"Ricardo" is ready to start harvesting strawberries at 6:30 am. "This season was not good due to changing weather conditions. Despite this I worked every day as I need to cover expenses like rent and food. It's even harder right now, as my wife is ill and cannot work." #WeFeedYou

⬇️ You know what to do.

If you would like to help indigenous communities in northern Ontario who have lost everything in the wild fires, you can donate with True North Aid. Miigwech. truenorthaid.ca

Multiple fires are raging across Canada right now while sociopaths build more pipelines and pump more oil

"Gabriel" shared this picture from Arvin CA, saying, "This is how we farm workers work, with heat and humidity". It was 95° at 12 noon and feels hotter as there is no breeze under the vines and the humidity is higher which raises the heat index substantially. #WeFeedYou

Joan Sebastian Guerrero had his whole life ahead of him. This is a national tragedy. Protests have erupted across Biddeford.

ALL EYES ON ICE

The things these kinds of churches do on reservations is so gross. To refuse to leave is particularly awful

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

Another day of triple digit heat in a place that usually doesn’t get this hot, and power is out. Wonderful

On this day in 1929, more than 200 Black residents of North Platte, Nebraska, were terrorized by a white mob and forced to flee, leaving behind their homes forever.

"Alejandra" earns CA minimum wage harvesting strawberries in Ventura County. "I've been working in the strawberries for about 13 years. When the strawberry season ends, I will work with blackberries, and then returns for next summers' strawberry harvest." #WeFeedYou

Happy birthday to Raffi, born on this day in 1948! One of Canada's most beloved entertainers, he has been delighting Canadians with his music for decades. A multiple Juno Award winner, he has received the Order of Canada, and several honorary degrees. 📸 Paquin Artists Agency

On this day in 1893, over 5,000 white people in Bardwell, Kentucky, hanged, shot, and mutilated an innocent Black man named Seay J. Miller in a brutal lynching later investigated by journalist Ida B. Wells.

On this day in 2016, 32-year-old Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop for a broken taillight in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

I for one am shocked that an organization that made up a peace prize to bribe Trump would do something like this

Apparently I picked the wrong night to go see Super Girl. If only it weren’t so hot and I weren’t so desperate for AC

On this day in 2016, police shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Sterling was on the ground with his arms and legs fully restrained when he was shot.

Nice to know that the Donald Trump Definitely Isn’t Sundowning playlist includes “Gd Bless America” along with songs made famous by Pavarotti and various show tunes from the 80’s

new metaphor just dropped

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

Good grief it is exhausting having a boss who always finds a reason to be pessimistic or find something wrong with your suggestions.

🇨🇦 happy Canada Day, eh?! 🍁 #CanadaDay

A Japanese fan broke down crying after his country's elimination, but a group of Brazilians fans went to console him and Mexican fans made him soar. You gotta love the World Cup! ❤️🌎⚽️ Video: RÉCORD

On this day in 1829, officials in Cincinnati enforced laws to drive out Black residents—forcing hundreds of Black people to seek asylum in Canada.

On this day in 1958, a bomb exploded outside Bethel Street Baptist Church in one of Birmingham, Alabama's Black neighborhoods. The church pastor, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, was a civil rights activist working to eliminate segregation in the area.

It’s quite lovely to be sitting in a tent and listening to to the rain pitter patter above me. Especially to be sitting in a tent that isn’t leaking

Nothing will ever Beat the taste of deep fried curds And choc’late ice cream An impromptu haiku inspired by dinner at Culver’s

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Apple workers in western NY doing maintenance in a nursery, aerating soil. "This work is hard on our lower backs. Because of the H2A wage cuts, our pay has gone down $1.04 per hour compared to last year, but the work doesn’t get any easier.” #WeFeedYou

"Sergio" shares, "I've been a tractor driver for 16 years. Right now, I'm preparing the fertilizer to spread it across the field with the tractor. Driving all day long is a big responsibility which is why I always proceed with caution and great care." #WeFeedYou

It is Pride Month. Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories of how Canadians fought for equality. Today it is the story of Ross Hamilton.

The profound part of Juneteenth for me is that before this was made a holiday, there was no official celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. When the 13th Amendment passed in December 1865, the legislators who witnessed its enshrinement imagined that the day would be remembered.

As we celebrate #FathersDay, let's stand up for the farm worker fathers who work so hard to bring food to our tables. #WeFeedYou Mientras celebramos el Día del Padre, apoyemos a los padres campesinos que trabajan tan duro para llevar alimentos a nuestras mesas. #SoyEsencial

On this day in 1940, a young Black man named Jesse Thornton was abducted and lynched in Alabama after he addressed a white Alabama police officer without the title "Mr.” No one was ever prosecuted for his death.

On this day in 1963, law enforcement officers in Gadsden, Alabama, used electric cattle prods on and arrested over 450 Black protesters who were holding a sit-in to oppose segregation.

"Josefina" shared this from where they are harvesting onions in Fresno county "We spend long hours under the hot sun picking the onions and removing the shoot. It takes 3 buckets to fill a sack. We earn 1.50 per sack. This is my 2nd job. I work from 3pm to 10pm. #WrFeedYou

It is Pride Month. Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories of how Canadians fought for equality. Today it is the story of the murder of Kenneth Zeller.

On this day in 2015, a 21-year-old white man opened fire on a group of Black worshippers at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people.

The Brianna Ghey situation increasingly feels like if Matthew Shepherd's parents had gone around saying it was a drug deal gone wrong tbh.

On this day in 1944, George Stinney Jr., a 90-pound, 14-year-old boy, was executed in the electric chair in Columbia, South Carolina. He remains the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century.

BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocked a bathroom ban in Idaho that threatened transgender people with up to 5 years in prison for using a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. This is a win for trans rights.

On this day in 1920, a mob of 5,000 to 10,000 white people lynched three Black men falsely accused of assault in Duluth, Minnesota.

disparate impact liability, according to the Trump admin: - very bad if it means preventing an employer or a bank from discriminating against Black people - very good if it means bullying schools *into discriminating against Black people ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

"Martin" is 55 yrs old. "I have 22 yrs of experience picking strawberries -nearly half my life. I'll keep harvesting until I no longer can do so. I haven't taken one break today as every minute counts when working piece rate. I'm not earning enough to pay my bills." #WrFeedYou

It is Pride Month. Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories of how Canadians fought for equality. Today it is the story of The 1977 Halifax Protest.

"Juan" is thinning WA apples. "I need to be very fast and precise to do this work at the speed the boss asks. I remove 3 apples from a bunch, leaving 2. This improves the tree's production and fruit size. Officially, I earn piece rate, but really barely make min wage." #WeFeedYou

In the broadest sense, the multi-faceted attack on trans lives is being litigated by a very small number of people who can’t accept the reality that trans people exist, have always existed, will always exist, and need some medical support and social acceptance in order to thrive.

So are they building more scaffolding? I keep hearing and seeing metal bars hit the ground and I can’t think of what they would be for

Womp womp no more livestream