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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 3m

School boards coming out for speed cameras might be the nail on their coffin.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1h

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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus

What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 4h

Full interview on @cbcnews.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CW...

Israel intercepts new flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians

YouTube video by CBC News

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 43m

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 9h

This is extremely alarming. Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social won the federal election promising to make us *less* depending on the US. Now we are hearing reports that he is offering up a CLOSER energy and military partnership in exchange for a trade deal... 🧵

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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 3h

There are actually several American cities joining the Safer Fleets movement, adding speed regulators to their fleet vehicles. #HamOnt could Canada's first!

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Safer Fleets Challenge Gaining Momentum

If vehicle speed is one of the biggest traffic safety issues we face, why not use available technology to limit vehicles to (or at least near) the speed limit? Sounds pretty straightforward. That’s w...

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 3h

Cllr Mcmeekin hopes that there aren't any city vehicles being caught on speed cameras.

www.youtube.com/live/0j8HPM4...

Why not lead the way in equipping #HamOnt city vehicles with speed limiters? 👇
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Council - October 8, 2025

YouTube video by City of Hamilton

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 3h

The REAL Reason Trump and Big Tech Want AI in Our Schools

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 4h

@sanders.senate.gov you had me until, "I am not a Luddite".
They want to eliminate our power to withhold labour! The world NEEDs Luddites!
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AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 5h

To draw attention to the issue, #CanadaPost workers have been picketing Purolator locations and holding up delivery vehicles. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Postal workers union takes aim at Purolator, which is owned by Canada Post

The union that represents striking postal workers is taking aim at Purolator, a courier company that is 91 per cent owned by Canada Post.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 4h

"What is wrong with the children", they'll ask.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 6h

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding in Paris after granting his clients millions in training funds

The "wedding was held on Saturday, during Paris Fashion Week, at the five-star Four Seasons Hotel George V, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower"

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 6h

I thought we all were acting like we'd been thinking about "plenary authority" for months?

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 7h

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 9h

Shocked the wealth manager saw stranded fossil fuel assets as a problem. 🙄

www.ft.com/content/d092...

Mark Carney warns net zero will mean ‘significant’ stranded property assets

Real estate investors squeezed between falling valuations and pressure to upgrade energy efficiency

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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 10h

So Carney's "elbows up" strategy is to double down on our dependence on the US AND fossil fuel exports??

Basically a lose-lose proposition revealing just how short sighted he is

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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11h

Justin J. Pearson — the 30-year-old Memphis representative and member of the “Tennessee Three” who protested gun violence — has announced a bid to primary 76-year-old Democrat Steve Cohen for a seat in the U.S. House.

Justin J. Pearson of the 'Tennessee Three' Has Had It With 'Mediocrity' -- So He's Running for Congress

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 17h

doomscroll break

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 1d

Now on TPR:

Council approves a 12-storey 176-unit rental project at 1570 Main West, despite City staff recommending denial based on concerns about wind and shadow impacts
Council unanimously votes for large units, affordable rents, and intensification to protect the urban boundary. #yhmcc #HamOnt

Hamilton Council Says Yes to 12-Storeys at 1570 Main Street West

City staff recommended denial, but Council determined the proposal affordable rent commitment, family units, and proximity to LRT meant it should be approved.

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · Dec 28

"The climate you were born in no longer exists,” said Andreu Escrivà, an environmental scientist and author. “Spain is no longer that paradise where you could spend a very mild winter and a very nice summer.” www.vox.com/climate/3923... #climatesky #climatecrisis

Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point

One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest.

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Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 2d

Last month we celebrated the two year anniversary of Oonee Hudson Square with local BID.

Personally, on this journey I am most proud of the way that NYC communities have embraced our initial bike parking stations-- hard 2 believe that ppl were once skeptical bc they were afraid of blowback.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

Every few days, someone comes with a very loud leaf blower, and just blows the few leaves and dust onto the roadway. The worst.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 2d

Or their volume should be relative to their speed.

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 2d

They did worse than just vote for it. They stumped for him. They platformed for him and smugly, and apparently thoughtlessly, assumed that the campaign of "MASS DEPORTATION NOW" signs would somehow be all talk and ignored the sneering ethnic cleansing rhetoric.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 2d

Canada needs a foreign agents' registration act.

The public deserves to know who in business, in our governments, in our political parties, in media and in culture are paid agents of foreign governments.

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