@matthewbrennan4.bsky.social
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Any attack targeted at people just because they are Jewish is as barbaric and evil as any attack on people just because they are Palestinian, or whatever other nationality. I will not accept any justification or relativization for this horrifying act of antisemitism in my mentions. Evil, period.
Eleven killed at Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brands attack on Jewish worshippers act of antisemitism and terrorism
www.middleeasteye.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Any attack targeted at people just because they are Jewish is as barbaric and evil as any attack on people just because they are Palestinian, or whatever other nationality. I will not accept any justification or relativization for this horrifying act of antisemitism in my mentions. Evil, period.
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Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis.
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis.
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
What we'd once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford's Ontario
Once a $16 orange juice could end a career. Today, Ford’s government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund, revealing a political culture reshaped — and degraded — by a decade of far-r...
ricochet.media
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What we’d once consider a scandal is now just another day in Doug Ford’s Ontario.
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
A $16 orange juice once ended a political career. Today, government shrugs off allegations of a billion-dollar slush fund — the result of a decade of far-right impunity.
ricochet.media/politics/wha...
#onpoli
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it's pretty cool how Tavares and Nylander are playing absolutely out of their minds on a team that is otherwise total dogshit
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
it's pretty cool how Tavares and Nylander are playing absolutely out of their minds on a team that is otherwise total dogshit
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this merged so seamlessly with all the protest photos I didn't even realize at first
Kanoya Kanpachirou (PR chief of Kanoya City) is a skilled dancer with the head of an amberjack.
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
this merged so seamlessly with all the protest photos I didn't even realize at first
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Here's another for "the media is not covering the Ford gov't's scandals"
Ontario voters continue to eat up this gravy train of shit with a shrug.
Ontario voters continue to eat up this gravy train of shit with a shrug.
NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund.
From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds
Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show
www.thetrillium.ca
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Here's another for "the media is not covering the Ford gov't's scandals"
Ontario voters continue to eat up this gravy train of shit with a shrug.
Ontario voters continue to eat up this gravy train of shit with a shrug.
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How much shit will the Ontario voter eat, and pay for, before they get upset?
Wow. What a mess. Field day for lobbyists.
"Ford government labour ministers have selected groups to receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for worker-training programs against the advice of civil servants who’d evaluated their applications, Ontario’s auditor general has found."
#OnPoli
"Ford government labour ministers have selected groups to receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for worker-training programs against the advice of civil servants who’d evaluated their applications, Ontario’s auditor general has found."
#OnPoli
BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report
www.thetrillium.ca
October 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How much shit will the Ontario voter eat, and pay for, before they get upset?
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The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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What is this worth to you, Toronto? You wanna whine about a “tax grab?” Or you wanna celebrate a public safety measure that saves people’s lives, including children’s?
Automated speed cameras reduced the proportion of aggressive driving and speeding in Toronto by almost half, according to a new study.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
Toronto’s speed cameras have reduced speeding, aggressive driving by almost half: new SickKids report
Study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
www.thestar.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What is this worth to you, Toronto? You wanna whine about a “tax grab?” Or you wanna celebrate a public safety measure that saves people’s lives, including children’s?
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Liberals have been very concerned about mis- and disinformation in recent years, so when Mark Carney says carbon capture will allow for “decarbonized” oil, we should be clear that he’s engaging in active disinformation about climate change to please Danielle Smith and the Alberta oil industry.
July 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Liberals have been very concerned about mis- and disinformation in recent years, so when Mark Carney says carbon capture will allow for “decarbonized” oil, we should be clear that he’s engaging in active disinformation about climate change to please Danielle Smith and the Alberta oil industry.
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
July 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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Why? Alberta has oil that Ontario doesnt need and Ontario has hydro and nuclear that will undercut Alberta's oil. This is all a pantomime intended to trick Canadians into thinking that we have internal trade barriers that can be eliminated.
Les premiers ministres de l'Alberta et de l'Ontario s'accordent à étudier de nouveaux corridors énergétiques et commerciaux.
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/lon...
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/lon...
L'Ontario et l'Alberta s'accordent à étudier de nouveaux corridors énergétiques et commerciaux
Les premiers ministres de l'Alberta et de l'Ontario ont convenu d'une étude de faisabilité concernant la construction de nouveaux pipelines et lignes ferroviaires entre les provinces, tout en augmenta...
www.noovo.info
July 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Why? Alberta has oil that Ontario doesnt need and Ontario has hydro and nuclear that will undercut Alberta's oil. This is all a pantomime intended to trick Canadians into thinking that we have internal trade barriers that can be eliminated.
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Am I the only one who finds it slightly galling that premiers are pitching major projects to an open-eared prime minister right now -- including pipelines -- as a province burns around them and people are forced to evacuate?????
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
June 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Am I the only one who finds it slightly galling that premiers are pitching major projects to an open-eared prime minister right now -- including pipelines -- as a province burns around them and people are forced to evacuate?????
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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May 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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PBS teaching values like kindness, truth, and respect for all life to children is exactly why the ignorant, selfish, jerks who govern us now want to kill it.
Well put young Levar Burton!
Well put young Levar Burton!
Crazy how long this conversation has been going on
May 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
PBS teaching values like kindness, truth, and respect for all life to children is exactly why the ignorant, selfish, jerks who govern us now want to kill it.
Well put young Levar Burton!
Well put young Levar Burton!
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Nice to see people with normal behaviour speak that out loud. It’s actually super easy to love your kids. It’s the easiest part of the job.
Liev Schreiber recalls moment trans daughter Kai, 16, asked him to use she/her pronouns: ‘Didn’t feel like that big of a deal’
Liev Schreiber recalls moment trans daughter Kai, 16, asked him to use she/her pronouns: ‘Didn’t feel like that big of a deal’
"Kai was always who Kai is," the actor, 57, said in a new interview.
pagesix.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Nice to see people with normal behaviour speak that out loud. It’s actually super easy to love your kids. It’s the easiest part of the job.
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Man, I don’t give a fuck if he regrets it. Someone was SA’d under your watch and when made aware of it, you decided hockey was more important. That’s it. You’re done. Your second chance is not being in jail.
May 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Man, I don’t give a fuck if he regrets it. Someone was SA’d under your watch and when made aware of it, you decided hockey was more important. That’s it. You’re done. Your second chance is not being in jail.
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Meanwhile, in hockey media, big name reporters are celebrating the return of a coach who wrote a letter of recommendation for a staff member to work with young athletes, after being aware that he SA'd a young player, and he went on to get caught abusing another.
May 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Meanwhile, in hockey media, big name reporters are celebrating the return of a coach who wrote a letter of recommendation for a staff member to work with young athletes, after being aware that he SA'd a young player, and he went on to get caught abusing another.
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Maybe the NHL should have penalized some of the ridiculous goalie running in round 1 to prevent players in round 2 from thinking they could do what Bennett did to Stolarz.
May 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Maybe the NHL should have penalized some of the ridiculous goalie running in round 1 to prevent players in round 2 from thinking they could do what Bennett did to Stolarz.
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BREAKING: Nation’s biological clocks breathe sigh of relief
April 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
BREAKING: Nation’s biological clocks breathe sigh of relief
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It's an interview that also reinforces just how dangerous Doug Ford is. Still touting 'Fortress Am-Can' and people think he's the one to stand up to Trump? We're fucking lost.
Ouf, Ford slag offs Poilievre, and Jenni Byrne, pretty hard in this Politico interview. Worth reading.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘It’s the Tariffs, Stupid’: Ontario Premier Doug Ford Gets Real About the Canada Elections
Canada is holding its most consequential election Monday. Here’s how the country’s most successful Conservative right now thinks it will go.
www.politico.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It's an interview that also reinforces just how dangerous Doug Ford is. Still touting 'Fortress Am-Can' and people think he's the one to stand up to Trump? We're fucking lost.
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Whoever made that "good a
Ol football game" hockey parody should be imprisoned on grounds of national security
Ol football game" hockey parody should be imprisoned on grounds of national security
February 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Whoever made that "good a
Ol football game" hockey parody should be imprisoned on grounds of national security
Ol football game" hockey parody should be imprisoned on grounds of national security
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"don't wish ill on Trump voters" why not? they put a fascist back in power. there's going to be more than enough misery to go around in the coming years, it'd be nice if some of it fell on people who deserve it
January 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"don't wish ill on Trump voters" why not? they put a fascist back in power. there's going to be more than enough misery to go around in the coming years, it'd be nice if some of it fell on people who deserve it