Martin Charbonneau @martincharbonneau.bsky.social · 18hWhy is everyone in charge so horny for AI? Surely they hate workers and love throwing money into an AI branded void and watch it disappear. The goal is clearly to avoid actually solving this housing crisis by protecting his supports equity. 100
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauLloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I am so tired of these giant ads that we are all paying for. A better Ontario means no Doug Ford. 2319764
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/ 6592244
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauNora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I've spent the last week deep in the shit that is the state of canadian democracy today and, guys in Ontario, the fact that nothing has been burned down or occupied over Doug Ford's insane attack on democracy is a very, very bad sign. It's a five alarm fire out there. 1015460
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/04/2026The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price. 31921310
Martin Charbonneau @martincharbonneau.bsky.social · 17/04/2026“Best way to fix transit is to pass the problem down to someone else.” Have you tried resigning instead? @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauBenn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Here's a chart to assist Sam Altman moving forward. 517230
Reposted by Martin Charbonneaujamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/04/2026we should treat these pardons as null and void as far as i am concerned www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.com 2285790997
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Another example of major media normalizing an erratic and internally incoherent speech. 16615138
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The mask is completely off. You can’t meet these people in the middle. We’re not working toward the same goals. They hate America. They hate democracy. They hate freedom. And they hate you. 40976292574
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18/03/2026The Trump administration is firing FOIA officials for lawfully releasing docs in response to public records requests. This should outrage anyone who cares about government transparency. @freedom.press’s @trevortimm.bsky.social explains what this means for government secrecy: freedom.press/foia 1016690
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauParis Marx @parismarx.com · 16/03/2026collective punishment is a war crime 5871270
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Things are not okay. 1196149234993
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026“Mohammed, five, Othman, seven, who was blind and had special needs, their mother Waad Bani Odeh, 35, and father Ali Bani Odeh, 37, were driving through their hometown of Tamoun late on Saturday when Israeli forces opened fire.” Shot in the head and face. Executed with their parents. No words.theguardian.comIsraeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West BankMother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in their car as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip 5727381305
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauDerek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Big Homeopathy about to catch a Big Break from MAHA. 5276
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauDr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 03/02/2026Are we ready to acknowledge yet that the problem is not with a handful of bad people, but a massive systemic crisis rooted in colonialism and the resultant trauma it instilled in everyone involved in it? 27018
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2) 30389954220
Martin Charbonneau @martincharbonneau.bsky.social · 10/01/2026“[Fascists] make their own rules and change them when they choose. […] They maintain themselves in power by use of force combined with propaganda based on primitive ideas of "blood" and "race," by skillful manipulation of fear and hate, and by false promise of security.” March 1945 —> Now! 000
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauRenee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Watch how the authoritarian denying reality frames events: Blame shift Threat inflation Conspiracy (“coordinated” “ppl are being trained” —by who?) “it’s clear” is a rhetorical substitute for evidence; a power move that pressures audience to accept her frame even tho they saw something else. 2023667
Reposted by Martin Charbonneaudell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026journalism is cooked at CBS. i’d be packed up tonight. even if you could do your job, you’d still be propping up whatever this is. just walk out. you can leave. if it sucks, hit da bricks. real winners quit. 742868520
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/01/2026This is what state-regime media looks like. CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!” Enough. Join us: MeidasPlus.com 179082992176
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 03/01/2026The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine. This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force. 461407338
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 14/12/2025This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died 291159353
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauParis Marx @parismarx.com · 12/12/2025Mark Carney has been literally slipping talking points put together by tech billionaires and the Build Canada group they founded into his speeches. Grim revelation — and of course, the tech industry is thrilled about it.desmog.comMark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded ‘Build Canada’The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that it’s great to see its ideas “get taken up by government.” 414466
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/12/2025The oligarchs want political power to advantage their businesses. The autocrat wants key businesses to be controlled by allies in service of strengthening his regime. These arrangements work out nicely for everyone until the oligarch accidentally falls out of a window. 819760
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 15/11/2025I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years. It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer. 58434
Reposted by Martin Charbonneaujamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/11/2025you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric 515161173966
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 08/11/2025It’s a predictable pattern. Suburban and rural (mainly) voted to spend more, get less, align themselves with private interest to fund a project that doesn’t affect them, delivering lower value at the expense of urban quality of life and wrecking women’s pro hockey in the capital. 34818
Reposted by Martin Charbonneauescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk 124137806927
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 06/11/2025It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year. 281395360
Martin Charbonneau @martincharbonneau.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Just straight up racism. Disgusting! 000
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauBeyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 28/10/2025New polling on data centres finds 72% of Europeans want a measure requiring new data centres be built only if they’re powered by new and additional renewable energy. ⚠️ People aren’t willing to trade the climate for unsustainable data centre growth. Read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e... 11469115
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025“Tell your children who the cowards were.” 11698193600
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/10/2025New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani bodied Andrew Cuomo on live television. According to Cuomo the sexual harassment and rape of women is not a serious or mature topic. 44950238
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The math on Lansdowne 2.0 is all lies and gimmicks. Like, $6 million from raising the hotel tax. That doesn't actually have anything to do with Lansdowne. Say we raised property taxes 2% and just said it all goes to Lansdowne 2.0, is that Lansdowne 2.0 paying for itself? Of course not. 🧵cbc.caHitting go on Lansdowne 2.0: Key details from the city's final report | CBC NewsThe final reports about updating Ottawa's Lansdowne Park have been made public. Here's what they say about the cost, the financing, the contractors and more. 13716
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 18/10/2025Trump has functionally killed America's international broadcasting apparatus. Russia and China are making up the difference. if we still care about democracy and liberalism abroad, countries like Canada need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comJustin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that.To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools 9235101
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2025"This type of language spurs on depraved people, deranged people who who take that as a cue." Right, Speaker Johnson? 51880463089
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauRep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025$6.6 trillion in the hands of 400 people is the result of deliberate policy choices. The big ugly law is giving even more tax breaks for the rich and corporate loopholes to fuel this inequality. Entire generations are being locked out while billionaires cash in. 66618
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Mamdani: Why should I debate Trump's puppet when I could debate Trump himself? If Trump is serious about this, he should come to New York City. We can have as many debates as he wants about why he is cutting snap benefits for hungry New Yorkers just to fund tax cuts for his billionaire donors 202109272291
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. 280146215500
Martin Charbonneau @martincharbonneau.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Anti-violence protest "unlikely to incite violence". Who would have thought... 020
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/08/2025Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity. 538179696695
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). 111727264
Reposted by Martin CharbonneauChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 30/07/2025"ICE Kidnapped us from the United States. At one point we asked, 'Where are we going?' And they said, 'Don't worry, you're going to love the surprise we have for you.'" First-hand accounts from the men Trump disappeared to a Salvadoran prison:youtube.comBeatings, Humiliation, Psychological Abuse: What Venezuelan Men Experienced Inside CECOTYouTube video by ProPublica 4299109
