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LeftyLabourTech Toronto

@leftylabourtech.bsky.social
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Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What scares Apple execs much more is buying a used Apple computer dirt cheap in a yard sale and running Linux on it instead of MacOS. That kind of thing has them shitting bricks.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 04/10/2026
Because when it comes to using public money to bankroll economically suspect & environmentally ruinous pipeline projects, no one is more willing than #Canada’s Liberal Party Particularly when the profit from said projects will go to the American shareholders of “Canada’s” oil patch #cdnpoli
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 02/10/2026
AND LISTEN TO THE EPISODE. PLEASE pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...
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Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada
Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Focusing on the physical location of bones doesn't erase the records of children who died or the abuse they suffered, says Jennifer Laewetz. So, what are residential school denialists trying to disprove? That conversation, on the latest Truth & Politics: youtu.be/OD4cH_1Hsxc
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Illegal fuel shipments? The entire 60+ year long US economic blockade of Cuba has been illegal. The US government, particularly THIS US government, is a criminal enterprise.
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 02/10/2026
Avi Lewis is a Jewish politician refusing to be silent about Israel’s genocide—and now he’s being threatened with violence. @judred.bsky.social writes that the lack of uproar reveals just how powerful the pro-Israel consensus remains among Canada’s elite. breachmedia.ca/im-familiar-...
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I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach
The National Post has suggested violence is the way “to deal” with the NDP leader for his outspoken criticism of Israel
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Kevin Rupasinghe @kevinrupasinghe.ca · 02/10/2026
Having a great time out meeting people - I didn't even have to knock on their doors, they came out on their balconies to say hi to me! Say hello when you see me out knocking on doors this weekend! Or better yet, come out & knock on doors with me - sign up today: KevinR.ca/Shifts #Ward20 #TOPoli
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
breachmedia.ca/im-familiar-...
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I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach
The National Post has suggested violence is the way “to deal” with the NDP leader for his outspoken criticism of Israel
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
Running roughshod over environmental protections, Indigenous consultation and workers’ rights is not nation building. It’s building a pipeline to the courts.
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Kevin Rupasinghe @kevinrupasinghe.ca · 02/10/2026
For too long, renters have been left behind by City Hall. I'm going to change that. When my tenant guide shows up at your door, hold on to it! And October 26, vote for a Councillor you can count on - for a change. Join me: KevinR.ca/Tenants #ScarboroughSouthwest #Ward20 #TOPoli
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I do not "debate" Gaza genocide deniers. After three years of this bullshit I just block them.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So many media and political figures have been completely silent on this.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NETHERLANDS: Public transport unions threaten weekly strikes until Christmas nltimes.nl/2026/10/01/p...
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Public transport unions threaten weekly strikes until Christmas
The trade unions FNV and CNV are preparing to strike in regional public transport from October 12 if employers do not meet their demands. Talks on a new collective labor agreement broke down in July, ...
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CANADA: Unions fight bill giving minister power to end lawful strikes www.industriall-union.org/canadian-uni...
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Right to strike Canada: impacts on workers' rights
Discover how the right to strike Canada is shaped by Bill C-39 and what it means for labor disputes and negotiations.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The first two hits on these search terms on Duckduckgo were to a CBC News story via MSN, and the second to a story on Genocide Watch. There was a link to a denialist adjacent story in the National Post, but that was it on the first page of search results.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Many distributions of the GNU/Linux operating system swap out Google Search for Duckduckgo as the default search engine in web browsers they package. I've found that for most things, Duckduckgo is actually a better search engine than Google, especially as Google Search enshittifies itself.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...
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Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 28/09/2026
shouldn’t it be the US that gets isolated in this case?
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brad Bradford's campaign app for Mayor of Toronto is super creepy.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
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Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do not see the Carney regime doing anything in our current situation to relieve the unemployed unless he feels forced to. That's why it's necessary to rebuild our grassroots social movements from the ground up.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had a front row seat to this devastation of workers lives and have zero faith in Liberals to do the right thing for the unemployed. Liberals planned to dump workers on EI during the COVID pandemic and it was only because they were in a minority that they were forced to bring in CERB benefits.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This came in the aftermath of the Canada/US FTA which later became NAFTA and at the same time as the Bush the First recession when hundreds of thousands of mostly manufacturing workers were losing their jobs forever in permanent factory shutdowns. Rather than help the unemployed, they kicked them
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
There's less need to stress about advertisers following where you go online when you have Privacy Badger installed. privacybadger.org/
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Privacy Badger
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More corporate oligopoly job destruction.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The AI Slop Galen Westonification enshittification of healthcare in Canada.
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 29/09/2026
The latest from associate editor Emma Arkell!
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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole?
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NDP @ndp.ca · 29/09/2026
Last week, Avi Lewis and our NDP caucus joined Bank of Canada security workers on the picket line. As the Liberals ramp up their attacks on the right to strike, we'll keep standing with workers to fight back, together.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026
Brad Bradford disputing @nationalobserver.com’s reporting: “There’s no rewards … there’s nothing” Audio recording from Brad Bradford’s campaign meeting: “There are going to be rewards … it’s a gamification of the system”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I never really liked Rush and I can't stand Brad Bradford.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suppliers and retailers set a minimum price a product can be advertised for even if it is actually sold for less. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
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Competition Bureau investigates minimum advertised pricing policies in grocery sector
The Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into the use of minimum advertised pricing policies in the grocery sector.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ignoring the labour movement and labour issues in the mainstream media was part of the neo-liberal counter reformation. Why would the corporate media bosses want to be explaining working class issues to the general public when they wanted the working class crushed?
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mainstream media largely did a purge of labour reporters back in the early 1990's. Labour reporters would develop relationships with both labour leaders and activists and would develop a grasp of the union issues of the day.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
It's outrageous that an American company is laying off hundreds of steelworkers, breaking their promise even after being offered financial support from the federal government to weather the tariffs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hamilton steel plant to lay off hundreds of workers as U.S. tariffs prompt 'survival' move | CBC News
Steelmaker Stelco Holdings says it's idling some production at its Hamilton plant in response to U.S. tariffs.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Time to place the steel industry under public ownership so that we no longer have to deal with the whims of global capital....particularly U.S. capital.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some of the coolest Toronto city election swag is being produced by candidate Jenny Worden, community activist city council candidate in Beaches East York ward. Who in this town isn't familiar with these furry neighbours?
Toronto city council candidate Jenny Worden (Beaches East York) campaign button depicting a raccoon.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Carney is complicit in Israel's genocide and anyone who speaks up about it within his own party is quickly reprimanded and demoted
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just saw a film about the AI-enabled apocalypse. Only it's not science fiction. It's not even in the future. It's in the present. The film is called NAZA. See it. @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com youtu.be/98xLCdc7t7E
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Apocalypse is here
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/08/2026
Hey everyone, I have some news: I'm creating a new project today called @thewatchdog.ca The Watchdog's editorial mission is to protect the public and defend democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism. Sign up here as it gets ready to launch: www.thewatchdog.ca/p/sign-up
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Sign Up For The Watchdog
The Watchdog protects the public and defends democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism.
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The NDP caucus and I are proud to stand in solidarity with the @psac-afpc.bsky.social workers at the Bank of Canada who have been on the picket line for over 90 days, and their employer has violated the Canada Labour Code not once-but twice. This must end. These workers deserve a fair deal (1/2)
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
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