After years of tenant activism pushing for better rent protections Manitoba is making some good changes for some renters, but still leaving thousands unprotected. A victory for tenant organizing & advocacy - and we need to push for even more!

Grassy Narrows water protectors are rallying at Oodena Circle at The Forks on Sunday, March 22 at 1pm to oppose nuclear waste storage near the headwaters of a watershed that ultimately flows into Lake Winnipeg actionnetwork.org/events/world...

A message to Winnipeg’s chump mayor

This Tuesday

It’s too bad Pillion is already gone from theatres in Winnipeg but I still recommend seeing it

Fuck Canadaland, gave up on it years ago because of Jesse's racist bullshit

I only learned today that “what a gong show” etc isn’t well-known in USA

#Winnipeg city councillors will say the dumbest shit imaginable to people who come to talk with them in good faith and then have the gall to say that delegations are being disrespectful when they calmly respond "but sir, what you just said is incongruent with the law, common-sense, and REALITY"

If anyone sees this for sale in Winnipeg let me know, favourite hand soap scent

Pronunciation guide

When life gives you lemons

I passed on this initially because I felt At Capacity for podcasts, but now that I’m listening, it‘s relentlessly relevant, sometimes uncomfortably so, I highly recommend.

The people outside of a country that they left for whatever reasons should not be listened to over the people who still live in said country. *Exile* politics is always fraught. Exiles have self-interests like everyone else.

To everyone who cheerleaded Carney's faux speech in Davos & posturing as independent middle power - His atrocious statement today backing US-Israeli attacks on Iran make clear that he & Canada are firmly aligned with dominant imperial interests. And he did so while shaking hands with Modi in India

BART proves that more policing =\= safer transit (or the perception of safety) it's more overpoliced than TTC, but means nothing because the underlying issue is the bay has a more dystopian housing crisis, there is little shelter space, & public services (esp health) in the US is abysmally funded.

Still obsessed with this mix. Play at loud volumes on a system with BASS!

Hey #Winnipeg have you played pegguessr.fun? Pinpoint the locations of drone shots of Peg city. Made by @ohryan.ca.

Also, many will argue that snow clearing, like Transit Plus, has gotten considerably worse since it much of it was outsourced. Snow clearing is a public service that impacts so many people. Maybe leaving these services up to the lowest bidder is a bad idea and we should bring them back in house.

As we have said and continue to say: the absolute vibe-based public safety conversation is not going to change until we get serious about social change: library-specific deescalation work and broader social interventions around housing, youth engagement, safe consumption, and accessible healthcare.

This is very cool >> How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

regardless of your stance on public consumption of illicit drugs, loose language legislation granting transit cops power to detain anyone they *believe* to be consuming drugs is very, very bad. people are a little too trusting of the cops to discern who on a train looks like they're a "drug user"

my cousin’s (racist husband) vs my (racist) cousin’s (husband) vs my (racist cousin’s) husband but really it’s my racist cousin’s racist husband

Don’t give Winnipeg city council any ideas.

First impression beta testing a social network: nonconsensually adding a settler colonial flag beside display name is v unwanted

“First Manitoba patient to be treated with MDMA” FALSE “When produced legally, ecstasy has shown it can help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder” oh only «legal» ecstasy?

If city council is so interested in creating safety for people with disabilities, clear the sidewalks in the winter, fix the bus system, fix Transit Plus, and help create more accessible and affordable housing. That’s what will actually keep us safe. Not some shitty by-law that bans protests.

Le Tigre, “Get Off the Internet” It feels so 80s Or early 90s To be political Where are my friends? Get off the internet! I’ll meet you in the street Get off the internet! Destroy the right wing

Duncan blames us for misreading his draft bylaw, but since we (sadly) live in a colony bound by written laws, it’s his responsibility to make sure the bylaw says what he means. You can’t charge that we should “read the report”; the report ≠ the law! But there’s no amending this, just abandon it

School safety depends on investing in relational infrastructures and multidisciplinary supports — not expanding surveillance and policing that further marginalize, punish, and control students most in need of care. -via @bbfarhadi.bsky.social

Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems! Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

“The intent was never to ban protests” um why did you write it that way then chump listening and learning indeed

Evan Duncan is a pathetic chump!

When I was an undergraduate I did a weekly volunteer shift at Winnipeg's main progressive bookstore, Liberation Books. Someone just emailed me an image of the bookmarks we used to give out with our books. What a blast from the past!

A beautiful and deeply important piece. Please read.

On this day in 1779, James Cook is killed by Kanakas as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, an aliʻi nui of the island of Hawaii. anticolonialhistory.com/event/20/

I loved the first show of this and the second is about to begin!

I wonder what the NDP MLAs who helped kill The Protection of Critical Infrastructure Act when they were in opposition think of the Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law.

Evan Duncan and Scott Gillingham consider this a nuisance

Corrupt mayor offended at being called corrupt

when it was venezuela, it was all about "this is a warning, canada is next" or "what does this mean for canadian oil". when it's cuba, it's "your vacation is ruined". it's never about the people living there, or canada's complicity in modern imperialism

From the APTN News Brief (recommended daily listening!) version of this story: “At the World Economic Forum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country stands firmly with Greenland and Denmark. He did not mention Inuit.” Unsurprising, but disappointing.

does a bear piss in the woods

Evan Duncan is sympathizing for the opposite side than you are when he watches ICE videos

“The chaos that is unfolding south of us right now is a clear indicator that it’s coming our way and if we don’t put these things in place to stop that, it’s going to be your neighborhood next” Is Duncan saying Winnipeg is banning actions similar to the Twin Cities resistance to ICE violence? WHY

People should be allowed to throw rotten fruit at the mayor of their city. City mayors should be constantly dodging tomatoes and shit. It should be part of the job.

The organization who connected me with my incarcerated penpal said that they have more than 2500 people on their wait list right now. If you have capacity to be in contact with an incarcerated person it is an incredible lifeline for folks inside. Info here prisonercorrespondenceproject.com

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somebody get Winnipeg's mayor to understand this.....