Liz Johnston

@lizjohnston.bsky.social

She/her. Writer, book nerd & editor. https://liz-johnston.ca. THE FALL-DOWN EFFECT out now from @bookhugpress.bsky.social. Order here: https://shoplocal.bookmanager.com/isbn/9781771669627

@conorcurtis.bsky.socialReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

Carney has never taken the U.S. threat seriously:

"share of fed. contract dollars heading south went from one-fifth in the 16 months before Carney took office to nearly a third under his watch.... IBM & Microsoft charged Ottawa more than $1 billion each for software license fees & IT..." #CDNpoli

@baddestmamajama.bsky.socialReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

@parismarx.comReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

The lie that privatization will reduce wait times is already being exposed, but that won’t stop political leaders from continuing to try to destroy our public healthcare system.

Erika Shaker@ershaker.bsky.social

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... ‘The study…found that since Ontario has started outsourcing more key procedures, wait times for these medical imaging services and surgeries are actually going up.’ @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca

ctvnews.caWait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: reportOutsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday.
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@lizjohnston.bsky.social

I do get the frustration with people who claim not to know a song that’s always on in the grocery store, or what have you, but truly, I don’t think I’d ever heard this one before my mom played it for me, despite it breaking records. My mom, though, has heard it often enough to love and share it.

@michellecyca.comReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

bizarre to me that so much reporting on housing fails to interrogate the assumptions that homeowners (1) should always get to approve of changes to their neighbourhood (2) should be protected by government from any possible decline in property values www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

@lizjohnston.bsky.social

Getting excited for Toronto WOTS September 26 & 27! On Sunday, September 27, I'll be at @bookhugpress.bsky.social's booth from 1:30–2:00 p.m., signing copies of The Fall-Down Effect, then, at 2:30, I’ll be on a Debut Novels panel with Tyson Stewart and Jinwoo Park on The Neighbourhood Stage. Woot!

Poster for "Can't Miss Debut Novels" panel with The Word On The Street logo and headshots of Liz Johnston, Tyson Stewart, and Jinwoo Park. Details: "The Neighbourhood Stage, Sept. 27, 2:30 p.m."Poster for Sunday's Book*hug Author Signings lineup, featuring cover and headshot for Liz Johnston's The Fall-Down Effect (1:30–2:00 p.m.) and Gary Barwin's The Comedian's Book of the Dead (2:30–3:00 p.m.)
@marygillis.bsky.socialReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

The fact that he views public assets as belonging to the government is the problem. They don't belong to the government. They belong to the public. They belong to us. Not the Liberals, not Parliament, not him. Us. He's a caretaker, not an owner.

@canadiandimension.bsky.socialReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

Mark Carney is selling his “productivity mega deduction” as a way to boost investment. But decades of corporate tax cuts have instead fuelled record profits, rising dividends, and historic wealth inequality, write Jared A. Walker and @silasxuereb.bsky.social of @c4tf.bsky.social.

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.socialReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

Also, let's be quite clear about this: generative AI is not conscious and cannot become conscious. It is not actual "artificial intelligence." That is bullshit.

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.socialReposted by @lizjohnston.bsky.social

If a generative AI CEO is telling you something, take it with a grain of salt the size of an iceberg. So if they want regulation now, it is more likely something to do with finances than an immediate existential threat. These dipshits do not care about existential threats other than going bankrupt.

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