Karen 🇨🇦

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The ultimate water sausage compilation:

This is a heartbreaking and harrowing statement to read. Deepest condolences.
My god....

Also, Carla Hayden, the fired Librarian of Congress. Someone needs to organize and catalogue the knowledge.

Rinse and repeat.
🧵 9/9

Step 3: Gaslight taxpayers.
Run a media campaign saying lazy postal workers chose to strike and are holding your mail hostage out of greed. 🧵 8/9

Step 2: Force workers to strike.
Don’t hire enough people. Increase workload, reduce turnaround times. Claw back OT pay, pensions, benefits, & raises. Hold out on a reasonable offer. If they won’t strike—lock them out. Don’t LET them work. 🧵 7/9

Step 2: Force workers to strike.
Don’t hire enough people. Increase workload, reduce turnaround times. Claw back OT pay, pensions, benefits, & raises. Hold out on a reasonable offer. If they won’t strike—lock them out. Don’t LET them work. 🧵 7/9

Step 1: Bust the union.
Stop hiring full-time staff. Hire temps who don't qualify for union status. 🧵 6/9

That's how privatization works: disable an essential service that was never intended to make a profit so that the vultures can move in.

Privatization: The Strategy
If people can't count on the regular mail (that’s adapted with the times & worked since 1867), they'll have no choice but to turn to the private corporations that want to take over the market. 🧵 5/9

In 2011, Stephen Harper made sure Deepak Chopra (no, not that one) got the job as CEO of Canada Post. IMO, he was installed for the sole reason of deliberate mismanagement in the name of privatization. (I didn't invent the theory. Lots of people pointed it out—it was obvious.) 🧵 4/9

Most libraries could NEVER afford private couriers to transport books, and I don't think that's a secret.

Incoming friendly reminder to those who may think our mail workers are just greedy and selfish…

🧵 3/9

#PublicGood #LibraryLife #CanadaPostStrike

As a public institution, libraries can ship books at a discounted rate with Canada Post, another public institution. Nobody makes any profit. It doesn't cost extra on anyone's taxes. This all goes to better serve the public. 🧵 2/9
#PublicGood #LibraryLife #CanadaPostStrike

🧵 I don't know who needs to hear this, but public libraries and the postal service both exist to serve the people, not to make a profit.
The looming Canada Post strike is on my mind. Interlibrary loan is a province-wide service many patrons depend on. 🧵 1/9
#PublicGood #LibraryLife #CanadaPostStrike

Pope Leo's Mom was a Librarian. That is all.

#BookSky
#LibrarySky

Support your local libraries and those that make them possible.

Every child deserves the chance to remember them.

Gross.

This sign is art!

Not Greenland exactly, but the message is still pretty clear.

Mini putt hole with a fairy tale theme.

Mini putt hole with a picture book theme.

Mini putt hole with a building block theme

Mini putt hole with a Dr. Seuss theme

March Break mini putt! Built on a shoestring budget by part-time staff with big hearts. For a solid hour, it was complete mayhem - balls and books flying everywhere - but, my goodness, the kids had fun! Huge success, and I'm super keen to make it even better next year. #librarylife

What a different world we could have.

"the PRESIDENT'S TOP CAMPAIGN DONOR" !!!!

Women Develop New Models of Heroism in Festival Docs | Features | Roger Ebert On the feminist thrust of two acclaimed Sundance docs from this year.

“[Librarians are] on the front lines of maintaining our civil society. It’s an unsung type of heroism, but clearly a much-needed one.”

Beefing with Canada is like beefing with Dolly Parton.

I've watched this so many times to zoom in on the individual facial expressions. They're all so pleased - Canadian humour is the best, most bigly humour.
Wab, take a run for the top seat, man.

Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but...is Trump conflating AIDS relief with LGBTQI+ issues? Because he's still stuck in the 80s?

Joe! Good to see you again, bud!

From our great PM Justin Trudeau 🇨🇦

As far as I could tell, he campaigned harder, but the other guy shows up to every event all year round. He never stops campaigning. I'm no pundit, though.