This town has officially decided to fight against the construction of an AI data center that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.

Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:

Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...

Dispatch from the Front Lines: Get ready for a bigger, more visible military Also: politics, sigh. Plus: Legault vs the doctors.

Dispatch from the Front Lines: Get ready for a bigger, more visible military
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The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?

The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney's Budget via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Ford plans changes to Ontario's Clean Water Act | The Narwhal Ontario’s Clean Water Act was a response to the deadly Walkerton tragedy. Bill 56 proposes changes that would centralize provincial powers

Ford government wants more power over Ontario’s drinking water: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

26 Groups Call on Toronto to Ditch the Province’s Dirty Energy Plan - Environmental Defence ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE, TORONTO EAST RESIDENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY (TERRE), CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE

#MEDIA: A broad coalition is urging Toronto City Council to reject the province’s fossil-fuel-heavy energy plan. It locks residents into decades of pollution, ignores local climate goals, and sidelines clean, affordable solutions.

Read the full release: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/04/g...

Bloor-Lansdowne: A TTC-GO disconnection Bloor-Lansdowne Station, now under construction, will have one of the worst GO-TTC transfers of any connection point, and will have very limited ridership potential

I also tried to make the transfer between Lansdowne Subway Station and the under construction Bloor-Lansdowne GO station. This station should never have been prioritized over King-Liberty or even Finch-Kennedy.

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UP Express train crosses over St. Clair Avenue

Thousands of new housing units are proposed near the planned St. Clair-Old Weston Station, but now it will only be served by UP Express trains, already overloaded, and not integrated with TTC or GO. Big changes need to come.

The revenge of SmartTrack Metrolinx is looking to serve new Kitchener Line SmartTrack stations with its UP Express trains only. It’s only fair that the transit agency comes clean to transit riders on how it will make …

As plans for new regional rail stations advance, Toronto is reckoning once again with SmartTrack, a campaign promise that never really went away.

But as details slowly emerge, Torontonians deserve transparency of how these new stations will actually work.

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Globe & Mail reports “the budget is expected to include up to $1-billion to attract high-quality talent and researchers from the United States and elsewhere”
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
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@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social

US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities The US federal government’s violent campaign of raids and detentions during the summer of 2025 in Los Angeles set the stage for similar and subsequent abuses in cities around the country.

NEW: The US government is conducting an ongoing campaign of raids and detentions across the country to advance a policy of mass deportation.

This campaign started in Los Angeles this past summer, setting the stage for similar tactics in other US cities.

Predicting Every Block of the 2025 NYC Mayoral Election Spoiler Alert: Zohran Mamdani is going to win

NEW: I predicted the results of the New York City mayoral election BLOCK by BLOCK.

🚨Spoiler Alert🚨 Zohran Mamdani is going to win

2,000,000+ Votes, 120,000+ Blocks, 350 Neighborhoods, 5 Boroughs, 3 Candidates

ONLY 1 PREDICTION:
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Facing imminent demolition orders, a West Bank village calls for international support After a decades-long struggle to stay on their land, the Palestinian community of Umm al-Khair is resisting final demolition orders.

After a decades-long struggle to stay on their land, the Palestinian community of Umm al-Khair is committed to resisting new final demolition orders. They are also calling for urgent solidarity and action from the international community to stop the demolitions.

ONLINE EVENT: The Future of Marineland’s Whales & Dolphins On November 4, join our special online event with the Whale Sanctuary Project, Animal Justice, & World Animal Protection Canada. We’ll answer your top questions & share how together, we can work to en...

November 4: join our special online event with the Whale Sanctuary Project, Animal Justice, & World Animal Protection Canada. We’ll answer your questions & share how together, we can work to ensure Marineland’s remaining animals have a safe, caring future 🐳 action.animaljustice.ca/page/180599/...

Clement sliding into home like a little boy

Springer shrugging after another hit while injured

The Toronto #BlueJays gave us arguably the closest #WorldSeries in modern history, and the most fun and inspiring playoff run I can remember in any sport. I LOVE THAT TEAM, and 100% believe #TORONTO should have a HUGE CELEBRATION ANYWAY, to thank the team, fans, city and COUNTRY for a legendary run!

I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous.

Signal: marisakabas.04
Email: mkwrites4000@proton.me

Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.

“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”

Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.

this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film

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According to new NBC and ABC/Ipsos polls, Trump's approval ratings — especially on the economy and cost of living — are now in the negative double digits.

Remember: Trump is a failing president.

He is not all powerful.

ICYMI: DHS is seeking to collect state driver's license data as it takes on an unprecedented expansion of a system that used to just contain info on immigrants but now has info on hundreds of millions of Americans, including SSNs. Via me &
@zachdespart.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org

YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup

It's Melbourne Fucup day

Young Men in the Hate-o-Sphere Recently, CBC ran a story about how the Poilievre Conservatives are touring Canadian universities to build support among young men.

Young Men in the Hate-o-Sphere
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Expanding LNG will increase prices and pollution Proponents flog the stale idea that fossil gas can replace coal to generate electricity, but that no longer holds up when renewables are a far cheaper option.

Expanding LNG will increase prices and pollution. Proponents flog the stale idea that fossil gas can replace coal to generate electricity, but that no longer holds up when renewables are a far cheaper option. davidsuzuki.org/story/expand...

Stay on guard. Get organized. Know your neighbours. Vote every election. Take every action you can to safeguard our democracy.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

Bill 2 is a serious abuse of power by the Alberta Government and must not stand.

We invite all Albertans to sign up, send a letter to the Premier, and join the fight to stop this abuse of power: savethecharter.ca

A carved pumpkin sits on a kitchen counter, lit from inside so the carving glows orange. The carving is the outline of a stylized bird head and maple leaf, resembling the Toronto Blue Jays logo. The kitchen in the background is softly lit, with cabinets, a plant, and framed art on the wall.

In this house, we are Halloween and World Series ready.

This is fucking amazing

Is Zionism Collapsing? Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé on the Potential End of an Ideology Academic and author Ilan Pappé joins Mehdi to discuss the provocative anti-Zionist thesis of his new book ‘Israel on the Brink’, the recent ceasefire agreement, and freeing Marwan Barghouti.

Is Zionism Collapsing? Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé on the Potential End of an Ideology
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Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.

Remember this.