasion of my own country?"
U.S. products look pretty bad in that light. They look like pure poison.
U.S. products look pretty bad in that light. They look like pure poison.
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Kids today are learning that the fastest and easiest way to make money—the key value that has been modeled to them in America society—is to scam others, cheat your way through, and attract negative attention online that can be monetized. My endless sympathy to parents
August 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Kids today are learning that the fastest and easiest way to make money—the key value that has been modeled to them in America society—is to scam others, cheat your way through, and attract negative attention online that can be monetized. My endless sympathy to parents
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"All the ruffians do what he says; and what he says is mostly hack, burn, and ruin; and now it s come to killing. There s no longer even any bad sense in it. They cut down trees and let 'em lie, they burn houses and build no more." - Farmer Cotton, "The Scouring of the Shire"
August 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"All the ruffians do what he says; and what he says is mostly hack, burn, and ruin; and now it s come to killing. There s no longer even any bad sense in it. They cut down trees and let 'em lie, they burn houses and build no more." - Farmer Cotton, "The Scouring of the Shire"
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Walkable neighbourhoods are the best neighbourhoods.
August 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Walkable neighbourhoods are the best neighbourhoods.
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À Paris, le vélo continue de battre tous les records ! 🚲
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
July 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
À Paris, le vélo continue de battre tous les records ! 🚲
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
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Referring to Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Trump said: “A great family. Great family legacy.”
Of course Trump wouldn’t have any real problem with one of history’s great right-wing-autocratic-dictatorial-kleptocrats. Of course he has no interest in remembering the era of democratization that started in 86.
Of course Trump wouldn’t have any real problem with one of history’s great right-wing-autocratic-dictatorial-kleptocrats. Of course he has no interest in remembering the era of democratization that started in 86.
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Referring to Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Trump said: “A great family. Great family legacy.”
Of course Trump wouldn’t have any real problem with one of history’s great right-wing-autocratic-dictatorial-kleptocrats. Of course he has no interest in remembering the era of democratization that started in 86.
Of course Trump wouldn’t have any real problem with one of history’s great right-wing-autocratic-dictatorial-kleptocrats. Of course he has no interest in remembering the era of democratization that started in 86.
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Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people more CHOICE to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
July 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people more CHOICE to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Yvonne McKague Housser was an incredible artist and a trailblazer. She opened the door for the Group of Seven to paint the mining landscapes of the silver mines in Cobalt.
This is my fave - at the National Gallery.
This is my fave - at the National Gallery.
June 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Yvonne McKague Housser was an incredible artist and a trailblazer. She opened the door for the Group of Seven to paint the mining landscapes of the silver mines in Cobalt.
This is my fave - at the National Gallery.
This is my fave - at the National Gallery.