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πŸ–€πŸŒˆπŸ‰πŸ–€πŸŒˆπŸ‰ Black Queer Femme. she/her/hers Veronica Dryden's daughter. Harolda Drummond's niece. #BlackQueerBlood #GotBlood2Give Black Health Education Collaborative Black Studies Research Institute (in STEMM)

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ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.

18.03.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 811    πŸ” 641    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 22

Two daily #SmallPress #books:
1. Until We Are Free: contributors include: @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @drdryden.bsky.social, and @sarahjama.bsky.social.
2. From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada (Njoki Wane, Wolsak & Wynn)
πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookSky #BlackSky #reading #nonfiction

25.02.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
York University is suspending admissions to over a dozen programs in the fall, likely planning to shut them down completely in the next few years. Faculty member shares this list that went over the YU Faculty Association council email list. Astonishing

York University is suspending admissions to over a dozen programs in the fall, likely planning to shut them down completely in the next few years. Faculty member shares this list that went over the YU Faculty Association council email list. Astonishing

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Horrifying Canadian higher ed news:

York University, one of the country’s major R1s, is apparently suspending admission to a number of key programs (including GWS, languages, classics, and enviro biology)β€”very likely auguring cuts.

This appears to be straight out of the West Virginia playbook.

17.02.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 279    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 41

Thank you!! So good to see you! πŸ–€πŸ©ΈβœŠπŸΏπŸŒˆπŸŽ‰

20.02.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Montreal we are postponing our event tomorrow #Feb17. We will definitely keep you posted abt new date

17.02.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCeasefire”.

15.02.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you #Vancouver and Cross & Crows!! πŸ–€πŸŒˆπŸ©ΈβœŠπŸΏπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

12.02.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.

10.02.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 24561    πŸ” 3512    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 94

What crime did the person commit that merits detention?

Related: it’s been three weeks since Elon Musk vigorously saluted his fellow Nazis at the inauguration

10.02.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 606    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10
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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

READ THIS ASAP:
β€œIf we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

08.02.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 602    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 20

"As much as the Caribbean is made of islands of European experimentation and exploitation, the region is also full of hidden laboratories for Afro-Indigenous sovereignty." - @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social

Dark Laboratory is making connections, sparking thought, and verifying ideas I've had. Love it.

07.02.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you @malindasmith.bsky.social #Calgary a fantastic evening. Check out livestream on @shelflifebooks.bsky.social instagram page!

07.02.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@fernpub.bsky.social

04.02.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Calgary #BookLaunch Join us #Feb5 7pm at Shelf Life Books. I’ll be in conversation with @malindasmith.bsky.social
#GotBloodToGive
@shelflifebooks.bsky.social

04.02.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ–€βœŠπŸΏ

03.02.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming up in Ottawa - many educational events about Palestine, book launches w/ @drdryden.bsky.social & @alansearslefty.bsky.social, a community gardening workshop, a Valentine's fundraiser for Gaza, a @briarpatchmag.bsky.social Skate-a-thon, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

03.02.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

02.02.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me tomorrow #Feb3 2pm @uottawa.bsky.social
#GotBloodToGive #BookTalk

02.02.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXTREME SPORT! APATHY IS OUT! FREEDOM AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! ORGANIZE! REVOLUTIONIZE! FUTURIZE! REFUSE TO OBEY IN ADVANCE! CEASEFIRE IS THE FLOOR! COLLECTIVE LIBERATION IS THE GOAL! LIFE IS SHORT! THE OLIGARCHY IS HERE! NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY!

19.01.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 837    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9

πŸ–€βœŠπŸΏ

28.01.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to the Ottawa launch of Got Blood to Give by @drdryden.bsky.social

28.01.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A poster advertising the event featuring the cover of the book Got Blood to Give and a photograph of the author, Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden.

A poster advertising the event featuring the cover of the book Got Blood to Give and a photograph of the author, Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden.

Join us to celebrate the launch of @drdryden.bsky.social's book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation.

Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm
University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007

Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U

28.01.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Trump’s β€œborder czar” Tom Homan says that sanctuary cities β€œwill see a higher number of more collateral arrests.”

This is another criminalization of solidarity.

28.01.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands of Palestinians begin returning home to a devastated Gaza The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.

The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.

27.01.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 3
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UN experts slam Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah’s arrest in Switzerland They call the arrest of Electronic Intifada website’s founder β€˜shocking’ and urge the Swiss government to release him.

UN human rights experts have condemned the arrest of prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah in Switzerland, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.

27.01.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8
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A blistering attack on 'gender-critical' transphobia disguised as feminism by @saranahmed.bsky.social.

feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part

27.01.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The #WeeklyRead isΒ β€œOn Receiving Accounts from Others” by Sara Ahmed. The article appears inΒ "Unaccountably Queer", a special issue ofΒ @differences.bsky.socialΒ (35:3) edited by Teagan Bradway

ReadΒ this articleΒ for free through March 31, 2025:

25.01.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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