Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸

Ah so now there's an "ask Copilot" option in the right click menu of windows. If I right click a file and accidentally click that option, it'll upload the file to copilot automatically. This is obviously a security nightmare, so I'll just turn it off.... ah right, you can't. STOP DOING THIS

On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us recognize that ending poverty is inseparable from protecting human rights, dignity and peace.

Parents, if you have dropped off a kid named Jimmy in the morning and picked up a kid named Janet at the end of the school day, please return to the school: You've driven off with some other family's child.

Spot on from @acoyne.bsky.social on CBC. First-past-the-post means a separatist party can win a majority with 30% and plunge us into a unity threatening separation referendum. Proportional representation means such decisions require broad majority consensus, not the whims of one party.

Talk is cheap, though. I'll believe it when I see it.

"“All the concerns we’ve had about the erosion of our environmental laws and the loss of habitat protection for threatened and endangered wildlife, it’s happening. It’s here.”" @maloneyj.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social

Eyes on Bill S-205, Tona's Law, which addresses the use of "isolation" in prisons. The Bill is at second reading in the House of Commons. www.parl.ca/DocumentView...

Challenging times call for capable hands. I have a proven record of organizing communities just like ours to advocate & win, and years of governance experience on non-profit boards in South Etobicoke. My name is Tim Ellis, and I'm running to be our TDSB Ward 2 Trustee - for my kids, and yours.

Join me and my campaign team for an exciting and fun event on October 1st, featuring DJs and live performances, special guests, and more! Stay tuned for details, but you know it'll be fun. :) Event starts at 6 pm and is hosted at the iconic Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke. See you there!

During #GenderEqualityWeek, we celebrate the contributions of women and gender-diverse people and highlight inequities that persist. 1/5

Dangerous people. I'm so relieved there were enough police to handle this explosive situation.

How much faster would GO trains be if they used electrical multiple unit (EMU) trains? Today, a 33.7km trip from Pickering to Union station makes 6 stops and takes 45 minutes Our proposed local EMU service would make 13 stops, and take only 36 minutes.

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Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.

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Seems bad for the leaders of an extremely powerful country to be convinced that absolutely every international interaction is a zero-sum game that they must win through superior strength and hostility.

Dunno where this Carney has been but I'm glad he's back from Davos finally.

The shooting industry kills on an industrial scale to keep grouse numbers high enough for a day's "sport" to be worthwhile. Foxes, stoats, weasels and corvids are trapped and snared in their thousands. Birds of prey are illegally trapped, poisoned or shot to protect the “stock.”

Very important and harrowing read about our world on fire.

What we should grasp is that this is what Trump is *for*. It's why fossil fuel companies and the ultra-rich backed him. The kleptocracy, the cruelty, the culture wars, all these, while real & grim enough, distract us from seeing the true purpose of his presidency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Buried in the bottom of this article is the fact that Canada is actively taking part in this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The cost of groceries has become one of the defining challenges of the affordability crisis. That's why our municipal grocery stores will offer a 30% discount on the grocery staples New Yorkers depend on — from meat to produce to dairy.

"Liberals made the decision, but it was regular people who compelled them to do so." Don't let your Liberal MP tell you otherwise. ✊

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

Ditto Carney and his Canadian Liberal government.

Our hearts are with the people of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins), Whitesand First Nation, Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation (Lac La Croix First Nation), Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, Gull Bay First Nation (Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek), 1/6 www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

A brilliant but depressing read. To paraphrase: The demand for moral stupidity comes from a Western ear that is desperate to avoid the truth. www.equator.org/articles/mor...

"More than 60 villages have been totally or partially destroyed.. this appears to be official policy.. Israel Katz just a few days ago said 'we promised to apply the Gaza model in southern Lebanon & we did. We destroyed everything'" Part of a report by Zeina Khodr

I joined BC Physicians Against Genocide in calling on Canada to demand the release of 83 Palestinian health care workers who are imprisoned in Israel without trial, including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who is gravely ill. @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social

Police and prosecutors do not always correctly identify the primary perpetrator of harm in cases of intimate partner violence, including coercive control. 1/6 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Hind Khoudary reports that yesterday Israel murdered at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza. Among those killed was a truck driver delivering aid and a family who were sheltering in their tent.

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right - our democracy is completely broken. #AbolishTheMonarchy

Funded by the federal government, researchers from various universities conducted medical experiments, including grafting skin from one Inuk to another. Story by Tom Fennario.

In this podcast I'm trying out some new thinking. I've come to believe that there are three entirely distinct and, in many cases, contradictory philosophies within modern environmentalism. It's a work in progress and I would very much value your feedback. Thanks. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/wepl...

On January 27, 2023, shortly after sharing a video about the pain of being separated from her children, a 32-year-old Ojibway woman named Tara took her life. 1/13 globalnews.ca/news/9474610...

Zeina Khodr reports on Hezbollahs reaction to the memorandum of understanding signed by the US & Iran.

Today at LCJC currently reviewing bill C-25, Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne confirms MPs are in a conflict of interest when it comes to deciding the rules of their own election

Slavery and child labor is prevalent within the chocolate industry. We seek to inform consumers about where their chocolate comes from. That is why F.E.P. updates our chocolate list every month to help keep you informed! ✨ Below are the new additions to our list:

Gabriel Elizondo: "For the first time in 30 years.. its now govt forces & not armed groups that are the leading cause of death & injury to children during armed conflict.. with Israel topping the list with their crimes against children in the occupied Palestinian territories"

No Toronto Liberal MP should take being reelected for granted. They continue to play this city. Their own TPA is making plans (900m runway), asking for non disclosure agreements and not revealing anything while MPs keep saying they know nothing, they’ll stand up for TO. Just constant emptiness.

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OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

The Senate committee on human rights voted to add an amendment to Bill C-9, a proposed law that will add hate propaganda and crimes a criminal offence. Sen. Nancy Karetak-Lindell (Nunavut) proposed the amendment to add residential school denialism to the bill and explains why.

Today at PROC MPs catch at the very last minute what would have been quite the embarrassing oversight in Bill C-25. Prior to today's amendment Official Agents were been tied to candidates for eternity (rather than per election cycle)

CoRhino calls on Senate to end an inappropriate conflict of interest

"We're just doing a small protest and we follow every law this is the crazy part, we follow every law while a lot of protests don't follow all the laws and that's ok" - Sébastien CoRhino

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BREAKING: Israel has explained it had no choice but to kill six paramedics in a double-tap in Lebanon after receiving intelligence that they were in fact paramedics