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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The argument I've seen from MANY liberals is that Carney is building an oil pipeline so that he can fund social programs So why is he simultaneously building a pipeline while cutting national pharmacare? www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/05/n...
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National universal pharmacare 'dead in the water,' says pharmaceutical policy expert - The Hill Times
In 2024, the federal budget set aside $1.5-billion for a national pharmacare program, but under Prime Minister Mark Carney, the top priorities have significantly changed and experts say they don't exp...
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join us in calling on Minister of Public Safety Anandasangaree to affirm that anti-Zionism is a legitimate form of political expression. share.nwmd.social/s/M7QqJT0C
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Tell the Minister of Public Safety: Anti-Zionism is Not Antisemitism
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Being mad at the Mamdani announcement is just straightforwardly anti-Semitic. Like there’s not really any excuse left to hide behind there.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Guardiola loves to be seen as a guy who cares about “human rights” but he spent the last decade working for the UAE’s sportswashing project. Right now, he’s “always behind” the ownership who’ve been found guilty of massive fraud, but who, much more importantly, are committing genocide in Sudan.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ottawa is about to crush our rights with this bill. They want the power to kill your fight for fair wages instantly. Carney’s Trump excuse is total BS. This isn't for us; it’s a handout for his corporate buddies. social.cupe.ca/s/eRQOAwN0
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SEND AN EMAIL NOW
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu is an Irish hero
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Massive credit to Jason Knight for speaking up
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Israel v Republic of Ireland: Jack Knight says Nations League game should not go ahead
Jason Knight has become the first Republic of Ireland player to publicly voice his opposition to playing Israel on Sunday.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tbh I do not think President Trump is a communist.
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i think everyone involved in this should be in prison
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NDP @ndp.ca · 22/09/2026
Today @avilewis.ca, MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social and labour leaders came together to send a clear message to Mark Carney: Canada's airports are not for sale. If you agree, sign the petition at: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m joining an action for migrant justice on September 20, one day before Parliament returns. Join me and RSVP here: migrantrights.ca/events/sep20... Migrants are not the problem — status for all is the solution.
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Sep 20: Cross-Country Day of Action for Migrant Rights / Journée pancanadienne d’actions pour la justice migrante - Migrant Rights Network
ENGLISH Migrants make Canada work. We care for children and elders, grow food, build homes, and keep communities running. But the government is pushing migrants out instead of giving people equal rights. Permits are expiring, being refused, cancelled, or made impossible to renew. Refugees are under attack. People are being deported. Families are being separated.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Look at this photo. Look at where children leaving school have to enter from a blind high-fenced area into the crosswalk. Now look at the top speed cars were doing here when there were speed cameras. Now keep in mind that dangerous speeding has QUADRUPLED where speed cameras were removed.
A crosswalk at Humber Boulevard and Louvain Street is partially obstructed by fencing over a covered waterway, making it difficult to see pedestrians emerging from the fencing. A speed camera nearby was removed in November.

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The speed camera was located by the TTC stop directly across from the school, steps away from the end of the crosswalk, where the boy was hit. In the 10-month period it was in place, the top speed ticketed was 107 km/h. Among the top 10 were two drivers ticketed for travelling at 82 km/h. The limit in the school zone is 40 km/h.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I personally would stop building something if I thought it had >10% chance of killing anybody, let alone "all humans", but apparently that's not how AI Executives think!
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Over 800,000 workers strong — and growing. Support CUPE’s movement for fairness, better wages & public services that put people first. ✊ Sign on now: cupe.ca/building-wor...
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Building power, together
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW - Ed Miliband appears to suggest that there was previous resistance under Keir Starmer to taking this action. "I'll say very bluntly we should have acted earlier. And it has taken the new prime minister to come in and recognise the gravity of the situation."
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"AI will change everything and is inevitable." no and fuck off. "AI is a really useful tool for inhumanly large data sets." I'm listening.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The widespread availability of self-driving cars will be a nightmare for cities. Thousands of empty cars clogging up roads delivering burritos when we should be restricting auto use and expanding public transport.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What else can you call it?
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
www.thestar.com/opinion/star... This is a terrible article in many ways, but even just the central promise is ridiculous. Even if the PCs had won 0 seats in Toronto, they'd still have a comfortable majority.
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Rosie DiManno: Want bike lanes in Toronto? Go to the polls, not the courts
The Court of Appeal was right to rule Ford could rip out bike lanes. If you don’t like it, vote him out.
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The discursive tyranny of "customer" must be stopped. No, HMRC, I am not your "customer". I am not buying your service. This is a nonsensical greeting.
A screenshot of an email from HMRC, which begins "Dear customer,"
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wait, sorry, can we back up one step to the part where the question who leads Cuba is apparently up to the CIA? I mean, we're just saying it outright now? I remember when "the CIA gets to decide who leads Latin American countries" was a somewhat controversial position.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 29/07/2026
Councillor Paula Fletcher says 24,000 people visited the Biidaasige Park on Saturday, to check out the new expansion. She points out that the site could have been home to Google Canada's HQ, had Toronto not stood up to the private sector Sidewalk Labs plan.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Toronto City Council continues to have full "Parks & Recreation" vibes
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Now we're talking. Really impressed by Ceferin lately.
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Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through
Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
But a rabidly anti-intellectual culture wherein asking about whether a proposed means is the best way to achieve social ends is... well it would destroy socialism, utterly. In fact I think the failure of previous socialist states are not unrelated to developing this exact culture.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
- The Nats fans who chanted "USA USA" all last night get a Canada hat. - Expos fans get a taunting message from the team that killed them. - The Quebecois get a big red maple leaf. - Canadian Jays fans in Washington get a hat of the opposing team. they're calling it "the perfect giveaway item"
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Dove @therationaldove.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Librarian here: One of the problems libraries have is that they are often asked to do too much and it's better for a town to have multiple options for a hangout space rather than one singular place.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article... love to read the news in 2026
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OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We must remember the Utøya massacre, and remember it for what it was: a far-right attack specifically targeted against democratic socialist activists. Today, the ideologies of its perpetrator are openly espoused by a global network of nationalist oligarchs as they wage war on democratic societies.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Ok, talking about class in vox pops is now banned until it starts making any sense.
MARK TAIT
Mark Tait, who lives near Durham, tells the BBC the bus fare cap will make little difference to him.
"This is great if you use the bus, but no good for those who drive. Yet again, the working class person is left out," Tait says.
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a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The vibes of this cabinet are all over the place. Mahmood staying at the Home Office is a huge red flag for a lack of change on immigration policy. OTOH, Miliband will surely be a vast improved as Foreign Secretary.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
1. I would be stunned if "all factions" actually includes cabinet representation from the hard left of the party. 2. I would be equally stunned if the Guardian actually notices that the hard left faction has not in fact been brought in.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Ceferin is starting to really take a stand in a way that national FA leaderships should follow. Gives me some hope for change.
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World Cup 2026: Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin boycotts final in protest against Fifa
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin did not attend the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain in protest against Fifa.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202... To change FIFA, football fans have to start looking closer to home. Why on earth did the English FA endorse Infantino? Pressure has to start with fans demanding that their own countries push for change!
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More than 200 countries endorse Infantino for fourth Fifa term despite Balogun scandal
Fifa’s president is poised for re-election, with Germany the highest-profile FA yet to provide official backing
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Remember when flying WestJet actually felt different? That airline is gone. WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom. endunpaidwork.ca
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How did we go from WestJet to LessJet? | CUPE 8125 WestJet Component
WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It is amazing how much of the dramatic politics of the past 2 years, in many countries, have been caused by populations and leaders mistaking the temporary anomalies of the post-pandemic restarting of the world economy -- a burst of inflation, an immigration-reopening spike -- for permanent features
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Obviously it's just a start, but very glad to see this
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Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’
Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
GIANNI INFANTINO VOICE: Today, I feel Belgian
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you’d like to join our class action lawsuit against corruption in FIFA, which we are planning to make the biggest in history, please click here - rebootfifa.com/sign/ - and please share.
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Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name now >>
Add your name to our mass complaint
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Afroman: “I was gonna pay child support” until marijuana ingestion
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The possibilities and perils of Burnham's devo max: smart piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/7375fdb8-c...
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Burnham’s big challenges on devolution
A boost for town centres and cities against the suburbs could come back to bite him
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 26/06/2026
The case for reading less news and saving your sanity. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-am-once-...
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Save Your Sanity, Read Less News
A new piece argues our brains aren't adapted for reading this much bad news, and offers some tips for navigating the deluge.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 25/06/2026
Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin appears to be asking questions about road safety and crossing guards while driving.
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Christy @christymcm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202... "It was once the case that individual achievement facilitated team glory. Now the reverse appears to be true. Messi doesn’t win the World Cup for Argentina; they win it for him."
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World Cup becomes cult of the individual but ignores team complexity | Jonathan Liew
The irony of the superstar-heavy narrative is the way it embellishes rather than diminishes the importance of the collective
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
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Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power.
A July 4 shooting at an ICE detention center could change the way the federal government prosecutes activists.
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Jonathan Wilson @jonawils.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The football is still very much with Lionel Messi, but it seems to have left Kalidou Koulibaly, while the use of head-to-head to separate teams level on points is daft. #worldcup2026 #messi #argentina #senegal jonawils.substack.com/p/stopping-m...
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