And here is @judesherry.bsky.social at @oireachtasnews.bsky.social outlining how compulsory sales & compulsory rental function as effective policy measures to tackle vacancy/dereliction in other countries We believe they would be transformative in tackling #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #speirgorm

This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape. Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason. But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇 jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...

This government dances to the tune of big business as usual. They refuses to give workers the right to work from home, while also refusing to make decent public transport to get into work! #SpéirGhorm

Grok is being used to create sexualised images of women and child abuse material which are posted on X. So, why is the Department of Education still posting images of children to X? If Government Departments are going to continue to use X, can they at least stop posting images of children?

🚨🚨Re #leavingX, a recent study on the artificial intelligence chatbot #Grok embedded on X estimates it created the astonishing number of 3 MILLION sexualized images in 11 DAYS in January, including 23,000 of children. Unforgivable with this evidence to stay on #X. www.politico.eu/article/grok...

This ends once everyone abandons it. There nothing inherently tying us to that place

This is gross.

Children cannot learn if they are hungry. That is why the Hot School Meals Programme matters so much. But weaknesses in the scheme urgently need to be addressed by Govt. @jencummins.bsky.social

“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.” “What does it do?” “We were hoping you could tell us.”

This week its self reliance, last week it was China and Mercosur, next week he'll accept an invite to the White House.

The government shamefully votes down a Bill to tackle the dereliction crisis. It's a national scandal that we have over 50,000 homes sitting vacant for more than six years during a homeless crisis. We need use it or lose it legislation.

We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

The ambassador should be called to the carpet on this. No canadian should set foot in America. This is an escalation.

Repost. Every single time.

Toronto bike lanes yesterday. Weather isn't the problem, infrastructure maintenance is. #BikeTO

Donald Trump’s so-called "Board of Peace" is offensive. Mark Carney must reverse his decision to join Trump in this transparently colonial scheme. 1/4

I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level. And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children. Horrifying. globalnews.ca/news/1161124...

I'm hopeful that the City of Toronto's encampment response is achieving the right outcomes — namely, people accessing housing/shelter that is safe for them. But, as I stated to CBC, until I know this data, I can't fully evaluate our encampment protocol. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In theory, I've never liked the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, which bridges the gap between a person's income and market rent — it's a landlord subsidy. But it's also one of the only ways we move people into housing. These cuts will leave people on the streets. www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

I think a very significant part of the headless chickening on what is the world’s most straightforward question (“CSAM factory- is it allowed?”) has been the crippling cognitive dissonance of journalists justifying their continued use of X to themselves. They needed it to be a Q for debate.

FACT CHECK: Doug Ford has long opposed EVs and clean energy Ford cancelled all incentives for buying an electric vehicle, Ford paid to have Ontario’s electric vehicle charging stations ripped right out of the ground. #Cdnpoli #Onpoli #EVs www.ontariondp.ca/news/fact-ch...

$10 million withheld from Toronto's Housing Accelerator Funds. Congratulations to all of the councillors who confidently assured their colleagues that this wouldn't happen when they refused to allow sixplexes in their wards. www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/media-newsro...

Fully updated 25/26 CC calculator. Save your own copy & fill it in to your heart's content. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Elon Musk just been labelled a 'creepy little slimeball' in the Dáil by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.

It's not good enough to blame users for the horrifying images being produced by Grok AI. This tool is doing exactly what it is designed to do. We need a criminal investigation into X and Grok - because there have been clear breaches of the law. The laws are in place – the govt must enforce them.

The government doesn't like people speaking against their craven, bootlicking of Trump and US Imperialism. The government doesn't want to debate the kidnapping of Maduro & his wife Cilia Flores, or the rampaging threats and violence of Trump. They think it's "complex".

Anyone with a decent-sized following on a social media platform is both a customer and a product for that platform’s owners. Regardless of whether the former Twitter is banned in Canada, I don’t know how federal ministers can in good conscience be either.

Your tax dollars at work: Ontario has spent nearly $270,000 in external legal fees (not including their own in-house lawyers or $200,000 awarded in costs) to attack your Charter rights and amplify a bad faith culture war contrary to the advice of their own experts. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Political figures won't leave X because the conversation starts and ends with: "We have ### followers, sacrificing our audience is too risky" These people are risk averse, they make decisions based on what feels least risky. They will only leave X when they start fearing blowback and PR headaches

The Centrist’s Arc of Denial 1) Govt isn’t doing anything! 2) Why aren’t we all doing something! 3) I personally will not be doing anything.

If anyone can show me in the laws of rugby where “taking the space” exists as an offence outside of the set piece, I’d be obliged.

See, its just that easy, not hard at all

Well done @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.limerickleader.ie/news/educati...

"But my people/fandom/special interest group are on X" If your people are hanging out among the Nazis and the CSAM then fuck your people

This is insane commentary. This is a tactic from an abusers playbook

I've signed this petition calling for the Irish government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? #Spéirgorm my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie

Add another one to the great big board of "Urban Planning Debates: Academic Research vs. Some Guy"

Its literally the app

Motion Of No Confidence in this gobshite ASAP or what's an Opposition for. This is an empty net.

If the US saw what the US was doing in the US, theyd probably invade the US

There is no reason to remain on the platform

(Conservative suburban guy reading about homelessness) "hmm. How unsightly. The city should do something." (Conservative suburban guy reading that the city has no money) "if they charge me one single penny for my speeding habit or my house that has appreciated 300% in value I will bomb City Hall"

A social media platform created a chatbot, essentially a machine, that produces child sex abuse material on request. They are responsible for that crime and must be held to account.

@garygannontd.bsky.social fair play for your stance on Xitter, everyone, politicians and institutions alike, should follow suit without hesitation if they have any morals.

Tánaiste Simon Harris this evening asked if he'd delete his X account in light of the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexualised images of children and women on Grok, says he'll have to reflect on it.

When can Toronto get congestion pricing

It’s a new year and things are still bad! If you want to join folks in Toronto who are doing organizing, activism, and mutual aid work to make things less bad, I run a calendar/newsletter that tracks it all. Newsletter returns tomorrow, or use the iCal/RSS feeds! Tell your friends! showuptoronto.ca

Liberals have been weak & afraid to call out illegal US actions. They are putting economic interests ahead of truth, values & law. Conservatives claim to believe in law & order - except if illegality suits their ideology. Canada is always at our best when we take principled positions. Let’s do so.

Proud to have the support of @seanorr.bsky.social and @shawnmenard.bsky.social – city councillors who know the everyday emergency people are living through.