Zach M 🍝

season the meats of your production

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

They’re going to call you a socialist regardless.

So be a socialist.

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

“It’s the equivalent of gorging yourself on the greatest meal you could ever imagine, while three children without enough food are sitting on the other side of the table crying. How enjoyable could that meal be?”

Dr. Richard Wolff, professor of economics and founder of Democracy at Work, slams the “lunacy” of a system arranged to make the already richest person on Earth even richer, as Elon Musk is celebrated as the world’s first trillionaire.

Watch full episodes of BT Live, join as a member at the link in our bio.

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

Major Canadian experts in internet security and privacy - like @RonDeibert, @OpenMediaOrg and @cancivlib - are absolutely freaking out about Bill C-22.

They’re sounding massive alarms, warning that it could:

- force companies to keep metadata for up to a year, making a vast trove of personal information vulnerable to leaks and hacks

- make encryption meaningless by creating backdoors in software that allow police and gov. agencies to scoop up our personal data and messages

- give US police and spy agencies direct access to Canadians’ personal data without warning or oversight

So what is the Carney government doing? Ramming C-22 through in the dying hours of the session.

Meanwhile, Minister Solomon offers a retail sales pitch for potential powers of a new regulator that won’t even exist for at least 18 months.

Instead of just banning surveillance pricing and protecting us from other forms of digital spying and extraction.

Bill C-22 is a disaster and should be withdrawn.

[Clarence Thomas the Tank Engine @TheRealJChubby]

They made enough money *yesterday* to fund free college for half a decade.

[NDP @NDP]

The Liberals have finally acknowledged the dangers of surveillance pricing, after the NDP raised the alarm about corporations using personal information to charge you more.

But they still won't commit to banning it.

The decision should be simple.

If companies are mining your data to squeeze more money out of you, your government should use their power to protect you — not corporate profits.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

Never believe anyone who tells you a better world is not possible.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Avi Lewis: "Canada is now living a new chapter of the shock doctrine story. It's also known as the political strategy of flooding the zone. The Carney government right now is pursuing an agenda of shocking scale and speed."

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Avi Lewis: "Leadership that brings back internationalism, that fights imperialism, that says Canada must come to the defence of Cuba and use our place on the world stage to fight for a free Palestine. Leadership that never apologizes for defending the most vulnerable and excoriating the most powerful. That's the kind of leadership that I hope to deliver."

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

"The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good."

—Pope Leo XIV

[GL @gldivittorio]

Bar

[Zach M 🍝 @whoszake]

@NostalgiaFolder

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

When people can’t afford the necessities of a dignified life, it's the government's job to step up and actually govern.

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

These are who will hurt and kill you if you ever try to do anything about the data centers poisoning your water

[Zach M 🍝 @whoszake]

@wbuxtonofficial Better yet, a future where the vast majority can get around their daily lives *without* a vehicle. If you decrease the number of people that rely on fuel, you'll quickly reduce the amount of fuel being guzzled up by people who just need to get a loaf of bread.

[Nora Loreto @NoLore]

My big question when someone says that the Middle East is "complex" is ... for who? It is definitely complex if you find yourself on the wrong side and you're trying to justify it to yourself, but otherwise, its quite straightforward.

[Zach M 🍝 @whoszake]

@ThePaikinPod @BlueJays @MarkShapiro Sheesh. Seems Mark picked a strong fence post to sit on.

Little does he know that the post he chose is firmly on the side of genocide, meanwhile he thinks he's sitting right in the middle.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Our Health care system doesn’t need a magic trick. It needs smart, evidence-based solutions.

Here are two that save money and save lives.

[Colleen Fuller @ColleenFuller]

This is such an important point. Thank god we’ve got voices in Parliament who know down is not up.

[David Doel @daviddoel]

Objectively true