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Tony Martin

@RadioFreeTony

Journalist, author; CBC & "legacy" media advocate; worrier about the climate crisis; guitar strummer, piano basher; skier, freight train hopper

 Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2018
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Big tech monopolies keep asking us - our society, gov, lawmakers - for things that will make them billions & cost us/abuse us more. Eg? Google has decimated the Canadian journalism community. And yet it continues to steal content outright with nobody doing anything about it.
Henry Mantel (@HenryForLA) profile pictureHenry Mantel@HenryForLA5h
The fact that Google felt comfortable even threatening this is evidence enough that the anti-trust hammer needs to be brought down on them hard. We've let these corporations get away with too much for too long.
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i hate the fact that u have to die just to prove them that u were actually struggling
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Serious mental illness can impact anybody at any time. Don't think it won't come knocking at your door, you are not totally immune or safe. I just wish more people understood this when showing so little compassion to serious mental illness.
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oneplusone🇨🇦@oneplusone103h
maybe people don’t like that this current iteration of AI is a thieving, environmentally and economically disastrous, greed-propelled, doomsday machine controlled by billionaire sociopaths who also claim they have no control over it …
senni.c | biri my beloved (@senni_eos) profile picturesenni.c | biri my beloved@senni_eosOct 30
don’t people realize ai bubble popping will fuck the whole global economy do we have to teach financial literacy to kids these days
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Any self-respecting Premier would simply resign over this one scandal. Doug Ford has about 15 scandals as bad or worse than this. It’s a level of corruption never seen before in Canada. I’m cc @MaritStiles @JohnFraserOS @MikeSchreiner
Colin D'Mello | Global News (@ColinDMello) profile pictureColin D'Mello | Global News
@ColinDMelloNov 2
Thousands of OSAP applications came from a single IP address, the Ford government now alleges. Another great story from @allisonjones_cp globalnews.ca/news/12129789/… #onpoli
Thousands of OSAP applications came from a single IP address, ministry alleges | Globalnews.ca

Thousands of OSAP applications came from a single IP address, ministry alleges | Globalnews.ca

In completing its final decision to deny the schools OSAP eligibility this year, the ministry appears to have taken a closer look at IP address activity.

globalnews.ca
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Luke Savage
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I almost admire this government's dogged commitment to *quite literally* being an executive committee of the bourgeoisie
Liberal Party (@liberal_party) profile pictureLiberal Party
@liberal_partyNov 1
As former President and CEO of Desjardins, Guy Cormier brings exceptional economic and social leadership. He’s ready to build a stronger future for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Québec, and Canada, with Mark Carney and our Liberal team.
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Warren Gunnels
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Not only did Disney pay $0 in federal income taxes last year due to Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” it got a $1.4 billion tax refund after making $12.4 billion in profits. “Corporation will create jobs if they get tax breaks” is a Big Lie. It never trickles down. Ever.
Bloomberg (@business) profile pictureBloomberg
@business20h
Disney is moving toward thousands of job cuts with the entertainment giant asking some managers to target 20% in annual cost savings, according to people familiar with the matter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Disney Eyes Thousands of Layoffs, With Managers Asked to Cut 20%

Disney Eyes Thousands of Layoffs, With Managers Asked to Cut 20%

Walt Disney Co. is moving toward thousands of job cuts with the entertainment giant asking some managers to target 20% in annual cost savings, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Privatizing airports benefits no one but rich investors. The NDP and the labour movement are united in the fight ahead.
Unifor (@UniforTheUnion) profile pictureUnifor
@UniforTheUnion20h
Today, members of Unifor’s Aviation Council and aviation sector met with other unions and federal @NDP leader @AviLewis to discuss strategies, including creating a united plan, to fight airport privatization.
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Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to log into Microsoft Authenticator 45 times a day, create deliverables for key stakeholders, and boil the ocean
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Emily Spanton@whatdoesntkillu7h
The social contract has been broken: Both the feds and Ford have done absolutely nothing to help anyone except capital. Low income people get less supports than they did two years ago; disabled folks ignored. It's eugenics. #DougFordIsCorrupt #AnotherBrokenPromise
CP24 (@CP24) profile pictureCP24
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Toronto’s child hunger rates nearly double as city sees 4.1M food bank visits: report cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…
Toronto’s child hunger rates nearly double as city sees 4.1M food bank visits: report

Toronto’s child hunger rates nearly double as city sees 4.1M food bank visits: report

When Volodymyr Kravchuk visits the Daily Bread Food Bank, he’s constantly thinking about his two young sons.

cp24.com
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. @Etsy Etsy has betrayed artists and crafters. This is disgusting. I'm looking for other places to sell before they start selling my work to ai thieves in December. linkedin.com/pulse/etsy-now-…
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Emily Spanton (@whatdoesntkillu) profile picture
Emily Spanton@whatdoesntkillu10h
Yo @EvanLSolomon - isn't this your actual job?!
Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) profile pictureCaitlin Johnstone
@caitoz10h
Chatbots are turning western brains into pureed spinach while China bans "AI companions" and requires AI models to remind users they're not talking to a real person, and the western press frame this as China pushing a suspicious agenda.
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Google:A larcenous global monopoly. When will we realize that there was a good reason we broke up big oil and big Telcomm decades ago?
More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) profile pictureMore Perfect Union
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Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI. nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/go…
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)

Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)

Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.

nytimes.com
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Ford: “Let’s spend millions to rip out bike lanes. Because I’m an ignorant, prejudice-bound scammer -who hasn’t ridden a bike in years — but I treat my supporters as fellow emotional children.
Chris Kemp (cbkemp.bsky.social) (@mindoverdata) profile pictureChris Kemp (cbkemp.bsky.social)@mindoverdata16h
Worst passenger throughput: Cars. Leading killer of youth: Cars. Biggest financial drain on households: Cars. Worst microplastic runoff: Cars. Highest energy waste per rider: Cars. Most expensive infrastructure to maintain: Cars.
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Ed Newton-Rex
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If you are an artist who sells on Etsy, Etsy now claims the right to train AI models on your work, and for their ‘partners’ to do so too. This should be illegal. etsy.com/uk/legal/terms/
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If you're listening to Rachel Maddow right now, you'll understand exactly why Elon Musk desperately needs a presidential pardon. His Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempted to scrape personal data on the American people from every federal agency, aiming to rig the 2026 midterm elections. The Trump regime wanted to ensure they could never be voted out of power — and Musk was central to this authoritarian takeover. However, the "Frankenstein list" compiled by DOGE was so deeply flawed and riddled with errors that even the fascist-friendly Roberts Supreme Court rejected it.
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This. Allowing companies to get “too big to fail” and then bailing them out so that there’s no downside for exact who make millions either right? It’s a license - and a motivator - to rob, steal, lie, break the law.
🇨🇦 Henri A 🇨🇦 (@HenriAGS) profile picture🇨🇦 Henri A 🇨🇦@HenriAGS22h
When Obama let the bankers go free after they caused the 2008 recession, the 1% realized they're untouchable I don't believe an American administration will put Elon Musk, or any other oligarch, behind bars Justice, if ever dispensed, will need to come from outside the U.S.
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Nonsense. Offering more $ to US oil companies decreases our national security. So does selling public assets to foreign equity, adding to global warming, and investing in cohere alongside Saudi Arabia, which dismembered a journalist w a chainsaw while he was still alive.
Peter Mansbridge (@petermansbridge) profile picturePeter Mansbridge@petermansbridgeNov 2
Canada’s new national security plan may have been the most important thing that happened last week, even though it received little discussion. Dr. Janice Stein is here to change that today. What is the plan, and how will it work? 🔊 on @CanadaTalks160, podcast platforms.
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Ivison: ‘Red flags all over' Carney government’s funding of Cohere nationalpost.com/opinion/joh…
John Ivison: ‘Red flags all over' Carney government’s buy-in of AI company Cohere

John Ivison: ‘Red flags all over' Carney government’s buy-in of AI company Cohere

Concerns in the broader tech community extend from Cohere’s performance, to some people benefiting who have links to government

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WOW 👀 Quebec Premier PSPP just called out Mark Carney for completely making FALSE statements, in a very thoughtful & thorough post on X PSPP is not messing around. And in fact he is putting Quebec first which is what a Premier should be doing. And calling out the Federal Carney government for their lies and condescension. I love this. I suggest you all go read it & translate it if necessary
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