@mica-micare.bsky.social
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I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics
New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
pressprogress.ca
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
Listening to the Project 1933 series from @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social is actually absolutely haunting, and moreso with every episode, (but I really do appreciate its existence).
“All opposing forces seem as though vanished from the face of the earth. It is this utter collapse of powers only recently present, no, their complete disappearance … that I find so staggering.”
Victor Klemperer, 1933
Victor Klemperer, 1933
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Listening to the Project 1933 series from @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social is actually absolutely haunting, and moreso with every episode, (but I really do appreciate its existence).
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We have spent more than a decade uploading our politics and civil society to a cloud owned by oligopolistic tech firms. As the Trump administration moves to take over those companies, it is a direct threat to democracies everywhere. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Charlie Kirk’s death is being used as an excuse by MAGA to grab power. This is how Canada can defend itself
The rage-filled cauldron that is online discourse is also a radicalization machine.
www.thestar.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We have spent more than a decade uploading our politics and civil society to a cloud owned by oligopolistic tech firms. As the Trump administration moves to take over those companies, it is a direct threat to democracies everywhere. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I wrote about the idea that Democrats need to excise "activist" language from their vocabulary, and what it says about the corporate interests looking to divide and conquer the party.
Is Activist Vocabulary Hurting the Democrats?
Third Way's latest memo has weak advice and a hidden agenda
stringinamaze.net
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I wrote about the idea that Democrats need to excise "activist" language from their vocabulary, and what it says about the corporate interests looking to divide and conquer the party.
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A Border Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
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August 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A Border Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
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Mark Carney wants economic growth at any cost. To achieve it, he’s going after tech investment and pushing hard for AI adoption.
In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.
In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.
Mark Carney is going “elbows down” against Big Tech
Canada’s AI agenda ignores potential harms in the hope of short-term economic gain
www.disconnect.blog
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Mark Carney wants economic growth at any cost. To achieve it, he’s going after tech investment and pushing hard for AI adoption.
In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.
In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
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Bloor & Spadina, 8:45 am. Toronto, we're approaching BIKE CONGESTION!
This is one of the bike lanes the Ford government wants to remove. There are more people on bikes than people driving.
This is one of the bike lanes the Ford government wants to remove. There are more people on bikes than people driving.
April 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Bloor & Spadina, 8:45 am. Toronto, we're approaching BIKE CONGESTION!
This is one of the bike lanes the Ford government wants to remove. There are more people on bikes than people driving.
This is one of the bike lanes the Ford government wants to remove. There are more people on bikes than people driving.
I've left my safe space of old city Toronto and am once again reminded of how much I loathe 90% of (sub)urban Canada, and why I would rather pay more rent than moving to """greener""" areas that rely on six lane suburban stroads.
April 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I've left my safe space of old city Toronto and am once again reminded of how much I loathe 90% of (sub)urban Canada, and why I would rather pay more rent than moving to """greener""" areas that rely on six lane suburban stroads.
A (temporary) reprieve at least. There is no world where we can drive ourselves out of gridlock—bike lanes and accessible public transit options are the only way to get out of gridlock. The climate, health and community benefits are a bonus.
#Breaking: Court grants injunction pausing bike lane removals on Bloor, University and Yonge
Court grants injunction pausing bike lane removals on Bloor, University and Yonge
The pause on any bike lane removals will continue until the judge in the Charter challenge case issues his decision.
www.thestar.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A (temporary) reprieve at least. There is no world where we can drive ourselves out of gridlock—bike lanes and accessible public transit options are the only way to get out of gridlock. The climate, health and community benefits are a bonus.
So.... can we reassess that "safe third country" agreement we have with the United States yet?
April 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So.... can we reassess that "safe third country" agreement we have with the United States yet?
Personally, I'm 100% on board for electoral reform. FPTP forces us to repeatedly accept majority governments that are elected by 30-40% of the population. A proportional system (I don't support the ranked ballots tbh) would allow opposition parties to actually WORK, and represent their constituents.
Wild that people still argue against proportional representation when FPTP has wrecked the UK and US.
No surprise Canadians want closer ties with the EU—PR brings more stable governments and fewer economic self-inflicted wounds.
#cdnpoli #Election2025
No surprise Canadians want closer ties with the EU—PR brings more stable governments and fewer economic self-inflicted wounds.
#cdnpoli #Election2025
April 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Personally, I'm 100% on board for electoral reform. FPTP forces us to repeatedly accept majority governments that are elected by 30-40% of the population. A proportional system (I don't support the ranked ballots tbh) would allow opposition parties to actually WORK, and represent their constituents.
I am happy that the polls are showing a Liberal lead b/c Pollievre is the absolute worst, but I am not on the "Carney is above reproach" train wagon and I still don't think Carney has a strong platform. Its biggest strength is "not Pierre Pollievre".
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I am happy that the polls are showing a Liberal lead b/c Pollievre is the absolute worst, but I am not on the "Carney is above reproach" train wagon and I still don't think Carney has a strong platform. Its biggest strength is "not Pierre Pollievre".
NGL, I hate this election so much. I loathe Pollievre (I've paid enough attention to his career to know he's just an extremist with a filter) and I have a very strong dislike for Carney (even though that's the deal with the devil I'm ready to make). I like Singh, but NDP support has collapsed.
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NGL, I hate this election so much. I loathe Pollievre (I've paid enough attention to his career to know he's just an extremist with a filter) and I have a very strong dislike for Carney (even though that's the deal with the devil I'm ready to make). I like Singh, but NDP support has collapsed.
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I wrote about Mitch McConnell’s retirement, and how his career eroded American democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I wrote about Mitch McConnell’s retirement, and how his career eroded American democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What is happening to trans people is an extension of what can happen to all people who could be redefined out of existence.
Which is all people.
What is happening to trans people is a universal threat.
Which is all people.
What is happening to trans people is a universal threat.
February 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
What is happening to trans people is an extension of what can happen to all people who could be redefined out of existence.
Which is all people.
What is happening to trans people is a universal threat.
Which is all people.
What is happening to trans people is a universal threat.
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Economic growth in the form of resource extraction can’t happen without Indigenous consultation — and it’s unclear how the provincial government hopes to fast-track that part of the process, writes @michellecyca.com
Will tariffs threat override Indigenous sovereignty in B.C? | The Narwhal
Trump’s threats have unified Canadians — but B.C. shouldn’t use this moment to backtrack on reconciliation
thenarwhal.ca
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Economic growth in the form of resource extraction can’t happen without Indigenous consultation — and it’s unclear how the provincial government hopes to fast-track that part of the process, writes @michellecyca.com
Words really cannot convey how much I actually truly hate seeing AI slop images. As an artist, I hate it no matter the context, but I'm getting particularly angry at it when I see AI-made images peppered into the political discourse regarding how the tech oligarchy that has taken over the US.
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Words really cannot convey how much I actually truly hate seeing AI slop images. As an artist, I hate it no matter the context, but I'm getting particularly angry at it when I see AI-made images peppered into the political discourse regarding how the tech oligarchy that has taken over the US.
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Well it's a simple problem: your lib coworker takes trump seriously but doesn't have the social media vocab to look cool, while your primary concern is avoiding cringe. What I would ask is: which one of you is less of an asset to fascism
February 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Well it's a simple problem: your lib coworker takes trump seriously but doesn't have the social media vocab to look cool, while your primary concern is avoiding cringe. What I would ask is: which one of you is less of an asset to fascism
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At some point, the left needs to talk about our overwhelming lack of collective management skills.
February 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
At some point, the left needs to talk about our overwhelming lack of collective management skills.
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Each biased piece of coverage has chipped away at the legitimacy of gender-affirming care—and built a top-of-mind fear and discomfort surrounding transness in a population that in all likelihood scarcely thought of trans people at all a mere decade ago.
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
Mainstream media paved the way for Trump's anti-trans policies | Xtra Magazine
OPINION: Years of questionable coverage manufactured consent for Trump’s executive order targeting gender-affirming care
xtramagazine.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Each biased piece of coverage has chipped away at the legitimacy of gender-affirming care—and built a top-of-mind fear and discomfort surrounding transness in a population that in all likelihood scarcely thought of trans people at all a mere decade ago.
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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In all my life of receiving hate, it has never been as bad as my 5 years biking 20 km à day in Toronto.
Cycling in Toronto, I’ve been hit by cars three times. One guy in Mississauga deliberately swerved at me, a woman threw me on to a front lawn and ran over, crying, “I’m sorry! I wasn’t paying attention!!” and one hit me from behind and kept going. It’s *frightening* out there but we keep pedalling.
Posting from the suburbs, but same.
People don't understand, and they don't get how scary it is to have someone angrily drive a multi-ton hunk of metal within a couple of feet of you while honking or screaming. People will tell me to brush it off, but they don't know what it's like.
People don't understand, and they don't get how scary it is to have someone angrily drive a multi-ton hunk of metal within a couple of feet of you while honking or screaming. People will tell me to brush it off, but they don't know what it's like.
January 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In all my life of receiving hate, it has never been as bad as my 5 years biking 20 km à day in Toronto.
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Now out from behind the paywall: @maricohen.bsky.social
goes long on the crisis facing the field of genocide studies as institutions that emerged from the study of the Holocaust grapple with—or ignore—genocide in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
goes long on the crisis facing the field of genocide studies as institutions that emerged from the study of the Holocaust grapple with—or ignore—genocide in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza?
A discipline born from the study of the Holocaust faces its contradictions as Israel stands accused of the “crime of crimes.”
jewishcurrents.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Now out from behind the paywall: @maricohen.bsky.social
goes long on the crisis facing the field of genocide studies as institutions that emerged from the study of the Holocaust grapple with—or ignore—genocide in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
goes long on the crisis facing the field of genocide studies as institutions that emerged from the study of the Holocaust grapple with—or ignore—genocide in Gaza. jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
I honestly used to think that people on the TTC were bad about waiting to let people exit the train before getting on. Then I started using Go Transit.
People on the TTC are super well behaved and respectful in comparison.
People on the TTC are super well behaved and respectful in comparison.
January 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I honestly used to think that people on the TTC were bad about waiting to let people exit the train before getting on. Then I started using Go Transit.
People on the TTC are super well behaved and respectful in comparison.
People on the TTC are super well behaved and respectful in comparison.
