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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 3m

It’s the only motivating factor, across history.

Economic crises leads to population revolts.

Fed people don’t revolt.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve said it often the past 10 months, but the ONLY thing that will cause many, many Americans to turn against this dishonest, ignorant, dangerous madman is pain. Economic pain. Caused directly by him. It’s too bad, but it’s gonna take real economic pain to wake lots of folks up.

Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 21h

AI is the invasion of the body snatchers.

Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21h

Comparing it to an invasive species is about right. And Warzel’s conclusion is right, too: AI is a leech on our idea of meaning and humanity. I wouldn’t let it near my kids.

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 1d

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 1d

We’re running out of places to look.

The fish rots from the head.

Resignations are in order.

Beginning with Doug Ford.

Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 1d

“Look up, it’s the Greenbelt, look down, it’s Ontario Place, look right, it’s fast-tracking alcohol sales, look left, it’s speed cameras and municipal outcry, look behind, and it’s the Skills Development Fund. Look ahead and it’s just more of the same.”

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Another day, another Conservative scandal

How Ford continues to slide through the gross incompetence of his government is disturbing.

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 1d

“Look up, it’s the Greenbelt, look down, it’s Ontario Place, look right, it’s fast-tracking alcohol sales, look left, it’s speed cameras and municipal outcry, look behind, and it’s the Skills Development Fund. Look ahead and it’s just more of the same.”

www.thespec.com/opinion/colu...

Another day, another Conservative scandal

How Ford continues to slide through the gross incompetence of his government is disturbing.

www.thespec.com

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 1d

“The results are clear: when drivers know that automated speed enforcement cameras are in place, they slow down,” the letter read. “This means fewer tickets, lower costs, and safer roads for everyone." www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...

Former Ontario police leaders urge Doug Ford government to ditch plan to ban speed cameras

The Ford government is expected to table legislation banning automated speed cameras in Ontario.

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Question Period today, the Ford government sidestepping accountability for their botched Skills Development Fund.

Piccini has no credibility.

Liberals call for resignation.

Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 2d

The grift from the Ford government keeps on giving.

Failure to act decisively on Greenbelt grifting signalled lax intentions by the Ford govt for any ethics breach.

Ethics? What ethics?

This is government! Any grift is a good grift!

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Ford Nation: Of Scofflaws and Sycophants

Yet another scandal has hit the Ford government with revelations that the Skills Development Fund was inappropriately apportioned among Ford-friendlies. How many is that now? My head is spinning.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 2d

"This is very clearly anti-parent legislation because speed cameras are primarily used in school zones to keep children safe. It is baffling that our premier has chosen to attack a road safety measure that primarily is targeted to help little kids."

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With legislation to ban speed cameras in Ontario looming, grassroots opposition grows and local governments explore options

Municipalities are casting around for options as parent groups organize grassroots opposition to a ban on speed cameras that could come as this week.

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 2d

The grift from the Ford government keeps on giving.

Failure to act decisively on Greenbelt grifting signalled lax intentions by the Ford govt for any ethics breach.

Ethics? What ethics?

This is government! Any grift is a good grift!

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Ford Nation: Of Scofflaws and Sycophants

Yet another scandal has hit the Ford government with revelations that the Skills Development Fund was inappropriately apportioned among Ford-friendlies. How many is that now? My head is spinning.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 3d

Suck up, Vance.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 5d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 6d

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DrMacLeodCartoons @macltoons.bsky.social · 5d

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16d

reading this book in october on a beach day in new york city really drives (pun intended) the point of this book home.

congrats @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social !

the book Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, photographed on the beach

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fernieboy @fernieboy.bsky.social · 16d

Build the wall

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onion person @junlper.beer · 16d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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🍁 Left of Woke Warrior @wokenojokewarrior.bsky.social · 27d

Concerned about press freedom when criticism of Israel's government is often condemned as antisemitic? One of the more vocal & aggressive pro-Israel groups in Canada often intimidating media is the ironically-named HonestReporting Canada. Help by asking CRA to audit them!

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 28d

Are you ok with Israeli meddling in Canadian newsrooms?

Ok with the harassing of journalists?

Justice Peace Advocates and Writers Against the War on Gaza Toronto have launched a campaign to urge CRA to audit HRC activities.

Find out more:
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Biased? Guilty as Charged.

At the end of August, I wrote a column in favour of opening up Gaza to the international press. HonestReporting Canada initiated an email campaign against me. My response below, plus a Call to Action.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 28d

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IHIP News: Karoline Leavitt Has TOTAL MELTDOWN During MOST INSANE Presser Yet!!

YouTube video by I've Had It

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · 28d

Are you ok with Israeli meddling in Canadian newsrooms?

Ok with the harassing of journalists?

Justice Peace Advocates and Writers Against the War on Gaza Toronto have launched a campaign to urge CRA to audit HRC activities.

Find out more:
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Biased? Guilty as Charged.

At the end of August, I wrote a column in favour of opening up Gaza to the international press. HonestReporting Canada initiated an email campaign against me. My response below, plus a Call to Action.

open.substack.com

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🍁 Left of Woke Warrior @wokenojokewarrior.bsky.social · Sep 13

Excellent & comprehensive post about this mess. I encourage you to read it in full.

But I'm asking myself how we define the term 'political violence' denounced by many (yet put into daily practice by the US admin), and how/why Cdn politicians decide hateful US extremists are worthy of condolences.

Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · Sep 12

The killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong and there is no excuse for it. There is only trying to understand it.

He didn’t deserve to die, he deserved to be exposed.

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Charlie Kirk: Live by the Gun, Die by the Gun

Right-wing gun supporter Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University during a debate event while answering a question on the frequency of gun violence.

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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Canadian government's complicity in Israeli genocide is deplorable.

'I'm trying to give him hope,' Ontario man says of injured brother in Gaza and attempts to get him to Canada | CBC News

A Palestinian-Canadian man in Brantford, Ont., is calling for urgent help from the Canadian government so his older brother can get out of Gaza to get medical aid.

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · Sep 12

The killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong and there is no excuse for it. There is only trying to understand it.

He didn’t deserve to die, he deserved to be exposed.

open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Charlie Kirk: Live by the Gun, Die by the Gun

Right-wing gun supporter Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University during a debate event while answering a question on the frequency of gun violence.

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ford has no backbone when it comes to standing up to the demands of drivers. None whatsoever.

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It’s been nothing but wah, wah, wah against the “war on the car.” Like a baby.

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Speeding Cameras? Ford Says “Get rid of ‘em”

Doug Ford’s latest tough-guy threat to remove speed cameras is just what you’d expect from Ontario’s Trump-Lite politician

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · Sep 9

“These are the front-line workers who we expect as a society to fix the problems we see on the streets driven by poverty and drug addiction, and to protect the vulnerable from neglect and exploitation.”

Pay them.

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These workers are the heart and soul of our communities

Why is the work of care providers not valued? Is it because caring is “women’s work?”

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Margaret Shkimba @margaretshkimba.bsky.social · Sep 7

Catching up on unfinished work.

It’s been a summer of starts and stops.

This one catches up with Epstein and the Alberta book ban

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Catching up on Chaos, Part 1: Epstein and Book Bans

Since Trump’s election, chaos rules on the political stage and in the social arena. I’m catching up on chaos after a summer of head-spinning attacks on good orderly direction and democracy. Pt. 1

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · Sep 1

In an international effort "organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)..., more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries will simultaneously black out their front pages..., and interrupt their broadcasting [today] to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip."

In a world first, over 250 media black out their front pages and broadcasting programmes to protest the killing of journalists in Gaza

In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries will simultaneousl...

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