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To be clear, I am not a fan of whatever is going on over there on the other platform and the people participating in it need to touch grass.
"If these systems function without interruption, you will be told you are experiencing 'peace'...We must not allow the frameworks of the powerful to define the bounds of morality in our politics and our action." Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
October 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"If these systems function without interruption, you will be told you are experiencing 'peace'...We must not allow the frameworks of the powerful to define the bounds of morality in our politics and our action." Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
When you see it in a zoom chat, you realize "unbeknownst" is truly a chaotic word.
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
When you see it in a zoom chat, you realize "unbeknownst" is truly a chaotic word.
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(Extremely over the framing of global Jewry as uniquely culpable when Christian Zionists outnumber Jews of all kinds and American tax dollars paid by all Americans are funding giant swathes of it.)
The genocide in Gaza isn't about Jews. It's about colonialism.
The genocide in Gaza isn't about Jews. It's about colonialism.
Against Zionist Realism
Is “Not In Our Name” Jewish organizing around Palestine inflating our culpability as Jews—and downplaying our complicity as Americans ?
jewishcurrents.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
(Extremely over the framing of global Jewry as uniquely culpable when Christian Zionists outnumber Jews of all kinds and American tax dollars paid by all Americans are funding giant swathes of it.)
The genocide in Gaza isn't about Jews. It's about colonialism.
The genocide in Gaza isn't about Jews. It's about colonialism.
A random reel just reminded me about Station 11. Quite honestly one of the greatest TV shows I have ever seen. I promise to read the book. Seriously, though, watch it!
April 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A random reel just reminded me about Station 11. Quite honestly one of the greatest TV shows I have ever seen. I promise to read the book. Seriously, though, watch it!
This is how moral relitavism is used to continually smooth the way for the right. PressProgress etc don't use platforms to lie and spread disinformation to stoke violence and fear. All journalism comes from a perspective but there is a difference between that and being a handmaiden for fascism.
This would be simple to settle if journalists could still say: let's get rid of them from press spaces, not because they're on the *wrong* political side, but because we are journalists and they are activists.
But then could PressProgress still attend? Could The Narwhal? 7/x
But then could PressProgress still attend? Could The Narwhal? 7/x
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is how moral relitavism is used to continually smooth the way for the right. PressProgress etc don't use platforms to lie and spread disinformation to stoke violence and fear. All journalism comes from a perspective but there is a difference between that and being a handmaiden for fascism.
There is nothing greater in Canadian politics than the leader of the bloc in the English language debates. "I don't want to be prime minister" lmao priceless.
April 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There is nothing greater in Canadian politics than the leader of the bloc in the English language debates. "I don't want to be prime minister" lmao priceless.
A reverse onus on bail is literally montrous. #federaldebate
April 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A reverse onus on bail is literally montrous. #federaldebate
A backbench MP has far less tangible power over your life than a city councillor. Just saying.
March 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A backbench MP has far less tangible power over your life than a city councillor. Just saying.
Living beings of no discernable form unite.
March 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Living beings of no discernable form unite.
The cover that Trump gives to liberals to pretend that racism is new and an "emerging trend coming from the south" is fucking insufferable. Did we learn nothing?
February 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The cover that Trump gives to liberals to pretend that racism is new and an "emerging trend coming from the south" is fucking insufferable. Did we learn nothing?
Can Ontario Liberals remove HST from anything without federal permission?
February 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Can Ontario Liberals remove HST from anything without federal permission?
ONDP talking about grocery rebates is such a vacuous political imagination.
February 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
ONDP talking about grocery rebates is such a vacuous political imagination.
We should all be dabbling in defunding the police.
February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We should all be dabbling in defunding the police.
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More budget politics. The suggestion that a member of Council can propose line by line operational or programming changes to a police budget is fantasy. The law is clear and every member of Council was schooled on it during last year’s budget. #HamOnt
‘What we need, not what we want’: Hamilton police chief on 2025 budget pitch
Domestic violence unit shouldn’t be delayed, Spadafora says
www.thespec.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More budget politics. The suggestion that a member of Council can propose line by line operational or programming changes to a police budget is fantasy. The law is clear and every member of Council was schooled on it during last year’s budget. #HamOnt
I hate elections. I tend to see them as a colossal waste of collective energies. I do take a harm reduction approach to voting, but you are never going to convince me that meaningful change happens through elections.
January 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hate elections. I tend to see them as a colossal waste of collective energies. I do take a harm reduction approach to voting, but you are never going to convince me that meaningful change happens through elections.
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With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
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A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect across the Gaza Strip at 09:15 GMT, after nearly a three-hour delay.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/oqzsnw
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/oqzsnw
January 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect across the Gaza Strip at 09:15 GMT, after nearly a three-hour delay.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/oqzsnw
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/oqzsnw
Something I can't get over about Poor Things is the way they portray her "early talk". The misconstructions of English are based on racist caricatures and she doesn't have the speech patterns or manerisms of a toddler or young child. It's just off.
January 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Something I can't get over about Poor Things is the way they portray her "early talk". The misconstructions of English are based on racist caricatures and she doesn't have the speech patterns or manerisms of a toddler or young child. It's just off.
Was today years old when I learned that "graft", which means political corruption in American English, means hard work in the UK and now I can't stop laughing.
January 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Was today years old when I learned that "graft", which means political corruption in American English, means hard work in the UK and now I can't stop laughing.
With no real idea what the thing is they are doing instead, they voted to make life harder for those who are unhoused. This does nothing to resolve the lack of housing, it just punishes people for living outside.
January 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
With no real idea what the thing is they are doing instead, they voted to make life harder for those who are unhoused. This does nothing to resolve the lack of housing, it just punishes people for living outside.
"There is a hole in the world and the light is running out of it. And the words go with the light. Did you know that?"
From The Farthest Shore by Ursula K Le Guin
From The Farthest Shore by Ursula K Le Guin
January 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"There is a hole in the world and the light is running out of it. And the words go with the light. Did you know that?"
From The Farthest Shore by Ursula K Le Guin
From The Farthest Shore by Ursula K Le Guin
To be clear, I am not a fan of whatever is going on over there on the other platform and the people participating in it need to touch grass.
January 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
To be clear, I am not a fan of whatever is going on over there on the other platform and the people participating in it need to touch grass.
Although I am not xtian, in the religious house I was raised in I was taught that while xmas is special the truly holiest time of year is Easter and so I find the self own of insiting on December as xtian heritage month rather amusing. Be engaged with the spiritual meaning of your faith or don't.
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Although I am not xtian, in the religious house I was raised in I was taught that while xmas is special the truly holiest time of year is Easter and so I find the self own of insiting on December as xtian heritage month rather amusing. Be engaged with the spiritual meaning of your faith or don't.
