If you're Canadian, please sign this!
A citizen e-petition has been launched in the House of Commons calling on the Federal Government to its disallowance power to override Alberta and Saskatchewan’s use of the notwithstanding clause to violate the human rights of trans Canadians.
Sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7027 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you're Canadian, please sign this!
I'm going to post Christmas/winter holiday music in this thread all month so that the thread itself can be muted if that isn't your thing. It's unlikely I'll be posting more than (or even as much as) once a day but it just seems like a neighbourly thing to do.
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I'm going to post Christmas/winter holiday music in this thread all month so that the thread itself can be muted if that isn't your thing. It's unlikely I'll be posting more than (or even as much as) once a day but it just seems like a neighbourly thing to do.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
brb rewriting "Disarm"
The hater in me sees the hater in you
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
brb rewriting "Disarm"
There are a bunch of useful tools mentioned all over this thread
There’s a free application, shutup10++, that lets you disable all the shitty windows stuff with a series of checkboxes.
It even tracks if windows rolls anything back between updates and lets you reverse the changes with a click.
I can personally recommend shutup10++ if you need to stick with windows
It even tracks if windows rolls anything back between updates and lets you reverse the changes with a click.
I can personally recommend shutup10++ if you need to stick with windows
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
October 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There are a bunch of useful tools mentioned all over this thread
It's #bandcampfriday!
I'm can't pick up too many albums this time, but here's a little thread of things I'm looking at:
lisaleblanc.bandcamp.com/album/chiac-...
I'm can't pick up too many albums this time, but here's a little thread of things I'm looking at:
lisaleblanc.bandcamp.com/album/chiac-...
Chiac Disco, by Lisa LeBlanc
10 track album
lisaleblanc.bandcamp.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It's #bandcampfriday!
I'm can't pick up too many albums this time, but here's a little thread of things I'm looking at:
lisaleblanc.bandcamp.com/album/chiac-...
I'm can't pick up too many albums this time, but here's a little thread of things I'm looking at:
lisaleblanc.bandcamp.com/album/chiac-...
If you see this, share a pic from your device with no explanation
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If you see this, share a pic from your device with no explanation
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"Concentrate on what is in our control" says our Prime Minister, again & again. Never gets any less striking that 'developing human resources and skills' is never on his list of contollable things.
Or indeed that "talent" is a word the Libs use exclusively wrt to immigration ie something we import.
Or indeed that "talent" is a word the Libs use exclusively wrt to immigration ie something we import.
Thriving advisedly
Mark Carney in New York, speaking in bullet points
paulwells.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Concentrate on what is in our control" says our Prime Minister, again & again. Never gets any less striking that 'developing human resources and skills' is never on his list of contollable things.
Or indeed that "talent" is a word the Libs use exclusively wrt to immigration ie something we import.
Or indeed that "talent" is a word the Libs use exclusively wrt to immigration ie something we import.
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Minister Lightbound says it’s time for tough choices, but his choices are not about bolster the service, but cutting it back. Other choices could be made: allowing and building out postal banking or recognizing a public service does not need to be profitable, as an example.
September 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Minister Lightbound says it’s time for tough choices, but his choices are not about bolster the service, but cutting it back. Other choices could be made: allowing and building out postal banking or recognizing a public service does not need to be profitable, as an example.
A disappointing lack of vision from the federal government.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A disappointing lack of vision from the federal government.
I had to look this up because it felt way too relevant, the Smithsonian had more information:
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musi...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musi...
September 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I had to look this up because it felt way too relevant, the Smithsonian had more information:
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musi...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musi...
Hold up, she said it's the only thing he eats, period. Am I reading this wrong?
August 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Hold up, she said it's the only thing he eats, period. Am I reading this wrong?
Heard this band Slow Leaves on CBC radio (Now or Never, a replay of the March 9th episode), absolutely flabbergasted that this video is sitting around 1000 views
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3b...
Slow Leaves Live at No Fun Club
YouTube video by Slow Leaves
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Heard this band Slow Leaves on CBC radio (Now or Never, a replay of the March 9th episode), absolutely flabbergasted that this video is sitting around 1000 views
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3b...
This album won a Grammy but licensing buried it on streaming. 2,800 plays here on YouTube, not available on Spotify. Truly, a World Upside Down
youtu.be/waK_Vqro5Mo
youtu.be/waK_Vqro5Mo
August 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This album won a Grammy but licensing buried it on streaming. 2,800 plays here on YouTube, not available on Spotify. Truly, a World Upside Down
youtu.be/waK_Vqro5Mo
youtu.be/waK_Vqro5Mo
I've got so many feelings about the necessity of RSS but I haven't formulated them into anything useful. In the meantime, check this out:
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
August 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I've got so many feelings about the necessity of RSS but I haven't formulated them into anything useful. In the meantime, check this out:
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🚨 🚨 🚨 EXCELLENT NEW STAMP ALERT 🚨 🚨 🚨
July 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚨 🚨 🚨 EXCELLENT NEW STAMP ALERT 🚨 🚨 🚨
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4 years ago we had a listening party for Get Up Sequences Part One by The GO! Team. You can replay the listening party (no_884) here:
The GO! Team
Get Up Sequences Part One
timstwitterlisteningparty.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
4 years ago we had a listening party for Get Up Sequences Part One by The GO! Team. You can replay the listening party (no_884) here:
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As the child of people who went through hell to seek out refuge; who could not access timely immigration, but were accepted here; and knowing how that transformed our ability to become, to contribute - to our own lives and our communities - I am repulsed by who we are becoming.
As we've written, Canada has been actively trying to limit the number of people who can claim asylum here - including by denying visas to people from countries that have been sources of refugees. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Canada refugee claims drop as country issues fewer visas
Refugee claims in Canada are dropping from historic highs as the country grants fewer visas and advocates worry legitimate claimants are being left stranded with few good options.
www.reuters.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As the child of people who went through hell to seek out refuge; who could not access timely immigration, but were accepted here; and knowing how that transformed our ability to become, to contribute - to our own lives and our communities - I am repulsed by who we are becoming.
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Anybody want to read a fanfic (not mine) that takes absolutely deadly seriously the premise that Harrier Du Bois hits Light Yagami with his car, written entirely in the format of the Disco Elysium game text interface?
archiveofourown.org/works/631190...
archiveofourown.org/works/631190...
THE HIT AND RUN - Chapter 1 - brawltogethernow - Disco Elysium (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
June 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Anybody want to read a fanfic (not mine) that takes absolutely deadly seriously the premise that Harrier Du Bois hits Light Yagami with his car, written entirely in the format of the Disco Elysium game text interface?
archiveofourown.org/works/631190...
archiveofourown.org/works/631190...
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🎉 Big update!
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
🧵
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
🧵
June 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🎉 Big update!
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
🧵
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
🧵
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I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
June 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.