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Crappers — My latest book, Monitoring Station (2023) shows up!
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HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
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don't forget that the the ottawa small press book fair : spring 2025 edition, is this weekend, yes? and there's always a FREE STUFF table; and on Friday, also: The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 20 : at Anina's Cafe!
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 20: Pirie, MA|DE, Bandukwala, Moran + Smith,
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: The Factory Reading Series the pre-small press book fair reading featuring readin...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
don't forget that the the ottawa small press book fair : spring 2025 edition, is this weekend, yes? and there's always a FREE STUFF table; and on Friday, also: The Factory Reading Series pre-small press book fair reading, June 20 : at Anina's Cafe!
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
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Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition reports that during evening rush hours, bikes outnumber motor vehicles on Bloor. So much "hidden" people in Toronto when some parties just focus on car drivers. The Bloor BIA has been courageous (politically) in defending the bike lanes. 1/2
REPORT TCBC June 11 BIKE COUNT 2025 06 18.pdf
drive.google.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition reports that during evening rush hours, bikes outnumber motor vehicles on Bloor. So much "hidden" people in Toronto when some parties just focus on car drivers. The Bloor BIA has been courageous (politically) in defending the bike lanes. 1/2
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
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"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
June 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
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George Lakoff (Don't Think of an Elephant) is a start: Simple frames, coordinating messaging between factions and groups, then repeat, repeat, repeat.
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
George Lakoff (Don't Think of an Elephant) is a start: Simple frames, coordinating messaging between factions and groups, then repeat, repeat, repeat.
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Cars & cars to by but no Dufferin bus for us. We wait & wait. The mayor needs to start championing priority lanes. Own it.
May 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cars & cars to by but no Dufferin bus for us. We wait & wait. The mayor needs to start championing priority lanes. Own it.
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The accelerating move to ban masks in workplaces seems like a biopolitical homology to banning trans ppl from restrooms & sports: one is permitted only a gender-disciplined, abled, smoothly productive/birthing body or one will be banished from all public life
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The accelerating move to ban masks in workplaces seems like a biopolitical homology to banning trans ppl from restrooms & sports: one is permitted only a gender-disciplined, abled, smoothly productive/birthing body or one will be banished from all public life
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Sooner or later Canada needs to follow suit. Government needs to build non market homes. The free market will never solve the housing crisis. Great article @ximenaka.bsky.social !
Mexico City previously tried to solve its housing crisis by courting developers.
Now it’s betting that public construction can undo the damage: jacobin.com/2025/04/mexi...
Now it’s betting that public construction can undo the damage: jacobin.com/2025/04/mexi...
April 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Sooner or later Canada needs to follow suit. Government needs to build non market homes. The free market will never solve the housing crisis. Great article @ximenaka.bsky.social !
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German businesses heard a similar pitch in 1940.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
German businesses heard a similar pitch in 1940.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Just plain 'Common Sense' ‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
breachmedia.ca
April 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just plain 'Common Sense' ‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
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TAKE THE PLEDGE: Disinformation is flooding Canada’s election—and some politicians are playing along. Sign the pledge to stop the lies and protect our democracy: forwardcanada.ca/stopdisinfor...
TAKE THE PLEDGE: Don’t Let Disinformation Win Canada’s Election
This election, U.S.-style disinformation and foreign interference are flooding into Canada. It’s designed to divide us, mislead us, and tilt the election toward those who are willing to lie to win.
forwardcanada.ca
April 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
TAKE THE PLEDGE: Disinformation is flooding Canada’s election—and some politicians are playing along. Sign the pledge to stop the lies and protect our democracy: forwardcanada.ca/stopdisinfor...
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🚨 51-48, Senate PASSES a measure to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
April 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨 51-48, Senate PASSES a measure to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
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The Justice Department’s latest filings make it abundantly clear that it is creating a black site for migrants in El Salvador that’s worse than Gitmo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Justice Department’s latest filings make it abundantly clear that it is creating a black site for migrants in El Salvador that’s worse than Gitmo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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David Crane: We should pursue an increasingly ambitious and potentially much more prosperous and diversified economy. But if our priorities and capital are tied up in raw materials alone, we'll have a diminished future.
Canada needs more than oil and gas to keep the country afloat
We should pursue an increasingly ambitious and potentially much more prosperous and diversified economy. But if our priorities and capital are tied up in raw materials alone, we'll have a diminished…
buff.ly
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
David Crane: We should pursue an increasingly ambitious and potentially much more prosperous and diversified economy. But if our priorities and capital are tied up in raw materials alone, we'll have a diminished future.
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10,000 Health and Human Services employees are being laid off.
These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country.
Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."
These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country.
Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."
Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
10,000 Health and Human Services employees are being laid off.
These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country.
Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."
These are the people who track diseases, conduct research, make sure our food and medicine is safe, and administer health insurance for nearly half the country.
Tell me how this will "make America healthy again."
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What happened to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is not just about CTV caving to Conservative pressures. There’s a larger issue: #cdnmedia are pushing out any female voices, voices of colour and Indigenous voices that aren’t centre-right or right. Even then there is very little representation
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What happened to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is not just about CTV caving to Conservative pressures. There’s a larger issue: #cdnmedia are pushing out any female voices, voices of colour and Indigenous voices that aren’t centre-right or right. Even then there is very little representation
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Andrew Lawton at his worst, called the Commemoration of Polytechnique Massacre a " Fake Holiday" promoted by "Feminazis."
Doug Ford had the decency to reject him as a Candidate.
But he is running for PierrePoilievre in London. #cdnpoli
Doug Ford had the decency to reject him as a Candidate.
But he is running for PierrePoilievre in London. #cdnpoli
April 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Andrew Lawton at his worst, called the Commemoration of Polytechnique Massacre a " Fake Holiday" promoted by "Feminazis."
Doug Ford had the decency to reject him as a Candidate.
But he is running for PierrePoilievre in London. #cdnpoli
Doug Ford had the decency to reject him as a Candidate.
But he is running for PierrePoilievre in London. #cdnpoli
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There’s no reason to think Canadian institutions wouldn’t cowardly capitulate & fold, as we’ve seen American ones do, if a trump was ever elected up here. We really are the most similar to the states.
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
There’s no reason to think Canadian institutions wouldn’t cowardly capitulate & fold, as we’ve seen American ones do, if a trump was ever elected up here. We really are the most similar to the states.
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Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scient...
theins.press
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Here is footage at the US consulate where Toronto police told us we aren't allowed to stand on our own sidewalks because it offends the American state.
These are our streets.
This is our country.
Never 51st.
#elbowsup
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Tk...
These are our streets.
This is our country.
Never 51st.
#elbowsup
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Tk...
CHARLIE ANGUS: RESISTANCE AT AMERICAN CONSULATE TORONTO
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Here is footage at the US consulate where Toronto police told us we aren't allowed to stand on our own sidewalks because it offends the American state.
These are our streets.
This is our country.
Never 51st.
#elbowsup
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Tk...
These are our streets.
This is our country.
Never 51st.
#elbowsup
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Tk...
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Trump seems to have forgotten that Canada has been fighting fascists since 1939. We are taught the history of the world and especially the World Wars.
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trump seems to have forgotten that Canada has been fighting fascists since 1939. We are taught the history of the world and especially the World Wars.