Wanna support small business? Have vegan or gluten-free friends? Pure Lovin’ Chocolate is an artisanal chocolatier, & they’re in need of consumer support this holiday — times are tough! Shop local. #yyj I mean, LOOK AT THIS CHOCOLATE, people! It’s SO GOOD.

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Happy Birthday @iamlyndon.bsky.social!

This is a battery of tests designed to make you feel like you’re a sick, crazy person. Like this is demeaning and unnecessary. This is more screenings than I get for diabetes, Hashimoto’s disease and major depressive disorder combined. The goal of this is to break you. It could not be more obvious

Black Friday boycotts: ‘Mass Blackout’ and ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ protests will target Trump and billionaires. Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop or even work this Thanksgiving to send a message about the widening wealth gap. www.fastcompany.com/91444540/bla...

What I find so deeply frustrating about these columns about our supposed inability to build things is the complaints about "bureaucracy" frequently turn out to be "Waah, they won't let us poison this river with selenium!" or "Waah, I don't want to have to share revenue with the local First Nation!"

This is correct.

Canada has a higher standard of living than the US by every metric. The US has a higher average income than Canada because their billionaires skew the sample.

In practice and at any org I have worked for or with, DEI is about expanding the hiring pool to attract and retain the *best* people - rather than being limited to their legacy and old boys networks & use metrics, not quotas, to see which of their efforts are working.

Can anyone direct me to a Canadian, UK or EU website that ships to Canada and sells Protect the Dolls and/or You Will Have To Go Through Me unisex or womens tshirts where the proceeds go to support trans people or orgs anywhere in the world?

Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE. Here’s how to use them:

“Canada should cancel all military contracts with American firms. There are cheaper alternatives that involve a greater degree of domestic production. Canada can be a stronger, better, fairer country once we close our door to the United States.” @taylornoakes.com

Someone recently questioned me about whether I was actually being serious when I spoke of the serious threat posed to our nation. They wondered if I was fear-mongering about Trump. I wish I was. I really wish I was.

Great piece.

“And I just say, ‘You know, it’s hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for fifth when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates.”

New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson. “Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Alberta is moving to a "dual practice" model. A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems. Hypothetical, but not speculative. New on CHW.

🎯🎯Must read piece on how John Roberts created the conditions for Trump’s rise and has enabled his criminality at every turn by @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I think Doug Ford’s attack on renters boils down to this: if you’re constantly moving, fighting eviction, or unhoused, you’re far less likely to participate in provincial politics. Wealthy homeowners and private developers will vote for Doug. Everyone else won’t have the energy to vote him out.

It’s very very interesting how many legit rightwing and reactionary propaganda accounts are using Canadian and Ukrainian flags as grab bag signifiers right now and how well it is working to allow them access to liberals on this site. Seems to be a large wave of propaganda going on right now.

Total nonstarter, but Trump will use Zelenskyy's rejection as a pretext to stop sending support: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

A 17-year-old accused of bombing a Jakarta school mosque, injuring nearly 100 people, left behind a digital trail glorifying white supremacist killers. TikTok videos linked to the suspect, show Nazi symbols and ties to the “True Crime Community,” an online network that idolizes mass shooters.

How to Succeed and Prosper as a CEO in Ontario: 1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign 2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant 3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked) 4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

We covered how underfunded classrooms, food politics, and moral choices all tie back to the same problem. When a system fails, people get blamed for things they cannot control. It does real harm.

Council is 25 REITs in a trench coat.

Not convinced of the headline. The provincial government has no interest in housing affordability. Our largest city won't allow adequate density w/in neighbourhoods, which means meaningful missing middle is banished to polluted arterials. The point of a system is what it does.

Germany calls for EU to achieve digital sovereignty, reduce reliance on US, China

Typical New York Times headline This story has been well documented. It’s not he said they said. Christ

Funding AB separatists is OK tho, right Pete? Thinly veiled threats, quite undiplomatic “You do not come into America and start running political ads, govt-funded political ads…& expect that there will be no consequences or reaction from the USA & the Trump admin.” 1/4 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Fcukin violation of Charter - our human rights 🤬 Hate this clause🤬🤬

This comment was in response to me putting forth an evidence-based argument in favour of taxpayer-funded school lunches. Let's take his criticism seriously and dissect it. Thread [1/7]

NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won. Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co

Watching the EASE with which Doug Ford passed the anti-educator Bill 33 today has me powerfully nervous about his Bill 60, which will make it easier for my terrible corporate landlord to evict us from our home. We’ve been here a decade and are paying half the rent of new tenants. Anxious nights!

Very weird line in this piece. "His 2015 campaign pledge to legislate the ban was cited as one of the reasons for the collapse of the Northern Gateway pipeline project." www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

"The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is slamming the proposal, saying in a statement patients will "wait longer, with many paying twice for health care, once through taxes and a second time with their credit card." The CMA is calling on the Alberta government to reconsider the idea."

I would like to share something. A year ago, Trump won and I was furious and scared so I sent a text to a few of local women I knew and asked them to join me at a meeting and invite like-minded women they knew. A few showed up, then a few more. We became a group called The Salon and we meet monthly

Big news! Ricochet has become just the fourth English-language media outlet in Canada to earn para-charitable RJO status! This makes us a qualified donee in tax parlance, and means all donations are fully tax deductible — just like donations to charities. Read more: ricochet.media/announcement...

I suspect there will be a lot of people lashing out at the Carney government over the MOU that's been leaked today. I'd encourage them to read this first. The biggest hurdle in the way of a new oil pipeline to the west coast, by far, has yet to be cleared. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...

Welcome to the loophole.

Well, you live long enough to appear on TV with hardcore MAGA folks who are openly advocating for Saudi Arabia to invest/buy up more of America and making excuses for tyrant MBS, and you, the sole Muslim, is advocating for human rights, journalism, and decency. We are in the 7th circle of hell.

Trump has been secretly working with Putin to create a stitch-up peace deal which they will try to force on Ukraine. As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.

Chat, which countries tax unrealized capital gains? "The ones with the least wealth inequality, best standards of living, and highest happiness rankings. Eg: Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland."

Appreciate @nationalobserver.com underlining the threat these lawsuits pose to our democracy: “One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”

‘Excruciating’ comes from the same root word as ‘crucify.’ We hope this knowledge doesn’t cause you great pain or anguish.

It is a *public service* and not a for-profit business. If we taxed investment gains and wealth the same way we tax paid labour, we wouldn't have these problems.

Canadian premiers want to empower pedophiles to strip search teenage girls, all in the name of marginalizing trans kids. This country is broken. American billionaire lobbyists have effectively seized control of our government, and it’s beginning to show in every decision they make.

As Tierra Walker's 14-year-old son performed CPR on his mother, he shouted, "I need you, I need you!" Does that sound 'pro-life' to you? Monsters.

Hey Ontario. Get up to speed on Ford's systematic take down of public education and talk to every parent of school-aged kids you know. The TDSB is getting the media coverage, but it doesn't take much to find out how kids in rural and smaller town and city boards/schools are being screwed over, too.

People have asked how affordable... Less than £1300/year. In the first phase roll-out, we are projecting that we can provide English, Maths and Science for less than £25/week per student. We hope to be able to provide 100%, 50%, and 25% bursaries, but it largely depends on securing other funding 1/2