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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Writer, performer, podcaster introvert. I write plays. I think about theatre and its future. Host and producer of @stageworthy.ca

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I look forward to this guys crimes against humanity trial.

05.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now Doug Ford wants to spend "a few billion dollars" overhauling the Convention Centre - Toronto Life The premier called the downtown facility β€œone of the worst convention centres anywhere in the world"

WTF Doug? You're the premier of Ontario. Fund hospitals and education. Fix highways. Build bridges in towns where they need it. Stop this weird obsession with the city that hates you.

torontolife.com/real-estate/...

27.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI minister says OpenAI still not doing enough in wake of B.C. shooting, will meet CEO Altman | CBC News Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says OpenAI's recent commitments to adjust its policies in the wake of the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., do not go far enough and plans to meet with CE...

Why do I imagine him meeting Altman like a fanboy, and not someone who needs to be taking OpenAI to task?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

27.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ford government awards $1B contract for new Ontario Science Centre | Globalnews.ca The province urgently shuttered the Ontario Science Centre at Don Mills and Eglinton to move it south to the waterfront, claiming the move was necessary because of its roof.

Another Doug Ford scam! There's a perfectly good Science Centre already. And they just opened a LRT station there! Which of Doug's friends got this contract?

globalnews.ca/news/1170801...

27.02.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

What does Doug Ford want exactly? Is he working to make life better for regular Ontarians? Or is his goal to squeeze as much money out of the Province to enrich his wealthy friends?

No spoiler: its the second one. Every choice he makes is based on how how he can make his friends richer.

27.02.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Doug Ford blasts the β€˜radical left’ at Toronto city hall over estimate on cost of replacing speed cameras A report from city staff added up the cost of replacing speed cameras with traffic-calming measures suggested by the premier.

Doug seems to keep thinking he's the premier of Toronto. Still mad about not getting elected mayor all those years ago.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

27.02.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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27.02.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros. - About Netflix

Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer.

Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount.

about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...

26.02.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 4625 πŸ” 1955 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 736

Statements like this, should be called out whenever they occur. Reform should give him the boot.

27.02.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did it to yourself, America.

21.02.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alberta is about to post a budget with a massive deficit, and they are going to try to blame Ottawa for that. But the purse strings start and end with the provincial government. They are going to use the deficit and the austerity that will follow to stoke their anti-Canada sentiments.

20.02.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Doug Ford has never had to work for anything in his life. How could he understand how changes to OSAP would affect students? How can he understand how his underfunding healthcare affects patients? He's a rich guy who came from a rich family. He doesn't understand and he doesn't care.

19.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple Is Adding ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to CarPlay in iOS 26.4 CarPlay will support AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in iOS 26.4.

Hot take: forcing AI into everything is the extinction burst of the AI industry.

lifehacker.com/tech/apple-i...

19.02.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When an AI CEO tells us that one day their product will do something, we should immediately call BS. They are simply trying to prop up their dying product with the promise of something that will never be. They and their shareholders benefit from false promises, the rest of us should be skeptical.

18.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ontario finance minister says rate of health-care spending is β€˜unsustainable’ | Globalnews.ca In the buildup to the 2026 budget, Doug Ford's finance minister is raising concerns about the sustainability of health-care spending in Ontario.

If health care in Ontario is unsustainable, its because Doug Ford wants it that way. He's under funded our health services for his entire tenure as premier, all so that he can introduce a private health care option that will benefit his cronies.
globalnews.ca/news/1166965...

18.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Pedos, all of them. Charge them. Arrest them. String them up.

18.02.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FBI Officially Says It Won't Give Local Investigators Evidence In DHS Shooting Cases The FBI has officially notified Minnesota officials that it will not provide evidence from the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti to local law enforcement.

Well, this seems like the actions of a government that has nothing to hide. /s
crooksandliars.com/2026/02/fbi-...

18.02.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If any of these people actually cared about that they would arrest Trump and everyone else in those files.

10.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*sigh* Another American at the head of a Canadian arts institution. So disappointing.

10.02.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mirvish unveils 2026-27 season, including β€˜Karate Kid’ musical and an Agatha Christie whodunnit The seven-show lineup also includes the Alicia Keys jukebox musical β€œHell’s Kitchen” and the Olivier-winning hit β€œOperation Mincemeat.”

What a lackluster season from Mirvish Productions. A Karate Kid musical? 13 Going on 30, the musical? I'm so bored of the movie to musical pipeline. The only interesting shows (IMO) are Operation: Mincemeat and Salesman in China.

www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

10.02.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I think the term "American Exceptionalism" is stupid anyway.
Why try to be so stuck up?? Every country has their strengths and weaknesses

Anyway
PLEASE RELEASE WHATEVER YOU HAVE
THIS IS WHAT PUTIN HAS ON HIM

08.02.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 3336 πŸ” 967 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 60

This rehabilitation of Stephen Harper is a joke. He is (and has been since 2018) the Chairman of the IDU, which supports right-wing governments all around the world. They have aided the resurgence of fascism throughout the world, and as the Chair, Harper has had a direct hand in this.

04.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I always used to hear people say that Americans needed the second amendment in case the government ever turned fascist. Weird.

04.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently they are turning The Lost Boys into a musical. Of course, the most important question, is how will they handle the most important character in the film? Of course, I'm talking about saxophone guy.

04.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tim Porter Makes Theatre Work Outside the BigΒ City In this episode of Stageworthy, host Phil Rickaby sits down with Tim Porter, founding Artistic Director of Tweed & Company Theatre, to talk about what it means to build a sustainable professional theatre company outside of major urban centres.

What does sustainable theatre look like beyond major cities? 🎭
On Stageworthy, Phil Rickaby talks with Tim Porter, founding Artistic Director of Tweed & Company Theatre, about building a professional company in a rural community β€” and why serving audiences matters more than chasing prestige.

03.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, a lot of powerful and rich people visited Epstein's island and did unspeakable things to children, and there are not going to be any consequences for that? They just get to go on as if its business as usual? Do I have that right? 😑

03.02.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In a normal world, the fact of a name being in the Epstein files would be enough to bring someone down. Every person named must be investigated. Every person named needs to be shunned at the very least. Ever person who harmed children must be prosecuted. Regardless of who they are.

02.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If all these oligarchs named in the Epstein Files are totally innocent, surely they’d be in favor of an independent investigation into Epstein’s crimes.

Right?

31.01.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 28233 πŸ” 5309 πŸ’¬ 600 πŸ“Œ 172

The Epstein Files reveal that the world's most wealthy and powerful men are either raping girls OR have absolutely no problem with other perverted men raping and trafficking girls as long as it helps their bottom line.

I can only hope this infuriates the majority against the elite.

01.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 4213 πŸ” 1199 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 34

Arrest and prosecute.

01.02.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0