Erica Violet Lee
@ericavioletlee.bsky.social
nêhiyaw, Irish, writer.
raised by the prairies, homeward bound.
support my community: prairiehr.ca
https://linktr.ee/ericavioletlee
raised by the prairies, homeward bound.
support my community: prairiehr.ca
https://linktr.ee/ericavioletlee
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Time to prepare, beloveds. If you are considering stocking up, remember that these pills do expire eventually, and *do not* discuss your actions online or via unencrypted communication. Take no shit, and leave no trace.
www.plancpills.org
www.plancpills.org
PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state
Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.
www.plancpills.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Time to prepare, beloveds. If you are considering stocking up, remember that these pills do expire eventually, and *do not* discuss your actions online or via unencrypted communication. Take no shit, and leave no trace.
www.plancpills.org
www.plancpills.org
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They put up a billboard on Hwy 2 and it's beautiful.
#abpoli #abortionrights #healthcare #choice
abforabortion.ca
#abpoli #abortionrights #healthcare #choice
abforabortion.ca
ABforAbortion | It's Your Choice.
Volunteer-led, community-funded. This campaign is a love letter to all Albertans, because everyone deserves the freedom to choose.
abforabortion.ca
May 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
They put up a billboard on Hwy 2 and it's beautiful.
#abpoli #abortionrights #healthcare #choice
abforabortion.ca
#abpoli #abortionrights #healthcare #choice
abforabortion.ca
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Take a look up into the skies
May 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Take a look up into the skies
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“It has been more than 30 hours since I last ate. At times, I go as long as two days without food”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel is starving us in Gaza. This is what that feels like | Aya Al-Hattab
Because of the blockade, hunger is part of our daily reality now. It is deep and cruel, and there is no relief, says Palestinian writer Aya Al-Hattab
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“It has been more than 30 hours since I last ate. At times, I go as long as two days without food”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Personal space no longer existed."
"The tents were so tightly packed into the Yarmouk stadium [..] that I heard every sound as if there were no barrier at all."
"I am just a woman who wants to close a door behind her and a space to be alone to cry in."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Genocide
"The tents were so tightly packed into the Yarmouk stadium [..] that I heard every sound as if there were no barrier at all."
"I am just a woman who wants to close a door behind her and a space to be alone to cry in."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Genocide
Suffocating from the lack of privacy
The walls of a tent barely divide space, let alone protect dignity.
electronicintifada.net
May 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Personal space no longer existed."
"The tents were so tightly packed into the Yarmouk stadium [..] that I heard every sound as if there were no barrier at all."
"I am just a woman who wants to close a door behind her and a space to be alone to cry in."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Genocide
"The tents were so tightly packed into the Yarmouk stadium [..] that I heard every sound as if there were no barrier at all."
"I am just a woman who wants to close a door behind her and a space to be alone to cry in."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Genocide
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"Files documenting the worst abuses at residential schools are set to be destroyed in 2027 and [..] some survivors say they didn't know they could opt to have their files preserved."
"[T]o destroy them is to destroy the truth of what really happened."
#Canada #Incarceration #Genocide
"[T]o destroy them is to destroy the truth of what really happened."
#Canada #Incarceration #Genocide
Files documenting worst abuses at residential schools to be destroyed unless survivors ask otherwise | CBC News
Despite a multi-year outreach, some residential school survivors say they didn't know they need to request their Independent Assessment Process files be saved or else they'll be destroyed in 2027.
www.cbc.ca
May 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Files documenting the worst abuses at residential schools are set to be destroyed in 2027 and [..] some survivors say they didn't know they could opt to have their files preserved."
"[T]o destroy them is to destroy the truth of what really happened."
#Canada #Incarceration #Genocide
"[T]o destroy them is to destroy the truth of what really happened."
#Canada #Incarceration #Genocide
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Seventeen Jordan's Principle staff workers of the Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre have been laid off this week after the executive director says Indigenous Services Canada Jordan's Principle funding for tribal councils who serve off-reserve clients.
17 Jordan’s Principle staff laid off in Manitoba | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Seventeen Jordan's Principle staff workers of the Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre have been laid off this week after the executive director says Indigenous Services Canada Jordan's Principle funding for tribal councils who serve off-reserve clients.
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DOJ "website has removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people."
"A widely cited 2016 study [..] showing that Native American women were more likely than White women to experience a slew of different types of violence is no longer accessible."
#USA #Policing
"A widely cited 2016 study [..] showing that Native American women were more likely than White women to experience a slew of different types of violence is no longer accessible."
#USA #Policing
Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites
The removals came ahead of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day of Awareness.
19thnews.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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the state of Twitter: you can reply to any image of a woman with a request to Grok to undress her to her underwear and it will comply and post the reply in thread: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...
Elon Musk's Grok AI Will 'Remove Her Clothes' In Public, On X
Elon Musk’s AI bot is undressing women on X.
www.404media.co
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the state of Twitter: you can reply to any image of a woman with a request to Grok to undress her to her underwear and it will comply and post the reply in thread: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...
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92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
May 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.
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I wasn't able to attend the local MMIW/MMIR event today but I want to take a second to honor the Indigenous trans women who have been murdered or gone missing, as well as other Two-Spirit relatives, who are too often left out of our memorials. Savannah Ryan Williams, Aubrey Dameron, Nex Benedict...
May 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I wasn't able to attend the local MMIW/MMIR event today but I want to take a second to honor the Indigenous trans women who have been murdered or gone missing, as well as other Two-Spirit relatives, who are too often left out of our memorials. Savannah Ryan Williams, Aubrey Dameron, Nex Benedict...
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"You need the ocean for this: to stop believing in reality. To ask yourself impossible questions. To not know. To cease knowing. To become intoxicated by the smell. To close your eyes. To stop believing in reality."
- Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest
- Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest
April 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"You need the ocean for this: to stop believing in reality. To ask yourself impossible questions. To not know. To cease knowing. To become intoxicated by the smell. To close your eyes. To stop believing in reality."
- Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest
- Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest
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Switching things up a little over at my Substack, specifically the paid tier, and half of all proceeds are going to Gaza Funds. Also LOOPER fan art! For the full text, see the post here open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
Thank you everyone!
Thank you everyone!
January 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Switching things up a little over at my Substack, specifically the paid tier, and half of all proceeds are going to Gaza Funds. Also LOOPER fan art! For the full text, see the post here open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
Thank you everyone!
Thank you everyone!
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To put this power back in people's hands, I've written a full freedom of information request that you can fill out, sign and submit for free to Calgary Police. [Other cities should do the same.]
The file and instructions are at the bottom of the story: 11/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
The file and instructions are at the bottom of the story: 11/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police is monitoring social media of citizens
As Chief Mark Neufeld announces his resignation, a ten-month investigation by Drug Data Decoded reveals extensive social media monitoring by his media relations unit that could violate privacy regulat...
drugdatadecoded.ca
May 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
To put this power back in people's hands, I've written a full freedom of information request that you can fill out, sign and submit for free to Calgary Police. [Other cities should do the same.]
The file and instructions are at the bottom of the story: 11/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
The file and instructions are at the bottom of the story: 11/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
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@desmondcole.bsky.social told the authors of a 2020 report:
"One of the most important features of surveillance is the way in which it alters our behaviour... It alters our mind, literally. It forces us to consider that we are being watched... to self-regulate."
citizenlab.ca/wp-content/u... 10/
"One of the most important features of surveillance is the way in which it alters our behaviour... It alters our mind, literally. It forces us to consider that we are being watched... to self-regulate."
citizenlab.ca/wp-content/u... 10/
citizenlab.ca
May 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@desmondcole.bsky.social told the authors of a 2020 report:
"One of the most important features of surveillance is the way in which it alters our behaviour... It alters our mind, literally. It forces us to consider that we are being watched... to self-regulate."
citizenlab.ca/wp-content/u... 10/
"One of the most important features of surveillance is the way in which it alters our behaviour... It alters our mind, literally. It forces us to consider that we are being watched... to self-regulate."
citizenlab.ca/wp-content/u... 10/
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THREAD: How Calgary police is monitoring social media of citizens.
Yesterday, Calgary's police chief surprise-announced he is resigning.
This coincided with my story showing social media surveillance by his office that runs counter to rulings & CPS policy. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Yesterday, Calgary's police chief surprise-announced he is resigning.
This coincided with my story showing social media surveillance by his office that runs counter to rulings & CPS policy. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police is monitoring social media of citizens
As Chief Mark Neufeld announces his resignation, a ten-month investigation by Drug Data Decoded reveals extensive social media monitoring by his media relations unit that could violate privacy regulat...
drugdatadecoded.ca
May 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
THREAD: How Calgary police is monitoring social media of citizens.
Yesterday, Calgary's police chief surprise-announced he is resigning.
This coincided with my story showing social media surveillance by his office that runs counter to rulings & CPS policy. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Yesterday, Calgary's police chief surprise-announced he is resigning.
This coincided with my story showing social media surveillance by his office that runs counter to rulings & CPS policy. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
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East Hastings St
Downtown Eastside
Downtown Eastside
May 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
East Hastings St
Downtown Eastside
Downtown Eastside
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The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."
Canadian writer Canisia Lubrin wins $150K Carol Shields literary prize
The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."
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Much love for Filipinx comrades and community impacted by horrific violence during Lapu-Lapu Day celebrations.
For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access resources thru Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together.
Share widely:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access resources thru Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together.
Share widely:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Filipino Emergency Response - Request Form
If you need support, please enter your contact information below. Please note, that this is not an immediate service and one of our members will try our best to reach out to you as soon as we can.
I...
docs.google.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Much love for Filipinx comrades and community impacted by horrific violence during Lapu-Lapu Day celebrations.
For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access resources thru Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together.
Share widely:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access resources thru Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together.
Share widely:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Legal forms of resistance and litigation strategies aren't the only ways to fight. Thinking so misrepresents the past and weakens the present. It also reveals a strong naivete about the supposed objectivity of oppressive laws. I wrote about it for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/04/29/t...
Another way out: Doing what’s right isn't all about what’s legal
Overemphasizing what’s legal and illegal is about returning to a normal where the screams were more easily muffled, distant, and ignorable for many
prismreports.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Legal forms of resistance and litigation strategies aren't the only ways to fight. Thinking so misrepresents the past and weakens the present. It also reveals a strong naivete about the supposed objectivity of oppressive laws. I wrote about it for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/04/29/t...
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As an anthropologist, if the only thing I ever did all day was remind people that before the privatization and commodification of land humans had way more free time and peace of mind, it would still not do a dent in how deep this myth has burrowed into people's colonized minds like a parasite
Liberalism is pretty good actually, it's why we have the time and peace of mind enough to even be having these discussions. Every tangible step towards civil rights is founded on the stability brought about under liberalism
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
As an anthropologist, if the only thing I ever did all day was remind people that before the privatization and commodification of land humans had way more free time and peace of mind, it would still not do a dent in how deep this myth has burrowed into people's colonized minds like a parasite
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We are proud to introduce our next Workshop4Sudan w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore on May 5 at 12 pm (EDT). This wkshp will among other things allow 4 reflections on what internationalism frm below might look like, given abolition requires it + how we apply it to diff. contexts.
chuffed.org/project/work...
chuffed.org/project/work...
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
We are proud to introduce our next Workshop4Sudan w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore on May 5 at 12 pm (EDT). This wkshp will among other things allow 4 reflections on what internationalism frm below might look like, given abolition requires it + how we apply it to diff. contexts.
chuffed.org/project/work...
chuffed.org/project/work...
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Poilievre's actual announcement today:
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
Watching Pierre Poilievre’s press conference in Hamilton right now, and his speech has devoted extended amounts of time to repeating two debunked claims:
1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)
1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)
April 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Poilievre's actual announcement today:
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s