Martha ✿
@martha2024.bsky.social
Canadian Registered Nurse. Born at 317 ppm. Working class. Reading Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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THIS!
The oil is dirty bitumen oil. Owned by US corporations. To be refined by US owned refineries. To be shipped via a foreign tanker fleet to countries that don't care about burning low grade oil.
Zero benefit for Canadians. Negative impact on the world.
Zero benefit for Canadians. Negative impact on the world.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
THIS!
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Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/budg...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/budg...
Food insecurity is worse and the budget offers no solutions
Canada’s food insecurity has hit record levels, yet the budget offers only symbolic measures instead of strengthening income supports.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/budg...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/budg...
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
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This is a pretty unnerving phenomenon that many of us are seeing.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is a pretty unnerving phenomenon that many of us are seeing.
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Ontario’s public health agencies warn that funding cuts are driving spikes in preventable diseases. Nick Seebruch reports on rising STIs, measles cases and unsafe drinking water oversight. #health
rabble.ca/health/exper...
rabble.ca/health/exper...
Experts warn Ontario faces public health crisis due to funding cuts
An underfunding of provincial public health agencies could cost the province both in terms of health and finances.
rabble.ca
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ontario’s public health agencies warn that funding cuts are driving spikes in preventable diseases. Nick Seebruch reports on rising STIs, measles cases and unsafe drinking water oversight. #health
rabble.ca/health/exper...
rabble.ca/health/exper...
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Putting Baby on the Swing
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1977
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1977
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Putting Baby on the Swing
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1977
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1977
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Canada needs money so desperately the government is going after low income people who took pandemic benefits in good faith.
But it doesn't need money desperately enough to keep the luxury tax on yachts, or the slightly higher tax rate on capital gains Carney cancelled.
But it doesn't need money desperately enough to keep the luxury tax on yachts, or the slightly higher tax rate on capital gains Carney cancelled.
Canadians fight back as CRA cracks down on pandemic benefit recipients
Federal Court swamped as Canada Revenue Agency allegedly targets thousands of low-income Canadians over pandemic benefit errors
www.biv.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Canada needs money so desperately the government is going after low income people who took pandemic benefits in good faith.
But it doesn't need money desperately enough to keep the luxury tax on yachts, or the slightly higher tax rate on capital gains Carney cancelled.
But it doesn't need money desperately enough to keep the luxury tax on yachts, or the slightly higher tax rate on capital gains Carney cancelled.
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❗Authoritarian Doug Ford is privatizing our water #onpoli
Authoritarian Doug Ford is privatizing our water
Water is Doug Ford's latest target for privatization.
rabble.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
❗Authoritarian Doug Ford is privatizing our water #onpoli
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Doug Ford pictured yesterday laughing about milk.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Doug Ford pictured yesterday laughing about milk.
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The people with real work to do use AI the least because it doesn't actually help them? But people who have pretend bullshit jobs where they berate others and lash them to work harder use it a lot? Wow wild. Never would've guessed.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The people with real work to do use AI the least because it doesn't actually help them? But people who have pretend bullshit jobs where they berate others and lash them to work harder use it a lot? Wow wild. Never would've guessed.
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The dominant Western development strategy has centered on mobilizing private-sector investment to fund development projects. But this paradigm has enabled financiers to drain the global south rather than invest in it, writes Daniela Gabor.
How Big Finance Ate Foreign Aid
Investors have drained the global south in pursuit of aggressive profit maximization.
foreignpolicy.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The dominant Western development strategy has centered on mobilizing private-sector investment to fund development projects. But this paradigm has enabled financiers to drain the global south rather than invest in it, writes Daniela Gabor.
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I see there was a "leak" of documents indicating the F-35 highly outperformed the Gripen. Yeah, they're preparing the public for the deeply unpopular move to give the US tens of billions more of our money, and make us even more reliant on them.
Decent enough article. Though the F-35 is worse than a pledge of allegiance. It's a very binding, material shackle to the US and its interests. Our airforce useless for anything but what the US wishes us to use it for. i.e. Destroying other nations in wars of aggression.
The F-35 Isn’t Just a Fighter Jet. It’s a Pledge of Allegiance | The Walrus
The US ambassador is already warning of consequences should Canada abandon the purchase
thewalrus.ca
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I see there was a "leak" of documents indicating the F-35 highly outperformed the Gripen. Yeah, they're preparing the public for the deeply unpopular move to give the US tens of billions more of our money, and make us even more reliant on them.
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This point is disturbing: Guilbeault "was also deeply troubled by the ease with which the PMO was casting aside its moral obligation to May. What was the Liberals’ word worth?"
Mark Carney seems to have forgotten the first rule of central banking: Your word, your credibility, is all.
Mark Carney seems to have forgotten the first rule of central banking: Your word, your credibility, is all.
Good work by @althiaraj.bsky.social on the inside story of Guilbeault's resignation, from his being frozen out by PMO, given false assurances, and being made to wear the government walking back on pledges he made to Elizabeth May to secure her support. No kidding it was untenable for him to stay.
Althia Raj: Mark Carney lost the minister who was the green conscience of his government. Here’s how it happened
The inside story of Steven Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet over Ottawa's energy deal with Alberta.
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This point is disturbing: Guilbeault "was also deeply troubled by the ease with which the PMO was casting aside its moral obligation to May. What was the Liberals’ word worth?"
Mark Carney seems to have forgotten the first rule of central banking: Your word, your credibility, is all.
Mark Carney seems to have forgotten the first rule of central banking: Your word, your credibility, is all.
Black bear
Caribou
Moose
Galapagos tortoise
Penguin
Caribou
Moose
Galapagos tortoise
Penguin
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Black bear
Caribou
Moose
Galapagos tortoise
Penguin
Caribou
Moose
Galapagos tortoise
Penguin
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Canadian petition e-6993 is calling for action on electoral reform
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Canadian petition e-6993 is calling for action on electoral reform
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
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The Endangered Species Act lets us measure our virtue even as the world empties around us.
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Endangered Species Act lets us measure our virtue even as the world empties around us.
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
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Yup, I think @arnokopecky.bsky.social pretty much captures it here:
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yup, I think @arnokopecky.bsky.social pretty much captures it here:
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
And yet we are all worse off! www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6% in 3rd quarter | CBC News
The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due to a surge in defence spending.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And yet we are all worse off! www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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It‘s not great that the best gloss on Carney’s pipeline deal is that he’s either pulling a fast one on the premier of Alberta or on the people of Canada.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It‘s not great that the best gloss on Carney’s pipeline deal is that he’s either pulling a fast one on the premier of Alberta or on the people of Canada.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
Democracies can’t function if citizens have to resort to guessing what their leaders are actually doing.
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.