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“[B]itcoin is fulfilling PayPal’s original vision to create ‘the new world currency.’ We actually had T-shirts printed in 1999 w/ that mission statement” - 2017, David Sacks (Trump’s “Crypto Czar”) In 2024, Sacks encouraged Trump to pick JD Vance—a protégé of PayPal founder Peter Thiel—as VP. 👇 1/

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Everyone involved in trying to pass off that ChatGPT-extruded disinformation manifesto as a scientific report should be, at the very least, barred from public office for life. The MAHA report is dangerous criminal misconduct and an offence to the process of science.

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

Ford is corrupt, this is awful. #Ford government scrapped #Toronto affordable housing requirements after pushback from three REITs, documents show Two of the REITs suggested the quotas for converted employment lands could result in no new housing built at all. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

submitted 6 days ago • 25 comments

#TeslaTakedown

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SCOOP: ICE, HSI, and DHS are getting side-door access to the nationwide system of Flock license plate cameras by asking local police to perform lookups for them, new public records show. ICE does not have a contract to use this surveillance tool itself. www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...

submitted 6 days ago • 37 comments

“Already gaining traction for outpatient medical visits, the AI-powered systems are also moving into hospital rooms and emergency departments to capture discussions at the bedside, update medical records, draft care plans and create discharge instructions.”

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

A good news story, which we all need more of. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

“.. European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling back from major U.S. cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago as they redirect flights to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Caribbean.” $JETS $XAL www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

submitted 7 days ago • 237 comments

New Covid symptom just dropped! If you get “a sharp, burning sore throat”, that’s probably NB 1.8.1. Measles started with fewer than 20 cases too Mask up 😷 This could be the variant that brings you Long Covid, why find out?

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Having to pay for products will absolutely kill my 'stealing products then reselling them' industry. www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Time to get out your air cleaners and respirators. Don’t have any? Start with canadastrong.ca #Wildfires

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Ontario community reclaims public water from private corporations rabble.ca/environment/...

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Queensland hit by surge in whooping cough cases as experts blame low vaccination levels Queensland has reported 2,384 whooping cough cases this year—3.4 times higher than the 2020–24 average, according to Queensland Health. Source: www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Quick Update: The source of this info is She Matters, an advocacy group for survivors. And they have a petition right on this page re: this issue. Direct link. #cdnpoli #onpoli #Canada #CanadaSky www.shematters.ca/calltoaction

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

AI guys have useless jobs but derive their entire sense of self from their careers (which are useless.) They want to make things of value (or at least be treated like it) but lack the curiosity or humility to do so. They live their lives in unlocked prisons and hate you for refusing to join them.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

submitted 8 days ago • 264 comments

The new 'razor blade throat' Covid variant is causing an increase in hospitalizations across Asia France reported a 19% positivity rate on tests The US has detected it in a number of major cities What's being done? They're taking away boosters. No free tests or paid time off Wear a respirator.

submitted 8 days ago • 79 comments

Remember the French case we were all horrified by of the woman who was drugged by her husband and sold to be assaulted? That’s happening in Canada 🇨🇦 to little media attention : #Canadasky www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

Did You Know: According to a 2020 survey, 41% of Canadian hospitals do NOT stock rape kits. That is 100% unacceptable. Source: CBC Radio’s The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay, May 25, 2025. #cdnpoli #onpoli #Canada #CanadaSky

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Buy Canadian bernfits Canadians Canadian dollar hits 7-month high after upbeat retail sales data Canadian retail sales grew by 0.8% in March from February, more than analysts had forecast, while preliminary data showed an April increase of 0.5%. #Cdnpoli #Uspoli www.reuters.com/markets/us/c...

submitted 9 days ago • 11 comments

Climate crisis. We don’t own Mother Earth settlers! Caribou are hardwired with their migration patterns and unlike deer they cannot live in urban spaces. They need forests. 🪶😡💔🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I want you to think about the Hockey Canada trial and then watch this video, please.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

#TeslaTakedown Because apparently I can’t spell today. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support. This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills. This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

And THIS is why we #TeslaTakedown. NO ONE should be doing business with Musk. Including, but especially, governments and public institutions in #Canada. Yes, I’m looking at you Premiers Ford and Legault. #cdnpoli #onpoli #qcpoli

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