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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman

Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.

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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

Michelle Good: Thomas King now faces a firestorm over his claims to Indigeneity. Here’s all he needed to say He owes an apology to every person who took in and relied on information who believed in and relied on his stories

Thomas King now faces a firestorm over his claims to Indigeneity. Here’s all he needed to say

#Opinion from Star contributor Michelle Good

This explains so much of what we are seeing.

Global Reading for Freedom of Expression and Solidarity with Palestine (3rd Iteration) YouTube video by Pamenar Press

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These mfs don’t care about people or planet.

I was able to donate 50. It was doubled. Who can join me? Please.

Sally Rooney last year: "It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are witnessing an unfolding genocide.. the roots of this particular tragedy are in the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine & the apartheid system.. keep protesting.. it is the least that we can do"

Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.

"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.

Geoff Bennett has more.

Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”

You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...

Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether

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Untethered from humanity

ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.

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Northern Lights Forecast: Solar Winds Could Make Aurora Visible In Northern U.S. The northern lights could appear as far south as northern Iowa and South Dakota, according to NOAA’s view line.

The northern lights could appear as far south as northern Iowa and South Dakota, according to NOAA’s view line.

FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.

Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."

The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.

It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.

Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”

LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly

WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?

ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?

Ocean Vuong with John Burnham Schwartz THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS YouTube video by Sun Valley Writers' Conference

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An enduring root from our colonial, genocidal, enslaving origins covered over with the myth of democracy, freedom, and pluralism.

Truth. The beauty of the resistance was hearing the love, passion, insight, and solidarity people had for each other and the city. Powerful witnessing.❤️✊🏾

Just putting this here.

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The most opposed budget in Vancouver history has been passed. This is precisely why people have lost faith in the council meeting “democratic process.” When a decision is cooked to empower the wealthiest class and the armed force funded to protect them, it doesn’t matter how many show up against it.

It's Budget Day in Vancouver.

#VanPoli

Also, check out @jmcelroy.bsky.social 's budget story on CBC News Vancouver.
As usual, he digs deep into the numbers.
VPD budget 2022: $349.6 million
2026: $497.1 million.
His story is here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

About a dozen parents and children here at Vancouver city hall this morning for a change-in protest in response to the city looking at removing change tables and hygiene stations. Today, council votes on the 2026 budget that would see a zero percent property tax increase.

How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect the Gut?

Ultraprocessed foods, like breakfast cereals, frozen meals and processed meats, have been linked to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. Here's what to know.

UC Workers Ratify ‘Best Contract Yet’ After Four Strikes and 17 Months of Negotiations The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.

Congrats to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social health care, research and technical workers at the University of California on voting to ratify their new contract! After 17 months of negotiations, this new contract is a testament to the power of our solidarity.

The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence.

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Slide saying “The truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget.”

“In my work with cities, one of my messages that resonates most is that the truth about the cities aspirations isn’t found in its plans and visions. It’s found in its budget.

A budget may be the most powerful public policy lever a Council has, and the most authentic one because It reveals so much.”