Greg Fingas
@gregfingas.bsky.social
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Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
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"Garza alleges the executive delivered an hourlong tirade criticizing the company’s products, disparaging employees and customers, and making racially offensive remarks about Indian colleagues."
Executives do not care about you.
They care about stock prices.
Anything saying otherwise is PR.
Executives do not care about you.
They care about stock prices.
Anything saying otherwise is PR.
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Lawsuit alleges Campbell’s fired worker who reported a VP’s recorded rant belittling customers and making discriminatory remarks.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Garza alleges the executive delivered an hourlong tirade criticizing the company’s products, disparaging employees and customers, and making racially offensive remarks about Indian colleagues."
Executives do not care about you.
They care about stock prices.
Anything saying otherwise is PR.
Executives do not care about you.
They care about stock prices.
Anything saying otherwise is PR.
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Weird how we have all kinds of laws against practicing therapy without a license but it's apparently fine if it's done by a billionaire's lake-poisoning proxy robot
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Weird how we have all kinds of laws against practicing therapy without a license but it's apparently fine if it's done by a billionaire's lake-poisoning proxy robot
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Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
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Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil @wcelaw.bsky.social @hilltimes.com #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil
Sacrificing B.C.’s coastal economy, ecosystems, and communities, and First Nations territories is not nation-building.
www.hilltimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil @wcelaw.bsky.social @hilltimes.com #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Prime Minister Carney continues to focus on narrowly defined economic priorities—particularly focused on resource extraction—with climate taking a backseat despite the fact they are interdependent.' @policyalternatives.ca
COP30: Canada continues to be a global laggard on climate action - CCPA
The COP30 Global Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Accord, where countries agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels by 2050....
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Prime Minister Carney continues to focus on narrowly defined economic priorities—particularly focused on resource extraction—with climate taking a backseat despite the fact they are interdependent.' @policyalternatives.ca
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Smith is playing games but so is Carney. It’s going to be a money pit.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Smith is playing games but so is Carney. It’s going to be a money pit.
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Canadian potash company Nutrien to build terminal in U.S. and not B.C. They will further invest $500 million in the U.S. port.
When 'Canadian' corporations control our resources it undermines our sovereignty.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
When 'Canadian' corporations control our resources it undermines our sovereignty.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
Canadian potash company Nutrien to build terminal in U.S. and not B.C. | Globalnews.ca
B.C. Premier David Eby said on Monday that he questions this decision as it would put a Canadian product at the mercy of the U.S. administration.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Canadian potash company Nutrien to build terminal in U.S. and not B.C. They will further invest $500 million in the U.S. port.
When 'Canadian' corporations control our resources it undermines our sovereignty.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
When 'Canadian' corporations control our resources it undermines our sovereignty.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
globalnews.ca/news/1154174...
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"At the heart of this party was a truth that has gone under-acknowledged in recent years: We’re all sinking. We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks. It is the most tedious quicksand imaginable."
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social invented Admin Night, a strategy to turn the drudgery of completing dreaded administrative tasks into a party.
"We’re social beings. We’re meant to update our password apps together!"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social invented Admin Night, a strategy to turn the drudgery of completing dreaded administrative tasks into a party.
"We’re social beings. We’re meant to update our password apps together!"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"At the heart of this party was a truth that has gone under-acknowledged in recent years: We’re all sinking. We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks. It is the most tedious quicksand imaginable."
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We're not in favour of new oil pipelines but in order not to build any new pipelines we have to appear to be in favour of building new pipelines and count on others who are actually not in favour of building new pipelines to stop the new pipelines we appear to be in favour of from being built.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're not in favour of new oil pipelines but in order not to build any new pipelines we have to appear to be in favour of building new pipelines and count on others who are actually not in favour of building new pipelines to stop the new pipelines we appear to be in favour of from being built.
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Once more with Mark Carney, we have to don a willing suspension of disbelief to convince ourselves he's pursuing a policy in our best national interests.
Once again, folks: any deal between Alberta and Ottawa that requires a) BC's approval, and b) significant support from coastal First Nations is a deal for a pipeline that will never happen.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
a man in a suit and tie is holding a pencil and says just saying
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a pencil and says just saying
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Once more with Mark Carney, we have to don a willing suspension of disbelief to convince ourselves he's pursuing a policy in our best national interests.
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👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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“Oil companies are no longer growth plays.” That’s not alarmism. It’s the new market reality.
Mark Campanale shares blunt evidence #FossilFuel giants are shrinking. Not because they want to. Because the clean energy future is moving on without them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBj...
Mark Campanale shares blunt evidence #FossilFuel giants are shrinking. Not because they want to. Because the clean energy future is moving on without them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBj...
The Oil Age Is Ending: We're Watching It “Shrink Gracefully" with Mark Campanale
“Fossil fuel companies are quietly shrinking, not collapsing, but contracting by design.”
Mark Campanale, Founder & Director of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, joins Nik Gowing to highlight the…
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Oil companies are no longer growth plays.” That’s not alarmism. It’s the new market reality.
Mark Campanale shares blunt evidence #FossilFuel giants are shrinking. Not because they want to. Because the clean energy future is moving on without them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBj...
Mark Campanale shares blunt evidence #FossilFuel giants are shrinking. Not because they want to. Because the clean energy future is moving on without them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBj...
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Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.
Dale Nally's recall petitioner says he doesn't listen to constituents and cites his concerns over the notwithstanding clause.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.