Melissa Goldstein
melissagoldstein.bsky.social
Melissa Goldstein
@melissagoldstein.bsky.social
Toronto-based affordable housing & homelessness policy researcher, analyst and advocate & anti-poverty/social justice activist.
This change allows Israel to continue to be assessed as a country at "low risk" of mass killings.

In so doing, they implicitly acknowledge that Palestine is an independent state from Israel, but at the same time omit Palestine/Gaza from its risk assessment of all the countries in the world. 2/3
February 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well, this is interesting:
The Early Warning Project of the US Holocaust Museum, which aims to prevent genocide by tracking & analyzing mass killings around the world, has changed its focus over the last 2 yrs from "mass killings" to "intrastate mass killings." 1/3
February 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My response to the latest news from the gong show south of Canada, formerly known as America.

#Greenlandsolidarity
February 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tegan & Sara Foundation's 2025 call for community grants for small 2SLBTQ+ grassroots organizations in the US & Canada is now open, offering grants between $1,500-5,000.

Applications close Feb. 21st. The org is also accepting donations to the program.
teganandsarafoundation.org/community-grants
February 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So Trump just secretly performed sex reassignment--from male to female--on half the US population, including himself. Congratulations America, on your first female President!!!
January 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The attention to detail in this production is impressive.
January 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm looking at it on my iphone, and this is how it displays. So you might want to center your name a bit better. Also, I think you need an "https" to make the site secure? And this text needs a copy edit for grammar:
January 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Were copy editors banned too?
January 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
@johnlorinc.bsky.social So are these figures (from p.43 of the Secretariat's budget note) based on revenues that won't be realized? Any idea why the City's planning to grow a mammoth $5B reserve fund instead of using these funds to build the city? We dip into reserves all the time..why not this one?
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I just registered as a Liberal so that I can vote for the next leader of the Liberal Party (& *against* Christy Clark).

Note that you don't have to be old enough to vote or be a Canadian citizen (just a permanent resident) to have a say in who becomes the next Prime Minister!
liberal.ca/register/
January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here we go. The most thieving government we've had in awhile trying to take even more money from voters because "auto theft."
He's right about one thing: we don't deserve this.
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM