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B.C.'s Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform is accepting written submissions over the next 5 weeks They're looking for thoughts, feedback and suggestions for change regarding democratic engagement, voter participation and electoral models #bcpoli Submissions can be made 👇

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In 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. The process to get the landmark Act passed included calls for boycotts of Famous Players, lots of debates and speeches. This is the story. 🧵 1/14

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Happy birthday to Bif Naked, born on this day in 1971! In her career, she has released six studio albums. Her most successful album was I Bificus, which went platinum and included the hit Spaceman. She is a Juno and Canadian Screen Award nominee.

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252 million years ago, Earth hit the reset button and nearly everything died. But what triggered the worst extinction in history? And could it happen again? My little take on what new research reveals. 🧪 #SciComm 👉 climateages.com/252-million-...

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L.A. TACO has confirmed that ICE has detained two taqueros at Jason’s Tacos , a taco truck specializing in al pastor located on Whittier Boulevard and Bradshawe Street in East Los Angeles. @theglutster.bsky.social reporting for L.A. TACO

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

Happy Father's day to the moms that do both jobs.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Canadians clutching their pearls about ICE barely know the Liberals are pushing through a bill right now giving the gov the ability to check your mail, get your IP and internet history, and makes immigration and asylum seeking way more difficult

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

My second piece for the Guardian in a month! As promised, I wrote about Bill C-2 the border bill and how it’s MAGA-inspired www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Radical posters & stencils seen in Madison, Wisconsin

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

They're booing Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center.

submitted 5 days ago • 151 comments

When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.

submitted 5 days ago • 42 comments

Doechii speaks out against use of the military against protesters in LA during her acceptance speech at the #BETAwards

submitted 7 days ago • 31 comments

Here’s some other stats: A new $50 million carbon capture project will remove about the same amount of carbon dioxide annually as about 670 hectares of trees. A single wildfire burning northwest of Cold Lake is an estimated 62,768 hectares in size, as of June 4.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Indigenous resistance is rising. Doug Ford's grifter government has passed Bill 5 allowing companies to ignore duties to consult or carry out environmental assessments. Indigenous communities will not go along with the steal. Get set for Idle No More 2.0 charlieangus.substack.com/p/resistance...

submitted 11 days ago • 25 comments

"The allowance of the random is the mark of a city's health" - Pier Giorgio Di Cicco.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk. I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.

submitted 10 days ago • 1576 comments

Watch the video for "Fascists in our Midst," shot on a notorious Montreal overpass. @paulcargnello.bsky.social dropped a new video today and spoke to us about the resurgence of protest music

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...

submitted 14 days ago • 116 comments

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

submitted 14 days ago • 1183 comments

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

submitted 17 days ago • 105 comments

“Thousands of newly obtained documents show” that the founders of Clearview AI—which is backed by Peter Thiel—“always intended to target immigrants & the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump admin.” This is incredible reporting by @lukeobrien.bsky.social, 4/2025 1/

submitted 15 days ago • 35 comments

Olympic Sex Workers train to become the most impressive a human can be and non of that is valid after funding their careers with OF…because????

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

the amount of discrimination that OF artists (and all sex workers tbh) get is ridiculous - they can get locked out of financial services, travel, sometimes other forms of employment, payment processors, now elite sports apparently? It’s WILD, and it can follow you even when you retire!

submitted 18 days ago • 35 comments

Evacuees waited hours to cross the Nelson River enroute to Norway House by cable ferry, according to posts on social media. The ferry can hold up to six vehicles at a time.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

NIMBY, non-grass root, fake astroturf campaign "protect bathurst" is now crashing out and comparing street parking to an 100 year old oak tree. All the while using a picture that shows the congestion caused by parked cars forcing vehicles and streetcars into the same lane.

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

What these laws REALLY mean is trans people can't use any public restroom. Which is why Republicans pass them. It's a way to help drive trans people out of public existence.

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

BREAKING: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has just released the names of 140 priests who worked at residential schools across Canada.

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

No corporations to protect us like it was in the olden days. We're gonna be louder and gayer than ever before. Pride started as a riot and the fascists are once again organized and in power

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

The US housing market is rigged against us by billionaires, corporations, and foreign investors

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE CANADIAN DENTAL CARE PLAN!!!www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/dental/dental-care-plan.html?utm_campaign=esdc-edsc-cdcp-rcsd-23-24&utm_medium=vanity-url&utm_source=canada-ca_dental

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

“Environmentalism is, in part, a luxury value. It depends on a foundation of stability. You can’t decarbonize a country that can’t build a train, permit a wind farm, or deliver housing.”

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...

submitted 19 days ago • 35 comments

"It is the first case Gunster has seen of AI being used to target municipal governments in Canada."

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

"You need to have constant bodyguard physical security at all times or else organized crime syndicates will kidnap you to steal your money in untraceable ways" is the world that the crypto evangelists dream of creating.

submitted 20 days ago • 25 comments

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

submitted 19 days ago • 48 comments