The End Is Nige

To the drivers who have complained about the injustice of speed cameras, may I ask what you'll do with the time you'll reclaim on your journeys when you're able to drive faster? Take a 2 week vacation in Aruba? Write the Great Canadian Novel? Orchestrate world peace? The opportunities are endless!

Headline from CBC KW: "Wilmot seeks volunteers to shape educational component for Prime Ministers Path project"

One reader commented, "Place plaques with information leading from one PM to the next so people can learn what was happening at that point in time."

Who's coming with me? 🔥🔥🔥

The Campaign for Life Coalition is hosting a protest in front of Kitchener City Hall this Sunday. Join us for a counter-protest starting at 1:30 p.m. in front of Kitchener City Hall!

A rich, cultural experience in KW this weekend: running into friends at a pow wow on Sat, plus Prof. Laura Mae Lindo's book signing, & a workshop for new play "The View From Here" today. The play is about Grandview Training School For Girls in Galt, where my friend Lynda was incarcerated as a child.

I'm 100% in favour of statues that honour the oppressed, not the oppressors.

YouTube video by Nigel Gordijk Elect Respect

I'm so proud of Cher for her courage at today's Region of Waterloo Standing Committee meeting, when she spoke about her experience as a Wilmot councillor and supported Colleen James' Elect Respect motion. youtu.be/yV0DaBiQSc4?...

Hey, Weetabix - Let me guess: You don't see colour?

Today, July 24, is Métis Nation Day. In 2021, I had the honour of interviewing Terry Fox's younger brother, Darrell, about their family's Métis heritage. www.commonsensedesign.net/newsArticle....

Concert for Terry Fox
Sun, July 20 @ 11am - 12:30pm.
452 Redfox Road, Waterloo
Admission by freewill donation

Juneyt and Allister Bradley are performing in a Waterloo backyard to raise money for cancer research.

Can't join us? You can still donate online at run.terryfox.ca/page/cherand....

Happy 28th anniversary to muh wuman ❤️

Father's Day gift from Cher ❤️

This exquisitely designed book is based on a powerful poem by Christopher Tse, which we heard in a documentary called "Exclusion: Beyond the Silence". The poem, and the book, describe Chinese-Canadians' experience with systemic racism throughout this country's history.

When it comes to self-sufficiency for seven specific food groups - fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, nuts & starchy staples - the only country in the world to reach 100% in all of them is Guyana. Canada is fully self-sufficient in just four.

www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4/figures/1

Dad on his 60th birthday; London, 1987.

Photo shot, processed and developed by me.

For Waterloo folks - Concert For Terry fundraiser will be on Sun July 20, 45 years to the day after the Marathon of Hope arrived in WR. This will be an encore of our 2023 concert, feat Juneyt & Allister Bradley. Bring lawn chairs & refreshments. Admission by donation to the Waterloo Terry Fox Run.

It's my one year resignationversary from Drayton Entertainment! In the space of 93 days, the entire team of four marketing assistants left the company; I was the last one to go.

Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da, da-dum

Getting a seat at the table – and using it In April, community leaders of all ages took part in a “Lunch and Politics” discussion in Waterloo Region, with the goal of increasing civic and political engagement among the local Black community. A...

Getting a seat at the table – and using it: In April, community leaders of all ages took part in a “Lunch and Politics” discussion, with the goal of increasing civic and political engagement from the African, Caribbean, and Black community. My overview of the event: www.linkedin.com/pulse/gettin...

Once again, The Record shows us that the media's discussion about the PM Path is only for white folks 🤷🏻‍♂️

"I want your music, and I want your stories." The vampire Remmick in "Sinners". Also, Eric Clapton throughout his entire career.

Jeff Bezos could have contributed to finding a cure for cancer; instead, he spent millions on launching his Space Penis containing celebrity women into the sky for 10 minutes.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Trump's National Park Service Brings Its Revisionist History to the Underground Railroad The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on Harriet Tubman.

It was illegal to teach enslaved people in the US and Caribbean how to read and write, so they relied on the traditional oral method of passing on stories to preserve their history. Government departments have had websites for just 30 years. Stories will endure. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I'm feeling a bit groggy after getting the shingles vaccine yesterday, so I'm trying to relax on the couch this afternoon. It is not without challenges.

Obama finally said it. Witnessing so many urbanist colleagues express outrage re: the current political climate while ignoring the very real issue of racism is excruciating. But yes, imagine if someone who looked like Obama dared to even think about doing a single thing this president has done.

A screen grab from an email sent from the Conservative Party campaign, Team Pierre; the headline reads "Do you want cheaper beer?"

Oh no they smashed the Doug button!

Ollie 💤❤️

An excerpt from Afua Hirsch's "BRIT(ish)", talking about the racial abuse & aggression that swept 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 immediately after the Brexit referendum. Echoes in what is currently happening in 🇺🇸 with white immigrants now being targeted in the same way that racialized people have been treated for so long.

Well, this is some bullshit.

What happened to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is not just about CTV caving to Conservative pressures. There’s a larger issue: #cdnmedia are pushing out any female voices, voices of colour and Indigenous voices that aren’t centre-right or right. Even then there is very little representation