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Please note these are my personal views not of any employers or places of volunteer.
Please note these are my personal views not of any employers or places of volunteer.
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This is what I'm reading,
Thank you booktok for helping find books on this topic!
#booktok
#nonfiction
#history
Thank you booktok for helping find books on this topic!
#booktok
#nonfiction
#history
April 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is what I'm reading,
Thank you booktok for helping find books on this topic!
#booktok
#nonfiction
#history
Thank you booktok for helping find books on this topic!
#booktok
#nonfiction
#history
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Amazon’s union-busting attempts resulted in the closing of all QC warehouses. Jon Milton @policyalternatives.ca shares some of the ways to fight back: canceling govt contracts & subsidies, banning exploitive practices associated with the gig the economy & nationalizing abandoned warehouses.
April 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Amazon’s union-busting attempts resulted in the closing of all QC warehouses. Jon Milton @policyalternatives.ca shares some of the ways to fight back: canceling govt contracts & subsidies, banning exploitive practices associated with the gig the economy & nationalizing abandoned warehouses.
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The ideas of the ruling class may be the ruling ideas but the realities of exploitation and inequality that mark #capitalist society create and replenish a simmering mood of grievance and anger that threatens to go over to open rebellion.
March 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The ideas of the ruling class may be the ruling ideas but the realities of exploitation and inequality that mark #capitalist society create and replenish a simmering mood of grievance and anger that threatens to go over to open rebellion.
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Mark Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term—and when he’s through we will be even more vulnerable to far-right demagogues like Pierre Poilievre.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to
Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...
canadiandimension.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mark Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term—and when he’s through we will be even more vulnerable to far-right demagogues like Pierre Poilievre.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
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RFK Jr.’s new directive for the National Cancer Institute requires special scrutiny of materials on vaccines, fluoride, and other topics. Experts warn that this could politicize research and hinder scientific progress.
RFK Jr.’s Directive for National Cancer Institute May Harm Research, Experts Say
Materials on vaccines, fluoride, and other topics will now receive special scrutiny by an institute “clearance team.”…
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March 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
RFK Jr.’s new directive for the National Cancer Institute requires special scrutiny of materials on vaccines, fluoride, and other topics. Experts warn that this could politicize research and hinder scientific progress.
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If you want something wholesome and endearing to do today, keep the Tesla stock on your screen.
March 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want something wholesome and endearing to do today, keep the Tesla stock on your screen.
If you don't know I update my cover photo with the latest book I'm reading,
#nonfiction
#books
#library
#climate
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#library
#climate
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you don't know I update my cover photo with the latest book I'm reading,
#nonfiction
#books
#library
#climate
#nonfiction
#books
#library
#climate
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Enough with the “Blue Bracelet” activism. Symbolic moments are empty w/o deeper intention & strategy.
We don’t need marches w/o actionable follow up steps.
We don’t need boycotts w/o intentional economic reinvestment in our communities.
We don’t need “symbolic gestures”, w/o actual strategy.
We don’t need marches w/o actionable follow up steps.
We don’t need boycotts w/o intentional economic reinvestment in our communities.
We don’t need “symbolic gestures”, w/o actual strategy.
March 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Enough with the “Blue Bracelet” activism. Symbolic moments are empty w/o deeper intention & strategy.
We don’t need marches w/o actionable follow up steps.
We don’t need boycotts w/o intentional economic reinvestment in our communities.
We don’t need “symbolic gestures”, w/o actual strategy.
We don’t need marches w/o actionable follow up steps.
We don’t need boycotts w/o intentional economic reinvestment in our communities.
We don’t need “symbolic gestures”, w/o actual strategy.
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Jill Andrew, Patrice Barnes, and Sarah Jama — three Black women MPPs — lost their seats. Marjorie Knight, Gemma Grey-Hall, Aderonke Daramola, Mohamed Firin, Kojo Damptey, and Faisal Hassan also lost.
The only remaining Black MPPs are Andrea Hazell (L), David Smith, and Charmaine Williams (PC).
The only remaining Black MPPs are Andrea Hazell (L), David Smith, and Charmaine Williams (PC).
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Jill Andrew, Patrice Barnes, and Sarah Jama — three Black women MPPs — lost their seats. Marjorie Knight, Gemma Grey-Hall, Aderonke Daramola, Mohamed Firin, Kojo Damptey, and Faisal Hassan also lost.
The only remaining Black MPPs are Andrea Hazell (L), David Smith, and Charmaine Williams (PC).
The only remaining Black MPPs are Andrea Hazell (L), David Smith, and Charmaine Williams (PC).
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I went to work for the ONDP after the 2018 election which saw the existing caucus double with the most diverse members of any party and compelling experience to bring to the table.
There’s been a lot of change.
Electoral politics are not going to save us, but they still need a reckoning. #ONpoli
There’s been a lot of change.
Electoral politics are not going to save us, but they still need a reckoning. #ONpoli
February 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Just imagine that after the last four weeks of campaigning, the only gain your party made was to defeat a Black woman who your party tried to destroy for supporting Palestine. Incredible stuff from the ONDP.
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just imagine that after the last four weeks of campaigning, the only gain your party made was to defeat a Black woman who your party tried to destroy for supporting Palestine. Incredible stuff from the ONDP.
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There's a problem with automating everything. The machines can't buy the goods that people are making or selling, and the more people we put out of work 'to save money', the fewer people can afford to make purchases.
Shouting 'parasites' at people thrown out of work is never helpful.
Shouting 'parasites' at people thrown out of work is never helpful.
February 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
There's a problem with automating everything. The machines can't buy the goods that people are making or selling, and the more people we put out of work 'to save money', the fewer people can afford to make purchases.
Shouting 'parasites' at people thrown out of work is never helpful.
Shouting 'parasites' at people thrown out of work is never helpful.
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The employment dilemma for so many people right now:
a) Finally get a job.
b) Get thrown out of the job for using words like 'diversity'.
c) Get shouted at for being 'parasites who rely on the state' and told to....get a job.
d) Find there's few jobs as things are now automated/AI.
and repeat.
a) Finally get a job.
b) Get thrown out of the job for using words like 'diversity'.
c) Get shouted at for being 'parasites who rely on the state' and told to....get a job.
d) Find there's few jobs as things are now automated/AI.
and repeat.
February 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The employment dilemma for so many people right now:
a) Finally get a job.
b) Get thrown out of the job for using words like 'diversity'.
c) Get shouted at for being 'parasites who rely on the state' and told to....get a job.
d) Find there's few jobs as things are now automated/AI.
and repeat.
a) Finally get a job.
b) Get thrown out of the job for using words like 'diversity'.
c) Get shouted at for being 'parasites who rely on the state' and told to....get a job.
d) Find there's few jobs as things are now automated/AI.
and repeat.
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RIP to one of the bona fide greats
NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and other intimate hits, dies at 88.
February 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
RIP to one of the bona fide greats
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February 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Fuck these airlines
Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Airlines sue to overturn rule against breaking wheelchairs
Major carriers are trying to overturn a Biden-era policy that ended decades of mistreatment.
www.motherjones.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Fuck these airlines
February 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
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🚨 Texas v. Becerra threatens disability rights in disasters!
If Section 504 is overturned:
❌ No federal enforcement for accessible emergency shelters
❌ No penalties for shelters lacking sign language interpreters
❌ Increased risk of institutionalization after disasters
If Section 504 is overturned:
❌ No federal enforcement for accessible emergency shelters
❌ No penalties for shelters lacking sign language interpreters
❌ Increased risk of institutionalization after disasters
February 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🚨 Texas v. Becerra threatens disability rights in disasters!
If Section 504 is overturned:
❌ No federal enforcement for accessible emergency shelters
❌ No penalties for shelters lacking sign language interpreters
❌ Increased risk of institutionalization after disasters
If Section 504 is overturned:
❌ No federal enforcement for accessible emergency shelters
❌ No penalties for shelters lacking sign language interpreters
❌ Increased risk of institutionalization after disasters
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#RedWingBlackbird discovers he is among the goodest of birbs…
February 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#RedWingBlackbird discovers he is among the goodest of birbs…
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Palestine solidarity protesters march in central London in opposition to US President Donald Trump’s plan to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza and “take over” the enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zmc4vg
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February 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Palestine solidarity protesters march in central London in opposition to US President Donald Trump’s plan to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza and “take over” the enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zmc4vg
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zmc4vg
Section 504 a civil rights protection for Disabled humans, is under attack.
"Under the Biden administration, the Section 504 definition of disability was expanded to recognize that “gender dysphoria . . . may be considered a physical or mental impairment.”
Pat Green
"Under the Biden administration, the Section 504 definition of disability was expanded to recognize that “gender dysphoria . . . may be considered a physical or mental impairment.”
Pat Green
February 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Section 504 a civil rights protection for Disabled humans, is under attack.
"Under the Biden administration, the Section 504 definition of disability was expanded to recognize that “gender dysphoria . . . may be considered a physical or mental impairment.”
Pat Green
"Under the Biden administration, the Section 504 definition of disability was expanded to recognize that “gender dysphoria . . . may be considered a physical or mental impairment.”
Pat Green