With the « news » that 3 days back in the office is looming, I’m pleased to report that in the 455 days since our mandated return to office, I have spent $0.00 supporting businesses on office days and riding my bike is free.
This rate of spending will continue no matter how many days they force us to return.
I can keep this up until I retire.
And probably will because I couldn’t afford it even if I wanted to now. Thanks, #GalenWeston.
Turns out the whole time that #Loblaws & inheritance billionaire #GalenWeston were raking in record profits by gouging Canadians & #Poilievre was dishonestly blaming Trudeau every time he opened his mouth, his CHIEF POLICY ADVISOR #JenniByrne WAS A LOBLAWS LOBBYIST. #cdnpoli
They all but took the food right out of our children's mouths. Obviously there now needs to be a forensic accounting of #Loblaws/inherited billionaire #GalenWeston's donations to #Poilievre & the "Conservative" party. That's just for starters
Pretty sure #JenniByrne is about to become a household name in Canada and not for good reasons. I personally wish you the worst time of your whole life. You've earned it.
#DougFord has appointed Shoppers Drug Mart as the sole distributor of publicly funded vaccines!! 😳
"The vaccine rollout this year has been the worst we've experienced, raising questions how the MoH operates. Shoppers, who typically deliver solely to their own pharmacies, must now handle distribution to their competitors. With a distribution plan that resembles sabotage, we simply cannot continue provide vaccines with the govt providing no regular supply"
This week on my podcast, I read my recent @medium column, "How To Think About #Scraping: In #privacy and #labor fights, copyright is a clumsy tool at best," which proposes ways to retain the benefits of scraping without the privacy and labor harms that sometimes accompany it:
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
Zechner's work comes at a crucial time, as grocers around the world turn the screws on both their suppliers and their customers, disguising their #greedflation as #inflation. In Canada, the grocery cartel - led by the guillotine-friendly hereditary grocery monopolilst #GalenWeston - pulled the most Les Mis-ass caper imaginable when they illegally conspired to rig the price of bread:
“The new building will be named in honour of the province’s most popular citizen and two most important natural resources. This name change has absolutely nothing to do with the anonymous donors who have so generously funded the project.”