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Big corporations are using AI-powered pricing tools to look at your personal data — and rip you off.
We need to stop surveillance pricing before it becomes the norm.
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Doug Ford, to students: "money doesn't go on trees!"
Doug Ford, for himself: uses your tax dollars to buy himself a private jet.
Can we stop pretending Premier "God bless the Westons" cares about everyday people in Ontario?
6.4 million Canadians have CDCP coverage, but too many are still paying out of pocket.
Repost if you agree - dental care should be part of universal health care.
my french tutor says that I'm going to paradise, which is honestly worth the $45
Charging select groups more for health services is not the way to build a health system Canadians are proud of. That’s why the CMA is challenging the Federal government’s decision to charge refugees an extra 30% for essential health care services.
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At 11:31am I got emailed by two different people named Tracy from opposite sides of the country. We exist as witnesses to the miracle of life.
I *did* beat all the 10 year olds at laser tag (by more than 5000 points) but I *did* also ACCIDENTALLY lick the gun, so the birthday party was a bit of a wash.
It’s mostly people around my age. Some of them are parents.
No, I don’t have the madness. And my rec league is off this week for March break.
you should play basketball
For the late evening crowd -
Please call Ford if you object to his brazen move to block FOI requests
Note:
- there's a nonpolitical staff person ready to take your anonymous call NOW.
- public outrage has made Ford reverse decisions in the past
Ford ☎️ (staffed 24/7) : 416 325-1941
I've written/reviewed/juried lots of grants, include CAC. Happy to look it over if you'd like.
“We don’t double the workforce by splitting it into a two-tiered system…If people are paying for access, the rest of us are going to be left suffering.”
#abpoli
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A few things I will remember John Tory for:
Violent, militarized encampment evictions.
Undermining local democracy by requesting 'Strong Mayor' powers from Doug Ford.
The failure of SmartTrack and the closure of the Scarborough LRT.
Denying shelter to refugees.
📈📊: Ontario appears to have pulled back on sharing data. That's an idea we put to the premier's office, which told us:
"To imply the government has reduced or removed process measures is factually incorrect and misleading to your readers.”
Here are the examples #OnPoli
new dan, who dis?
explaining to my french tutor that i got too distracted in the lesson because the video she chose had a Television song playing in the background
more like snoozeday
By our calculation, the final 2026 City Budget invests $30.445 million in new and enhanced programs and services, including legal services for tenants and resources for unhoused residents through Toronto drop-in centres.
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Downloading of critical public services without sufficient resources to fund them has left the City of Toronto with an ongoing structural revenue problem. Intergovernmental action is needed:
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Someone wrote “to be read at night, under the covers, with a flashlight”
okay but why is this someone’s inscription for an ed broadbent biography?
“We’re gonna have a real seance. We’re gonna use a real ouija board. We’re gonna get real readings.”
Oh, it’s for a miniseries he’s turning into a comic that he’s already started art on. Cool.
Gen X guy on the streetcar saying “What’s $10? I owe $20,000. I’m going to get a reel or TikTok made in a week and dj all my beats together.”
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still trying to figure out why an ex watched The Long Walk twice last year
Iran has been under a complete blackout for 132 hours now, which means 6 days of no one being able to communicate with their loved ones while the state kills thousands of protestors.
The militia turned out to be not so well-regulated.
(From July 2020)