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@fracturedreality.bsky.social
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There's no I in TEAM
Settler on occupied
Anishinaabe Territory
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There's no I in TEAM
Settler on occupied
Anishinaabe Territory
🇨🇦🧡🔻🇦🇪🇨🇩✊🏿🇸🇩😷♿
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
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A lot to unpack here about class, gender, and caring work 19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-...
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
19thnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A lot to unpack here about class, gender, and caring work 19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-...
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
MOST buisness' succeed ONLY because they extract labor for cheap.This happens on all levels - nobody writes their business plan paying their workers a liveable wage ...
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
MOST buisness' succeed ONLY because they extract labor for cheap.This happens on all levels - nobody writes their business plan paying their workers a liveable wage ...
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From a legendary scholar whom I'm proud to call my friend, Maude Barlow:
"Who is minding the water data centres will use?"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
"Who is minding the water data centres will use?"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
Who is minding the water data centres will use?
Around the world, scientists and environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the data centre industry.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
From a legendary scholar whom I'm proud to call my friend, Maude Barlow:
"Who is minding the water data centres will use?"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
"Who is minding the water data centres will use?"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
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The "Post-COVID-19 Cognitive Impairment" section in the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine report is worthy of reflection.
As is the question of why we don't hear about it from the institutions that told us it was safe to ignore COVID.
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
As is the question of why we don't hear about it from the institutions that told us it was safe to ignore COVID.
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The "Post-COVID-19 Cognitive Impairment" section in the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine report is worthy of reflection.
As is the question of why we don't hear about it from the institutions that told us it was safe to ignore COVID.
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
As is the question of why we don't hear about it from the institutions that told us it was safe to ignore COVID.
www.nationalacademies.org/read/27756/c...
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Important to act on this now 👇
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
Water is Not For Sale. It’s a Public Right.
For the health of the water and our communities, we can’t afford to test the waters of privatization. Sign on now to urge the provincial government to ensure water and wastewater services in Ontario r...
act.environmentaldefence.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Important to act on this now 👇
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/181763/...
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Did you know? Donate A Mask’s Free Request Program sends #masks to mask blocs around the country. 😷 🇨🇦 Help us continue this work by donating today. 💙
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskDistro
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskDistro
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Did you know? Donate A Mask’s Free Request Program sends #masks to mask blocs around the country. 😷 🇨🇦 Help us continue this work by donating today. 💙
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskDistro
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskDistro
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The stories of pregnant women in ICE detention — one shackled while miscarrying, another placed in solitary confinement with a high-risk pregnancy — are not one offs.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
Pregnant immigrants held for months in detention despite rules against it
With the immigration crackdown, more pregnant women are being detained. The ACLU alleges a woman was shackled while miscarrying and others were denied prenatal care.
www.latimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The stories of pregnant women in ICE detention — one shackled while miscarrying, another placed in solitary confinement with a high-risk pregnancy — are not one offs.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
They're a clear pattern of neglect where ICE ignores its own rules. This cruelty must end.
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Help is down 68% but the needs are only increasing. We didn't distribute funds this week. We're turning down all individual requests for help.
- Four women’s emergency healthcare
- Food in persisting famine
- Shelter for the few who are housed
- Winter items, like blankets
- Newborn supplies
????
- Four women’s emergency healthcare
- Food in persisting famine
- Shelter for the few who are housed
- Winter items, like blankets
- Newborn supplies
????
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Help is down 68% but the needs are only increasing. We didn't distribute funds this week. We're turning down all individual requests for help.
- Four women’s emergency healthcare
- Food in persisting famine
- Shelter for the few who are housed
- Winter items, like blankets
- Newborn supplies
????
- Four women’s emergency healthcare
- Food in persisting famine
- Shelter for the few who are housed
- Winter items, like blankets
- Newborn supplies
????
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If you knew every Covid infection you prevented also prevents organ damage, diabetes, cancer, early dementia, other ailments, would you mask again?
N95 is effective prevention tool. Covid vax can keep you out of hospital, maybe prevent Long Covid but doesn’t entirely prevent infection 😷 does better
N95 is effective prevention tool. Covid vax can keep you out of hospital, maybe prevent Long Covid but doesn’t entirely prevent infection 😷 does better
Sadly, people have been lied to by omission by our govts and public health and they don’t know that no one fully recovers from Covid.
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you knew every Covid infection you prevented also prevents organ damage, diabetes, cancer, early dementia, other ailments, would you mask again?
N95 is effective prevention tool. Covid vax can keep you out of hospital, maybe prevent Long Covid but doesn’t entirely prevent infection 😷 does better
N95 is effective prevention tool. Covid vax can keep you out of hospital, maybe prevent Long Covid but doesn’t entirely prevent infection 😷 does better
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The FBI accessed and spied on a Signal group chat that was organizing immigrant “court watch” efforts in NYC.
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The FBI accessed and spied on a Signal group chat that was organizing immigrant “court watch” efforts in NYC.
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
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New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Measles Vaccine Protection Wanes After a Decade
Individuals who receive a measles-containing vaccine maintain seropositivity for a decade; however, the vaccine’s protection declines gradually thereafter.
www.medscape.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New Lancet meta-analysis finds measles vaccine immunity wanes over time, with seropositivity dropping from ~93% within 10 yrs to ~83% at 16–22 yrs.
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The authors say their findings warrant an urgent review of vaccination strategies
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
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Given how isolated many Covid aware people are right now, my patience is thin for folks with built-in offline support systems trying to police how others use online spaces.
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Given how isolated many Covid aware people are right now, my patience is thin for folks with built-in offline support systems trying to police how others use online spaces.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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The #Creatives4Sudan Auction is Live ❣️
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The #Creatives4Sudan Auction is Live ❣️
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
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“Without explicit direction from the prime minister or sustained budget commitments, however, GBA+ risks being reduced to a hollow gesture. It’s troubling to see in its 30th-anniversary year.”
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/carn...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/carn...
Carney’s troubling silence on women and gender
His first mandate letter erases women, gender equality, and GBA+, a worrying signal. He should use the fall budget to make a course correction.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Without explicit direction from the prime minister or sustained budget commitments, however, GBA+ risks being reduced to a hollow gesture. It’s troubling to see in its 30th-anniversary year.”
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/carn...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/carn...
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Every so often this man communicates that women ain’t shit. This man comes from a world with very few women at the top levels and therefore assumes we don’t need to be there
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says
Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Every so often this man communicates that women ain’t shit. This man comes from a world with very few women at the top levels and therefore assumes we don’t need to be there
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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I don't know who needs to see this, but sensory sensitivities due to brain wiring differences are disabling.
What I mean by this is that some people have brain wiring that creates sensory integration issues... which causes the brain to over respond to sensory inputs.
What I mean by this is that some people have brain wiring that creates sensory integration issues... which causes the brain to over respond to sensory inputs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I don't know who needs to see this, but sensory sensitivities due to brain wiring differences are disabling.
What I mean by this is that some people have brain wiring that creates sensory integration issues... which causes the brain to over respond to sensory inputs.
What I mean by this is that some people have brain wiring that creates sensory integration issues... which causes the brain to over respond to sensory inputs.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
The colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war'
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
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Black Queer Canada is looking for Black 2SLGBTQI+ leaders to fill out BQC's strategic plan through consultations by interview and/or questionnaire, both available in English and French.
More info: linktr.ee/blackqueerca...
(no affiliation)
More info: linktr.ee/blackqueerca...
(no affiliation)
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Black Queer Canada is looking for Black 2SLGBTQI+ leaders to fill out BQC's strategic plan through consultations by interview and/or questionnaire, both available in English and French.
More info: linktr.ee/blackqueerca...
(no affiliation)
More info: linktr.ee/blackqueerca...
(no affiliation)