4streegrrl 🇨🇦
@4streegrrl.bsky.social
Professional forester, 35+ yr plant-based vegetarian, childless cat lady, reaffirmed feminist rage post-menopause, nature geek, coffee. Grateful to be present on the ancestral lands of the Lheidli T'enneh Nation and Dakelh peoples. (British Columbia)
..two uniformed officers approached him on the boarding ramp, and one took his photo.
“I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist.
He says the men never explained who they were or why he was photographed.
“They didn't tell me anything, and I just feel violated.”
“I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist.
He says the men never explained who they were or why he was photographed.
“They didn't tell me anything, and I just feel violated.”
According to the rule, photos taken of foreign travellers will remain on a DHS database for up to 75 years.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News
The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
..two uniformed officers approached him on the boarding ramp, and one took his photo.
“I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist.
He says the men never explained who they were or why he was photographed.
“They didn't tell me anything, and I just feel violated.”
“I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist.
He says the men never explained who they were or why he was photographed.
“They didn't tell me anything, and I just feel violated.”
No one deserves to die for offensive speech, nor illegal (e.g. hate speech). Political violence leads to more political violence (clearly).
BUT people need to own and be responsible for the impacts that words & influence have on society. You can't toss a grenade and ignore the consequences.
BUT people need to own and be responsible for the impacts that words & influence have on society. You can't toss a grenade and ignore the consequences.
September 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No one deserves to die for offensive speech, nor illegal (e.g. hate speech). Political violence leads to more political violence (clearly).
BUT people need to own and be responsible for the impacts that words & influence have on society. You can't toss a grenade and ignore the consequences.
BUT people need to own and be responsible for the impacts that words & influence have on society. You can't toss a grenade and ignore the consequences.
yes
September 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
yes
much needed today. Everyday, in fact.
September 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
much needed today. Everyday, in fact.
110% worth a reminder.
I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
110% worth a reminder.
I'm a PEA Government Licensed Professional and I'm ready to go this morning alongside my BCGEU compatriots. My sign is ready, water, sunscreen, hat, snacks packed.
Let's gooooooooooooooo!!!
Let's gooooooooooooooo!!!
Things are getting messy in the current round of contract negotiations for about 452,000 workers in B.C.’s public sector. @pwillcocks.bsky.social writes. #bclab
BC Public Sector Negotiations Get Messy as Unions Split | The Tyee
The BCGEU’s strike threat is undercut by an HEU deal.
thetyee.ca
September 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm a PEA Government Licensed Professional and I'm ready to go this morning alongside my BCGEU compatriots. My sign is ready, water, sunscreen, hat, snacks packed.
Let's gooooooooooooooo!!!
Let's gooooooooooooooo!!!
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Overwhelmed Archaeologists Struggling To Keep Pace With Glut Of Early Humans Thawed Out By Climate Change https://theonion.com/overwhelmed-archaeologists-struggling-to-keep-pace-with-1841766142/
August 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Overwhelmed Archaeologists Struggling To Keep Pace With Glut Of Early Humans Thawed Out By Climate Change https://theonion.com/overwhelmed-archaeologists-struggling-to-keep-pace-with-1841766142/
My internet was on copper lines in 2002, and I am still on copper.
This is a piece of brilliance, and my copper electrons still work.
This is a piece of brilliance, and my copper electrons still work.
I said something similar in… checks notes… 2002. I’ve been playing this game too long. And mostly losing, it seems. www.theregister.com/2002/08/09/d...
Damn the Constitution: Europe must take back the Web
Meatspace rules rule, OK?
www.theregister.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My internet was on copper lines in 2002, and I am still on copper.
This is a piece of brilliance, and my copper electrons still work.
This is a piece of brilliance, and my copper electrons still work.
my union (PEA GLP) has proposed language around AI to address things like decision making in our latest CA negotiations. The employer said no. The PSLR Act has language around providing written notice around technological changes and collective bargaining.
I'll strike to stop race to the bottom.
I'll strike to stop race to the bottom.
It's a good time to re/read "Necropolitics" by Achille Mbembe because Foucault doesn't go far enough for what we are witnessing everywhere.
This and Mbembe's work on borders is more relevant every day.
This and Mbembe's work on borders is more relevant every day.
“The procedures will be reviewed by AI for coverage determinations, although final decisions will be made by people. The companies contracting to do the review process will receive payments when they reduce costs, essentially being incentivized to deny service, critics say.”
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
my union (PEA GLP) has proposed language around AI to address things like decision making in our latest CA negotiations. The employer said no. The PSLR Act has language around providing written notice around technological changes and collective bargaining.
I'll strike to stop race to the bottom.
I'll strike to stop race to the bottom.
I literally guffawed.
August 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I literally guffawed.
lol, and as per my last multi-piece post:
"They spend all their time arguing about minutiae,"
yup.
"They spend all their time arguing about minutiae,"
yup.
A recent Onion piece reminded me of the current NDP: theonion.com/left-wing-gr...
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate
NEW YORK—Admitting that they had been working for several years without any discernible success, FBI agents confirmed Wednesday that a local left-wing political group was too disorganized to infiltrat...
theonion.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
lol, and as per my last multi-piece post:
"They spend all their time arguing about minutiae,"
yup.
"They spend all their time arguing about minutiae,"
yup.
1/
welp, as a very left of centre gal for life, super empath, socialist type, I just got blocked by someone whose posts/thoughts I really loved.
I also love data and I hate memes that simplify laws and data, especially in the current days that we are in where polarization gets us no where.
welp, as a very left of centre gal for life, super empath, socialist type, I just got blocked by someone whose posts/thoughts I really loved.
I also love data and I hate memes that simplify laws and data, especially in the current days that we are in where polarization gets us no where.
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
1/
welp, as a very left of centre gal for life, super empath, socialist type, I just got blocked by someone whose posts/thoughts I really loved.
I also love data and I hate memes that simplify laws and data, especially in the current days that we are in where polarization gets us no where.
welp, as a very left of centre gal for life, super empath, socialist type, I just got blocked by someone whose posts/thoughts I really loved.
I also love data and I hate memes that simplify laws and data, especially in the current days that we are in where polarization gets us no where.
This is AI's attempt at Pinterest's "Nailed It"
July 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is AI's attempt at Pinterest's "Nailed It"
too good to NOT repost!
Women with cats = weird, bad
Men in relationships with Chat GPT = revolutionary, victims of cold women who don’t want to be subjected to bitter weirdos with issues.
Men in relationships with Chat GPT = revolutionary, victims of cold women who don’t want to be subjected to bitter weirdos with issues.
July 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
too good to NOT repost!
If you're Canadian, it's a short and sweet pre-budget survey. And gives you options to write your own "other" recommendation, to counter the very conservative-leaning options that the Carney gov't provides.
The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025 - Canada.ca
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025
www.canada.ca
July 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you're Canadian, it's a short and sweet pre-budget survey. And gives you options to write your own "other" recommendation, to counter the very conservative-leaning options that the Carney gov't provides.
totally need to show this to my Gen-X husband who worked as a cook and is obsessed with kitchen knives
KNIFE WORK: How do you definitively test kitchen knives? Why you attach 21 of them to a slicing robot arm to work out which is best of course! Read the full review on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/quanti...
This Guy Attached 21 Chef’s Knives to a Slicing Robot Arm to Determine Which One Is Best
Certified kitchen knife nerd Scott Heimendinger used a robot arm on multiple chef’s knives to collect 100,000 data points about which blades cut most efficiently. He’s ranked them from best to worst.
www.wired.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
totally need to show this to my Gen-X husband who worked as a cook and is obsessed with kitchen knives
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Trump announces 35% tariffs on Krypton
Trump announces 35% tariffs on Krypton
WASHINGTON, DC - Following a wave of conservative backlash to the recent cinematic reboot of SUPERMAN, U.S. president Donald Trump has announced that all imports from Krypton will be subject to a 35% ...
www.thebeaverton.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump announces 35% tariffs on Krypton
we need to amplify to educate people on the kind of extremist, racist, misogynist, anti-government domestic terrorism that Canadians are attempting to do to this country.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Canadian police seize largest ever weapons cache in terrorism inquiry
RCMP arrested and charged four people who were trying to form an ‘anti-government militia’ and capture land
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
we need to amplify to educate people on the kind of extremist, racist, misogynist, anti-government domestic terrorism that Canadians are attempting to do to this country.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Breaking: In his tariff letter to Canada President Trump criticizes the country's continued fentanyl production, which he complains reduces jobs in the U.S. fentanyl industry.
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Breaking: In his tariff letter to Canada President Trump criticizes the country's continued fentanyl production, which he complains reduces jobs in the U.S. fentanyl industry.
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Per the USMCA (which Trump signed), dairy has a tariff rate quota (TRQ). Anything within the quota is tariff free. Anything over can see tariffs up to 315% (not 400). Again, signed off by Trump. To date, dairy has never exceeded TRQ = no tariffs.
And to date, no quota limits have been breached.
And to date, no quota limits have been breached.
July 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Per the USMCA (which Trump signed), dairy has a tariff rate quota (TRQ). Anything within the quota is tariff free. Anything over can see tariffs up to 315% (not 400). Again, signed off by Trump. To date, dairy has never exceeded TRQ = no tariffs.
And to date, no quota limits have been breached.
And to date, no quota limits have been breached.
Elbows up, Coal, and enjoy the mice and catnip and green grass of kitty heaven. ❤️
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The end of an era: Last feline from Parliament Hill cat colony dies | CBC News
After putting his name furrward for prime minister and bringing joy to millions of people, the last feline from the beloved former cat colony on Parliament Hill has died.
www.cbc.ca
July 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Elbows up, Coal, and enjoy the mice and catnip and green grass of kitty heaven. ❤️
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
well, this is cool.
The Royal Family celebrates Pride Month with a performance of Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club.”
July 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
well, this is cool.
I laughed a little too loudly at the caption.
They finally made the milk from that hotel
July 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I laughed a little too loudly at the caption.