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Thursday’s decision could set the stage before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case where seven young people have challenged Ontario’s weakened climate target.
Climate case led by youth heading to the Supreme Court
Canada's highest court is set to decide whether it will hear arguments in a trailblazing climate change lawsuit that could clarify whether governments are constitutionally required to tackle planet-wa...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thursday’s decision could set the stage before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case where seven young people have challenged Ontario’s weakened climate target.
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Read history. Oligarchs have owned and controlled our government before. They’ve attacked oppressed groups, gone after migrants, and enacted mass violence against workers who dared resist. But people kept fighting. They organized. They built power. What we need to do is not unprecedented.
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Read history. Oligarchs have owned and controlled our government before. They’ve attacked oppressed groups, gone after migrants, and enacted mass violence against workers who dared resist. But people kept fighting. They organized. They built power. What we need to do is not unprecedented.
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www.aaup.org/report/again...
“Unfortunately, troubling recent events suggest that some administrations are … engaging in what scholars of authoritarianism call anticipatory obedience—that is, they are acting to comply in advance of any pressure to do so.”
Absolutely true.
#AcademicSky
“Unfortunately, troubling recent events suggest that some administrations are … engaging in what scholars of authoritarianism call anticipatory obedience—that is, they are acting to comply in advance of any pressure to do so.”
Absolutely true.
#AcademicSky
Against Anticipatory Obedience
The statement that follows, prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance and Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, was approved for public...
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January 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
www.aaup.org/report/again...
“Unfortunately, troubling recent events suggest that some administrations are … engaging in what scholars of authoritarianism call anticipatory obedience—that is, they are acting to comply in advance of any pressure to do so.”
Absolutely true.
#AcademicSky
“Unfortunately, troubling recent events suggest that some administrations are … engaging in what scholars of authoritarianism call anticipatory obedience—that is, they are acting to comply in advance of any pressure to do so.”
Absolutely true.
#AcademicSky
Not taking accountability, and throwing everyone else under the bus is this man’s legacy… so this is pretty on point
Resigning Trudeau admits Liberal caucus dissent, but fails to own his role in the breakdown, say observers.
https://buff.ly/40oaRZV
https://buff.ly/40oaRZV
January 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Not taking accountability, and throwing everyone else under the bus is this man’s legacy… so this is pretty on point
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For all of you in the climate movement talking up
@JustinTrudeau's #climate legacy. You missed the whole point of the #Indigenous #tarsands campaign. This guy did monstrous things to #IndigenousPeoples, abusing the power of #Canada's military apparatus for the #profits of #bigoil #NoPipelines
@JustinTrudeau's #climate legacy. You missed the whole point of the #Indigenous #tarsands campaign. This guy did monstrous things to #IndigenousPeoples, abusing the power of #Canada's military apparatus for the #profits of #bigoil #NoPipelines
January 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For all of you in the climate movement talking up
@JustinTrudeau's #climate legacy. You missed the whole point of the #Indigenous #tarsands campaign. This guy did monstrous things to #IndigenousPeoples, abusing the power of #Canada's military apparatus for the #profits of #bigoil #NoPipelines
@JustinTrudeau's #climate legacy. You missed the whole point of the #Indigenous #tarsands campaign. This guy did monstrous things to #IndigenousPeoples, abusing the power of #Canada's military apparatus for the #profits of #bigoil #NoPipelines
I definitely have zero interest in voting for nothingburger centrists… what passes for leftist politicians keep moving right in an attempt to gain votes they will never win and, in the process, lose the voter base they once had
There is a lesson for Singh and the NDP. People would rather vote for a party running on genuine principles, even ones far outside the mainstream, than nothingburger centrists.
It's time for the NDP to run on actual socialism, especially given that it speaks to the real issues they're facing.
It's time for the NDP to run on actual socialism, especially given that it speaks to the real issues they're facing.
Pierre Poilievre says Canadians are too obsessed with race because of “wokeism” and agrees with Jordan Peterson that Canada essentially had to invent and import racism because it didn’t exist here before recent decades.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
January 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I definitely have zero interest in voting for nothingburger centrists… what passes for leftist politicians keep moving right in an attempt to gain votes they will never win and, in the process, lose the voter base they once had
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As a disabled web accessibility practitioner. This pisses me off. Extremely.
GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.
Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.
Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.
GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.
Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.
Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.
November 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM
As a disabled web accessibility practitioner. This pisses me off. Extremely.
GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.
Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.
Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.
GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.
Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.
Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.
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BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
November 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM
BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
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Every. Time. And still so much resistance to something that is wildly effective.
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Every. Time. And still so much resistance to something that is wildly effective.
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The 11th Indigenous person killed by Canadian police since AUGUST. This time it was a 17 year old boy.
Northern Manitoba RCMP fatally shoot a First Nations teen on the Norway House Cree Nation, the 11th time since August that an Indigenous person has been killed by Canadian police. Hear the latest on APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/287079
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November 25, 2024 at 5:15 PM
The 11th Indigenous person killed by Canadian police since AUGUST. This time it was a 17 year old boy.
Abortion bans are forms of state sponsored femicide - and it’s usually racialized, impoverished women who are most impacted.
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Abortion bans are forms of state sponsored femicide - and it’s usually racialized, impoverished women who are most impacted.
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And it becomes a way of enforcing gender conformity in all sorts of ways—it’s literally a Dykes to Watch Out For cartoon from 1995
November 22, 2024 at 4:30 PM
And it becomes a way of enforcing gender conformity in all sorts of ways—it’s literally a Dykes to Watch Out For cartoon from 1995
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Mass student strike happening in #Montreal at Concordia university. After a vote, students have voted to go on strike to demand divestment from the state of Israel by the university. In the 1980s, similar struggles helped push for divestment from apartheid South Africa.
They filled the lobby before marching to every floor, disrupting classes.
Behind them, boarded up windows can be seen. These were smashed during a demo in late September that reportedly caused $600,000 in damages to the university, which has refused to divest from Israeli apartheid and genocide.
Behind them, boarded up windows can be seen. These were smashed during a demo in late September that reportedly caused $600,000 in damages to the university, which has refused to divest from Israeli apartheid and genocide.
November 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Mass student strike happening in #Montreal at Concordia university. After a vote, students have voted to go on strike to demand divestment from the state of Israel by the university. In the 1980s, similar struggles helped push for divestment from apartheid South Africa.
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Dear Canadian podcaster friends! My Warrior Life Podcast has been nominated under the "Outstanding Indigenous Series" category!! Podcasters can register your vote as the highest # of votes = winner! #warriorlifepodcast #podcasts #indigenous #nativepodcasts canpodawards.ca/awards/
November 14, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Dear Canadian podcaster friends! My Warrior Life Podcast has been nominated under the "Outstanding Indigenous Series" category!! Podcasters can register your vote as the highest # of votes = winner! #warriorlifepodcast #podcasts #indigenous #nativepodcasts canpodawards.ca/awards/
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A useful block list if you're looking for one.
November 17, 2024 at 12:32 AM
A useful block list if you're looking for one.
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Paraphrasing @pampalmater.com We can't let the media or politics talk us out of what we are seeing with our own eyes in Gaza.
November 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Paraphrasing @pampalmater.com We can't let the media or politics talk us out of what we are seeing with our own eyes in Gaza.
“Maybe, to survive, we have to hold onto the fragments of our history, of our memories, no matter how much it hurts.
Survival is less about enduring and more about holding on, even when your hands are shaking, even when you’re not sure you can do it anymore.”
Survival is less about enduring and more about holding on, even when your hands are shaking, even when you’re not sure you can do it anymore.”
November 17, 2024 at 12:29 AM
“Maybe, to survive, we have to hold onto the fragments of our history, of our memories, no matter how much it hurts.
Survival is less about enduring and more about holding on, even when your hands are shaking, even when you’re not sure you can do it anymore.”
Survival is less about enduring and more about holding on, even when your hands are shaking, even when you’re not sure you can do it anymore.”
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Hey everyone - I am looking for a researcher who can work in the Ottawa area from January-June 2025 on a project that tries to understand how online narratives impacts gender based violence (or not!). Experience conducting interviews a plus! www.linkedin.com/posts/stepha...
Stephanie Carvin on LinkedIn: Hello I am hiring!
Research Assistant – Gender-Based Violence and…
Hello I am hiring!
Research Assistant – Gender-Based Violence and Online/Offline Extremism
Description:
Research Assistant (RA) position available for…
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November 16, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Hey everyone - I am looking for a researcher who can work in the Ottawa area from January-June 2025 on a project that tries to understand how online narratives impacts gender based violence (or not!). Experience conducting interviews a plus! www.linkedin.com/posts/stepha...