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When media training tells you that you don't have to answer the question the reporter asked... Sure, but... v.redd.it/b2hx56g0t1ue1

Following up on this. They just banned a Canadian trans musician from getting a visa to tour the US. They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US. www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell...

This is really interesting. We journalists also often estimate crowd sizes based on just looking at a crowd, and this shows we're likely wrong... and should probably improve our methods. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I have to say it: Gay Inc are cowards. Working class/poor queers, however much fear we're dealing with, are consistently speaking out and mustering defiance. But those with far more connections and resources are scared to? They can grow a spine. If they can't speak out now, there's no point to them

Is dreamhost just irredeemable trash now? They've had issues with speed for a while, but it really seems like their wordpress shared hosting has become effectively useless in the past month. Any recommendation for web hosts that aren't terrible? It seems the industry is all scum.

More allies could learn from John Oliver and his team’s fact-based and empathetic approach to the trans sports debate.

Have to give the BC Civil Resolution a big kudos. First thing when calling is asking whether you're calling about an intimate image being nonconsensually shared, it's not buried in some phone tree. 1-844-322-2292 - verify the number at civilresolutionbc.ca/contact-us/

A Global Affairs Canada spokesperson was quoted as dejectedly saying "We believe the rule of law still exists in the United States" /s but not really, and to be clear, that statement is the basis for the Safe Third Country Agreement and this remains Canada's diplomatic position, until invasion.

Gets my ruler out for hand slapping as punishment for font choice.

The Daily Show nails it. www.youtube.com/shorts/r1O-f...

Important guidance on a neglected Charter freedom in "plain vanilla outdoor political protests." [30] Freedom of peaceful assembly advances collective democratic goals of self-government, truth seeking, and self realization and "empower[s] unheard, marginalized voices" [36, quoting Jamie Cameron].

This horrific story gets worse. The police and crown have done everything they can to ensure this case never makes it to trial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4XK...

One of these apple varieties is grown in Canada. Guess which