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Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.
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The delusion of those in the imperial core. The most dangerous country on the global stage is the United States, which feels it and the countries under its umbrella can act with impunity, bombing and killing their way through the world. The days of the US acting however it wants must end.

Israeli military raises country's alert level following US strikes on Iran - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-raises-countrys-alert-level-following-us-strikes-iran

Canada's #wildfire disaster continues as Canadian governments go on a #fossilfuel binge.

The Carney-PP coalition at work. During the election campaign, Liberal partisans said we had to "Stop PP". Hmmm....stopping PP to implement PP-friendly policies.

What the absolute fuck is this? Carney: 1. If Iran has a nuclear weapon that would be destabilizing to the ME. Because it’s a bedrock of stability now? 2. We support Israel’s right to defend itself. From Iran? Hasn’t Israel been striking them first for over a year? 1/2

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

mondoweiss.net/2025/06/whil...

Israel’s war on Iran has buried the Gaza genocide in the headlines, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is a stain upon humanity. Don’t stop talking about it.

Mahmoud Khalil is free.

“Bill C-5 violates the democratic process, Indigenous constitutional rights, critical environmental protections, and workers’ health and safety. The fact that the Liberals are trying to rush this bill through parliament is unconscionable and unacceptable." Read my full statement here:

The re-run of this 2003 scene is even worse than the original.

Today I, along with my NDP colleagues MPs Lori Idlout and Jenny Kwan were joined by Elders, First Nations leadership, and grassroots advocates from across Ontario who were clear in their message to Parliament on Bill C-5: nothing about us, without us.

Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? good stuff from @wickdchiq.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Liberal white supremacy is the same as any other white supremacy. For context, her sympathetic conversation is with a man butchering #Palestinians daily in an extermination campaign who did exactly what she claims #Russia did: An unprovoked attack on a neighbour. #Genocide7 #G7 #EU #Nato

NDP Condemns Israel’s Escalation With Iran While Liberals & Conservatives Apply Clown Makeup youtu.be/iSV4ywsPiCg?...

Althia Raj has some of the best reporting on Carney in the mainstream press. She calls Carney's Bill C-5 "unlike any piece of legislation we have seen in Canada federally." Bill C-5 will strip all checks and balances on development and extraction in Canada. Carney must be stopped.

The March to Gaza has been called off after a tumultuous weekend that saw Canadians detained and deported, passports taken, and more. I spent my weekend speaking with a marcher, Canadian physician @yipengge.bsky.social, who was there for it all. These people tried -- and that matters:

i can’t take the hypocrisy in so much western media coverage of israel’s bombing of iran and iran’s retaliation. israel can do whatever it wants and they’ll find a way to legitimize it, but iran is positioned as fundamentally evil and thus deserving of attack and bloodthirsty in its response.

CANADA: Union and environmental non-profit launch lawsuit against Health Canada rabble.ca/labour/union...

We all could really use some news from a hack like this.

New Democrats believe Canada must assert an independent foreign and defence policy, one that reflects Canadian values and priorities. That means explicitly rejecting Canadian participation in Trump's Golden Dome. Today we're calling on PM Carney to do exactly that.

As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.

American wine sales to Canada have dropped 93%. There has been a huge uptake in wines from Canada and other jurisdictions to replace the American brands. Way to go Donald.

Today along with NDP colleagues I joined members to the Global March to Gaza, a campaign of human rights advocates traveling to the Rafah border to demand humanitarian access to Gaza.

Israeli authorities are seeking to deport people they intercepted on a ship destined for Gaza. Activist Greta Thunberg was one of the 12 passengers onboard the vessel carrying desperately needed aid to challenge Israel’s unlawful blockade.

BREAKING: Alberta teachers have voted 95% in support of strike action.

could the 10-year AI moratorium in the megabill ban legislation around data center sitings? a group of bipartisan politicans, from Thomas Massie to state-level legislators, are voicing concerns about it — the latest in the new battle over where, exactly, we're going to put these things:

NEW: Over a thousand people are rallied in Downtown LA in support of SEIU, after SEIU President Pres. David Huerte was arrested days ago after an ICE raid (ABC7) Won't be able to be as active with the updates today, but I'll do my best to provide some

www.labourcouncil.ca/ford-leads-c...

CDT’s @travisrh.bsky.social in @theverge.com on the proposed federal moratorium on state artificial intelligence. www.theverge.com/pol...

Journalism is not a crime www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

#Toronto

Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen. This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board. Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??

FLAG: the SEIU is holding rapid response rallies to call for the release of David Huerta and an end to the ICE raids TOMORROW at multiple locations nationwide