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printmaker, cultural worker/arts admin, cranky old hag. 780 via 416. hashtag zines, punk, queer. 🍉🏴
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John Schneider on Yoshinobu Yamamoto
“I hope he’s still tired”
“I hope he’s still tired”
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Schneider on Yoshinobu Yamamoto
“I hope he’s still tired”
“I hope he’s still tired”
dylan mckay > brandon walsh
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
dylan mckay > brandon walsh
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My dear friends over at @unraveledpress.com having been working nonstop to cover policing and the immigration raids in Chicago. They absolutely deserve your support.
Unraveled
Unraveled Press
unraveledpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My dear friends over at @unraveledpress.com having been working nonstop to cover policing and the immigration raids in Chicago. They absolutely deserve your support.
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Drug User Liberation Front's founders are arguing their members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Drug User Liberation Front's founders are arguing their members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
just when i thought the writers of the tv show ‘You’ couldn’t be any more sick in the head s05 e09 happens. holy shit.
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
just when i thought the writers of the tv show ‘You’ couldn’t be any more sick in the head s05 e09 happens. holy shit.
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Carney rode into power claiming nation-building project of pipelines & ports & profit for corporations.
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Carney rode into power claiming nation-building project of pipelines & ports & profit for corporations.
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
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If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
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Reuters article out there suggesting COVID doesn’t affect healthy individuals.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reuters article out there suggesting COVID doesn’t affect healthy individuals.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
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Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
Donate to Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future, organized by BROWN RECLUSE
Secure Brown Recluse Zine Distro's Future!
We are seeking funds for the project to conti… BROWN RECLUSE needs your support for Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future
www.gofundme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
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My highly controversial two prong solution for fixing healthcare in Canada
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My highly controversial two prong solution for fixing healthcare in Canada
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
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Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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“From that [London, ON] overpass, the group displayed a banner reading “remigration now,” alongside the Canadian Red Ensign flag, the flag of Ontario and the flag of the white supremacist nationalist group Second Sons Canada”
“The organized white nationalist movement in Canada is the biggest it's been in modern history. A big part of that is Second Sons Canada, the Dominion Society, Diagolon, the Active Club movement.”
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“From that [London, ON] overpass, the group displayed a banner reading “remigration now,” alongside the Canadian Red Ensign flag, the flag of Ontario and the flag of the white supremacist nationalist group Second Sons Canada”
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Following the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency doc I started (please add to it!), what are some reasons people are not buying stuff at the art book fair / zine fest? I'll share some ideas and observations in the comments.
Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Following the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency doc I started (please add to it!), what are some reasons people are not buying stuff at the art book fair / zine fest? I'll share some ideas and observations in the comments.
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This Thursday 👇👇👇
Next Thursday I'll be in conversation with my colleague Fabio Morabito to discuss Music In Orbit as part of the Questions About Music series at the U of A. Open to public/livestreaming at this link: www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This Thursday 👇👇👇
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Metonymy Press is one of my all time favourite presses. You can preorder their two new anthologies and at the same time help support them: gogetfunding.com/metonymy-pre...
Preorder SHARP PINK CLAWS & support queer lit
We’re excited to publish two new anthologies that showcase work from some of our brilliant authors but we need some extra help getting there! As you all know, things have been hard for small publisher...
gogetfunding.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Metonymy Press is one of my all time favourite presses. You can preorder their two new anthologies and at the same time help support them: gogetfunding.com/metonymy-pre...
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ideally we should have no ceos at all but in a world where we have to, they should not be rich
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ideally we should have no ceos at all but in a world where we have to, they should not be rich
another day of feeling so glad i quit my job in corporate arts
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
another day of feeling so glad i quit my job in corporate arts
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If you believe you have additional evidence of violent behavior from Timothy Donahue or Thomas Parsons, please feel free to send to us anonymously via email or Signal (unraveled.66)
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you believe you have additional evidence of violent behavior from Timothy Donahue or Thomas Parsons, please feel free to send to us anonymously via email or Signal (unraveled.66)
Today was my convocation ceremony (I didnt go) and I was thinking that what would make it way better is if they handed out everyone’s parchments blown up like giant novelty cheques.
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Today was my convocation ceremony (I didnt go) and I was thinking that what would make it way better is if they handed out everyone’s parchments blown up like giant novelty cheques.
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And if you are a Canadian author or bookworker, you can still join the boycott here:
canlitresponds.ca
canlitresponds.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
And if you are a Canadian author or bookworker, you can still join the boycott here:
canlitresponds.ca
canlitresponds.ca
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Questions it needs to answer:
- Who are its "anonymous funders?"
- Will the Giller finally end its partnership the Azrieli Foundation, set to renew this year?
- Will it confirm whether it has terminated its Indigo sponsorship?
- Who are its "anonymous funders?"
- Will the Giller finally end its partnership the Azrieli Foundation, set to renew this year?
- Will it confirm whether it has terminated its Indigo sponsorship?
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Questions it needs to answer:
- Who are its "anonymous funders?"
- Will the Giller finally end its partnership the Azrieli Foundation, set to renew this year?
- Will it confirm whether it has terminated its Indigo sponsorship?
- Who are its "anonymous funders?"
- Will the Giller finally end its partnership the Azrieli Foundation, set to renew this year?
- Will it confirm whether it has terminated its Indigo sponsorship?