I’ve been helping newcomers in public libraries for 20 years and these are two things I know: moving to Canada as an immigrant or refugee is a lot of paperwork and even more emotional labour. Also immigrants and refugees make our cities more interesting and excellent places.

It is a time-honoured tradition.

I love my knitting buddy.

They owe an apology to the Canadian people for standing up in the People’s House and clapping for a fucking fascist. #cdnpoli

The standing ovation in Parliament today to honour Charlie Kirk was one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen from that building, and I gotta tell you, that list is long

🇨🇦 #Canadasky please share 📌 Parliament is going to return soon and one of the first bills it is going to pass is Bill C2, which will give the police unprecedented powers over the lives of Canadians, including massive surveillance, and the ability to share our data with 🇺🇸.

As a librarian, I endorse this message.

🚨 A powerful, painful, and beautiful lesson is taught by this Native American elder in 2 and a half minutes. Rise up! ✊🏼

Hey everyone, here's a little LBGTQ+ history you might not know: Have you seen this Norm MacDonald reaction meme? Have you seen it used to mean "everybody sucks here" or the equivalent? Maybe you've used it yourself? This was the night Norm MacDonald said on SNL that trans people should die.

Hello, hi, it’s me.

This is so lovely! What contagious joy.

It ys a such challenging, turbulent, scarye tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum small moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

According to researchers in the Penn State Department of Kinesiology, #Endometriosis is often treated as a purely gynecological condition. In a new study, they demonstrated how the condition, which affects 10% of women around the world, alters how the body responds to feedback. ➡️

Canadians, this is a parliamentary petition, not a random online thing. Takes a minute to sign. An easy good deed for the day.

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

Trans women were the most targeted among us before and they will be even more so after today—especially in the US, but this targeting could travel everywhere. If you know trans women in your local community, I would suggest asking if they feel unsafe and how you can help. Protect our sisters.

Pretty striking for the BMJ to run this piece. “[Immunity debt’s] explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year.”

Petition to investigate public statements that are false or misleading by sitting Members of Parliament: e-6679 Petition to the House of Commons www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER 🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong. Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:

My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again. So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels. #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky

so, to understand this story there are a few things you need to know - my cat, Gus, believes he is a trained support animal - he is not (he has relatives who are, but he is not) - he believes he is a seizure-detecting dog - he is not a dog - I do not get seizures

Putin is under indictment for kidnapping of 19,000 children. This war criminal is getting the red carpet treatment in Alaska. Canada needs to speak up for Ukraine. Our two countries are on the front line in the fight against gangsters. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/welcoming-...

One of the most tremendous LIS thinkers needs our help. If you've ever uttered "vocational awe" in relation to libraries, it's because of Fobazi.

"People aren't posting as much" Yeah, well, the world is a nightmare right now & a lot of people don't feel qualified to post about specific topics -and/or- feel awkward posting happy things when everyone else is struggling -and/or- are in a creative rut due to how everything is terrible and bad

The #Caturday naps were particularly good today.

This is not a fight about soyabeans and transistors. Trump is the front face of a right wing insurgency that has undermined the international rule of law. Canada is the front line standing up to his increasingly dangerous rhetoric. Here is my latest piece. charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-tar...

My friend, look around and you will see that these are dark times. And, my friend, look around and you will see that these are disastrous times. But, my friend, look at yourself and remember that these are your times.

Canadians are not shareholders. They are citizens. Canada is a nation not a corporation. Carney is not CEO. He was elected as Prime Minister of the Canadian people. The rights of citizenship and the obligations of political leadership should never be degraded to mere capitalist exchange.

Take note.

Tiberius— "There has never been a better time to watch this video"

Post a picture of when your pet was little.

Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.

Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.” No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post. Compliance ≠ usability. Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail

Just in case you need another reason to hate Amazon.

New: I found 517 likely AI-generated nonfiction books for kids on Amazon, often aping the "Who Was?" or "Little People, Big Dreams" series. Amazon earns royalties and ad revenue from the books I identified; it also literally prints some of them through Kindle Direct Publishing.

I'ma tell you all what I tell my clients. You feel bad because it is bad. You are unmotivated to go to work because the world is on fire & the government is sending people to kidnap children and adults & maiming people who try to stop them. You are having a normal reaction to obscene circumstances.

“You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up.” The movie ‘A Bug’s Life’ has a lot to teach us about power.

A youth services librarian has set up a petition asking Crunchyroll to reinstate their library outreach program - you can sign it here: chng.it/DS96MVfPQf #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social

Ms Rachel got hands

Mask up NOW “A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.” www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

An LLM does not "help you write your books". An LLM prevents you from writing*your* books, while you are helping the LLM generate its books.

“With a system more closely linked to the root of [Maori] knowledge, these deep cultural associations are preserved for new generations.”

Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023. They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."

If that’s the case, I will happily remain “out of touch.” AI has no place in my practice of librarianship.

Calling out Conservatives vm.tiktok.com/ZMSYSJLBC/

🧵 This is a perfect example of how disordered discourse reshapes democratic politics, not by policy failure, but by the performative targeting of identity. Let’s unpack what’s happening.