Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s...

Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Province as prepared for devastating 2025 wildfires as it could have been, NDP ministers say Manitoba government ministers defended the province’s response to 2025’s deadly and devastating wildfire season Tuesday, insisting it was as prepared as it could have been. A couple from the Lac du Bo...

At a First-Nations-led wildfire season post-mortem in Jan, a councilor from Pukatawagan was in tears as she told prov/fed reps that while waiting for a rescue helicopter, she prayed that ISC had dental records to identify the bodies she was sure would be left to burn alive.

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She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

APTN News Brief: Researcher of Indigenous ancestry claims to appeal defamation decision Our lead story: scholar Darryl Leroux appeals Saskatchewan court ruling finding him guilty of defaming literature professor Michelle Coupal, partly on grounds the judge was mistaken in concluding h...

Darryl Leroux appeals Saskatchewan court ruling finding him guilty of defaming literature professor Michelle Coupal.

Hear more on APTN News Brief:

The privatization crisis at Canada Post Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

Good 5-part series from Media Indigena on "Interrogating 'The White Possessive'" featuring Kim TallBear and Candis Callison - podfollow.com/mediaindigen...

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We organized a special issue w/ @liberation-gen.bsky.social
"The Corporate Power of It All" — and it's now live! Seven conversations with organizers, researchers, and frontline leaders on how corporate power shapes our lives and how we fight back.

Read it here: forgeorganizing.org/issues/corpo...

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

A network of 20 inauthentic YouTube accounts has racked up nearly 40 million views by peddling lies, grievance, division and narratives normalizing the prospect of Alberta’s secession and annexation by the United States. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli

Federal cash for Churchill expansion could hinge on ability to ship LNG by 2030, Kinew suggests | CBC News Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Ottawa has hinted that it wants liquefied natural gas shipping out of Churchill by 2030 or federal support for an expansion of the port in the community could be off th...

Before this could happen, the following is required:

• Technical feasibility studies
• Economic due diligence
• Environmental assessments
• Indigenous & community consultation
• Design and engineering
• Construction

All in four years.

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Sacrifice your job for the glorious AI future How tech CEOs use the threat of job loss to distract from how AI is really used against workers

Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future.

It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to take the human out of the loop, but to take away their power and cut their pay

Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters and will generate more windfall profits for oil companies amidst a rising affordability crisis.

Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters.

Instead of capturing windfall profits for the public good, Ottawa is bankrolling fossil fuel companies and starving services needed during the #climatecrisis.

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It's interesting, because Canada spent $6.48 billion last year alone on the RCMP: rcmp.ca/en/corporate.... & yet I'm not being inundated with articles about the fact that the service is a financial gaping maw

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

How the Winnipeg Jets became a mushy-middle team — and 4 ways to break free The Jets can't afford another season like 2025-26. Here are four possible routes toward a more effective future.

How the Winnipeg Jets became a mushy-middle team — and four ways to break free

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The Harpercollins cover for Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff's 'Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.'

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff's *Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed* seeks to describe the ideology that gave rise to Elon Musk, the social forces that gave rise to that ideology, and the terrible future that ideology seeks to bring about:

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War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says The war in the Middle East has choked up maritime traffic in ​the Strait of Hormuz.

War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says reut.rs/3OjNuhc

Judge sides with First Nations to prevent ‘Alberta’ separatist petition count, for now Chiefs raise concerns about provincial government and pro-separation lawyers talking outside court — as Court of King’s Bench orders a temporary stay

An "Alberta" court has sided with First Nations opposing a petition to hold a separatist referendum in the province.

"We are standing up for our treaties, for our people and for the land that is all under threat through this referendum effort."

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Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

In 2025, the world started construction of nuclear power plants that would generate 12 GW of power if completed.

In the same year, it installed 108 GW of batteries and 600 GW of solar capacity.

LILLEY: Ford caves to mob driven by petty jealousy, sells government jet

Sure, Brian. The jealous, woke mob took the premier's plane away.

JetBlue CEO rules out bankruptcy this year despite surging fuel costs amid Iran war JetBlue Airways CEO Joanna Geraghty told employees the carrier was not considering bankruptcy for this year, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday, even as higher ​jet fuel prices due to the Iran war threaten its financial recovery.

JetBlue CEO rules out bankruptcy this year despite surging fuel costs amid Iran war reut.rs/4czdKvY

Winnipeg Jets GM appears unconcerned about job security despite club’s nosedive of a season Kevin Cheveldayoff admittedly felt lucky to be meeting the media on Monday to speak about everything that went wrong this season with his Winnipeg Jets. And for good reason. The only general manager t...

Are the #NHLJets winging it as they try to get back on track?

It sure felt that way Monday, when hope was essentially offered up as a flight plan by GM Kevin Cheveldayoff — whose job security, despite a historic nose-dive, appears on autopilot.

My column: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Darryl Leroux files notice of appeal in $70K defamation judgement Professor and Indigenous identity researcher, Darryl Leroux is appealing a court ruling in March that he defamed a Saskatchewan professor.

Professor and Indigenous identity researcher, Darryl Leroux is appealing a court ruling last month that he defamed a Saskatchewan professor. Story by Dennis Ward.

Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

The good and bad of this surveillance pricing bill in Maryland, and hope for more such bills in other states:

Warfare in a Box | Benjamin Fogel South Africa’s Executive Outcomes offered a modern army for hire.

Forever wars rage across the globe, in Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and beyond. Thus, business is booming for the multibillion-dollar private military industry—which is prepared to do the dirty work of Western governments wary of direct intervention.

The Mixed Signals That Canada Post Workers Are Getting from Their Union As voting gets under way on new collective agreements, CUPW's leadership is divided on whether members should accept the terms

Canada Post workers start voting on tentative agreements today amidst major changes to the postal service and mixed signals from their union.

For @pressprogress.ca I broke down what’s in the agreements and why some CUPW leaders are encouraging workers to vote 'no'

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The new Infowars logo after it was bought by the Onion. It features the word “Infowars” in rainbow colours and an onion substituted for the “O” in Infowars

Well played @bencollins.bsky.social, well played

The Onion plans to lease Alex Jones’s Infowars after judge blocks purchase The satirical website’s parent company will have to pay $81,000 a month to the misinformation platform

Satirical website The Onion plans to turn rightwing commentator Alex Jones’s misinformation site InfoWars into a parody of itself under a leasing agreement provisionally approved by a Texas court.

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce? The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time.

The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time. www.wired.com/story/prego-...