Re-upping this. I am in the middle of switching over from Dropbox to Sync.com which is fully Canadian and only uses Canadian-hosted servers.

Number of letters written still rising!
actionnetwork.org/letters/6c76...
Click link to send yours.

Just sent! Let's get Tesla/Musk out of Canada.

Here is Doug Ford saying he would 'absolutely support Trump. I wouldn't waver. The GOP is wavering, but I wouldn't waver." He then goes on to excuse harassing women.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2m...

Get inspired by Charlie Angus and this coalition from across the country calling for grassroots resistance to Trump, the defence of democratic values, human rights, and solidarity with humankind.
Then, for friends in Canada, sign the Pledge For Canada. www.youtube.com/live/dGzgwBY...

Reflecting on why #MusicEd matters so much to me. Music both keeps us grounded, physically here, and helps us envision possibility where symbols and structures limit us.

Yup, totally me. I have a book coming out: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hip-hop-st...

You're gonna love Renee's.

DOI: 10.1353/wam.2024.a939595
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
#MusicEd #HipHopEd

Got the opportunity to review two books for Women & Music. "For the Culture: #Hip-Hop and the Fight for #SocialJustice ed. by Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey and Adolphus G. Belk Jr., and: Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance by Lauron J. Kehrer"

To academia or not to academia? That is my question.
#Academia #AcademicChatter

"Triantafillou noted that drivers on Marlee are 'really aggressive' but worried that his kids might 'walk out the door and get smoked by a bike.'" Riiiiight. #BikeTO #VisionZero

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

I'll never forget my first --- AstraZeneca.
#COVIDVaccine

Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the right-wing government has introduced a bill that would strip the Māori of rights guaranteed to them by the Treaty of Waitangi, and this happened in Parliament.

A political move I actually enjoyed. This, and the fact that Chow's motion carried, makes me feel like Toronto is still my city.