Doc Em
docem.bsky.social
Doc Em
@docem.bsky.social
real human, expert student
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Re-upping this. I am in the middle of switching over from Dropbox to Sync.com which is fully Canadian and only uses Canadian-hosted servers.
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Number of letters written still rising!
actionnetwork.org/letters/6c76...
Click link to send yours.
Get Tesla Out of Canadian Malls
The United States is trying to bully Canada with tariffs and threats of annexation -- and Elon Musk has as much power in the current US regime as anyone. Elon Musk is a foreign adversary - and yet hi...
actionnetwork.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just sent! Let's get Tesla/Musk out of Canada.
February 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Here is Doug Ford saying he would 'absolutely support Trump. I wouldn't waver. The GOP is wavering, but I wouldn't waver." He then goes on to excuse harassing women.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2m...
Doug Ford defends Trumps misogynistic comments - October 3, 2016
YouTube video by DougSaid
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Get inspired by Charlie Angus and this coalition from across the country calling for grassroots resistance to Trump, the defence of democratic values, human rights, and solidarity with humankind.
Then, for friends in Canada, sign the Pledge For Canada. www.youtube.com/live/dGzgwBY...
NDP MP Charlie Angus launches “Pledge for Canada” – January 31, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
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February 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Reflecting on why #MusicEd matters so much to me. Music both keeps us grounded, physically here, and helps us envision possibility where symbols and structures limit us.
January 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yup, totally me. I have a book coming out: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hip-hop-st...
January 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Got the opportunity to review two books for Women & Music. "For the Culture: #Hip-Hop and the Fight for #SocialJustice ed. by Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey and Adolphus G. Belk Jr., and: Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance by Lauron J. Kehrer"
December 13, 2024 at 12:43 AM
To academia or not to academia? That is my question.
#Academia #AcademicChatter
December 12, 2024 at 4:34 PM
"Triantafillou noted that drivers on Marlee are 'really aggressive' but worried that his kids might 'walk out the door and get smoked by a bike.'" Riiiiight. #BikeTO #VisionZero
December 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 10, 2024 at 7:27 AM
I'll never forget my first --- AstraZeneca.
#COVIDVaccine
December 10, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the right-wing government has introduced a bill that would strip the Māori of rights guaranteed to them by the Treaty of Waitangi, and this happened in Parliament.
November 14, 2024 at 1:52 PM
A political move I actually enjoyed. This, and the fact that Chow's motion carried, makes me feel like Toronto is still my city.
Councillor Mike Colle moves to look at installing signs reading "This road congestion and traffic delay is the result of Premier Ford's Bill 212" in places where there's construction work to remove bike lanes.
November 15, 2024 at 1:31 AM