‘Immediately stop using’: Bissell steam cleaners recalled in Canada, U.S. due to burn hazard #RECALL #Canada #US www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Ew. No. How big is that tent? Has she suddenly gotten rid of her xenophobic, anti-trans, pro-Tangerine Caligula, and fundamentalist Christian views? #cdnpoli

Students and teachers will get little to no support, students’ frustration will lead to behaviour issues, teachers go on stress leave… Lower income areas will experience this at greater rates www.thestar.com/news/gta/tds...

Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year www.texastribune.org/2026/04/08/t...

People harmed by Canadian companies should be able to seek remedy in Canadian courts. “This ruling sends the wrong signal to Canadian companies that they are shielded from being held to account in Canada for harm they may have caused overseas."

If you’re writing about Louis Mosley’s opinions you really have to lead with the fact that he’s the grandson of Britain’s most famous fascist, every single time

Free newsletter: The Subprime AI Crisis is here. I explore the disturbing parallels between the run-up to the global financial crisis and the heavily-subsidized AI bubble, and how Anthropic and OpenAI's rush to IPO accelerates the crisis further. www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-ai-crisis-is-here/

Using people's chosen names brings glory to you and your house.

The Financial Accountability Office estimates that $6.4b in new spending is required in 2026-27 just to maintain 2024-25 service levels But budget 2026 only adds $3.4b in additional spending, which leaves the health care system short by $3b #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Worker cooperatives are growing. As democratic workplaces, they offer an alternative form of organization where each worker has one vote. If you are pro-democracy, remember to support democracy in our economy. Combat the concentration of wealth and power by supporting democratic businesses.

The Amato file went silent for months. It turned out, behind the scenes, the IPC had lost patience and used its most powerful tool to compel the former staffer to be examined under oath. He refused, seeking a judicial review of the demand. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1162160...

Read the whole thread. But two things came immediate to mind. 1. I’m not sure which services these folks are using but they are not hack proof. Neither are government systems. But Gmail, Microsoft, etc won’t know Doug Ford from Doug Ford and won’t have any measures to protect one vs the other.

This is BAD, folks. Ford not only wants to hide his cell phone logs, he also wants to hide private emails about the Greenbelt. Remember that scandal? This is egregious. We need to push back against this LOUDLY. Pls call this feedback line & say, "NO!". Ford ☎️ (staffed 24/7): 416 325 1941

There was a time when Hawaiians came to Canada to work for the Hudson's Bay Company. There is a theory that the word "canuck" comes from the term for these workers. It is a little known part of the long history of the HBC. This is the story. 🧵 1/10

Symbolic of right-wing psychosexual pathology that they can't control the Straight.

In one of the first scientific reviews on the emerging concept of “AI psychosis,” researchers expressed real concern about the possibility that chatbots can exacerbate delusions, while maintaining reservations about the idea it can “cause” psychosis in people who aren’t already predisposed.

As of this morning, nearly 4,000 workers are on strike at one of the largest beef plants in the US. Biggest meatpacking strike in decades.

“Contrary to the promise of having more time to focus on meaningful work, juggling and multitasking can become the definitive features…'AI'-associated mental strain carries significant costs in the form of increased employee errors, decision fatigue, and intention to quit.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

A Minneapolis woman who opposed ICE woke up to a drone outside her second floor bedroom window. A man delivering groceries to a suburban distro house for mutual aid recorded a drone hovering above the house. Whose drones and why? (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

NEW: Character.AI continues to host bots styled after prolific abusers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as roleplay "scenes" created to gamify Epstein's island. They aren't hidden. One roleplay is called "Epstein's Island Adventure." futurism.com/artificial-i...

“I used to love my job. Now I’m just trying to survive it… Teaching happens in the gaps between emergencies…” 😢 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Important story here from @jeffreybgray.bsky.social. Our repeatedly ethics-challenged premier is trying to escape scrutiny & accountability. Using March's last #GiftLink 🎁 to share. Also, it's still being updated so make sure to check it later. #OnPoli www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90e3098...

Folks have argued for years that AI weapons could be hardwired to follow the rules. They never figured that the people building the AI and the people using it would have totally different ideas about what those rules should be.

Canada has a unique opportunity to hold Big Tech companies like OpenAI accountable for the harms built into their products. But we don't seem interested. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Because capitalism rewards the worst kind of people - those who are willing to destroy the environment, treat people like shit, sell faulty products - all in the name of beating out competitors who may have a weakness in the form of an ounce of humanity. These are not people who want a better world.

This is the company the UK government has embedded in the nation’s services. Seriously, fuck everyone who is excusing this.

Insurance lobbyists at the table. Doctors and patients shut out. The U.S. health insurance industry is helping shape Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation. #DanielleSmith is leading the parade. #Cdnpoli #ABleg #ABpoli

I love the term used in this interview, “technologies of isolation”. It feeds into something I’ve been thinking about over recent weeks, which is our damaging obsession with independence. It’s damaging for mental health, it’s detrimental to families coping and children thriving and much more, and…

Wow. A near-miss that could have resulted in a "high-fatality" crash on a train carrying 120 passengers. The train travelling 80+km/h faster than it should. Grateful to the person who leaked it. May a whistleblower & good journalism result in changes. #GiftLink 🎁 www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Yes, the goal really IS to strip women of their right to vote. Because they want to overthrow the last 125 years and turn back the clock to pre-1900, when woman had little personal and economic freedom, and scientific racism was in its glory.

No joke, I think this might be one of the most important roles for tech-savvy Millennials/Gen Xers. We caught a glimpse of an amazing world, one that was almost entirely free of corporate or political influence because the suits hadn’t caught on yet. We could talk with ANYONE in an age of landlines

Kathleen was asked by a coworker about how they could learn more about the ASL Interpreters Union, which is organizing workers who serve Deaf people making phone calls. Kathleen's manager overheard. Two days later, she was fired. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Both things can be true: The Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic is an abuse of executive power. The daylight between the Pentagon and Anthropic is less than you think. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/t...

Ah, yes, American Exceptionalism: the Palantir edition. Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams, FDR, MLK, etc would all be so proud. Avoiding all products from co's led by amoral nuts takes work, but Palantir/Thiel/Karp empire is a good place to start.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp: "This technology disrupts humanity's train, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less, and increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working class, often male voters. These disruptions are going to disrupt every aspect of our society."

The Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin that just came out is really good. I suggest you take a peek, share it around. Especially the stuff about how the police board chair, Shelly Carroll, worked to avoid public input on the budget. Ford is not the only one steamrolling local democracy.

A Canadian journalist documents a group of white nationalists who’ve been meeting at a gym in Montréal, unbeknownst to the owner of the business. What happens after the story comes out? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

An absolute must for a more inclusive, democratic, and anti-racist Saskatchewan. Why would the government balk?

“Thomson Reuters is a $50 billion Toronto-based company that owns the Reuters news service. It also operates a widely used legal research tool, Westlaw, whose operations are based in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Thousands of the company’s employees live there.”

Just your monthly reminder to get off substack.

OMG they released the deposition videos where they revealed that these two DOGE bros were just feeding grants into ChatGPT and saying "tell me if this is DEI in less than 120 characters." www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

I’ve seen my share of “That’s not possible” shots. This one joins the list and might be number 1 because that was all his skill. No sweeping. #Paralympics #Curling #Canada

read this

Yet, Iran is bleeding the US dry of interceptor missles and fancy, expensive drones with their cheap, easy, and quick to build drones. Does the AI system still work when the US military can’t “see” anything for 2500 km because the cheap drones knocked out US radar on the ground?

Hey @voiceoffranky.bsky.social, it’s early days but I’m wondering if you plan on polling re: Canadians’ views of the New War, Canadian participation, and Canadians’ views on the federal government’s position and statements thus far. #cdnpoli #Canada

If they do, will the US regime say thank you?

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.