@taraolivetree.bsky.social
They/she. Socialist, foodie, reader. Citizen of the planet. Renter in #yyj.
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VicPD's 2026 budget proposal is outrageous and harmful. I've reposted my email to #yyj council here. I encourage anyone opposed to uncontrolled police spending to write to Victoria (councillors@victoria.ca) or Esquimalt (council@esquimalt.ca) to tell them. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/2025/11...
VicPD's budget stinks — Needs More Spikes
VicPD wants an $11 million, 14% budget increase in 2026. Here is my message to council outlining some of the ways VicPD’s budget is harmful and unnecessary, and where to start cutting.
www.needsmorespikes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
VicPD's 2026 budget proposal is outrageous and harmful. I've reposted my email to #yyj council here. I encourage anyone opposed to uncontrolled police spending to write to Victoria (councillors@victoria.ca) or Esquimalt (council@esquimalt.ca) to tell them. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/2025/11...
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Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
No contract, no coffee. Support starbucks workers today by brewing your own! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Red cup rebellion’: striking Starbucks baristas urge customers to stay away
In Brooklyn, workers walked off the job in search of fair pay and conditions – and said many customers were in support
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
No contract, no coffee. Support starbucks workers today by brewing your own! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Students and teachers across the US should take a lead from the hundreds of brave high school students in Chicago who walked out against ICE 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Students and teachers across the US should take a lead from the hundreds of brave high school students in Chicago who walked out against ICE 🧵
All these service cuts to pay for more police budget increases. What a disgrace.
‘Many difficult decisions ahead’: Victoria budget cut talk has begun. Victoria council has agreed to keep the youth bus pass program, but has voted to eliminate other programs.
vicnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
vicnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
‘Many difficult decisions ahead’: Victoria budget cut talk begins - Victoria News
Victoria council has agreed to keep the youth bus pass program, but eliminated other programs
vicnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
All these service cuts to pay for more police budget increases. What a disgrace.
#yyj Why are we spending $500,000 for police to do teachers’ work? Digital literacy is in the curriculum. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/s...
School-liaison officer helps Oak Bay student avoid online scam
The school-liaison officer provided direct support to the student, who was told their account would be locked unless an $80 payment was made.
www.timescolonist.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#yyj Why are we spending $500,000 for police to do teachers’ work? Digital literacy is in the curriculum. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/s...
#yyj Councillors, looking for ways to save the youth transit pass? Reconsider the $$ to reinstate the SPLO program. Let police do policing and let teachers teach.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#yyj Councillors, looking for ways to save the youth transit pass? Reconsider the $$ to reinstate the SPLO program. Let police do policing and let teachers teach.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
How about here #yyj?
We need to “demand that city council invest every dollar they have in the housing needed to really clean up our streets”
#Calgary
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
#Calgary
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
Perspectives: Calgary police must use their social capital to demand housing, not more officers - LiveWire Calgary
“Arresting is connecting.” When I read how CPS Chief McLellan was attempting to frame last week’s exercise, I couldn’t believe it. On November 5, the Calgary Police executed Operation ORDER, a milita...
livewirecalgary.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How about here #yyj?
Some thoughts on the City budget… www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett...
Letters Nov. 8: B.C. Ferries needs reform; lessons from Zohran Mamdani
www.timescolonist.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Some thoughts on the City budget… www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett...
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8 weeks ago the Gov't of Canada promised “concrete actions” in response to “intolerable” suffering in Gaza.
The intolerable suffering continues. Plans for a concentration camp are openly discussed.
The GoC says & does nothing & maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel. It is complicit.
The intolerable suffering continues. Plans for a concentration camp are openly discussed.
The GoC says & does nothing & maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel. It is complicit.
July 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
8 weeks ago the Gov't of Canada promised “concrete actions” in response to “intolerable” suffering in Gaza.
The intolerable suffering continues. Plans for a concentration camp are openly discussed.
The GoC says & does nothing & maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel. It is complicit.
The intolerable suffering continues. Plans for a concentration camp are openly discussed.
The GoC says & does nothing & maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel. It is complicit.
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BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.
April 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.
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Wars, be they military or trade, benefit a tiny handful of elites and cost everyone else (on all sides alike) terribly.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
March 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Wars, be they military or trade, benefit a tiny handful of elites and cost everyone else (on all sides alike) terribly.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
We need spotlights on those elite benefits and those collective costs, put constantly side by side. The divides are not nation-state based but class based.
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Everyone who pays alot of attention to politics right now is losing their mind because it’s really difficult to understand how the majority of people are just like “yep living my life, oh a program to hire more women? Idk sounds good to me, I voted Trump to lower inflation hopefully he’s doing that”
Favorability of DEI Programs:
Favorable: 45%
Unfavorable: 36%
Net: +9%
YouGov / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1595
Favorable: 45%
Unfavorable: 36%
Net: +9%
YouGov / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1595
February 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Everyone who pays alot of attention to politics right now is losing their mind because it’s really difficult to understand how the majority of people are just like “yep living my life, oh a program to hire more women? Idk sounds good to me, I voted Trump to lower inflation hopefully he’s doing that”
Copying a tactic from the pro Israel lobby…when a different opinion, meant to save lives, becomes ‘harm’
Beyond parody: while debating the motion to re-instate natural gas heating in new buildings, Mayor Sim and Cllr. Brian Montague described the colourful artwork created by children & displayed by Cllrs Fry & Carr "intimidating" to those who express pro-gas opinions. Demand the signs be taken down.
November 27, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Copying a tactic from the pro Israel lobby…when a different opinion, meant to save lives, becomes ‘harm’