Alison Motluk
@alisonmotluk.bsky.social
Cranky freelance journalist
This is exactly right
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is exactly right
This is infuriating and unacceptable
Almost 15 months after I FOI'd time-sensitive public records & a half-year after @ipcontario.bsky.social ordered the ministry to release them, I have nothing, not even a promised release date. Information & Privacy Commissioner, with a mandate to ensure compliance with FOI law, has failed to help me
January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
This is infuriating and unacceptable
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Wow -- incredible!!!
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Wow -- incredible!!!
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
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Trump's skin is thinner than a paper straw halfway through a McDonald's milkshake.
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Trump's skin is thinner than a paper straw halfway through a McDonald's milkshake.
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This came in the same budget that axed a luxury tax on yachts. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada will require refugees and asylum seekers to co-pay for health care starting in May
They will have to pay 30 per cent of the costs of services such as dental, optometry and physiotherapy and a $4 flat rate on each prescription.
www.thestar.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This came in the same budget that axed a luxury tax on yachts. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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“We are witnessing the total breakdown of any meaningful system of accountability for federal officials. …The national government is becoming functionally lawless, and the legal system is struggling to contain his corruption.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | ‘Kristi Noem Needs to Go.’ Three Columnists on ICE in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“We are witnessing the total breakdown of any meaningful system of accountability for federal officials. …The national government is becoming functionally lawless, and the legal system is struggling to contain his corruption.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm.
Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
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And there it is.
January 25, 2026 at 3:40 AM
And there it is.
Thankfully I have my own copy…
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Thankfully I have my own copy…
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
The Final Indignities Inflicted on Iran’s Protest Victims www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
The Final Indignities Inflicted on Iran’s Protest Victims
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The Final Indignities Inflicted on Iran’s Protest Victims www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
Polio?!
CUT
🪓 USAID
🪓 GAVI & WHO
🪓 CDC, NIH
🪓 Healthcare
🪓 Childhood vaccines
How many preventable deaths must there be?
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
🪓 USAID
🪓 GAVI & WHO
🪓 CDC, NIH
🪓 Healthcare
🪓 Childhood vaccines
How many preventable deaths must there be?
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Polio?!
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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JD Vance speaks at the March for Life behind bulletproof glass
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
JD Vance speaks at the March for Life behind bulletproof glass
Your e-mail to your co-worker might pass through the U.S. before returning
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Your e-mail to your co-worker might pass through the U.S. before returning
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Headlines from every single time NATO invoked Article 5
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Headlines from every single time NATO invoked Article 5
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FFS
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 AM
FFS
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A hideous, unbelievable insult to our allies, who suffered a full third of the war dead in Afghanistan. And this from a soulless swine who knows everything about using his bone spurs to stay all the way back, entirely off the front lines.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
A hideous, unbelievable insult to our allies, who suffered a full third of the war dead in Afghanistan. And this from a soulless swine who knows everything about using his bone spurs to stay all the way back, entirely off the front lines.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Every day, he shames the United States as a nation.
Good people of Minnesota: if you are looking for a protest song tomorrow, Canada would like to lend you Bruce Cockburn’s “People see through you”
open.spotify.com/track/0ZEN4g...
open.spotify.com/track/0ZEN4g...
People See Through You
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Good people of Minnesota: if you are looking for a protest song tomorrow, Canada would like to lend you Bruce Cockburn’s “People see through you”
open.spotify.com/track/0ZEN4g...
open.spotify.com/track/0ZEN4g...
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Great kickoff to a new series from @thelocal.to on healthcare + $ in Ontario by @alisonmotluk.bsky.social. Super illuminating piece on the creeping privatization of healthcare, narrowing in on cataract surgery.
How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local
Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.
thelocal.to
January 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Great kickoff to a new series from @thelocal.to on healthcare + $ in Ontario by @alisonmotluk.bsky.social. Super illuminating piece on the creeping privatization of healthcare, narrowing in on cataract surgery.