Toronto GDC
@gdctoronto.bsky.social
Mutual aid and community defense in Toronto. Feeding and supporting our community as the Apple Crisp Action Brigade--if you'd like to help out, subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/applecrispactionbrigade
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To be clear, while concealed carry is legal in MN, I am 100% on team "This was a drop gun" until definitely proof is otherwise offered, and the word of Fox News and federal agencies is insufficient.
the SIG P320 was the ICE service weapon up until July 2025, and may still be the ICE service weapon, according to SIG.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM
To be clear, while concealed carry is legal in MN, I am 100% on team "This was a drop gun" until definitely proof is otherwise offered, and the word of Fox News and federal agencies is insufficient.
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r/graphicnovels's second-to-top post of all time was posted yesterday: a request for anti-ice drawings like Daniel Warren Johnson's absolute batman one.
Lots of mod-reports on this one for this one. obv
Lots of mod-reports on this one for this one. obv
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
r/graphicnovels's second-to-top post of all time was posted yesterday: a request for anti-ice drawings like Daniel Warren Johnson's absolute batman one.
Lots of mod-reports on this one for this one. obv
Lots of mod-reports on this one for this one. obv
Lots of ICE and LE lies being reported, of course, but this is a pretty good source for ongoing up-to-the-minute news on the shooting in Minneapolis: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please ...
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Lots of ICE and LE lies being reported, of course, but this is a pretty good source for ongoing up-to-the-minute news on the shooting in Minneapolis: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning—
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning—
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
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Something I should have added to this thread yesterday: I keep seeing people say there hasn't been a general strike in the US in nearly a century. I guess it depends how you define "nearly." There were multiple general strikes in 1946, most famously in Oakland. And in 1934, Minneapolis:
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Something I should have added to this thread yesterday: I keep seeing people say there hasn't been a general strike in the US in nearly a century. I guess it depends how you define "nearly." There were multiple general strikes in 1946, most famously in Oakland. And in 1934, Minneapolis:
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So yes, I feel the allegorical nature too but maybe not in the way everyone expects!
January 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
So yes, I feel the allegorical nature too but maybe not in the way everyone expects!
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Lots of leopards eating faces comments etc but I am curious about the extent to which the discourse has been shifted to the right by propaganda because polls show that people were more progressive until the sustained campaign
We should not assume queerphobia is a fixed state of mind
We should not assume queerphobia is a fixed state of mind
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 21, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Lots of leopards eating faces comments etc but I am curious about the extent to which the discourse has been shifted to the right by propaganda because polls show that people were more progressive until the sustained campaign
We should not assume queerphobia is a fixed state of mind
We should not assume queerphobia is a fixed state of mind
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I actually think it's kind of important that all those opposed to the nationalist repressions on the march around the world today figure out ways to be in solidarity across borders rather than participating in the same kinds of nationalist essentialism motivating our enemies.
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I actually think it's kind of important that all those opposed to the nationalist repressions on the march around the world today figure out ways to be in solidarity across borders rather than participating in the same kinds of nationalist essentialism motivating our enemies.
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we can tell trump's brain is cooked because he's not calling him "maple mark carney" or something.
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
we can tell trump's brain is cooked because he's not calling him "maple mark carney" or something.
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I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
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Sweden becomes the first country to ban all AI music from their official charts! Huge win!
January 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Sweden becomes the first country to ban all AI music from their official charts! Huge win!
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The Korean opposition party stood in front of assault rifles and jumped over walls to save people.
The US opposition party have their assistants do solemn social media posts about the need to give the armed white supremacists more money for training.
The US opposition party have their assistants do solemn social media posts about the need to give the armed white supremacists more money for training.
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Korean opposition party stood in front of assault rifles and jumped over walls to save people.
The US opposition party have their assistants do solemn social media posts about the need to give the armed white supremacists more money for training.
The US opposition party have their assistants do solemn social media posts about the need to give the armed white supremacists more money for training.
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I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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#OtD 20 Jan 1856 Harriot Stanton Blatch was born in New York. She formed the Equality League of Self Supporting Women, organising working class women to militantly fight for votes for women stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9266...
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
#OtD 20 Jan 1856 Harriot Stanton Blatch was born in New York. She formed the Equality League of Self Supporting Women, organising working class women to militantly fight for votes for women stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9266...
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#OtD 20 Jan 1934 Nazi Germany introduced a law designating capitalists as "fuhrers" of their enterprise and requiring "employees and labourers [to] owe him faithfulness". Along with other measures it helped funnel income from workers to big business stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9269...
January 20, 2026 at 5:25 PM
#OtD 20 Jan 1934 Nazi Germany introduced a law designating capitalists as "fuhrers" of their enterprise and requiring "employees and labourers [to] owe him faithfulness". Along with other measures it helped funnel income from workers to big business stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9269...
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I browsed some previous Canadian PM speeches at Davos and found one by Stephen Harper in 2010 that really struck me -- it makes a bookend of the last 15 years next to the Carney speech. I'll excerpt some in a thread. Not making any partisan arguments here in any direction, just struck by history. +
January 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I browsed some previous Canadian PM speeches at Davos and found one by Stephen Harper in 2010 that really struck me -- it makes a bookend of the last 15 years next to the Carney speech. I'll excerpt some in a thread. Not making any partisan arguments here in any direction, just struck by history. +
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The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
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Billionaires are over 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people, according to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social.
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
Resisting the Rule of the Rich
Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power
www.oxfamamerica.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Billionaires are over 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people, according to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social.
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
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This was always going to be the more dangerous part of our fascist government; there's only so many ICE/CBP/Military to go around such a disperse country but there's a bunch of MAGA assholes salivating to commit violence in every locale.
People are gonna need to get strapped, I'm not kidding
People are gonna need to get strapped, I'm not kidding
🚨 SAC!: Yesterday, legal observers at the Sacramento anti-ICE camp were attacked with bats and bear spray by a parade of MAGA pro-Trump supporters.
If you have more information related to this event, please send to our email LavenderAngels@riseup.net
If you have more information related to this event, please send to our email LavenderAngels@riseup.net
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This was always going to be the more dangerous part of our fascist government; there's only so many ICE/CBP/Military to go around such a disperse country but there's a bunch of MAGA assholes salivating to commit violence in every locale.
People are gonna need to get strapped, I'm not kidding
People are gonna need to get strapped, I'm not kidding
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Oh yes, oh yes. Let’s let this trend catch on.
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Oh yes, oh yes. Let’s let this trend catch on.
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Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
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#OtD 16 Jan 2018 strikes began in Benin against plans to ban strikes by public sector workers to bring in free-market education and health reforms. The government cut workers' pay but strikes continued, and eventually in late March the government caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7774...
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#OtD 16 Jan 2018 strikes began in Benin against plans to ban strikes by public sector workers to bring in free-market education and health reforms. The government cut workers' pay but strikes continued, and eventually in late March the government caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7774...
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Wow, never thought I’d see the interests of Western Canada win out over the all-powerful Ontario auto-sector. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has reached a deal with China to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the country in exchange for lower canola duties.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Wow, never thought I’d see the interests of Western Canada win out over the all-powerful Ontario auto-sector. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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The IRS is effectively unable to audit private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment firms.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
Push to Audit Private Equity and Venture Capital Falters Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The IRS is effectively unable to audit private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment firms.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.
Thousands of workers have been fired from the agency since DOGE and the world's richest man took an ax to it.
Now audits of these giant enterprises have dropped 80 or 90%.