The living Israeli hostages have been released as part of a ceasefire deal that also saw about 2000 Palestinian prisoners freed. Wait, but why are the Israelis “hostages” and the Palestinians “prisoners”? In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

"Protesters are expected to absorb violence but never inflict it—to function as shock absorbers to be acted upon, whose sympathetic value is nullified by any deviation from that standard ... under capitalism, 'peace' is the maintenance of violence on the state’s terms."

May Palestinians have a moment to breathe, gather, mourn, rest, and live. A reminder for the rest of us. Korea has been under ceasefire for 70 years, technically still at war, and still occupied by the U.S. Empire. We are not yet free. I wish more for Korea. I wish more for Palestine, too.

I know this is a joke. But what specifically would you do if you got a surprise "grandma" money or care package in the mail? Doesn't have to be from your actual grandma but like, the idea of the surprise cash or care. What's in your ideal care package? What's in the realistic one?

Seems like a good week to update and resurface this compelling — and terrifying — story from Aisha Ahmad of @utoronto.ca: theconversation.com/why-annexing...

Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans just shut down the government to push their extreme agenda. They’d rather strip Medicaid, eliminate SNAP benefits, and close rural hospitals than keep our government open. It’s appalling.

England played better today, but it still seemed like some great rugby from Canada. Especially after Apps got on the field -- way to bring the energy! (that might be my 7s bias showing, though)

New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein

Eat. Sleep. Exercise. Nurture the relationships that sustain you. Protect your health. Find joy. Don't mistake any of these for the resistance itself. Joy isn't resistance, neither is rest. But you need to be whole to resist for a lifetime.

Apparently one of my favourite flowers will come back as a volunteer. I had no idea, and without the climate and zone change creating a longer growing season here, I may have never have discovered this. It doesn't belong with the potatoes but it makes me happy. Way to go, flower!

More than anything else, I object to this president stealing our time and attention. We can’t even have a Sunday morning without hearing about some insane thing he said and wondering if that insane thing will become real because he’s insane.

It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.

Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #womensart

Why isn't there a filter on my TV / streaming services / phone to not show me horror movie previews? I won't watch it and I don't want to see it, including in a preview. Ever. Just give me cozy fall vibes instead, please and thank you.

NEW: “Remigration” and “mass deportations” is the new rallying cry of white nationalists. Experts say it’s a call for ethnic cleansing. A new Canadian group is trying to "normalize" the concept and get the Conservative Party of Canada to talk more about immigration. www.antihate.ca/remigration_...

Canadians paralyzed by choice on what movie to watch to remember Graham Greene

So why don't the #LabourDayClassic @cfl.ca games highlight labour at all? Have some Union reps sing the anthem, talk about the player's association, anything at all to do with labour. Oddly, it seems to be about the military instead. Strange considering their historic role in relation to labour.

'Parable of the Talents' - Octavia Butler

How in the name of all the gods at once is it still not the weekend?

In a world filled with so much ugliness, it's important to see the beauty, too. Plus, the pollinators seem to love these flowers.

I’m going to keep saying this- You don’t fight fascism with fascism light. We don’t fight fascism by sacrificing Gaza, trans folks, unhoused people, migrants, etc. We fight fascism by building a strong coalition INCLUDING everyone and fighting for a better world for EVERYONE. There’s no other way

We are there. It’s fascism. I think people are afraid to admit it because it will require them to admit things about themselves that they aren’t comfortable with. People liked thinking they would risk more when it was theoretical.

“If Netanyahu wanted every child in Gaza to be fed tomorrow, he could just give that instruction and it would happen.” One of the world’s leading experts on famine discusses the starvation in Gaza.

‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’

OTD in 2008 Georgia decided to invade itself before voluntarily moving its border away from Russia which remains peaceful country surrounded by ceasefires & special military operations proving western appeasement works.

The poem: vimeo.com/426276718

Yep. The billionaires & corporations who've taken over power structures don't want people happy, comfortable, creative, thinking, and worry-free. They want stressed-out, struggling, unhealthy, short-lived indentured servants because that's the only environment in which *they* know how to make money.

I'm truly exhausted by tech. I don't want to keep up with all of the digisec stuff, the AI stuff, etc. etc. Put your stuff on a platform and they decide to shut down. Send your large files to someone and the company decides to usurp your ownership of your own work. It's just exhausting.

Red Deer has a reputation. And some of it is absolutely deserved. But also, I went to the Highland Games, an African Carribean event, a Norwegian festival, and a 2 Spirit Powwow in the last month, and that's not nothing. #RedDeer #RedDeerAlberta #yqf #Pride #Powwow #HighlandGames #Norwegian

I have a template Canada can use for its response to the tariff letter:

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

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Hey @tsnofficial.bsky.social , where is the PWHL game that's about to go into OT? I tried links from @thepwhl.com and no luck. I tried everywhere in your app, and nothing. Where should I be finding it?

I get to do a big pile of laundry tonight. For me, that means that I had an excellent, busy trip and now I get to relive the memories through the laundry. Yay for #CowboyDressage !

this is what they (the normans) took from you

"You are not refugees. You are just a case study of white flight dressed up as martyrdom. You are not escaping violence, you're escaping equality."

My proper crocus came back this year! I hope it continues to grow for the future.

This article is definitely missing the fact that to be "smart" you must be rich. They are the same thing in eugenics.

It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.

Today was Frog Day. The first day of the spring I hear the frogs singing. Best day of the year. #FrogDay

We voted for a man in finance. Trust fund. 5”9. Blue eyes. Finance. 5”9. Blue eyes. We voted for a man in… #cndpoli

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

Okay, this is pretty cute from Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod at Body Break: youtu.be/NCfQTfQPdAM?... What about an #ElbowsUp episode about fitness, @jordanhr.bsky.social ? Or is it just me working on my endurance and dealing with my long term health issues with more urgency than before?

So on the one hand he wants to use "notwithstanding clause" for stuff he knows parliament won't back, on the other hand he thinks we need a referendum to change tax rates? Not really fit for the job, is he?