a) there are, like, single digit trans girls in sports in most states (sometimes literally one!), this entire thing is made up so that one girl who wants to play sports with her friends can't do it b) do not, under any circumstances, make policy based on angry sports parents
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Gluesenkamp Perez: "At town halls, what I saw was the people who were the most upset had spent the last 12 years driving their girls to sports practice & they view their best shot of their student going to college as an athletic scholarship. So when we rush to moralize we miss some of the nuance."
Trans rights are human rights. Sports bans are solving a problem manufactured by the media and the right. They will not protect women. They will make life worse for many.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.
You're not supposed to say this, but conservatives hate HPV vaccines because they think that removing the risk of cervical cancer from sex incentives women to be sluts. It's been a Christian thing since way before RFK Jr. was around, everybody knows what it's about, but you have to pretend not to.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2mo agoRFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
The Ford government allowed public employees to upload people’s personal data, including credit cards and driver’s licences, to unsecured AI sites and used medical software that recorded wrong medications and missed mental health details, says Ontario's auditor general.
Thousands of Ontario government staff using unsecured AI, watchdog finds
Ontario's auditor general says the Ford government allowed public employees to upload people’s personal data, including credit cards and driver’s licences, to unsecured AI sites and used medical softw...
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A deep dive into the devastating environmental effects of allowing #jets at Billy Bishop #Toronto City #Airport. This is the report that the Toronto Port Authority kept secret for nine years. Read @spacing.bsky.social online spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #onpoli @waterfront4all.bsky.social
Jet Dreams on Toronto Island (Part 2) - Spacing Toronto
This is the continuation of Jet Dreams on Toronto Island (Part 1). The chief obstacle to expanding Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is geography – the tiny size of the airport and its location on an ...
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The owner of Nieuport Aviation, the J.P. Morgan-affiliated IIF, is registered in the Cayman Islands. A former J.P. Morgan banker, Hai-Gi Li, sits on the board of Nieuport Aviation. A 2023 document from J.P. Morgan also lists Nieuport Aviation under its portfolio/operating companies roster.
Leading American bank would be a major beneficiary of Billy Bishop takeover
The island airport’s terminal is owned by Nieuport Aviation, which is owned by a J.P. Morgan-controlled group of companies. Lobbyists for Nieuport Aviation have held jobs with the Ford and federal gov...
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This is not justice. You never have to listen to an Ontario Progressive Conservative talk about law & order again. Put this back in their face. Every minister, every back bencher. They all voted for secret govt.
TheTrillium.ca@thetrillium.bsky.social · 3mo agoTwo legal battles over Greenbelt records ‘likely’ quashed by PCs’ FOI restrictions
I don’t really understand why so many people, when they get behind the wheel of a car, develop a complete disregard for the lives of pedestrians, cyclists and those trying to keep children safe.
Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy @thestar.com column this week salutes some real heroes on the streets: crossing guards. Drivers in Ontario are emboldened & dangerous. The guards are precariously employed, disrespected, threatened & a pedestrian’s thin line of defence. It’s absurd we need them yet they’re essential.
Buying a private jet is a let-them-eat-cake kind of move a Premier makes when he feels invincible. My take on Doug Ford's private plane purchase for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/23/o...
Hubris will be Doug Ford's undoing
In his “sorry, not sorry” apology for buying a private jet, Ontario's premier whined about the backlash he should have seen coming.
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The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.
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Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. Since 2009, March 31 is a day to celebrate and honour transgender people and highlight the challenges they still face. It is an important day for continued acceptance and advocacy. To our transgender community: We see you, and we stand with you.
"Doug Ford isn’t responsible for the current spike in oil prices, but all of Ontario is more fragile and less resilient to oil shocks because of decisions he’s made." -John Michael McGrath #ONpoli www.tvo.org/article/anal...
ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars? | TVO Today
Soaring gas prices. Worsening congestion. Fewer options. Are drivers better off than eight years ago?
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Women having to prove they are female is not a win for women.
Mel Woods@melwoods.me · 4mo agoOne of the reasons I covered the Olympic policy from this angle is that a lot of media is failing to cover the IOC policy for what it is. When you say athletes have to undergo mandatory testing, it's important to highlight that only women have to do it ... xtramagazine.com/culture/olym...
I came across this website dedicated to Doug Ford’s government. It’s a one stop spot for a compilation on Doug’s tenure as Ontario’s Premier. It’s worth a bookmark. And that slide bar graphic, wow. www.dougfordclownshow.ca
The Ford Files | Documenting the Pattern
$39.3B+ in documented fiscal impact — contract awards, cost overruns, and developer connections identified by Ontario's oversight bodies.
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Trump, the "Roomba theory," and the Danger of Pierre Poilievre He hoovers up everything in his path until resisted, says Stewart Prest. The CPC claims that only Poilievre can negotiate a trade deal with Donald Trump are hopelessly naive. #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/trump-the-...
Trump, the "Roomba theory," and the Danger of Pierre Poilievre
CPC claims that only Poilievre can negotiate a trade deal with the US are hopelessly naive
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The Ontario government wants to keep Premier Doug Ford’s communications a secret. It plans to seriously restrict what journalists and the public can ask for in freedom of information requests — including by blocking emails and call logs for top politicians. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cana...
Canadians’ right to know is under threat | The Narwhal
Across Canada, governments are making it harder and harder for journalists to find out what’s happening behind closed doors
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
New report out this week: Leading Beyond the Gap from Women’s Health Collective Canada (with McKinsey Canada). Canadian women spend 24% more of their lives in poor health. Closing the women’s health gap could add $37B to GDP by 2040. whcc.ca/blueprintforaction
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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New partnership aims to make Ottawa a hub for biotherapeutics manufacturing and biodefence ottawacitizen.com/news/partner...
I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
I've got a new piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social about residential school denialism, the Making a Killing documentary, and the politics of Canada's anti-Indigenous industry: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Confronting the far-right’s war on reconciliation
As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation. As professor and author Sean Carleton explains, w...
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Written by the father of a trans girl… “When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls. Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””
Why the War on Trans Girls Is a War on Girlhood
Excluding trans girls is controlling who can be girls, and who can't, further dividing children and causing harm
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“Research on increased deaths in ER at private equity-owned hosp aligns with a 2021 study finding 11% ⬆️ mortality rates at NH owned by private equity. That study, concluded that ⬇️ nursing staffs & ⬇️ in compliance with care standards contributed to the increased deaths at financier-owned homes.”
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social · 7mo agoNo one could have foreseen this. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
