This is a probe. The IDF is dipping its toe in the water. If the public reaction is muted Israel very well may blow up a bunch of these ships for the “crime” of bringing food and medical supplies to starving/suffering children.

Canada, Australia, the U.K. and France have finally -- conditionally -- joined the many other nations who recognize the State of Palestine. But today, Prime Minister Mark Carney also once again called for a “Zionist Palestine.” Here's what's going on:

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It’s not a double standard this *is* their standard. Speech for them not for us. Violence for us not for them. The sooner we understand this the better.

Doug Ford wants to control admissions criteria at Ontario universities, and which non-tuition fees students pay once they’re on campus. It may not seem overtly political, but Bill 33 is part of a broader right-wing crackdown on campuses, writes @royinori.bsky.social. thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...

Doug Ford tells young job seekers “try inheriting your daddy’s sticker factory”

On crime policy, Carney agrees with... *checks notes*... *checks notes again*... Doug Ford.

I'm on the other stuff Doug Ford said today but this is man who inherited his wealth/dad's company and lives in his mom's house.

We wouldn't want to burden the automotive industry with something that was years in planning to address a global crisis, now would we...

This week, schools in Edmonton confirmed that they will be sending home forms for parents guardians to confirm that the birth certificate of any girl who wants to participate in a competitive sport reads female. xtramagazine.com/video/albert...

[Canada] Destroying ecosystems, abandoning climate targets and trampling Indigenous Rights is not in the “national interest” www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/destroy... #ClimateCrisis #Ecosystems #FirstNations #Carney #FossilFuels #Canada

BORDER OFFICER: I just wanna be clear *I'm* not racist but the Impartial, All-Knowing Computer Algorithm I report to, programmed by insanely racist Silicon Valley guys, is saying you need to pull into secondary screening Amir

Earlier today in Ottawa, Pride was cancelled by Capital Pride (the official organization hosting Ottawa's Pride Parade). They tried blaming Queers for Palestine Ottawa. The very same parade was uncancelled by Queers for Palestine, who then continued to lead — now without any police protection.

The moment the union defied back to work orders was when power was truly shifted back to the workers and Air Canada realized they were screwed, forcing them back to the bargaining table. If employers expect the government to step in every time a strike happens, they'll never bargain in good faith.

What the actual fucking fuck. www.theverge.com/news/760508/...

Government refused Canadian postal workers request for binding arbitration but orders it when Air Canada asks. Can't spell Liberal without the capital. 🎁link www.thestar.com/business/haj...

1. Arc of the moral universe, etc. Teachers, journalists, healthcare workers, and academics have been fired or suspended for expressing pro-Palestinian views. Some workers and students have been added to public or private blacklists (Canary Mission) for pro-Palestinian activism

Chasing people living outside a few or hundreds of meters over, over, & over again, via threats, tickets, notices, forced removal, destroying property, intimidation, is all more work, cost, waste, horror, violence & repugnance than just offering real housing & care. Disgusting.

I've genuinely never read a document as maddening as this one. They are, straightforwardly, planning to forcibly detransition trans children, knowing that it will harm them, and justifying it in service of the dictates of the pseudoscientific Cass Review.

Today marks the 50th Prisoners’ Justice Day. springmag.ca/prisoners-ju...

"Chatbot dependence is...built through an ongoing, interactive exchange in which a chatbot mirrors and adapts to its user, creating a stimulus loop tuned to their needs. It is an engineered dependence...and the responsibility for fostering it lies squarely with the companies that designed it."

But the first to march while planning to cut 81% of Queer services in Canada

I wrote about Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw for @canadiandimension.bsky.social TL;DR: it’s bad, but probably not (just) for the reasons you think it is

Canada just passed a law to bypass environmental protections and FPIC for projects "in the national interest" like pipelines.

Canada now has over 500 out of control (OC) wildfires (299 Monitored and 208 Actioned =507 OC fires). These numbers are similar to the 2023 record smashing season except this year only half the country is on fire.

As Canada says it will recognise a Palestinian state, lawyer and former UN special rapporteur for occupied Palestine Michael Lynk says Canada's rhetoric often exceeds its actions regarding international diplomacy.

Canada 🇨🇦’s largest #Union is calling for the release of 🇺🇸 Labour Organizer, Chris Smalls.

I wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy. This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading: 3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Did you vote for defunding the CBC to pay for military contracts that benefit US manufacturers? No? You specifically voted *against* the guy who would have done that, you say?

Canadian judge blocks non-binary American's deportation, says immigration official failed to consider current conditions for LGBTQ people in the US: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Francesca Albanese's most recent report has profound implications for higher ed. None is more serious than this: administrators are *personally accountable* under international law for complicity in genocide for institutional entanglements w/ Israel and military-industrial companies. We explain:

Snap out of denial—Mark Carney’s rightward-rushing agenda is just getting started breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...

I came to Rabat to present at the International Sociological Association world forum. Calls to boycott the conference prompted ISA to suspend the membership of an association that has ties with the Israeli government and military. bdsmovement.net/news/isas-su...

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Doug Ford is trying to undo years of hard-won progress and put cops back in Ontario schools. @desmondcole.bsky.social writes about the documented harms — and why schools need more funding, not a pipeline to punishment and incarceration. breachmedia.ca/doug-fords-p...

All that elbows up patriotism is getting us a likely-unconstitutional expansion of police powers www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.

Happy Pride 🌈

Made it into local news ☺️ www.durhamregion.com/news/the-pow...

Premier Doug Ford is being accused of making “deeply offensive and racist” remarks about First Nations on the eve of a key meeting with Indigenous chiefs. “There’s going to be a point that you can’t just keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government," the premier said.

Reading the Supreme Court decision, I think back to what I wrote with sociologist Blu Buchanan. Attacks on gender-affirming care are fundamentally rooted in white supremacy. Attacks on trans people are part of a broad-ranging agenda of reconfiguring society to better serve white supremacy.

Just wanna point out that this wasn't just assault. The cop killed the kid. The cop (while off-duty) tackled this teenager's head into the ground and he died of a brain bleed a few hours later. They downgraded "manslaughter" to "assault" and gave him no jail time.

[1/4] 🏆 Meet #CanadaPrizes winners @jenrinaldi.bsky.social, socio-legal scholar and Kate Rossiter, Associate Professor whose book explores the relational conditions that give rise to institutional violence – whether in residential schools or correctional facilities. 👉 ow.ly/8GIO50W8wPl

The Alberta Government is framing their abdication of public health measures as fiscal responsibility. It is far cheaper to give someone a vaccine than to keep them on a ventilator. Denying vaccines is one of the most most financially reckless things a government can do.

The National Post is significantly editing Canadian Press copy, without notifying the reader, to push a Zionist perspective and to portray Palestinians as terrorists. It's completely unethical and a breach of basic journalism standards. A new low for The National Post.

Alongside my co-editor and chapter contributors, I was honoured to receive a Canada Prizes award at this year's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences for my book Population Control: Theorizing Institutional Violence.

Idk, “defund” is seeming like a pretty good, even moderate slogan right now