Chuck Spadina

@eightysixer.bsky.social

Some sort of wet gellatanous blob. Toronto Dad. Cities, music and footy. Takronto. Free Palestine.

@mark-carney.bsky.social How dare you even let this conversation continue. You MPs keep saying "there is no plan to respond to". We know enough. No jets on the island. Toronto has repeatedly said no to this. Would you do this in Stanley Park? No. This is TO's great park. TO does not want this.

Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On Toronto's island airport, only Carney can stop the madness. Where is the case for an expansion? And what else could this place be? My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Carney is a 20th century leader. And not one of the transformational ones who took big swings to build things, one of the neoliberal late stage ones that tore society down. His vision is of a Canada that doesn't do big things, it has more soldiers and fewer of everything else.

Carney's appeals to nostalgia are apt, because none of his ideas are about a Canada of the future. It's all about a return to the past. Fossil fuels, big army, powerful corporations. It's all more of the same but worse. That's the Canada he's selling.

the levels of elite impunity we are seeing now and the levels of war crimes we are seeing now are two aspects of the same path of historical development. right now they see war as our problem (and their investment opportunity). it is world historically important that we make war their problem again

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll

Post by Francesca Albanese: "Let’s stop calling it settler violence. It is settler TERROR. These criminals roam the West Bank with impunity, and the world stays silent." Horrifying assault on Abu Ayoub in the village of Fakhit. He suffered a fractured skull and underwent emergency surgery.

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

What strikes me about these Epstein materials - there are really no surprises. The 1000+ victims have already named all these men. Even Bill Gates. His wife publicly said she divorced him because of his relationship with Epstein. We just don't believe women, systemically.

Headline from Vanity Fair in 2022: Melinda Gates says Bill Gates' work with abhorrent Jeffrey Epstein Led to Divorce

The next Dem Admin should seize Israeli assets and use them to redevelop Gaza and the West Bank. For its lack of restraint, for its lack of care, for its lack of adherence to the laws of war, for its complete indifference to the suffering of civilians, and the war crimes committed by its soldiers.

I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 8mo ago

Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.

The AI bubble may be about to bust. Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock. We all need to say this very clearly: NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH! Expropriate their asses instead. They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet. They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

Harbord cyclists beware: in the new lanes some sewer grates have been put in the death position by contractors. This @ Manning just ate my tire but luckily was coming to a stop. Jarring still. At speed I’d be over the handlebars. There were others along way.

Sewer grate

In the 10 days since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced to take effect, the Israeli military has already repeatedly violated it. Al Jazeera reports that it has continued its genocide, killing nearly 100 Palestinians and wounding over 300 people.

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@mark-carney.bsky.social Which side are you on? Right now it doesn’t look like you’re one of the good guys. This is most definitely not ‘elbows up’ behaviour.

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Canada's parliament started the week giving a standing O for free speech and the memory of Charlie Kirk. They ended it by joining Orban's Hungary and Trump's America in targeting @kneecapceol.bsky.social an Irish hip hop group for challenging the genocide. Not our finest hour.