The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

At Planning Committee yesterday, we voted unanimously to replace a road that was originally going to connect Preston to Lebreton Flats with a pedestrian and cycling bridge. This is a win for active transportation and for traffic management in Little Italy. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Great to drop by the YMCA on Argyle today for their open house. From child care, to affordable housing, to services for newcomers and youth, the Y has always been there for our community.

Please share if you can, and thank you for caring about us as we try to keep going. Blessings to every single person walking alongside us these days. I am forgetting a lot of things these days, PTSD related, my mind is heavy with so much. 💔🪶

Disabled people are not “less than”. We can’t “just try harder” to get better. We’re trapped in a eugenicist system that forces us to live in legislated poverty while being judged for existing. It’s a minority group you can join anytime, yet people think it’s a moral failing. It’s not.

Waiting at Kipling Peter D. Harris 2025

If you saw a woman being cornered on the bus, would you step in? If you witnessed transphobia at your local coffee shop, would you know how to help? Let me teach you bystander intervention - for free! Sign up now and get automatic email reminders. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nina Simone sings '𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸' to children on Sesame Street, 1972 #BlackHistoryMonth

"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...

"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments..." www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...

A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week. Go Seahawks.

I’m facing eviction. When you’re chronically ill there’s few things more stressful than losing healthcare or housing. Both should be guaranteed as human rights. I hope to keep up my writing but the stress is taking a toll. Please send good vibes and spare spoons my way.

Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album: “Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”

DHS says that if you’re struggling to afford a house you should report undocumented immigrants. The Nazis blamed immigrants for their economic crisis too. Immigrants are not to blame. Billionaires are. The ruling class wants you to blame others so they can keep power & wealth.

As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home. Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

The Carney government is very clearly slow-walking national pharmacare. They don't want to outright pull the plug because of optics, but they don't want to spend the money on free diabetes meds & contraceptives beyond BC, Manitoba, PEI and Yukon when it could be better spent on...AI. 1/2 #CdnPoli

People think being disabled is like being on vacation They say “you’re lucky! I wish I didn’t have to work!” Most of us would love to work. We would love to get out of bed. We would love to not be forced into legislated poverty Imagine your worst sick day on repeat forever That’s chronic illness

Canadian online retailers that might replace some of your Amazon purchases. I have only tried well.ca but would like to try the others as well: northerncart.ca thevirtualmarket.ca bookoutlet.ca www.gianttiger.com anadaplus.ca mavenfair.ca greatcreators.ca northerncart.ca

Workers in the Moss Landing area are planting strawberry roots. These plants could begin bearing fruit in March. The workers have to crouch down almost all day long and share, the work is exhausting. #WeFeedYou

The salt mine is owned by a USA company and they are screwing over Canadians. Sounds like a "national security issue" to me. Canadians are using salt imported from the Middle East. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Endless cuts and privatization is what's hurting healthcare. Blaming it on refugees is just inviting more dehumanization and violence towards vulnerable communities. Shame on you.

Let’s not forget that ICE Director Todd Lyons said he wanted to run deportations like “Amazon Prime for human beings”. People are not packages. They have rights. They deserve basic human decency. This is a significant escalation.

Chapman’s famously kept paying their workers during the COVID shutdown and now this. Decent people making good products, it’s possible ⭐️

This isn’t okay :(

Thanks to the efforts of you & others, Jim Pattison will no longer be selling to DHS for their ICE operations, which could have included "holding and processing spaces". 👏👏👏 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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It always breaks my heart when I see someone in a parenting group posting their shock at being told that their nonverbal child with Autism will not be receiving 1:1 Educational Assistant support to keep them safe at school. This is the #OntEdReality. youtu.be/2yFBsHE2wAY

📷 Public toilets are essential to healthy, inclusive cities. Ottawa's limited access to public toilets affects seniors, families, people with disabilities and those with health conditions. Follow us to support better public infrastructure for everyone. #Ottawa #PublicHealth #Accessibility

The corporate complicity in the spread of American fascism needs to be called out. Glad to see this truth teller who was willing to quit her job rather than support the fascists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Since polio vaccines may be considered “optional,” do you enjoy the following? Walking, being warm, having energy, driving normally, sports, travel, functional bowel and bladder, strong bones If you enjoy any of the above, then polio vaccines are not optional, they’re common sense #polio #vaccines

Record snow volumes, and the Ontario Science Centre roof holds strong... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

That is just one consumer of fresh water. One. 🪶

It's GO time Alberta! Elections Alberta has approved Corb Lund's renewed citizen initiative petition: "No New Coal Mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains" www.elections.ab.ca/resources/me... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #WaterIsLife #NoCoal

“.. ‘Water is essential to life,’ Mr. Smith said. Then came the artificial intelligence boom.” @nytimes.com #$MSFT www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...

“The French government announced that it will stop using American video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and replace them with Visio, a French platform.”

Planned Parenthood Ottawa is also looking for a new ED. I have no insider knowledge on either job. I just know feminist jobs are hard to come by, so always try and amplify job ads when I see them!

It would be so lovely if workplaces closed for the day or moved online if possible every time there was a school snow day, to keep their workers safe and to allow workers with children to spend the day with their children instead of scrambling for care.

Class ceiling is now published: 'Working class creatives are struggling to break into and are leaving the arts, a new inquiry has warned.' Link to report in the press release.

At least one nation is regretting its purchase of F-35s. Denmark "They're in for repairs about half the time or even more," he said, "so the Americans have all the power of actually destroying our air force just by shutting down [parts] supplies." #cdnpoli #NATO www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Every parent and educator in Ontario needs to be alarmed that Paul Calandra is visiting charter schools. His government has starved our public schools of resources. The next page in the Conservative playbook is to offer privatization as the solution to problems they caused.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, jobs cuts - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it has identified savings opportunities and is closing seven research operations.

Deep sea mining is reckless, untested, and threatens the very fabric of island communities. @RepKimKingHinds has it right: “In places like the Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, we don’t get the luxury of being wrong… There’s no ‘fix it and move it somewhere else.’”

Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?

It is very cold outside. Please call 311 if you need access to a warm space or a shelter for you or someone you know. Our system has more than 100 extra beds available, no one will be turned away. Full list of warming centres and shelters: www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-he...

Great news, Shepherds of Good Hope is making their building at 216 Murray Street available as a warming centre 24/7 during the extreme cold. Thankful to all of our community partners who are stepping up to make sure everyone has a warm place to go.

20 years ago, I could get to work with one bus in under 30 minutes, & the bus ran frequently. Now the LRT is unreliable, & there’s no point waiting for the connecting bus which may or may not come on time. This is on Jim Watson. Many cuts & fare increases to not “raise taxes.” He taxed the poor.

Ever wondered what a downtown pedestrian streets looks like on a Monday evening in the middle of January in Montreal?

BERLIN (AP) — A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.