My phone got a slopdate with a new feature: Gemini creating news article summaries. The problem is that these AI summaries are using random images from unrelated articles. Harmless for an article about rain. More harmful when they make a Ottawa city councillor the face of OPS sexual misconduct.

"The good news is that unlike many countries, we can control our future. We can't afford to restrain the growth [of the oil & gas sector] In my judgement, [Canada's climate plan] was not sustainable over the long-term. It would have been too expensive for Canadians." @markcarneytweets.bsky.social

Love that within 24 hours of @mark-carney.bsky.social announcing that meeting climate targets would be "too expensive," the temperature here hit 46°, there were 3 massive thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Extreme weather cancelling Ottawa's Canada Day celebrations today is painfully appropriate.

People talk a lot about the internet being reduced to a hellscaoe but then you find art like this Cardi B audio layered over young kestrels being scared of a butterfly:

Orion@cryptidorion.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I gotchu 🫡

"According to the PBO, Canada will pay more than $1B to host the games, meaning each game will cost $82M." I'm so tired of governments lighting money on fire for grifts that underdeliver benefits while pricing entry out of reach for the community footing the bill www.theguardian.com/football/202...

‘I don’t want to give my money to Fifa’: Toronto turns its back on the World Cup

For football fans in Canada, the initial prospect of the World Cup coming to town was thrilling – but hundreds of tickets remain unsold

theguardian.com

if i was going to give a college commencement speech i would make sure to start with something the students could rally behind. something like "we will mechanically suck the youth from your bones to feed a mechanical eschaton, which my generation will use to climb heaven and become new gods"

Very cool to get a mid-May heat warning for Toronto the same week that Carney signs a pipeline agreement. I will ask again, why does "Elbows Up" never extend to initiatives that would support a sustainable future for everyone in Canada?

As a member of OPSEU, I've been watching the presidential campaigns unfold. After a few clearly inaccessible posts, I started to wonder just how accessible these campaigns were. So naturally, I spent my weekend looking into it. rowest.ca/writing/an-o...

Are These OPSEU Presidential Campaigns Accessible? — Róisín MF West

Three candidates are running to be OPSEU's next president. 26% of OPSEU/SEFPO members are disabled. Check out this analysis to find out which campaigns meet accessibility standards and which one compl...

rowest.ca

Would love to know what parts of Charlie's work the @liberalca.bsky.social MPs were giving a standing ovation to. You can't march in the Pride parade in June and then salute a man who spread divisive hate and lies in September.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk’s record. archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...

Gentrification is wild. I was just thinking about my grandmother's house and the rats that crawled across her feet when she was in the cold cellar. A house that they bought with a single income in the Italian neighborhood where no one wanted to live. A house that is now listed for $815,000.

I'm not sure I'm equipped to live in a world where keying a Tesla is considered terrorism but murdering an Indigenous gay man while yelling slurs isn't a hate crime.

Hot tip to the NDP: Shifting right as the left-wing option doesn’t work.

It looks like this will be the lowest number of seats for the NDP in history. How did we get here? • a party with notoriously toxic inner politics • a party that has attempted to run on vibes for 10+ years instead of bold progressive policy • a party that marginalizes most progressive members

Please, I need to sleep tonight 😭😭😭

Live feed from the conservative HQ.

Folks who are thinking about their options, please keep in mind that Canada limits immigration of disabled folks, which is very in-line with our position of pretending to be progressive while being incredibly backwards on a variety of issues related to justice and equity.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · last yr.

Some people asked for my list of safe countries for trans people's care... there aren't many. For me, if I had to choose and could magically get through all immigration hoops: - Australia - Canada - Iceland - Malta - France - Spain These would probably be my tops. All could flip though.

“It is painful to say this, given my time in government service, but the United States urgently needs a strong alternative to the government public health guidance it has relied on in the past.” 🎁 wapo.st/4225Rdk

Opinion | When the government becomes a health misinformation superspreader

Until I left last week, I led the CDC’s public health messaging. Now we need something to replace it.

wapo.st

Me: I wish Liberals didn't sound like Conservatives. Liberals: You obviously want the Conservatives to win.

The AP Stylebook says to avoid using the term "special needs" (and "special education" out of titles/quotes), and yet, I keep seeing such language when talking about Department of Education.

Let's talk about people who've received longer sentences than Pat King. I'll start: Mandy Hiscocks. 16 months for organizing G20 protests. www.thestar.com/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #ottawa

‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Pat King given 3-month conditional sentence

King was found not guilty on three counts of intimidation and one count of obstructing police.

thestar.com

My bellwether for the sentiment in rural Ontario is that my neighbour who has been flying a "Thank You Trump" flag since before I moved here has finally taken it down. I sure wish the reason was based in human rights and not fired up nationalism, but here we are.

Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI

Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.

slate.com

I am wary to turn to nationalism as an answer to our growing concerns because it tends to make us forgive a lot of ongoing subjugation in the name of “standing strong.” My personal preference is to focus on solidarity with others who find oppression and state violence unjust

Worried about our nation’s descent into fascism? This one pot cacio e pepe will make you feel like you’re in 1920s Italy.

I have never been invited to interview for any job I've applied for where I disclosed that I was a disabled candidate. It is bleak out here.

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 2y ago

Being open about disability at work (for those with invisible disabilities) can be very stigmatized. I'm afraid the snitch line for federal workers on "DEI hires" will set any progress on this so much.

My unhinged 2025 prediction is that PP becomes the next PM and, during his reign, renames the Trans Canada Highway either the All Canadian Highway or the True Canadian Highway. Because this is the world we live in.

i'm also very proud of this essay for @thenation.com on Panera's heart-attack lemonades and the neoliberal aesthetics of Global Village Coffeehouse www.thenation.com/article/econ...

The Story of Late Capitalism as Told Through Panera Bread

It used to make on-site sourdough. Now, the private-equity-owned chain is better known for its (allegedly) killer lemonade.

thenation.com

There's an 80% chance temps will exceed the +1.5 degree threshold in the next 5 years but sure, kids being soft is the real problem. Not sure I care about the opinions of a generation that threatened to give us something to cry about while actually giving us something to cry about (climate crisis).

When people talk about the historical turn towards fascism after a pandemic, it's important to remember that Canada isn't immune to such swings. The Stats Can dashboard on hate crimes shows a truly chilling upswing in violence since the start of the pandemic. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-60...