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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 23d

I am delighted to announce the world premiere of DANS LES PINS at @nouveaucinema.bsky.social included among other great Quebec & Canadian shorts. Screenings at Cinémathèque Québécois, Sat Oct 11th at 21.00 & Tue Oct 14th, at 19.00. Tickets on sale, September 23rd.
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Festival du nouveau cinéma | Dans les pins

In letters to her mother, a young woman tells of her job at a hotel in the Laurentians, where she is courted by a wealthy man.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 5h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Remi Kanazi @remikanazi.bsky.social · 5h

If a ceasefire holds, you boycott Israel HARDER, you divest, you push for sanctions. You don't perform for apartheid. You don't whitewash genocide. You don't pretend like Israel isn't still a violent occupier stealing land and collectively punishing Palestinians daily

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 7h

The good news we need today

Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

French appeal court increases sentence of man convicted of raping Gisele Pelicot reut.rs/4nBZ97e

French appeal court increases sentence of man convicted of raping Gisele Pelicot

A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, and increased his prison sentence by a year to 10 years, France Info reported.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 9h

Please everyone buy my latest book which is all about this problem and how we can fix it. It has, of course, been ignored by the mainstream press.

www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...

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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 10h

Fuck no, and fuck you to the U.S.-ians trying to infringe on our sovereignty.

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 11h

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 10h

Israel is now saying the ceasefire will take effect "within 24 hours" as opposed to 10am today as initially planned. So yeah, just announced a delay for no reason and started shooting people trying to go home who thought there was a ceasefire in effect. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Israeli tanks fired directly at civilians on Al-Rashid Street while the latter were trying to return to northern Gaza, shortly after the ceasefire agreement had supposedly taken effect.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11h

I know Jane Goodall was revered by many in the environment movement, but it is pretty clear that she also harboured many seriously problematic colonial attitudes.

The 'overpopulation' stuff in particular was pretty bad, and as a concept the conduit of plenty of serious wrongdoing over the years

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 1d

This is from a very prominent conservationist from Kenya

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 21h

we're watching BAD MOON which is not a good film except for the dog who deserves an honourary (and I assume posthumus) palme dog.

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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · 22h

ANTIFA films:

The Sound of Music (1965)
Saló (1975)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Leviathan (2014)
Casablanca (1942)
Come and See (1985)
The Conformist (1970)
Army of Shadows (1969)
This Land is Mine (1943)
Hangmen Also Die (1943)
The Fate of a Man (1959)

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 22h

ah well then there is more to contemplate!

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 1d

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 22h

to answer these questions, I highly recommend the limited series KEVIN CAN F*!?K HIMSELF

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 1d

And THIS is why every person involved in either harry potter films, tv, games or other are chosing to actively be a part in the attack on trans people

Shes openly saying her intentions are to ensure a win for the bigots against scottish government

Screenshot of a post from twitter

@jk_rowling
"SNP ministers have failed to pay their £250k bill, six months after the Supreme Court ruling. The rumour is that they’re trying to stop ⁦
@ForWomenScot
⁩ taking further action against the government, but that plan has a rather large flaw. Me."
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 1d

Increasingly concerned that Mark Carney's government may be doing exactly the opposite of what they were elected to do - sell out our sovereignty (and paint a target on our back in the process). www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

McGuinty defends Canada’s Golden Dome collaboration with U.S., citing potential threats

Defence Minister says both countries will have mere minutes to respond to the latest generation of incoming threats

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 1d

Just a reminder that anti-queer and anti-trans policies aren't actually popular.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 1d

I'm honoured to have twqo audio commentaries, an essay, and a role in a documentary on this stellar box set release from Severin Films, Exorcismo: Defying a Dictator & Raising Hell in Post-Franco Spain. Available now for pre-order. severinfilms.com/en-ca/produc...

Exorcismo: Defying a Dictator & Raising Hell in Post-Franco Spain [10-Disc Blu-ray Box Set + Book]

19 FEATURE FILMSON 10 DISCS Including the award-winning documentary EXORCISMO: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” Plus 168-Page Bookand 21+ Combined Hours of Special Features Under the Franco...

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

What amazes me is Canadians can watch what is happening in America, be all judgey and then pay completely no attention while Carney tables C2 to do the exact same thing.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 2d

If you hear Japanese coming from our apartment, it's either @simonlaperriere.bsky.social playing Silent Hill f, or me playing Ghost of Yōtei

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic).

But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2d

which then begs the question of why you want flying cars instead of whatever mass transportation equivalent you imagine

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 2d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 3d

Time and again the Liberals have violated workers' constitutional right to strike by abusing Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, showing they're with corporations, not workers.

Workers' rights are fundamental to democracy, not a minor inconvenience to be overridden without a second thought.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social · 2d

when I was growing up, we would fly from Toronto to Halifax since the 2-day drive was more expensive. Now, I think the opposite is true.

Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian airlines continue to gouge passengers. Why can't we have better, more affordable rail and bus services?

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

WestJet hikes checked bag fee for 2nd time in 2 years. Will Air Canada be next? | CBC News

WestJet has hiked its first checked bag fee by $5 for ultra-basic and economy fares. The increase follows several new charges introduced by Canadian airlines, sparking concerns from some consumer advo...

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East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · 2d

This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:

The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.

Why does this matter?

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