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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 9h

I think one of the key responsibilities of government is to promote, and if necessary enforce, equity.

The result imo is a more prosperous, happier, and yes more productive society.

I think equity, in essence, is what "woke" means, and we progressives should embrace that.

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Eric Lombardi @ericlombardi.bsky.social · 10h

Improving digital experiences for Toronto’s government isn’t a glamorous issue.

But if done well, it reduces service costs, improves access and transparency (for citizens and businesses alike), and leads to more innovation and public trust.

Great memo in @buildtoronto.com today! Check it out!

Build Toronto @buildtoronto.com · 12h

Toronto's digital services are stuck in the past – a patchwork of portals, paper forms, and outdated processes.

From paying taxes to renewing permits, residents face a maze of separate logins, different formats, or long wait times.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 11h

Speaks in support of the "care economy"

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 12h

I appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance yesterday with Bill Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) and @jimbostanford.bsky.social
We discussed the current economic challenges and the upcoming federal budget.
My comments start at the 10:21 mark
senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

NFFN meeting no. 10

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

senparlvu.parl.gc.ca

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14h

The housing agency projects it’ll cost $5,450 to retrofit units with window heat pumps compared with the $40,000 per unit it paid to install centralized systems at some smaller housing complexes.

Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps

A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.

bloom.bg

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 14h

Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/the-illusi...

The Illusion of Order:

Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

barbarafwalter.substack.com

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 1d

Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051

www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/families-o...

Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051

A new report from MMI

www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 2d

The needs in my classroom have never been greater and the resources available to help have never been so scarce.

It’s very hard to be in a helping profession and feel unable to help so many of the students so much of the time.

a woman in a white dress is standing next to a pole in a black and white photo .

Alt: A woman in a white dress collapses in tears feeling overwhelmed.

media.tenor.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

"We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context."

Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 2d

When you hear criticism of "woke", don't be afraid to say

"I'm woke, and I'm proud of it!"

#StayWoke

Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 2d

I think one of the key responsibilities of government is to promote, and if necessary enforce, equity.

The result imo is a more prosperous, happier, and yes more productive society.

I think that, in essence, is "woke", and we progressives should embrace that.

#StayWoke

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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing to see here just years on end of the streetcars miserably failing to meet an incredibly lax on-time departure metric.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 2d

Greta is a jewel; always speaks the truth.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Greta:

"I will never comprehend how humans can be so evil. That you would deliberately starve millions of people living trapped under an illegal siege as a continuation of decades of oppression and apartheid.”

Source: Global Sumud Flotilla via X

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 2d

At $4.5bn each year extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say #Climate

At $4.5bn each year extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say

‘The trajectory is only up, in terms of insured costs’ CEO of insurance peak body warns

www.theguardian.com

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 2d

Ultimately the same as I am about Parliamentary systems; the same &$&¢€ is just as easy in a Parliamentary system *if people in the institutions refuse to do their jobs.* The real problems are (a) The West got soft on Nazism and (b) social/political rot. Rules w/out culture & enforcement = nothing.

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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 3d

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India

India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

earthsky.org

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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 3d

📊 NEW: Conservatives lead by 1, but the big story is underneath.

Cost-of-living concerns are rising again, Carney’s approval is slipping, and Trudeau’s shadow still looms.

abacusdata.ca/abacus-data-...

Abacus Data Poll: Liberals and Conservatives Locked in Tight Race as Cost of Living Concerns Surge - Abacus Data

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abacusdata.ca

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 3d

The world has lost a great one.
Please listen to her last words.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 3d

7/End result: Macron calls for a new enlightenment -- the end of dependence on US social media. Not because of economic argument (level playing fields) but because dependence threatens national security. Hate to say I told you so but @himself.bsky.social and I did.
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

defenddemocracy.eu

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

Larry Ellison has given nearly half a billion dollars to Tony Blair's institute. Now, why do you think he'd do that..?

Terrific piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

www.thenerve.news

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Warrior and legend.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 4d

Federal budget watchdog's comments are 'just wrong,' says one of his predecessors

Kevin Page says PBO should ‘walk back’ comments about 'unsustainable' finances

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Federal budget watchdog's comments are 'just wrong,' says one of his predecessors | CBC News

A former parliamentary budget officer says it is “just wrong” to suggest that the federal finances are unsustainable and is publicly disagreeing with the current fiscal watchdog.

www.cbc.ca

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Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke @henrikbechmann.bsky.social · 4d

Remember that political positioning is relative. If you're somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun, then relative to that, normal people are "far left".

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller again lashes out at the judiciary, suggesting federal judges are aiding and abetting domestic terrorism:

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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