Alan MacLeod A friendly country would have the headline read: “Abundance of strategic minerals offer Afghan people a way to rebuild country”.

Was disappointed with this article Geoff Nixon, CBC News. Businesses are so worried about controlling staff, but no consideration of the other side! Employers expecting work without paying overtime is normalized behaviour, that is time theft too! cbc.ca/news/business/…

Even in the wake of a devastating earthquake that has killed 5,000 people in Turkey and Syria, the US and EU refuse to lift the sanctions which prevent Syrians from receiving direct aid from many countries. Remember this the next time they lecture the world about human rights.

The wild thing about the whole “we’ll pay you for one day’s work to scan you and use your likeness in anything we want forever” is that they aren’t even offering the same licensing expectation you would give to a font.

Today the Israeli military uprooted some 300 olive trees and vines near Tarkumiya, and destroyed 5 water tanks. This is part of the its war of attrition against WB Pal communities. And it works: over the last year 4 left their homes, 3 of them over the last two months.

Why do US taxpayers give $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel each year when: 1. Israel is a rich country. 2. Poor countries need that aid far more desperately. 3. The aid makes the US government complicit in Israel's occupation, repression, & apartheid. nytimes.com/2023/07/22/opi…

Settlers hand over Free Nora’s Home’s furniture from her Old City home that they stole earlier this month, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces. Zionism is indefensible, it is disgusting.

“Fear not, I will return to my home… You aren’t a democratic state, you are a state of thieves,” Nora Sublaban to the settlers that stole her home, taunting her from her windows. #FreePalestine

Thank you for sharing! It's probably the easiest way for Americans to understand what is happening in Palestine. Women, people of color, & women of color are the most adept at identifying systems of oppression. Low & behold -- they are the first to criticize Israeli apartheid.

Ford is shortchanging us 7.2 Billion a year on healthcare (in comparison to all the other provinces) Premier Doug Ford should explain why he underfunds public health care thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

Shocking question at Morocco's national team's press conference at the #WWC2023, asked by the BBC News (World) of all outlets, on how many lesbians there were on Morocco's team, mentioning the fact that it's illegal in Morocco (unfortunately). 🧵

Minister deletes tweet at some point around June 2022, presumably as he was in the back rooms plotting to carve up the Greenbelt, ending the steadfast commitment to protecting the Greenbelt. The deletion of this tweet reinforces that the Minister and the Premier know full well

I've been speaking to folks from Maui and have heard this again and again: people are being preyed upon in their most desperate hour. They do not want to leave their ancestral homes. They should have the resources to STAY and rebuild

In Iran if a 12-year-old girl is raped and impregnated by her father, she must carry the baby to term, or be thrown in prison for life. Wait, sorry, no. That's Mississippi.

Next two years: US and Canadian federal elections. Keep in mind these weasel tactics from conservatives and what they mean: "Conscience Rights" = anti-abortion/anti-LGBTQ "Parents' Rights" = anti-LGBTQ "Right to work" = anti-union "School choice" = anti-public school/pro-charter

On the topic of Tesla, Missy Cummings, one of the foremost experts in safety engineering, was forced to recuse herself at NHTSA for being rightly critical of the lack of safety and engineering rigour of Tesla's self driving system. We are beyond regulatory capture here.

Soon, the last sliver of electricity and connection will be exhausted. If I die, remember that I, we, were individuals, humans, we had names, dreams, and achievements, and our only fault was that we were just classified as inferior.

A martyred Palestinian little girl and her cat

I speak against the 75-year brutal occupation of my people, the inhumane system of Apartheid, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, our ethnic cleansing from historic Palestine, and our collective punishment all over the world. I will not be intimidated by baseless accusations of