man he’s doing exactly what Allred did and now we’re gonna get senator ken fucking Paxton

I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers.

Unfortunately, OCTA unanimously approved a 3 month continuing resolution that shortchanges Metrolink by more than $1M, while doubling down on their intent to cut funding in the future. OCTA is a rogue agency sabotaging regional transit goals and investment. Governance reform now!

Good. Let's talk about Marwan Barghouti. Imprisoned for 25 years. An inter-Parliamentary Union report found he was not given a fair trial. Nelson Mandela: “What is happening to Barghouti is exactly the same as what happened to me." Free Marwan. freemarwan.org

Another life-extending drug, this time for ovarian cancer.

By this logic then Canadian Tire is Hamas now, I guess?

“Free Parking / Free Palestine” levels of delusion

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

Biden's gonna zero fucks himself into being our next president

I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."

“You need to show actual injuries or even actual fatalities in order to score high enough for that funding." In the US, motorists have a blank check for their bloated infrastructure, but people walking and cycling must pay with their lives before something is considered.

Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?

New city report notes the Toronto Police Vision Zero Enforcement Team handed out about 14,500 speeding tickets in 2025. Might sound like a lot, but well, compare and contrast.

Today is #worldbicycleday so pour out an energy gel for the Madonna del Ghisallo for keeping us all safe from car-brained drivers today and every day.

I want to sincerely thank 🙏 @cba-news.bsky.social @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social, @openmedia.org, The Canadian Muslim Council, the Canadian Constitutional Foundation, the Centre of Free Expression, and Signal for fighting for Canadians today and exposing the problems with Bill C-22 and our democracy.

Petition to recall #PeteHoekstra. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Welp there’s no unseeing this

This is paired with the previous post, in case I catch a block for it

It’s a snub to NYers who love child-targeting genocide. You forgot that part.

NEWS: In September, the Washington Post fired me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. This week, after eight months, I'll be heading to arbitration against the Post to challenge my termination. karenattiah.substack.com/p/my-case-ag...

Video of what appears to be multiple @tps.ca officers tackling & arresting a cyclist during a stop sign trap on the MGT. Cyclist - "What did I do wrong?" Cop - "You didn't stop." If true, this is excessive use of force for a traffic stop. Mayor Chow & @ausmalik.bsky.social plz look into this.

Molly Crabapple's *Here Where We Live Is Our Country* is one of the most important, timely, *salient* works of history I've ever read. It's a history of the Jewish Bund, a socialist, internationalist org that once dominated Jewish political identity: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320... 1/

Democrats have controlled Congress and the White House for a big chunk of this timeline, it’s almost like both parties are owned by the billionaire parasite class

Fun thread, and I think Kat got it on the first bounce with the dumpling form. To me, the universality of the food is in large part because it functions so well as street food. No plates or cutlery required. (Although once you’ve got utensils the cooks gain an extra degree of freedom)

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

”’Third Way’ liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love.” That makes a whole lot of sense.

2/ The NDP has tabled a bill to repeal this strike-breaking tool for good.  Add your name to demand that the government stop siding with corporate executives over workers: ndp.ca/repeal-section-107

Shout out to all the Albertans participating in the Fight Back Now Day of Action organized by the @abfedlabour.bsky.social I wish I could be there today. Albertans raising their voices for fairness, for dignity, and for a better future for our province and for our country! #FightBackNow

Non-confidence vote NOW

1/ Whether it's on rail lines or at the ports, or against flight attendants or postal workers, the Liberal government has repeatedly invoked Section 107 of the Labour Code to break legal strikes.

The headline doesn’t cover the full implications of this. Ex Doge people are making a kind of parallel .gov infrastructure that spies on users, is totally unaccountable and invisible, and could be used to disenfranchise voters thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

Steven Guilbeault: "If you look at our campaign platform during the last election, commitments that we made to Canadians, mentioned climate change 28x. It did not mention pipelines once. So I think rightfully so, some people are wondering what is happening."

I cannot say this loudly enough: we need everyone to know what is happening at Delaney Hall. 300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today. ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse.

5/ There's an official petition to withdraw C-22, sponsored by NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social. More than 2,600 Canadians have signed. We need more. Add your name and ask others to do the same while it's still at committee: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

3/ It even opens the door to handing your data to Trump's America without a Canadian judge. The biggest civil liberties groups like @cancivlib.bsky.social, @openmedia.org, and @citizenlab.ca call this the most expansive invasion of our rights in modern history. thewalrus.ca/trump-wants-...

1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵

Remember to confirm your signature once signed by clicking the link in the follow-up e-mail the HoC sends you to ask the government to repeal C-22.

the right-wing always cries about free speech and echo-chambers because intellectually justifying their views is a lost cause - if you have to defend your right to say something instead of defending what you say, you've already lost the plot the truth is that there are correct positions in politics

I just watched video of 5 ICE agents abducting a guy from a courthouse in my area of Massachusetts. Periodic reminder that ICE hasn't gone anywhere. They are still here and still terrorizing immigrants.

Big news! @Sandela and I are raising money to hire a journalist to investigate the extent to which pro-Israel narratives are influencing Canadian media, and what the impact of that influence is on coverage. Chip in a few bucks! Help us hire somone! chuffed.org/project/1823...

Adding to Tom Steyer discourse

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

And heaven help you if you bike between offices for different meetings. You’re obviously not taking your work seriously. I get so many side-eyes walking into a room with my helmet…

looks like another consequence of carney’s cuts

This is a poison pill. Staff will jump on this in an instant. Transportation services already wants this to fail, and the culture war machine will be revving full force to push the "unacceptable impacts" narrative.

#BillC22 is going to change your rights to #privacy. Friends from OpenCivics put together a quick walkthrough and explained why we need Canadians to stop it together now! 👉 dontsurveil.me/c22.html #cdnpoli @openmedia.org

Memo to the global community: Canada has officially abandoned climate action. PM Carney has systematically dismantled all the insufficient policy we had in place. A clear-eyed and devastating piece by my brother, @sethdklein.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

You've probably seen the word #Landback somewhere and instantly had some feelings. It sounds blunt, which is part of why a lot of people tend to have an instant reaction or jump to some very problematic misconceptions about what it means. So, let's talk Landback, from my POV and work.