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PIPSC_IPFPC @pipsc-ipfpc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prenez quelques minutes pour vous exprimer 👉 ipfpc.ca/fr/envoyez-un-courriel-a-v…
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PIPSC_IPFPC @pipsc-ipfpc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It just takes a few minutes to make your voice heard 👉https://pipsc.ca/email-your-mp-speak-up-about-bill-c-39/
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well, this is ...something: universityaffairs.ca/news/remove-... I am tired. So very tired. This is really hard work. #AcademicSky 🧪
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Remove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says - University Affairs
The Standing Committee on Science and Research says ‘discriminatory’ EDI policies are ‘weakening the quality of Canadian research’.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New from 404 Media: Meta announced Muse, its AI agent that can book restaurants for you. We've seen internal Meta messages showing Meta is actually testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers. In those tests its not AI, it's just a person www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today’s legislation was very carefully worded so that virtually any labour dispute could qualify if employers asked for it to - and instead of guardrails, gives the Minister broad powers to intervene. www.thestar.com/business/uni...
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Unions hammer Carney government’s revamp of labour rules: ‘This bill neuters the right to strike’
Unions and labour organizations across the country blasted the federal government’s new legislation overhauling labour law Monday, saying it will make strikes in federally regulated sectors all but im...
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 21/09/2026
The way the app works is this: -Supporters sign up and download the app -Soon, they begin receiving notifications, known in the app as "Digital Fighters Tasks" -The app auto-generates text for the supporter to post, and offers a reward in exchange for copying it on to social media
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Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments
The Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This "significant labour legislation" could very likely end the right to strike for thousands of workers through expanding whose work is "essential," lengthening bargaining timelines or introducing US style laws. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Straight from OpenAI's Brockman and Microsoft's Nadella - 'doom loop' for the entire web [as they vacuum up and substitute the work of journalism and threaten their economic foundations]. /2
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
They killed the building, and now they are killing the institution. Senseless. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Ontario Science Centre lays off entire science department as part of restructuring
Government is building a new $1-billion science centre at Ontario Place
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 10/09/2026
No shit! Exports are a fraction of our GDP, exports to US are a fraction of that, the tariffs apply only to a fraction of that, and only end up 'blocking' a small fraction of THAT. Our provinces have unilaterally done more damage to the university sector than Trump is doing to the Canadian economy.
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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Enraging. We've got a premier doing Trump's work for him, dismantling all the best things about Ontario.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My latest! In this moment of potential massive change, liberals have made sure that no one will be given any room to talk about how we need to break with the logic that lead us here. Instead, they want us to do things as we have, but harder. noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-libera...
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The liberal Hit Parade
In a time of historical instability, the censors know who to silence
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Natasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New from me: Canadian doctors are rushing to adopt AI medical scribes, but there are serious problems with accuracy, bias, transcription error, & reliance on industry data. Many scribes aren't regulated, leaving doctors to figure out risks like privacy & bias. www.cigionline.org/articles/can...
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Canada’s AI Strategy for Health Care Won't Work without Oversight to Match
Before AI can deliver on its health-care promise, Canada needs to close the gap between adoption and regulation.
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Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 10/09/2026
#Toronto - you can request to vote by mail for the upcoming Oct 26 municipal election here: myvote.toronto.ca/home (up until Thu Sep 24 @ 4:30pm) Other key dates: www.toronto.ca/city-governm... Valid ID: www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
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Welcome - MyVote
MyVote start page. To get started, enter your address.
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
After Ontario replaced the Endangered Species Act, ministry biologists were told they couldn't review developers' plans. We found that over 12 have since left, feeling their jobs "stopped feeling meaningful." Here's our latest investigation: thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endan... #onpoli
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Inside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal
‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Heartbreaking. Enraging. There was a speed camera on this Toronto street until Doug Ford's government took it away. A boy was struck by a car and suffered devastating injuries. Now the family is suing the province.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/09/2026
Your vote in this Toronto election matters. But with so many local decisions undone by Doug Ford, @alisonmotluk.bsky.social writes, it doesn’t matter as much as it should. thelocal.to/toronto-city...
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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local
Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
💕 "Under the plan, the Nation says Canadian-trained clinicians will be welcomed to provide gender-affirming care, along with primary and specialist care, on reserve lands. Saddle Lake Cree Nation also says it intends to exempt those clinicians from sanctions imposed.." substack.com/home/post/p-...
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BREAKING: First Nation defies Alberta’s Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care
Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights in an attempt to create a safe haven for gender-affirming healthcare, directly challenging restrictions already imposed by Danielle Smith’s Alber...
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: The San Francisco City Attorney has hit Meta with a cease-and-desist telling it to stop publishing ads with AI-generated child sexual abuse. The letter asks Meta why the same ads keep running. Meta says the ads didn’t run in San Francisco and they are outside the city attorney's jurisdiction
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San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads
The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Vaccine shortages and bad procurement last year have led to the world's largest outbreak of measles in Bangladesh. Nearly 200,000 cases, and over 1,000 children dead A recent vaccination drive missed 4 million children so didn't achieve herd immunity www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Bangladesh measles deaths surpass 1,000 after vaccination drive falls short
Bangladesh faces its worst measles outbreak, killing 1,002 children and infecting nearly 190,000 since March.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Clown car stuff. “We are at a complete standstill on ALL of our FOI requests even if they don’t include political staff records?” one senior freedom of information coordinator asked in response to the freeze." #OnPoli
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Freedom of information? We filed an FOI for refused FOIs to find out what Ontario's government doesn't want you to know. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/freedom...
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Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know - Investigative Journalism Bureau
We filed an FOI for refused FOIs. Here’s what we found.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It seems a bit odd to me to be advocating for banning e-scooters on our streets but also to have pushed against speed cameras operating 24/7 in school zones. www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
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It's time to ban e-scooters in Waterloo Region
These dangerous devices are breaking our bones and our hearts. Get rid of them, Luisa D'Amato writes
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Outrageous. He's celebrating it. The role of media is to hold the powerful to account. “Thank God we don’t have the media...No answers, no questions — we’re good to go.” The comment was Ford’s last remark at an event which looked like a news conference, but without reporters in attendance" #OnPoli
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 02/09/2026
Familiarity may not always breed contempt, but it can result in something just as destructive: indifference. Lake Ontario helps fuel Canada’s economy, but as professor Daniel Macfarlane notes, our utilitarian view of it has obscured our duty to protect it. ow.ly/S9Yj50ZI88B
On the left: an aerial photo of Lake Ontario with the body of water and nearby towns and landmarks labelled in white text. On the right: text that “Lake Ontario has bigger problems than Donald Trump. Forget the fight over its name. The Great Lake is being threatened by pollution, development, and decades of neglect.”
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026
And finally Ford’s government announced new procurement to build Highway 413, which will only increase congestion in the Toronto area.
Image showing that the cause of traffic congestion is bottlenecking of cars in cities key areas like in cities
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026
Second, Ford’s government has put out an RFP for companies to rip out three major bike lanes: Bloor, Yonge, University, and Queen’s Park, Queen’s Park Crescent, and Avenue Road. Bike lanes move far more people than car lanes do. ->
The capacity of a single 10-foot lane (or equivalent width) by mode at peak conditions with normal operations.

PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES
600-1,600 PER HOUR

MIXED TRAFFIC WITH FREQUENT BUSES
1,000-2,800 PER HOUR

TWO-WAY PROTECTED BIKEWAY
DEDICATED TRANSIT LANES
7,500 PER HOUR
 
SIDEWALK
9,000 PER HOUR

ON-STREET TRANSITWAY, BUS OR RAIL
10,000-25,000 PER HOUR
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026
Yesterday Doug Ford did three things that will make congestion around Toronto much, much worse. First, Ford has made made massive cuts to GO Train service on the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Barrie and Stouffville lines. In some cases, GO Train frequency will drop from 15 trains a day to 4 ->
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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our taxpayer dollars are being spent at an American company (in the middle of a trade war) that offers better deals to folks walking in off the street than to teachers ordering through the Ontario Ministry of Education portal. Make it make sense!!! #OntEd
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Fight For Safe Streets. Thank you to everyone who came out and everyone who shared footage of this incredible protest ride. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 01/09/2026
I really enjoyed yelling at how susceptible we all are to wanting to feel like someone is standing up for us, even when that person is defunding healthcare and education, centralizing power and undermining other governing bodies, failing to hit their own housing targets, and racking up scandals.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
All roads lead to a Ford wedding guest. The govt-chosen developer doesn't seem to meet Infrastructure Ontario's own requirement that it have "the expertise, experience & access to capital" but Ford wedding guest Chris Bratty will help with funding. Hmm. #OnPoli 🎁 www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
A representative from Infrastructure Ontario said the firm was partnered with another developer — Remington Group — and had “institutional financing and rental options planned,” according to records from the meeting.
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 27/08/2026
NEW: News media leaning into the trade war, and Ford's response, has papered over the fact that he's aligned with Trump's agenda on the domestic front. In fact, he and the PCs were embroiled in a scandal when the talks collapsed. Spying on Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie disappeared from the headlines
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Under No Circumstances Do You Have to Hand it to Doug Ford
A few comments about his ass and Ford enjoys waves of positive coverage
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Play it again @jaycockburn.bsky.social 'Pedal politics: How Toronto’s bike lanes became so divisive' h/t @mbonsma.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/art...

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I tell stories about cities and the people in them as a freelance journalist and podcast producer.

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Given the news on Toronto's bike lanes, maybe now is a good time to revisit this episode of City Space.

Myself and the team tried to unpack why the debate around bike lanes is the way it is. 

The evidence couldn't be clearer: bike lanes make streets safer for cars, bikes and pedestrians, and they don't make traffic worse. So why are they such a hard sell to some?

It's such a lopsided debate. One side is furious about a perceived inconvenience, the other remembers their dead with painted white bikes. If you haven't ridden a bike in Toronto that might sound hyperbolic, but it's scary and legitimately dangerous. Ford's actions and last week's judicial decisions will lead to deaths, and it will be for nothing.

The first part of this episode even looks at the last time bike lanes were the big story in Toronto: when Doug Ford's brother, Rob, tore out the bike lanes on Jarvis St. Traffic congestion got worse on Jarvis in the years that followed.

It doesn't have to be this way. If we can answer the question on bike lanes, we'll be able to build better, safer and more livable cities. This was our attempt to get there.

https://lnkd.in/g7XxgKbD
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘So, what would a public interest data centre policy framework require? Drawing on our research into the data centre boom and its impacts, we assess the Ontario draft against four basic thresholds.’ @policyalternatives.ca
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Ontario’s new AI data centre playbook is flawed. We can fix it. | CCPA
The playbook frames AI data centres in economic terms, without proper safeguards for the public and the environment.
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Alessio Spassiani (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @aspassiani.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Ontario PC's replacement safety measure for speed cameras are clearly working 👌🏼 pedestrians are definitely safer now...thanks Dougie 🙄
Damaged 40 km/h speed limit sign with pedestrian crossing sign above and "School Zone" sign below.
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
*** Ontario Virus Update | Aug 11 *** Hospitalizations due to COVID have increased from 12 to 14 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations increased from 4 to 5 and RSV decreased from 4 to 1. 🧵1/ #Ontario #Virus #COVID #Hospital #Wastewater
This stacked bar chart displays weekly new hospitalizations in Ontario specifically attributed to COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV. The data tracks the fluctuating volume of patients over time, highlighting seasonal surges and the relative contribution of each respiratory virus to the overall healthcare burden.
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
While age 80+ has the highest COVID cases rates per 100k population so far this year, infants <1 have the second highest rate, almost as high as age 80+ and almost 5x higher than the next closest rate age 60-79. 7/
This bar chart shows the rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Ontario for the 2026 year-to-date period across eight distinct age groups. The graph visualizes a U-shaped distribution, revealing that infection rates are highest among seniors aged 80 and older and infants under one year old, while remaining significantly lower for children, adolescents, and younger adults.
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Ford government caused a governance crisis in Waterloo Region by forcing Regional Council to sign NDAs over the Wilmot land assembly, and eviscerated the countryside line that had protected prime agricultural land for decades. Their "concern" for farmland affected by Alto is a complete sham.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23/07/2026
In 2021, Premier Doug Ford was personally presented with 20 recommendations to improve emergency management in northern Ontario. The auditor general later offered another 30. Little progress was made before the deadliest wildfire season on record. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-igno...
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First Nations gave Doug Ford a wildfire plan. Ontario ignored it | The Narwhal
Indigenous leaders and the auditor general gave Ontario several emergency management recommendations over the years. Little progress was made
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I know I rabbit on about the Doug Ford: Doing Stuff™ brand but this is more of that. This is that comms strategy at play. His handlers lean hard into a feeling of momentum instead of his actual record, which isn't great on many fronts. #OnPoli bsky.app/profile/chri...

My IRL friends call me Chris
‪@christyceeck.bsky.social‬
I joke about the Doug Ford: Doing Stuff™ brand but much of his comms synch with its 'Get It Done' election tagline.

His policy record is questionable so his team highlights "doing" instead of what's been done. 

The party needs accomplishments it thinks will resonate with voters. Easy populism. 1/2
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Such an effort would be meaningful "nation-building" - for all the reasons mentioned in the article: "In fact, there should be a co-ordinated national program to maintain, and ideally increase, Canada’s postsecondary rate." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: It’s time to recognize higher education as a matter of national security for Canada
Decades-long efforts to turn higher education into a majority privilege also serve to bolster our physical, economic and social security
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 03/07/2026
The weird global backlash against not spreading disease in the workplace continues. Look for the return of policies we knew were harmful *long before* COVID: Like the requirement for doctors to be truancy deterrents with no thought to the public health impact of resp viruses in waiting rooms.
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Alessio Spassiani (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @aspassiani.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There's really nothing that proves fossil fuels will result into global stability and national unity, this ignores the facts wars have been started over fossil fuels and that Canada is more united then ever because of Trump, you can use that capital for national renewable energy projects instead.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Alberta enacts a U.S.-style two-tier health care system By playing to corporate and surgeon greed, Alberta is undermining the entire Canada Health Act and our public system #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Alberta enacts a U.S.-style two-tier health care system | CCPA
By playing to corporate and surgeon greed, Alberta is undermining the entire Canada Health Act and our public system.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 19/06/2026
Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it. Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI.
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AI opposition isn’t the product of a lack of “literacy”
The many problems with Mark Carney’s AI strategy for Canadians
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 16/06/2026
Celebrate Pride with The Sick Times! Many in-person events aren’t accessible to people with Long COVID and related diseases and disabilities, so we're hosting our own virtual variety show! Register now: luma.com/ih0oq3yw?mc_... 🏳️‍🌈 😷 We're excited to see you there!
A black background with hot pink text and black and white photos of performers Khalil, King Lotus Boy, and Taipei. The text reads, "Virtual Pride with The Sick Times. June 30. 8 PM ET. 5 PM PT. More performers to be announced!"
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 16/06/2026
RELEASE: We strongly condemn the government's decision to block further debate of #BillC22 amendments. The bill is not ready to go, gov knows it, and every person in 🇨🇦's privacy will pay the cost if the House passes it and Senate does not intervene. #cdnpoli openmedia.org/press/item/g...
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Government prematurely ends debate on Bill C-22 without dealing with dangerous surveillance powers
OpenMedia condemns ramming through of secret-order regime days before the House rises
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