Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year. As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet

An Iraqi artist erected a bronze shoe sculpture in the city of Tikrit in January 2009 to honor Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who famously threw his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush

#OtD 14 Dec 2008 journalist @muntazer_zaidi threw his shoes at President George W Bush in protest at the US occupation of Iraq, shouting "This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq." He resumed activism after 6 months jail stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8557...

CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

To follow up on their video yesterday, CBC News has published a text article with their deep dive on the goals of Canada's largest neo-nazi group. @cbcnews.ca

That explains all the sirens and flashing lights. The "Independent State of Bhudan" guy has apparently opened fire on the Habitat for Humanity build from his church/compound on Plymouth St. We're all just sheltering in place. Hopefully this gets sorted without anyone else getting hurt. #WellandON

Invasive quagga mussels are killing off lake ecosystems in the US and Europe, and are now in Northern Ireland. Yet every time invasives are mentioned, someone says "But it's all just nature." They're *wrong*: invasive species are one of the worst HUMAN impacts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A crummy mask and the discredited 2m thing. Deliberately ignoring airborne precautions. This is murderous.

I can manage walking between gates etc., but standing still or shuffling, on terrazzo? NOPE. If I do that, it takes me days to recover. i don't mind waiting my turn but I need to be able to do it seated. There are so many ways airports could be more accessible, but they'd rather shame us.

Throughout this entire ‘antifa’ red scare MAGA has consistently spoken about this alleged terrorist threat as if they simultaneously know a lot about it but also as if they’re awaiting a full report that will never come. It’s obviously a strategy to seem knowledgeable without having to back it up.

BREAKING NEWS: In response to the extensive disclosure requirements for social media data, the EU has decided that US citizens who are not vaccinated against measles, hepatitis, and polio must be tested upon entry into the Schengen area and quarantined for 14 days at their own expense.

The way that bisexuality still makes gay & straight people's lose their fecking minds is simply WILD. www.them.us/story/mitch-...

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

Wild that 'a hobby in common' never made the list. Also glad that online dating seems to have led to a decrease in harassment in the workplace. [Seriously, who the hell sees coworkers as a source of dates? Ew.]

A statement regarding Leslie Fish.

#OtD 5 Oct 1917 the General Defence Committee of the @IWW was formed in response to workers being persecuted in labour struggles. Supplying legal defence to 1000s of workers and relief for prisoners and their families, the GDC is still active to this day workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...

About a month ago, we hosted the North American IWW convention here in Toronto. A poster I designed was part of the merch/giveaways and I'm starting to get some positive feedback with this poster being handed out on picket lines! Extremely cool!

When this aired everyone was talking about it but if you didn't watch it live & didn't record it yourself or have a pal who did, you were kind of out of luck & I swear mostly people were talking about Prince's ass & not the rest of it (!!!); I was not prepared when I finally saw it.

I was surprised to learn the WI was founded in Canada and still exists here. I looked at the WI Ontario website. No eligibility rules at all, looks like anyone can join. Maybe the UK org should try that.

Good news for trans workers After the Girl guiding and WI announcements, some comfort for trans workers. A Scottish tribunal has ruled that a trans-inclusive workplace policy is NOT discriminatory against a woman with gender critical views in the workplace. www.bbc.com/news/article...

If I was head of the WI and an 80 year old trans woman told me it was the only place she'd ever felt respected as a woman, and the British State told me she wasn't allowed to bebin the WI any more, I'd be putting out a public statement declaring the WI to now be an armed guerilla organisation.

Apparently the decision of the WI to rescind trans inclusion was prompted in part by an internal faction. If I were a cis member of the WI, I would want those bigots named,shamed and shunned. Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.

🤯 Journalist, Munk Debate member, U of T graduate, and recent (unanimously selected) PEN Canada Ken Filkow Prize recipient for her work advancing freedom of expression in Canada, @smohyeddin.bsky.social, is turned away from attending tonight's Munk debate in Toronto. Good grief 🤷

Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️‍⚧️

Contact us if you have been affected by the policy changes of Girl Guiding or the Women's Institute. This could be as an individual, or because you lead a local Brownie group who don't want this policy change. We want to help protect trans inclusion. goodlawproject.org/about/contact/

NEW: Over 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth org of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Gießen, Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police violently beat blockaders.

Please also know that even if an autistic person goes along with something, that doesn’t mean it's not a problem. Too many autistic people learn that they have no choice other than to submit to discomforts, & also people in their lives may not even register or believe that their distress is real. 3/

Yes, this, I've experienced a lot of these things.

Dear foreign nationals in war-torn countries, terrorism hot-spots, and amidst our enemies: If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.

Collective, racist punishment.

Oh, let me clarify the misinformation being spread here! 1. Yesterday's court case had nothing to do with CAHN. While we respect their work, we are not supporters or affiliates. It was a straight up defamation suit against Tanya Fusco. Keven is not an "antifa activist" 🙄

Yesterday was day one of @kevenages.duhado.com vs Fusco for defemation. It was our first time ever in court & it was very hrmm... interesting! A slow start but once you understood the process, it got better. Super proud of my boo for all the work he put in to self rep! ❤️

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

In case you are wondering if it’s a good idea to wear a #respie and use proper PPE when caring for undifferentiated patients in the emergency department…. You think some staff might lose some sleep tonight in Italy? #MedSky #Marburg

#PSA: Lung clinics are dangerous places for airborne viruses if you need to take your 3M Aura mask off for testing. Got there early enough to witness bare faces, and make the science-based decision to NOT catch anything. I didn't refuse care, safe care was denied to me before I even got there.

Them: “you don’t need government supports like food or housing, that’s the church’s job!” The Church: “Shames a homeless woman, films her and turns her away” All she asked for was to sleep in their parking lot. Most of us want our tax dollars to pay for those who need help the most.

I am so upset. Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

“You still wearing a mask? Bro, it’s 2025.” Me: “You still huffing a vasculopathic, neuroinvasive biohazard?”

This is the kind of coverage that Teen Vogue just decided to stop doing.

Oh no. Apart from Teen Vogue being excellent for news coverage, it was one of the few news sites Facebook hadn't blocked for Canadian [or presumed Canadian] readers. ARGH.

Donald Smith update. He is currently in custody for 18 charges that include "Failure to comply with probation order", "Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm" and "Breach of release order". There is also an unconfirmed report that there are additional charges from Calgary.

Adam Lee Wasserman is currently facing assault and obstruct peace officer charges. As you might expect, the assault victim is a senior man. The obstruct charge came from Wasserman lying to cops about his identity.

Happy Halloween! 🎃 #BethBourne #TheTerfGetsTricked #Trantifa #Transtifa #QueersBashBack #AntiTransphobeAction #Davis #DavisCA #TERF #fuckTERFS

Go fuck yourself

When I was a kid I learned that some rehabbers raised Chimney Swift babies by having them cling onto a vest (they usually cling to the inside of chimneys, the bats of birds). I wanted to be that person so bad These swifts are safely warming up after their home was wrecked, and I love that so much.

They literally ruin everything they touch

US Figure Skating limits womens/girls events to AFAB skaters. Fuck this gender essentialist TERF horseshit. mailchi.mp/usfigureskat...

Jesus Christ. So fucking creepy and sick. I was arriving at a funding for medical aid in Gaza. This is obscene. Leave me alone!!

Canadians reserve the right to be weird about both.