The Epstein class is forever attacking socialism because they are terrified that people will find out that government can be like this

Wow. Great RING commercial just now during the Super Bowl If you surrender your right to privacy and that of your neighbors you can find lost dogs once in awhile great trade-off

Trump’s illegal attacks on Cuba are just the next step of his Donroe Doctrine to exert power over the entire hemisphere. As the other G7 economy in the hemisphere, & so dependent on multilateral trade, Canada must stand up to him. My take for Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/business/opi...

We have Google, Ring, and Alexa for that 💀

"Epstein Class" and Soros and Musk being thrown in the same bucket, is a breath of fresh air.

Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.

High winds have pushed the Lake Erie icesheet The United States National Weather Service states it is now unlikely Lake Erie will reach a rare 100 per cent ice coverage this year. www.facebook.com/share/p/1ZvN...

Meanwhile in e-bikes…

Note: the language of the final motion Clr Clark intends to bring to Budget Cmtee next week will matter and I look forward to reviewing a written form.

It’s not a troubled newspaper, it’s owed by the second richest man on earth who could fund it forever and not notice the cost. This is an intentional self-inflicted wound.

So the penalty for using your car to put others lives at risk, is one month of Canadian public transportation use. 🚗🧠 is Canadian as maple syrup. “a 30-day licence suspension in Ontario and the vehicle was impounded for 14 days”

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

In Davos, PM Carney urged middle powers to defend international rule of law & free commerce. He should start by resisting Trump’s groundless threats against Cuba, which jeopardize our trade relations as well as our values. My take for Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/business/opi... #canlab

Shocked there wasn’t uptake for their 9000 lb battery-powered Hummer! 🙄

Vous ne verrez rien de plus mignon aujourd'hui...

good

Zohran Mamdani is planning to open Government run Grocery Stores in New York that will sell goods at up to 25% less than the ripoff supermarkets. We should do the same in the UK.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

The other thing that this Danish move does, is protect its population from the tech industry’s attempt to de-skill humans by getting AI integrated into the education system. Don’t hold your breath expecting Doug Ford to do the same. #HamOnt

In contrast to Europe, Canada’s response has been to leave X/Musk’s many, many inexcusable actions to the largely toothless Privacy Commissioner, with AI Promotion Minister Evan Solomon reassuring everyone via a Midnight Tweet (on X — classy) that Canada wouldn’t be banning X.

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Which is twisting Ford’s rubber arm to, once again, intervene in municipal transportation policy. I think Stoney Creek might love their “green wave” even more than they hate stopping downtown. #HamOnt

The Blood Tribe First Nation, located in southern Alberta near Lethbridge, said in an advisory posted to its website, “It has come to our attention that individuals have been stopped and even detained by US agents.” www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

whoops we did a grotesque and obvious racisms

If the consequences of Doug Ford failures on housing and addiction, were felt in all wards (having access to their libraries and community centres impacted because they’re being repurposed as social support facilities) provincial election results might look different. @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social

Winter inversion again? map.purpleair.com/air-quality-...

Assess current and aspiring politicians by the platforms they spend most time on.

A post on Reddit states this morning's collision at Main and Emerson involved four vehicles. old.reddit.com/r/McMaster/c...

This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

A peak behind the “innovation” curtain. “Waymo Chief Safety Officer Mauricio Peña confirmed that the company relies on remote human operators to assist vehicles when they encounter scenarios they cannot independently resolve”

Looking at the the future? Or is our future still going to be stupid idiotic oversized pickup trucks? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

“Innovative approach to a sustainable future” is code for AI displacement of human labour. #HamOnt

Imagine the #HamOnt media coverage if downtown councillors moved a callous budget amendment to defer the safety measures recommended in the RHVP commissioner’s report? @chchnews.bsky.social @thespec1846.bsky.social @joeycoleman.ca

Doug promised to end hallway healthcare. Sadly this is what he meant.

The City of Hamilton, the Hamilton Police Service, and Hamilton Fire Department continue to post some public information exclusively on the X platform. NB decision follows rampant use of X's Grok AI to generate and share sexualized images of people (including minors) without their consent.

I *love* this street transformation in Edmonton, Alberta. I visited it under construction almost two years ago but more progress is visible in Google Street View.

#HamOnt shouldn't be striving to attract this industry's data centres! @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social @tammyhwang.bsky.social

Found this old ad for Canadian Government Railways, in a 1917 copy of Hamilton Times. We need government to have that sort of swagger again! @avilewis.ca @ndp.ca @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Premier Kinew and Minister Asagwara aren’t leaving seniors at the mercy of the market, they’re stepping in to save these precious elder care beds. This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.

Ill-conceived or malicious, this plan will: -reduce #cycling in #Ireland -increase #traffic congestion -put bike share services out of business It’s not a safety win, it’s a win for cars & a nail in the coffin for #sustainabletransport. Staring from bike-filled Copenhagen in disbelief. #SpéirGorm

I've heard from some North Enders with questions about the reopening of the Bennetto Recreation Centre after its recent use as a temporary emergency warming centre during temperatures up to -30 degrees Celsius (with the windchill). Here's an update based on information from City staff. #HamOnt

The US was able to declare that it had eliminated measles in 2000. Now we're here. from @emilymullin.bsky.social

The Post has done some of America's best climate journalism. They won a Pulitzer for climate, then grew the team to 30+ people. Exec editor Sally Buzbee called climate "perhaps the century’s biggest story." Now down to 5 writers. Thank you Jeff Bezos. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Can't wait!

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Sacre bleu

This is classic scapegoating — blaming refugees for a healthcare crisis caused by decades of underfunding and privatization. 
 These charges are cruel and punitive. We won’t fix a broken system by putting up new barriers for people who are already struggling.

Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.

Peter Thiel talking to Epstein about breaking up countries, ending democracy. We need to destroy these evil men & take every last bit of their assets as compensation.