Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialTaras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 08/10/2026#Quebec’s incoming Parti Québécois government says it will fight Alto, North America’s first true high-speed rail line. Yes, the province with the most to gain from the all-electric train wants to stop this project dead in its tracks. What's behind their stance? 🧵 63717
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialCCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 08/10/2026"...significant funding [is] going into for-profit facilities, and yet across the province...we see...understaffed capacity when there’s infrastructure that’s already been paid for and we don’t have staffing to staff it,” @alonghurst.bsky.social. #onpoli www.sudbury.com/health-and-w...sudbury.comIncreasing MRI use would require more funding: HSNThe Ontario Ministry of Health and Health Sciences North have responded to a report which criticizes the province’s push toward privatization and underutilized MRI machines 11210
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialthemindfulnomad.bsky.social @themindfulnomad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New Rule. If Trump refuses to answer a reporter’s question and calls on another reporter, then THAT reporter needs to ask the SAME question; and so on, until he finally answers the question.static.klipy.comSeth Meyers: Right?!ALT: Seth Meyers: Right?! 32712
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 13248832031
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Jack Smith is an American hero 👇 17171932415
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way… 547125113638
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialEl Cortador @newmexislosh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Remember when republicans wouldn’t adopt electric vehicles, because our electric grid couldn’t handle it? Now they’re building data centers that consume entire state’s worth of power. 416552
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026> @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/h... 59545277
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRaywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026 231736373
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Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026 480141703634
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 26/09/2026Photo from Reddit of today’s Critical Mass. There are hundreds of cyclists in this photo and only about 40 people in cars. Yet both groups are taking up roughly the same amount of road space. 754584
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialIrish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Renewable Energy is cheaper than oil. Renewable Energy is more securely available than oil. 615648
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045. The plans include ramping up renewable energy from 55% to 80% of electricity generation by 2030. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGermany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality 1230099
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialponder @ponder.ooo · 24/09/2026calling this "misalignment" instead of "negligence" is an accountability dodge. we already have laws about cyber crimes and there's no scale of ML model you can incorporate into your code that makes you not responsible for running it 161065228
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities. 7732351072
keithjmacdonald.bsky.social @keithjmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I say yes. Let’s keep the pomp separate from the power. 070
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Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialAriaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What started as one teenager’s idea is now pulling millions of kilograms of plastic out of the world’s oceans. I've been donating to this amazing org. since it's inception. Hope you will too. theoceancleanup.com/donate/ #Innovation #PlasticPlanet #OceanCleanUp #EnvironmentalSolutions 2335331144
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialJamie MacKinnon🇨🇦 @jamiemackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Removing Toronto's key bike lanes will result in more cyclist deaths. That much is certain. It will also cost $48 Million for removal & $27 Million in "sunk" costs (losing the initial taxpayer investment) plus further "unaccounted costs." #ONpoli #cycling #cars globalnews.ca/news/1085115...globalnews.caToronto’s bike lanes cost millions to install. How much will it be to remove them? | Globalnews.caThe province has confirmed plans to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, University Avenue and Yonge Street as part of new legislation. 1618673
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cookies have very few vitamins. That’s why you have to eat so many of them. 2103981430
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984 387154455802
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages. 448121382980
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRaywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Posted this morning by my good friend and celebrated writer Allan Stratton. 16943181211
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialGrumpy-ish Brian🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026 219129442339
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trump's stock-trading is out of control. A president is supposed to govern for the benefit of the entire country — not for his own financial benefit. 12230341188
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy. Don't believe me? Look at this chart.youtube.comThe Hidden Danger of America's Wealth GapTaxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart. 25678872902
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialMatthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Total banger from @jeremyst.bsky.social : "The solution is not to punish early adopters of a revolutionary technology; it is to aggressively invest in dedicated space on public streets." sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...sfstandard.comOpinion: The e-bike revolution is here. San Francisco isn’t ready for itBike commutes are up 52%, shared bike and scooter usage has doubled, and injuries are rising too. What the city needs isn’t a ban — it’s a backbone. 310525
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026… 337230098045
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 430115934864
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 302667907
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wow…. a clip from Mayor Mamdani’s five borough back to school tour 30083431646
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/09/202612 September 1939 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Hanna Harriët Samson, was born in Emmen. In December 1942, she was deported from Westerbork to #Auschwitz & murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. -- Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en 19455126
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's an abuse of the FCC. Texans, make it backfire! 513119024252
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education? 481127933761
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them." 442225456064
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 36962502703
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/09/2026 15771782208
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialMiaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🙏🕯️💙🌸🌹 17491393071
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Is this revenge for the roof not collapsing like it was told to? 1120182
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialGroundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In New York, tax opponents have repeatedly claimed – without evidence – that any new taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers would cause tax flight. Fact: NY added ~2,000 millionaire tax filers in a single year, shortly AFTER the state raised its top tax rate on high earners. 14465108
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Today, 90% of newly commissioned global #solar and #wind are cheaper than new fossil-fuel. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...telegraph.co.uk 15121
Reposted by @keithjmacdonald.bsky.socialTess Snider @malkyne.com · 10/09/2026We programmers used to say "Fast, cheap, or good. Pick any two." Apparently, we shouldn't have bothered, because a bunch of people just wanted a shit sandwich and a double helping of Fast. 4160650