@cvin.bsky.social
I stand with UFCW 1518.
UFCW 1518 has written to the Jim Pattison Group about the decision to sell a Pattison-owned warehouse for conversion into an ICE processing facility.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I stand with UFCW 1518.
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UFCW 1518 has written to the Jim Pattison Group about the decision to sell a Pattison-owned warehouse for conversion into an ICE processing facility.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 AM
UFCW 1518 has written to the Jim Pattison Group about the decision to sell a Pattison-owned warehouse for conversion into an ICE processing facility.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
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The Doug Ford gov’t got 14,233 public comments on its plan to transfer 60% of Wasaga Beach to the town. ~98% opposed citing environmental harms
"We did not consider any changes to the proposal based on the feedback received," the gov't decided
My latest on this saga:
thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
"We did not consider any changes to the proposal based on the feedback received," the gov't decided
My latest on this saga:
thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
Ontario advances Wasaga Beach transfer | The Narwhal
98% of public feedback opposed Ontario’s plan to drop provincial park designation and protections on a portion of Wasaga Beach
thenarwhal.ca
January 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The Doug Ford gov’t got 14,233 public comments on its plan to transfer 60% of Wasaga Beach to the town. ~98% opposed citing environmental harms
"We did not consider any changes to the proposal based on the feedback received," the gov't decided
My latest on this saga:
thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
"We did not consider any changes to the proposal based on the feedback received," the gov't decided
My latest on this saga:
thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to
www.eff.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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If you’re able, please support this verified GoFundMe for Alex Pretti’s family. And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing it far and wide matters just as much. It’s at $300K and counting.
Donate to Alex Pretti is an American Hero, organized by Keith Edwards
On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and American citizen wa… Keith Edwards needs your support for Alex Pretti is an American Hero
www.gofundme.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
If you’re able, please support this verified GoFundMe for Alex Pretti’s family. And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing it far and wide matters just as much. It’s at $300K and counting.
Most definitely. @hootsuite.com
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Most definitely. @hootsuite.com
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Hootsuite directly supports ICE.
Fuck Hootsuite.
Fuck Hootsuite.
So, @hootsuite.com just because @DHSgov ICE is observing your “terms of service” doesn’t absolve you from being complicit with their egregious behaviour. #ICE #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Vancouver
January 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Hootsuite directly supports ICE.
Fuck Hootsuite.
Fuck Hootsuite.
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Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
Ashamed that a Canadian company @hootsuite.com is soliciting @DHS and ICE business. ICE literally just brutally killed another American citizen and top execs at this company celebrated getting ICE business.
January 24, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Ashamed that a Canadian company @hootsuite.com is soliciting @DHS and ICE business. ICE literally just brutally killed another American citizen and top execs at this company celebrated getting ICE business.
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If courage is viral, we should all be infected with the spirit of Minneapolis. Here’s why #Opinion
Elizabeth Renzetti: If courage is viral, we should all be infected with the spirit of Minneapolis. Here’s why
People from every corner of society have refused to let the killing of Renee Good by ICE deter them from protecting the vulnerable
www.thestar.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If courage is viral, we should all be infected with the spirit of Minneapolis. Here’s why #Opinion
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Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to
www.eff.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Warming Centres remain open due to extreme cold temperatures.
Additional street outreach teams have been dispatched to encourage people to come indoors.
Find locations: toronto.ca/warmingcentres.
Additional street outreach teams have been dispatched to encourage people to come indoors.
Find locations: toronto.ca/warmingcentres.
January 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Warming Centres remain open due to extreme cold temperatures.
Additional street outreach teams have been dispatched to encourage people to come indoors.
Find locations: toronto.ca/warmingcentres.
Additional street outreach teams have been dispatched to encourage people to come indoors.
Find locations: toronto.ca/warmingcentres.
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For decades, Saskatchewan kept public child care funding out of private hands. A new agreement suggests that line may be blurring. By @simonenoch.bsky.social paherald.sk.ca/putting-prof...
Putting profits ahead of kids puts Saskatchewan child care at risk - Prince Albert Daily Herald
For decades, Saskatchewan kept public child care funding out of private hands. A new agreement suggests that line may be blurring Simon Enoch Troy Media Saskatchewan built its child care system on the...
paherald.sk.ca
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
For decades, Saskatchewan kept public child care funding out of private hands. A new agreement suggests that line may be blurring. By @simonenoch.bsky.social paherald.sk.ca/putting-prof...
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I don't think I've ever listened to/read a full Davos WEF speech before but this speech by PMMC is something else. The discussion afterwards is good too. You should find some time to read/listen.
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I don't think I've ever listened to/read a full Davos WEF speech before but this speech by PMMC is something else. The discussion afterwards is good too. You should find some time to read/listen.
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
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This reminds me that I’m old enough to remember when Doug Ford shut down the Ontario Science because it had fAlLeN iNtO DiSrEpAiR and how we didn’t hear word one from his cHiEf mEdIcAl oFfICeR during the peak of this year’s flu crush on hospitals.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This reminds me that I’m old enough to remember when Doug Ford shut down the Ontario Science because it had fAlLeN iNtO DiSrEpAiR and how we didn’t hear word one from his cHiEf mEdIcAl oFfICeR during the peak of this year’s flu crush on hospitals.
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I'm old enough to remember when the leader of Canada's official opposition party congratulated Trump for invading a country last week.
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the leader of Canada's official opposition party congratulated Trump for invading a country last week.
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Trump posts image of a map showing Canada as US property.
Pierre: cArBoN tAxEs are the enemy!
Pierre: cArBoN tAxEs are the enemy!
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump posts image of a map showing Canada as US property.
Pierre: cArBoN tAxEs are the enemy!
Pierre: cArBoN tAxEs are the enemy!
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The quiet crisis Canada faces is bounded on one side by the collapse of middle-class progress and the hyper-concentration of wealth, and on the other by the accelerating power of AI-driven, algorithmically amplified disinformation
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social
The Deeper Picture: State of the Nation and Prospects for the Future
[Ottawa – January 5, 2026] The pace and depth of transformative change in Canada over the past several years have been nothing short of breathtaking. For analytic clarity, these shifts can be under…
www.ekospolitics.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The quiet crisis Canada faces is bounded on one side by the collapse of middle-class progress and the hyper-concentration of wealth, and on the other by the accelerating power of AI-driven, algorithmically amplified disinformation
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social
@voiceoffranky.bsky.social
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“The Conservatives already benefit from biased media coverage via an American-owned national newspaper network that effectively acts as their propaganda arm. It begs the question: Does Canada have a Conservative Party, or a foreign interference party?”
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
“The Conservatives already benefit from biased media coverage via an American-owned national newspaper network that effectively acts as their propaganda arm. It begs the question: Does Canada have a Conservative Party, or a foreign interference party?”
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I’m old enough to remember when federal Conservatives were yelling about how Mark Carney needs to make housing more affordable.
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I’m old enough to remember when federal Conservatives were yelling about how Mark Carney needs to make housing more affordable.
Truly cannot beat #fordnation at this stuff! They're the best.
PCPO donors just had 80% of the best applications because they are the best companies and the smartest and best people who run them. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing. Stop asking questions. Why are you bothering me? Go away.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Labour minister has given PC donor-led companies 80% of for-profit businesses’ Skills Development Funds
Most became donors or increased their donations after the SDF was created
www.thetrillium.ca
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Truly cannot beat #fordnation at this stuff! They're the best.
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PCPO donors just had 80% of the best applications because they are the best companies and the smartest and best people who run them. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing. Stop asking questions. Why are you bothering me? Go away.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Labour minister has given PC donor-led companies 80% of for-profit businesses’ Skills Development Funds
Most became donors or increased their donations after the SDF was created
www.thetrillium.ca
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
PCPO donors just had 80% of the best applications because they are the best companies and the smartest and best people who run them. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing. Stop asking questions. Why are you bothering me? Go away.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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Erica Ifill: Knowing that Grok is a gender-based violence generator, why are institutional experts, organizations, and government officials still using X?
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Erica Ifill: Knowing that Grok is a gender-based violence generator, why are institutional experts, organizations, and government officials still using X?
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...