The whole thing about capitalism was that competition would keep prices down. This is not that. These are monopolies. #resist

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

One of many reasons why we have to stop using plastics and toxic building materials. The construction industry is responsible for about 37% of global carbon emissions.

A country is not a business, nor should it be run like one. Public services shouldn’t be expected to turn a profit.

Maybe Peterborough doesn't need an art gallery. A new post from Trout in Plaid. #PTBO

Full paper here: zenodo.org/records/1706...

Progressive activist Avi Lewis has officially launched his bid for leadership in Canada's New Democratic Party. He seeks to revitalize the ailing NDP by running a campaign to "fling the doors wide open, and build a party for the 99%.” www.commondreams.org/news/avi-lew...

War is peace, freedom is slavery, regulation is the antichrist.

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

💯👏 Do people not realize that sending letters through our publicly owned Canada Post may be the last secure method of communication? Really, it's a service, a cultural thing. Who doesn't like opening a written letter from a friend?

My 17yo regular claims that any slightly odd-looking, over-produced ad on YouTube is made with AI. They don’t know what to trust so they trust nothing. Not great.

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/cognitive-...

Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

The curtain has been pulled back, and we can see the handful of exclusively rich white men pulling the levers, yet some of us can't seem to believe it. Believe it and do not accept it.

“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”

This is so sus. Will Ford restore elected school trustees or is this a move towards privatization of our education system? globalnews.ca/video/113926...

Given 🇨🇦 legal commitments, health effects and negative 🌎 impact for future generations; and given renewable cost effective alternatives, increasing oil & gas extraction is unconscionable.

Speak their language. Money talks. But secretly let's build a society where we can leave it behind. They can have it. Money is a dead thing.

When the hallways of ERs are lined wall to wall with sick, elderly people on gurneys who may wait 24 hours for admittance even with something serious, I lay the blame squarely on Sylvia Jones and Doug Ford. Unacceptable.

I like normalizing that the regime pets have been given titles: Oligarch Bezos, Oligarch Musk, Oligarch Altman, Oligarch Zuckerberg, etc.

So much potential for the developer to clean up. Are we excited?

Draw the Line tomorrow in Canada and around the world. We are many! Join Leadnow, Greenpeace, 350.org, Council of Canadians and hundreds of organizations in telling global leaders that we demand climate justice, peace, and real democracy. drawtheline.world/canada

The U.S. regime thinks that everyone should bow down to its economic and military power, but it could not survive in its current state without the resources, conflict and slave labour of other countries around the world.

Correct use of shaming 🫡

I'm not asking people to stop talking about Kimmel or the coming repression tied to their latest martyr project—all of this is important. I am just saying, can we work in more discussion of our neighbors being hunted and protesters being gassed, beaten, and shot with pepper balls in Chicagoland?

I wish more people were aware of the impact of the policies being developed at the municipal level in #ptbo, which will change the city in years to come. Many people at this meeting expressed anger at the lack of transparency, lack of public consultation, and bias in favour of developers.

Whenever I hear politicians talk about offering treatment to unhoused people, I am saddened at how little they understand what is involved in making that successful. Housing, ongoing treatment availability, multiple therapies and supports need to be available for years if not indefinitely.

Open house on proposed Community Planning Permit System for #Ptbo sees development concerns expressed. 'This is Peterborough ... not Manhattan' said one attendee at the Miskin Law Community Complex event held Wednesday night. kawarthanow.com/2025/09/18/o...

'Everyone Except Me Is Always Wrong About Everything' By Waleed Ali

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Happy to see the #Ptbo public suitably riled at the City's open house to explain the new Community Planning Permit System, especially about its bias towards developers. Nobody is happy about 17 storeys in residential areas either.

Public Energy Performing Arts in #Ptbo unveils its 32nd season lineup. The era of new programming director Kate Alton begins with six main stage performance works, starting with YEBO on September 25 at Market Hall. kawarthanow.com/2025/09/16/p...

We asked major AI chatbots to help craft a phishing scam. They did. From fake charities to urgent pleas, the bots delivered. This investigation shows how generative AI is fueling fraud — and why it’s so hard to stop. Read our findings here: reut.rs/3K400yU

In late June, Google quietly scrubbed its pledge to hit net zero by 2030 from its sustainability website as it goes full steam ahead on hyperscale data centers and generative AI.

They are preparing for the Great Purge of all of American society, removing anyone who disagrees with them from any position of power or influence.

In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.

Just say no to Bonnie Crombie.

Let's put political affiliations and their subgroups aside and look at what political assassins and mass murderers have in common. They are almost all men. Men, especially young ones, need help and a new narrative for themselves and society.

Made these for fun — hope you get a chuckle at least & consider signing Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-... 💥🩷🌿‼️

This is what the UK considers edtech governance: the regulator waving away concerns about biometrics being used to pay for food. Aside the digital rights issue, it is infuriating that schools are expected to understand the privacy and security risks. Risks that are so great no workplace does this

Loved how I got to clarify that the 5 principles in section 4 of the paper were nothing new. They came straight out of The Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, that every scientists in The Netherlands already ought to know. All we did is apply them to AI. www.nwo.nl/en/netherlan...

Good 🧵👇Embrace the future is code for buy into this crap no matter what because we want to get rich and get robots to do your job. And where are all these benefits and breakthroughs from "the technology" for climate change, poverty or medicine anyway?

Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating people in A.I., is the author of a new book on why artificial intelligence will kill us all. On "Hard Fork," he made the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now, long before we reach superintelligence. nyti.ms/42qt3CT

I don't want to hear about it. I don't want wailing and gnashing of teeth, endless analysis. I don't care who or why or what affiliation. I just want everyone to stop what you are doing and figure out, together, how to deprogram the idea that you can defeat your enemy by oppressing or killing them.

❤️💯"'One of the main reasons we still see animals coming in [to the Humane Society] is housing instability and struggles,' Nichols said. He says with more recognition for pets as members of the family, that can lead to more overlap with housing law and people's rights."

“Education Minister Calandra’s own expense reports show he’s billed taxpayers $23,000 for a community BBQ, $2,200 for Strawberry pancakes & over $5,700 for stays in Toronto hotels.  Calandra lives in Markham: a 30 minute drive from Toronto.” www.labourcouncil.ca/press-releas... #onpoli #onted