Yutaka Dirks
@dirksy.bsky.social
Tenant organizer/housing policy analyst, parent, PhD student, writer. Likes: literature, feminism, comic books, decolonization, crime fiction. Winnipeg, Treaty 1.
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
Hundreds of Manitobans rallied, made phone calls, and emailed their MLAs to press Premier Kinew to keep his promise to fix rent rules and protect tenants’ homes. That paid off with this Throne Speech commitment. Now we keep up the pressure to ensure real changes happen soon and in full.
The Manitoba government promised to make the health-care system safer, take more steps to “Trump-proof” the economy and study how to slash grocery bills in Tuesday’s throne speech.
Manitoba throne speech dominated by health-care promises
Meth crackdown, new rent rules, new schools and child spaces, study into sky-high grocery prices among province’s pledges
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Hundreds of Manitobans rallied, made phone calls, and emailed their MLAs to press Premier Kinew to keep his promise to fix rent rules and protect tenants’ homes. That paid off with this Throne Speech commitment. Now we keep up the pressure to ensure real changes happen soon and in full.
Excited for this! And if you haven’t read Hobtown I and II, it’s time to
Fix that!
Fix that!
HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES III: THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is here in a WEEK, so I'm offering a HOBTOWN REFRESHER COURSE for those who haven't been paying attention:
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Excited for this! And if you haven’t read Hobtown I and II, it’s time to
Fix that!
Fix that!
This looks amazing
Toronto Public Library coming through with some great horror programming.
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
Classics of Gothic & Horror: At the Mountains of Madness
Join acclaimed authors Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle as they discuss H.P. Lovecraft's genre-bending masterpiece with host Naben Ruthnum.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This looks amazing
Real cities are places where you can move through them safely and easily no matter if you drive, walk, take transit, or bike. The province needs to invest in our transit system. c.org/fS95gKjxMh
Sign the Petition
Fund Transit Fairly: Restore the 50/50 Agreement
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Real cities are places where you can move through them safely and easily no matter if you drive, walk, take transit, or bike. The province needs to invest in our transit system. c.org/fS95gKjxMh
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Beyond the numbers are people—renters, families, and communities struggling to find or keep a home. Budget 2025 was a missed chance to turn the tide on Canada’s housing crisis.
Here’s what’s missing: buff.ly/Chxxdwg
#RightToHousing #Budget2025
Here’s what’s missing: buff.ly/Chxxdwg
#RightToHousing #Budget2025
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Beyond the numbers are people—renters, families, and communities struggling to find or keep a home. Budget 2025 was a missed chance to turn the tide on Canada’s housing crisis.
Here’s what’s missing: buff.ly/Chxxdwg
#RightToHousing #Budget2025
Here’s what’s missing: buff.ly/Chxxdwg
#RightToHousing #Budget2025
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Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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🔔TOMORROW!!🔔
"HOUSING FIRST" REQUIRES HOUSING FIRST WEBINAR
Join the Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) Coalition for a webinar that explores the Finnish Housing First model. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc2zpysj
"HOUSING FIRST" REQUIRES HOUSING FIRST WEBINAR
Join the Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) Coalition for a webinar that explores the Finnish Housing First model. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc2zpysj
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🔔TOMORROW!!🔔
"HOUSING FIRST" REQUIRES HOUSING FIRST WEBINAR
Join the Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) Coalition for a webinar that explores the Finnish Housing First model. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc2zpysj
"HOUSING FIRST" REQUIRES HOUSING FIRST WEBINAR
Join the Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) Coalition for a webinar that explores the Finnish Housing First model. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc2zpysj
Crime fiction & climate change… nice to see my local paper @winnipegfreepress.com review of the @rhppress.bsky.social anthology On Fire and Under Water
November 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Crime fiction & climate change… nice to see my local paper @winnipegfreepress.com review of the @rhppress.bsky.social anthology On Fire and Under Water
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Next week Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 2 pm, join us as we host Alex Neve for a lecture titled Universal Human Rights: The case for strengthened domestic implementation in Canada. The event will be held in 108 St. John's College.
Learn more about Alex Neve below ⬇
#umanitoba #humanrights
Learn more about Alex Neve below ⬇
#umanitoba #humanrights
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Next week Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 2 pm, join us as we host Alex Neve for a lecture titled Universal Human Rights: The case for strengthened domestic implementation in Canada. The event will be held in 108 St. John's College.
Learn more about Alex Neve below ⬇
#umanitoba #humanrights
Learn more about Alex Neve below ⬇
#umanitoba #humanrights
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if you turn away every time you feel discomfort, your world will contract and contract and contract until you are incapable of connecting to others or imagining other ways of existing in the world
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
if you turn away every time you feel discomfort, your world will contract and contract and contract until you are incapable of connecting to others or imagining other ways of existing in the world
Thanks everyone who made it to our lunch n learn organizing meeting! We are building the campaign to protect tenants in Manitoba!
Friday Oct 24th noon - Join @r2hmb.bsky.social to learn how we can hold MB Premier Kinew to his word: End Huge Rent Hikes & Protect Tenants! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thanks everyone who made it to our lunch n learn organizing meeting! We are building the campaign to protect tenants in Manitoba!
Friday Oct 24th noon - Join @r2hmb.bsky.social to learn how we can hold MB Premier Kinew to his word: End Huge Rent Hikes & Protect Tenants! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Friday Oct 24th noon - Join @r2hmb.bsky.social to learn how we can hold MB Premier Kinew to his word: End Huge Rent Hikes & Protect Tenants! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
A melancholic blend of urban gay history, supernatural horror and memoir (autofictional horror?), this @daviddemchuk.com novel was a very good October read. Made me miss the Toronto of my 20s-30s.
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A melancholic blend of urban gay history, supernatural horror and memoir (autofictional horror?), this @daviddemchuk.com novel was a very good October read. Made me miss the Toronto of my 20s-30s.
West Broadway (Winnipeg) and area renters: the West Broadway Tenants Committee wants YOU!
our event is next Tuesday night 5-7 at Cornish library to get more tenants committee members.
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
West Broadway (Winnipeg) and area renters: the West Broadway Tenants Committee wants YOU!
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16, 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16, 1859.
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the police
Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
the police
Feel-good long read about skating, city planning and international cooperation - both official and not. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
The Ultimate Pilgrimage for the Middle-Aged Skateboarder
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Feel-good long read about skating, city planning and international cooperation - both official and not. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
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Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”
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It is important & I am very happy that those who peddled the logic of collective punishment by claiming that recognition of Palestine “rewards” Hamas lost their effort to deny Palestinians their basic human right to self-determination.
Recognition is not a reward. It is a right.
Recognition is not a reward. It is a right.
September 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It is important & I am very happy that those who peddled the logic of collective punishment by claiming that recognition of Palestine “rewards” Hamas lost their effort to deny Palestinians their basic human right to self-determination.
Recognition is not a reward. It is a right.
Recognition is not a reward. It is a right.
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The censorship will continue until free speech improves
September 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The censorship will continue until free speech improves
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This speech is now an Emmy winner.
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This speech is now an Emmy winner.