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"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or one government. It’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public"
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@mariaressa.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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When ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social began talking to people in Albany, GA, she didn’t expect that they would be so fearful to criticize the town’s sole hospital on the record — or how powerless they were to hold that hospital to account.
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
When ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social began talking to people in Albany, GA, she didn’t expect that they would be so fearful to criticize the town’s sole hospital on the record — or how powerless they were to hold that hospital to account.
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read our 5-part "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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There is another misguided push to make reproductive rights a technocratic issue, supposedly to protect it from far right attacks
As ever, this instrumentalist approach will only backfire because reproductive rights are inherently political and gendered
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
As ever, this instrumentalist approach will only backfire because reproductive rights are inherently political and gendered
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There is another misguided push to make reproductive rights a technocratic issue, supposedly to protect it from far right attacks
As ever, this instrumentalist approach will only backfire because reproductive rights are inherently political and gendered
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
As ever, this instrumentalist approach will only backfire because reproductive rights are inherently political and gendered
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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So far we have groups in Toronto using fake-AI (opposition to Bathurst rapid transit, IntegrityTO) and now the gov't of Ontario using fake AI
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
So far we have groups in Toronto using fake-AI (opposition to Bathurst rapid transit, IntegrityTO) and now the gov't of Ontario using fake AI
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Carney gave an EDITED copy of Bill C15 to reporters so they would not see that he exempted his Ministers from the RULE OF LAW. What in the ever loving fuck is going on and why aren’t #cdnmedia losing their minds?
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Carney gave an EDITED copy of Bill C15 to reporters so they would not see that he exempted his Ministers from the RULE OF LAW. What in the ever loving fuck is going on and why aren’t #cdnmedia losing their minds?
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On the anniversary of École Polytechnique, let this be the moment we choose action over sorrow. Truth over silence. Justice over delay. We owe it to all of them.
youtu.be/nvbUt6oolME
youtu.be/nvbUt6oolME
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 2025
YouTube video by Leah Gazan, MP Winnipeg Centre
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On the anniversary of École Polytechnique, let this be the moment we choose action over sorrow. Truth over silence. Justice over delay. We owe it to all of them.
youtu.be/nvbUt6oolME
youtu.be/nvbUt6oolME
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Were you appalled when Air Canada flight attendants were sent back to unpaid work after less than 12 hours of striking? So were we.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Were you appalled when Air Canada flight attendants were sent back to unpaid work after less than 12 hours of striking? So were we.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or one government. It’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public"
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@mariaressa.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or one government. It’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public"
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@mariaressa.bsky.social
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
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What we need is a long-term steady pipeline of rail and transit investment and renewal so that manufacturing communities aren't caught in cycles of boom and bust. The "Permanent Transit Fund" should have helped but it was diluted in the federal budget.
www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...
www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...
Buy Canadian policy doesn’t include $3B VIA Rail contract
Read the full story and comment on Tbnewswatch.com
www.tbnewswatch.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What we need is a long-term steady pipeline of rail and transit investment and renewal so that manufacturing communities aren't caught in cycles of boom and bust. The "Permanent Transit Fund" should have helped but it was diluted in the federal budget.
www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...
www.tbnewswatch.com/local-journa...
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Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates
www.abqjournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Bill 60 is open season on renters.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bill 60 is open season on renters.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
It gives corporate landlords more power to hike rents, evict tenants, and squeeze families who are already stretched thin, all while Ontario is dead last in home-building.
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As Canada moves to reduce foreign aid spending, experts warn that the decision could jeopardize vulnerable lives abroad while exposing Canadians to greater security and health risks, potentially increasing financial burdens in the future. #cdnpoli
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rabble.ca/politics/can...
Federal budget cuts $2.7 billion in international assistance
Experts warn that the decision to cut international assistance could jeopardize vulnerable lives abroad while exposing Canadians to greater security and health risks.
rabble.ca
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As Canada moves to reduce foreign aid spending, experts warn that the decision could jeopardize vulnerable lives abroad while exposing Canadians to greater security and health risks, potentially increasing financial burdens in the future. #cdnpoli
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rabble.ca/politics/can...
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In Terrace yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition to the Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal, which has been added to a list of projects the feds plan to expedite.
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Ksi Lisims LNG Makes Federal List of ‘Nation-Building’ Projects | The Tyee
The prime minister sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition at a northern BC presser.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In Terrace yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition to the Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal, which has been added to a list of projects the feds plan to expedite.
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My latest for @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Despite warnings from the Commissioner of Elections and Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Liberals and Conservatives have been quietly working to pass Bill C-4, exempting themselves from privacy law imposed on others and undermining privacy rights of Canadians.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians - Michael Geist
It hasn’t received much attention, but the government and official opposition - ie. the Liberals and Conservatives - have been quietly working to pass legislation that undermine the privacy rights of ...
www.michaelgeist.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Despite warnings from the Commissioner of Elections and Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Liberals and Conservatives have been quietly working to pass Bill C-4, exempting themselves from privacy law imposed on others and undermining privacy rights of Canadians.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
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Politico Canada reports that the government is changing its approach on online harms legislation with plans to break up the former Bill C-63 into smaller pieces with shared responsibility among several government departments.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Politico Canada reports that the government is changing its approach on online harms legislation with plans to break up the former Bill C-63 into smaller pieces with shared responsibility among several government departments.
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The far right radicalization of young men is a serious issue. Fanning male rage was a big part of the MAGA movement and is part of the game plan on the Polievre Conservatives.
In my latest piece I discuss the toxic impacts on schools and democracy.
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In my latest piece I discuss the toxic impacts on schools and democracy.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Young Men in the Hate-o-Sphere
Recently, CBC ran a story about how the Poilievre Conservatives are touring Canadian universities to build support among young men.
substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The far right radicalization of young men is a serious issue. Fanning male rage was a big part of the MAGA movement and is part of the game plan on the Polievre Conservatives.
In my latest piece I discuss the toxic impacts on schools and democracy.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
In my latest piece I discuss the toxic impacts on schools and democracy.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Ontario labour minister faces resignation calls amid discord between public, private sector unions
Ontario labour minister faces resignation calls amid discord between public, private sector unions
The minister in charge of Ontario’s Skills Development Fund is facing calls for his resignation from a union leader in the wake of allegations that over $100 million for jobs retraining have been funneled to projects helmed by political allies.
www.cp24.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ontario labour minister faces resignation calls amid discord between public, private sector unions
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The Calgary police department teamed up with CBSA to harass migrant workers at a construction site, expect more of that with these increases. #cdnpoli
@coreyhogan.ca
@coreyhogan.ca
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Calgary police department teamed up with CBSA to harass migrant workers at a construction site, expect more of that with these increases. #cdnpoli
@coreyhogan.ca
@coreyhogan.ca
