Barbara Mackie
@barbaramackie.bsky.social
Canadian, community volunteer, retired entrepreneur, proud Mom! Interested in the world of science and positive initiatives supporting equity, inclusion, and a sustainable environment. #NeverVoteConservative
CCDH's work protecting kids online & holding tech companies accountable is being attacked as their CEO faces deportation from the US.
It threatens the future of online safety.
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It threatens the future of online safety.
I'm standing with CCDH. Join us👇 donate.counterhate.com/page/184067/...
Donate to the Center for Countering Digital Hate
CCDH exists to protect kids, challenge online harms like antisemitism, and hold platforms accountable.
The U.S. State Department is attacking CCDH's CEO with deportation threats, for holding social m...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
CCDH's work protecting kids online & holding tech companies accountable is being attacked as their CEO faces deportation from the US.
It threatens the future of online safety.
I'm standing with CCDH. Join us👇 donate.counterhate.com/page/184067/...
It threatens the future of online safety.
I'm standing with CCDH. Join us👇 donate.counterhate.com/page/184067/...
We need strong leadership from Mayor Chow and Toronto City Council to shut down the dirty Portlands gas plant on Toronto’s waterfront. #topoli #onpoli share.nwmd.social/s/HVN55ZQn
Will Mayor Chow shut down Toronto’s dirty power plant?
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November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We need strong leadership from Mayor Chow and Toronto City Council to shut down the dirty Portlands gas plant on Toronto’s waterfront. #topoli #onpoli share.nwmd.social/s/HVN55ZQn
ChatGPT is giving dangerous advice to vulnerable people. Join CCDH & demand OpenAI takes safety seriously.
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ChatGPT is exploiting vulnerable users. Help us stop it.
ChatGPT is giving dangerous advice to vulnerable people. Join CCDH and demand OpenAI takes safety seriously.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
ChatGPT is giving dangerous advice to vulnerable people. Join CCDH & demand OpenAI takes safety seriously.
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📢 Social media platforms are helping harmful content spread, making the internet feel more unsafe.
So, what can you do?
Read @counterhate.com explainers to understand why digital platforms keep enabling online harms & how we can stop it.
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So, what can you do?
Read @counterhate.com explainers to understand why digital platforms keep enabling online harms & how we can stop it.
counterhate.com/blog/categor...
Explainers — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
Learn how social media really works. CCDH's explainers break down online hate, disinformation and harms — and how to counter them.
counterhate.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
📢 Social media platforms are helping harmful content spread, making the internet feel more unsafe.
So, what can you do?
Read @counterhate.com explainers to understand why digital platforms keep enabling online harms & how we can stop it.
counterhate.com/blog/categor...
So, what can you do?
Read @counterhate.com explainers to understand why digital platforms keep enabling online harms & how we can stop it.
counterhate.com/blog/categor...
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Toronto’s electricity future is at stake.
Do our NDP and Liberal MPPs support Doug Ford’s plan to build new U.S. nuclear reactors OR will they fight for affordable, renewable electricity?
#onpoli #topoli #energy #climate #ondp #ontliberal #buycanadian
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Do our NDP and Liberal MPPs support Doug Ford’s plan to build new U.S. nuclear reactors OR will they fight for affordable, renewable electricity?
#onpoli #topoli #energy #climate #ondp #ontliberal #buycanadian
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Toronto’s Electricity Future Is at Stake - Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Doug Ford is planning to meet Toronto’s electricity needs by building four new first-of-their-kind U.S.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Toronto’s electricity future is at stake.
Do our NDP and Liberal MPPs support Doug Ford’s plan to build new U.S. nuclear reactors OR will they fight for affordable, renewable electricity?
#onpoli #topoli #energy #climate #ondp #ontliberal #buycanadian
www.cleanairalliance.org/torontos-ele...
Do our NDP and Liberal MPPs support Doug Ford’s plan to build new U.S. nuclear reactors OR will they fight for affordable, renewable electricity?
#onpoli #topoli #energy #climate #ondp #ontliberal #buycanadian
www.cleanairalliance.org/torontos-ele...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
Fund Ontario's Public Colleges
Doug Ford is defunding colleges at a time we need it the most.
Ontario’s college system is on life support. The culprit? Chronic underfunding and the Ford governments' plans to privatize educat...
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September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
DONALD TRUMP VS JIMMY KIMMEL: Let's show Disney that capitulating to Trump is unacceptable. Bring back Kimmel NOW! action.eko.org/a/disney-kim...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
DONALD TRUMP VS JIMMY KIMMEL: Let's show Disney that capitulating to Trump is unacceptable. Bring back Kimmel NOW! action.eko.org/a/disney-kim...
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He who squatted in a taxpayer-funded mansion and forced a $2 million by-election attacks the government's spending
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September 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
He who squatted in a taxpayer-funded mansion and forced a $2 million by-election attacks the government's spending
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Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
September 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
Ban Octopus Farming Now: Pass this Groundbreaking Bill actions.eko.org/a/ban-octopu...
Ban Octopus Farming Now – Pass this Groundbreaking Bill
Seafood companies are racing to build octopus factory farms in the U.S., trapping intelligent, sensitive animals into tiny tanks, only to slaughter them for profit.But we have a real shot to stop this
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August 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ban Octopus Farming Now: Pass this Groundbreaking Bill actions.eko.org/a/ban-octopu...
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No more statements of condemnation. No more “keeping dialogue open” to allow trickles of aid deliveries. No more complicity in ethnic cleansing and genocide. We call on every government in the world to urgently suspend trade and sanction Israel NOW.
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URGENT: No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW.
The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter Anas Al Sharif. We are w
action.eko.org
August 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
No more statements of condemnation. No more “keeping dialogue open” to allow trickles of aid deliveries. No more complicity in ethnic cleansing and genocide. We call on every government in the world to urgently suspend trade and sanction Israel NOW.
action.eko.org/a/gaza-invas...
action.eko.org/a/gaza-invas...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
Tell the Canadian Government: Stop Funding Companies Supporting Trump’s Human Rights Abuses
GardaWorld — a Canadian-based “private security company” — has million-dollar contracts to execute Trump's racist and inhumane immigration regime, which kidnaps people, tears families apart, and denie...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
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Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
BBC: Remove Robbie Gibb now action.eko.org/a/bbc-remove...
BBC: Remove Robbie Gibb now
The BBC has been censoring Palestine for years - now we know who’s behind it: Robbie Gibb.Gibb sits on the BBC Board, he is one of five people who serve on the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards
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August 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BBC: Remove Robbie Gibb now action.eko.org/a/bbc-remove...
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TW: Suicide, self-harm, substance abuse & eating disorders
🚨 NEW: ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teens by giving dangerous advice within minutes of interacting with it – with no safeguards.
We tested OpenAI’s platform & found it generated harmful answers to over HALF of 1.2K prompts 🧵
🚨 NEW: ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teens by giving dangerous advice within minutes of interacting with it – with no safeguards.
We tested OpenAI’s platform & found it generated harmful answers to over HALF of 1.2K prompts 🧵
Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide
New research from a watchdog group reveals ChatGPT can provide harmful advice to teens. The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chatbot gave detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders,...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
TW: Suicide, self-harm, substance abuse & eating disorders
🚨 NEW: ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teens by giving dangerous advice within minutes of interacting with it – with no safeguards.
We tested OpenAI’s platform & found it generated harmful answers to over HALF of 1.2K prompts 🧵
🚨 NEW: ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teens by giving dangerous advice within minutes of interacting with it – with no safeguards.
We tested OpenAI’s platform & found it generated harmful answers to over HALF of 1.2K prompts 🧵
Amazon & Etsy: Stop selling shark products! action.eko.org/a/amazon-and...
Amazon & Etsy: Protect the sharks!
Sharks are amazing creatures that have been around for over *400 million years*. They communicate with each other, are extremely curious – and are absolutely essential for our marine ecosystems.Many s
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July 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Amazon & Etsy: Stop selling shark products! action.eko.org/a/amazon-and...
Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
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Stop fuelling the “economy of genocide”
A historic new UN report just did what the UN almost never does — it named dozens of global corporations fuelling Israel’s “economy of genocide”. They’re helping bomb Gaza and steal Palestinian land f
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July 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
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Didn’t take long for Ford’s Captain Canada mask to slip off.
No longer "Captain Canada", Doug Ford embraces the extreme right to destroy Canada as we know it.
Doug Ford joins Alberta in demanding complete removal of tanker ban and anti-energy laws. #cdnpoli
Doug Ford joins Alberta in demanding complete removal of tanker ban and anti-energy laws. #cdnpoli
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Didn’t take long for Ford’s Captain Canada mask to slip off.
Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...
Stop Trump's attack on our oceans!
Donald Trump just announced he’s going to open the Pacific Ocean to deep sea mining!That means his friends will get permits to vacuum up the ocean floor, destroy irreplaceable marine life, and make bi
action.eko.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...
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Instead of a 3rd transmission line to bring more nuclear power into Toronto, let's pursue lower cost, cleaner options including renewables, storage and efficiency.
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#topoli #onpoli
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#topoli #onpoli
Say NO to a third line bringing more nuclear into Toronto
Instead of a 3rd transmission line to bring more nuclear power into Toronto, let's pursue lower cost, cleaner options including renewables, storage and efficiency. #topoli #onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Instead of a 3rd transmission line to bring more nuclear power into Toronto, let's pursue lower cost, cleaner options including renewables, storage and efficiency.
www.cleanairalliance.org/third-line-t...
#topoli #onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/third-line-t...
#topoli #onpoli
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade
Millions of donkeys are slaughtered every year so their skins can be used to make ejiao, a gelatin found in cosmetics and supplements.Donkeys are stolen from communities that rely on them for survival
action.eko.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...
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🚨NEW: We found that YouTube continues to enable & profit from videos featuring Andrew Tate’s extreme misogyny, despite having banned his YouTube account.
We analyzed 100 of the most-viewed videos on YouTube featuring Tate’s misogyny.
Here’s what we found 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
We analyzed 100 of the most-viewed videos on YouTube featuring Tate’s misogyny.
Here’s what we found 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
YouTube ‘still profits from Andrew Tate misogyny’ after ban
The influencer’s videos have amassed nearly 54 million views and adverts from big brands appearing with his content
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June 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨NEW: We found that YouTube continues to enable & profit from videos featuring Andrew Tate’s extreme misogyny, despite having banned his YouTube account.
We analyzed 100 of the most-viewed videos on YouTube featuring Tate’s misogyny.
Here’s what we found 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
We analyzed 100 of the most-viewed videos on YouTube featuring Tate’s misogyny.
Here’s what we found 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...