critics that make technology use seem inevitable / that we have no power to steer are part of the problem

www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/r... they have no care for the generations

Senator Marty Deacon co-wrote a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling for a ban of sports gambling ads in the country. She explains why why it's a public health issue. Full interview: youtu.be/IKZzgoUGQNE?...

I'm so glad I was a teenager before technology took over.

Trump floats death penalty for Democrats urging military to refuse orders

I wonder how long it'll take fancy journalists and their glazers to report on the fire at COP30

we are already environmental pariahs after carney's conservative budget. now we have libs cheering projects funded by us corporations that don't even make economic sense. this isn't "nation building" it's racing to the bottom. #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

Great start. Now, re-matriate the land.

Now they tell us.

You shouldn't be allowed to sell a house for an amount more than someone paying 30%/month of the national median income could afford. I'm sorry, but housing is not an investment vehicle/something to cobble into a REIT.

"'[C]ircular economy' of donations flowing to the PC party and grants returning to wealthy donors." "[W]hat does it say about us today when hundreds of millions in alleged slush fund spending reveal Ford's corrupt political machine, but doesn't harm his image?" #Ontario #Canada #Lobbying #Labour

I can't help but notice that it is provincial NDP governments (in BC and MB) who are leading this attack on marginalized people.

When an artist takes a break, respect it. Mental health over content. We'd rather wait for great music from a healthy person than mediocre music from someone burning out.

Six Democratic lawmakers who are military veterans or former intelligence officers urged members of the military and intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”

Nigeria shuts some schools in Kwara state after church attack reut.rs/4oRKLIR

OPINION: A sense of belonging arises mainly from meaningful relationships and conversations about those topics, not from simply having religious clubs and organizations on campus. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/m...

B.C. says 1950s-style clear-cut logging isn’t happening anymore. Is that true? @sobittersosweet.bsky.social explains #clearcutlogging

Today’s Featured Poem: “Night on the Thames Path” by Oluwaseun Olayiwola from Strange Beach published by Soft Skull Press Read here: poems.com/poem/night-o...

Well, this isn't great at all.

This headline overstates the case by quite a lot.

At the time of his arrest, Thioub was the first known faith leader in New York to be detained since the Trump administration began its mass deportation efforts. religionnews.com/2025/11/14/w...

Oakville charities, residents clash over 6-storey affordable housing plan

Great story from the Guardian about radical folk singer Dick Gaughan and the on-going campaign to make his records available again www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

"Albanese's report refers to Amazon's "Project Nimbus" and reveals that its primary funding source comes from the Israeli Ministry of Defense." Available in EN, ES, DE, FR, IT, TU, RU and BN.

‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI

Boycott Amazon, as was done to Wal-Mart in PQ.

Ontario government passes controversial education bill. Here are some of the highlights

#uncommonspod live with Tanya Talaga talking about The Knowing

George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher, the lead singer of Cannibal Corpse is an expert at arcade claw machines and gives the toys away to kids.

Not without “consultation and consent.” My people will not be ignored or our constitutionally protected #TreatyRights. 🪶😡🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐝🐻🦅🐋🦬🦊 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

How to Succeed and Prosper as a CEO in Ontario: 1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign 2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant 3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked) 4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

"[G]rowing number of First Nations are alleging Ontario's Bill 5 legislation is unconstitutional." "[O]ngoing disrespect for Indigenous rights and treaty rights." "Canada and Ontario are failing in their duty to have meaningful dialogue with our communities." #Ontario #Canada #Climate #Mining

In #hamont there are 318 people living rough, 1.9x more than the 165 folks at last count.

The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth. This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.

19-11-1997 CANADA: Forty-five thousand postal workers, members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, walk off the job across the country over issues of job security, wages and changes to lettercarrier routes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taez...

The former Beatle, arguably Britain’s greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.

Charity left to tackle crisis and hate alone www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Cabinet of the Progressive International condemns the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing a colonial governance structure in Gaza — a calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.

'Investor appetite for AI companies remains robust despite growing warnings of an AI bubble, fueled by soaring valuations and aggressive spending plans'. This was also the company formerly managed by Mark Carney, too.

Well, this is concerning.... Is the faith being based in the technology or what? Also the chatbot answers being given are grounded in the Bible: which Bible, translation, hermeneutic, school of thought, etc.?

Just another day, normalizing the surveillance state....

Actually, we need renewables, more than even, and a commitment to de-growth, not dirty nuclear energy with unknown costs for coming generations.

I missed this story. The Liberals have determined that budgets henceforth will always come out in the fall and updates in the spring, which means that the question of toppling a government will ALWAYS be a question of a Christmas election. This is so snakey.

The opposition NDP wanted the minority Liberal government to devote roughly $10 billion to affordable housing, pharmacare and other priorities, but was rebuffed ahead of Monday’s crucial budget vote, the Star has learned. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

"Carney’s Liberal government appears to have decided that concerns about human rights will no longer define the bilateral relationship." so now we are teaming up with saudi arabia and the us. elbows up everyone.

Over the weekend, Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of software firm Palantir, dumped all of his personal investments in Nvidia, the U.S. chipmaker whose products make generative AI possible. Nvidia is responsible for over a quarter of all gains in the stock market over the past three years.