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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

Hunger in America makes Page One in Knoxville, Tenn, ..

.. Indianapolis, Boston, Milwaukee ..

#SNAP #Shutdown

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 5h

"You can't vote out the mafia."

From February: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...

https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-questions-answered-were-already free article

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Andrea Gockenhammer @gock.city · 20h

Friendly reminder that "The Cloud" is just someone else's computer.

Stef @sweets2201.bsky.social · Nov 22

Are we all Hank Hill, or is it just me?

Image of Hank Hill distressed, talking to a cashier at a computer store:
I do not want to save to onedrive.
I want to save to the documents folder... On my computer... That I own... In my house.

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Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 2d

In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.

Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:

Left column:

Under the RTA, all tenants have "security of tenure", which means
that tenants have a right to remain in their rental unit as long as they
follow the lease agreement and the RTA. Landlords cannot evict
tenants without a legally valid reason, and after a fixed-term lease
ends, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis.

Right column:

The government would consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long, allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies. This could add flexibility for some landlords in the approach to leases, potentially unlocking additional rental unit stock.

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Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 2d

The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 1d

Alberta teachers saw their real salaries cut by 13.2% since the last contract started in Sept 2020--the worst in Canada. The Alberta government wants to lock in that pay cut by ordering teachers back to work. The teachers' position is 100% morally & economically valid. #canlab

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

This is happening much more frequently than people think. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Opinion | My Bosses Were Afraid of Crossing Trump. So, I Quit.

A veteran journalist opens up on the censorship that he says led to his resignation.

www.politico.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d

The Conservatives have launched their Charlie Kirk imitation tour.
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement | CBC News

By asking how to 'restore the North,' Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand Charlie Kirk's U.S. campus tour movement — and ignite a national conversation here in Canada.

www.cbc.ca

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 1d

This is where Canada is going too. We might not be at the killing stage yet, but there is no question that Carney is serving and strengthening predatory private powers.

Toni McSkelly, she/her @tonimc.bsky.social · 1d

"there is another, even more insidious way freedom can die for large parts of society: when the state is unable or unwilling to constrain predatory private powers . . . and the officials and politicians who go into business with them."

Huh. Sounds vaguely familiar.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:

Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator

www.nytimes.com

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 1d

“to father” “to mother”
Being used here as a verb.

But even as a noun, “father” describes both sperm donors and active parents. Which English dialect do you speak where this is not the case?

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 1d

Let him talk about your attitude. Just look at him while he’s talking, say “ok” or “hmmm” at the end, maybe grunt if he’s especially obtuse.

And make your plans.

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 1d

Couples therapy would not be in any way charitable. It would enable his delusion that this is a them problem, when it is a him problem.

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 1d

What that father did to be called a father? He fathered a child. It’s in our language. To father is to impregnate, to mother is to nurture.

Always ask a man what he means when he says he wants children.

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Kid from the End of Nevada @dalydes.bsky.social · 1d

I had to double-check the author's bio to make sure it was *that* Kate McKenna. I mean, if a demographic tells you they "feel" they are "the bottom rung in a hierarchy of identities" hired in a sluggish job market, you maybe take two minutes to verify or debunk the claim?

Chart of Canadian youth unemployment

Notably, "non-racialized and non-Indigenous" men have the second-lowest unemployment rate of thirty gender/racial groups surveyed

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2d

The dialogue is a whole other thing but the bit about "fuck you shoot me I'll die for this shit" and the reaction is the crux here, from Gandhi's time on down, no authoritarian in history ever knows how to respond to this and it's why it beats them whenever deployed

Blasphemous Jones @blasphemousjones.bsky.social · 3d

"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."

Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 2d

Manufacturing consent. Which Canadians say this? Experts? Public opinion polling? Loud voices? We don't make policy based on vibes and so including a vibes-based measure in a headline is journalistic malpractice.

Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 2d

. @ebner.bsky.social's accompanying deep dive on bail reform:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

And in podcast form: www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...

Canadians say too many people are getting out on bail. The data paint a complex picture

Political and public calls for stricter rules raise some concern about the infringement of Charter rights

www.theglobeandmail.com

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 2d

Jail time for people who say “price point.”

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 2d

Home reno shows too. They manufacture conflict. Sometimes they don’t have to, like the family who “needed” another bathroom because their 2 daughters had punched a hole in the wall in a fight over access.

But you can still tell when you have the rare couple who actually like each other.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

After a police officer hit and killed a 34 year old homeless Indigenous woman not only will he not face any charges but they haven't even given the family an apology

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 2d

The family of Tammy Bateman says they’re disappointed with a decision by Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit and its year-long probe into the circumstances surrounding her death to not lay charges.

Winnipeg officer who hit homeless woman in unmarked car cleared of wrongdoing

Tammy Bateman, 34, was hit and killed in a Winnipeg park in September 2024. Manitoba's IIU says the officer involved won't be charged.

www.aptnnews.ca

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fork @fffffork.bsky.social · 2d

Haha my eyebrows raised over that. But I’m in Canada, where you need an average in the 90s to get into nursing school, and the good schools have an acceptance rate in the 30 per cents.

Kind of amazing, the different standards, since we’ve had nursing shortages for a long time

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 3d

this is so ripe for feminist analysis. a man who can't tell the difference between his human wife with her own subjectivity and an object

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 3d

imagine your partner of 55 years saying he can't tell the difference between you and your clanker imposter

Hamel shared a demo of the AI at a conference earlier this year. To Hamel, the project is "perfect."

"It was Suzanne. And I asked her a few questions and she answered them, and it blew me and everybody else away," he says. "When you look at the finished one next to the real Suzanne, you can't tell the difference. It's amazing. And I mean, I've been with Suzanne for 55 years, so I know what her face looks like, and when I just look at the two of them side by side, I really can't tell which one is the real and which one is the AI."

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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 3d

For those of you who don't know, author @sarahkendzior.bsky.social coined "transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government" in her 2020 book, "Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America"

It's a powerful read, as are all of Sarah's works. Buy/Read.

"The Trump administration is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government. The foundation of this edifice was formed not when Trump took office, but decades before, through prolonged engagement with criminal or criminal-adjacent actors linked to hostile regimes, in particular, the Kremlin and its oligarch network.

Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 4d

How does your soul not collapse into itself

Palestinian boy sitting on a concrete ledge, next to him are a pair of crutches, one leg in a metal tube tied to his thigh, a makeshift prosthetic.

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