‘Immediately stop using’: Bissell steam cleaners recalled in Canada, U.S. due to burn hazard #RECALL #Canada #US

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Ew. No. How big is that tent?

Has she suddenly gotten rid of her xenophobic, anti-trans, pro-Tangerine Caligula, and fundamentalist Christian views?

#cdnpoli

TDSB to end policy that saw high-needs schools get extra staff The move to a model based on enrolment, class size requirements and union agreements no longer factors in higher-needs schools that got extra staff.

Students and teachers will get little to no support, students’ frustration will lead to behaviour issues, teachers go on stress leave…

Lower income areas will experience this at greater rates

www.thestar.com/news/gta/tds...

Texas losing a billion dollars a year on data center tax break The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.

Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year www.texastribune.org/2026/04/08/t...

People harmed by Canadian companies should be able to seek remedy in Canadian courts.

“This ruling sends the wrong signal to Canadian companies that they are shielded from being held to account in Canada for harm they may have caused overseas."

If you’re writing about Louis Mosley’s opinions you really have to lead with the fact that he’s the grandson of Britain’s most famous fascist, every single time

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Box 1: Kor the Klingon hugging Jadzia Dax happily and saying "Curzon, my beloved old friend." Box 2: Jadzia's face over Kor's shoulder, saying "I'm Jadzia now." Box 3: Both looking happily at each other as Kor says "Jadzia, my beloved old friend." Box 4: The text "If Klingons can get, so can you" over a trans flag with the Klingon symbol in trans colors in the middle.

Using people's chosen names brings glory to you and your house.

Ontario is underfunding public health care—and private health care is the beneficiary - CCPA $3 billion dollar funding gap drives privatization and downloads costs onto Ontarians

The Financial Accountability Office estimates that $6.4b in new spending is required in 2026-27 just to maintain 2024-25 service levels

But budget 2026 only adds $3.4b in additional spending, which leaves the health care system short by $3b

#onpoli

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Worker co-ops rising in the USA Worker co-ops and democratic workplaces in the USA have grown 34% since 2020 while more than doubling their workforce

Worker cooperatives are growing. As democratic workplaces, they offer an alternative form of organization where each worker has one vote.

If you are pro-democracy, remember to support democracy in our economy. Combat the concentration of wealth and power by supporting democratic businesses.

Former Ford government staffer challenges watchdog order for Greenbelt interview under oath | Globalnews.ca Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has been trying to compel a former senior government staffer to turn over personal emails related to the Greenbelt decision-making.

The Amato file went silent for months.

It turned out, behind the scenes, the IPC had lost patience and used its most powerful tool to compel the former staffer to be examined under oath.

He refused, seeking a judicial review of the demand. #onpoli
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We aren’t exactly dealing with a stable genius. Rather he’s a vindictive bully.

If, after Ontario ran those Reagan tariff ads, DT knew he could ask a tech giant for electronic dirt on the Ontario Premier … what then?

Anyone running with this angle? B/c this IS a problem.

#onpoli #cdnpoli

2. We know big tech cooperates with the US regime without court orders.

Given the actions of Doug Ford have ticked off DT, who is to say the regime won’t request access to the accounts of DoFo, Cabinet, and staffers if he ticks him off again?

#onpoli #cdnpoli

Read the whole thread. But two things came immediate to mind.

1. I’m not sure which services these folks are using but they are not hack proof. Neither are government systems. But Gmail, Microsoft, etc won’t know Doug Ford from Doug Ford and won’t have any measures to protect one vs the other.

This is BAD, folks. Ford not only wants to hide his cell phone logs, he also wants to hide private emails about the Greenbelt.

Remember that scandal?

This is egregious. We need to push back against this LOUDLY.

Pls call this feedback line & say, "NO!".

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A black-and-white studio portrait of a family posed together. A man with a mustache sits on the left holding a small child, while a woman in a dark dress and hat sits on the right with another young child beside her. Two older children stand behind them, and another child sits in front. The group wears formal clothing typical of the period. Decorative studio elements appear in the background, and the photographer’s imprint and location text are visible along the bottom of the image.

There was a time when Hawaiians came to Canada to work for the Hudson's Bay Company.
There is a theory that the word "canuck" comes from the term for these workers.
It is a little known part of the long history of the HBC.
This is the story.

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Symbolic of right-wing psychosexual pathology that they can't control the Straight.

New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people

In one of the first scientific reviews on the emerging concept of “AI psychosis,” researchers expressed real concern about the possibility that chatbots can exacerbate delusions, while maintaining reservations about the idea it can “cause” psychosis in people who aren’t already predisposed.

Thousands of Colorado Meatpacking Workers Are on Strike A strike in Colorado shows what happens when thousands of workers confront one of the most concentrated industries in the American economy.

As of this morning, nearly 4,000 workers are on strike at one of the largest beef plants in the US. Biggest meatpacking strike in decades.

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...

“Contrary to the promise of having more time to focus on meaningful work, juggling and multitasking can become the definitive features…'AI'-associated mental strain carries significant costs in the form of increased employee errors, decision fatigue, and intention to quit.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

Drone sightings drove surveillance fears as ICE surged in Minnesota Some Minneapolis residents who took to the streets to document U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids believe federal authorities used drones to record and intimidate them. Despite laws govern...

A Minneapolis woman who opposed ICE woke up to a drone outside her second floor bedroom window. A man delivering groceries to a suburban distro house for mutual aid recorded a drone hovering above the house. Whose drones and why? (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

A screenshot of an in-platform Character.AI search for "Epstein," which returned about a dozen roleplays based on the sex criminal and his island. Epstein Characters Creators Scenes X ↓↑ Comedy Romance Adventure Kind Human Anime Mafia Pol > EPSTEIN 8TH MARTH epstein in little saint james and he is talking in bulgarian telling people happy march 8th come to my island to... Select Character Epstein's Island Adventure The Island's Grip: A Descent into the Shadows Step into a high-stakes psychological thriller where the world's most... Select Character Epstein Adası epstein adası Select Character BRR BRR PATA PIMA WITH EPSTEIN AND DIDDY DIDDY DANCER Nick eh 30 Scene n?a Select Character

A screenshot of an opening line from a chatbot in a Character.AI-hosted roleplay, in which the bot opens with "hey i'm evil jeffrey epstein."

NEW: Character.AI continues to host bots styled after prolific abusers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as roleplay "scenes" created to gamify Epstein's island.

They aren't hidden. One roleplay is called "Epstein's Island Adventure."

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Translating, restraining kids, teaching multiple grades at once: teachers describe complex classrooms | CBC News Data rarely tells the full story. So when CBC News emailed a questionnaire to tens of thousands of Alberta teachers this January, we invited them to share stories to illustrate what classroom complexi...

“I used to love my job. Now I’m just trying to survive it… Teaching happens in the gaps between emergencies…” 😢

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Important story here from @jeffreybgray.bsky.social. Our repeatedly ethics-challenged premier is trying to escape scrutiny & accountability.

Using March's last #GiftLink 🎁 to share. Also, it's still being updated so make sure to check it later.

#OnPoli

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Folks have argued for years that AI weapons could be hardwired to follow the rules. They never figured that the people building the AI and the people using it would have totally different ideas about what those rules should be.

Justin Ling: When AI contributes to tragedies like Tumbler Ridge, the government should hold tech companies accountable. Too bad Carney’s not interested Here's hoping a new lawsuit against OpenAI inspires Ottawa to find the courage to challenge Big Tech.

Canada has a unique opportunity to hold Big Tech companies like OpenAI accountable for the harms built into their products.

But we don't seem interested. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Because capitalism rewards the worst kind of people - those who are willing to destroy the environment, treat people like shit, sell faulty products - all in the name of beating out competitors who may have a weakness in the form of an ounce of humanity. These are not people who want a better world.

This is the company the UK government has embedded in the nation’s services. Seriously, fuck everyone who is excusing this.

Insurance lobbyists at the table. Doctors and patients shut out.
The U.S. health insurance industry is helping shape Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation. #DanielleSmith is leading the parade. #Cdnpoli #ABleg #ABpoli

I love the term used in this interview, “technologies of isolation”. It feeds into something I’ve been thinking about over recent weeks, which is our damaging obsession with independence. It’s damaging for mental health, it’s detrimental to families coping and children thriving and much more, and…