iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 20h

Jennie Worden, a great councillor candidate in Beaches-East York, is hosting a mini film fest. Come see the films and talk to the filmmakers. www.jennieworden.ca/film-screeni...

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The Precarious City Film Mini-Fest - Jennie Worden for Beaches East York

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Terrill does so much to help others. Now he needs help himself.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 22/09/2026

Over the weekend, the Bradford campaign challenged the media to do this "scavenger hunt" to uncover supposed places where Olivia Chow frittered away the provincial New Deal money. Challenge accepted. From my newsletter this week, here’s what I found.

An infographic for a City Hall scavenger hunt titled 'Where did the Money Go?' showing eight locations throughout Toronto where city budget expenditures are hidden, with clues and dollar amounts for each stop, ending at the Mayor's Office, and promoting Brad Bradford's mayoral campaign.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve had a few bad flight experiences, but this one is epic. 🤨

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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"UNICEF on May 12, 2026, described as “intolerable” the price being paid by West Bank/East Jerusalem children for escalating Israeli militarised operations and settler attack." Please sign this petition to save their lives. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/EN...

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Petition e-7580 - Petitions

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mycorrhizal wong @rrrwong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Please speak up to protect the Burrard inlet from dredging - sign the petition and share with friends #Vancouver: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This thread just ratcheted up the existential dread. I mean, I *knew* the oil companies know the stakes for the planet, but this is fucking terrifying.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Turning the yard into a native pollinator garden. Doing native plant conservation at a local park. Volunteering for progressive political candidates. Playing as much hockey as I can. Doing anything to stave off that good old existential dread.

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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 07/09/2026

Moneris, the Canadian system used to process 5 billion of transactions annually for 325,000 points of sale, is being sold by the owners (RBC and BMO) to a US private equity firm. I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.

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Petition e-7712 - Petitions

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yet another reason not to give the NYT a goddamn dime, and also to sign up for a @fansplaining.bsky.social subscription.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

ORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 25/08/2026

Canadians, we can donate to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Canadian communities through CanadaHelps: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

ORPHAN CATS STILL SEEKING A FOREVER HOME I've updated the original thread linked here. It has *all* the pertinent information, so please read the whole thing.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oh look. Disney is continuing to be the Evil Empire. 🤨 (I was a total Disney fan, until I did a grad school research project on their business practices and realized how totally corrupt and evil they are.)

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Lessons Ontario’s government needs to learn.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Signed! (I hope this means Carney is taking heat from his own MPs on his negligence on fighting climate change.)

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NDP @ndp.ca · 14/08/2026

1/ It's crunch time! There are only a few weeks left until byelection day, and we need your help to reach voters across Beaches—East York. ✊RSVP for a shift now: volunteer.ndp.ca/OBEY/

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The Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Now just $1,116 left! Can we get $116 by noon and get under the $1,000 mark? E-transfer info@thegrindmag.ca or head to: www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Love to see it! (I know all oil companies are terrible but I’ve not bought anything from Shell since I learned they were responsible for the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.)

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 08/08/2026

This is the main reason I'm so angry about the "AI" bubble. All this enormous effort could have been spent combatting the climate crisis and the opportunity cost of your fucking chatbot is going to be the very climate we live in Imagine what we could have done with those 3 trillion dollars?

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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This was a couple weeks ago but if you are as concerned as I am that talk of privatizing Canada’s airports continue, then sign this petition for the House of Commons — (and don’t forget to do the email confirmation to complete your signature). www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Carney is serious about privatizing airports, Australian pension executive says

PM could unveil next steps when large fund managers gather in September at Canada Investment Summit

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 06/08/2026

Send a message to the Liberals that you want to protect Toronto’s waterfront forever by voting for Shannon Devine in Beaches—East York. #NoJetsTO

Screenshot of a Toronto Star headline: Mark Carney doesn’t rule out jets at Billy Bishop airport: ‘Forever is a long time’.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I’ve flat out told my manager and director I’m not using AI, and all the ethical and practical reasons why. I have their support in this, but I’m also lucky enough to be 2 to 4 years from retirement, and financially could walk tomorrow.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mamdani is a hero for continuing to speak up against Netanyahu.

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

First Nations are bearing the worst of Canada's wildfire crisis. Indigenous-led organizations are leading the most grounded response on the ground. If you can give, here's where to start: → Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity: an7gc.ca/donate/ → True North Aid: truenorthaid.ca

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DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity

Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or CanadaHelps.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This. (Every use of AI I’ve seen I can do better and faster myself from scratch.)

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This is a politician who understands that this is not an indulgence, it's an investment. Every public space where you can have fun and not spend any money is probably more of a crimebuster than 100 cops.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“A sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth.” —The Great Gatsby

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We had a community burn to the ground in Northern Ontario. Where the hell is Doug Ford? Leaders are supposed to be on the ground to reassure people. Can someone get a message to him at the cottage? I appreciate @maritstilesndp.bsky.social speaking up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwv...

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Northern Ontario is burning

YouTube video by Marit Stiles

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m still amazed that the city managed to pull off this off. Hats off to the many volunteers who pushed for it.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is what happens when you fire your art department. 🤨

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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The best thread I’ve seen breaking down the trans sports ban bullshit.

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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 19/06/2026

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is set to launch its groundbreaking exhibit on the Nakba, but is facing relentless attacks from the pro-Israel lobby. Join us in emailing Minister Miller to encourage him to reject these efforts to silence Palestinian histories. www.cjpme.org/support_nakb...

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 17/06/2026

Carney appears to feel AI has more right to safe drinking water than First Nations

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

With the horrific settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank Canada needs to do better. Instead of listening to the Israeli lobby they need to be speaking with the human rights organizations documenting the violent push to steal Palestinian land. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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World Zionist Organization removed from Canada's West Bank sanctions draft before release: sources | CBC News

An organization that works with the Israeli government to help with the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank was on a draft list of entities Ottawa was set to sanction, CBC News has lear...

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jailbird! It's been crazy busy here, we've started averaging a hundred calls a day on our wildlife rehab line and I can't keep up. One of today's rescues is this great-horned owl chick who was down in someone's yard. Dehydrated and too thin, our staff is driving it up to TRC for a vet check. 🪶

A great-horned owl fledgling sitting under an RV

A great-horned owl fledgling wrapped in a towel for an exam, looking very disgruntled

A great-horned owl fledgling in a pet travel carrier, off to get vet help

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/06/2026

1/ Community consultations are absolutely critical, but the choice facing the Prime Minister is clear. Premier Ford is in the middle of a land grab, & the federal government has both the power and the responsibility to stop this irresponsible & anti-democratic move. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

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Mark Carney promises ‘consultation process’ over future of Billy Bishop airport

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not "formed an opinion" on Premier Doug Ford's contentious expansion plan for Toronto's Billy Bishop airport and is promising a "consultation process" with

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 02/06/2026

1/ Palantir is deeply embedded in the scariest activities of the Trump regime – enabling everything from mass deportations and lawless assassinations in international waters to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and war crimes.

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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It’s really frightening.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This combined with radio ads claiming they’re going to keep us safe by hiring more cops and building more prisons is appalling. Housing, health and education first.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Noooooo! 😢 Keating’s Vila was my favourite crew member of the Liberator, right up there with Darrow’s Avon.

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pauline zed @paulinezed.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I need everyone at my work to see this. 🤣🤨

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