Jul Staple

“We, as leaders of Treaty 6 First Nations, condemn Bill 54, which is an insult to the spirit and intent of the Treatios. Our Nations have been on this land since time immemorial.”

- THE FOUR NATIONS OF THE MASKWACIS CREE

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Thursday May 1st

Sunshine makes every day a whole lot better!

It is a new morning and a fresh start to scream into a void, if that is what you need this morning.

Today might also be a great day to write down or add all the contact info for your political representatives to your contacts, so you can also scream/email/call them.

Was a minute or two but only because we had to walk through Vivo to get to the polls!

Today is your opportunity to get out and Vote for Canada! 🇨🇦

Book cover of The In-between bookstore by Edward Underhill

This was a lovely read, highly recommend.

#booksky #read #reading

This is incredible.💗🏳️‍⚧️ Rhianna Pratchett and Rob Wilkins spent the whole week digging through Sir Terry Pratchett's archives to find an incredibly rare signed first edition of Monstrous Regiment for the Genre for Trans Rights charity auction. bit.ly/genrefortrans. It's already over £1000!

You could say Mila is short for

Milady Princess Starshine Pupperoni of Highbottom

Pain is weird. When you have BIG pain, and then get a slight hurt, like perhaps scraping up your wrist that you didn't notice at the time...maybe.

You look at the wrist and say, "Huh, that should hurt," but it doesn't register because of the overwhelming BIG pain elsewhere. #spoonie #chronicpain

Canadians. Read this.

Started watching #severence
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Wholy F it is SO goooood!

Converse shoes. Black with red embroidered roses and hearts. Cause I’m cool 😎

New converse, who dis?

“In Memory of Greyson” — The Haunt* That was the subject line of the first email I received from the Pet Placement Center outside Chattanooga, TN, last week. I was honestly a little confused; I hadn’t reached out to them; I hadn’t e...

If you'd like a bit of marvelous news to start your week - then this feel-good story is *exactly* what you're looking for: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/in-memo...

It is gorgeous! Plus the story is lovely.

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes

This was a lovely mystery. I’m usually not a fan is sci-fi but I enjoyed this very much.

#booksky

Those who seek to rise to power quickly often promote mistrust between people, causing our world to suffer. As ordinary people, we can choose to ignore messages that divide us and instead amplify voices that bring us together.
Create joy. Share joy.

This little snippet is a microcosm of everything that is wrong with our media ecosystem (and Gen A.I.)

I have quite a few trans friends and loved ones. And they are my friends because they are wonderful, and my loved ones because I'm lucky enough to have them think I'm wonderful too. They are deserving of love, respect, and kindness, just like everyone else.

Wednesday - the middle of the week!

We got this 💪

A sticker on a pole I saw this one time

www.dragthevote.ca

#cdnpoli #dragthevote

Why is it that on days we #spoonie have medical appointments, we wake up feeling like garbage?

I wonder what the actual statistics would show? 🤔

Cover for audiobook. Mislaid parts half-known by Seanan McGuire

I love this world so much #booksky

This is Wallace. He did immediately try to eat his new babysitters, but beginning to test authority is a perfectly normal part of growing up. 12/10

And if you didn’t know, now you know. #blacksky

Screenshot of an Amazon return. Refund subtotal 9.44, shipping cost 7.99. Estimated refund = 1.45

I’m tempered to return it just on principle 😑

#amazon #returns

In case anyone wondered about the state of medical care in 'Berta. The + are ER or Urgent Care closers (partial or full), and the blue/orange are outbreaks.

🙃

Uh, white women.

All other women, especially Black women, understood the assignment. Call a thing a thing.

Team 92%.

Cover of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Well, I was very angry and HATED a character… 😡🤬

But I enjoyed the world and this book.

Happy Friday!