Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026UPDATE: I am no longer accepting any new or updated business as I have made the difficult decision to phase out my practice this year. I thank all of my clients, supporters, mentors, and those who have supported me throughout my journey as a advice-only financial planner. 020
Reposted by Drew AdamickTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Most (but not all) Black economists come to economics with a worldview that is outside of the mainstream of the profession. This typically includes insights from sociology since inequality, identity, and networks are areas with a longer history there. For an introduction to this, see the 🧵 below 👇 19628
Reposted by Drew AdamickDr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 29/10/2025““We colonized all those countries, and then we set up this structure with these tax rules to benefit us,” said Tedds, who specializes in tax policy. “That’s their industry.” Cc @wickdchiq.bsky.social ricochet.media/labour/class...ricochet.mediaThe billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequalityWhile ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services 12616
Reposted by Drew AdamickSandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Of course he did. Almost all of Alberta is Treaty land. There is no legal way to extricate AB from Canada without doing away with the Treaties. Thank the creator for First Nations! 042
Reposted by Drew AdamickAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/10/20253/ There is a concerted attack on the right to strike in this country - we're seeing it in Alberta, we've seen it in Ontario, and we've seen it time and time again from the federal Liberal government. 1194
Reposted by Drew AdamickAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/10/20251/ The attack on Alberta teachers by Danielle Smith may be sadly predictable - it’s also (obviously) unconstitutional and unacceptable. It has nothing to do with students or improving the state of education in Alberta. 27523
Reposted by Drew AdamickHimbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Hey you know what else is irritating, pay pros??? Adult content artists not being able to sell their work 1248158
Reposted by Drew AdamickSara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This sucks in all ways possible other than its a perfect example for my policy class about unintended barriers/how things get made illegal without the intention to make them illegal (pretty clear, right or wrong, the goal was keeping kids from operating ebikes, or unsafely riding on a scooter) 15614
Reposted by Drew AdamickCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/10/2025www.cbc.ca/news/world/h...cbc.ca'That was hell': Cubans, Jamaicans assessing Hurricane Melissa damage as storm churns in Caribbean | CBC NewsHurricane Melissa brought dangerous flooding and storm surge to Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread power outages and causing flooding that killed 25 people in Haiti, officials say... 043
Reposted by Drew AdamickPiers Hollott 🇨🇦 @phollott.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Look, if the wealthy — who have the means to address climate change — could be relied on to do so, we wouldn’t be facing the climate crisis… but we are, and we are instead investing heavily in technology that is making the wealthy wealthier, and also adding to global warming. This makes no sense. 295
Reposted by Drew AdamickCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 29/10/2025“If much of the rest of the world is in a state of prolonged recession or depression because of climate change, there is no way that Canada, on a GDP per capita basis, could really benefit," said researcher Timothy Neal.nationalobserver.comClimate change will hurt Canada's GDP more than previously thoughtNew economic research indicates Canada (and all countries) will see a larger hit to GDP thanks to climate change. 53211
Reposted by Drew AdamickTanya Domi @tanyadomi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025There are no words for Sudan-- the "blood bath" conclusion marks the complete failure of the international community. This is a horrific situation & like so many other wars, I doubt there will be justice for these survivors & their families.ft.comSudan siege ends in bloodbath despite pleas for mercyEvidence emerges of atrocities committed by the paramilitary RSF after it seized control of El Fasher 6287151
Reposted by Drew AdamickDr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Hey folks please take a look at this and consider filing it out, because if you don't you can be sure the tax software lobby industry is! The CRAis starting to consult on automatic tax filing in Canada. Let's get this done! cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d... 107469
Reposted by Drew AdamickArmine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025In 2023, the top 1% of Canadian families controlled 24% of Canada's total net wealth. The richest 5% controlled 40%. The bottom 40% of Canadian households, combined, controlled 3.3% of net wealth in Canada. Many of those are in a net debt position. 1104
Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025What is going on in Alberta is proof that our rights are not really "rights" but rather legal privileges that governments will happily trample on if it suits their agenda. First 2SLGBTQAI+ students, now their teachers. 030
Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025In case you missed this from a month ago. Thank you @skepticalleftist.bsky.social for having me on! 062
Reposted by Drew AdamickCory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 03/10/2025People think planning is for the wealthy, but the wealthy already have lawyers and accountants. It’s working people who get crushed by hidden rules. Drew Adamick and I talked about navigating money in a rigged system.youtu.beSurvivng Capitalism One Paycheck At A TimeFinancial planner and leftist Drew Adamick joins me to talk about what it takes to survive in a system stacked against working people. We cover the traps banks set, pensions and “guaranteed” investments, estate fights, credit scores, and the reality of living paycheck to paycheck in late-stage capit 073
Reposted by Drew AdamickCory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 18/10/2025I'm almost convinced that we'll have an easier time convincing people of the harms of hierarchy and capitalism than we will convincing them that using AI is bad. Even if a lot of the use cases aren't great, people have fun with it, and people don't like it when you try to take away their fun 172
Reposted by Drew AdamickCory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 18/10/2025If you’ve ever wondered why every major platform keeps getting worse, my conversation with Cory Doctorow breaks down the cycle behind it. He explains how monopoly power and weak regulation turned the web against its own users.open.substack.comWhy the Internet Just Keeps Getting Worse with Cory DoctorowCory Doctorow on how Big Tech broke the internet and what it will take to fix it. 2127
Reposted by Drew AdamickCory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Budgets reveal political priorities. Every cut, every subsidy, every tax break exposes who governments believe deserves support. Austerity disguises itself as discipline, but the real cost shows up in the lives it pushes to the margins. 084
Reposted by Drew AdamickSandi Martin @sandifp.bsky.social · 24/09/2025This was a super fun interview, and not just because talking to Bruce is *always* fun. Getting to talk about what a real, actual financial plan is (and isn't) gets me going every time. moolala.ca/do-you-have-...moolala.caDo You Have a Real Financial Plan? Advice-Only Planner Sandi Martin Explains - MoolalaA lot of people think they have a financial plan — but do they really? Bruce is joined by Sandi Martin, a certified advice-only financial planner, to break down what a real financial plan looks like a... 031
Reposted by Drew AdamickNic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 28/10/2025World Central Kitchen is mobilizing to Jamaica, please consider donatingwck.orgWorld Central Kitchen | First Alert: WCK Mobilizes to Jamaica Ahead of Category 5 HurricaneWorld Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Jamaica ahead of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s landfall. The storm is expected to bring destructive winds, torrential rain, and widespread flooding. We’re wo... 417782035
Reposted by Drew AdamickJay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Amnesty International Canada is concerned about Alberta. JFC. Alberta sucks ass. 03713
Reposted by Drew AdamickThe Breach @breachmedia.ca · 01/10/2025Who stands to benefit from the gutting of Canada Post? The billionaire class. If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...breachmedia.caCanada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The BreachThe Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service 11194120
Reposted by Drew AdamickGreenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 26/09/2025Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, wind 53% cheaper. 91% of new renewable power projects beat fossil costs. Fossil fuels win $7 trillion in subsidies worldwide. Fossil fuels are already more expensive than unsubsidised wind and solar. 23920
Reposted by Drew AdamickJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/10/2025On the one hand, I'm so proud and in awe of these young people who are taking care of their community. On the other, I can't believe in 2025 that women have been reduced to starting underground birth control networks apnews.com/article/abor...apnews.comA student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic collegeAt DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.” 7438143
Reposted by Drew AdamickMarkham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Imagine a future in which Canada builds a 1MM b/d pipeline to the West Coast and the Alberta oil sands expands to fill that pipe...but no new jobs are created. Imperial Oil layoffs may be the future of oil sands employment. www.youtube.com/@EnergiMedia 82713
Reposted by Drew AdamickMarkham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 01/10/20252025 EV Sales Soar to 22 Million Globally Colin McKerracher and his BloomberNEF team nailed the 2024 forecast (17M EVs). Preliminary data show they will get the 2025 forecast right. A sneak peek at BNEF's 2025 EV Outlook. #ElectricVehicle youtu.be/PV8_4wtqOOsyoutu.be2025 EV Sales Soar to 22 Million GloballyYouTube video by Energi Media 195
Reposted by Drew AdamickJay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 01/10/2025Too real. We’re going to try to fix this. Social media doesn’t have to be this way. 2562183129
Drew Adamick @divergentfp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Typical of the UCP regime: they're willing to spend, just not on anything that makes everyday peoples' lives better. 010
Reposted by Drew AdamickPete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Trump attempts a major step toward dictatorship He's going for it. Who will stop him? Trump laid out a lawless, authoritarian vision for the armed forces, including fighting a “war from within” against the his domestic enemies Will generals break their oath? www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mili...publicnotice.coTrump attempts a major step toward dictatorshipHe's going for it. Who will stop him? 001
Reposted by Drew AdamickAndrew Sage (Andrewism) @andrewsage.bsky.social · 09/09/2025NEW VIDEO: What's shaping our world and the way we think? Let's dig into how the system manipulates us and how awareness can change everything. youtu.be/707roJgBAAwyoutu.beHow You're Being ManipulatedYouTube video by Andrewism 07217
Reposted by Drew AdamickCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/09/2025CDN media treat Preston Manning as grand old man of Canadian politics. This the guy who banged the drum for breaking up the country when the right realized MAGA Poilievre wasn't going to get elected. The far right work to a playbook. Manning is one of their gurus. 42318112
Reposted by Drew AdamickParis Marx @parismarx.com · 20/08/2025love owning an appreciating asset 🤑 1895
Reposted by Drew AdamickSandi Martin @sandifp.bsky.social · 12/08/2025“None of us can single-handedly overthrown a society dedicated to limitless productivity, distraction, and speed. But right here, right now, you can stop buying into the delusion that any of that is going to bring satisfaction.” 121
Reposted by Drew AdamickKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/08/2025Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions www.theverge.com/news/761338/... 982709862
Reposted by Drew AdamickRay Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Of all the very stupid things about living under the current administration, one of the dumbest is…you can’t even really make good-natured jokes about Canada anymore youtu.be/vlAVDMBGxKY?...youtu.beEdmonton: Come for the Mall, Stay for the UrbanismYouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd 51188
Reposted by Drew AdamickRorzle @rorzle.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Some of my artwork made it into a @nerd4cities.bsky.social video on #edmonton! 😄 youtu.be/vlAVDMBGxKY?...youtu.beEdmonton: Come for the Mall, Stay for the UrbanismYouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd 2232
Reposted by Drew AdamickVictoria News @victorianews.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Island Health is warning of a sewage discharge at a popular Victoria swim dock. www.vicnews.com/local-news/i...vicnews.comIsland Health warns of sewage discharge at popular Victoria swim dockBanfield Park joins several beaches under health warnings this summer across Greater Victoria 202
Reposted by Drew AdamickLucky Earther @reedjam.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I have had an increasing issue in my classroom with kids not being able to put their phone away and learn because their parent is having an emotion and making their child deal with it. 2123
Reposted by Drew AdamickPete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 31/07/2025The Brutal Free Market for the poor & working class renters. #VanRE billionaire Oligarch developers! We Need Big Govt to bail us out. Corporate Welfare for Billionaires! #VanRE billionaire Oligarch developers. Permanently ban Foreign buyers & Foreign capital in Cdn real estate #vanpoli #cdnpoli 011
Reposted by Drew AdamickS ∆ R E N ✦ 杰敏 ✦ KICKSTARTER!!! @sarenstone.com · 25/07/2025I may not be a NSFW account, but this recent attack via payment processors should concern everyone, not just people who create/like adult content. I've RPed some ways to fight back, but also do yourself a favor and check out this thread. SO many incredible artists and they deserve love and support. 21074379
Reposted by Drew AdamickKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 25/07/2025FWIW, this "methane from oil&gas wipes out 2/3 of US emission reductions" stat comes from fairly conservative assumptions: GWP100, modest methane emission rates. With more aggressive assumptions, eg GWP20, O&G methane makes US net emissions ~20% higher than the EPA's 2005 estimate. 23918
Reposted by Drew AdamickMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/07/2025The first rule of homelessness policy is that it must be cruel. The second rule is that it must be expensive. The current GOP idea is to move from "spend a lot so cops, paramedics, and ERs can shuffle them around" to "spend a lot to put them in jail." God forbid we just provide basic shelter. 15888209
Reposted by Drew AdamickMr Peculiar 🔞 NEW ANIMATION OUT @mrpecu.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Hey if you hate censorship and want to do more than just doompost online, you can actually do something: Being annoying! Hoards of people have been blowing up the phones of payment processing companies to pressure them not to bend to the whims of puritan groups. stop-paypros.neocities.org 54139036650
Reposted by Drew AdamickKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Fascists hate art because it allows people to experience the power of a fantasy: that things are not what they seem, that other people experience things the way you do, that a better world is possible. Imagination is a dangerous weapon when your main tactic is "because I said so" 1834721382
Reposted by Drew AdamickThe Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 25/07/2025Opinion: Bill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta’s fossil fuel interests www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...hilltimes.comBill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta's fossil fuel interestsIf Bill C-5 is to have any credibility in a climate-constrained world, it must confront the deeper issue: Alberta’s entrenched dependence on oil royalties. 0127