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Highly recommend. I was one of 500 in the pilot this summer, and it was worth every $. So much so, I have registered for the 102 course.

I learned so much in 101 and can’t wait for 102. So many different people with different sets of knowledge and experience of the world coming together. And the guests speakers! Sign up, join us, learn, resist.

Morning Bluesky. Tesla had its seventh straight monthly decline in European sales in July, dropping 40% to 8,837. Chinese rival BYD surged past Tesla with 225% sales increase, to 13,503.

"The Zaynab Project is a women-led, 100% volunteer-run nonprofit operating directly from within Gaza. We are part of the very communities we serve. No middlemen, no marketing costs, no admin fees — just local teams delivering urgent relief to those most in need."

If you have a copy of Let This Radicalize You, pls note that there is an appendix in the back that talks about what to do if the police or any agent of the state shows up at your door. A trusted movement attorney wrote this section. Nothing will keep us 100% safe, but pls be aware of best practices.

I know that many don't want to hear this but we've been moving towards this current state of affairs over the past 65 years. And it's really been a bipartisan project. The expansion of the carceral state is the fuel for fascism. Folks have been trying to make this case for a long time.

"everything here was pretty chill today, not sure what all the fuss was about, we don't particularly see any need for escalation" --literally the LAPD

Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.

If you have an unread copy of Let This Radicalize You lying around, this would be an excellent time to read Chapter 6: “Violence” in Social Movements. It's also a good time to share that chapter with others.

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”

Canada Post wants to create a new class of flexible, part-time worker that will better compete with Amazon and implement “dynamic routing” so delivery routes can be changed on the fly. It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.

Hi so the City of Vancouver is apparently underfunding arborists so several street tree had significant branches blown down from the wind because earlier falls weren’t reported; yesterday one in my neighbourhood apparently almost killed someone. #VanPoli @seanorr.bsky.social

its critical right now to keep reasserting our actual values so that we don’t forget that the baseline of humanity we are currently fighting for isn’t the actual end goal i’m not fighting for a world where people don’t get snatched up by ICE. i’m fighting for a world with no borders.

a whole lot of people have no idea what a luxury it is to simply Walk To The Store

The way AI is being forced on us is quite unhinged because it really is just popping up like a bad fart everywhere. No thanks, Word, I don’t want to use co-pilot. Please leave me alone, Meta AI. Fuck off Google and take Gemini with you.

I’m really only just getting into it but I genuinely love birding as a hobby. The entire goal is to look at the bird. Is there a bird? There is a bird! Look at the bird! If you are very keen you can learn what to call the bird so that you can properly thank it for the joy you feel when you see it. 🪶

Happy May Day! To all who labour - in factories, farms, sweatshops; in formal & informal economies, waged & unwaged & underwaged; sex workers, Palestinian workers; land defenders; those labouring to grow communities. For a world w/o bosses & precarity and where all labour is valued & life affirming

Starvation. They are facing starvation. Malnutrition and hunger are soft euphemisms that people in Gaza are starving to death and the world is letting them

Trade analyst Stuart Trew from @policyalternatives.ca says Carney will need to be pushed to spend on the right things—not east-to-west pipelines but green electricity grids, not handouts to billionaires but support for workers. Join our live election coverage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U-w...

Well..that was fast #cdnpoli #election2025 www.cbc.ca/9.6738893

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

“We have reached a choice point, not about whether we are facing apocalypse but what form it will take.”

indie bookstore day is tomorrow! 📚💙 this is your not-so-friendly reminder to SUPPORT INDIE BOOKSTORES!! this your not-so-gentle nudge to BOYCOTT AMAZON! amazon has been trying to push against indie bookstore day by hosting a “sale” on books this week. push BACK. #readers #bookclub #indiebooks

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

Yes! We don't need to wait for elite institutions to share knowledge with each other, especially during times of crisis. Sign the interest form for my Race, Media and International Affairs 101 class here! forms.gle/BrCtMNJMxhvK...

Indigenous leaders demand removal of Conservative candidate over denialist comments Aaron Gunn challenged over residential ‘school’ remarks, called ‘extremely harmful and divisive’ by critics who want him dropped Originally appeared in the @thetyee.ca indiginews.com/news/indigen...

Happening now: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in New Westminster talking about addiction treatment. Says a Conservative gov would defund harm reduction programs, fire bureaucrats who support prescribed alternatives (safer supply)

VOTE TODAY 8am-8pm at any community centre in Vancouver or at City Hall. Let’s do this! #FightForVancouver #EvictKenSim #vanpoli

If you live in Vancouver, don't forget to vote in the city council byelection today. I think the current historical moment is a pretty good reminder of how important our democracy is. You can vote at any polling place, find the most convenient one here: vancouver.ca/election/202...

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Hey Portland, I'm coming your way April 8. Excited to be talking at Powell's with Omar El Akkad, who also has a great new book out! Event info here: www.powells.com/book/the-las...

At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose. Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.

I made this for a friend's birthday a few months ago. Then I made another one recently which I will be raffling to raise money for someone. I'll post the raffle form on Friday. A $15 donation means you are eligible to win.

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Vancouver doesn’t have to be this way. High rents and homelessness are not inevitable. We can make housing affordable if we’re willing to fight for it. Check out our Fight for Housing platform: www.votecope.ca/fight-for-ho... #vanpoli #VanVotes2025

Who else needed to see an actual copycat today? 🖤 🔊 🎥tt|triste.710 #cats #bunnies

What a thread 👇🏽✊🏽

The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈‍⬛

Truly such an honour

get library cards and use them often (online e-book and audiobook rentals count!). sign up to volunteer at your local library. donate money to your library’s general fund. run for a spot on the library board. #libsky #booksky

Looks like BC isn't the only one trying to scoop up smart, skilled Americans. French universities are also doing call outs, and getting large interest from scientists at NASA, Yale and Stanford www.404media.co/nasa-yale-an...

NEW - Washington Governor Bob Ferguson will be making a visit to British Columbia to express solidarity between the two jurisdictions. The B.C. Premier’s office is working with the Governors office to determine a date. #bcpoli