By “creatives” he means the oil and gas sector #cdnpoli

Montreal Gazette@mtlgazette.bsky.social · 3d ago

‘This is a budget for creatives,’ Carney says after meeting with Montreal artists montrealgazette.com/news/mark-ca...

So it's obvious right that MeToo wasn't allowed to go nearly far enough, and that we basically need Nuremberg for powerful men?

Fuck yes. Only “reach across the aisle” to grab motherfuckers by the throat

The fact that Elon Musk paid half a billion dollars to swing the election and achieved _nada_ illustrates precisely why billionaires regard democracy as an existential threat that must be destroyed.

a politics that brings people together to ruthlessly investigate and prosecute this lying corrupt and criminal administration and pursue them to the ends of the earth sir

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · last wk.

Tonight, the American people sent a clear message — they want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them, and leaders who offer concrete solutions to the challenges they face.

Put this on a placard and hold it in front of Dem leadership the next time they want Dems to vote for a Platner or a Fetterman.

Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · last wk.

hmm I was told that Nazi tattoo rapist Graham Platner was the only Dem who could beat Susan Collins a year ago so I'm confused re these numbers suggesting a random guy could just roll in and be competitive in 4 months with way less money and zero PR from the ppl who shoved Platner down our throats

It’s time to remember that enforcing consequence for corruption, prosecuting authoritarians, and purging white supremacists, is what countries must do if they want to regain health, and anyone who treats such acts as unhealthy, dangerous, or uncivil has no interest in health, safety, or civility.

PEOPLE DIED. people DIED, hideous public deaths meant to terrorize and subdue the rest, and they still didn't fucking stop hitting the streets anyway. every one of them knew they could catch a bullet for their courage. they still haven't stopped.

Liam Davis Temple@liam2manynames.bsky.social · last wk.

The resistance of Minnesotans this winter changed the trajectory of our country and that cannot be overstated.

Absolutely wild list of results for data centre ballot measures in the US "that's 28 measures across 25 localities, all opposing data centres" - EVERY SINGLE LOCALITY VOTED TO OPPOSE DATA CENTRES WILD RESULTS + A CLIMATE WIN 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂 threadreaderapp.com/thread/21177...

Get em Ron

Texas is now more liberal than Alberta

how long before the tech companies quietly change their maps back

I'm ecstatic for the US. And now I'm gonna make their good news entirely about Canada: I hope all of the Canadians who've been so terrified of Trump that they cheered on Carney going full Reagan regain a modicum of rationality and start demanding he stop selling off our goddamn country for parts.

Tonight makes me think we could use a DSA for Canada. Has anyone seen Joe Roberts lately

For the love of gods, I hope that tonight makes politicians realize anti-trans rhetoric doesn't win elections Leave us the fuck alone

The absolute shellacking Republicans are taking makes the prior two years of capitulation by so many powerful people and organizations look even more pathetic

Between Andor and election night 2026, it turns out my favourite TV show is watching fascists get their teeth kicked in

Whenever a crisis arrives, the agenda of rich sociopaths is always ready to go, stepping in quickly to capitalize on the public's fear & anxiety by pretending that furthering their own selfish antidemocratic goals is a solution. Mark Carney is the Shock Doctrine coming for Canada's rights & assets.

Seriously, this is nation building. Parks for people. Canadian beauty. Jobs. Search and rescue. Wildfire awareness. Fuck AI. The bubble is popping and the gas powered data centres to power it are a crime against humanity.

Conor Curtis@conorcurtis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Instead of $1.6 billion for AI how about we just not fire Parks Canada staff and cut wildfire and search and rescue capacity: bsky.app/profile/trya... & www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Or not cut vital international aid. Or invest in any number of other things that would be better for everyone. #CDNpoli

If you want more Patrick Stewarts, then you publicly fund the arts and learning programs, so that working class kids can find their way into making a career in them.

Been thinking about this a lot lately: "Marx claimed that everything would eventually be commodified: 'the things which until then had been communicated, but never exchanged, given, but never sold, acquired, but never bought – virtue, love, conscience – all at last enter into commerce.'"

Great article by @suzannerent.bsky.social I really appreciate that she captured most of my points. This is the only media coverage that does t just accept Fillmore’s erroneous claims at face value. You just have to listen to staff and other councillors to realize that.

Suzanne Rent@suzannerent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Halifax council votes to send report on bike lane alternatives to committees for review, public consultation Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

One more of Houston's office attempt to silence any and all dissent. (Although I gotta admit, cc'ing the department chair hilariously shows how ignorant they are about how university departments work)

Premier's office criticizes professor over comments on proposed N.S. data centre | CBC News

Sibo Chen of Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University, has been writing critically about the environmental impacts of resource extraction and AI growth, but said it's the first tim...

cbc.ca

Tim Bousquet@timbousquet.bsky.social · 3w ago

I see a direct line from roughing up the 80-year-old man in Wolfville to evicting Joan Baxter and Jennifer Henderson from the EverWind announcement to vilifying Paul Wonzey. It's all about delegitimizing dissent.

Almost want to put this in all caps: “Lula’s campaign didn’t adopt the doom and fatalism of so many of those fighting the far-right. They assumed that voters could be convinced to oppose Bolsonaro—and acted on that belief.” YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE SHIFTABLE

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 3w ago

Helpful analysis here from @perrybaconjr.bsky.social: “After finishing behind Bolsonaro in the first round of voting, Lula and his campaign essentially adopted an all-of-the above strategy.”

I am once again telling you that our electoral system simply doesn’t reflect reality.

Labour must draw an absolute line in the sand on bill C-39 and its threat to entrench and expand federal strike busting power. I explain for @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/bill-c-39-ma...

Carney Wants the Power to Break Strikes. Unions Vow to Defy Him | The Walrus

Ottawa’s push to keep the economy moving is setting up a showdown with organized labour

thewalrus.ca

Seems like the BC NDP is working overtime on Reddit to convince British Columbians not to vote for Green This is the sad farce of #cdnpoli "We know we did none of the things you wanted & angered you by all the things we did, but if you vote your conscience the bad guys win, so vote for us again"