Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialCanadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · 2h🔍Seeking journalism that shines a light on murky areas in provincial or local politics. Apply by Oct 15 for CAJ’s $3,500 Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship: caj.ca/geoffrey-stevens-fellowship 002
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 3hHannah Arendt argued that the two things couldn't really be separated, that true evil could never build or create but only destroy (another way to say "is stupid") 311415
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 20hWe're paying for our own extinction 520561
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22hThis is in response to news that we’re never going to profit from TMX, despite the government regularly calling the project “wildly profitable.” Anyway, when the whole argument for the infrastructure to be built is PROFIT-BASED, (unlike Canada Post!) yes you do!! 2022956
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRobert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 15hPoor Péquistes, now that they’re officially a minority, they’ll have to discriminate against themselves 1435391
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 05/10/2026The decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings.nationalobserver.comEnergy regulator hands oil giants discount worth billions to use Trans-Mountain pipelineThe decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings. After... 911977
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 19hLet me be clear: we know from evidence in countries around the world that physician dual practice drains resources away from the public system and, in many cases, increases wait times for public patients. This goes directly against the spirit of the Canada Health Act. 1/3 4267143
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialCarrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the wake of The Globe's investigation, a Calgary MP calls for Canada to consider overhauling laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips Alberta separatists made to DC: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friendtheglobeandmail.comAlberta separatists’ talks with GOP spark outcry, call for legislative changeCalgary Liberal MP says Canada needs to consider overhauling its laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips that separatist leaders have made to D.C. 10258116
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22hWhy is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption? 564183226734
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialDale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15hStop fucking guilt tripping us and fix your own shit. 1018928
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22hCanadians will officially never recoup the costs of ***TMX*** and the government is going to drive the orcas to extinction for ANOTHER oil pipeline. Isn’t Carney supposed to be a great economic brain or something?? Why are we killing the whales for nothing?! 1826476
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22hOne of Canada’s largest newspapers published what read a whole lot like an incitement to violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis, prompting widespread condemnation. Yet for some reason, there appears to be all but radio silence from mainstream Canadian media. Here's what I found: 920978
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin 5996681702
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialJoshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When leftist leaders manage to get elected they all face the same, nearly insurmountable. Right-wing leaders get years to screw stuff up, but if leftists don’t make massive, obvious improvements in short order they get tossed. 262
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialTheresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome. 472147331
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB. 251257629
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 327110704302
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/10/2026Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policythebeaverton.comCarney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policyVancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions. 23577192
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Behold, a column by the @theglobeandmail.com's Tony Keller that cries out for a debunking. Allow me. 🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: This was the week Canada stopped shooting its oil patch in the footWe’re finally witnessing our country act with some sense of its own self-interest 19252120
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 238101913243
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I know the bar is so low it's in hell but these are the moments of healthy masculinity that warm my heart. It's okay to be afraid of needles! It's okay to need some comfort! It's okay to get that comfort from another straight dude! At a time when empathy is seen as a weakness, this is really nice 519240
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 02/10/202614 years old and sexually assaulting teammates as a hazing ritual but hey, the problem can't possibly be toxic masculinity + entitlement of hockey players.theglobeandmail.comNova Scotia teen pleads guilty to sexual assault in hockey hazing caseSentencing and the case of a second teen, who has pleaded not guilty, are expected to be heard next year 36318
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026CEO compensation has increased 1,316% since 1978. And worker compensation? Just 28%. The system is rigged. We need to start taxing the rich so they pay their fair share. 14638651351
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialDale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What if—hear me out—these provincial ministers actually funded their own mental health care, addictions and home care programmes? They're not helpless! Provinces can raise their own revenues! That's why they got the tax points in the seventies.thecanadianpressnews.caHealth ministers say Ottawa needs to renew mental health, home care fundingOTTAWA - Health ministers from across the country say they're worried about "profound and negative" effects on patients and health-care jobs if federal funding agreements for mental health, addictions... 67430
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 02/10/2026About that carbon capture project tied to the West Coast pipeline… Rural #Alberta communities, Indigenous & non-Indigenous alike, haven’t been consulted at all Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2026/10/01/p...desmog.com‘People’s Rights Are Being Signed Away,’ Claim Albertans Near Proposed Carbon Capture ProjectWith only two months until a $20B CCS proposal pushed by the oil industry is finalized, local communities say they haven’t been consulted. 164
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest. 6600202
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's hilarious how Donald Trump is talking about "foregoing his $400,000 presidential salary" two days after he spent $1,700,000 of taxpayer money on personal political ads Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com 20409128
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Guys I'm listening to the Q&A of the pipeline announcement and the first question (with three mins left in the video!!) about anything other than the economics of the pipeline came from POSTMEDIA POSTMEDIA was the first to ask about Indigenous consultation. What is everyone else DOING bro????? 216426
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853372186
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 01/10/2026There’s a reason the NWA song isn’t called “let’s have a constructive and productive dialogue about police reform” Looking forward to the courts torpedoing this idiotic #Montreal bylaw 0154
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialAudrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. The girls' toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. www.propublica.org/article/idah...propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 50609291
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026See what I mean when I say the system is rigged? 13547292058
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialDale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh, look— @cdnpress.bsky.social has an immigration story. Let's go through the checklist: ✅ Quotes Carney's "take back control" without pointing out this is Nigel Farage's language ✅ Ignores the culpability of provinces who demanded more immigration and then did fuck all to accommodate themthecanadianpressnews.caPM looks at when to boost immigration as government gets system 'under control'OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that with Canada's immigration system back under control, the question now is when to begin a "controlled increase" of the country's population. 14113
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 30/09/2026I guess this is easier than building more public pools 1102
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164805559
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialThe USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mf’er is like Batman. 318118602527
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 24/09/2026guys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls” 431661431
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialAdam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Symptoms are “horrible” and severe cases are a “living nightmare.” @georgemonbiot.bsky.social speaks to @natashadevon.bsky.social on LBC about ME/CFS, its long history of being dismissed and psychologised, and the role of governments and insurers. 821273
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895445937
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This grim, gripping report on Canada’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute should be required reading for all Albertans - and all Canadians. Especially those who’ve decided to forget how deadly and terrifying the early months of Covid truly were.parklandinstitute.caParkland InstituteParkland Institute is an Alberta-wide, non-partisan research centre situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. 5265127
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The right’s “nO moRE taXeS” refrain is such bullshit. Tax is good! Tax is how we get all the good things that we all rely on. We just need to make tax fair. Tax capital gains, tax the rich. 🎨 @slanecartoon.bsky.social 1532877876
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialJames Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”? www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/w...counterpunch.orgWhy Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”?Narcissism: Marked by grandiosity, pride, arrogance, and a constant need for attention and admiration. Psychopathy: Characterized by high impulsivity, 22141481400
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19596023539
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coThe view from Canada: Make America Think AgainRebuilding trust will take generations. 857122923194
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026chat is this good? 11342881092
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialLady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek. 376136173885
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 449132673694
Reposted by @mmesushi.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125885970
