I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

Tomorrow! Oct 16 7-8pm ET Fast paced and interactive but cameras/mics are off, so you're never on the spot. You leave with 5 super practical techniques to de-escalate and safely intervene. Not recorded, so don't miss out! Registration: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This story is somehow not on either CNN's or the NYTimes' main page...

Children & adolescents reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 face a significantly higher risk of …”myocarditis, changes in taste & smell, thrombophlebitis & thromboembolism, heart disease, acute kidney injury,… generalised pain, arrhythmias, abnormal liver enzymes, ...” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“Too often when public services are cut, the burden is shifted onto the individual or the community. Cuts to Canada Post will be borne by those least able to carry them and by rural communities that have been all but abandoned.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Seems like a good time to remind people that Canada Post will deliver any piece of mail to federal elected officials for FREE. No stamp necessary! Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

"Tylenol causes autism" is bananas but easy to comprehend from a feminist perspective. They want women* to suffer without pain relief. They want to control pregnant women. But just saw @robinmarty.com point out that it's also to counter the "medication abortion is safer that Tylenol" And oooof.

Let's talk about Tylenol and pregnancy. Fundamentally, this is about making sure women do not get one ounce of relief, but it's also about criminalization. How long do you think it's going to be before they arrest someone for taking Tylenol during a pregnancy? We are going down that road.

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

A must-read: @msmagazine.com is running an important 4-part series about the rise in anti-abortion violence under the Trump administration. It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

“I question the sanity of anyone who does not believe this is a five-alarm fire. They created a lot of false pretense with Stephen about money,” he says. “They didn’t bother with the pretense this time.”

So pleased that my 8th book (5th edited collection) is finally out! This one brings together a great group of political scientists and legal scholars examining institutional relationships surrounding rights, in Canada and other parliamentary democracies. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

"The book that was missing from the catalogue about HIV/AIDS and the catastrophic health, legal, and political crises in its wake." Risk and Resistance by @azizaahmed.bsky.social (@bulaw.bsky.social‬), Coming Soon #LawSky #PublicHealth 💙📚 #Feminism https://cup.org/3TYlyyt

Anything by Allison is worth reading (with Anna Drake, one of the first to write on deliberative consociation).

I wrote about how Trump's threat to end mail-in voting is just his latest attack on disabled people, some of whom find voting by mail to be much more accessible, at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you give me 1 hour of your time, I'll give you 5 concrete ways you can safely intervene as a bystander if you witness hate or harassment in public spaces. It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ and cameras/mics muted, so you're never on the spot! Register : zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Sickening. Every journalist in America should think deeply about the fact that most American politicians are willing to accept and indeed facilitate the murder of our colleagues.

The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office. 🔴 LIVE updates:

Bill 5 gives the government sweeping authority to: -Ignore the constitutional duty to consult First Nations. -Override labour protections won through generations of organizing. -Tear up environmental safeguards meant to protect our future. -Shut communities out of decisions that directly impact them

For the rest of my professional life, I will never forget how you all failed Gaza journalists who fought a genocide, an ecocide, the fifth stage of hunger, the murder of their family members and colleagues to tell the truth .

Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse go.nature.com/41iIdJR

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

In light of this week's Hockey Canada trial verdict, it's worth listening to the young woman who was raped by Jacob Hoggard and is still in therapy from the trauma of that trial.

In light of *waves at everything*, @npr.org has re-upped this comic/episode from 2021. If you'd like to learn bystander intervention with me FOR FREE on Zoom, sign up for my mailing list and you'll be the first to know about the next webinar. Email : julie @ righttobe dot org

Doug Ford is paving the way to put cops back in our schools I don't know how many times we have to say this: No. my latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/doug-fords-p...

Free Ontario Nature webinar - Bill 5 Explained: What it Means and What We Can Do Now Wednesday, July 9: 7pm - 8:30pm What the Bill means for Indigenous rights, environmental protections and democratic transparency. #onpoli Registration & details: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"An absolute moral failure." Around one in three disabled people are on Medicaid. I spoke to disability advocates about how devastated they are that the House passed the budget bill that will slash close to a trillion from Medicaid at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Held over four years, The Yoorrook Justice Commission gave Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the opportunity to formally share their stories and experiences." Grim reading (not to mention where the article ends). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Imagine that - institutional processes can *encourage* cooperation?! Well, I’ll be.

“Nobody can work under those conditions,” she said. “Kids can’t learn under those conditions. People go home sick, and then you have other illnesses that are exacerbated by the fact that you have this extreme heat.”

I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Ontario needs to have AC in schools to deal with the increasing frequency and severity of climate-fuelled heat waves. This is a health and safety issue as well as an education issue. #onpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

This morning at 8 am, my child's teacher told me it was already 33 C inside the classroom. Members of the Ontario government have air conditioning in their offices, yet they're not doing basic repairs in Toronto schools, let alone protecting our kids from extreme heat. thelocal.to/ontario-educ...

Pride isn't just a celebration - it's political. This Pride season, we're organizing to engage Canada's new government & let them know queer and trans issues matter. Join our organizing call on Tuesday, June 24th, to learn how you can help uplift queer and trans voices: rainbowequality.ca/call

Trump is sending ICE to blue cities to enact the "largest mass deportation program in history" and Chicago is at the top of the list. I'm calling for every Democratic leader and candidate to stand against ICE, to call for its abolition, and to materially support immigrants. Inaction is complicity.

1/3 🚨 The Dept. of Energy is quietly trying to gut building accessibility rules under Section 504. This rollback would erase protections disabled activists fought decades to win. 🛑 Drop a public comment by June 16 to help stop it: 👉 dredf.org/action-alert... (Mini history lesson below ⬇️)

✨ COME TO OUR PRIDE PARTY THIS THURSDAY AT NOBODY'S DARLING!!! ✨ The right wants to erase queer people but we're not going anywhere. That's why we're partnering with queer-owned businesses in the 9th District to make this a bash for EVERYONE. Find more details here: www.mobilize.us/katforillino...

In two weeks, we're delivering our petition to the relevant Ministers. Help maximize our impact: sign the petition calling for accessible pathways to asylum in Canada for 2SLGBTQIA+ refugees, including from the US, and share widely: www.momentumcanada.net/pathways

Properly fitted #N95 #masks can filter out most PM2.5 particles, the ones most commonly linked to health effects. You will still smell #smoke since N95's can't stop gases which cause irritation. P100 for more severe situations. #wildfires healthybuildings.hsph.harvard.edu/wildfireresp....

Fuck Kieran Moore and his absolute incompetence. That we don't have robust vaccination, don't bother cleaning the air in public places, and won't even require masks in hospitals--including NICUs--is a complete moral failure. That poor family. news.ontario.ca/en/statement...

We were so close to eradicating HIV in our lifetimes. I will never get over the cruelty & hate.

Also (buzzkill post of the day) this is what you share responsibility for every single time you enter a public space unmasked.

Doctors fear ‘devastating consequences’ for pregnant people after RFK Jr. order on #COVID19 boosters. The U.S. health secretary decided to remove booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule, by @jessicaglenza.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... via @theguardian.com

A newborn's immune system is not fully developed, so it's up to everyone around them to keep them safe from illnesses. #HealthCareNotCareless

ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO

Canada: If you're watching in frustration as the legal system defends the worst kinds of men, the most tangible thing you can do right now is donate to your local sexual assault centre. Every single one of them has had demand for service skyrocket since this trial began but no funding increase.

I know y’all don’t care about this but there’s a pretty fast spreading Covid variant going around and there’s gonna be a summer surge whether you like it or not. You can, of course, avoid this by getting vaccinated and wearing a mask but you won’t do that.