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Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since WWII The U.N. General Assembly last year adopted a resolution to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide on the July 11 anniversary.

Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a 1995 massacre there of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men.

This is a concentration camp

Aww happy birthday little one!🥳

i gotta stop saying ‘its okay!’ when someone does something that is not okay

aint even been two weeks. let this be a lesson and take your PTO today!

Gru with a large white pad that says "First we get a book". In the next panel it says "Then, we get another book". In the next panel it says "And then we say no more books". In the next panel it says "But then, we see another book". In the last panel Gru looks excited and it says "So we get two more books!"

Me on Independent Bookstore Day

Who could’ve ever foresaw except all the people who did and got arrested for doing so

During COVID, we learned the hard way that nearly all our hospital PPE i.e. masks, gowns, gloves comes from China.
A 104% tariff could send us straight back to pandemic-level shortages or drive healthcare costs even higher.🫠

Head Start federal office serving Michigan shuts without notice • Michigan Advance The abrupt closure of a regional office for the federal agency overseeing Head Start child care and early education programs in Michigan could lead to disruptions in service. The National Head Start A...

From one day to the next, children separated from their routine and care. Parents without child care. This is cruel and irresponsible.

Head Start federal office serving Michigan shuts without notice michiganadvance.com/briefs/head-...

Today's quick update [Mar 22]:

- RSF shelling on Abushok IDP Camp in Elfashir; 2 civilians reported killed and left others injured.

- SAF continues to make gains, taking full control of all of central Khartoum, as well as Tuti Island.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

- Sudan Doctors Network: at least 48 ppl killed & 63 others injured in what the org called ethnically-motivated attacks by RSF in Almalha, North Darfur.

- RSF attack on Um Gineibila village, North Kordofan; homes reportedly looted & burned, residents abducted.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit

Some folks are counting on you to stay home, Ontario. Prove them wrong. Go vote.

Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library Librarians and Teen Volunteers Spearhead Books Unbanned Initiative to Combat Censorship

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks 
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."

www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

“You will be questioned, underestimated and undervalued. What an awesome opportunity to shine” - Claudette McGowan

February 23rd of #BlackHistoryMonth in #TorontoDanforth Who is Albert Jackson?

“The PM, John A. Macdonald, needed the Black vote to win his seat. He insisted that Jackson must be allowed to do the job for which he was hired.”

- Jacqueline L. Scott

MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up (Gift Article) Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.

Thought I wouldn’t need to post this because it would make the rounds but I’m not seeing it in the TL so here’s a #GiftLink from the only coverage I’ve seen that Joy Ann Reid has been fired by MSNBC www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

a sign that says spoiler alert shelter saves lives on it Alt: a bright orange and blue sign that says spoiler alert shelter saves lives on it

#toronto's very own Squid Game.
Sunday Feb. 23.
"The City’s Warming Centres are now closed. Staff are working to refer #homlesss individuals who remain onsite to alternate spaces in the shelter system." SURE.
#urbannightmare
weather.gc.ca/en/location/...

Israel displaces 40,000 in northern West Bank as tanks deployed Israel’s Katz says will not allow residents to return as tanks deployed to West Bank for first time since 2002.

A young Palestinian man has been killed by an Israeli sniper while inspecting his agricultural land on al-Shaaf Street, east of Gaza City in the northern part of the enclave, according to the Wafa news agency.

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Reposting our comprehensive list of FREE resources and direct services (that’s us too) that don’t call the police. Share widely!

Ahmaud Marquez Arbery in a septia toned picture wearing a polo shirt and hat, smiling.

Rest In Power to Ahmaud Marquez Arbery who was killed on this day 5 years ago. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 (May 8, 1994 – February 23, 2020)

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4 hours left! We’ve been providing inclusive and compassionate care to queer youth for over 26 years and will continue to do so for many to come! Support our #P4A2025 entry to give us a shot at a transformative funding opportunity as we celebrate queer & trans joy! scarleteen.com/P4A-2025

This is a great time to support my comrades at @scarleteen.bsky.social with a vote for their entry in P4A! Inclusive, queer-led sex ed is critically lifesaving work and this funding would have a HUGE impact on the services they offer.

projectforawesome.com/watch?v=uDyl...

I'm so excited to watch. I binged season 1 a couple of weeks ago.

Trayvon Martin's 30th birthday has been sitting with me. He was only 17 years old.

This place does not love us. It doesn't love Black life, and you can tell that by how it treats Black children.

Good thread on the inner workings of Toronto housing policy.

The hospital I work at always has patients we're struggling to safely discharge, purely because they have nowhere to live. And nowhere else to go.

These reforms are so desperately needed.

The way this council talks about apartment dwellers is so gd dehumanizing. My building has holiday parties and summer BBQs and book clubs and movie clubs. It’s the most “in community” I’ve ever felt.

A list! bsky.app/profile/mean...

Image of Sister Nancy draped in a yellow, green and black flag Bam Bam The Sister Nancy Story

Image of John David Washington and Malcolm Washington in a movie vault JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON AND MALCOLM WASHINGTON’S CLOSET PICKS The actor joins the director of his new film The Piano Lesson in the Criterion Closet, where they shout out the importance of Menace II Society, reflect on the beauty of Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda’s artistic relationship, and praise Spike Lee’s Malcolm X as the “greatest achievement in American filmmaking.

Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto featuring Kholisile Dhliwayo

The Week of January 26th Sharing 3 Pieces of Black Specific Content with my Kids this week

Sharing 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week.

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Wt... via #OYAMedia

• www.criterion.com/shop/collect... via @criterion.bsky.social h/t @justsayrad.bsky.social

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oVO... via @uoft.bsky.social

I think they’re worth #Amplifying

I am so angry. A nurse reached out to me - she was brutally scalded with hot coffee by a white patient, who waited until her face was up before pouring it on her. Then, he called her the n-word. She’s looking for legal help. Black nurses deserve to feel safe too. This happened in Ontario, #Canada.

Yup. And that's exactly how it's being framed. You can pretend to be colorblind if everybody looks like you anyway.