In June 2022, 14,436 OW & ODSP recipients in Ontario were homeless. In July 2024, 26,553 were. www.thetrillium.ca/news/social-...

Number of homeless OW, ODSP recipients has almost doubled in two years: government data

Advocates pointed to the high cost of housing and inflation as reasons for the increase

Executed for not paying transit fare. Who wants to live like this? Free transit for all. Housing for all. Living wage for all.

This #PictureBook#KidLit#AccessIsLove#Autistic#AKPress#NEISvoid 💙📚

New from @lizjackson.bsky.socialnewrepublic.com/article/1793...

How Cutting Edge Disability Technology Gets Sent to War Instead

How Big Tech and the Pentagon built the “wheelchair-to-warfare” pipeline—and left those with the most to benefit from the fruits of innovation behind.

I swear I can't tell if the "Cabana pod mini vacations" is satire or not. Things are so weird now

Ntashjoeza.bsky.socialMar 29, 2024 12:23pm

The hospital my partner works at has come up with a great idea to improve employee wellness. What's that, you say? More money? Better pension benefits? No, silly! It's a Cabana Pod: "A dedicated space for individuals to manage stress and anxiety with immersive micro-vacations and guided support."

Ghost Robotics dogs, the same ones given a trial to surveil the U.S.-Mexico border, are apparently on the ground in Gaza. The U.S.-based company was sold to a Korean defense company in 2023 and has NOT signed Boston Dynamics Pledge not to arm robots.

Experts alarmed over AI in military as Gaza turns into “testing ground” for US-made war robots

Research identifies numerous risks as defense contractors develop new “killer robots.”

"we live in times where social movements are immensely suppressed and have been for many decades... it's hard for people to believe in a deep way that collective action could get us out of anything, because we live in severe anti-revolutionary times in which people are...criminalized and suppressed"

DPdeathpanel.bsky.socialFeb 27, 2024 4:15pm

Full transcript for our episode “Collapse” w/ Dean Spade is now up: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/...

Collapse w/ Dean Spade (02/22/24) | Death Panel Podcast

Death Panel podcast host Beatrice Adler-Bolton speaks with Dean Spade about how we respond to crises, from climate collapse to covid, and how the state’s primary response to these crises is to try t...

Michele Friedner and I are both working on obsolescence and planned abandonment in relation to implants, assistive technologies, and disability

Fair deal now for CUPE 3903! Tell President Lenton and York University Administration to support wages, job stability and protections that provide an accessible, high quality education to all! weareyork.ca

Contract Faculty, Graduate Assistants and Teaching Assistants provide the majority of teaching at York University. They deserve a fair deal!

Hey #academicskyweareyork.ca I don't want to walk a picket again. I just want an agreement that includes that disciplinary action requires evidence before starting, you know?

Contract Faculty, Graduate Assistants and Teaching Assistants provide the majority of teaching at York University. They deserve a fair deal!