Miss Havisham
@misshavisham.bsky.social
May be pretending to be an agoraphobic Victorian literary trope. Intrigued and slightly irascible. Pandemic-ing at the disco.
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Miss Havisham
@misshavisham.bsky.social
· Nov 10
🦋 Alert:
- You can now search starter packs:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Try: "Canadian" / "Canada" / "Toronto" / "Urbanism"
#onpoli #topoli #biketo
- You can now search starter packs:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Try: "Canadian" / "Canada" / "Toronto" / "Urbanism"
#onpoli #topoli #biketo
This is very handy.
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CPAC says it's at 'breaking point' after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/28/c...
CPAC says it's at 'breaking point' after CRTC postpones wholesale…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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an underestimated threat AI poses is not convincing you that fake things are real, it’s convincing you that real things are fake
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
an underestimated threat AI poses is not convincing you that fake things are real, it’s convincing you that real things are fake
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By embracing digital first, how reliant is Denmark's communication reliant on US technogopolies?
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Denmark gets ready to cancel Christmas cards
The Danish post is the first to end letter collection, but others will follow
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
By embracing digital first, how reliant is Denmark's communication reliant on US technogopolies?
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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I have posted about this for several years, on old Twitter and here too.
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery.”
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I have posted about this for several years, on old Twitter and here too.
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
Also, should admit they are Canadian shows set in Canada. (*ahem* Schitt’s Creek).
Have ~enjoyed Sort of (which should have continued) and North of North (which needs editors *and* links to buy the Inuit clothes/art).
Have ~enjoyed Sort of (which should have continued) and North of North (which needs editors *and* links to buy the Inuit clothes/art).
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Also, should admit they are Canadian shows set in Canada. (*ahem* Schitt’s Creek).
Have ~enjoyed Sort of (which should have continued) and North of North (which needs editors *and* links to buy the Inuit clothes/art).
Have ~enjoyed Sort of (which should have continued) and North of North (which needs editors *and* links to buy the Inuit clothes/art).
Tarts count as pies, surely.
The #1 spot goes to the classic lemon tart, obvs.
The #1 spot goes to the classic lemon tart, obvs.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tarts count as pies, surely.
The #1 spot goes to the classic lemon tart, obvs.
The #1 spot goes to the classic lemon tart, obvs.
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I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...
The Phantom Writer Who Fooled the Internet | The Walrus
The bot-assisted fake journalism of “Victoria Goldiee” and why editors should be very worried
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...
This.
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This.
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Stalking kills. I am, by every possible measurement, a statistical anomaly because few people survive being stalked for a decade like I was.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Why Don’t We Take Stalking More Seriously? | The Walrus
The law makes it hard for victims of criminal harassment to prove they’re at risk
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Stalking kills. I am, by every possible measurement, a statistical anomaly because few people survive being stalked for a decade like I was.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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the vast majority of authors are not rich y’all, we often work multiple jobs or rely on other people’s incomes because this industry pays us shit. i have three different contracts with three different big five publishers and i don’t make anything NEAR a living wage. but i do work seven days a week!🫠
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
the vast majority of authors are not rich y’all, we often work multiple jobs or rely on other people’s incomes because this industry pays us shit. i have three different contracts with three different big five publishers and i don’t make anything NEAR a living wage. but i do work seven days a week!🫠
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Textbook stuff. As textbook as it gets.
Textbook stuff. As textbook as it gets.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Textbook stuff. As textbook as it gets.
Textbook stuff. As textbook as it gets.
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A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry
Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
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Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
This 👇
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This 👇
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The UCP has invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively. Again. This time to strip the Charter rights of trans children and adults.
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond)
Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The UCP has invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively. Again. This time to strip the Charter rights of trans children and adults.
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
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It is actually not mandatory for everyone else in the room when he does this to women in front of witnesses to just giggle nervously and ignore it. People could actually do the decent thing that one does in such circumstances, and tell him to back off, and take the consequences. I mean for starters.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It is actually not mandatory for everyone else in the room when he does this to women in front of witnesses to just giggle nervously and ignore it. People could actually do the decent thing that one does in such circumstances, and tell him to back off, and take the consequences. I mean for starters.
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Luckily they could never do this to the Epstein files, say
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Luckily they could never do this to the Epstein files, say
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If u care about better cities for people in Ontario Canada, please pay attention to what Premier Ford is doing. Not only would his new bill block cities from building bike-lanes if they touch car lanes, he’s talking about imposing his own street standards & standardized official plans in EVERY city.
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If u care about better cities for people in Ontario Canada, please pay attention to what Premier Ford is doing. Not only would his new bill block cities from building bike-lanes if they touch car lanes, he’s talking about imposing his own street standards & standardized official plans in EVERY city.
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Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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2nd photo here, also by Vondruska
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November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
2nd photo here, also by Vondruska
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