Jean the Mean Machine

Thank you!

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
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This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Smooth routes were found to be very important for some people, but not a major consideration for others. For those where it is the difference between a street being useable or not, then smooth routes are critical, as was the case for some older people and people who roll, exemplified by the ‘access is not optional’ viewpoint. One participant described the wheels on their wheelchair as like the wheels on a shopping trolley, “fine in the supermarket, but in the real-world pavements and roads are not that smooth.”.

This is a small detail that jumped out to me, because it reinforces the need to design infrastructure for the lowest common denominator, whether it's a child or someone using a mobility device. Infrastructure must work for everyone!

This study should be read by every policymaker and traffic engineer.

B.C. to strengthen legislation addressing sexual violence, sharing of intimate images | CBC News The B.C. government is strengthening legislation that protects people whose intimate images have been shared without their consent, a crime Attorney General Niki Sharma described as a form of sexualiz...

B.C. to strengthen legislation addressing sexual violence, sharing of intimate images #BritishColumbia

"Sharing someone else's intimate images without consent is a crime. Whether it is done with the goal of extorting money, blackmailing someone or as a tool

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Preventing trans kids from learning about trans people only makes kids think they're broken and it makes them suicidal. Never does it make them cis. same goes for all the other letters of the community.

Learn how to advocate against new coal mining projects and protect Alberta’s Rockies!
Thanks to Save our Slopes
#abpoli #cdnpoli

I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

But it didn't bother those same people when they were too critical of Biden.

When there was freedom of speech, relatively, the media went all out.

When there's almost none, like right now, "let's not be overly critical of the admin. In fact, let's just capitulate."

The press, bah!

They're at 230,000 signatures! If you live in Alberta and you want to sign the petition, follow the advise in the video!

#forever-canada #abpoli

This is an ongoing theme with #PierrePoilievre. He covertly spreads MAGA propaganda (see next post/skeet) while pretending to be ‘tough’ on Trump. While at the same time, Poilievre apes Pete Hegseth and is followed by the worst Trump Nazis & Kremlin propagandists. #cdnpoli #CanadaSky #NeverPoilievre

This is exactly what the right wants— our silence.

They want us afraid and to stop speaking up, to check out, to shut up about politics. We can’t give them that. Not now. Not ever.

Two teen girls went for a bike ride – and were killed by a car. Now another teen faces murder charges | CNN Two teenage girls were struck and killed during an e-bike ride in a New Jersey neighborhood. A 17-year-old suspect has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, according to the Union Count...

More here: www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/u...

Two 17 year old girls were brutally murdered in New Jersey when a truck ran them over going 70mph.

17 year old Vincent Battiloro is charged with first degree murder.

The suspected motive? One of the girls declined his advances.

He couldn’t handle hearing the word “no” 🧵

You couldn’t event indict a President for a coup…. Outcome unlikely.

On Wednesday, Ken Sim will direct staff to make brutal cuts to the City's budget - putting the services you and I rely on at risk.

We need to stand up to him.

SIGN UP TO SPEAK on the City's website, in OPPOSITION to Motion 1 on October 8: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

Reminder that we still don’t know what happened to the 1,000 immigrants who went missing from Alligator Alcatraz.

Their families and attorneys can’t locate them.

They’ve been disappeared.

People are still being sent to that horrible place without any due process.

Trump Opens the Door to Using the Insurrection Act and Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell

Trump and Stephen Miller are gearing up to unleash the Insurrection Act in a desperate bid to consolidate power and destroy their critics.

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I had a fun evening yesterday with super dedicated #ForeverCanadian volunteers in Fort Saskatchewan.

Thank you for all your hard work!!!

To get the required 300,000 signatures, we will have to double down our effort for the next 22 days.

14 properties north of Sun Peaks at risk of flooding from failing Fadear Lake dam: TNRD KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued an evacuation alert for 14 properties north...

“14 properties north of Sun Peaks at risk of flooding from failing Fadear Lake dam: TNRD” cfjctoday.com/2025/10/06/1... - @cfjctoday.bsky.social

#BCNews #SunPeaks cc: #Kamloops

Texas sending its state military to other states against their will to occupy cities is an invasion. So let's call it what it is; what it would be called in any other scenario:

A hostile, military, illegal invasion.

Doomers want you to believe we can’t win this but we will.

Banger job, Carrn Carn.

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A photo of MP Leah Gazan in the House of Commons with text overlaid: “If the Liberals truly believe in workers’ rights, they must stop siding with corporate interests and commit to repealing Section 107 once and for all. Because workers’ rights are not optional — they are the foundation of a fair and just democracy.” MP Leah Gazan, Winnipeg Centre Introducing Bill C-247 to repeal Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code

“If the Liberals truly believe in workers’ rights, they must stop siding with corporate interests and commit to repealing Section 107 once and for all. Because workers’ rights are not optional — they are the foundation of a fair and just democracy.”

A finished sweater with a black body with geometric blue colourwork at the hems and collar

It's done! I finished this morning after an alarming crush of shows. The rest of this sweater was brought to you by No Gain No Love, HeartBeat, My Roommate is a Gumiho, and Queen Woo.

I hope it fits my friend!

#knitting #kdrama

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The BBC has been accused of “extraordinary” anti-Green bias, after the party says a long-promised conference interview with new leader Zack Polanski was cancelled by the Laura Kuenssberg show just days before going to air

Every major political party leader, aside from him, was interviewed recently.

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

'Our stories matter': Website honours lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Manitoba | CBC News A new website and database featuring the stories of more than 400 Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender-diverse people who went missing or were found murdered in Manitoba was launched in Winn...

'Our stories matter': Website honours lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across #Manitoba

Stories of more than 400 MMIWG2S+ individuals collected from family members who lost loved ones

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Olga Beliaeva - Grey Heron.
#Watercolour