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Emma Arkell
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🔎 Labour Reporter @pressprogress.ca // words and photos in Chatelaine, Jacobin, The Tyee, Xtra etc. // UFCW 1006A 🤝

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Happy Halloween from my first attempt at a Jadzia Dax costume
me in my Jadzia Dax costume complete with spots, handmade Starfleet uniform and combadge that was 3d printed by my neighbour.
November 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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guys you'll never guess who I ran into on my way here — the harbinger of my impending doom!
a reaper with a skeleton body that has an ominous blue glow to it stands in someone's front yard. they're holding a large scythe.
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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grateful for Scott Thompson's cameo as a hedonistic alien ambassador for taking the edge off a Voyager episode that otherwise hit a bit too close to home rn 🥲
Scott Thompson in a cameo as ambassador Tomim on an episode of Voyager. He's got a large, bulbous forehead and an aggressively receding hairline. he's smiling a bit and looking offscreen while saying "[Voyager] promotes a more stimulating environment."
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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it's on the front page right under Kim Kelly's article!! 🥲
a screenshot of the front page of the In These Times website, under a section titled Labor Day Reads is an article by Kim Kelly, followed by my article, and then one by Bill Fletcher Jr.
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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I was going to head home to upload photos and interviews but the dinosaurs showed up
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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MP for Vancouver East Jenny Kwan showed up
Jenny Kwan speaking on the YVR picket line
August 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The YVR picket line is fired up after the bargaining committee call
August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Here's the moment after CUPE Air Canada Component president Wesley Lesosky announced that negotiations have resumed with Air Canada
August 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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All quiet on the YVR picket as members listen in on a zoom call with the CUPE Air Canada Component bargaining committee

@pressprogress.ca
August 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I'm at Vancouver Airport where CUPE's Air Canada Component is picketing.

Air Canada flight attendants are still on strike, defying a back-to-work order from the federal government.
August 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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heat wave in the pacific northwest
four spidermen pointing at each other meme: depression, anxiety, heat sensitivity, meds that increase heat sensitivity
August 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years is off to a strong start
A still from the opening montage in The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. A woman of the 1980s, complete with a puffy brunette mullet, striped blue blazer with exaggerated puffy shoulders and a string of pearls, named Darlyne Pettinicchio is introduced with her title, Probation Officer. Subtitles read, "Heavy metal was more of an evolution, unlike punk rock."
August 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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I'm discovering that I hid a bunch of (apparently caseless?) CDs and DVDs in other cases, and by far the most random one to fall out unexpectedly is a Star Wars: A New Hope DVD in a dd/mm/yyyy album
a hand holding a dd/mm/yyyy CD case (the Blue Screen of Death album) with a DVD of Star Wars: A New Hope in front of it
August 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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there's something very 2006 about the vice logo being on a japanese noise rock album
a photo of the back of Boredoms' 2006 album Super Roots 5, the vice logo is in the corner
July 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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another reader has entered the chat
page 62 of Jane McAleVey's No Shortcuts, someone has written "VTU (Vancouver Tenant's Union) has never done this re rent control; it's a bigger settlement cost than they realize" and above that someone else has written "PREACH"
February 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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feels like this
a snowman slowly melting backwards, as though his spine is being crushed under the weight of existence, his head thrown back, mouth agape in agony, stick arms flailing, on a lawn of slowly disappearing snow
February 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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slow news week I guess, gotta recycle the pro-natalist couple profile
the Washington Post's newsletter sitting in my email inbox, recycling this fucking story yet again, subject line: "Must Reads: The couple who want to make America procreate again"
February 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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alright which one of you marked up this copy of McAlevey's No Shortcuts
page 38 of the GOAT Jane McAlevey's No Shortcuts with passages underlined, check-marked, and notes written in the margins in blue ink
February 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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In February 2024, I helped organize a vigil for journalists who have been killed in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel. Thank you again to everyone who helped make this happen, who documented the event, who came out to memorialize our fallen colleagues. Photo by Alana Paterson.
Two people, one wearing a sweater with the word PRESS on it, stand on an outdoor staircase in front of white columns and a black iron gate. The person wearing the PRESS sweater is holding a microphone and paper. The other person is holding one end of a large banner that reads "Journalists for Journalists - Remembering our fallen colleagues," with the names of journalists who have been killed in Israel, Lebanon and Gaza listed.
December 31, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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post from @williefitz.bsky.social: JIMINY GLICK: Now you, you, you, you- your cars, they tend to run over pedestrians. Or else BURST into flames. ha HA isn't that wonderful! ELON MUSK: *the least convincing laugh of all time* JIMINY GLICK: *tucking his legs under himself* You bought a website where no one likes you. Why?
December 28, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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Characters most susceptible to the One Ring who would be destroyed and twisted beyond recognition the most quickly
Quark from Deep Space 9
December 26, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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on the 9th day of the after eight advent calendar, we eat the rich
a hand holding a small, dark chocolate monopoly man. he has a mustache, is wearing a bowler hat and a suit, and is carrying a briefcase and an umbrella
December 10, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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I’ve got some exciting projects in the works! When I’m not working, I’m usually biking, watching star trek, cooking, swimming, going to a rep cinema to watch some pretentious old film or befriending the neighbourhood cats.
a chonky black cat named Winnie stands on a patch of green grass covered in pink cherry blossom petals a picture of a tv with Deep Space Nine characters Nog and Quark talking to each other. Subtitles show Quark is saying "30 bars [of latinum] for me and 20 for you." Show intro credits read "And IGGY POP" Two bikes with full panier bags standing on a trail, trees in the background. A woman wearing orange bathing suit bottoms and a stringy blue bathing suit top sits on the edge of a wooden dock facing away from the camera. She is tying her hair up. In the background are a lake and tree covered hills. it's a clear day with blue skies and whispy white clouds.
November 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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letterboxd vibe check

Dr.T didn't get a heart cause it was all over the fucking place even though it was a pretty enjoyable watch and Tara Reid put in an incredible performance
a screenshot of my letterboxed recent activity: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Dr. T and the Women; Dahomey; Cu-ckoo
November 8, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from whatever device you’re on, with no explanation.
a screenshot of a news article with the words "it was supposed to have a face" above a picture of a person wearing a donair costume that, notably, doesn't have a face. under the photo are the words "the donair costume gets a screen test (Alterian Inc.)"
November 5, 2024 at 5:15 AM