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My last article as the labour reporter at @pressprogress.ca is about.... media layoffs! Earlier this month, Rogers closed six stations and laid off 230 radio workers across the country. In Vancouver, the layoffs hit a newsroom that had struggled for years to unionize.

oh you're mad online? that's cool, I'm doing ketamine and reading the Buddha's teachings. you will never escape Samsara

It’s often necessary and energizing to mobilize through shared opposition. But this form of solidarity will always stagnate if we can’t also recognize what we love in common and imagine what we hope to build together. As usual, I think the preschool classroom offers some wisdom in finding balance.

The Power of Refusal and the Necessity of ImaginationWhat kids have to teach us about insisting on “no” and striving for “yes”www.notesonhope.net

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Ottawa Has Stuck By the Charity Behind the Nazi GaffeCanada’s Victims of Communism monument included proposed honorees from the Waffen-SS, the Ustaša, and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The charity that supplied the names is still helping shape the memor...jacobin.com

I love Keith David.

Keith David on his incredible career: ‘I want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beings’The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isn’t slowing down any time soonwww.theguardian.com

Again, what right wing Republicans and Democrats call "socialism" is the sort of regulated capitalism that was consensus for much of the 20th century. They pretend it's anti-market when really it's only anti-oligarchy

Today’s the day, I’ve been slacking off, but I’m gonna go out there, give it my all, and finally win the lottery

Unabashedly sharing my very favourite photo from the Artemis II mission for the nth time

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Once again, subscribing to the print edition of the Onion was one of the better decisions I've made.

he’s gutting the public sector, he’s holding back on pharmacare deals, he tried to pull money out of daycare, he’s letting two-tier healthcare gain a foothold in alberta, and now he’s coming for public healthcare funding too

Guess who had the integrity not to accept $1 million to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival last year?

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.variety.com

“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.” “That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...

‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The BreachDanielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canadabreachmedia.ca

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

late last year, workers behind the scenes of theorist media announced their plan to unionize—nearly unprecedented in the youtube space. lunar x, which took over after matpat left, has stonewalled them ever since. but in recent months, workers have figured out how to leverage a secret weapon: fans

Between this and the discovery that solar panel shade can actually _increase_ certain crop yields, people are discovering that there are truly extraordinary opportunities to make better use of the earth's surface area with solar panels. There's so much power waiting to be harnessed!