“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
U.S. citizens — and most other folks who can visit Canada as a visitor — can come over to Canada for up to six months at a time.
For trans women in the U.S. in particular, this fact may be worth taking advantage of immediately.
Aw thank you.
The bass was shocking to me also. Low low levels would make me so ill and feel so odd- but I LOVE a good bass line so it threw me too. Wild how we minimize this stuff
Totally. It tells me about autism too imo- which I know I am and my mother too as well. Super sensitive when I was little. Wool sweaters felt like wearing something painful and thorny - my mum would laugh it off.
Was the same way. And experienced very similar things. What does it mean ?
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Measles and NB.1.8.1., the C0VID variant dubbed "razor blade throat" by many Chinese, are in NZ. Implementing the protective layer of clean air remains urgent.
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Today RFK and co. removed the COVID vaccine from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule for children and pregnant people.
This is junk science. COVID puts children and pregnant people at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations, and Long COVID can cause chronic health issues for anyone.
Right wing politicians fully know that people will migrate, know that trans people will exist, know that sex work will happen, know that many people use drugs, know that the planet is burning..
Point of criminalization, dehumanization & denial is not actual beliefs - its cruelty to create precarity
every girl is bi. you just have to figure out whether it's sexual, polar, pedal, modal, national, axial, annual, carbonate, metallic, or bimbap
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On April 23rd, @liberalca.bsky.social , @ndp.ca & @canadiangreens.bsky.social reps join our 🏳️🌈Proud to Vote🏳️🌈Town Hall on issues that matter to 2SLGBTQIA+ people. In an election largely devoid of queer & trans issues, this Townhall is a unique opportunity to hear from party reps on our issues.
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We also invited the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois but unfortunately did not receive responses.
Hayley was such an important character for me too. My mum watched it regularly and Hayley was just a regular character and her story was so important. Thanks for this reminder.
Headline in Canada Healthwatch from today, April 13 - What makes a good public health leader?
Excellent op-ed on why Dr. Henry is not the right person for the next Chief Public Health Officer of Canada role 👏🏼
Cc.
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Pierre Poilievre just stated that he would DEPORT anyone on a visa for "antisemitic" protests.
Holy fucking trump 2.0.
PS...... antisemitic is in quotes because the question was about pro Palestinian protest, NOT antisemitism.
Ew if I had known his face was going to show up I wouldn’t have posted lol
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Oh neat! I expected a blanket with these squares for some reason. I like this a lot
Omg love. I want Maisie to make me one like this lol
Always! We are still definitionally in a Covid pandemic (according to the World Health Organization), and other airborne diseases like the flu are killing at extremely high rates. Masking up is essential! We protect each other <3 😷
I have a sturdy wooden cabinet I want to transform into something for the backyard. Who has ideas? It’s a bit too shallow to be a planter
Just remember- many many many working class people DONT get to immigrate. Just sit with that please. So many folks think just moving to a new country is simple. No.
Was it the only store I went to in Vancouver? …. Twice??
lol
Also yes.
It is still chaos in the downtown location too. All the random things are just way more random. Individually packaged Smurf figurines ? Little bags of glass birds? Rolls of giant sized rikrak? Patches from the 80s? Yes. All yes. 😂😍
I dunno it seems like they’re gonna be here for awhile. Just not in the downtown space. They’re still bringing in new fabric all the time so I think it’s mostly a real estate issue 🤷🏼♂️ good ol’ Vancouver
Dressew obviously!
Eegads the trans rights score for Canada - what info did you collect for this? Trans rights have been completely eradicated in at least 3 provinces and more sadly to come.
