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Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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If you go to a suburban mall, you will probably have to park outside and walk in. You don’t expect to drive in to your store.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you go to a suburban mall, you will probably have to park outside and walk in. You don’t expect to drive in to your store.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
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"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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Through multiple pieces of legislation — including Bills 223, 5, 6, 10, 60, 75 — the Ford government is waging a war on workers, poor, and homeless people, all to benefit a small group of economic elites.
We can fight them if we stand together.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
We can fight them if we stand together.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Ricardo Tranjan: We’ve seen this Doug Ford show before, and it only goes well for his corporate friends
We have seen this cynical three-act austerity agenda before.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Through multiple pieces of legislation — including Bills 223, 5, 6, 10, 60, 75 — the Ford government is waging a war on workers, poor, and homeless people, all to benefit a small group of economic elites.
We can fight them if we stand together.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
We can fight them if we stand together.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I have posted about this for several years, on old Twitter and here too.
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery.”
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I have posted about this for several years, on old Twitter and here too.
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
Reminder that when you see any media coverage like this, on healthcare wait lists, look for the name SecondStreet. And understand what SecondStreet is and what it's trying to do on behalf of dark money.
See my next post...
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NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
Ontario watchdog ‘intervening’ after solicitor general ignores transparency orders | Globalnews.ca
There have been several instances in recent years where the IPC has told the solicitor general's office to release information, only for the government to ignore the decree.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
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Imagine if there was a way of reducing daycare illness by half or more? Better for families, better for everyone. Cleaning the air would make a big difference.
For instance, shouldn’t we be requiring, by law, that all daycares and kindergartens have supplementary air cleaners?
Shouldn’t employees be, at minimum, be supplied with and encouraged to use KN95, Q100 or N95 respirators? I’m not even saying to require them to be used. Just supplied.
Shouldn’t employees be, at minimum, be supplied with and encouraged to use KN95, Q100 or N95 respirators? I’m not even saying to require them to be used. Just supplied.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Imagine if there was a way of reducing daycare illness by half or more? Better for families, better for everyone. Cleaning the air would make a big difference.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
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A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
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November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
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‘Better Call Paul’: Disability Advocates Reject Ford’s Move to Control School Boards
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
‘Better Call Paul’: Disability Advocates Reject Ford’s Move to Control School Boards
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
‘Better Call Paul’: Disability Advocates Reject Ford’s Move to Control School Boards
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
Advocates say the province is making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of students with disabilities
pressprogress.ca/better-call-...
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I’m continuously floored at how corporations were the largest beneficiaries (and scammers) of Covid-era government spend but the tiny amounts actual people and small businesses received were somehow turned into a controversy
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m continuously floored at how corporations were the largest beneficiaries (and scammers) of Covid-era government spend but the tiny amounts actual people and small businesses received were somehow turned into a controversy
Wait until they hear about the guys behind the misappropriation of the $2.5B Skills Development Fund...👀
"The Ontario government is considering taking control of the province's real estate regulator after an audit into its handling of what it describes as iPro Realty's "misappropriation" of funds."
"The Ontario government is considering taking control of the province's real estate regulator after an audit into its handling of what it describes as iPro Realty's "misappropriation" of funds."
Ontario government threatens to take control of real estate regulator in wake of iPro scandal #StarExclusive
Ontario government considering assuming control of real estate regulator in wake of iPro scandal
In a letter addressed to RECO, Minister Stephen Crawford said the independent audit “raises serious questions about RECO’s organizational structure” and the industry has “lost confidence in its regula...
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Wait until they hear about the guys behind the misappropriation of the $2.5B Skills Development Fund...👀
"The Ontario government is considering taking control of the province's real estate regulator after an audit into its handling of what it describes as iPro Realty's "misappropriation" of funds."
"The Ontario government is considering taking control of the province's real estate regulator after an audit into its handling of what it describes as iPro Realty's "misappropriation" of funds."
This, coming from a Govt whose only "accomplishments" are making it easier to buy alcohol, easier to gamble, and easier to drive recklessly. I mean they JUST band speed cameras in school zones and told drivers there are no consequences to speeding over the legal limits, so...🧐
NEW: This morning, Ontario announced it was looking at how to make impaired drivers who kill a parent pay child support.
When the minister came to speak, however, he didn't have a timeline. The move will be part of the "narrative" for a new law. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1153102...
When the minister came to speak, however, he didn't have a timeline. The move will be part of the "narrative" for a new law. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1153102...
Ontario ponders making impaired drivers who kill parents pay child support | Globalnews.ca
The government suggested the change is based on a 2023 Texas law that requires drivers convicted of killing a parent or guardian to pay child support.
globalnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This, coming from a Govt whose only "accomplishments" are making it easier to buy alcohol, easier to gamble, and easier to drive recklessly. I mean they JUST band speed cameras in school zones and told drivers there are no consequences to speeding over the legal limits, so...🧐
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My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Toronto’s streetcars are some of the slowest in the world. Here’s how the city could speed them up
The TTC likes to blame the sluggish pace of streetcars on things beyond its control, but the data tells a different story.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"That total for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal years is $8 million more than the corporate pharmacy chain billed for the same services over the previous six years combined, according to data obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request."
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"That total for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal years is $8 million more than the corporate pharmacy chain billed for the same services over the previous six years combined, according to data obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request."
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Doug Ford is why we can't have nice things. What I'd like to know is how his government manages to add $100 billion in new debt while chronically underfunding both education and health care. We are not being served. Ford's pals are getting richer.
#onpoli
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Doug Ford is why we can't have nice things. What I'd like to know is how his government manages to add $100 billion in new debt while chronically underfunding both education and health care. We are not being served. Ford's pals are getting richer.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: Help us investigate the Skills Development Fund
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: Help us investigate the Skills Development Fund
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November 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: Help us investigate the Skills Development Fund
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November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
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Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
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Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy - Spacing Toronto
I have lived for many years less than 30 metres from what was once one of Toronto’s storied corner stores — a green grocer known locally as “Dom’s” — for the owner, Domenico Cozzi. He and his wife Ros...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
52-year-old crossing guard dead after being hit by dump truck in Hamilton
Hamilton police are investigating after a 52-year-old crossing guard was struck and killed by a truck at the intersection of Mohawk Road and Upper Wentworth Street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...