Hey!

Not that the theft isn't important, but I've seen #ottbike post about some very pricey bikes that had been stolen outside business (as an example) with no official police post. Weird - but maybe welcome - turn?

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

Anyone expecting the lifelong banker to do anything other than what's best for Billionaires was not thinking clearly.

Idc who you offer up prayers or good vibes or positive thoughts into an unknowing universe or whathaveyou. Dolly Parton has brought good into the world in many ways. So for her, we pray.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

People near a brightly coloured wall of street art on MacLaren

People gathering in the Florence pop up space

Our pop-up spaces on MacLaren, Frank and Florence hosted more than 160 events and drew 2,500 people to downtown Ottawa. Dance lessons, yoga classes, craft nights, street art tours, and chess tournaments — the creativity was endless.

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Vancouver’s Film and TV Industry is Facing One of its ‘Toughest Slowdowns’. Animators and Visual Effects Workers Are Unionizing to Take Back Control. Canadian animators and visual effects workers aren’t giving up during turbulent times, they’re organizing their workplaces and unionizing

Vancouver’s film and TV industry is facing one of its ‘toughest slowdowns’ ever. Animators and visual effects workers are unionizing to take back control:

“It’s time to level the playing field for the workers ... so they can have more of a say, more control and a democratization of their workplace”

Whether he's lighting up the night sky with fake stars, polluting Memphis & the atmosphere, or torching our modest programs to improve global health & feed the starving, Musk does not pay a nickel for the impacts of his fever dreams: everyone else does.

This is not how a healthy society functions.

Circular flowchart. “Too anxious to start on anything” leads into “stressed about not getting anything done,” then back to “too anxious to start on anything”—creating an endless loop.

This x 100000 = mood

#ADHDAwarenessMonth

Buddy, this is so off base.

Pointedlylooking at Bill Burr

We have an $11 billion infrastructure deficit; past generations spent billions of dollars on community centers, rinks, pools, libraries, and they are literally crumbling around our ears. Cost-of-living tax increases and austerity cuts disrespect past investments & undermine a sustainable future.

“All four of the Auditor General’s reports criticized the Ford government’s spending.”

As around 2,500 condos sit unsold in Metro Vancouver, experts warn of 'potential storm coming' for real estate | CBC News The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says there’s about 2,500 condos sitting unsold and empty in Metro Vancouver. The local real estate industry is concerned about layoffs and hopes for housing...

Paraphrasing: Real estate agent said, in his experience, older condos sell better than pre-sale condos. "New inventory tends to sit on the market."

OH. ODD. You mean tiny spaces they've been building with speculators in mind who are trying to disrupt the hotel industry aren't HOMES PEOPLE WANT?

Ontario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor | CBC News Ontario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, but the auditor general says province will in fact likely miss that target by an even wider margin.

"We are continuing to meet our commitment to at least try to meet our commitment for the 2030 target," the Environment Minister said.

Wow.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

I've been doing my noncooperation threads as a kind of antidote, but there's no not feeling how bad it is (at least not for me), so v much what @wickdchiq.bsky.social said.

Give yourself the occasional 24-48 hrs to simply NOT KNOW (if there's an emergency, you'll hear it from somebody, I promise!).

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

For Eva Jewell, the public and political indifference to the dignity of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people is rooted in a specific problem: Canadian exceptionalism that touts progressive feminist politics except if you’re Indigenous. thewalrus.ca/trc-gender/

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

In 2015, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued ninety-four Calls to Action for repairing the Crown’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. A decade later, most remain unfulfilled. Seven Indigenous writers reflect on the work still to be done: thewalrus.ca/truth-and-reconc...

It was originally supposed to support someone working full time, but it hasn't been enough for a very long time leading to your assumption now.

Very easy to know the answer is 'no' because it never is. Alas!

On one hand I agree, on the other hand it will mean the police budget will be inflated once again.

What we know so far about the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi The shooting of a Longueuil teen has left his family demanding answers and a community in shock.

A police officer in Longueil, Quebec shot and killed 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi on Sunday

The govt office investigating the shooting has neither released the officer's name nor indicated why Rezayi was shot. Police took over 5 hours to notify his family

www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Emailed my councillor to support the motion this morning 🤞