Labour Law Alex
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Book loving, film loving, dog loving socialist lawyer. Father of 2.
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Hamilton Review of Books Podcast – Season 4, Episode 1 "Wither Giller" — Hamilton Review of Books
We talk with three writers involved in the campaign to pressure the Giller Prize to drop its primary sponsor.
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The Giller Prize happens tonight, in the shadow of an incredibly effective movement against its association with Scotiabank and the genocide in Gaza. Please find our recent episode of the @hamrevofbooks.bsky.social podcast talking about what happened and why we should boycott the Giller.
So Emilia Perez is bad bad...I have watched 45 minutes and just wow. I don't have time to watch much so may just bail. I can't imagine anyone portrayed liking what is on screen and the music is really outrageously horrible
January 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
So Emilia Perez is bad bad...I have watched 45 minutes and just wow. I don't have time to watch much so may just bail. I can't imagine anyone portrayed liking what is on screen and the music is really outrageously horrible
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Meredith Warren on the new movie about Mary.
Mary: as a Biblical scholar, I can’t recommend this right-wing funded Netflix biopic
My critiques of Mary centre around two themes. One is the way it perpetuates conservative ideals around women and gender. The other is its misrepresentations of Jews and Judaism.
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December 9, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Meredith Warren on the new movie about Mary.
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during a canada post strike is when you really see the consequences of having virtually no labour journalists at major publications in canada, but a load of business journalists ready to parrot the corporate line
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 AM
during a canada post strike is when you really see the consequences of having virtually no labour journalists at major publications in canada, but a load of business journalists ready to parrot the corporate line
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The devastation and harm that Ford's government is wreaking on our province - and the city of Toronto - is astounding. They KNOW these decisions will cost cyclists' lives which is why they're scrambling to preempt accountability. Proud of my MPP Jessica Bell for fighting the good fight.
Thanks MPP Jessica Bell for exposing the Ford government's Bill 212 amendment which includes preventing people from suing them over the bike lane removals & confirming all of Bloor would be impacted. It's Ontario Place all over again! #shame #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero x.com/JessicaBellT...
November 28, 2024 at 3:35 AM
The devastation and harm that Ford's government is wreaking on our province - and the city of Toronto - is astounding. They KNOW these decisions will cost cyclists' lives which is why they're scrambling to preempt accountability. Proud of my MPP Jessica Bell for fighting the good fight.
I don't know if Bluesky will ever reach peak twitter but I go onto X and within minutes feel like shit...that hellscape is done
November 27, 2024 at 5:31 AM
I don't know if Bluesky will ever reach peak twitter but I go onto X and within minutes feel like shit...that hellscape is done
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Bluesky has made it. I can once again explain very online things to my not very online wife and have her stare at me, bewildered. We’re back baby!!!!
November 26, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Bluesky has made it. I can once again explain very online things to my not very online wife and have her stare at me, bewildered. We’re back baby!!!!
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Anyone for a #Giveaway?
For a chance to win a copy of Intermezzo just follow me, like, and re-post! Feel free to tag some friends too! Giveaway closes Friday 29th November 6pm, UK only. 💙📚
For a chance to win a copy of Intermezzo just follow me, like, and re-post! Feel free to tag some friends too! Giveaway closes Friday 29th November 6pm, UK only. 💙📚
November 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Anyone for a #Giveaway?
For a chance to win a copy of Intermezzo just follow me, like, and re-post! Feel free to tag some friends too! Giveaway closes Friday 29th November 6pm, UK only. 💙📚
For a chance to win a copy of Intermezzo just follow me, like, and re-post! Feel free to tag some friends too! Giveaway closes Friday 29th November 6pm, UK only. 💙📚
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I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
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IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
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Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Lessons from Trump’s win that could help us stop Poilievre springmag.ca/lessons-from...
Lessons from Trump’s win that could help us stop Poilievre
It’s already two weeks since Trump’s decisive election win, but the battle of interpretation is still raging. Why did more than 76 million people vote for Trump, who won both the popular vote and the ...
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November 23, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Lessons from Trump’s win that could help us stop Poilievre springmag.ca/lessons-from...
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Phoebe wins nincompoop of the day. She made it to the Beaverton 🤣
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
Opinion: Bluesky is a dangerous echo chamber because no one wants to hear from me, specifically
They just… blocked me. Like I’m some kind of annoyance, rather than the iconoclastic and fascinating truth-teller which I know myself to be.
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November 22, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Phoebe wins nincompoop of the day. She made it to the Beaverton 🤣
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I’m proud to never have read a damn thing by Cormac McCarthy. I’ve got my own pretty horses.
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I’m proud to never have read a damn thing by Cormac McCarthy. I’ve got my own pretty horses.
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My “Palestine in Modern Arabic Poetry” class ends with a unit on Arab-American poetry. Today our session was centered @lenakt.bsky.social’s @nationalbook.bsky.social acceptance speech. It was history. It was resistance. It was integrity. It was courage. It was poetry.
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 AM
My “Palestine in Modern Arabic Poetry” class ends with a unit on Arab-American poetry. Today our session was centered @lenakt.bsky.social’s @nationalbook.bsky.social acceptance speech. It was history. It was resistance. It was integrity. It was courage. It was poetry.
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Poetry in a Time of Genocide, a two-episode special of the IMEU's This Is Palestine podcast.
Host Diana Buttu speaks with National Book Award finalists Fady Joudah and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social) on genocide and defying cultural erasure
pod.link/1509337661/e...
Host Diana Buttu speaks with National Book Award finalists Fady Joudah and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social) on genocide and defying cultural erasure
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This Is Palestine
'This Is Palestine' is a podcast that highlights people, issues, and events around Palestine. We bring you stories from the ground in Palestine, and we speak with experts and activists to bring you un...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Poetry in a Time of Genocide, a two-episode special of the IMEU's This Is Palestine podcast.
Host Diana Buttu speaks with National Book Award finalists Fady Joudah and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social) on genocide and defying cultural erasure
pod.link/1509337661/e...
Host Diana Buttu speaks with National Book Award finalists Fady Joudah and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social) on genocide and defying cultural erasure
pod.link/1509337661/e...
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The 49 times the US used veto power against UN resolutions on Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/49-times-us-has-used-veto-power-against-un-resolutions-israel
The 49 times the US used veto power against UN resolutions on Israel
In the past year alone, Washington has vetoed four Security Council resolutions calling for a Gaza ceasefire
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
The 49 times the US used veto power against UN resolutions on Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/49-times-us-has-used-veto-power-against-un-resolutions-israel
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Francesca Albanese: ICC should seek more arrest warrants for Israeli leaders - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/un-francesca-albanese-icc-more-arrest-warrants-israel-leaders
Francesca Albanese: 'International law is on a knife's edge' over Gaza inaction
The outspoken Italian human rights lawyer accuses British politicians of genocide denial and urges the EU to cut trade ties with Israel
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Francesca Albanese: ICC should seek more arrest warrants for Israeli leaders - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/un-francesca-albanese-icc-more-arrest-warrants-israel-leaders
Are we getting the @nytimes 100 notable books of 2024 today?
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Are we getting the @nytimes 100 notable books of 2024 today?
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Very happy to see Percival Everett, one of our living greats, win the National Book Award!
November 21, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Very happy to see Percival Everett, one of our living greats, win the National Book Award!
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IT'S PERCIVAL EVERETT! Percival Everett, author of JAMES, is the winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction! "Hope is really no substitute for strategy."
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November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
IT'S PERCIVAL EVERETT! Percival Everett, author of JAMES, is the winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction! "Hope is really no substitute for strategy."
bookshop.org/a/169/978038...
bookshop.org/a/169/978038...
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Percival Everett’s James wins the National Book Award for Fiction!
November 21, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Percival Everett’s James wins the National Book Award for Fiction!
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WOW! The winner of the National Book Award in Poetry is WWB contributor Lena Khalaf Tuffaha!
@lenakt.bsky.social!!!
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Lena is the guest editor of our issue "Against Silence: A Palestinian Writing Series":
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@lenakt.bsky.social!!!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
Lena is the guest editor of our issue "Against Silence: A Palestinian Writing Series":
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
November 21, 2024 at 2:43 AM
WOW! The winner of the National Book Award in Poetry is WWB contributor Lena Khalaf Tuffaha!
@lenakt.bsky.social!!!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
Lena is the guest editor of our issue "Against Silence: A Palestinian Writing Series":
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
@lenakt.bsky.social!!!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
Lena is the guest editor of our issue "Against Silence: A Palestinian Writing Series":
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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The great Lena Khalaf Tuffaha @lenakt.bsky.social just won the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something about Living. You can get it @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, where all proceeds go to HEAL Palestine, providing essential aid, healthcare, educational resources to Palestinian youth: t.ly/Sqvw2
November 21, 2024 at 3:03 AM
The great Lena Khalaf Tuffaha @lenakt.bsky.social just won the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something about Living. You can get it @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, where all proceeds go to HEAL Palestine, providing essential aid, healthcare, educational resources to Palestinian youth: t.ly/Sqvw2
First Alice Munro and now Cormac McCarthy. Literary heroes who covered up sexual crimes or engaged in grotesque predatory behavior.
November 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM
First Alice Munro and now Cormac McCarthy. Literary heroes who covered up sexual crimes or engaged in grotesque predatory behavior.