Chris Farley Ratcliffe

The funny thing is Doug Ford says students shouldn't take basket weaving but his inherited wealth comes from making stickers.

This is an awesome response!

This was, I guess, inevitable. But AFAIK every other mass shooting in Canadian history has been perpetrated by a Cisgender male. If there’s truly a link between gender identity and mass violence, the data makes it pretty clear where the threat lies (and where it doesn’t).

A vibrant Canadian flag with a trans pride twist, waving proudly against a clear blue sky over a scenic landscape. The flag features the traditional Canadian maple leaf in the center, but instead of red, it's rendered with the light blue, pink, and white stripes of the Transgender Pride Flag. The two outer red bars of the Canadian flag are replaced by horizontal light blue stripes, and the inner white bar is replaced by horizontal pink stripes. This creates a powerful symbol of transgender inclusion within Canadian identity. The flag is mounted on a silver flagpole with a golden finial, and behind it, a beautiful natural setting unfolds with rolling hills, dark green pine trees, and a bright, expansive sky, suggesting a hopeful and accepting environment. The overall impression is one of national pride intertwined with transgender visibility and acceptance.

To those in Canada starting HRT: don't give up if your family doctor won't help. I found that while some say no, there are many compassionate doctors that offer gender-affirming resources who truly understand gender dysphoria.

Your care is out there.

Keep pushing! 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️

#Trans #Canada #Dysphoria

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

Only seven of 32 members of the board are elected by staff and students. The board will not wear the choice.

What does a blue USB port mean? I learned the truth behind all the colors, and it's wild Look closely - the colors on your USB ports reveal a lot about what they can do.

www.zdnet.com/article/what...

Spent a couple of hours at re-Cycles with my #winterbike and great volunteers who helped me solve a couple of problems. It was a great experience. I learned some stuff, spent time talking about bikes and winter biking and I’ll be back on the road again. I will definitely be back! #ottbike

I like the building. I like the idea of a station downtown. Where do we put the tracks to get the trains to and from the station? If we end up with a situation where the trains can’t go through the station, do we end up with a situation where the trains have to waste travel time backing out?

The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure

And no one can ever take this achievement away from Canadians.

The Virtuous Cycle | The Tyee What started as a cost-saving measure to ride my bike more often became a highlight of daily life. Third in a series from a new book by Steve Burgess.

@steveburgess53.bsky.social: I salute those who faithfully keep to their gym routine. But a bicycle needs no schedule, nor any great act of willpower. 🚲

Some holiday reading from Sport Integrity Canada.

“All reasonable efforts should be made to make sport inclusive and accessible for transgender individuals.”

Read the scientific literature review:

sportintegrity.ca/news/literat...

Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21

Physician Pulse reveals a worrying trust gap.

Forty three percent of physicians across Canada say they do not feel trusted or respected by their provincial government.

In Alberta that rises to 76 percent and in Quebec to 84 percent.

Details here: abacusdata.ca/canadian-ph...

Today I stand with transgender friends and families as we honor those who have lost their lives at the hands of hate

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That the Alberta Govt invoked the notwithstanding clause for this during Transgender Awareness Week is the chef’s kiss of cruelty. Please support Skipping Stone’s legal fund

She called all of it a year and a half ago.

I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0. I've changed my mind I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0 development. I changed my mind because I don’t trust this deal. | Opinion

Residents and people who followed the story and read the reports are turning on Lansdowne 2.0. The more you know, the more it’s no. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Especially since we all know it is NORTH Carerdddd

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The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after. And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before. If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too. Saw this & thought I'd repost

Reposting with Alt-text:

So thin-skinned.

The Dark Crystal lives deep in my soul every since I saw it in the theatre. For many years I was desperate to see it again and couldn't find it available to rent. Then it showed up on streaming services and all was right with the world again.

Departments grapple with tracking employee attendance after a year of return-to-office rules Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is no issue with compl...

How much money are we spending tracking whether someone does their work in a federal government office or not? Is anyone tracking whether tracking all this activity has had any impact on achieving government objectives? www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

I’m not American or in the US, but this seems timely to boost.

Federal government launches tracking system to monitor office attendance A new tracking system will keep an eye on federal public servants to monitor whether they’re meeting the three-day in-office mandate.

This is a terrible idea and a terrible way to manage people. It is a waste of taxpayer dollars and a great way to destroy trust. If an org. cant tell if people are doing their jobs regardless of location, they have bigger issues to solve than monitoring attendance.

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Agreed. This is a waste of taxpayer dollars and a terrible way to manage people.

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

"They got along really well – they were bros hanging out. Over time, there was this atmosphere of: ‘These crazy feminists, these extremists who want to have us punished for something that we didn’t do." Brilliant interview with Manon Garcia on the Pelicot trial www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...