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@mwiedm.bsky.social
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Neurodivergent people endure an unimaginable amount of harassment from jerks & institutions. But most of it is hidden discrimination. It’s like being white in a mildly racist society: you don’t notice the racism. Bring a Black friend, and oh shit… you’ll see.
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Both Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and BC NDP leader David Eby are calling for end to TFW program — blaming migrant worker programs for "filling up" shelters, food banks, schools & housing, and for causing "high youth unemployment".

THIS IS RACIST, SHITTY and TRUMP-IAN argument. Here's why.
September 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Our Sunshine Coast community is losing 20 infant/toddler spaces due to YMCA closure

Families are scrambling, affecting nurses, doctors, firefighters. The economy will suffer as parents must stay home

We are calling for govt to keep these spaces open

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September 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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this is a magnificent long read on the complexity of building social housing needed and why we need to, right now. its comprehensive, packed with facts and @sobittersosweet.bsky.social hits it out of the park

21,502 households were on the BC Housing Registry in 2024
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Climate-friendly affordable housing helps tackle two crises | The Narwhal
B.C.’s non-profit housing sector is building affordable homes that help tackle the housing and climate crises
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June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures at the expense of our public hospitals. The consequence is what we’re seeing in cancer surgical care. You’re seeing those wait times balloon...and they have very real effects on people’s lives.”
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM