Reposted by AshTina Pearson @tinperss.bsky.social · 8hAn excellent, succinct read. #Canada please wake up. "Lula links democracy to economic equality and solidarity, while Mark Carney revives the technocratic neoliberalism that helped create [the free world's] crisis. 022
Reposted by AshBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Not that long ago (2018), governments and industry actually went through the motions of engaging arm's length academic experts and civil society to advise on tech issues. Remember the Facebook Oversight Board? Or, in Canada, Waterfront Toronto's Digital Strategy Advisory Panel? 22512
Reposted by AshMarkwayne Carney ☭ @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Roadblocks” is a funny way of saying “Liberal majority government” 410043
Reposted by Ashconsbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 22hIs Carney implementing the Canadian version of Project 2025? Move fast. Flood the zone. Cut everything. Put public funds into private projects. Why would he want to meet with one of the American architects of Project 2025 but then cancel when word got out? #ConSnake www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caProject 2025 mastermind invited to Carney's cabinet meeting no longer speaking | CBC NewsA prominent conservative figure in American politics and the mastermind behind Project 2025 — the infamous policy blueprint that proposed a drastic overhaul of the U.S. government — was invited to spe... 53416
Reposted by AshBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 19hWouldn't it be nice if Canada actually had a serious debate about corporate and digital sovereignty? Including tradeoffs, costs and benefits? And maybe a clear elaboration of what problems the government's sovereignty push is supposed to solve? 2298
Reposted by Ashatomicker.bsky.social @atomicker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Reminder: in his so-called "austerity" budget last year, Mark Carney deleted the luxury tax on private planes, yachts, and underused homes. #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #WealthTax #Inequalityglobalnews.caCarney is cutting the luxury tax. What else is getting axed in Budget 2025? - National | Globalnews.caOther measures include a 'super-reduction' to Canada's marginal effective tax rate and further automating traveller screening at the nation's airports. 13210
Reposted by AshBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 19hFWIW, Austria's military got rid of MS Office over the course of about three years; 5 years from risk identification to full transition. They ID-ed MS as a security risk in 2020, began a volunteer pilot project in 2022, finished the transition in September 2025.zdnet.comThis European military just ditched Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice - here's why - ZDNETIt's not about the cost savings, either. Many government organizations are replacing Microsoft software for a more important reason. 15726
Reposted by AshBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusinessfastcompany.comWant To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike LaneResearch from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of. 12636248
Reposted by AshJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 9hCentrists everywhere may want to coronate Mark Carney as the "leader of the free world.” But Lula, despite his recent election woes, still offers a democratic vision attuned to people’s needs, while Carney offers little more than neoliberalism redux.jacobin.comMark Carney Isn’t the “Leader of the Free World.” Lula Is.Newspapers around the world have anointed Canada’s prime minister the new “leader of the free world.” But Lula links democracy to economic equality and solidarity, while Mark Carney revives the technocratic neoliberalism that helped create its crisis. 54110
Reposted by AshStephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · 12h“The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis…” BY TWO THIRDS!!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis 3138
Reposted by AshOftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 11hAnd tomorrow and tomorrow until they are free. tiny.cc/sspace 021
Reposted by AshAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 12h#OTD in 2006, Anna Politkovskaya--Russian investigative journalist & human rights defender--was murdered in her apt building in Moscow. #PressFreedom She exposed state corruption, opposed the Chechen conflict & wrote "Putin's Russia," a book critical of his rise to power & authoritarian shift. 9294128
Reposted by AshMaarten Schenk @mschenk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026An example of FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) in action at the @disinfo.eu conference? Apparently someone in the U.S. did not agree with the topic of a session named "USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back" and applied pressure on the sponsors... 4297156
Reposted by Ashchristoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 14hWe should never forget that when Avi Lewis was threatened by one of Canada's largest newspapers Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre stayed silent. They both showed how unfit they are to stand up for Canadians in that moment. 25720
Reposted by AshLittle Miss Heike and His Lordship Dino @heikeanddino.bsky.social · 21hI keep saying it ME/CFS is the biggest medical scandal on a global scale. Excellent interview with George. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maae...youtube.comInterview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFSYouTube video by David M Tuller 022
Reposted by AshLarry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 22hCarney Wants to Privatize Airports. It’s a Terrible Idea thewalrus.ca/carney-wants...thewalrus.caCarney Wants to Privatize Airports. It’s a Terrible Idea | The WalrusBe ready to pay more for everything 022
Reposted by AshKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The “fastest growing Ebola outbreak in history” has spread to Kenya. This is devastating. Thousands have lost their lives at a time when the regime has just made massive cuts to USAID in Africa. It’s important we keep talking about Ebola and ensure those fighting it have the support they need:apnews.comKenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in NairobiKenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale said on Tuesday the patient, a Kenyan citizen, arrived in the country Saturday from... 6272143
Reposted by AshAdam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“You’re fighting the illness, but then you’re fighting every health professional.” Hannah was struggling to digest food and losing weight, but healthcare professionals thought she had an eating disorder. 8 years later, this is still happening to people with severe #MECFS. 25828
Reposted by AshArrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Canadians, pay attention: Australian MP recounts to her Parliament how airports & ports’ privatization has failed the people of Australia. #cdnpoli 15025
Reposted by AshDub K 604 @bear604.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A reminder that Christy Clark and Gloria Macarenko are best buddies, and the Liberals never cleared the CBC Board of Harper appointees. My expectations of the CBC have been lowered for years. 161
Reposted by AshLindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 07/10/2026CBC is repeatedly inviting mainstream/conservative "economists" and "political scientists" to push industry agendas. This has always been a problem but lately it seems accelerated. Or panels with only Cons & NDP, no Green or other parties? 2193
Reposted by AshLindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why did Michelle Eliot of CBC BCToday invite a right-wing political scientist from UBC to talk about BC election & not challenge his claims or invite a 2nd guest to rebut? He spouted deregulation (scrap the spec & empty homes taxes) straight out of Thatcher & dismissed BCGreens' wealth tax #bcpoli 2329
Reposted by AshHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today, I asked the government what it's doing to protect our sovereignty and democracy from foreign interference. The answer 🤔 ? Nothing, then? 1515256
Reposted by AshDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026They hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...en.wikipedia.orgAaron Swartz - Wikipedia 111600541
Reposted by AshChris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Greetings and good morning it’s the Wednesday wet farm rush hour 1040351
Reposted by AshAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/202650% of modern medicines come from plants. 70% of cancer treatments come from nature. The Amazon holds 10% of all life on Earth. We've studied <1% of it for medicine. We are cutting down cures faster than we can discover them. Every forest cleared = A cure lost. 13456207
Reposted by Ash👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/10/2026All people deserve to live in peace and freedom. Remembering today the lives lost three years ago, and all of the lives lost since. 426120
Reposted by AshJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every now and then, when people say stupid things about socialism, I have to roll out these lines from Arthur Lewis, on what socialists want. 1421785
Reposted by AshT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 23h🤖🫧💥 www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 14716
Reposted by AshGreen Party of Canada | Parti Vert du Canada @canadiangreens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WATCH: After approving another climate-killing pipeline, the government now claims it is “avoiding highly sensitive ecosystems.” Today, Elizabeth May demanded to know whether they talked to any scientists before making this deeply flawed decision. 712247
Reposted by AshEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lithuania, Canada, and EEAS pulled out of #Disinfo2026 at such short notice they didn't have time to redo the signage. 516147
Reposted by AshOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It sure helps having a Cabinet full of Friends of Israel "Palantir promised to revolutionise the NHS. But does the evidence stack up? Sources shed new light on Peter Mandelson’s role in landing £330m contract for software that is slow, subject to frequent crashes and little .." via Good Law Project 12217
Reposted by AshJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 18942181190
Reposted by AshStop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Delek Group, an Israeli energy giant known to operate in illegal settlements in the West Bank, is set to receive £200+ million if the Rosebank oil field is approved. So we've sent a letter to Burnham - warning him that approving Rosebank could breach his new sanctions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctionsCampaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm. 12726
Reposted by Ashkeep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 07/10/2026@globalaffairs.canada.ca - can you tell us why you pulled support from this important academic #disinformation conference at the last minute? Despite high profile gestures of solidarity with the #EU, it seem pressure from the #USA still scares you. 113643
Reposted by AshTom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026He is also on IG with the same username #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #meawareness #mecfsawareness 03512
Reposted by AshMiddle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 23hSusan Abulhawa wins fight to restore censored Oxford Union speech on Israel apartheidmiddleeastmonitor.comSusan Abulhawa wins fight to restore censored Oxford Union speech on Israel apartheidPalestinian American author Susan Abulhawa has won her fight to restore a speech censored by the Oxford Union. A settlement was reached following a legal challenge over the removal of passages fro… 01910
Reposted by AshAmerican Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.com · 07/10/2026Deeply technical but satisfying thread on the specifics of computation and why an LLM that *frequently* arrives at the right number is not the same thing as a program that *calculates* the right number. Expect LLM boosters to pivot to "well, what even is 'addition' anyway?" shortly. 35420
Reposted by AshSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You know who else said that zionism is racism? The UN. In 1975 the UN general assembly passed a resolution declaring "zionism is a form of racism & racial discrimination". The resolution was revoked in 1991 because Israel made this a condition of its participation in peace talks 17741
Reposted by AshRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 23h'“Everyone on this team knew the risks when they went to work every day, but it’s unacceptable for the government to make false accusations & forcibly disappear journalists just because they’re afraid of a free press... ...families are worried, we’re worried, we just want them released unharmed.”' 013
Reposted by AshKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026FUCK YES. This is the energy, morality, and courage that I expect from leaders. Unbelievably brave. 525058891
Reposted by AshRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 23h@who.int calls #Israel 'to “release the pressure on medical supplies”, saying essential medicines “should not be considered as dual use, as they are globally accepted standards on medical items anybody needs anywhere to run a hospital or a clinic”.' www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10... #Gaza #Newsaljazeera.comWHO warns of ‘devastating consequences’ due to delayed aid entry into GazaThe WHO's representative in Palestine calls on Israeli authorities to 'release the pressure on medical supplies'. 067
Reposted by AshM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23hwww.yahoo.com/news/us/arti... Mamdani Walking The Walk......yahoo.comMamdani Clears More Than 10,000 Children Off NYC’s Child Care Voucher Waitlist, Bringing Huge Relief To FamiliesNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking yet another step to help low-income families in the city. 315160
Reposted by AshLK @lkcreations.art · 23hDaily sketch ⛩️🗻🥷🐈⬛️ Can you spot the Cat ? #art #artsky #ink #sketch 3248598
Reposted by AshLeah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"'If the Liberal government is serious about reconciliation, then it will rescind its decision to take away the much-needed money for healing and support for residential school survivors and our families,' said Gazan.” (1/2)cbc.caNew federal petition calls for permanent health funding for residential school survivors | CBC NewsA new petition submitted to the House of Commons is calling upon the federal government to make health resource funding for residential school survivors permanent. Winnipeg Centre Member of Parliament... 15827
Reposted by AshClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026they always show their asses eventually because the thing is that you cannot truly, sincerely care about women if you don’t care about trans women. the minute you carve off any one subcategory of women you claim are “lesser” in some way, you’ve declared women’s rights to be conditional by definition 31167308