Business writer, consultant & professor. Reader. Dreamer. Yogi. Curious about creativity, well-being, science & economics, midlife career change.
Toronto, Canada
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Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Naheed Nenshi on the immigration questions: "I am happy to have a conversation on numbers. I am not happy to have a conversation on the dignity of newcomers, and I'm not happy to have people voting on whether other people should have human rights."
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
We have literally seen this movie before.
It ended with dysentery and kidney failure.
In this op-ed, Bradford’s corporate lobby backers say they want the city to privatize water services and divert some
revenue from our water bills into profit stream for investors
thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Alberta separatists spent months telling Canada they spoke for Albertans.
Then Albertans spoke.
76% voted to stay in Canada. The separatists couldn’t even get a quarter of the vote for another referendum.
Turns out a few thousand angry guys with flags and Facebook accounts aren’t quite the national liberation movement they imagined.
And they’re already promising to keep fighting.
Apparently listening to Albertans was never part of the plan.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
This actually made me tear up, because this is just such a beautifully appropriate response, thank you. I am so grateful to all of the First Nations people who voted in incredible numbers in Alberta and to Nenshi for acknowledging this.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Naheed Nenshi on Indigenous turnout in the Alberta referendum: "The very people who've been hurt more by the mistakes of Canada than anybody else, stood up as the proudest champions of Canada."
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Avi Lewis: "The entire process was unnecessary. Nobody asked for it. Danielle Smith's career has been defined by a slow walk towards separation. All of the questions are designed to stoke division in Alberta, and she is the one who is responsible for that."
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
The Washington Post reports that a group of American national security officials is quietly advising state authorities and members of Congress on how to prepare for possible Trump administration interference in November’s midterm elections.
Officials are examining scenarios involving federal agents, military deployments and disruption of voting.
The extraordinary development is that American institutions are preparing for potential interference from their own government.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
As a cat, I know a thing or two about asking to be let out then regretting it 2 seconds later.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Canada owes a massive thank you to @LukaszukAB and his volunteers for working hard to fly the flag.
Thank you.
The credit goes to the 18,000 #ForeverCanadian volunteers. They made it happen.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
These are defensive weapons that Europeans have paid for
🚨 NEW: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to approve the transfer of a "significant" batch of Patriot interceptors for Ukraine, sources say.
"It's hard to call this a 'monthly supply,' because there's no set amount of how much you need for a month," a senior Ukrainian official says. "But it's significant."
Some in Kyiv suspect Washington is holding the missiles back on purpose to pressure Ukraine, as Russia keeps striking Ukrainian cities.
With @JimmySecUK
kyivindependent.com/its-sign…
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Danielle Smith deserves to be fired for this totally useless waste of time and money. It did nothing but divide people, stifle the economy and embarrass us internationally.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
A musician buddy of mine was playing out in NB last week and for the first time in his life heard the phrase "qu'est-ce que fuck, eh?" I'd never heard it before either. Immediately incorporating.
😆
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Even atheists are praying for you. You are a good man. Please get well.
I would like to thank all those who have prayed for me in recent days. I wish to express my particular gratitude to the doctors, nurses and all the staff of the Gemelli Hospital. This experience has made me feel particularly close to all those who are living with illness or infirmity. Now that I have overcome this delicate phase I will gradually resume my activities, always with God’s help and your prayers.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Before you close your eyes tonight, think of Ukraine.
We’re exhausted.
We’re frightened.
We’re carrying more than anyone should.
But we’re still here.
And this is still our home.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Quando estiver desanimado, veja esta foto. O sujeito acabou de sair de uma cirurgia para retirada de câncer. Estou cansado, muito cansado. Mas o modo como o @Pontifex enfrenta a vida dá novo ânimo. Vamos em frente. Estamos apenas no começo.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
The end of municipal democracy in Ontario.
Ford appoints his cronie as Chair of Muskoka Region.
Ford has stripped the people of Muskoka, Peel, York, Halton, Niagara, Durham, Waterloo, and Simcoe County of the right to elect a Regional Council Chair in next week's election.
Instead, he will appoint the Chairs—who will be able to force through decisions even if 2/3rds of elected Councillors vote against them.
#onpoli
NEW: The Ford government is expected to name Conservative MP Scott Aitchison as Muskoka’s first “strong chair,” @readpolicorner has learned.
Aitchison announced late last month that he would leave federal politics to “explore new opportunities.”
policorner.ca/p/scoop-a-home…
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
Complicity in Slaughter: Outrage Explodes as Reports Link Musk and Trump to Ukraine Drone Shield Crippling
Demands are rapidly intensifying for Donald Trump and far-right disinformation propagandist Elon Musk to face international war crimes charges following a catastrophic disruption to Ukraine's frontline defenses.
A devastating exposé by The Telegraph, citing four anonymous sources, reveals a shocking level of complicity: it was Elon Musk who personally approached Donald Trump with the proposal to throttle Starshield — the military-grade version of his Starlink satellite network. Trump reportedly agreed to the scheme.
By deliberately crippling Ukraine's drone defense systems, this calculated move effectively disabled the country's shield against Russian aggression. The sabotage directly allowed Vladimir Putin's forces to rain lethal drone strikes down upon undefended cities, resulting in the brutal slaughter of innocent Ukrainian men, women, and children.
Critics and legal experts argue that by actively interfering with military infrastructure to benefit an invading, authoritarian Apparatchik force, both figures have crossed the line from political interference into direct complicity in war crimes.
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
I keep saying it: Doug Ford has about 15 scandals that, on their own would’ve brought down any other government. And yet, no updates on any of these investigations. When is the Ford government gonna be held accountable for literally anything?
Ontario somehow manages a billion-dollar scandal every year now that would have sunk a government had it happened a decade ago, and yet no investigation has reported back and you can bet no one will end up in jail.
A billion dollars defrauded from OSAP and the only punishment will be inflicted on those who didn’t do anything wrong.
Every bad actor will take it as a sign that they can continue abusing the systems that they are.
In the past these scandals (Greenbelt, Skills Development Fund, now OSAP) would be the top news story until there was some accountability.
Now? Nothing.
Makes me so angry!
Katy Paul-Chowdhury retweeted
This is where we are: people are now describing writing without AI as “manual laboring the words out.” Writing is thinking, and if you’re not doing the work, you’re giving up the ability to think. What I never imagined is how eager many of us would be to abandon thought.
