Periodic reminder that approximately 2/3 of the equity in Postmedia is owned by the American hedge fund Chatham Asset Management.

Mark Kersten@markkersten.bsky.social · 24h ago

It may not be surprising, but it's nevertheless sad to see a Canadian newspaper trumpet Washington's call to demolish the #ICC, and siding with impunity for Putin, Netanyahu, and the Taliban. This is now part of the right's firmament, along with anti-trans politics and Residential School denialism.

Letter to RFK Jr from the dad of an autistic kid. Usually I try to keep my criticism of fascists and their enablers structural, but I hate RFK Jr with the fire of a 1000 Canticles of the Sun. #AutismDad #RFKJR #MAHA #StFrancis #Neurodivergent

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

Carney, Dani and their oil barons need to be stopped www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Seoul braces for heatwave sweeping South Korea as death toll reaches 16

Trucks are dousing capital’s roads with water and nurses are checking on vulnerable people as heat heads westwards

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By tomorrow it will be out of the news cycle and forgotten. A pedophile, convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, money launderer is president of the United States….

Rutger Bregman attended a conference in Silicon Valley. And he heard about fascism directly from the source. The left has been warning us all for years. Here we are. youtube.com/shorts/XXOND...

Historian Explains Why Fascism Experts are Leaving the USA

YouTube video by Rutger Bregman

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Conservative politicians have been trying for decades to do this; they fought tooth and nail to prevent universal health from happening in the first place, and created the National Citizens Coalition to attack it ever since. Oh, and it's first President? One Stephen Harper. And THERE you have it.

I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser.

Related: In July, trees in Europe look as if it's autumn due to heat and drought. science.orf.at/stories/3236...

Erste Anzeichen von Herbst in Wäldern

Nicht nur Österreichs Landwirte, Schifffahrt und Stromversorgung sind von der Trockenheit betroffen, sondern auch die heimischen Wälder. Bei manchen Bäumen setzte schon mitten im Hochsommer die Herbst...

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patrick callaghan@patricklpc.bsky.social · 5d ago

My preference would be to follow the advice of Ist Nations who are more in touch with what sustains us then the Govt of Ontario

Shout out to the all the Canadians suddenly wondering, "Wait... Are we.. Poland?!" And trying to calculate when the US runs out of money. And yes, fashy policies destroy economies, and make countries run out of money. I'm not debating y'all on this. Yes, even countries as rich as the US.

Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · 8mo ago

Agreed. I'm referring specifically to the timing. In other words, why 1939 instead of the originally planned 1943? For others: To finance the nazi economy, Hitler had been running a ponzi scheme where he issued Metallurgische Forschungsgesellschaft bills (MeFo bills).🤡 The scam lost steam in 1939.

As for literature, these two books written in english *might* be good starting points. Obviously I've not read any of them. Richard Overy - War and Economy in the Third Reich Adam Tooze - Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

No Nope Never Ontario don’t be fooled this guy is a Harper stooge and is one of the worst - Do not vote in this guy as Toronto mayor 🤬 rabble.ca/columnists/c...

Chris Alexander just the latest of Harper's attack dogs

Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Chris Alexander became the latest Harper factotum to hit the wall last week. As immigration minister he had to hoist the burden for the Syrian refugee debacl...

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Medias 🇨🇦@mediasca.skyfleet.blue · last wk.

Chris Alexander, former Harper cabinet minister, to run for Toronto mayor

A mysterious “black particulate fallout” has periodically covered Hamilton communities with soot. Ontario NDP leader @maritstilesndp.bsky.social says the Ford government knows what is in the soot and demanded it share this information with the public www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #hamont

Ontario NDP leader says Premier Doug Ford 'has the answers' to what's in soot blanketing Hamilton communities | CBC News

After Hamilton neighbourhoods were blanketed by an unknown black substance in early July, Ontario's official opposition is calling on the government to share what it knows about the recurring issue.

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Chris Alexander was one of the architects of the Conservative plan for a Barbaric Cultural Practices snitch line, so running for mayor of Canada’s most diverse city is certainly a choice. Fun Fact: Stephen Lecce was a Harper spokesperson at the time. Here he is weaseling out of any accountability.

Ben Spurr@benspurr.bsky.social · last wk.

SCOOP: Former Harper cabinet minister Chris Alexander says he’s running for Toronto mayor — and it could upend the race www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

Collins FN was abandoned by the province as the community burned to the ground. Badly-needed fire suppression was pulled from the community. Now they have been told they are on their own because they "self-evacuated" to escape the disaster. A full inquiry is needed. youtu.be/2lrIkXFRwzY?...

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE COLLINS FIRE DISASTER

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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"Go comment at your local government meeting" is common advice given to people angry the many injustices they face on the ground. But local governments often treat the public with contempt, and set up as many obstacles as possible to reduce possibility of rooms full of people denouncing them...

Reason maybe 528 to vote out Doug Ford and his conservative party. Whiny corrupt children A source with knowledge of the discussions tells CBC News that, in response, Ontario is now rethinking its support for the Alto high-speed rail project. #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ontario rethinking support for high-speed rail after feds reject Billy Bishop expansion: source | CBC News

The federal government's rejection of a plan to allow commercial jets at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is threatening a wedge between the Ford government and Ottawa — and potentially strengthening op...

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A hollow goal. Next generation is inheriting a climate crisis made worse by the Federal enabling of gas for data centres: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/24/n... & www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m... Your cuts to wildfire response capacity. And your cuts Parks Canada: ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Crown corp lends up to $200M for Meta data centre gas plant in Alberta

The gas plant, known as Greenlight, is classified as a project that is “likely to have significant adverse environmental and social effects.”

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Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ahead of an apocalyptic wildfire season, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government made CUTS to the very teams who help prevent the worst outcomes: experts who map wildfires and issue warnings and risk assessments that communities rely on. The union representing these workers sent me the details:

The multi-billionaire CEO of Shopify thinks a “good system” is one where the poor don’t get to vote in elections and the rich get to vote several times over. I wish I was kidding. Oh, and guess what? This guy and his pals are trying to influence our politics -- and they're arguably succeeding:

Entropy has the upper hand

Blumengarten https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28524

Sorry to be a downer, but we don't talk about this enough. Settler colonial societies are structured around the abandonment of children at every level, and white settlers have embraced this at the personal level. There is no sense of community responsibility, you're just on your own.

Heroes.

Michelle Gamage@michellegamage.bsky.social · last wk.

Co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were buying, rigorously testing and selling meth, cocaine and heroin for a compassion club. They said if people knew what they were taking they were less likely to overdose. The approach was working, but then they were arrested and convicted of trafficking.

"Whatever you do, make sure you surprise yourself." Some old-school against AI advice from my late writing teacher, Luciano Iacobelli. #pastichemachine #sycophancy #postmodernism #irreduciblestrangeness #aiwriting

Sea Ranch, Northern California coast

It is weird how public services like Universal Healthcare which many Europeans have had for generations are seen as Radical, Extreme and Dangerous in the USA. Almost feels like an entire country has been lied to that services which will improve their lives are something to be scared of.

My great-grandfather was among the first Jews sent to Dachau, but it had operated for 8 years prior. He arrived to find a concentration camp already full of communists and other leftist dissidents. The public's acceptance of their incarceration paved the road for his own.

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 2w ago

fascists use anti leftism to build power and co opt centrists and liberals. they are doing this right now! this is what all the gibberish anti communist rhetoric is about!

Unintentional accent mirroring is positively correlated with higher levels of empathy, by the way

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w ago

People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you

But in Ontario we RUN from the questions! We AVOID helping people. We DUPE the population. #backroomhandshakes #youareonyourownfolks #onpoli

Rachel Wales@rachelwales.bsky.social · 2w ago

#JillDunlop #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli #now You would think that in any emergency "representatives" would be there to answer questions.