Mike 🍁
@thewarrenisempty.bsky.social
Trade unionist & troublemaker
Queer, AuDHD & CPTSD
Perpetually exhausted
Educate. Agitate. Organize.
Queer, AuDHD & CPTSD
Perpetually exhausted
Educate. Agitate. Organize.
Pinned
Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
I work in the building trades in BC. I work on O&G projects, pipelines, LNG plants, and in refineries. It pays my bills, provides for my family, and allows us to live a decent life.
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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thats how we got this guy
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
thats how we got this guy
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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All you need to know about AI being bad is who it's strongest, most vocal supporters are. Literally just the pile of the worst people.
July 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
All you need to know about AI being bad is who it's strongest, most vocal supporters are. Literally just the pile of the worst people.
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So for my majority Non-Canadian followers: the Notwithstanding Clause is a clause in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms (our bill of rights) that basically lets the government go "nuh-uh" to human rights for a period of 5 years...and after five years, you can just...use it again. No cooldown.
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So for my majority Non-Canadian followers: the Notwithstanding Clause is a clause in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms (our bill of rights) that basically lets the government go "nuh-uh" to human rights for a period of 5 years...and after five years, you can just...use it again. No cooldown.
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from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.
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Canada doesn’t have a failing healthcare system. It has 10 provincial and 3 territorial healthcare systems and at least 8 of them are being maliciously dismantled by corrupt premiers.
Alberta’s (welcome) healthcare heresy. The province has floated proposals on private care that could finally unfreeze the debate over how to reform Canada’s failing healthcare system. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: Alberta’s (welcome) healthcare heresy
The province has floated proposals on private care that could finally unfreeze the debate over how to reform Canada’s failing healthcare system
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada doesn’t have a failing healthcare system. It has 10 provincial and 3 territorial healthcare systems and at least 8 of them are being maliciously dismantled by corrupt premiers.
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Steal some working class voters from the soon-to-be leaderless CPC; steal from the Liberals some voters who like to be thought of as progressive. Selling out didn’t win a government. A real left party probably can’t get 170 seats, but they could get 70-80. They could be a threat & feel good about it
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Steal some working class voters from the soon-to-be leaderless CPC; steal from the Liberals some voters who like to be thought of as progressive. Selling out didn’t win a government. A real left party probably can’t get 170 seats, but they could get 70-80. They could be a threat & feel good about it
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The right-wing Carney liberals have a near-majority and will be stable for a few years, but their popularity is about to nosedive. The entire terrain of the left is open to the NDP. They can be bold and win back working class voters.
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The right-wing Carney liberals have a near-majority and will be stable for a few years, but their popularity is about to nosedive. The entire terrain of the left is open to the NDP. They can be bold and win back working class voters.
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If they are still asking this, they deserve to lose more by-elections and fire more strategists. If you don’t have firm principles, what is the power even for? My whole adult life they’ve faced this choice and picked “power,” and where has it got them?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
With its future uncertain, should the NDP pursue power or principles?
After near electoral collapse, should the NDP shift left with bold, systemic proposals, or focus on pragmatic gains and achieving power?
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If they are still asking this, they deserve to lose more by-elections and fire more strategists. If you don’t have firm principles, what is the power even for? My whole adult life they’ve faced this choice and picked “power,” and where has it got them?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
If even the Haisla Nation are opposed, there's zero chance this project ever receives any significant First Nations support.
As I said, to the north coast, nothing has changed on the pipeline. Smith is going to have some work to do if she is going to change hearts and minds.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If even the Haisla Nation are opposed, there's zero chance this project ever receives any significant First Nations support.
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From Angus Reid
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
From Angus Reid
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From Angus Reid
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
From Angus Reid
There's a reason Smith and the UCP are trying to ram through a new pipeline right fuckin' now.
What little business case there may be is quickly evaporating.
What little business case there may be is quickly evaporating.
🚨 Two new ground-breaking @carbontracker.bsky.social reports reveal that in a Paris-aligned scenario, the value of Canadian oil & gas is increasingly under threat as the energy transition unfolds.
Learn more: carbontracker.org/canadas-oil-...
Learn more: carbontracker.org/canadas-oil-...
Canada’s oil and gas sector faces revenue risk from demand decline
New analysis warns investors and provinces of financial risks
Key Findings
Under a fast-paced energy transition, new projects place up to 30% of Canadian oil and gas value at risk, roughly...
carbontracker.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There's a reason Smith and the UCP are trying to ram through a new pipeline right fuckin' now.
What little business case there may be is quickly evaporating.
What little business case there may be is quickly evaporating.
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Whatever you do, *don't* throw bricks through a Starbucks window.
Solidarity with striking workers everywhere.
Whatever you do, *don't* throw bricks through a Starbucks window.
Solidarity with striking workers everywhere.
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Whatever you do, *don't* throw bricks through a Starbucks window.
Solidarity with striking workers everywhere.
Whatever you do, *don't* throw bricks through a Starbucks window.
Solidarity with striking workers everywhere.
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
It would have been nice if someone asked Doug Ford to explain how he plans to order these charity audits given charities are overseen federally by Canada Revenue Agency
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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“Better than duct tape, more versatile than WD-40 — it’s the notwithstanding clause, the all-purpose tool that wipes away every provincial stain, from labour disputes to human rights.”
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
Please Advise! Can Smith and Carney Push a Pipeline Through BC? | The Tyee
On this one, says Dr. Steve, the notwithstanding clause won’t be a magic wand.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Better than duct tape, more versatile than WD-40 — it’s the notwithstanding clause, the all-purpose tool that wipes away every provincial stain, from labour disputes to human rights.”
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
@steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #abpoli #bcpoli
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
What
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What
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Marge from the church breakfast committee is about to go John Brown on this fascist rent-a-cop and meanwhile Eric Swalwell and other Congressional and Senate Dems want "masks off and badges out", the nice middle ground.
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Marge from the church breakfast committee is about to go John Brown on this fascist rent-a-cop and meanwhile Eric Swalwell and other Congressional and Senate Dems want "masks off and badges out", the nice middle ground.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM