Abysmal statement from Canada on the illegal US action in Venezuela. It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.

For those in Winnipeg, there is an emergency rally at River and Osborne 2:30pm tomorrow Sunday January 4th in response to the US invasion today of Venezuela. Organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg

In 2022, I set a goal to read 100 short stories (I ended the year at 115) and to keep track on Twitter. In 2023, I read 91. Mid-2024, I left Twitter, ending the year at 92. I read 134 last year. Please recommend your best-loved individual short stories (not collections) in any genre.

Every single aspect of this is beyond disturbing, but they are literally broadcasting the intent to commit ethnic cleansing. This is evidence for The Hague.

This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).

🧵✡️ Thread of Holocaust Survivours Against Gaza Genocide 1) Marione Ingram, 89 German-born civil rights activist, Holocaust survivor, author and artist. "I have also been barred from speaking to some Jewish groups, because I talk about the condition of Palestinians."

Review of Hobtown #3 @hobtown.bsky.social “Detective fiction is about getting to the bottom of things; weird fiction is about the abyss in its bottomless depths. “Hobtown Mystery Stories,” in their layered and satisfying surrealism, are about both.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

Ugh, self-determination sucks sometimes.

Really enjoyed Bronson Pinchot’s narration of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Absolution. He nailed the weary, tortured tone of Old Jim and the frenetic energy of Lowry’s I’ll-fated drugged-out excursion into Area X.

While we see images of Palestinians living in flooded, makeshift tents this winter, its important to remember the legal definition of genocide is broader than direct killing. It includes “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated...

Alberta renters don’t need more ‘supply’ — they need non-market housing options Governments keep chasing the market while community housing providers deliver stable, affordable homes that won’t disappear when profits rise. New from @ximenaka.bsky.social: ricochet.media/justice/hous... #abpoli

“But Toad,” said Frog, “I AM happy. I am very happy. This morning when I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog. And I felt good because I have you for a friend. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to think about how fine everything is.”

Just saw people arguing that the shooting in Sydney wasn’t antisemitic because Chabad is a Zionist movement, and killing Zionists is fine. Fucking ghouls. Get fucked.

Thankfully, most will never be in a position to act as Ahmed el Ahmed did to stop this horror, but we must all ‘confront hatred with the urgency & action it demands’ against those who face it: Jews, Palestinians, trans/queer/racialized/Indigenous ppl, immigrants, women, all whose humanity is denied.

I first encountered Asad Haider through Mistaken Identity and later had the privilege of being in his York Grad course on Social Transformation. He pushed all of us to think deeply, to struggle with ideas, his commitment to emancipatory politics was inspiring. RIP. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

The richest 10% control 94% of total capital-ownership assets in the United States. They determine how to use our labour and resources, what we produce, and how our surplus is deployed. They determine the direction of our civilization. It is the antithesis of democracy.

Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.

The @nytimes.com Books quiz this week asks “Do you Know Where in the World These Winter Scenes are Set?” and question #5 is about Moon of the Crusted Snow by @waub.bsky.social

Online! Today! If you like Horror literature you should check it out!

70 years ago today, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. Days after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955 for violating the ordinance requiring Black residents of Montgomery to accept second class treatment, the Black community organized and boycotted the city’s buses for over one year. 1/3

New rules to stop unfair rent increases were highlighted in the recent Manitoba Throne Speech. Yutaka Dirks, our Senior Policy & Outreach Advisor, spoke with 680 CJOB Radio about what these changes could mean for renters. Listen to the segment (Nov. 18, 4 pm, 12 min 45 sec): buff.ly/bnuAGuj

Post a famous bathroom scene

Hundreds of Manitobans rallied, made phone calls, and emailed their MLAs to press Premier Kinew to keep his promise to fix rent rules and protect tenants’ homes. That paid off with this Throne Speech commitment. Now we keep up the pressure to ensure real changes happen soon and in full.

Excited for this! And if you haven’t read Hobtown I and II, it’s time to Fix that!

This looks amazing

Real cities are places where you can move through them safely and easily no matter if you drive, walk, take transit, or bike. The province needs to invest in our transit system. c.org/fS95gKjxMh

Beyond the numbers are people—renters, families, and communities struggling to find or keep a home. Budget 2025 was a missed chance to turn the tide on Canada’s housing crisis. Here’s what’s missing: buff.ly/Chxxdwg #RightToHousing #Budget2025

The need to challenge racist borders and to fight for the rights of #migrants and #refugees has never been greater and it can only increase.

Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

🔔TOMORROW!!🔔 "HOUSING FIRST" REQUIRES HOUSING FIRST WEBINAR Join the Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) Coalition for a webinar that explores the Finnish Housing First model. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc2zpysj

Crime fiction & climate change… nice to see my local paper @winnipegfreepress.com review of the @rhppress.bsky.social anthology On Fire and Under Water

Next week Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 2 pm, join us as we host Alex Neve for a lecture titled Universal Human Rights: The case for strengthened domestic implementation in Canada. The event will be held in 108 St. John's College. Learn more about Alex Neve below ⬇ #umanitoba #humanrights

if you turn away every time you feel discomfort, your world will contract and contract and contract until you are incapable of connecting to others or imagining other ways of existing in the world

Thanks everyone who made it to our lunch n learn organizing meeting! We are building the campaign to protect tenants in Manitoba!

Friday Oct 24th noon - Join @r2hmb.bsky.social to learn how we can hold MB Premier Kinew to his word: End Huge Rent Hikes & Protect Tenants! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes

A melancholic blend of urban gay history, supernatural horror and memoir (autofictional horror?), this @daviddemchuk.com novel was a very good October read. Made me miss the Toronto of my 20s-30s.

West Broadway (Winnipeg) and area renters: the West Broadway Tenants Committee wants YOU!

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16, 1859.

the police

Feel-good long read about skating, city planning and international cooperation - both official and not. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

It is important & I am very happy that those who peddled the logic of collective punishment by claiming that recognition of Palestine “rewards” Hamas lost their effort to deny Palestinians their basic human right to self-determination. Recognition is not a reward. It is a right.

The censorship will continue until free speech improves

This speech is now an Emmy winner.

1/ Israel is committing genocide in Gaza with complete impunity: it has not been challenged. That impunity doesn't stay in Gaza: it's spreading, as Israel defiantly spits on international law. Today Qatar was added to the target list. Anyone could be next. What can Canada do? A lot actually.

War criminals gonna war crime

This is censorship from an authoritarian regime that wants to project the illusion that they face no internal opposition or dissent. No other way to describe it.