sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Housing is a public right, not an investment opportunity. Mass protests in Spain youtu.be/4J6160hChbkyoutu.beHow an 87-year-old Spanish woman became the face of the fight for affordable housing | ExplainerYouTube video by Guardian News 010
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George MonbiotA third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 41731317
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialmandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How do we free ourselves from being in thrall to the vigilante bond markets? #HostageNation from @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social has elegant, workable answers we could implement *now*. accidentalgods.life/how-not-to-b... #AccidentalGods #Podcastaccidentalgods.lifeHow not to be a hostage to the vigilante Bond Markets: with Jamie Driscoll of MajorityWhat are the actual, practical shifts in our political economy that we could do tomorrow, that would not require extra legislation and could transform our society? While there are many economists loo... 186
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 01/10/2026Bill C-39 doubles down on habitat offsets, in which companies can "build" new habitat elsewhere to compensate for what they destroy in building a mine, a port, a pipeline or other project. The practice is highly contested by scientists. “This is our worst fear,” said biologist Misty MacDuffee.nationalobserver.comOffsetting for habitat loss almost never works. Ottawa wants more of itNew policy proposed in Bill C-39 will allow developers to buy credits or pay fees to compensate for the habitats they destroy. 816589
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialArmine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Beautifully written, and terribly depressing. If you are, or ever have been, a worker you should read what the federal government's plans to build Canada Strong is proposing to do to federally regulated workers' rights. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comMark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeakSubject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39. 12715
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Big Banks Charged Billions in Overdraft Fees During the Worst Months of the Pandemic prospect.org/2021/04/22/b... 000
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@avilewis.ca Great event in Dartmouth tonight with at least 200 people in two rooms. This is the overflow room. Thanks Avi! 000
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/09/2026Lindsay Owens is the executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, who have done some of the most important work on surveillance pricing (using computers to spy on you to rip you off) and algorithmic wage discrimination (using computers to spy on you and steal your wages). 19436
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialsltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 NDP Avi Lewis AtlanticTour, Tuesday, September 29th, 6:30pm at the Zatzman Sportsplex: 110 Wyse Rd, Dartmouth, NS. RSVP www.ndp.ca/townhall-hrm...ndp.caJoin Avi Lewis in DartmouthHey HRM, NDP Leader Avi Lewis is headed your way! 002
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 NDP Avi Lewis AtlanticTour, Tuesday, September 29th, 6:30pm at the Zatzman Sportsplex: 110 Wyse Rd, Dartmouth, NS. RSVP www.ndp.ca/townhall-hrm...ndp.caJoin Avi Lewis in DartmouthHey HRM, NDP Leader Avi Lewis is headed your way! 002
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialSpacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: 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.socialspacing.caEXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing TorontoAfter 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... 1114483
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialSuzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Imagine arresting seniors who arrived to Ottawa in a caravan to protest inaction on climate change. 1105
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialK.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canadians: As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes & the works they subsequently produce. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7774 - Petitions 01211
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors will 'risk arrest' to deliver climate-impact photos to MPs and Mark Carney www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/... 000
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialJoan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Carn(ey)age. Rolling back a half century of progress in environmental and climate protection. For what? Oh right, profits for the already very fucking rich & some jobs in the extractive sector, while the rest of us are fucked by climate, ecological and democracy’s collapse. Danger: Banker At Work. 45330
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026HAHA and here’s the government house leader introducing this omnibus bill right after the speaker rejected an NDP ask for an emergency debate on airport privatization and after Bill C-5 was rammed through with no study in June. “We look forward to debate in the House.” 🤪 616842
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialJJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026'End Enshittification Fascism' - nice book stack juxtaposition of the 2 great books I'm reading now on why everything seems to be wrong Would love to see/hear conversation between Naomi Klein & Cory Doctorow So many parallels between these books @naomiaklein.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net 2508
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialAndrew Burke @ajlburke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Climbing over the Citadel just passed a guy in a sharp suit with a maple leaf flag in his lapel getting a photo by the Town Clock with his new Canadian citizenship. Gave him a big thumbs up and a "congratulations!" 6784
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialTaylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 14/09/2026Fun fact: The MacDonald Commission spelled out the problems years before the 1988 “free trade” election, and even though most Canadians voted against it, Mulroney decided to push ahead with it anyways And then nothing bad happened… #cdnpoli 082
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Great analysis from @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comTo save Canada, Mark Carney is courting foreign money. He’s risking an ‘investment invasion’The care economy is looking tempting to foreign investors but that mustn’t be used as a reason to privatize sectors like health. 020
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialTim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Osama bin Laden won Morning File by mehalifaxexaminer.caOsama bin Laden won - Halifax ExaminerThere's always a good reason to kill people. But whatever the cause, blood just looks the same when you open up the veins. 1195
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialJoan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Fatal flood in Cape Breton and Nova Scotia emergency management minister Kim Masland is on CBC radio claiming the NS govt is doing all it can to prepare for floods, protect public safety. That’s BS. Houston’s govt refuses to opt in to Canada’s flood risk map. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...halifaxexaminer.caHouston government opts out of Canada’s new 'Flood Risk Finder,' depriving Nova Scotians of critical information - Halifax ExaminerThe flood hazard portal allows Canadians to type in their address to find out the nature and level of flood risk to their home, or could do. But only if their province or territory opts in to the onli... 14538
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialDogwood @dogwoodbc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Municipal governments have emerged as the final defence against a coordinated push by the federal government, the province, gas lobbyists and tech corporations to manufacture a market for AI data centres and the fracked gas that feeds them. Read our latest: www.dogwoodbc.ca/news/bcs-mun...dogwoodbc.caB.C.’s municipal election could bust the AI boomMunicipal governments are the final defence against a coordinated push to manufacture a market for AI data centres and the fracked gas that feeds them. 0126
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America" 3437143312987
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 26/08/2026We don't build an independent Canada by throwing billions of public dollars on sectors that are already disproportionately US-owned — like weapons, AI and fossil fuels. This is a look-in-the-mirror moment for Canada. Let's make our country stronger, safer and more affordable for the 99%. 420547
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 26/08/2026Earlier this morning, I had an hour-long conversation with Prime Minister Carney, where I shared what it will take to Trump-proof our economy. 1619147
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialJillian @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"Very few people are admiring of schemes to get out of paying for a bus ticket, whereas drivers who avoid paying for parking — like those who speed — are tolerated, if not celebrated." Another great piece by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social!halifaxexaminer.caUn-fare: How we treat people who don't pay for transit vs those who don't pay for parking - Halifax ExaminerWhere are the articles about how much parking fee evasion costs cities? 0158
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I can’t say I don’t look at wee Ukraine w 40m people fighting 143m Russia and holding them off and wonder … 6744
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Should NATO and UK stand up for Canada if it is being attacked by USA? 000
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialThe Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026For years the biggest technology companies have built extraordinary wealth by extracting our data, exploiting our attention and externalising the costs onto everyone else. Maybe it’s time to send them the bill? @stopfundinghate.bsky.social www.change.org/p/time-for-b...change.orgSign the PetitionTime for Big Tech to pay up 22311
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026By repealing Bill C-11 and legalizing reverse-engineering and modification of digital technology with consent of its users and in accordance with privacy, consumer and labour rights, Canada will gain a devastating counter to Trump's tariffs. 53/ 117054
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Tim Houston is standing up to the U.S. by...travelling to Texas to make deals with U.S. oil companies and having dinners with a U.S.-based billionaire www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... 000
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026London’s low emission zone is working – www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comLondon’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them 001
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialmellowcanuck.bsky.social @mellowcanuck.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Now is the time for a cross country high speed rail dedicated to passengers. Link every Capital. Line them with solar panels. If we wanted, make them full Mag-Lev and elevated. It would focus each province on their own line. It would focus industry. It would force cooperation between provinces. 2285
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialSam Austin @samaustind5.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Time to start running trumps favourite commercial again youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBIyoutu.beThe Ontario anti-tariff ad which led Trump to end trade talks with CanadaYouTube video by Global News 054
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...broligarchy.substack.comThe Jason Arday ReckoningThe attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet 481264455
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026Any frank assessment of your achievements starts with an equally frank assessment of the world-historic forces that attended those achievements. For example, I often tell people who want to get into tech, "If you lack the foresight and work ethic to be born in 1971, I can't really help you." 1/ 339486
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialJoan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“Canada doesn’t need to experience a hostile takeover. The fox is already in the henhouse, and there is very little proof that we are moving meaningfully away from the ‘Old World Order’—in fact, Carney appears to be welcoming many components of it.” thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-...thewalrus.caWho Really Runs Canada? Inside Mark Carney’s Influence Network | The WalrusGovernment priorities increasingly reflect the interests of a small, well-connected elite 0137
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 21/08/2026Under the current proposal, only gas-powered facilities would meet the requirements set out by the province's electricity systems operator.nationalobserver.comAlberta moves to stop data centres from using renewable energyData centre developers in the province likely won't be able to use renewable energy like solar or wind to power their facilities — even if they want to. 116035
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialNova Scotia - What's New? @ns-wn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🌲 Public consultation is open on protecting 5,100 more hectares of Nova Scotia land and water, including three new wilderness areas and additions to existing protected areas. More: news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/08/2... #NovaScotia #Conservation #Environment 043
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026Putin's method isn't to get you to believe a lie - it's to keep you from believing that *anything* is true. That's life under AI - a world of uncertainty, an epistemological void full of plausible phantasms, some of which are actually real. 8/ 118141
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Tim Houston now hunting the universities - www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...halifaxexaminer.caIs the Houston government about to dismember huge swaths of our university system? - Halifax ExaminerWe should very much want the people who populate the governments, institutions, and corporations that mostly run our world to be humane and empathetic. 100
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is a result of Tim Houston and Tories neglecting arts & culture in NS- www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caHeated Rivalry author donates $300K to 5 rural libraries facing closure | CBC NewsRachel Reid says when she heard five libraries in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley were set to permanently close their doors, she wanted to help as much as she could. 022
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialbr00t4c @br00t4c.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Now more than ever, citizens are turning away from establishment media sources in search of journalism that more closely resembles the world as we see it. This week on Downstream, Ash sits down with Amy Goodman, veteran journalist and founder of Democracy Now! youtube.com/watch?v=4aCu...youtube.comThe Journalist Who TERRIFIES Corporate America | Ash Sarkar Meets Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!YouTube video by Novara Media 0147
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1 000
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is awful: www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comJason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found deadHis family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday. 000
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/08/2026When an Alberta creek ran dry, farmers rang alarm bells about how much water fracking companies are drawing from the Prairies' most significant source of groundwater — and who's keeping tabs on it all. @drewanderson.bsky.social reports. 📸 @amberbracken.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/alberta-cent...thenarwhal.caAlberta landowners fight fracking’s water use | The NarwhalLandowners near Rimbey, Alta., are ringing alarm bells about oil and gas companies using billions of litres of fresh water for fracking 711184
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialSara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The perfect place to re-post this! www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/b...halifaxexaminer.caBike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do - Halifax ExaminerIf our premier and HRM mayor truly want to demonstrate fiscal responsibility they’d build those bike lanes faster, because the cost of car-centric infrastructure is unsustainable. 110431
sltashley.bsky.social @sltashley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026trident ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6u...youtube.comWHERE WE GATHER by Hanna Korthöber YouTube video by hanna 000
Reposted by @sltashley.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/ 14852429
