Damn

This is dark, but I think there's a darker twist to this: Schools, Foucault tells us, are always about making the kind of people that capital and state have uses for.
In his days, that meant a disciplinary schooling system. One that got kids used to rigidly timed days, synchronous movements, etc. 1/

I don’t want NYC to become a museum. It should be a living, breathing testament to the working people of our city.

Image of a bus shelter in Ottawa with a sign on the window that reads "Douglas R. Ford commemorative unsupervised consumption site."

I hate the people running this province but I care deeply about the people in it. Grateful for the brilliant minds behind this activism.

(Somerset and Preston bus stop in Ottawa)

“AI is here, so we have no choice but to accept it”

so are immigrants and trans people, but I guess that’s a skill issue

October 28, 2025

speed cameras, overdose prevention services and bike lanes are harm reduction interventions

the purpose of removing them is to cause harm

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Unprecedented, "coordinated hit" by Alberta government used snitch law to spy on Turning Point Society The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act allows any citizen to trigger an investigation of a neighbour for drugs on the property. Since its adoption across Canada two decades ago, the snitch legis...

SCOOP 🧵

A snitch law passed by provincial governments twenty years ago has been retooled by the Alberta government for use against nonprofit agencies it seeks to defund. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

Does Carney’s Gas Tax Cut Send the Wrong Signals? | The Tyee Experts warn that suspending Canada’s fuel tax offers limited, ill-targeted relief.

Canada's gas tax has sparked a debate about how to respond to the global oil supply shock.

Are gas prices themselves the problem, or is there a poison pill in Canada's economy (its major dependence on fossil fuels)?

My latest for @thetyee.ca

No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News Kevin O’Leary's proposed Wonder Valley project in northwestern Alberta will not need to undergo an environmental impact assessment from the province due to existing water and power systems. However, t...

Reminder that the UCP exempted this project from having to complete an environmental impact assessment www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ford says no one in Canada is scrutinized like he is after backtracking on $28.9M private jet purchase | CBC News Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters Monday that "no one in the country" is more scrutinized than he is, as he explained his government's rationale for buying a $28.9-million private jet before qu...

Our poor poor Premier is so hard done by. Why can't he just be corrupt without everyone down his back
#Onpoli #CanadaSky

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

Or, it could reach zero, if enough people do what should be done.

Kevin O'Leary pins water licence for $70-billion data centre project on a small Alberta municipality Kevin O'Leary's plan to build the "world's largest" data centre at a cost of $70 billion in northern Alberta depends on a deal that lets the celebrity investor walk away from the project if the local ...

This is egregious www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/n...

1/ Average gasoline prices in the US could rise to an all-time record of $5.50, and much higher in some states, if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen by the end of June. Citigroup warns that the world's oil inventories risk falling to record low levels. ⬇️

Un-fucking-believable. Trump's White House ballroom project is even more corrupt than we thought. 😳👇

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Donald Trump's war in Iran:

"We shouldn't sugar coat or normalize this degree of gross, unacceptable incompetence being exercised here. We essentially have a talk show host and a couple real estate developers who are in charge of our war strategy."

Spot on!

What gave it away? 🤷🏼

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Two Palestinians Killed in Israeli Shooting Near West Bank School

Settlers and Israeli soldiers descended on a school in the West Bank -- and started firing live rounds.

Multiple kids were shot and one was killed.

His father was killed by settlers six years ago.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

AOC talking to RFK Jr. Her facial and hand gesture has the spiritual energy of that Italian hand gesture where you pinch your fingers and wave your hand (the "ma che vuo" gesture).

how it feels to say "sprezzatura"

Friends of reconciliation: please repost this! Or direct from DRIPAfacts.ca

Educating fellow settlers is on all of us to help undo the damage.

Look at this chart.

Tax cuts for the rich are a policy choice. Cutting the social safety net in exchange for them is a policy choice.

States like New York have an opportunity to help undo this trickle down nonsense by raising taxes on the rich (who will still be rich).

I hope Gov. Hochul does.

AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

www.billboard.com/pro/aeg-owne...

Can someone check the scoreboard and let me know the tally of indictments against Klan opponents v Epstein co-conspirators?

Other countries are jailing everyone connected to Epstein and somehow we’re still promoting his friends to higher government positions

The SPLC does amazing work tracking white nationalism, neo-nazism, and fascism. And our tax dollars are paying to investigate them instead of the perps in the Epstein files. 😞

APTN National News: April 21, 2026 YouTube video by APTN News

Today on APTN National News: B.C. Premier David Eby has decided not to introduce a new bill that would suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of indigenous Peoples Act.

We fucking warned y’all that this was the goddamned end goal for those smart glasses.

This is amazing.

BREAKING: Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law | Center for Climate Integrity Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Fossil Fuel Companies Immunity from Any Laws or Lawsuits Seeking to Hold them Accountable for their Role in the Climate Crisis

Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.

climateintegrity.org/news/view/br...

How much "loss" do fire departments report annually? Police? The armed forces? Roads? Schools? Solid waste collection? Wastewater treatment? Public health agencies?