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That writer performer filmmaker radical faerie professor curator consummate host and adorable gender-radical queerdo guy.

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Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.

01.05.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 4111 πŸ” 1358 πŸ’¬ 193 πŸ“Œ 177

It’s funny that all the conservatives who thought Carney shouldn’t be interim PM because he wasn’t elected are okay with Poilievre staying on as the CPC leader even though he literally just LOST an election

29.04.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
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Poetry-only press Brick Books marks its 50th anniversary, celebrating the β€œunlikely feat” of publishing nothing but verse for half a century. bit.ly/44CDJAc

23.04.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was fun. Thanks for the questions, Kathryn Mockler!

21.04.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

17.04.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 4890 πŸ” 3029 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 115

Feel free to recruit me international university even though I am not a scientist. I have other skills.

15.04.2025 00:56 πŸ‘ 1201 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9
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Anyone want to bring me to their town for this fun karaoke + poetry event?

15.04.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada's oil and gas industry received $29.6B in subsidies in 2024, report finds The subsidies dwarf the previous years total and come as Ottawa said it would wind down direct financial support for the industry

The rights hypocrisy of blaming social programs that help those in need and saying nothing of the blatant bl Corporate welfare for the rich... www.biv.com/news/canadas...

06.04.2025 02:40 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
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Schiff: "That may end up being the most enduring image of the Trump presidency: The president out on a golf cart while peoples' retirement is in flames."

06.04.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 7613 πŸ” 1880 πŸ’¬ 256 πŸ“Œ 72

It's crazy to be living in such intense times that every day there are multiple news stories of how despicable or heroic humans can be that each feel...legendary. This history is intense in the making. And fast.

07.04.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canada’s New US Travel Warning: Leave Your Phone, Grab a Burner, and Maybe Skip the U.S. Altogether April 2, 2025

β€œTrump has ordered border agents to look through personal devices for any anti-Trump sentiment and has turned away or detained dozens of Canadians vacationing or working in the US - legally.” πŸŽƒπŸŽƒπŸŽƒ
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

07.04.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating. My Adventures in Book Publicity Part 3 | Book Tours

Part 3 of My Adventures in Book Publicity - Book Tours

"Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating."

27.03.2025 05:02 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

It is truly sick that universities have preyed on international students for exploitatively exorbitant tuition fees and now they are allowing those same students to be thrown to the wolves with nary a fucking complaint.

27.03.2025 01:06 πŸ‘ 649 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 11
Stanley from Yale to Toronto Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...

This speaks volumes:

Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.

leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...

munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

26.03.2025 00:13 πŸ‘ 8796 πŸ” 3445 πŸ’¬ 318 πŸ“Œ 536
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Group Chat War Plans Provide a Window Into Trump’s Mafia State American foreign policy is now all about incompetent shakedowns and cover-ups.

The Signal scandal isn't just about the security breach: it's also a window into Trump's mafia foreign policy. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

25.03.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Queers who lived thru the AIDS crisis know about living through genocide. Joy was a huge part of the struggle. There is no fight without joy. Joy will lift us up. Do not live in despair; that story is no place to build a home. Build your home in joy.

23.03.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I found one of my books in this list ffs.

20.03.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

Please read all of this: an account of her own detention and the stories of other detained women as well.

19.03.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
X post by Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW
), featuring a verification badge. The post reads, "The USA is weird now. If you're a person under 30, you probably think it's normal but that's because you don't know. Trust me. It's weird."

X post by Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW ), featuring a verification badge. The post reads, "The USA is weird now. If you're a person under 30, you probably think it's normal but that's because you don't know. Trust me. It's weird."

America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.

16.03.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 48888 πŸ” 9262 πŸ’¬ 981 πŸ“Œ 361

As a genderqueer Canadian who posts about genocide like he cares for all life...I withdrew from my AWP panel and visit. Too dangerous to visit America. Too scary how basic human rights and decency are vanishing. #awp2025

17.03.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a @palestinestrikeactionubc post on Instagram

VOTE YES!
Student Strike Advocating Divestment for Palestine
Whereas the AMS represents the UBC student body and has historically
taken a public stance on international human rights violations.
Whereas UBC has not condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza which have been
stated as β€œconsistent with genocide” by the United Nations. Whereas
UBC Board of Governors has failed to act on student demands that UBC
divest from Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, and the other 28 companies
listed by UBC Divest as complicit in the genocide of Palestinians,
including by enabling illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories. I support the AMS student council calling for a 2 day
student strike on the 24th and 25th of March 2025 to demand that the
University of British Columbia divest from all companies complicit in
the Israeli government’s violence against Palestinians. Note: The
strike would include encouraging students not to attend class for the
duration. VOTING OPEN MARCH 10-17

Screenshot of a @palestinestrikeactionubc post on Instagram VOTE YES! Student Strike Advocating Divestment for Palestine Whereas the AMS represents the UBC student body and has historically taken a public stance on international human rights violations. Whereas UBC has not condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza which have been stated as β€œconsistent with genocide” by the United Nations. Whereas UBC Board of Governors has failed to act on student demands that UBC divest from Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, and the other 28 companies listed by UBC Divest as complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, including by enabling illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. I support the AMS student council calling for a 2 day student strike on the 24th and 25th of March 2025 to demand that the University of British Columbia divest from all companies complicit in the Israeli government’s violence against Palestinians. Note: The strike would include encouraging students not to attend class for the duration. VOTING OPEN MARCH 10-17

A banner in the colours of the Palestinian flag that says UBC STRIKE NOW unfurled by students outside the window of the Buchanan building at UBC Vancouver

A banner in the colours of the Palestinian flag that says UBC STRIKE NOW unfurled by students outside the window of the Buchanan building at UBC Vancouver

The AMS vote for a UBC student strike March 24 & 25 is live!
Vote here ‡️

ams.simplyvoting.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

13.03.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Friends, I'm putting a karaoke launch party together. Let your local festival know if you want a karaoke+poetry event in your town. It's going to be FUN!

11.03.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally finished the memorial zine for Kim Kinakin. Dm me if you love him too and would like a copy.

11.03.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This would be a perfect time for Canada to start allowing US trans people into our country as asylum seekers.

05.03.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 957 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 14
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40% Off Haymarket Books for Women's Liberation We've put together a reading list to celebrate the radical women who make and record our histories, and histories of struggle for feminist and gender liberation. In recognition of Women's...

40% Off Haymarket Books for Women's Liberation

01.03.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 262 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

04.03.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 75791 πŸ” 20474 πŸ’¬ 2033 πŸ“Œ 1366

I canceled a conference trip to the US cuz things are way too unstable for people like me. And changing fast.

04.03.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s like the Trump administration had a big brainstorm session on the fastest way to end western civilization, and they decided that scapegoating EDI and ignoring the climate crisis would just take way longer than causing World War 3.

01.03.2025 04:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Seuss cartoons about β€œAmerica First” from 1941.

01.03.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0