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Bruce Fanjoy wins Battle River-Crowfoot by-election CAMROSE, AB - In yet another shocking electoral upset, Conservative leader and former Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre has somehow been defeated once again in today's by-election by Liberal MP Br...

Bruce Fanjoy wins Battle River-Crowfoot by-election

happy butch appreciation day to fat butches, hairy butches, butches of colour, cross dressing butches, non binary and transmasc butches, he/him butches, and every other kind of butch that experiences hatred and animosity from not just the cishets but other queer people. i see you and i love you

I switch between biking & driving (and walking) a lot depending on the day, and it's really fascinating to experience the same street in different ways.

Doug's whole life would change if he biked to work once a month.

The Bloor/Danforth bike lanes made driving & parking there so much less stressful -- bikes are whizzing by in *their own lanes*

See also: not worrying about dooring cyclists when parking on the Danforth.

Enjoyed this sign at the parish church in Whitby today…

I mean "messed up walking my dog"!! man, i messed up even TALKING about messing up walking my dog

transness is not a curse to be broken but an adventure to be experienced, a calling to be answered, a truth to be acknowledged, and I wish it was possible to convey this properly in under 300 characters, but no adventure, calling or truth can be

So, like, trust us when we say it fucking rules

Polari is part of the LGBTQ+ writing and reading community and for fifteen years, trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people have been part of that community - at our events, on our judging panels, on our long and short lists and among our prize winners. This commitment to inclusion remains unchanged. Polari is not and has never been a trans exclusionary organisation. These are not our values and we condemn all forms of transphobia. What was supposed to be a celebration of exceptional LGBTQ+ literature has been overshadowed by hurt and anger, which has been painful and distressing for all concerned and we apologize to everyone who has been affected. Many discussions have been undertaken over the last two weeks -with authors, judges, stakeholders, and funders - about the impacts and ramifications of the longlisting of John Boyne's novel and how we can learn from this experience and move forwards. We have decided as a result to pause the prize this year while we increase representation of trans and gender non-conforming judges on the panels for all the awards and undertake a governance and management review to include our aims and values and work to better support everyone within our LGBTQ+ Polari community. We have already secured strong representation for next year, which we will build on. We will also explore discussions about the tensions between the claims of freedom of expression and the need to create inclusive and supportive spaces in a world hostile to our trans community members and our community at large. We extend our heartfelt apologies to everyone affected this year, for the disappointment and despair this has caused. We acknowledge the ongoing support of the Polari community, everyone we have consulted, and our hugely supportive partners. We are a tiny operation that has run on goodwill and small pots of funding and sponsorship for 15 years and will endeavour to find a way forwards in good faith.

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It's over - The Polari Prize has been halted for 2025.
Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author.

Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.

Just in time for the CNE!

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Lush u of T campus w city skyline & queens park in background

Sporadic weekly panorama. Peak summer days. Annual reminder that anyone who declares summer over before Sept 22 will be blocked for all time. More than a month left!

"Polari needs to figure out what it wants to be.

If it wants to be a prize that is inclusive of trans-exclusionary views and writers, it is free to do this and must accept that large swaths of the community will find this intolerable and disengage"

I've had really good luck with my zinnias this year in a similar zone with similar weather! But they do take about two months to go from seed to bloom, so ymmv

The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.

is she accusing him of... subterfuge

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DO NOT COMPLY Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions 'Misunderstand' orders. Ask endless questions. Quibble over them when you can. Always assign unimportant jobs first. Assign important jobs to inefficient workers More Simple Sabotage tips at non-compliant.com

DO NOT COMPLY To lower morale, be pleasant to inefficient workers. Discriminate against efficient workers. Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done. Multiply paperwork in plausible ways. More Simple Sabotage tips at non-compliant.com

DO NOT COMPLY Make mistakes in quantities of materials. Confuse similar names. Use wrong addresses. Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the time it takes to do tasks. Pretend instructions are hard to understand, or that you are anxious. Ask lots of questions. More Simple Sabotage tips at non-compliant.com

DO NOT COMPLY: Be the sand in the gears of authoritarianism

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Once again, to all of my Canadian followers, this is INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL here. No private company can discriminate against LGBT content in any way. It is enshrined in federal law. Call and ask stripe why they're breaking Canadian hate crime laws. Call your local NDP or Liberal party rep and ask them.

💚💚💚I took like a year or more to clean the nose prints off my lower windows after the beagle died. It was so hard to clean them.

It's been really nice not having to budget for an inevitable cold following air/train travel anymore, thanks to masks.

For USian authors affected who haven't done this already.

See the 180m-long cargo ship stuck in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal The Federal Yamaska ran aground in the river on Aug. 12 near Verchères, Que. Authorities say the ship had a total engine failure and that the low water levels in the St. Lawrence were not to blame.

BIG BOAT STUCK

"I was happier in the past therefore my energies are best spent yearning for it"

Nostalgia always feels like an excuse to avoid fixing anything right now?

('those of us who remember the old conditions know how *difficult* and *humiliating* they were')

(the only thing I would want back from my youth is the feeling of optimism re: climate crisis)

I just forgot to check list #1 when making list #2!

But yeah, even if we got all the things now lost back, I do not want to return to 2019 or before. Burn nostalgia to the ground.

(okay I listed Toronto parks twice but they _have_ gotten substantially better, in my experience, since 2019)

E-bikes. Solar panels. Standardized charging cables. Bluesky (tbh). The cost of daycare (thanks CWELCC). 18-month parental leave. Sept 30th becoming a (federal) stat holiday. The downtown relief line. Toronto parks.