Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?

It was an absolute honour to speak at today's rally and demand housing for all in the face of legislation that will force more and more Ontarians into encampments. Housing is a human right!

Crisis in the City. I am sharing the media release. It's certainly good to see this style of action happening again. David Walsh was a co-founder of #Toronto Disaster Relief Committee with extensive ability to support out of the box solutions. #urban Why aren't we doing this? @mayoroliviachow.ca

Any attempt by @mark-carney.bsky.social to build a pipeline to move the dirtiest oil through one of the most ecologically fragile places will be met with opposition that will make the Trans Mountain and Keystone XL protests look like a kid’s birthday party. #greensky stand.earth/press-releas...

Calling out misinformation at The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 😤 Industry reps try to trick Canadians into thinking farmed animals live happy lives—when they suffer in filthy, crowded factory farms, with many trapped in cages so small they can barely move 👎 #CdnAg #OntAg

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change looked me in the eye today and said that the projects Mark Carney announced yesterday must match communities desires, and that Canada has a duty to consult Nations before projects are a part of the One Canadian Economy Act. #COP30

With Carney’s budget prioritizing the business elite, could this be Canada’s Mamdani moment? #Opinion from @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

BREAKING: Shocking footage from Bervie Zoo shows big cats, bears, & monkeys trapped in tiny, barren cages, pacing endlessly in distress 💔 We believe Boogie the monkey—seen self-harming since 2022—is still suffering at the zoo. Take action! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4r1iCQY

#Seagrass and other #BlueCarbon ecosystems, like mangroves, sequester #carbon through photosynthesis and by trapping it in sediments, helping mitigate #ClimateChange and reducing #OceanAcidification. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #FridayFieldUpdate

In videos from three livestock crashes reviewed by Sentient, police deliberately block the media’s access to crash sites beyond what is reasonable to protect public safety, citing concerns about animal rights activists.

There is no "Three Strike Rule" on human rights, and I remind City Council that the provisions of the Waterloo ruling re: encampments don't extend to just any offer of shelter — it must be *truly* accessible shelter.

How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #COP30 #climatecrisis

Failure summarizes the Canadian climate change record since 1990 — failure to meet any #GHG emissions reduction ambition, writes @ianurquhart.bsky.social. Canada is the only member of the G7 whose #GHG emissions have increased since 1990.

For context on the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB), which is one of the only ways to transition from shelters to permanent housing, Ford has cut funding to $8 million next year. TO has 16,000+ homeless and this will house ~900. The 401 tunnel feasibility study is better funded.

Homelessness will dramatically increase in Toronto over the winter, primarily because of provincial and federal funding cuts. Because of this, Toronto's Warming Centres will not be able to meet the need. My interview this morning with CBC Metro Morning. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Lest We Forget. On #RemembranceDay, we honour the countless animals forced into war—those who lost their lives in battle & those who continue to suffer in military operations today. These animals are not volunteers; they're victims of human conflict. #CanadaRemembers

✍️ Juive française et portant un foulard, la rabbine Myriam Ackermann-Sommer répond à Jordan Bardella sur la volonté du RN d’interdire le voile islamique : l’Etat n’a pas pour rôle de dicter les convictions, mais il doit garantir à chacun la liberté de les exprimer. Sa tribune dans Libé 👇

“Recent administrations of both parties have utterly failed at holding the meat and pharmaceutical companies accountable for the incredible danger they are putting us all in,” writes Andrew deCoriolis, Executive Director of @farmforward.bsky.social.

Shocking footage shows the CFIA’s mass killing of hundreds of ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in BC 💔 We’ve repeatedly urged the agency to halt the planned execution & allow new, independent avian flu testing to determine any health risks. This violent act is sickening & unjustified.

It's not only humans that are affected by the growing climate crisis. This Horse had already been rescued but ran back into wildfires to save its family. ❤️ There's no time to wait. Protect people and the planet. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #nature

Heartbreaking 💔 The CFIA has begun shooting birds at the ostrich farm. We've urged the agency to conduct new, independent avian flu testing to confirm if any risk remains. Killing hundreds of apparently healthy birds is an unjustified act of cruelty.

We have assisted our client Animal Equality, which has obtained footage of farmed trout suffocating and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse in Scotland. We have submitted an official complaint to APHA Scotland, which is the relevant regulator.

These incredible ibex defy gravity climbing a near-vertical dam in search of nutritious salt. Credit: BBC

Last year, 43 monkeys escaped from a primate breeding and research facility. Now a strange coalition of animal-rights activists and MAGA loyalists is demanding that all lab animals be set free. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vS1MOq

“ It’s day after day that you’re dealing with violence, so you really start to ask yourself the question – is this worth it?” It’s time to protect nurses. Make safe staffing a priority. Learn more: https://nursestalktruth.ca/ #FightLocal #ONhealth #ONlab #ONpoli

Animal advocate Zoe Rosenberg has been convicted of felony conspiracy & 3 misdemeanours for rescuing 4 sick chickens from a CA slaughterhouse. This unfortunate verdict is yet another example of how the legal system protects abusive industries & often punishes those who try to help. #PerdueTrial

The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) 2026 from @policyalternatives is live! Major public cuts are avoidable. Canadians need supports and services based on equality and solidarity. Read more about Building a True Canadian Sovereignty. #cdnpoli

He's already shown how he treats the homeless; now he wants more of us to be homeless. My bet is his developer buddies are quite ready to provide concentration camps at a price... Conservatives are the Republicans of Canada, and they all need to be voted out or we'll become the 51st state.

We humans today are so frazzled and fractured by the disintegration of our institutions that we are at war with each other. Hateful. Bigoted. Violent. We are starved for affection and companionship. Lonely in a living world that we are surely destroying. If only we could find a sense of kinship.

Show your support for Ontario Health atHome workers! Tell the Ontario government to engage in meaningful dialogue to develop a modern, evidence-based workplace strategy that benefits both employees and the people of Ontario. https://ona.org/campaign/ontario-health-athome/

Read the full investigation by @greymoran.bsky.social:

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools. Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

It was public--not private--enterprise that built this country: CNR, Ontario Hydro, the crown corporation that led to the Avro Arrow. Too bad we've forgotten. #cdnpoli #canlab www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Here's another great thing about public health care -- it's beyond the reach of Trump's tariffs. So let's stop underfunding it. #cdnpoli #onpoli #tariffwars www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Now do Colbert!

Watching the live coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Day in Ottawa. Shedding tears to see the banner of the names of all those children who did not come home and the tiny shoe memorial growing.

Residential schools, one of 🇨🇦 darkest pieces of our history. Today, Tuesday, Sept 30th, 🇨🇦 commemorates the National Day for Truth + Reconcilliation. substack.com/@charlieangu...

🐷 Public concern for animals is growing, but governments are cracking down on advocates instead of abusive industries. At #ALAC2025, Dr. Tayler Zavitz & journalist @willpotter.bsky.social examine ag gag laws & global repression of animal activism—& how we can fight back.

This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important! We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy

Take the pledge (easy to do since they have nothing worth watching) .. never, ever watch ABC or CBS. These companies have no value if very few people watch. Do not watch those who enable totalitarianism.

The goal of open rescues is not only to provide relief for the animals in question, but also to highlight the conditions in which farm animals are held. But it’s a controversial practice, as highlighted by @zoerosenberg.bsky.social’s current trial.