@kathicross.bsky.social
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Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
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"[B]ehind ever billionaire is a complicated [seldom public] network of corporate control... [Here], we’ll map the ownership network of 10 billionaire families in Canada."
Revealing work by @dtcochrane.bsky.social + @blairfix.bsky.social
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/06/23/m...
Revealing work by @dtcochrane.bsky.social + @blairfix.bsky.social
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/06/23/m...
Mapping the Ownership Network of Canada’s Billionaire Families – Economics from the Top Down
DT Cochrane and I look at the network of corporate power behind Canada's richest families.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"[B]ehind ever billionaire is a complicated [seldom public] network of corporate control... [Here], we’ll map the ownership network of 10 billionaire families in Canada."
Revealing work by @dtcochrane.bsky.social + @blairfix.bsky.social
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/06/23/m...
Revealing work by @dtcochrane.bsky.social + @blairfix.bsky.social
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/06/23/m...
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Can you imagine if Keir Starmer got private companies that he had direct power over and rich donors who wanted deregulation to pay £250 million in donations to knock down part of Big Ben to make his own little special tower? Because that's what Trump is doing to the White House literally right now.
October 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can you imagine if Keir Starmer got private companies that he had direct power over and rich donors who wanted deregulation to pay £250 million in donations to knock down part of Big Ben to make his own little special tower? Because that's what Trump is doing to the White House literally right now.
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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
theconversation.com/10-effective...
theconversation.com/10-effective...
10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?
theconversation.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
theconversation.com/10-effective...
theconversation.com/10-effective...
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If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
April 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
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March 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI director sends a clear and simple message to MAGA opponents:
Don't stand near any open windows. In fact, probably best to avoid upper storeys altogether.
Don't stand near any open windows. In fact, probably best to avoid upper storeys altogether.
February 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI director sends a clear and simple message to MAGA opponents:
Don't stand near any open windows. In fact, probably best to avoid upper storeys altogether.
Don't stand near any open windows. In fact, probably best to avoid upper storeys altogether.
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Never a trust a politician who won’t get security clearance.
February 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Never a trust a politician who won’t get security clearance.
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The United States has become a gangster state
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The United States has become a gangster state
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An excellent and doable plan for using Trump's economic warfare to to get us somewhere safer and fairer than where we are right now. We used to call this kind of thinking The Leap. Still works!
It's about Canada but many other countries, in coordination, should respond to this shock in similar ways
It's about Canada but many other countries, in coordination, should respond to this shock in similar ways
Canada should hit Trump back where it will hurt the most. With an oil and gas export tax. @sethdklein.bsky.social writes. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/03/o...
Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas
Such an export tax would certainly face political challenges; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the oil and gas companies themselves will blow a gasket. But a strong case can be made that layering an...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
An excellent and doable plan for using Trump's economic warfare to to get us somewhere safer and fairer than where we are right now. We used to call this kind of thinking The Leap. Still works!
It's about Canada but many other countries, in coordination, should respond to this shock in similar ways
It's about Canada but many other countries, in coordination, should respond to this shock in similar ways
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Please take a minute to watch this. This is who we are as a nation.
Our ancestors fought for the freedom of others.
Today we fight for the values of our land and people.
Canadians don't run.
We never have.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AuK...
Our ancestors fought for the freedom of others.
Today we fight for the values of our land and people.
Canadians don't run.
We never have.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AuK...
Heritage Minutes: D-Day
YouTube video by Historica Canada
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Please take a minute to watch this. This is who we are as a nation.
Our ancestors fought for the freedom of others.
Today we fight for the values of our land and people.
Canadians don't run.
We never have.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AuK...
Our ancestors fought for the freedom of others.
Today we fight for the values of our land and people.
Canadians don't run.
We never have.
True. North. Strong. Free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AuK...
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Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
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The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’
Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Thought for the Day: It only took Hitler two months to dismantle democracy in Germany.
February 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thought for the Day: It only took Hitler two months to dismantle democracy in Germany.
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They say that 1939 Britain stood alone against a despot. That's not true. Canadian kids were signing up in the thousands. We were there to defend British skies.
Now Canada stands alone in the face of despotism.and there is crickets from our European allies.
But we've got this.
Canada. #strongasfuck
Now Canada stands alone in the face of despotism.and there is crickets from our European allies.
But we've got this.
Canada. #strongasfuck
February 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
They say that 1939 Britain stood alone against a despot. That's not true. Canadian kids were signing up in the thousands. We were there to defend British skies.
Now Canada stands alone in the face of despotism.and there is crickets from our European allies.
But we've got this.
Canada. #strongasfuck
Now Canada stands alone in the face of despotism.and there is crickets from our European allies.
But we've got this.
Canada. #strongasfuck
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Jesus. This man, #RFKJr, really is a piece of work. As if his absolute bonkers and dangerous views on vaccines were not enough, this erstwhile Democrat is in bed with the German far-right. whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-...
What Senators Should Know About HHS Nominee RFK Jr.’s Ties to German Far-Right - WhoWhatWhy
Trump’s HHS pick launched a European branch of his anti-vax organization while in Berlin for a 2020 COVID protest rally with elements of the German Far-Right.
whowhatwhy.org
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Jesus. This man, #RFKJr, really is a piece of work. As if his absolute bonkers and dangerous views on vaccines were not enough, this erstwhile Democrat is in bed with the German far-right. whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-...
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
End public funding for religious schools. There. Solved it.
In response to debates over pride flags in Ontario Catholic schools, columnist Marcus Gee says "There is a simple way to resolve it: End public funding for Catholic schools."
"Dividing kids by religion is the last thing a diverse society like ours should be doing."
https://buff.ly/40wUFEz ($)
"Dividing kids by religion is the last thing a diverse society like ours should be doing."
https://buff.ly/40wUFEz ($)
It’s time to end public funding for Catholic schools in Ontario
Separate schools in the province are a dusty relic of the past
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
End public funding for religious schools. There. Solved it.
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Gregg, saw this response to this report authored in part by *Jay Bhattacharya* 😫 and thought that it’s a good example of what the American Medical Association could have said bsky.app/profile/albe...
Alberta Medical Association statement regarding the report of the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force
January 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Gregg, saw this response to this report authored in part by *Jay Bhattacharya* 😫 and thought that it’s a good example of what the American Medical Association could have said bsky.app/profile/albe...
We need to increase top income rates back up to pre-Mulroney levels. And corporate tax rates.
Neoliberalism.
#TrueEvil has existed ... and continues today
January 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We need to increase top income rates back up to pre-Mulroney levels. And corporate tax rates.
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Neoliberalism.
January 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Neoliberalism.
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In the United States families are being terrorized and targeted.
And yet this shitbird grifter thinks she can win the leadership of the Liberal party of Canada through such tactics.
Ruby, I knew you back in the day.
You had no moral compass then.
Go back under your rock.
Canada has moved on.
And yet this shitbird grifter thinks she can win the leadership of the Liberal party of Canada through such tactics.
Ruby, I knew you back in the day.
You had no moral compass then.
Go back under your rock.
Canada has moved on.
January 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In the United States families are being terrorized and targeted.
And yet this shitbird grifter thinks she can win the leadership of the Liberal party of Canada through such tactics.
Ruby, I knew you back in the day.
You had no moral compass then.
Go back under your rock.
Canada has moved on.
And yet this shitbird grifter thinks she can win the leadership of the Liberal party of Canada through such tactics.
Ruby, I knew you back in the day.
You had no moral compass then.
Go back under your rock.
Canada has moved on.
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I appreciate people pushing for Carney in the face of reactionary monsters like Poilievre but just a reminder that shit has gotten real bad in Canada because Liberals have done very little, if anything, to address systemic inequities driving so much disillusionment in Canada and beyond.
January 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I appreciate people pushing for Carney in the face of reactionary monsters like Poilievre but just a reminder that shit has gotten real bad in Canada because Liberals have done very little, if anything, to address systemic inequities driving so much disillusionment in Canada and beyond.