Mycroft McMansions
@mycroftmcmansions.bsky.social
Solidarity, not spectacle.
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Honestly, if I wanted to know what fascists are posting on X, then I'd be on X and not here.
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We’re told the economy is fine because GDP keeps rising. But Canada’s growth is powered by rent extraction, not production. With household debt at 150% of GDP, the system expands only by charging more for what already exists. This isn’t a recovery—it’s a managed decline.
Canadians are on year three of a people’s recession
The disconnect between big economic indicators and Canadians’ day-to-day experience is a gap our political leaders seem unable or unwilling to bridge. Indeed, parliamentarians have gotten in the habit...
canadiandimension.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We’re told the economy is fine because GDP keeps rising. But Canada’s growth is powered by rent extraction, not production. With household debt at 150% of GDP, the system expands only by charging more for what already exists. This isn’t a recovery—it’s a managed decline.
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O Estado de Israel violou as leis Internacionais ao interceptar os integrantes da “Flotilha Global Sumud”, entre eles cidadãos brasileiros, fora de seu mar territorial. E segue cometendo violações ao mantê-los detidos em seu país. (+)
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
O Estado de Israel violou as leis Internacionais ao interceptar os integrantes da “Flotilha Global Sumud”, entre eles cidadãos brasileiros, fora de seu mar territorial. E segue cometendo violações ao mantê-los detidos em seu país. (+)
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'..promoting #AI in schools will likely encourage students, in line with big tech’s own pronouncements, to accept AI systems as reliable and objective sources of information when they are not.'
socialistproject.ca/2025/10/ai-a...
socialistproject.ca/2025/10/ai-a...
AI and Education: The Kids are in Danger
Big tech, ever on the hunt for new markets for their generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, are pushing hard to get them into public schools as well as colleges and universities. Their inter...
socialistproject.ca
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'..promoting #AI in schools will likely encourage students, in line with big tech’s own pronouncements, to accept AI systems as reliable and objective sources of information when they are not.'
socialistproject.ca/2025/10/ai-a...
socialistproject.ca/2025/10/ai-a...
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Private conservative club for the wealthy claims it can’t find any Canadian “servers”.
This means:
- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;
- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;
- the club is lying.
Which is it?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
This means:
- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;
- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;
- the club is lying.
Which is it?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Exclusive Tory club hires foreign workers under program Pierre Poilievre vows to kill
Toronto's Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff.
www.thestar.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Private conservative club for the wealthy claims it can’t find any Canadian “servers”.
This means:
- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;
- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;
- the club is lying.
Which is it?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
This means:
- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;
- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;
- the club is lying.
Which is it?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Added 3 more entries to muted words today and already the timeline is better.
Stay informed at your pace, if it's all too much mute what you need to for as long as you need to.
Stay informed at your pace, if it's all too much mute what you need to for as long as you need to.
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Added 3 more entries to muted words today and already the timeline is better.
Stay informed at your pace, if it's all too much mute what you need to for as long as you need to.
Stay informed at your pace, if it's all too much mute what you need to for as long as you need to.
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As the #GazaGenocide unfolds, the University of Toronto showcases one of the merchants of death complicit in the slaughter.
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
As the #GazaGenocide unfolds, the University of Toronto showcases one of the merchants of death complicit in the slaughter.
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NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.
“This place is built to break us”
“This place is built to break us”
‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help
Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.
“This place is built to break us”
“This place is built to break us”
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"We’re facing a massive public health crisis because a disturbing number of people believe that autism is worse than illness or death. My neurology is the boogeyman behind a completely preventable plague in the making." @fodderfigure.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a...
I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Vaccines like the MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) don’t cause autism. But even if they did, is being like me really a fate worse than death?
thinkingautismguide.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"We’re facing a massive public health crisis because a disturbing number of people believe that autism is worse than illness or death. My neurology is the boogeyman behind a completely preventable plague in the making." @fodderfigure.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a...
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ICE disappearing people is political violence. Stripping Medicaid from poor and disabled people, killing thousands, is political violence. Sending arms for Israeli genocide is political violence.
Stop enabling fascism by repeating its myths about violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
Stop enabling fascism by repeating its myths about violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review
Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.
www.bostonreview.net
September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
ICE disappearing people is political violence. Stripping Medicaid from poor and disabled people, killing thousands, is political violence. Sending arms for Israeli genocide is political violence.
Stop enabling fascism by repeating its myths about violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
Stop enabling fascism by repeating its myths about violence.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
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It is hard to imagine how devastating this is for mail delivery workers. Honestly, Ottawa has steamed rolled CUPW's rights for well over a decade and now they've just undermined whole sections of the workforce. Infuriating. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Ottawa directs Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country
Directive includes shutting down post offices in areas that were considered rural, but are now suburban
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It is hard to imagine how devastating this is for mail delivery workers. Honestly, Ottawa has steamed rolled CUPW's rights for well over a decade and now they've just undermined whole sections of the workforce. Infuriating. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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"We can control how we react to the unexpected. Amazing things happen when you say no to the fear mongering, put down the phone and pick up your life. Snake oil salesmen will come and go…but acceptance, love and family will always endure." Anne Borden, at A4Aontario:
a4aontario.com/2025/09/24/r...
a4aontario.com/2025/09/24/r...
RFK claims Tylenol is linked to autism–& the headaches have only just begun
The Autism/Tylenol theory feeds the broader fake autism cures industry, including supplements being touted this week by Dr. Oz. By Anne Borden King In a blast of irony, RFK’s claim that Tyle…
a4aontario.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"We can control how we react to the unexpected. Amazing things happen when you say no to the fear mongering, put down the phone and pick up your life. Snake oil salesmen will come and go…but acceptance, love and family will always endure." Anne Borden, at A4Aontario:
a4aontario.com/2025/09/24/r...
a4aontario.com/2025/09/24/r...
Words matter. If we keep repeating the capitalist lingo, we help perpetuating it.
I know it is nitpicky, but Larry Ellison is not WORTH $392 billion.
Larry Ellison controls a $392 billion fortune.
He did not earn it. It posses a threat to the rest of us.
No one should have that much power.
Larry Ellison controls a $392 billion fortune.
He did not earn it. It posses a threat to the rest of us.
No one should have that much power.
Larry Ellison is worth $392 billion.
He's bought:
—Sailing team ($875 million)
—Estate in Cali ($200 million)
—98% of a Hawaiian island ($300 million)
Now he's trying to acquire TikTok, HBO, CNN—and push them right.
A lot of good his giant tax breaks are doing the rest of us.
He's bought:
—Sailing team ($875 million)
—Estate in Cali ($200 million)
—98% of a Hawaiian island ($300 million)
Now he's trying to acquire TikTok, HBO, CNN—and push them right.
A lot of good his giant tax breaks are doing the rest of us.
September 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Words matter. If we keep repeating the capitalist lingo, we help perpetuating it.
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Holy shit.
Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip
www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...
Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip
www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...
Italy sends naval vessel to help Gaza aid flotilla – DW – 09/24/2025
Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip. Activists, lawmakers and journalists in the convoy said drones attacked some of their boats.
www.dw.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Holy shit.
Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip
www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...
Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip
www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...
Robert DeNiro as the new FCC Chair: "I gotta go, a couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in it".
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Robert DeNiro as the new FCC Chair: "I gotta go, a couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in it".
It might be worth reminding that fifteen other world leaders spoke yesterday at the UN. We all already knew the kind of shit Trump was going to say anyway, so how about some attention to everyone else?
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It might be worth reminding that fifteen other world leaders spoke yesterday at the UN. We all already knew the kind of shit Trump was going to say anyway, so how about some attention to everyone else?
Shocked? Me neither.
US President Donald Trump has linked childhood vaccine use and paracetamol use by pregnant women to autism.
WHO debunks Trump claim on autism link to paracetamol during pregnancy
US President Donald Trump has linked childhood vaccine use and paracetamol use by pregnant women to autism.
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Shocked? Me neither.
I couldn't recommend this book enough. If you're serious about protecting the rights of autistis people you must read this.
Here's my review for this awesome book by @dr-nicky.bsky.social. Please read it.
#NeuroqueerHeresies
#Neurodiversity
#Autism
www.amazon.com/Neuroqueer-H...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#NeuroqueerHeresies
#Neurodiversity
#Autism
www.amazon.com/Neuroqueer-H...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Eule Grey's review of Neuroqueer Heresies
5/5: I can't say much about this book that hasn't already been said. In the wake of current news, and other nonsense, I'd like to have a go. This is a personal review. I'm not sure how else to say it....
www.goodreads.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I couldn't recommend this book enough. If you're serious about protecting the rights of autistis people you must read this.
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Activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla said they heard explosions and saw drone attacks late on Tuesday.
Gaza aid flotilla hit by drone attacks and explosions, activists say
Activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla said they heard explosions and saw drone attacks late on Tuesday.
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla said they heard explosions and saw drone attacks late on Tuesday.
Canada's ongoing dependence on the US economy is by design. @mark-carney.bsky.social 's elbows are firmly glued to his sides.
#WolffBites: This graphic shows the economic decline/isolation of the US relative to the economic rise of China and growth of its BRICS alliance.
sonar21.com/the-turning-...
sonar21.com/the-turning-...
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Canada's ongoing dependence on the US economy is by design. @mark-carney.bsky.social 's elbows are firmly glued to his sides.
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It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
HIT THEM IN THE POCKET
Less than a week later, Disney seems to have realized it made a massive mistake. trib.al/p4tEyaj
Disney Says It’s Bringing Jimmy Kimmel Back After Mass Protests
Disney seems to have realized it made a massive mistake.
trib.al
September 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
HIT THEM IN THE POCKET
Not only it's a lie, it actively hsrms our community.
Trump Ignores Science by Linking Autism to Vaccines and a Common Painkiller
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not only it's a lie, it actively hsrms our community.
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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 7:51 PM
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
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.