Tesla Cybertruck beats a 911 while towing a 911, which mean it can carry a 911 faster down a 1/4 mile than the Porsche can travel by itself … https://t.co/l0mQKFQ9NB
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2025
h/t Mauser
Author: Blazingcatfur
Franco Terrazzano: Carney’s borrowing binge will break the bank
Unsustainable. Stupefying. Shocking. Something is going to break. Everybody should be concerned.
That’s how the federal government’s own independent, non-partisan budget watchdog is describing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget plan.
French special forces board Russian tanker linked to’drone ship’ reports
French troops have boarded the deck of a tanker alleged to be from Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ and suspected of involvement in drone flights over Denmark last month.
A source within the executive branch told AFP earlier that the French navy had boarded the Boracay, a Benin-flagged vessel blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia’s sanction-busting fleet of ageing oil tankers.
French President Emmanuel Macron did not confirm reports of a connection to Danish drone flights but said on Wednesday that the ship had committed ‘serious offences’.
How will they celebrate diversity? Mississauga moves one step closer to imposing a full ban on fireworks
Fireworks could soon be completely off limits in the City of Mississauga.
On Wednesday, City Council’s general committee considered an updated staff report that recommends a ban on consumer fireworks or those used by the public for outdoor enjoyment across the municipality.
Prepared by Raj Sheth, the city’s commissioner of community services, it calls for a “full prohibition on the sale, distribution, possession and use of consumer fireworks in Mississauga,” adding that failing to do so could “unintentionally encourage greater fireworks use in Mississauga, resulting in additional enforcement pressures, increased safety risks and avoidable neighbourhood disturbances.”
Why a US government shutdown is a gift to Trump
As the US government was plunged into a shutdown, Donald Trump was no doubt relishing the idea of the days ahead.
Four months after Elon Musk and his cost-cutting lieutenants left the administration under a cloud, the shutdown has given the president another chance to take a hatchet to federal bureaucracy, and achieve the massive government savings he promised.
The administration’s promised $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion) in cuts, to be carried out by Mr Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), never materialised despite the sacking of a spate of government workers.
New group Project Ontario takes aim at Doug Ford, who dismisses them as radicals
A new group called Project Ontario is taking aim at Doug Ford, accusing the Premier of abandoning conservative principles, while he dismisses its members as “yahoos” who are part of the radical right.
The group, whose listed contributors are writers, former provincial staffers and political organizers, is pushing the Progressive Conservative government to pursue more right-leaning policies on everything from deficit spending to education to health care.
They say Ontario has faltered under almost a decade of PC rule, citing high housing costs, an overcrowded health care system, flat productivity growth and limited options for child care.
Hamas military leader in Gaza objects to ceasefire plan, BBC understands
The BBC understands that mediators have made contact with the head of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, who indicated he does not agree to new US ceasefire plan.
Izz al-Din al-Haddad is thought to believe the plan was designed to finish Hamas, whether the group accepts it or not, and so is determined to fight on.
US President Donald Trump’s 20-point framework to end the war – which has already been accepted by Israel – stipulates that Hamas disarm and have no future role in governing Gaza.
I’m shocked.
Derek Finkle: Academics trying to gaslight residents terrorized by safe injection site crime
Residents near an injection site in the west Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale have been raising concerns for years about illegal drug activity around the perimeter of the site. They were hoping some solutions would be tabled when the executive director of the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, Angela Robertson, called a meeting on July 17 to address the community’s escalating concerns, including a disturbing video of a fight in an adjoining park while a member of the site’s controversial security firm looked on.
Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla, says blockade not breached; Greta Thunberg rejected by sharks
Israel’s navy intercepted the large flotilla attempting to break its maritime blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, after the military issued a final warning for the pro-Palestinian fleet to change course.
The Israeli Navy operation, which came as the country marked Yom Kippur, began on Wednesday evening and continued overnight and into Thursday.
Greta Thunberg’s Falestine Flotilla has landed on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Because nothing says “Human Rights” like dancing on a Hamas funded party boat for a month and then forcing fasting Israelis to break their indigenous holy day to deal with you and your bullshit. pic.twitter.com/L9l0gRhpVH
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) October 1, 2025
The flotilla participants are taken into custody at the port of Ashdod and from there are deported from Israel. The Foreign Ministry publishes photos of them and writes: "The passengers are healthy and safe."
You can see Greta Thunberg and Thiago Avila, organizers of the… pic.twitter.com/dC1JiHSrzS
— Iris (@streetwize) October 2, 2025
WTF?
@fancypants_s https://t.co/chqX3LI9nw
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) October 2, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
How Activists Shape Education Policy in Canada, Often Against the Wishes of Elected Officials
Alberta recently became the latest province to be subjected to legal action by activist groups on parental rights and school legislation. But there have been many other examples, including in the case of Saskatchewan’s pronoun law, and Ontario’s sex-education revamp that Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives had campaigned on before winning the election in 2018.
Nadine Ness, director of Saskatchewan-based grassroots group Unified Grassroots, says it’s not right that unelected school administrators and activists get to overrule elected governments—who reflect the will of the public who voted for them—on parental rights.
“The only people it serves are certain teachers and the government, and that is more harmful to students than we can ever imagine,” Ness, who is a mother of four, told The Epoch Times.
Manchester synagogue attack – 2 murdered and Muslim terrorist shot dead by police
Manchester synagogue terrorist with suspected suicide belt who killed at least two before being shot by police
This is the ‘terrorist’ with a suspected suicide belt who killed at least two people outside a Manchester synagogue before being shot by police.
A car was driven into a crowd and a man stabbed at around 9.30am on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Police said three other victims are in a serious condition after the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.
What we know about Manchester synagogue attack
Two people have died in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester, with the suspect shot by police.
The incident came on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.
This morning, a terrorist has been shot by the Manchester Police following a knife attack on a Synagogue during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
What has happened to Britain? pic.twitter.com/sctnqXUyCO
— Turning Point UK (@TPointUK) October 2, 2025
Four people were wounded after an attacker drove into pedestrians and stabbed at least one victim outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. The assault took place during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Armed police eliminated the… pic.twitter.com/g423CWCLF6
— ILTV Israel News (@ILTVNews) October 2, 2025
‘The atmosphere has been toxic in this country for the past two years.’
Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti believes the political reaction to the attack at a Manchester Synagogue ‘rings hollow’, as officials should ‘hang their heads in shame’ for not noticing warning signs earlier. pic.twitter.com/j0dmP5rpYS
— GB News (@GBNEWS) October 2, 2025
Oh the poor Mohammedans!
BBC Panorama documentary about racism and Islamophobia by white British police officers
They made disgusting comments about Muslims and migrants. They hate us
How much more can we take…..in depressing Britain? pic.twitter.com/OUlXUkW2kQ
— Zara Hussain (@zarahussain999) October 2, 2025