And here it is: Carney’s CEO summit could put public assets on the table The world’s largest investors are coming to Toronto, with airports and other public infrastructure potentially up for grabs. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Carney’s CEO summit could put public assets on the table

This September, a who’s who of global finance will descend on a luxury hotel in downtown Toronto for an invitation-only event, the first-ever Canada Investment Summit. As Bianca Mugyenyi writes, the s...

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As a person who was interviewed by NYT a week before Trump's second inauguration on his threats to independent news, I'm most terrified by my observation that there no longer seems to be a way for the public or rank-and-file journalists to stop or counterbalance the manipulation of public attention

Mark Histed@markhisted.org · 20h ago

So in sum: I’d go so far as to say manipulating the public’s attention is THE major form of modern propaganda, it’s the key strategy of the rightwing media, and other outlets, from NYT to the Axel Springer Telegraph, do it too. We should pay a lot more attention to this effect. It’s powerful. /end

“The snow samples from the winter showed elevated levels of lead and chromium in particular around major tear gas use sites, Walker said. That includes near the site where Pretti was shot and killed, and outside the Whipple federal building where protests lasted for weeks.”

What did a winter of tear gas leave in Minneapolis soil? U of M researchers are trying to find out.

The study aims to determine whether chemical munitions used by federal agents left contaminants in neighborhood gardens and soil.

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#OtD 16 Aug 1921 The Times of London newspaper exposed 'The Protocol of the Elders of Zion' as an antisemitic fraud. Antisemitic businessman, Henry Ford (pictured receiving an award from Nazi officials), continued to publish it a further 91 times stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8760...

Canadian director Ally Pankiw said Thursday that she turned down a directing job on an upcoming Harry Potter television series and called the move a refusal to fund transphobia. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Canadian director refused to work on new Harry Potter show, writing 'say no to funding transphobia' | CBC News

Canadian director Ally Pankiw revealed Thursday in an Instagram post that she turned down work on an upcoming Harry Potter television series, saying, “It simply is this easy to say no to funding trans...

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Some parts of Canada have resisted the pull of anti-trans hate better than others. Here’s what it’s like to live in these places. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Inside Canada’s most trans-friendly jurisdictions | Xtra Magazine

Some parts of Canada have resisted the pull of anti-trans hate better than others. Here’s what it’s like to live in these places

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Joe Biden sold the weapons that destroyed every cancer hospital in Gaza, denying an estimates 17,000 Gazans access to chemotherapy.

See those uniformed police officers applauding Trump while he lusts over young girls? Never ask a rape survivor why they didn’t report the assault to the police.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d ago

Trump: "These young, beautiful girls. These young, beautiful girls. These young, beautiful girls in the White House. You know, they come in. Now, I'm not supposed to say beautiful, but what the hell? These young, these gorgeous, beautiful girls, they want to be safe."

Canadian petition to expel US ambassador gains over 170,000 signatures https://aje.news/tujcjq

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Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2d ago

A college buddy asked me about my transition from a racism-is-bad liberal in the 1990s to a much more left lefty today lol. Found myself talking about police violence, the horrific attacks on trans people, and the role of billionaires in making so many things worse. No one gets left behind.

NO ONE GOES UNDER THE FUCKING BUS

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2d ago

That's why I generally vote for the furthest left candidate on my ballot - because I'm looking for the person who's gonna throw the least number of people under the bus. And that's why I yell at whoever represents me whenever they throw anyone under the bus. No one goes under the fucking bus.

You know who wasn't hounded to suicide for dodgy academic research? ANDREW FUCKING WAKEFIELD.

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 2d ago

Fucking Christ alive. This is fucking horrific. Like the dude was obviously a fabulist and probably a plagiarist but SO ARE ALL FUCKING ACADEMICS. He was also still a vulnerable, autistic Black man and the entire campaign against him was motivated by racism. All these things can be true.

Yes this is Nazi shit

David DeWitt@daviddewitt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...

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The best we can do is have our universities collude to crack students' skulls for having the audacity to camp out in protest against genocide

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2d ago

How about some sanctions on US and Israeli officials who launched an illegal war and committed war crimes?

Carney has endorsed every single war crime these two countries have committed. Why stop now?

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2d ago

How about some sanctions on US and Israeli officials who launched an illegal war and committed war crimes?

Hate to tell you folks, but we've been seeing this for a while in elementary schools. Hope the post secondary crowd isn't expecting improvements any time soon.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 3d ago

We are very gradually going to start realizing with horror how completely we have fucked the brains of an entire generation.

I need to go back to Nova Scotia next summer (it'll be 20 years since I left!) and I have to make sure the DCAF is happening when I go.

Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities@strangeadventures.bsky.social · 2d ago

southdartmouth.ca/articles/202... a nice look at DCAF 2026 from the South Dartmouth Post @dartmouthcomix.bsky.social

A potential environmental disaster is unfolding off Oman, where a grounded tanker is leaking sanctioned Russian crude oil in a protected marine area. The tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of oil has created an oil slick estimated at 2,000 square kilometres.

Legislated stupidity is cool

Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️@brettbergie.bsky.social · 2d ago

"[...] The gov is aware the move may not [meaningfully] impact congestion & could increase collisions for everyone who uses roads. "Legislation is not unconstitutional for failing to satisfy preferences of experts whose advice the government was not required to accept." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tomorrow is the day! Join me at my annual Community BBQ in General Burns Park Saturday, August 15th from 1-3 PM ! Come enjoy good food, live music, meet your neighbors, and share what’s on your mind. I’d love to see you there! RSVP here: www.chandrapasma.ca/community_bb...

‘God gave us oil, God gave us gas’: How Christian nationalism is shaping the push for Alberta’s independence A cross-border network of fundamentalists, oil-industry boosters and Trump allies has taken an increasing interest in #Alberta sovereignty NEW investigation: ricochet.media/justice/far-...

‘God gave us oil, God gave us gas’: How Christian nationalism is shaping the push for Alberta's independence

A growing cross-border network of fundamentalists, oil-industry boosters, and Trump allies has taken an increasing interest in Alberta sovereignty, helping push an American-style political vision into...

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When do the tribunals start? The amount of cops I've seen on transit recently blows my mind. More concerned with oppressing the poor than providing a working transit system.

East end of Line 1 still affected by latest overhead wire problem | CBC News

There are platform closures and replacement buses on the east end of the O-Train's Line 1 Friday because of another overhead wire problem.

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Begging folks to wake up and realize that the massive increase in food borne illness and infectious diseases is not an accident. This was always the goal. The regime removed protections because they want “the vulnerable” to die. Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.

Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer | CNN

Federal data suggests that this is a particularly bad summer for foodborne illness outbreaks in the US.

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I used to be against the death penalty.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 3d ago

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built

Not messed up enough to prevent people from enlisting in the War Crimes Factory.

Yooty@yooty.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don’t think people adequately understand how fucked up the situation on the USS Abe Lincoln is.

people will look back on this era and recognize the destruction of USAID among the most profound stains on America's conscience, and the architects of its destruction as white supremacist perpetrators of mass infant death

Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · 5d ago

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“Elbows up” now means selling our economy off piece by piece to the US and various foreign bidders.

Dawn Alene@dawnalene.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is bad youtu.be/FFSq5i36R2Y

"When the Islamic State ruined much of the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it set about eliminating all traces of its past." I agree. And they have that in common with both Russia in Ukraine and Israel in Gaza.

Ukrainian cathedrals, Gaza’s archives, Iranian squares – modern war is systematically erasing human history | Simon Jenkins

It is not enough now for war to kill, it must eradicate a people’s cherished and precious heritage too, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Just remember this message is aimed at your children not theirs.