niki 🇨🇦
@nikiwalker1.bsky.social
Introvert. Nature lover. Editor & writer of kids’ books. Trying desperately to just hold on. Finding joy in FAFO. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally #NeverPoilievre
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
FFS
FFS
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
FFS
FFS
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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‘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.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
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.cp24.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
‘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.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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In a normal world this would be a scandal.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In a normal world this would be a scandal.
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Pardon me??
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pardon me??
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
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Shortly after the Commerce Department became the largest shareholder of Intel, Trump personally purchased between the $1 million and $5 million of Intel's corporate debt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Shortly after the Commerce Department became the largest shareholder of Intel, Trump personally purchased between the $1 million and $5 million of Intel's corporate debt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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I do hope all those sycophants in Congress who support Ukraine actually take to the streets and organise protests against this anti democratic and anti-US tyranny.
This is a despicable betrayal of US values.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
This is a despicable betrayal of US values.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
The Guardian points out that the document Trump is forcing Ukraine to sign was highly likely to have been written in Russian by a Russian. Then translated in a way not natural for a native English speaker.
Agent Orange is literally on the verge of doing Putin's work and killing a free nation.
Agent Orange is literally on the verge of doing Putin's work and killing a free nation.
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I do hope all those sycophants in Congress who support Ukraine actually take to the streets and organise protests against this anti democratic and anti-US tyranny.
This is a despicable betrayal of US values.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
This is a despicable betrayal of US values.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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“I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
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The Doug Ford government is setting its sites on conservation authorities for the fifth time, merging the watershed protection agencies. Staff tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social it may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ — not to mention it's leaving them with ‘whiplash.’ thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
thenarwhal.ca
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Doug Ford government is setting its sites on conservation authorities for the fifth time, merging the watershed protection agencies. Staff tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social it may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ — not to mention it's leaving them with ‘whiplash.’ thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
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I think this government has send people out, like David Dipaul, to find companies to participate in this gigantic con. Companies willing to ‘share’ their good fortune.
In criminal parlance, kick backs.
In criminal parlance, kick backs.
‘Scooty hired 2 lobbyists with Tory connections incl David DiPaul,former Ford staffer’
Scooty rents out e-scooters.Scooty got $1M of our $$ to teach workers about the "transformative impact of Al in fintech”
Which came 1st,the lobbyist or the 🛴mogul?
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Scooty rents out e-scooters.Scooty got $1M of our $$ to teach workers about the "transformative impact of Al in fintech”
Which came 1st,the lobbyist or the 🛴mogul?
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I think this government has send people out, like David Dipaul, to find companies to participate in this gigantic con. Companies willing to ‘share’ their good fortune.
In criminal parlance, kick backs.
In criminal parlance, kick backs.
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Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
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3/ We got photos of all of them and got to work finding their names. CBC verified our identifications and added two. By bringing in the CBC, we were able to reach a much larger audience to talk about the threat of white nationalism in Canada.
Read CBC's reporting here:
Read CBC's reporting here:
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
3/ We got photos of all of them and got to work finding their names. CBC verified our identifications and added two. By bringing in the CBC, we were able to reach a much larger audience to talk about the threat of white nationalism in Canada.
Read CBC's reporting here:
Read CBC's reporting here:
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Chris Glover NDP-
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Chris Glover NDP-
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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WTF NB Power - why are you allowing a US company to do this? 🤬
A proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of #SaintJohnNB would gobble up the equivalent of almost half the electricity N.B. Power will get from a controversial natural gas plant in the Tantramar area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of #SaintJohnNB would gobble up the equivalent of almost half the electricity N.B. Power will get from a controversial natural gas plant in the Tantramar area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Proposed data centre would need almost half of Tantramar gas plant’s power | CBC News
A proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of Saint John would gobble up the equivalent of almost half the electricity N.B. Power will get from a controversial natural gas plant in the Tantramar ar...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
WTF NB Power - why are you allowing a US company to do this? 🤬
A proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of #SaintJohnNB would gobble up the equivalent of almost half the electricity N.B. Power will get from a controversial natural gas plant in the Tantramar area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of #SaintJohnNB would gobble up the equivalent of almost half the electricity N.B. Power will get from a controversial natural gas plant in the Tantramar area.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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I wrote about this too. Why isn’t Ontario hitting the barricades in rage? We’ve so little lake access. Entirely privatized shorelines. You could give the province away to oligarchs & people would be meh. Thx to Fatima for calling this early on.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I wrote about this too. Why isn’t Ontario hitting the barricades in rage? We’ve so little lake access. Entirely privatized shorelines. You could give the province away to oligarchs & people would be meh. Thx to Fatima for calling this early on.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Ford government supervisors can charge $350K per year to school boards | Globalnews.ca
Several school boards in Ontario, including Toronto public, Toronto Catholic and Ottawa-Carleton, have been under the management of supervisors for months.
globalnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
The true enemies of the people.
U.S. Billionaires See Their Net Worth Skyrocket in Trump’s First Year
#Trump
#Trump
U.S. Billionaires See Their Net Worth Skyrocket in Trump’s First Year
No one is helping billionaires out quite like Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The true enemies of the people.