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@tiffswildyears.bsky.social
I am 40 or 50 years old
autistic. pretty good at making odd and useful things
weaver, welder. on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land, BC
autistic. pretty good at making odd and useful things
weaver, welder. on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land, BC
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Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
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great explainer by @michellegamage.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on the constitutional challenge brought by the Drug User Liberation Front, which is being argued in court now: thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
great explainer by @michellegamage.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on the constitutional challenge brought by the Drug User Liberation Front, which is being argued in court now: thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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They made "spinster" into a misogynistic slur; a spinster was a woman who was financially independent because she was good enough at making cloth and clothing that she didn't have to submit to the patriarchal construct of marriage.
it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
They made "spinster" into a misogynistic slur; a spinster was a woman who was financially independent because she was good enough at making cloth and clothing that she didn't have to submit to the patriarchal construct of marriage.
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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this is SO FUNNY omg
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
this is SO FUNNY omg
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But this lawsuit is so much bigger than me or PressProgress
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
But this lawsuit is so much bigger than me or PressProgress
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
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Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today.
It's resegregation in real time.
It's resegregation in real time.
today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today.
It's resegregation in real time.
It's resegregation in real time.
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I hope the tips are for drivers to stop hitting children 🤞🏻
Kamloops Mounties, ICBC offer up tips to stay safe, seen on Halloween #Kamloops
Kamloops Mounties, ICBC offer up tips to stay safe, seen on Halloween - Kamloops News
www.castanetkamloops.net
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I hope the tips are for drivers to stop hitting children 🤞🏻
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Defense Metals, which owns the Wicheeda rare earth project in B.C., has been in discussions with the U.S. government & has brought on advisers with backgrounds at Lockheed Martin, the CIA & Tesla. @amandafollett.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee
Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.
thetyee.ca
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Defense Metals, which owns the Wicheeda rare earth project in B.C., has been in discussions with the U.S. government & has brought on advisers with backgrounds at Lockheed Martin, the CIA & Tesla. @amandafollett.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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small son: foot! wet! wet foot me!
his papa: how did you get your foot wet
small son: time
his papa: how did you get your foot wet
small son: time
September 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
small son: foot! wet! wet foot me!
his papa: how did you get your foot wet
small son: time
his papa: how did you get your foot wet
small son: time
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the top choice for programs and services to cut in last year's budget survey for both residents and businesses was DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET
so this they changed the questions
so you'll have to write it in
#vanpoli
so this they changed the questions
so you'll have to write it in
#vanpoli
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
the top choice for programs and services to cut in last year's budget survey for both residents and businesses was DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET
so this they changed the questions
so you'll have to write it in
#vanpoli
so this they changed the questions
so you'll have to write it in
#vanpoli
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people don’t think of the spruce and cottonwoods of the boreal when they think old-growth, but these are critical ecosystems, for habitat, culture, climate resilience, etc.
necessary, beautiful, powerful & worth protecting
necessary, beautiful, powerful & worth protecting
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
people don’t think of the spruce and cottonwoods of the boreal when they think old-growth, but these are critical ecosystems, for habitat, culture, climate resilience, etc.
necessary, beautiful, powerful & worth protecting
necessary, beautiful, powerful & worth protecting
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UBI is a legitimate (and correct) answer to most of these questions. Select Other & write it in.
The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025 - Canada.ca
Pre-Budget Consultations 2025
www.canada.ca
July 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
UBI is a legitimate (and correct) answer to most of these questions. Select Other & write it in.
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hey if a country sells a person to another country for imprisonment and slave labor I don’t think we should call it deportation
July 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
hey if a country sells a person to another country for imprisonment and slave labor I don’t think we should call it deportation
juvenile house finches and their brief Time of Eyebrows always crack me up
July 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
juvenile house finches and their brief Time of Eyebrows always crack me up
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IMPROVE
PEOPLE'S
MATERIAL
CONDITIONS
PEOPLE'S
MATERIAL
CONDITIONS
As George Monbiot recently wrote: "The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor."
July 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
IMPROVE
PEOPLE'S
MATERIAL
CONDITIONS
PEOPLE'S
MATERIAL
CONDITIONS
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Sometimes therapy sucks because it makes you worse at handling certain things ….
Because you were never meant to handle them and now you have the tools to stop doing it
Because you were never meant to handle them and now you have the tools to stop doing it
July 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Sometimes therapy sucks because it makes you worse at handling certain things ….
Because you were never meant to handle them and now you have the tools to stop doing it
Because you were never meant to handle them and now you have the tools to stop doing it
holy hell, SO MANY accounts (and not tiny ones) to block via literally anybody's posts about the texas floods today. horrible.
July 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
holy hell, SO MANY accounts (and not tiny ones) to block via literally anybody's posts about the texas floods today. horrible.
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like B.C.'s bill 15, which literally every municipality, Indigenous nation and interest group opposed, the government's argument for giving itself unlimited power was “Trust us, bro. we're pals, right?” and fuck off. the party is holding your vote hostage for the next election because the other guys
June 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
like B.C.'s bill 15, which literally every municipality, Indigenous nation and interest group opposed, the government's argument for giving itself unlimited power was “Trust us, bro. we're pals, right?” and fuck off. the party is holding your vote hostage for the next election because the other guys
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this is fucking despicable.
all of american healthcare is pretty despicable, of course, but suddenly demanding $2880 extra a year for lifesaving medication from a whole kind of people because the government now considers that kind of people gross & an affront to god is fucking despicable.
all of american healthcare is pretty despicable, of course, but suddenly demanding $2880 extra a year for lifesaving medication from a whole kind of people because the government now considers that kind of people gross & an affront to god is fucking despicable.
medical necessity override was denied so the here's the tally for my first trip to the pharmacy since louisiana banned trans hrt on medicaid: from $0/mo to $240/mo for my cypionate & prog
June 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this is fucking despicable.
all of american healthcare is pretty despicable, of course, but suddenly demanding $2880 extra a year for lifesaving medication from a whole kind of people because the government now considers that kind of people gross & an affront to god is fucking despicable.
all of american healthcare is pretty despicable, of course, but suddenly demanding $2880 extra a year for lifesaving medication from a whole kind of people because the government now considers that kind of people gross & an affront to god is fucking despicable.
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No one could have foreseen this.
Btw, 30% of the electorate voted Lib, much of that against Cons.
"...the PMO said Canadians gave Prime Minister Mark Carney a strong mandate to negotiate a comprehensive new security and economic relationship with the United States”.
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
Btw, 30% of the electorate voted Lib, much of that against Cons.
"...the PMO said Canadians gave Prime Minister Mark Carney a strong mandate to negotiate a comprehensive new security and economic relationship with the United States”.
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
Canada in discussion to join U.S. Golden Dome missile defence program
Canada is in discussions to join the U.S. 'Golden Dome' missile defence program, according to a spokesperson from the Prime Minister’s Office.
www.cp24.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No one could have foreseen this.
Btw, 30% of the electorate voted Lib, much of that against Cons.
"...the PMO said Canadians gave Prime Minister Mark Carney a strong mandate to negotiate a comprehensive new security and economic relationship with the United States”.
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
Btw, 30% of the electorate voted Lib, much of that against Cons.
"...the PMO said Canadians gave Prime Minister Mark Carney a strong mandate to negotiate a comprehensive new security and economic relationship with the United States”.
www.cp24.com/news/world/2...
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Like how are you going to rightfully acknowledge that putting Autistic ppl on registries, weaponized diagnoses, state administered euthanasia of disabled ppl, & forced "treatment" are all acts of fascism, yet in the same breath, blame ppl with cognitive disabilities & mental illness for fascism???
cognitive disability, mental illness & brain injuries DON'T CAUSE FASCISM.
Stop conflating disability for morality. Who do you think benefits from pushing this narrative? We're living in a heightened influence of eugenics bc disabled ppl are always among the first targets. Read the fucking room.
Stop conflating disability for morality. Who do you think benefits from pushing this narrative? We're living in a heightened influence of eugenics bc disabled ppl are always among the first targets. Read the fucking room.
April 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Like how are you going to rightfully acknowledge that putting Autistic ppl on registries, weaponized diagnoses, state administered euthanasia of disabled ppl, & forced "treatment" are all acts of fascism, yet in the same breath, blame ppl with cognitive disabilities & mental illness for fascism???