JUST TAX THE RICH. By Everyone Hates Elon, Armley, Leeds, U.K.

First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near water source https://www.nwonewswatch.com/local-news/first-nation-prepared-to-block-highway-to-stop-mining-near-water-source-11539091

The UCP is trying to shield AIMCO from a $1.3+ billion lawsuit because of the UCP's own decisions. When will the UCP understand that pension dollars are not public funds and quit fucking around with them? Alberta tries to legislate ban on lawsuits about AIMCo losses | CBC Edmonton #ableg […]

It's cold, foggy, and there's frost on everything. Gorgeously surreal. I vote that should be Saskatchewan's new tagline. "Gorgeously surreal" is way better than "land of living skies"

An open letter: stop spreading outdated advice about internet security https://www.hacklore.org/letter All this is BAD ADVICE. Don't… • Avoid public WiFi • Never scan QR codes • Never charge devices from public USB ports • Turn off Bluetooth & NFC • Regularly “clear cookies” • Regularly […]

Oh look, the #bcndp Government finally noticed the Post-Secondary system is collapsing. *slowclap* Can hardly wait for that report next spring... maybe I will still have a job by then... PS: I have a crazy idea: perhaps post-secondary should be majority-funded by government, not by […]

HOT TIP: How to make the most of Black Friday! DON'T BUY ANYTHING!

My great grandfather ran a Montreal Militia back in the early 1900’s. My wife approves joining a volunteer force to defend Canada as a good thing (no dog house) if I join. I’m not a youngling at this stage, but I am in pretty good shape, have almost two decades of martial arts training, and love […]

There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.

Our 'great ally' taking it's cues direct from Moscow. 😡 Europe needs to wake up and smell the betrayal, we don't need that depraved land leading us on anymore. We've got nukes, weapons and a long history of fighting, enough of cowing to Washington or Moscow! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Because the world is what it is: a while ago I was ata friends place and found a postcard I made and sent to them on their desk, next to the laptop with one of the stickers I made for the lovely folks from the #NuSTAR telescope. Make art, folks! Give art to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements “Lots of car buyers are worried about how long EV batteries last. Research shows that modern EV batteries rarely fail. Only 0.3% of batteries in EVs sold after 2022 have had to be replaced, outside of major recalls, Recurrent […]

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

The Washington Post is reporting that the US Coast Guard will not classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. In case you didn't get the memo, it’s OK to be a Nazi in the United States Armed Forces. God Bless America and stuff. #hate #usa #nazi

DO NOT let another Conservative win an election. They are all working from the same damned playbook. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content | Oklahoma Watch #canpoli #cdnpoli #uspol […]

This article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-smith-oil-pipeline-9.6985035) is disturbing for all the predictable reasons, but I am going to focus my particular point of annoyance on the 2nd to last sentence in the very last paragraph. ""Haida nation will never stand for it," [Elizabeth […]

"Economist #hughmackenzie has been quantifying the value of the public services we buy with our taxes and has found that for the vast majority, taxes are one of the last great bargains. Most of us get more back than we put in, and that’s the case at every stage of the life cycle." #canpoli […]

I am so happy that this part of Waterloo Region’s history is finally being told. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/mural-black-community-queen-s-bush-settlement-wallenstein-9.6981353

Severance was great because it was essentially a documentary about a lot of ‘knowledge work’ “I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my job requires me to commit sociopathic acts of evil that […]

The options that work for middle class people to buy in a city are: coops, condos. Owning a whole building isn't practical. The existing market and legal structure makes condos outrageously expensive and coops are very rare and like secret clubs that you have to be in the know to join. It's a […]

I'm going to say I'm 11.5/12 on these. I agree two factor is annoying. I even agree that not everything needs more than a password, if there's no private information. But I just want to turn that one into "have proper passkey support" instead […]

This instance is full of transphobia and it's moderator is also transphobic. It needs to be blocked. cawfee.club #fediblock

So, turns out the seminal psychological treatise “When Prophecy Fails” was a lie. When prophecy failed, the cult members did not double down, and the cult quickly collapsed. Which means decades of sociological thinking are built on a falsehood […]

A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.

15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

#lestweforget Tommy Prince #PPCLI #canada

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun And in the morning We shall remember them.

Want to help identify Nazis (“white Nationalists”) in Canada? Of course you do! Check out the link to antihate.ca! This summer there was a conference in Vancouver that had people come from all over the Canada and elsewhere to talk about being hateful, horrible, human beings. Help the Anit Hate […]

I just was on a panel for DarkSky International's Under One Sky conference. The panel was about novel and emerging sources of light pollution, I was there to yell a lot about Reflect Orbital. One of the other panelists was Jolyon Troscianko, who studies animal vision at night (how totally […]

The other panelist was @skyglowberlin, and I learned a lot from his talk! He's studied light pollution in cities, and found that about half of light pollution isn't from streetlights, it's from headlights, signs, and shop/home windows. Horizontal light is the big problem! […]

It’s real! Pretty moving to actually see this in person. 🥲

NEWSFLASH: The Car Dealership Industry is full of fraud and deception. #nss #consumerism #cars https://www.cbc.ca/news/marketplace/car-dealerships-ontario-price-9.6969143

Jason Koebler for 404 Media: "AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge" “Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another” - Maggie Tokuda-Hall #books #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity […]

In April of 2025, Canadians were forced to choose between a central banker and a career politician to lead the federal government. Our electoral system failed Canadians who wanted a government that would work for them. #ndp #pr #proportionalrepresentation #cdnpoli #ndp2026

I dont make the rules, but rules: 1. Nobody who ever says ‘to be fair’ has ever cared about fairness 2. Nobody who says ‘uses the race card’ knows anything about race or racism

"It's simply untrue to claim that Canada’s deterioration in housing affordability is roughly the same as everywhere; ours is far worse than most over most time scales, & many countries have experienced an improvement in affordability in recent decades... we cannot forget that housing […]

Up:Rising, a collection of rebellious imaginings from authors with lived experience of mental health & addictions is now available for preorder. My poems "To Live a Life More Full" and "Half Blood Line" are featured. https://rattiincantati.com/products/up-rising-anthology #Mad #anthology […]

"Air Canada achieved record annual revenues in 2024 of $22.3 billion on a five per cent increase in capacity over 2023. We executed our plan, making adjustments where necessary, achieving nearly $3.6 billion in annual adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow of $1.3 billion" […]

@futurebird For sure, you're adding some of the nuance that doesn't fit in a Drake meme, and I think we agree 😄 My point is mostly that, for those of us who see the stealing of training data and the environmental costs of the computing needed as obvious deal-breakers that are enough to make us […]

Charlie Angus tells some more fascinating Canadian history. I am looking forward to this book. https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-riot-of-christie-pits?publication_id=2946092&post_id=168378292&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=8ise5&triedRedirect=true

SCAM ALERT. If you get a text from “Service Ontario” about an unpaid speeding ticket, it’s a scam. I just got one of these from some number in the Philippines.