Mat Cantin
@matcantin.bsky.social
Papa, Husband,
Social justice first,
Bad jokes and Backgammon 🎲
Social justice first,
Bad jokes and Backgammon 🎲
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Carney loses Cabinet minister over pipeline push
Carney loses Cabinet minister over pipeline push
Trudeau-era climate minister says Alberta energy deal betrays “environmental issues.”
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Carney loses Cabinet minister over pipeline push
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Sport utility vehicles and other larger cars are becoming more and more common, and this is dangerous for our health in many ways. But we have ways to counter "carspreading", says Anthony Laverty
Cars are getting bigger. This is a problem for us and for the planet
Sport utility vehicles and other larger cars are becoming more and more common, and this is dangerous for our health in many ways. But we have ways to counter "carspreading", says Anthony Laverty
www.newscientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sport utility vehicles and other larger cars are becoming more and more common, and this is dangerous for our health in many ways. But we have ways to counter "carspreading", says Anthony Laverty
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Did You Know?
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Canada Post's Financial Decisions
www.cupw.ca/facts
#SupportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli @CanadianLabour
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Canada Post's Financial Decisions
www.cupw.ca/facts
#SupportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli @CanadianLabour
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Did You Know?
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Canada Post's Financial Decisions
www.cupw.ca/facts
#SupportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli @CanadianLabour
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Canada Post's Financial Decisions
www.cupw.ca/facts
#SupportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli @CanadianLabour
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This really struck me. If Uber were legally acknowledged as an employer, then it would be the biggest employer in the world, with over 9,000,000 employees globally. Think about how many taxes, wages, and protections are being lost b/c of their intransigence.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This really struck me. If Uber were legally acknowledged as an employer, then it would be the biggest employer in the world, with over 9,000,000 employees globally. Think about how many taxes, wages, and protections are being lost b/c of their intransigence.
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We’ve gotten to the point where our government is a corporatocracy and labels anything that is a public good “socialism.”
So just assume that if it’s sold as socialist, you, the enslaved masses, should 1,000% support it. That shit is yours and you earned it.
So just assume that if it’s sold as socialist, you, the enslaved masses, should 1,000% support it. That shit is yours and you earned it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We’ve gotten to the point where our government is a corporatocracy and labels anything that is a public good “socialism.”
So just assume that if it’s sold as socialist, you, the enslaved masses, should 1,000% support it. That shit is yours and you earned it.
So just assume that if it’s sold as socialist, you, the enslaved masses, should 1,000% support it. That shit is yours and you earned it.
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Wonders of privatisation.
Royal Mail fined £21m.
Hasn't t meet the 1st and 2nd class mail delivery targets to years.
No personal fines on execs. Corporate fines will no doubt be passed on to customers.
No incentive to deliver value for money. People fleeced.
Royal Mail fined £21m.
Hasn't t meet the 1st and 2nd class mail delivery targets to years.
No personal fines on execs. Corporate fines will no doubt be passed on to customers.
No incentive to deliver value for money. People fleeced.
Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom for missing delivery targets
It is the third-largest fine the communications watchdog has ever issued.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wonders of privatisation.
Royal Mail fined £21m.
Hasn't t meet the 1st and 2nd class mail delivery targets to years.
No personal fines on execs. Corporate fines will no doubt be passed on to customers.
No incentive to deliver value for money. People fleeced.
Royal Mail fined £21m.
Hasn't t meet the 1st and 2nd class mail delivery targets to years.
No personal fines on execs. Corporate fines will no doubt be passed on to customers.
No incentive to deliver value for money. People fleeced.
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Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
October 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
The truth of the gross mismanagement at Canada post must come out. #cupw #canadapost
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The truth of the gross mismanagement at Canada post must come out. #cupw #canadapost
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This is the future the fascists and neoliberals are trying to kill, a free future for all humans not just the wealthy few.
The genocide of Palestinians was always a doorway into the abyss of worldwide totalitarian fascism and many of the world’s leaders fell into that abyss. It’s on us all now.
The genocide of Palestinians was always a doorway into the abyss of worldwide totalitarian fascism and many of the world’s leaders fell into that abyss. It’s on us all now.
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is the future the fascists and neoliberals are trying to kill, a free future for all humans not just the wealthy few.
The genocide of Palestinians was always a doorway into the abyss of worldwide totalitarian fascism and many of the world’s leaders fell into that abyss. It’s on us all now.
The genocide of Palestinians was always a doorway into the abyss of worldwide totalitarian fascism and many of the world’s leaders fell into that abyss. It’s on us all now.
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I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
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We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
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1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
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I rather fancy that is it far more impactful that it is now in a "shadow" format
Banksy 'judge' mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice wall
The artwork of a judge hitting a protester with a gavel has been removed from the listed building.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I rather fancy that is it far more impactful that it is now in a "shadow" format
