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Melissa Goldstein

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Toronto-based affordable housing & homelessness policy researcher, analyst and advocate & anti-poverty/social justice activist.

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Great. Literally 2 weeks after I switched to Protonmail (after 30+ years with same crappy US provider) because of US fascism.

05.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is monstrous.

02.03.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 899 πŸ” 363 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 9

The US violating international rules to depose of leaders it doesn't like IS the norm.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
The US is responsible for Iran not having a democracy:

01.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He already wasn't walking the walk as he gave the speech, which was itself hypocritical. What about giving the wealthy tax cuts (his first example of how he was "building Canada strong") builds a strong country?! And investing in job & environment destroying AI?!
He deserved ridicule, not accolades.

28.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's crazy that Anthropic is being framed as the good guys here when they happily sold their tech to help a military that is regularly committing war crimes and violating the law.

28.02.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We should push for a Larry and David Ellison merger. Having both of them exist is inefficient. And Larry David having a mainstream media monopoly would at least produce some laughs.

27.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We should upzone for social housing exclusively, as per section 453.1 of COTA. Replacing existing affordable low density housing w/ unaffordable mid-rises won't solve TO's housing affordability crisis, it will just enrich investors and speculators and displace existing tenants (see: Vancouver).

26.02.2026 06:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives An internal diplomatic cable said such efforts could interfere with AI-related services.

The Trump administration is expanding its fight against digital sovereignty, to ensure the United States doesn’t lose an important point of leverage over friend and foe alike.

This should be another reason to accelerate efforts to ditch US tech, and especially its dominant cloud companies.

25.02.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

It never ceases to amaze me how pro-death self-proclaimed "pro-lifers" are.

24.02.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So it's a ship of raw milk and blue jeans to wear while doing chin-ups?

22.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's the sickness that's befallen Greenlanders.

22.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess Toronto's Olivia Chow and Mamdani have more in common than I thought. Mamdani campaigned on a much more progressive platform, but I don't think Chow actually backtracked on any campaign promises...she was careful to avoid subjects like homelessness altogether.

20.02.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You mean the "Aga Khan Park & Museum" station? So the 2nd longest station name in the entire system is named after a location that you can't actually get to easily from the station??FFS. Was there something wrong with "Flemingdon Park"?!

17.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Timeline of the name Palestine - Wikipedia

This is not the story you think it is. They are simply removing "Palestine" from displays of objects that PREDATE the use of "Palestine" by hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years (and it's predecessor by hundreds of years.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...

16.02.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry, but *please read the material you just shared, because they do not support the serious claim you're making!!.* According to them, the British Museum is only changing the name Palestine from exhibits that PREDATE 1150 BCE, which was when the predecessor term for Palestine began to be used.

15.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Great. So, this social media platform is just as problematic as the others. Where are we going now??

13.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Send Canadian oil to Cuba - CCPA The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

Canada is uniquely positioned to break the siege of Cubaβ€”we should be leading a regional coalition to ship oil and aid to Cuba, and prevent the humanitarian crisis that U.S. regime is attempting to deliberately trigger.

I wrote about it, and the history of the blockade, for @policyalternatives.ca

12.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 364 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:

www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

10.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 2755 πŸ” 1053 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 65

Is pot is the reason that this editorial board looked around at the insane dumpster fire that is America and said, "yunno what's wrong here, WEED!"? Because seriously, WTF editorial board, WTAF.

10.02.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Pot.
THAT'S America's problem. JFC.

10.02.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This appeared in my Facebook feed today. They have a leader in Poilievre, who could easily be mistaken for a member of Trump's fascist administration.

10.02.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What this ad doesn’t show: Ring also rolled out facial recognition for humans. I wrote to them months ago about this. Their answer? They won’t ask for your consent.

This definitely isn’t about dogsβ€”it’s about mass surveillance.
x.com/Phil_Lewis_/...

09.02.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 989 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16

Send this letter to Toronto Councillors. Why are we giving a police force involved in organized crime a funding increase while cutting critical services that *actually keep people safe*?! This year we're going to eliminate 2,000+ shelter spaces so that we can afford to give more money to dirty cops.

09.02.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Another Toronto Is Possible.

Sign this petition: www.anothertoronto.ca
We shouldn't be increasing the budget of a police force involved in the same kind of organized crime (drug trafficking, theft, murder) that they claim they are protecting us from while cutting thousands of shelter spaces that actually keep people safe.

09.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The real story is the politics: bsky.app/profile/katz...

09.02.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This article includes the politics behind what happened, which is the real story. bsky.app/profile/katz...

09.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This article includes the politics behind what happened. bsky.app/profile/katz...

09.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Concentration camps:

β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

08.02.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 6388 πŸ” 3548 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 202

He then forwards that email thread to Wolff www.justice.gov/epstein/file..., who then writes this and sends it to Epstein for review. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... and then Epstein sends him a correction: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

07.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you need any more evidence that Woody Allen is disgusting (and so is his daughter-wife), do a search in the Epstein files for "Cosby." This is *some* of what turns up.

07.02.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0