I think the burpee might be a tool of the devil.

Tom Morello. Live at Pinkpop.

Plays hardball with: Workers Unions Indigenous peoples defending their land Environmentalists Civil Liberties While catering to: Far right Alberta separatists Trump Business CEOs Border police

Legend.

Nurses solidarity in BC.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day, my friends. 🫶🏻

Carney is anti-labour. Full stop.

I do love that AI inadvertently confirms that our brains work like a muscle, too — use it or lose it. In this way relying on AI is like using a robot to lift weights, like running a marathon in a Honda Civic. You get nothing out of it.

The Globe and Mail's determination to scale back and restrict MAID is fascinating. There is a real social conservatism in this editorial board.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom. This monumental news came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and effectively marked the end of slavery in the United States. #juneteenth

Trump's DOJ is protecting homophobia in major league sports. Talk about punching down, which, checks notes...yes, is the opposite of 'justice.'

Please, make this bleeding stop.

Little hasn't changed. Please #BlueJays, no more Little.

The far right is so absurd. They offer nothing but racist violence and contempt for anyone that doesn't meet their reactionary definition of nationhood. They're beyond pathetic.

To be fair, both sides have good arguments. I can see the legitimacy on both sides and think they all have to be heard with compassion and transparency.

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

Exactly.

It is Pride Month. Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories of how Canadians fought for equality. Today it is the story of Operation Soap. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/wDvEJaU

“Some observers think that the UCP doesn’t care what the public thinks about them. I’m more persuaded that the UCP don’t think the public cares, and there is a difference between those two.” thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Ahhh, it is the season of the automatic reply.

This is one of those policy areas where I'm genuinely torn between both sides of the ethical divide. It is such a difficult question to get right.

Straight up racism.

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

Happy to report I have never seen a mixed martial arts fight and can honestly say that will never change.

If you only respect someone's rights when it doesn't inconvenience you, you don't really respect someone's rights. "He says he respects workers’ rights, but says he also thinks about the cost of strikes to his business and other industries."

Yes, do better. To which we could add, don't be a jerk.

Saying what democratic leaders need to be saying right now.

I'm sure all seven of them are really angry.

When worker are only commodities whose rights can be ignored or legislated away by a group of non-elected elites in the name of higher profits, our democracy is weakened.

Union corruption in Canada is exceedingly rare. Why? Because unions are far more democratic in Canada than in other places. If we compare the levels of union corruption (which of course is always awful) with corporate corruption, it isn't even close. And yet, here's the Globe editorial board.

There are many many issues I have with the Vatican. But the Pope’s commitment to human work, workers rights, and addressing the creeping threat of AI on our humanity is certainly a ray of light in the world of creeping authoritarianism.

I am a bandwagon jumper, but these Knicks are a bandwagon worth jumping on. And with former Raptor OG Anunoby playing the hero last night, how can you not love this Knicks team?

Breaking: Team USA has won the World Cup for the first time because all the other teams were denied entry into the country and had to forfeit

Published end of 1st term, useful for classroom. Helpful commentary on using this text published in Teaching Sociology 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0092...

Looking for good, critical books on the Trump Presidency/American politics in the Trump age. Something accessible for 2 or 3rd year students. I'm curious about this forthcoming book, but do my American friends have other recommendations?

Writing history is great, but I made a mistake in a paper I published years ago and I’m still gutted by it. I still apologize for it.

As Republicans double-down on making voting even more restrictive for workers, racialized people, and anyone on the margins, this is the issue the NY Times feels the need to weigh in on. Give your head a shake.

The complete lack response from FIFA to one of its World Cup referees being refused entry to the US tells you everything you need to know about how corrupted and debased that wretched organisation is.

"Forget citizenship. What must really be denaturalized is the belief that human value is connected to the color of one’s skin. The fact that I feel compelled to repeat this basic truism is...also an indication of how much... human understanding we’re... losing under this administration."

When the system is rigged for the rich while the 99% struggle to afford the basics, public ownership is how we take back the economy.

I love how right-wing ideologues like Ivison can write this drivel with a straight face: markets are failing to meet the basic needs of people, but you can't ever interfere with markets because then you're a socialist who will destroy society.

Pro tip: if you ever get the chance to hear @prof-deleon.bsky.social give a talk, sprint to it. He is an amazing speaker, incredible scholar, and all around great human. Thanks for the great talk and congratulations on the book prize Prof de Leon!

Solid reporting from @alexanderquon.bsky.social on the complete lack of transparency on political donations in #Saskatchewan. The way shell companies are flouting transparency should worry anyone concerned about the province's democracy.

Another great piece on protecting the right of workers to strike from @cawls-acets.bsky.social's Adam King.

This is Completely Unacceptable! You know what to do New Yorkers….

Our ability to destroy our natural environment is incredible.

Big congratulations to my @brocklabour.bsky.social colleague Jordan House, a talented teacher and researcher, who will make an excellent leader for @cawls-acets.bsky.social. And a giant thanks to @profsmithsask.bsky.social who has passed the torch after 4 yrs as CAWLS president. #canlab

This is from nearly 2 years ago; costs are even lower: Need-to-Know: Solar is now cheaper than wooden fencing The price of solar panels has plunged 60% in the past TWO years leahy.substack.com/p/1000-nucle...