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LeftyLabourTech Toronto

@leftylabourtech.bsky.social

Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.

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Gord Johns@gordjohns.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Ontario Food Terminal moves 2.1 billion pounds of produce annually, supporting farmers and independent grocers while reducing waste and keeping food affordable. After 74 years, it needs federal investment to modernize. Also, BC needs a major food hub of its own! #Agriculture

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Jordan Roberts@corruptario.bsky.social · 6d ago

That's the final straw for Corruptario, friends. I threw in the towel after 4 suspensions on Twitter, but Morgan is more stubborn than me. She has started from scratch five times, but can't face six. Thank you for reading. We will keep all the old articles free and available. www.corruptario.ca

Notice from Twitter that the Corruptario account is permanently suspended.
Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social · last wk.

Carney's "protecting us from Trump" so hard that he's giving the Pentagon stranglehold control over vital Canadian mining sectors. Carney supporters: US dominance over Canadian mines protects us from the USA how, exactly? Is it always opposite day in LPC land? 42/ breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...

Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines  ⋆ The Breach

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

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Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · last wk.

New: I spoke to Samuel Tunick, the man the U.S. is charging with allegedly wiping his GrapheneOS phone before CBP could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people against protecting their data and their privacy.” www.404media.co/the-governme...

‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone

The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to ...

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Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last mo.

HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com

Hyperscale by Paris Marx. Coming October 20, 2026. An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point
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:

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · last mo.

this is actually a good reminder that you should delete the tracking nonsense off of any url that you share online. just delete everything after the ? (including the question mark) and share like you usually would

a screenshot of a youtube url showing the actual url as everything before the ? and everything after as “tracking nonsense”
Raidonk Hawwsky 💚@raidenhusky.bsky.social · last mo.

Heads up friends ‼️‼️‼️ Be SUPER SUPER careful sharing Youtube links They made a new update that anyone who clicks it starts "interacting" with you, and can expose your name if you use human info on Youtube/Google Settings -> privacy -> channel visibility for shared links

Terri@terriclarke.bsky.social · last mo.

Today The Competition Bureau of Canada announced an investigation into Sobey’s use of property controls such as restrictive covenants that limit where grocery stores can open (or what stores in a certain area near a Sobeys can and can’t sell).

Competition Bureau looking deeper into how Sobeys can control who sells food in your area | CBC News

The Competition Bureau has obtained court orders requiring the parent company of Sobeys to produce documents and testimony for its investigation into property controls, which are agreements that can l...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · last mo.

Canada’s Bill C-22 is riddled with privacy problems that affect millions of people. Instead of jamming it though on an arbitrary deadline, it should be debated fully. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill

With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known as the Lawful Access

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NDP@ndp.ca · 2mo ago

1/ The federal government has tabled a new water bill that backtracks on recognizing the human right to water for First Nations. This is shameful, and it is a slap in the face of communities who have been waiting for decades to have safe drinking water.

Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca · 2mo ago

Another crammed Air Canada flight, delays and cancellations, grumpy people, crappy WiFi… But half of us are on cloud 9, peering at stuttering images from Vancouver, cheering wildly! What a game.

Photo from behind of people on an airplane watching Canada’s first World Cup football victory. On multiple screens is an image of a player holding up a jersey in tribute to Ismael Kone, who left the game injured.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo ago

NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.

“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns

The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...

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