Let’s get weird- we will be watching the memorial today, this will be a thread.

found a white eyelash on the eve of my 34th birthday

Vince Gasparro, the Parliamentary Secretary for "Combatting Crime," just announced that the Irish band Kneecap are banned from entering Canada, 3 days after he met with Israel lobbyists.

"But organizers say that putting on this year’s event involved challenges like never before, after the pro-Israel advocacy organization HonestReporting Canada (HRC) described the conference as planning to host “peddlers of hateful anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda.”'

Metro reinstates two LA bus drivers who vowed to protect riders from ICE. An LA County Supervisor and thousands of residents spoke out in support of the bus operators, who now have a 60-day unpaid suspension from their jobs.

Just announced: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is hosting two "roundtable discussions" about Long COVID tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET. @thesicktimes.org will be covering the event and reactions from the Long COVID community. (Reach out if you'd like to send us comments during or after!)

nothing more about the vampire billionaire, please, I've heard enough

A First Nations family is seeking justice after a man’s remains were misplaced by Island Health and the B.C. Coroner’s Office. They’re not the first island First Nation to experience this – but are pushing for changes to prevent it from happening to others. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

40 seconds into the viagra boys show: charlie kirk mentioned

A brief 🧵on the UK's cynical and conveniently shifting position on this. news.sky.com/story/israel...

let out a deep, guttural YESSSSS when the podcast host said the words "bog body"

RFK: (like you pitch shifted a 56k modem down) We had an acceptable amount of cannibalism when I was a child. We would regularly go to school and cut off our fingers to serve to each other. It only became an issue in the 90s, with SSRIs.

British Columbia Premier David Eby is tied for the second least popular provincial leader in the country, according to new polling from the Angus Reid Institute — with his favourability down 12 points from March. globalnews.ca/news/1140510...

Any reporters out there: I will speak on the record about how my name was added to this letter without my consent.

seven of nine, poly queen

this also applies to the sustained weekly protests for Gaza in Vancouver. there was some incredible organizing happening, and some really fascinating and touching stories to tell, but I don't know anyone who could land a pitch at a local/provincial/national publication about it.

A few thoughts on the overwhelming tentative agreement rejection at #AirCanada. 🧵 #canlab 1. The union oversold the tentative agreement by declaring the end of unpaid work. That framing seems to have rubbed some members the wrong way.

Every worker deserves to make enough to support their families. As a CUPW member, I bring in *plenty* of value for Canada Post. I know what the products I deliver cost, and I deliver 4-5x what I'm paid, even in the summer when it's the slowest.

Hello from Washington DC, where hundreds of people and what seems like an unreasonable amount of police are assembling for the We Are All DC March This is the first pre-planned, DC-focused protest since the occupation began. Let's see how this goes 🧵

I vote that all future use of "passively resist" be superseded by "go floppy"

"We are asking them to stop doing this incredibly effective thing, as it appears to be working"

Asking for funding is a wildly uncomfortable experience but we gotta do it: this newsletter is reader-funded, and I've got some goals I need your help to accomplish. This month, I'm hoping to reach 50 paid subs to the newsletter. If I reach 1000 by end of 2026, I'll fly to you and fight your boss👊

every time I see a clip of the RFK Jr. hearing, 'creepy crawlers' by viagra boys plays in my head

When Air Canada flight attendants walked out last month, the Canadian jobs minister issued a back-to-work order. The flight attendants stayed out on strike, becoming the first union to defy such an order from the federal government.

"As workers at Canada’s biggest airline [...] flight attendants at Air Canada are in a position to set a new standard for the industry." @emmaarkell.bsky.social reports on Air Canada flight attendants in @jacobinmag.bsky.social, originally published in @pressprogress.ca: jacobin.com/2025/09/air-...

It's been a busy week in Canadian right-wing extremism, so here's a quick compilation. QAnon & sovereign citizen influencer/cult leader Romana "Queen of Canada" Didulo & several followers were arrested at Didulo's comound in Richmound, SK. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As layoffs continue to rock USC's campus, non-tenure track faculty are still fighting for union recognition.

Entry-level flight attendants earn below minimum wage while Air Canada profits soar. It's time to address the "gendered discount" in the airline industry. #FairWages #GenderPayGap #Aviation inthesetimes.com/article/air-...

Vancouver view, to the North. With and without wildfire smoke. (March 2024 and today.)

taking the fact that my apartment hallway smells like a campfire but my apartment does not as a sign that my air purifier is working

Looks like smoke in Vancouver is not great but going to get really shit tomorrow afternoon and evening. If you can, close windows and turn on air purification systems. Seeking out clean air shelters (like libraries) is also a good idea. Smoke forecast: firesmoke.ca/forecasts/cu...

Really glad this has finally come to light. I faced a similar situation last year with a Canadian magazine and instead of doing the ethical thing and acknowledging my borrowed work, they stonewalled me.

Macleans asked me if they could use the photos and I said no, so they hired an illustrator.

This happens too often.

A long overdue admission from Maclean's.

"No no your honour, you see, the containers in the photo are labeled 'meth', 'heroin', and 'cocaine' but in the illustration they're labeled 'cocaine', 'meth', and 'heroin'. It's a different order."

ugh there really is Something about late summer. a joy that is a sad at the same time

“Workers in this country keep being told that the government respects their right to strike but then seemingly curtails it most of the time.” Read @pressprogress.ca labour reporter @emmaarkell.bsky.social's original reporting on the Air Canada flight attendants strike, featured in @inthesetimes.com

Los Angeles, CA - LAPD has pushed protesters all the way down to 1st street in Little Tokyo from Metro Detention Center. Overheard a supervisor saying they’d be arresting soon. LAPD surged through a crossbow formation, made what looks to me like at least two arrests.

I’m outside the MDC here in Los Angeles, where a protest march has just converged outside the gate. Once again a lively atmosphere here

I'm very excited to have one of my @pressprogress.ca articles on the Air Canada flight attendants strike republished by @inthesetimes.com just in time for labour day! inthesetimes.com/article/air-...

Graham Greene in CLEARCUT (1991) RIP

a new and absurd Giuliani injury, and now it's labour day?? basically christmas for me

I think about this every time I see someone on this site scream self-righteously about "Why isn't the MEDIA covering THIS?" I dunno, let's spend a quarter century gutting your industry and see how well it manages to do anything at all.

Rudy Giuliani happened to be in the middle of one of his favorite pastimes - RESPECTING WOMEN - when he suddenly broke every single bone in his body. Please do not call and ask any questions because his business partner is taking care of him ❤️

To me, it says something about the moral bankruptcy of this profession that after more journalists killed in any conflict in modern history, there is still hesitancy from some to speak about those killed. And yet these are the journalists who paid the ultimate price for their duty

Dog bites man headline. Since 2020 we have literally added a virus that most people now get once or twice per year. Add in that it also often comes with a post-viral condition. Why is it never mentioned that **of course** people are taking more sick days? Most predictable thing ever.

Dalhousie teaching assistants, part-time instructors approve strike mandate | CBC News share.google/SoQUXiQerz7Z...

Internal comms from BC Nurses Union: Nurses could vote to strike if BC pushes limits on benefits, esp. massage and physio. All health workers are bargaining rn, pushing for better wages/benefits to retain employees amid staff shortages: My first @pressprogress.ca: pressprogress.ca/bc-nurses-un...