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Quebec's Injustice System – The Rover There are hundreds of people jailed in Quebec every year for minor infractions. Why? Access to a fair trial is quietly becoming luxury most cannot afford.

🚨THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL AND YOU SHOULD CARE🚨

"There are hundreds of people jailed in Quebec every year for minor infractions. Why? Access to a fair trial is quietly becoming luxury most cannot afford."

Vital story from @titocurtis.bsky.social and Hal Newman for @therovermedia.bsky.social:

Mariah Carey vote or die campaign

good morning ontario ! www.elections.on.ca/en.html

Doug ford tweeting about his Canada is not for sale as the 51st state

just to be clear mans basically sold our entire province to the shoppers conglomerate

The people of Gaza as they return to their homes in northern Gaza 🥲

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

you gonna need this

Stroyuschiysya dom (House under construction, rotated), by Kazimir Malevich, 1915-16, 📸 by @photoDre

Fast moving Hughes Fire breaks out in Castaic, prompting evacuations Evacuation orders are in place for the Castaic Lake State Recreation Area.

According to CalFire, the Hughes Fire ignited on Wednesday shortly before 11 a.m. PT and quickly grew to more than 3,400 acres. Evacuation warnings are in place for several neighboring areas. via @laist.com

ADL is a deeply compromised organization

It begins

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

Headline: UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%

No Angel

HEY BOSTON

Raptors have beat the Celtics for the first time since March 28, 2022.

HEY GOLDEN STATE

At least 11 librarians in LA lost their homes in the LA Fires. A thread of their gofundmes:

Collage of Ethel Cain and Luigi Mangione, man charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.

Ethel Cain reposts statement made by Instagram user @rbreich: “Big Oil buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.” Ethel Cain adds to the statement by saying “#Kill More CEOs”

Ethel Cain criticises the United States Congress in new Instagram story:

“Kill More CEOs”

Tik Tok collects information and won't share it with the US government = threat to national security

VS

Meta collects information specifically to share with the US government = free speech with "no moderation"

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

if any Meta employees want to talk anonymously about recent changes around the company’s attitude towards LGBTQ people, chat with me on a non-work device via Signal: reece_rogers.01

Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

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CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat | RCI Problem of grocers misweighing meat going on for years, says former food inspector

fuck the billionaire-owned grocery monopoly and their fucking scams against the people—go to chinatown / local grocers and watch them weigh the meat at a much more reasonable price

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day

When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift

A green LA sanitation truck is parked along the curb next to an area taped off with yellow caution tape, while people in yellow high-vis vests stand inside the taped-off zone. The air is smoky and the sunlight has a yellow hue to it due to wildfire smoke.

Five people in yellow high-vis vests wearing Tyvek coveralls stand around inside a taped-off area while two people in regular clothes appear to be trying to move their belongings

LAPD and LA Sanitation found the time today to destroy several tents belonging to our unhoused neighbors in LA's CD15 district. Many of these residents are elderly, disabled, and suffer from chronic disease including cancer and Stage D congestive heart failure. Please help us replace their tents.

Imagine watching disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow or 2012 and thinking that the apocalyptic weather scenes were the “unrealistic” part.

Turns out those scenes were almost bang on.

The unrealistic part was the humans working together to overcome the problem & save the world. Sigh.

The absolute worst people.

a 5-4 vote on whether a person can use their future role in the federal government to avoid being sentenced for a crime of which a state court already found him guilty 34 times

5-4.

instagram post from ktownforall. While not in the direct path of the fire yet - Koreatown is covered in heavy smoke and we are in need of KN95 masks and will need to replace a ton of tarp and tents. Please consider donating to our Venmo at: @Ktownforall or via debit/ credit card through Paypal at https://www.paypal.com/ncp/pa yment/D8A65YA2D58EQ Every dollar will go to survival items that will be handed to someone in need.

if you’re looking for something to do to help LA, folks in ktown are going to need masks. there are lots of elderly and homeless people in that neighborhood, this organization will distribute aid! ❤️