Patty Letourneau 🇨🇦

This is a midwinter book and would make a fabbie Christmas gift. Buy early from your local indie bookshop!

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

🙏🏼🤞🏼

Shellene Drakes-Tull: Oh, the heat is punishing these days but that’s not what is making most of us suffer Capitalism is teaching us that if you’re poor, you didn’t work hard enough. If you can’t afford rent or groceries, that’s on you.

"Capitalism is teaching us that if you’re poor, you didn’t work hard enough. If you can’t afford rent or groceries, that’s on you" .. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
via @thestar.com #cdnpoli #cdnecon #greed #inequality

My favourite kind of people? People with a fully functioning moral compass and a caring heart. Sure, cynicism is contagious but so is moral courage — the very best kind of contagious. 💗

We are sold the myth of 'trickle down' economics, while the mega wealthy siphon money from the low paid to pad their ever expanding bank balances.
We need a Universal/Unconditional Basic Income scheme on a global level, so those who actually generate the wealth are rightfully rewarded for their work

"In dark times, education must do more than transmit knowledge; it must cultivate the political and moral imagination necessary to resist tyranny and build a future rooted in equality, dignity and shared responsibility," writes @girouxh.bsky.social.

Two leading Canadian economists say a guaranteed income floor that cuts poverty in half could be funded at half the cost of previous estimates.

This would make basic income considerably cheaper than the cost of poverty itself, saving lives and money.

This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨

Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament

She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse

We break it down🧵

Pure joy, love it!! 🩵🩵

Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees? Canada's national curated aggregator for current health news, analysis, and podcasts.

Charging patients for publicly insured care is illegal. So is steering them toward unnecessary, add-on services.

This week, we’re looking at proposed provincial legislation that would finally enforce these rules. It's an Ontario story, with national relevance.

canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...

"If you think education is expensive try ignorance"

What a day this can be. Just a feeling in my bones today will be different - the whole build up, how Newcastle have played big games this season, the way Eddie Howe spoke on Friday. Liverpool are the strongest side in England right now but on their day so are #nufc.

Just. Turn. Up....

YouTube video by CBC News Louise Penny says cancelling her U.S. book tour is 'moral,' not political | The Current

And now I love her books even more. If you haven’t read Louise Penny’s series based in the eastern townships (and beyond) of Quebec, go out and borrow or buy them. Immediately!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Ya...

Thank you for the boost!!

@threekindwords.bsky.social Thanks for the follow my fellow word nerd. I started an after school Srabble Club at my school. We watched on the SmartBoard the plays of the Scrabble Champions. Fifty kids from grade 2-6 exited about plural nouns was music to my ears! Every 7 letter word was celebrated!

That is awesome!! What a great way to get kids interested in Scrabble. I love it!

We Are Canadian 🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦♥️

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...

What a great photo!

Tired: Blaming voter apathy for election results.

Wired: Asking yourself what about our electoral system leads to voters being apathetic.

Breaking it, then profiting off the *fix*

The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…

They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.

A hockey game where fans are sitting in the stands and we see them from the back. One guy is wearing a red jersey that says Never 51.

Best Jersey ever.

#Canpoli
#Canada
#Hockey

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Newcastle United strongly condemns the appalling racist abuse received by Joe Willock on Instagram on Saturday evening.

There is no room for racism anywhere.

Joe has been given the club's full support and we will continue to do all we can to ensure the welfare of our players, staff and supporters.

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

Bishop Mariann Budde, who is wearing red, white and black vestments, speaks from a lectern within an ornate pulpit adorned with red and white flowers. Headline reads: "The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: 'Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?'" Photo credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times.

“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”

So, she took a breath, and spoke. nyti.ms/3WtmNY2

Washington National Cathedral Bishop Calls Out Trump to His Face Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, a bishop at Washington National Cathedral, made a plea to President Donald Trump during her sermon on Tuesday.

"In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives."

Here it is folk! Jimmy Perez is back in The Killing Stones, published in October and already available for preorder. Details here: lnk.to/BKnKPM

Alexander Isak holding his Player of the Month trophy

Eight goals in six Premier League games in December! 🔥

Alexander Isak is the EA Sports Player of the Month! 😍