@tomslee.net has just released a study via @ridefairto.bsky.social showing how an ongoing failure to regulate the ride hailing industry has exacerbated congestion and further slashed shockingly low driver earnings in Toronto #CANLab #Gigwork

Émile Haïm Benamor was finally charged and arrested today for the deaths of his tenants in two separate heritage buildings in Old Montreal, one having been an illegal Airbnb. – cc @greglindsay.org – cc @twieditz.bsky.social – cc @jjforward.bsky.social

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

TEA's Sarah Buchanan spoke to @nowtoronto.bsky.social about the damage caused by Ford's attack on Toronto's green roof bylaw ➡️ nowtoronto.com/news/this-ex... #topoli

If it seems like everyone is on strike, it's because austerity is being imposed with a vengeance Rather than taking on the billionaires and oligarchs, austerity is imposed to discipline workers We're being told that we can't afford to have quality public services and fairness Fight back ✊

Trying to come up with an equivalent to this speed camera story but for transit riders. Imagine if, in wake of hypothetical reports of people getting mad about fines and vandalizing Presto readers, the gov was just like, well, I guess we should stop fare enforcement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

NEW: Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social is introducing a motion at City Council to increase the rate of the Empty Homes Tax. vancouversun.com/news/local-n... #FightForHousing #vanpoli #EmptyHomesTax

AI Watchdog is indeed an excellent resource and is, for example, how I know that my books have been ingested into the LibGen dataset and used without my consent to train commercial AI systems

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Domestically made, updated Moderna vaccines Let’s Go Canada 🇨🇦 !

NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. By @abrahm.bsky.social

"Unemployment is rising...in particular for young people — young graduates coming out of school, they're not finding their first job," said @kjscott.bsky.social, a senior researcher focused on gender equality and public policy at @policyalternatives. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/07/16/s...

Thanks @environmentaldefence.ca for launching this campaign calling on Toronto City Council to support priority bus & streetcar lanes ahead of the July 16 Executive Committee meeting. We can't afford to let our carbrain opponents win! #TTC #TOpoli #RapidTO act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/174280/...

“These transit lanes are a win-win," says @HowSenChong from TEA. "They will move more people quickly to where they need to go, and help Toronto cut pollution and make important progress towards its climate goals." #topoli

The Canadian government is deeply reliant on U.S. tech companies for internet infrastructure. In a period of "nation-building projects," Canada should begin building the infrastructure for a public Canadian internet. By @parismarx.com @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start. For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.

I've argued here that a US annexation of Canada will not be done militarily -- it will be done economically. Limiting Canada's ability to raise revenues could be part of a broader strategy to undermine our sovereignty. Something to watch out for, anyway. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Happy Canada Day. We won’t become the 51st state, just a branch office for Microsoft, Uber, Airbnb and Amazon. #ElbowsGone #CUSMA

Gift article: heat exhaustion and heat stroke www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b2b304...

Hey, everybody! We can all hate Harvard again. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

Gift article: Saunders on Iran//Israel www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b2b304...

This is amazing

Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies. Hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies, by @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... via @policyalternatives.ca

shame on @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social! It is withholding Logan Rozos’ diploma for mentioning Palestinians’ suffering at NYU's graduation ceremony. Rozos is a model of courage. NYU an embarrassment.

Hahahahahahah

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

This is the undisputed truth.

In 2021, the City banned Tiny Mile’s food delivery robots, Province said they’d do a pilot, and the City could opt in or not, looks like City opted in. Worst, MT says City has no jurisdiction over this. Magna partnered w/ Uber spin-off Serve Robotics on this; aim is to replace food delivery workers.

Read this thread on Magna's proposed delivery robot pilot - which is mostly digital infrastructure that happens to be taking up physical space regulated by the Highway Traffic Act.

The pilot robot delivery program deploys a remote operator, a two-person safety team and mind-boggling computing resources to replace A PERSON ON A BIKE, @graphicmatt.com Low-carbon, congestion-avoiding last mile delivery already exists. The pilot is about eliminating the delivery worker.

I just met with legal counsel for my constituent, Dr. Badar Khan Suri. Dr. Suri is a global conflict scholar at Georgetown who was detained without explanation by masked agents outside his Arlington home, then disappeared without due process to a prison 1,300 miles from his wife and children. 1/

January 5 projection vs April 28 election results. No lead will ever be safe.

For the first time, Ricochet Media is teaming up @nationalobserver.com for a live election event hosted by the brilliant @caradrianh.bsky.social with an all-star panel, guests, and on-the-ground correspondents across the country. LIVESTREAM TOMORROW - April 28 at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT #CanadaVotes

A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

I do wish media outlets would stop repeating content-free corporate lines like "safety of passengers remains our top priority" which add nothing to the story and, in this case, are demonstrably false. www.thestar.com/business/the...

At a recent conservative gathering, fossil fuel and tech executives mused with libertarians about how a Poilievre government would realize a Canadian DOGE. “For all sorts of constitutional legal reasons, the impediments to DOGE moving quickly, we don’t really have to worry about in Canada.”

Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!

This reminds me of Stockwell Day's stupid promise to hold a referendum on any topic as long as it was supported by a petition signed by three per cent of Canadian voters, which then prompted Rick Mercer to start one that would require Stockwell to change his first name to Doris. Hit the mark easily.

“Leaders Debate Commission just told CBC’s David Cochrane that it was unaware that Rebel News founder Ezra Levant—accredited at the debate alongside four of his employees—is also the owner of ForCanada, a third party advertiser registered with Elections Canada” according to @lefthandstu.bsky.social

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’

I tracked down Rob Pegatto, former YTV game show host and Toronto Raptors on-court announcer, who appears in the “Do You Believe The Polls?” group’s Instagram videos Pegatto told me he was hired by Mississauga casino owner Paul Micucci, the group's leader and a big donor to Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs

Target, boycotted for withdrawing its DEI support, continues losing customers & sales Costco publicly affirmed their support for DEI in January & is now enjoying record sales Costco's share price just hit a new record high #DEI is good for employees, for customers, for business & shareholders

Standing up to fascism is not only the right thing to do, it can also be profitable. "The surge — more than 40 times Harvard’s average daily intake in April — was a striking show of support for Garber’s forceful stance, drawing praise from alumni, faculty, and even some non-Harvard affiliates."

The Beaverton demands same debate invitation as The Rebel, even though we’re not as big a joke

In which the Globe and Mail Editorial Board appears to rebuke PP and h/t MC for his “never impose” commitment (gift) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0b2b304...

The NYT just dropped a bombshell: a foreign spa company with one location and no cash landed a 95-year sweetheart deal—based on misleading claims and a secretive, preferential process. This gov't was elected to protect Ontario. Do the right thing. Cancel the deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...