Greg Fingas

Elon Musk tweet on October 16, 2025: "The wife of a friend of mine was killed by an illegal trucker who wasn't qualified to drive. Safety standards exist for a reason."

man, if you're gonna be an evil regulation-trampling monster whose body count includes your workers, customers, and innocent vulnerable overseas populations, at least have the dignity not to pull this maudlin "my friend's wife died, this is why we have laws" shit

Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Trump's "Catch and Revoke" Deportation Scheme From pro-Palestine students to Charlie Kirk commenters, the immigration system is being weaponized against people whose views Trump doesn't like.

"Three major labor unions sued the federal government on Thursday to stop a sweeping social media surveillance program designed to revoke the visas and green cards of immigrants who hold 'hostile attitudes' about the government."
#USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Genocide

A reminder that anti Muslim bigotry and hate continues to be a risk free political strategy. But it also endangers everyone else. Case in point: ICE and the erosion of foundational civil liberties is an outcome of post 9/11 “anti terrorism” legislation.

We're going backwards. Full steam ahead to keep destroying the planet.
All for greed.
#cdnpoli
#nspoli

It doesn't even track as an insult. They're so stupid. It's like when your seven-year-old brother tries to hang with the high school kids, only you know with nukes.

What the datacenter boom means for America’s environment – and electricity bills In this week’s newsletter: from Google to Amazon to OpenAI, the economic and climate cost of datacenters continues to grow

For decades we worried that AI would take over and destroy us.

But AI is just the final tool in the corporate psychopaths’ arsenal; extracting our skills, our knowledge, our souls - reducing our brains to mush & our planet to dust as they head off to their luxury bunkers.

Former MP who vacated seat for Poilievre registers to lobby for coal company in Alberta Damien Kurek, who vacated his seat as an MP so Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre could run in his place, has registered to lobby the Alberta government

“Damien Kurek, who vacated his seat as an MP so Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre could run in his place, has registered to lobby the Alberta government on behalf of a B.C.-based coal company.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.

Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Mad King Trump Seizes Your Money The president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.

"Donald Trump II is not far from what you get if you picked the worst characteristic of all the most degenerate, inbred English monarchs going back to Æthelred the Unready." prospect.org/politics/202...

Canada wants to detangle its data from U.S. tech giants. Can it be done? In the middle of a tense trade war, Canadian tech companies and policy-makers carve a path for data sovereignty

If sovereign data servers outside the reach of US law are the goal, why doesn’t the government just create a Crown corporation to build & run them?
This unthinking fetish for public-private partnerships is yet another example of how this government remains beholden to 1980s-era economic ideologies.

📣 Olivia Blake MP, #CANBill champion: “We must make it clear that no new oil and gas licences will take a single penny off bills or make us more energy secure; they will only accelerate the worsening climate crisis […] That is something we should talk about globally, not just in the UK.” #COP30

Some other new technologies that were just "put out in the world" without too much testing:

Radium, tetraethyllead, chlorinated fluorocarbons, thalidomide

Saskatchewan‘s rural health care:
Yorkton Regional Hospital is 63 years old.
Talk of replacing it began 14 years ago.
Nothing has happened.

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

The world's greediest (& their many toadies in government) have revealed themselves for exactly who they are & how bad they're willing to let it get. #GlobalClimateMajority is the only thing that can stop them & we've got to make it stick #ClimateChange #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A UCP Government Panel Backs a MAGA Agenda for Post-Secondary Schools | The Tyee The Mintz review was supposed to review funding. But it strayed into attacks on DEI.

A UCP Government Panel Backs a MAGA Agenda for Post-Secondary Schools via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Carney hints at easing corporate tax burden in budget PM acknowledges Canada’s corporate tax system needs to be competitive

I'm so glad I didn't vote for this neoliberal hack. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Remarkably swift passage of Everett teen into deportation system showcases ICE reach and efficiency

This is how The Boston Globe chooses to frame the kidnapping of a local teenager.

Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

The Trump administration recently bought stakes in two Vancouver mining companies and has shown interest in a project north of Prince George.

How the materials would be used is unclear — but it’s unlikely to be green energy.

My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

YouTube video by The Canadian Press Carney: Now’s not the time to hit back against U.S.

Appease, appease, appease.

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Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy. It feels like the world has moved on.”

It’s shameful how society is gaslighting people who are experiencing chronic illness and ignoring an ongoing public health crisis.

Poilievre pitches crime crackdown, saying some communities have become 'war zones' | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching tough-on-crime legislation ahead of Parliament's return, saying some communities have become "war zones" and a crackdown is needed now.

Poilievre grasping at straws by trying to pump up fears on crime
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Ah, I see Poilievre has progressed to the stage of Trump Playbook where he *checks notes* pushes to jail his political opponents.

Fun!

That’s some peak cynicism about trying to “make sure people don’t die ..”

Canada Post isn’t broken, but the rules are Simon Enoch - The Crown corporation can survive if Ottawa lets it compete

Canada Post isn't broken, but the rules are: Outdated regulations and unfair competition are holding back a service Canadians still depend on every day. By @simonenoch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #canlab #canpoli camrosevoice.ca/business/can...

The American Gestapo is getting more and more comfortable with their brutality and flouting of the law and constitution because they know they will never be held accountable for it.

America’s fascism is going to require an effort on par with war to correct and decades to accomplish.

I feel like “billionaires are bad” has become a pretty mainstream view. It’s long past time we see the same happen with “CEOs are fucking morons.”

The main problem remains. Sales are not assessed before finalization and few are even looked at after the fact. This #saskparty govt talks a big game but does nothing substantive. Rural Saskatchewan continues to be depopulated because of this and other #saskparty non policy. #skpoli

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For those keeping track...

"Alberta Strong and Free": United Conservative Party

"Canada Strong and Free Network": New name for what used to be known as the Manning Centre

"Strong and Free": Alberta's new licence plates

"Truly Strong and Free": Republican Party of Alberta

How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can ...

A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog @desmog.com can reveal

#ClimateDeniers

www.desmog.com/2025/10/15/h...

Republicans will never cease to claim 39-year old white guys are "kids" and 12-year old black boys are "men"