like I will die on the hill that there is basically no reason for the vast majority of sports/competitions to be gender-segregated in the first place and most only are due to misogyny, but nowhere is that more apparent when the competition is "games you play at the pub or in the park"

This is Capitu. She has always wanted to be in a band. Had no idea joining one would be this easy. 13/10 (TT: capitucao)

Raise taxes and make the zoo free to everyone. Why is this so hard?

Srsly. As much as I’m *meh* on the LPQ, I hope this guy gets HUMILIATED by them this year. What a total joke he turned René Levesque’s party into.

Ooh, where’d you get those awesome jeans?!

A good debate to have. If Canada could expropriation Sobeys, for example, things would be different than if Canada invented a new system of public stores.

North America is the same, but instead of « middle class » it’s « coastal/urban elites », and it’s more about which kind of car you drive.

I genuinely can't stop thinking about the Iranian kids who spent yesterday wondering if they were all going to die and what that day will do to them for the rest of their lives.

“Studies suggest youths are more empathetic and less narcissistic than in the past, as well as more open-minded and inclusive. Drug use is down, youth violence has dropped and teen pregnancies have declined.” It’s almost like panic abt kids’ wellbeing serve existing adult demands for control.

Anyway gender was the first division of labor, women were the first oppressed class, and gender is the hierarchy that must be abolished in order for us to eliminate all others. 😇

I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂
Best with volume up.

Zak is likely making an excellent point here but I am too distracted by Pete In a hot tub.

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Oh. Polling is broken now. Neat.

The City of Pittsburgh just passed legislation banning cooperation with ICE.

The vote was unanimous.

🎉🎉🎉

Who's to say what path will win the 2030s:

1. China saying "no one owns the sun", becoming energy independent off of solar and cheap EVs, and exporting those solar panels and cheap EVs to the developing world

2. Canada saying "our dinosaur juice has less war than their dinosaur juice"

55% Of Canadians Think Serving In U.S. Military Should Be Illegal New poll shows a majority of Canadians want to ban citizens from serving in the U.S. military.

NEW: 55% of Canadians agree with banning citizens from serving in the U.S. military, according to a poll commissioned by The Maple.

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Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

Banderas - This Is Your Life (1991) YouTube video by skv90s

Current earworm - 35 years old! 😳

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We need to raise taxes, including on the middle class, and reduce « incentives » and « means tests » so that we can show the middle and upper classes what great services government is capable of!

Idea: track philanthropy and replace it with government. Slowly raise marginal tax rates and match all philanthropic contributions with direct government infrastructure (not contractors, not contributions to existing nonprofits).

Philanthropy identifies holes in government services!

Yep. Still about 50% ice right now. Should be fully melted in 2-3 days.

Ça commence à nouveau…

La mairesse de Montréal:

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More rail everywhere please. You might even say it’s a nation-building idea. Well worth 4%+ of GDP at least.

I’m really feeling the Western Xposure FOMO, but happy to stay on this side of the border. Maybe we could do a québécois version? During the 90-day window when it’s warm enough, I’ll host #xposuredunordest - who’s coming?

Thanks for nothing, François Legault During his resignation speech, François Legault pathetically tried to spin all the glaring failures of his premiership into positives.

“I’ll remember François Legault for the normalization of xenophobia that’s set Quebec back a generation, and the defunding of public transit in Montreal.

“I’ll remember defunded schools, overcrowded hospitals and the assault on post-secondary education.”

#polqc

“One example he gave, according to Radiology, would affect women’s healthcare in particular, by automating breast cancer screening with AI tools. By sidelining radiologists until an AI system flags a reading as abnormal, Katz declared, hospitals could achieve ‘major savings.’”*

*dollars not lives

Oh we’ll find a way to change that one day…