kateredleaf.bsky.social

kateredleaf.bsky.social

@kateredleaf.bsky.social

Dipping my toe in over here. Seems nice. Greetings from 🇨🇦.

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kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

We’ve been over this before: Every Global 7500 that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 GE engines built in Indiana, 🇺🇸. Every Challenger that Bombardier builds in 🇨🇦 has 2 Honeywell engines built in Arizona. 🇺🇸. Bombardier employs 3,000+ 🇺🇸s & has 2,800 🇺🇸 suppliers. Not so smart.

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

let's do UBI for her, she'd want us to

Ghostly Bree@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

Like the time fires raged through Gatlinburg and she just gave the families impacted $1k/month for 5 months and $5k the 6th month. no means testing, no complicated hoops, just "your life is destroyed here's some cash" resulting in another UBI experiment gone right. www.bpr.org/news/2018-12...

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Doug Ford earned the nickname “Teflon premier,” for the way his many scandals never seem to stick to him. But his non-stick veneer may be evaporating. @blivesey.bsky.social examines eight years of Ford in power—and the corruption that might finally take him down. breachmedia.ca/the-rise-and...

breachmedia.caThe Rise and Potential Fall of Doug Ford ⋆ The BreachIs the Ontario premier’s corrupt, authoritarian, and inept governance finally catching up to him?

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Replying to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

But the wagons have already circled. If people you don’t like or politically agree with think you’re doing something wrong, you must be doing something right.

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

We exist within an attention economy. What gets attention is what matters. If you support Universal Basic Income, then help it get more attention. That's why I post about and boost the UBI posts of others every day. That's why I write articles about it. Use my work to help. Make noise. Get loud. 📢

Scott Santens@scottsantens.com

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread: bsky.app/profile/scot... Here's a UBI starter pack too: bsky.app/profile/scot... And here's a UBI 101 link:

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Exhibit N°128482016492 that UBI works and _makes money back_ For those in the back: UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME HAS ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAN ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE

paulseesequasis@pseesequasis.bsky.social

From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

Basic Income Guarantee is not just an economic policy, but a way to recognise and support the essential work of caregiving. Many people leave or reduce paid employment to care for children, older adults, or loved ones with disabilities, work that goes unpaidhttps://zurl.co/6Myt1

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The life of Palestinian physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained by Israel without charge for 18+ months, is reportedly under imminent threat. Israel should immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abu Safiya and other arbitrarily detained Palestinians.

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Reminder that per capita, Ontario spends less on public schools, universities, and healthcare than most other provinces. But our Premier does have his own jet now.

Robert Benzie@robertbenzie.bsky.social

NEW: The Ontario government has purchased a used $28.9 million private jet for the use of Premier Doug Ford, the @TorontoStar has learned. The 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 was delivered this week. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

If you cannot hold a government accountable in any way... If there is no remedy to obvious and overt corruption... If you are not allowed to know what is being done in your name, with your money... You don't live in a democracy. Ontario has been post-democracy for quite some time now.

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Trump sent JD Vance to spend 21 hours to negotiate a deal with Iran 8 years after he tore up the JCPOA Obama forged with Iran after 21 months of negotiations.

HELL Kennedy@helenkennedy.com

The Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that Trump ripped up (and whose terms he would love right now!) took at least 20 months of negotiation. Months. Not hours.

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800 000 is all of the the old city of Toronto driven from their homes. (Blue on map)

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The Israeli military on Thursday unleashed a wave of heavy strikes on Lebanon's capital, Beirut, and its southern outskirts, as Lebanese officials say 800,000 people have been driven from their homes. At least seven people were killed in the attack, Lebanon's health ministry said. trib.al/96KbkWh

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"U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said." When applied to the current administration, I urge caution in using terms like "plans," "strategy," "policy," or "doctrine." www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-...

wsj.comU.S. Plan to Unblock Strait of Hormuz Collides With Realities of Global InsuranceThe U.S.-centric insurance idea runs counter to the realities of an international market, according to industry executives.

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Replying to @kooki3333.bsky.social

Solutions like UBI make Canada more resilient to US economic warfare. They dampen the effect of tariffs and businesses pulling out of Canada. We will not beat the US by playing their games, we beat them by rebuilding our society into one that cares for people.

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

The High Court has confirmed what we all knew: proscribing Palestine Action was unlawful. The state must stop using “counter-terror” powers to criminalise solidarity and intimidate working-class people out of protest. The Labour government must lift the proscription now and drop every case NOW.

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Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy from the Ottawa-area riding or Carleton is breaking ranks with the Carney government on its Return to Office policy for public servants: “There is little to no evidence that a one-size-fits-all RTO policy will improve productivity or service to Canadians”

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Chances are, you’re paying too much for groceries. 💸 Let’s take a look at why— and why it doesn’t have to be this way. Watch to the end for just one of the ways the Ontario NDP will rein in these outrageous prices.

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CANADA NEWS: University of Toronto Family Medicine Chair and basic income advocate Dr. Danielle Martin has been nominated to replace former Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland in upcoming Toronto by-election (University-Rosedale) The healthcare case for guaranteed income security is overwhelming.

Why is @mark-carney.bsky.social even considering participating in this??? FFS.

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com

🔴 A draft charter seen by Bloomberg details how Trump would dominate his proposed “Board of Peace,” an international body that could function as a rival to the UN & address issues beyond Gaza. 📌 How it would work: ➤ Trump would serve as inaugural chairman... The full report is linked below ⬇️

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Replying to @junlper.beer

Canada's century of humiliation is over! *Carney joins Trump's "board of peace" 24 hours later*

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

Seeing a wave of new Twitter refugees landing on Bluesky again. Raptors/NBA talk should finally get a nice bump. If you’re new: here’s a starter pack of Raptors + NBA follows. And welcome to everyone who decided they’d had enough of Elon’s “X” also know as Truth Social 2.0. 🖕🏻 go.bsky.app/7ckWNqy

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kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

The @ndp.ca (or other parties) could do more than delete X They could push for rules requiring government accounts only operate on platforms that meet higher standards around moderation, security and transparency Lead by example. Governments implicitly endorse these platforms with their presence

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kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent As it Happens interview about X and Grok. I’m posting a couple of screen shots here - since they are a bit too long for alt text, I’ll post the link to the full transcript below. #cdnpoli #X #Grok #yeg #CSAM

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

There are many, many people still viewing world events like today's through an ideological prism, as if the Trump regime has coherent or principled worldviews. The sane among us realize Trump could just as easily "capture" the Canadian Prime Minister next month, on a whim.

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Abysmal statement from Canada on the illegal US action in Venezuela. It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.

Anita Anand@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:

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Replying to @lukelebrun.ca

Here is the translated official statement from the Government of Mexico Presuming he is not currently being held in a dungeon in upstate New York, it will be interesting to see whether Mark Carney explicitly condemns this as our neighbour Mexico has www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...

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Long before the Toronto Blue Jays reached the World Series in 2025, or even won the title in 1992 and 1993, Canada had another world champion team. Back in 1877, the London Tecumsehs became Canada's first international interleague baseball champions. This is their story. 🧵 1/10

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

It is said that baseball is America's Pastime, but the first recorded baseball game in North American history happened north of their border. It was way back in 1838 when two teams came together in a cow pasture near present-day Beachville, Ontario. This is the story. 🧵 1/7

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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

If Joffrey Baratheon grew up to be an American president, this is pretty much what it would look like.

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship. Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing. And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary. Thank you Zack. 💪

kateredleaf.bsky.social reposted

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.