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It's my first-ever reported column for the Tyee!!! Wheeee!!
That's right folks, I learned Carney's government awarded millions to the company staffing Alligator Alcatraz.
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That's right folks, I learned Carney's government awarded millions to the company staffing Alligator Alcatraz.
Video coming shortly:
Experts have called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ a concentration camp. The Canadian company GardaWorld is helping to staff it. In a reported column for @thetyee.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reveals the company has received millions in Cnd government contracts this year. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee
Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.
thetyee.ca
August 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's my first-ever reported column for the Tyee!!! Wheeee!!
That's right folks, I learned Carney's government awarded millions to the company staffing Alligator Alcatraz.
Video coming shortly:
That's right folks, I learned Carney's government awarded millions to the company staffing Alligator Alcatraz.
Video coming shortly:
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It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
August 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
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Amid “horrifying daily attacks on the prosecutorial independence of our southern neighbours," a top Ontario Crown attorney is sounding the alarm.
Poilievre and his MPs came out swinging for the freedom convoy organizers, criticizing the sentences the crown is seeking.
That's a problem:
Poilievre and his MPs came out swinging for the freedom convoy organizers, criticizing the sentences the crown is seeking.
That's a problem:
July 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Amid “horrifying daily attacks on the prosecutorial independence of our southern neighbours," a top Ontario Crown attorney is sounding the alarm.
Poilievre and his MPs came out swinging for the freedom convoy organizers, criticizing the sentences the crown is seeking.
That's a problem:
Poilievre and his MPs came out swinging for the freedom convoy organizers, criticizing the sentences the crown is seeking.
That's a problem:
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I will send the ebooks to anyone who donates today!
Gaza is being starved.
The Sameer Project is struggling to find food, but they are still doing work in Gaza.
I will send the first 5 people who donate $15+ USD (or equivalent) today the digital items from my 2023 Kickstarter.
linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
The Sameer Project is struggling to find food, but they are still doing work in Gaza.
I will send the first 5 people who donate $15+ USD (or equivalent) today the digital items from my 2023 Kickstarter.
linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
The Sameer Project | Instagram | Linktree
We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,
linktr.ee
July 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I will send the ebooks to anyone who donates today!
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FYI, the ebook for my childhood BFFs to lovers/SNL inspired romance Funny Guy is just $1.99 until July 31
July 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
FYI, the ebook for my childhood BFFs to lovers/SNL inspired romance Funny Guy is just $1.99 until July 31
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Jesus christ
NEW: The Canadian military is awarding 2 contracts worth a total of $169 million to an American company whose subsidiary a federal jury found legally responsible for the abuse of three Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison. www.readthemaple.com/canada-award...
Canada Awards $169 Million Deal To U.S. Company Sued Over Iraqi Abuse
CACI is one of the latest American companies to win a major Canadian military contract.
www.readthemaple.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Jesus christ
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police in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, have been involved in the deaths of 17 people since 2017
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It's got to stop': Family of men killed by Nunavik police calling on Quebec for reforms | CBC News
The families of two men killed by Nunavik police are calling for Quebec's premier to meet with them and are demanding several changes to the police service, including disarming local officers.
www.cbc.ca
July 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
police in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, have been involved in the deaths of 17 people since 2017
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I feel like media is wholly ignoring this major story.
A reminder that under the previous Trump administration there were at least 5000 documented cases of ICE and Border Patrol sexually abusing migrant children.
5000 documented cases.
It’s no wonder MAGAs are blocking the Epstein list.
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A reminder that under the previous Trump administration there were at least 5000 documented cases of ICE and Border Patrol sexually abusing migrant children.
5000 documented cases.
It’s no wonder MAGAs are blocking the Epstein list.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I feel like media is wholly ignoring this major story.
A reminder that under the previous Trump administration there were at least 5000 documented cases of ICE and Border Patrol sexually abusing migrant children.
5000 documented cases.
It’s no wonder MAGAs are blocking the Epstein list.
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A reminder that under the previous Trump administration there were at least 5000 documented cases of ICE and Border Patrol sexually abusing migrant children.
5000 documented cases.
It’s no wonder MAGAs are blocking the Epstein list.
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cnn editor: u got that story on ice?
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
Analysis: Meet the new national police force | CNN Politics
The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers, and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police ...
www.cnn.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
cnn editor: u got that story on ice?
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked
cnn editor: first of all, i love it
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The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
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I am a proud immigrant to the United States, and a proud naturalized citizen. But today, under Trump’s regime, my citizenship—and the citizenship of 25 million naturalized Americans—is under direct threat. It's McCarthyism fascism taken to the next level.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/theyre-com...
www.qasimrashid.com/p/theyre-com...
They’re Coming for Our Citizenship—And I Refuse to Stay Silent
Trump has weaponized the DOJ to denaturalized US citizens and deport them
www.qasimrashid.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am a proud immigrant to the United States, and a proud naturalized citizen. But today, under Trump’s regime, my citizenship—and the citizenship of 25 million naturalized Americans—is under direct threat. It's McCarthyism fascism taken to the next level.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/theyre-com...
www.qasimrashid.com/p/theyre-com...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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I’m seeing a lot of people posting about how sick they are with a “summer flu”
Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell.
It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible.
It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!
Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell.
It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible.
It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!
June 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’m seeing a lot of people posting about how sick they are with a “summer flu”
Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell.
It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible.
It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!
Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell.
It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible.
It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!
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The anti-abortion movement and what it has wrought is more horrifying than any horror movie. It is a rejection of the dignity of life and a mockery of human wellbeing
June 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The anti-abortion movement and what it has wrought is more horrifying than any horror movie. It is a rejection of the dignity of life and a mockery of human wellbeing
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education standards in Canada and the USA have been enshittified for decades. I don't think people really know how to research beyond typing whatever in Google and they don't know how to examine the results
and they fight for their lives when i say "chatbots are not good for research, oh my god"
and they fight for their lives when i say "chatbots are not good for research, oh my god"
ON TOP of the ethical reasons to not use AI, it's also
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
AI was trained on my books (without my permission and against my will) so this annoys me. I never use AI. Not for research, not for images, not for writing. AI used me.
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
education standards in Canada and the USA have been enshittified for decades. I don't think people really know how to research beyond typing whatever in Google and they don't know how to examine the results
and they fight for their lives when i say "chatbots are not good for research, oh my god"
and they fight for their lives when i say "chatbots are not good for research, oh my god"
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THIS: "sexual harassment tells you everything about someone's relationship with power"
Thank you for this concise and on-the-mark framing, @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
Thank you for this concise and on-the-mark framing, @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
Wow, NYTimes be like, “Andrew Cuomo is our problematic fave."
The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.
The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.
NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. “Don’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”
June 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
THIS: "sexual harassment tells you everything about someone's relationship with power"
Thank you for this concise and on-the-mark framing, @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
Thank you for this concise and on-the-mark framing, @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
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Freeze out ICE!
June 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Freeze out ICE!
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Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey is threatening to hurt & KILL protesters. Florida cops ran AWAY from the Parkland shooter—& when they were sued for running away—defended themselves (& won) arguing “police had no legal duty to protect students.”
So their new threat to kill civilians is just who they are.
So their new threat to kill civilians is just who they are.
June 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey is threatening to hurt & KILL protesters. Florida cops ran AWAY from the Parkland shooter—& when they were sued for running away—defended themselves (& won) arguing “police had no legal duty to protect students.”
So their new threat to kill civilians is just who they are.
So their new threat to kill civilians is just who they are.
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ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
June 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
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In case you weren't aware, the greater LA metropolitan area is the size of Portugal and contains 80% more people.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In case you weren't aware, the greater LA metropolitan area is the size of Portugal and contains 80% more people.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
They cannot constitutionally do this, but also, they cannot physically do this.
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I hear calls for “civility”
I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility
I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility
June 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I hear calls for “civility”
I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility
I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility
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If the SAVE Act passes the Senate and becomes law, does this mean JD Vance also can't vote anymore?
As he was born James David Bowman. His name doesn't match his birth certificate. Same for Usha.
Or will laws continue to not apply to whiny white Republican little bitches and their beards?
As he was born James David Bowman. His name doesn't match his birth certificate. Same for Usha.
Or will laws continue to not apply to whiny white Republican little bitches and their beards?
April 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If the SAVE Act passes the Senate and becomes law, does this mean JD Vance also can't vote anymore?
As he was born James David Bowman. His name doesn't match his birth certificate. Same for Usha.
Or will laws continue to not apply to whiny white Republican little bitches and their beards?
As he was born James David Bowman. His name doesn't match his birth certificate. Same for Usha.
Or will laws continue to not apply to whiny white Republican little bitches and their beards?
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“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.