What the government of Ontario has done to education assistants to-day, it can do to the construction trades, or doctors, or legal aid, or property, or any other ‘interest groups’ tomorrow. #onted #onpoli

The Doug Ford gave his caucus MPPs (mostly men) a raise of over $16,600 per year but only $780 for the mostly women who works in education. You think his MPPs work harder than your kids childcare worker? #onted #39kIsNotEnough

The Ford Gov has proposed legislation invoking s. 33 / the notwithstanding clause which essentially legalizes the violation of CUPE members’ Charter Rights, including their right to protest. This is not OK. Support #CUPE ! Dontbeabully.ca #cupestrike #39kIsNotEnough

Many ppl don’t realize the net profit realities of touring, it almost always a loss or “investment”… but it’s not sustainable- even w. gov grants artists are struggling. Thank u Roly for speaking to this.

Corporate Landlord surveillance capitalism is coming and i hate it. cnet.com/home/smart-hom…

I'm joining forces with The FAC and United Musicians and Allied Workers to end the practice of venues and festivals taking merch cuts in North America 💯 #MyMerch

Acts of racism do not belong in hockey..

1) A 🧵…. If you have been following the controversy about the Ford government’s plans to redevelop the West Island of Ontario Place into a private spa, you might be interested in some of these excerpts from the Province’s 2013 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value:

My photo is on the cover of the upcoming Gord Downie + Bob Rock album Lustre Parfait, coming out 5/5

'Young said the Mi'kmaw language holds his nation's legal framework and it shows how people should govern themselves. He said of writing his decision in Mi'kmaw, it's "a big step forward for the Canadian legal system." ' cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

Richard was evicted from Lakeshore and Jameson yesterday. His tent and belongings were trashed in front of him, by a large mechanical claw and a group of City of Toronto 🇨🇦 workers. They didn’t offer any shelter, because there’s none available (per the City’s own stats).

An affair between consenting adults, is none of my business. Knowingly letting people die, now that's something to resign for.

In the last couple months everyone has come out of the woodwork to reveal themselves as AI experts. None of us are, really. We don’t know where this leads. Don’t sign anything. No FOMO. Take your time.

Watching the Stanford HAI talks on creative AI Every panel has mentioned the need for a way for artists to opt-out of AI training They also talked about the need to manage publicity rights for vocal impersonation We already built both of those things! youtube.com/watch?v=ssb7TX…

Just finished reading Duncan McCue 's 'Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities' and among the many important takeaways, it's a reminder that the process is as important as the outcome.

I enjoyed Barbie and recommend it. However, the smallpox reference failed because it perpetuates an imperialist ideology: the Virgin Soil thesis.

“Let’s finish the job by ending the discrimination and raising the first generation of First Nations children that do not have to recover from their childhoods.” - Cindy Blackstock

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is voicing their support for a search of Winnipeg-area landfills for the remains of Indigenous women. A delegation from Saskatchewan that included a motorcycle group made the trek to support in person.

My feature w the BBC is out: "They're telling me that my mother's dead, but where? Well, if she has been murdered, she needs to be retrieved. And so does Marcedes Myran because this landfill is essentially a giant burial site, an unmarked grave at that." bbc.com/news/world-us-…