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JJ Fueser

@jjforward.bsky.social
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Union roots, community shoots. Researcher/campaigner @Metstrat; Board of RideFair, Fairbnb Canada

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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
@tomslee.net has just released a study via @ridefairto.bsky.social showing how an ongoing failure to regulate the ride hailing industry has exacerbated congestion and further slashed shockingly low driver earnings in Toronto #CANLab #Gigwork
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Michèle Champagne @michelechampagne.com · 18/03/2026
Émile Haïm Benamor was finally charged and arrested today for the deaths of his tenants in two separate heritage buildings in Old Montreal, one having been an illegal Airbnb. – cc @greglindsay.org – cc @twieditz.bsky.social – cc @jjforward.bsky.social
ctvnews.ca
Owner facing 15 charges after Old Montreal fire that killed 7, including guests in illegal Airbnbs
The owner of a building in Old Montreal that burned down in 2023, killing seven people, is now facing seven charges of manslaughter and eight charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: 
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/01/2026
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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Felipe Gaona @felipegaonar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
yahoo.com
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
TEA's Sarah Buchanan spoke to @nowtoronto.bsky.social about the damage caused by Ford's attack on Toronto's green roof bylaw ➡️ nowtoronto.com/news/this-ex... #topoli
nowtoronto.com
‘It’s anti-science,’ This expert is sounding the alarm on climate change effects after Ford government scraps Toronto’s Green Roof Bylaw - NOW Toronto
The Ontario government ended a policy that required new buildings in the city to have a green roof, and one expert warns of consequences.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
If it seems like everyone is on strike, it's because austerity is being imposed with a vengeance Rather than taking on the billionaires and oligarchs, austerity is imposed to discipline workers We're being told that we can't afford to have quality public services and fairness Fight back ✊
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 10/09/2025
Trying to come up with an equivalent to this speed camera story but for transit riders. Imagine if, in wake of hypothetical reports of people getting mad about fines and vandalizing Presto readers, the gov was just like, well, I guess we should stop fare enforcement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
'We are prepared to help get rid of them,' Ont. government says after 16 speed cameras vandalized | CBC News
Sixteen Toronto speed cameras were found damaged on Tuesday morning, only two days after the Parkside Drive speed camera was cut down for the seventh time in less than a year.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
NEW: Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social is introducing a motion at City Council to increase the rate of the Empty Homes Tax. vancouversun.com/news/local-n... #FightForHousing #vanpoli #EmptyHomesTax
vancouversun.com
New Vancouver councillor wants to reverse ABC's changes to empty homes tax
COPE Coun. Sean Orr wants to ramp up the municipality's taxes on empty homes, reversing changes made by the city's ruling ABC party.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
AI Watchdog is indeed an excellent resource and is, for example, how I know that my books have been ingested into the LibGen dataset and used without my consent to train commercial AI systems
Explore the data sets explainer that shows BLOOD IN THE MACHINE and THE ONE DEVICE are included in the Library Genesis dataset.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Domestically made, updated Moderna vaccines Let’s Go Canada 🇨🇦 !
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2025
NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. By @abrahm.bsky.social
propublica.org
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 16/07/2025
"Unemployment is rising...in particular for young people — young graduates coming out of school, they're not finding their first job," said @kjscott.bsky.social, a senior researcher focused on gender equality and public policy at @policyalternatives. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/07/16/s...
ottawa.citynews.ca
Statistics Canada says income gap hit record high in first quarter
Statistics Canada says the income gap between the country's highest and lowest income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Thanks @environmentaldefence.ca for launching this campaign calling on Toronto City Council to support priority bus & streetcar lanes ahead of the July 16 Executive Committee meeting. We can't afford to let our carbrain opponents win! #TTC #TOpoli #RapidTO act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/174280/...
act.environmentaldefence.ca
Toronto: Let's get moving on public transit improvements!
Are you tired of traffic and slow, unreliable travel times? Show your support for priority bus and streetcar lanes as a win for reliable transit, cost of living, and the environment!
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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“These transit lanes are a win-win," says @HowSenChong from TEA. "They will move more people quickly to where they need to go, and help Toronto cut pollution and make important progress towards its climate goals." #topoli
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 08/07/2025
The Canadian government is deeply reliant on U.S. tech companies for internet infrastructure. In a period of "nation-building projects," Canada should begin building the infrastructure for a public Canadian internet. By @parismarx.com @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
policyalternatives.ca
Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPA
During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 08/07/2025
Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start. For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
policyalternatives.ca
Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPA
During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...
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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I've argued here that a US annexation of Canada will not be done militarily -- it will be done economically. Limiting Canada's ability to raise revenues could be part of a broader strategy to undermine our sovereignty. Something to watch out for, anyway. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
canada.ca
Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States - Canada.ca
The DST was announced in 2020 to address the fact that many large technology companies operating in Canada may not otherwise pay tax on revenues generated from Canadians. Canada’s preference has alway...
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Happy Canada Day. We won’t become the 51st state, just a branch office for Microsoft, Uber, Airbnb and Amazon. #ElbowsGone #CUSMA
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Gift article: heat exhaustion and heat stroke www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b2b304...
theglobeandmail.com
What are the signs of heat illness?
Heat-related illness exists on a spectrum, so recognizing early symptoms is key to avoiding progression
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 21/06/2025
Hey, everybody! We can all hate Harvard again. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
theguardian.com
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Gift article: Saunders on Iran//Israel www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b2b304...
theglobeandmail.com
Tactics without strategy: How Trump’s weakness and Netanyahu’s self-interest exploded in Iran
The attacks bore the twin hallmarks of Israeli military actions under Netanyahu: Tactically brilliant but lacking any strategic vision
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This is amazing
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies. Hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies, by @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... via @policyalternatives.ca
policyalternatives.ca
Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies - CCPA
Ontario’s hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
shame on @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social! It is withholding Logan Rozos’ diploma for mentioning Palestinians’ suffering at NYU's graduation ceremony. Rozos is a model of courage. NYU an embarrassment.
theguardian.com
NYU withholds diploma of student who condemned Israel in graduation speech
University says it ‘strongly denounces’ commencement speech by Logan Rozos, who called out ‘atrocities’ in Gaza
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hahahahahahah
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This is the undisputed truth.
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Thorben Wieditz @twieditz.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
In 2021, the City banned Tiny Mile’s food delivery robots, Province said they’d do a pilot, and the City could opt in or not, looks like City opted in. Worst, MT says City has no jurisdiction over this. Magna partnered w/ Uber spin-off Serve Robotics on this; aim is to replace food delivery workers.
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Read this thread on Magna's proposed delivery robot pilot - which is mostly digital infrastructure that happens to be taking up physical space regulated by the Highway Traffic Act.
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The pilot robot delivery program deploys a remote operator, a two-person safety team and mind-boggling computing resources to replace A PERSON ON A BIKE, @graphicmatt.com Low-carbon, congestion-avoiding last mile delivery already exists. The pilot is about eliminating the delivery worker.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 01/05/2025
I just met with legal counsel for my constituent, Dr. Badar Khan Suri. Dr. Suri is a global conflict scholar at Georgetown who was detained without explanation by masked agents outside his Arlington home, then disappeared without due process to a prison 1,300 miles from his wife and children. 1/
Dr. Badar Khan Suri
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
January 5 projection vs April 28 election results. No lead will ever be safe.
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Andrea Houston @dreahouston.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
For the first time, Ricochet Media is teaming up @nationalobserver.com for a live election event hosted by the brilliant @caradrianh.bsky.social with an all-star panel, guests, and on-the-ground correspondents across the country. LIVESTREAM TOMORROW - April 28 at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT #CanadaVotes
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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Tom Slee 🇨🇦 @tomslee.net · 24/04/2025
I do wish media outlets would stop repeating content-free corporate lines like "safety of passengers remains our top priority" which add nothing to the story and, in this case, are demonstrably false. www.thestar.com/business/the...
thestar.com
An Uber took off with her sleeping 5-year-old. Police say the company didn’t help find the driver
Uber says safety of passengers "remains our top priority." Toronto police say "Uber did not provide any assistance" in tracking down 5-year-old girl.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23/04/2025
At a recent conservative gathering, fossil fuel and tech executives mused with libertarians about how a Poilievre government would realize a Canadian DOGE. “For all sorts of constitutional legal reasons, the impediments to DOGE moving quickly, we don’t really have to worry about in Canada.”
desmog.com
REVEALED: The Conservative Playbook for Bringing DOGE to Canada
With a federal election looming, reps from Amazon and TC Energy discuss how a new Pierre Poilievre government could slash bureaucracy ‘more quickly’ than Trump.
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This reminds me of Stockwell Day's stupid promise to hold a referendum on any topic as long as it was supported by a petition signed by three per cent of Canadian voters, which then prompted Rick Mercer to start one that would require Stockwell to change his first name to Doris. Hit the mark easily.
cbc.ca
'Doris Day' petition hits the mark | CBC News
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 18/04/2025
“Leaders Debate Commission just told CBC’s David Cochrane that it was unaware that Rebel News founder Ezra Levant—accredited at the debate alongside four of his employees—is also the owner of ForCanada, a third party advertiser registered with Elections Canada” according to @lefthandstu.bsky.social
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/04/2025
Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
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Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/04/2025
I tracked down Rob Pegatto, former YTV game show host and Toronto Raptors on-court announcer, who appears in the “Do You Believe The Polls?” group’s Instagram videos Pegatto told me he was hired by Mississauga casino owner Paul Micucci, the group's leader and a big donor to Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs
Rob Pegatto, Do You Believe The Polls? influencer
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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Target, boycotted for withdrawing its DEI support, continues losing customers & sales Costco publicly affirmed their support for DEI in January & is now enjoying record sales Costco's share price just hit a new record high #DEI is good for employees, for customers, for business & shareholders
retailbrew.com
Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines, sinking stock prices since caving on DEI
Costco, which resisted pressure to ditch DEI, extends foot-traffic gains streak to 15.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Standing up to fascism is not only the right thing to do, it can also be profitable. "The surge — more than 40 times Harvard’s average daily intake in April — was a striking show of support for Garber’s forceful stance, drawing praise from alumni, faculty, and even some non-Harvard affiliates."
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/04/2025
The Beaverton demands same debate invitation as The Rebel, even though we’re not as big a joke
thebeaverton.com
The Beaverton demands same debate invitation as The Rebel, even though we’re not as big a joke
There are times when journalists of principle must raise their voices to stand up for what is right... This is not one of those times.
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JJ Fueser @jjforward.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
In which the Globe and Mail Editorial Board appears to rebuke PP and h/t MC for his “never impose” commitment (gift) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b2b304...
theglobeandmail.com
The prime minister that Canadians need
The country needs a leader brave enough to ask the country to be brave
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The NYT just dropped a bombshell: a foreign spa company with one location and no cash landed a 95-year sweetheart deal—based on misleading claims and a secretive, preferential process. This gov't was elected to protect Ontario. Do the right thing. Cancel the deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
nytimes.com
European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into Canada
A Times investigation shows Therme, a European firm, exaggerated its track record in securing a deal with Ontario, and government auditors found that the process had been unfair and opaque.
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