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ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck US big tech oligarchs.

Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 5d

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
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OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 4d

While so many Indigenous nations lack clean drinking water, US tech oligarchs want to suck up clean water to build their corporate empires. Fuck them.

UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 4d

UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade

<article data-history-node-id="430046" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Unifil) said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.</p> <p>"Just before noon yesterday, an Israeli drone dropped a grenade that exploded near a Unifil position" in Kfar Kila, the force said in a statement published on Sunday.</p> <p>"One peacekeeper was lightly injured and received medical assistance."</p> <p>Earlier this month, Unifil said Israeli drones had dropped multiple grenades near peacekeepers providing security for workers clearing rubble left over from the war.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 12d

They beat the shit out of Amazon Labour Union leader Chris Smalls, the only Black member of the last flotilla. That the Israeli thugs would do this to Great is completely believable. There are reports from eyewitnesses.

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 12d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 15d

Livestream from the Sumud Flotilla as it is under attack by Israel.

www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

Canada needs all evidence assessed before recognizing genocide in Gaza, says incoming UN ambassador | CBC News

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26d

the argument that reining in the dominance of US tech companies and addressing the social harms their products cause in other countries would violate people’s civil rights is a perfect encapsulation of how US digital rights discourse protects the power of US tech companies

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26d

Three days after the UN inquiry declares "genocide" in Gaza the Carney government says they are still waiting for "all the evidence" before taking a stand.
What an epic moral failure.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26d

never again, but only once we’ve assessed all the evidence and tens or hundreds of thousands of people have already been slaughtered

Incoming UN Ambassador David Lametti says Canada needs "all the evidence to come in" and be assessed before it can recognize whether Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza — and the first benchmark d...

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PublicWrx @publicwrx.bsky.social · 26d

Kind of weird that Obama's ICE Executive Associate Director was implicated in a bribery scandal in September of 2024 and it didn't come up during the Biden/Harris presidential campaign....
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 26d

Trump's Stormtrooper thugs.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27d

A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.

Avi Lewis makes NDP leadership bid to 'restore the party's fortunes' | Power & Politics

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 26d

A Chinese person responds to Israel's accusations against China

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 26d

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CBC Power & Politics interview with NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis.

YouTube video by CBC News

Why I’m running for NDP leader

LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 27d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVy9...

@avilewis.ca launched his campaign for the leadership of the NDP this morning with this video containing a strong left populist economic and environmental message.

YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · Sep 16

The next leader of the Elizabeth May Party is...Elizabeth May!

Krystal And Saagar GRILL Dem Senator On Epstein, Zohran, Israel

LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · Sep 14

If I were Carney or Sheinbaum, I'd be on the phone right about now with Hyundai about re-locating this shop to Canada or Mexico.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Sep 14

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · Sep 14

There were actually more cops protecting the fascists than fascists. The counter-protesters outnumbered the fascists at least 20:1 if not more.

Sign: Christie Pits Nazi-Free Since '33.

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Guess Slotkin wished she'd never done this interview. It revealed how truly shallow she is.

YouTube video by Breaking Points

LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Shitlibs of Bluesky who supported Genocide Joe in Gaza and support Genocide Donny today.