Sylvia
@sylvianowak.bsky.social
Artist & scholar.
Organizer with 230 Fightback.
Often found at the Toronto Zine Library.
(She/Her)
sylvianowak.com
Organizer with 230 Fightback.
Often found at the Toronto Zine Library.
(She/Her)
sylvianowak.com
Listening to jays on the radio means I get to hear ads for private MRI scan services over and over…
October 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Listening to jays on the radio means I get to hear ads for private MRI scan services over and over…
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i gotta tell ya if you say the word "zine" and hand me a perfect bound book my expectations have not been met
October 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
i gotta tell ya if you say the word "zine" and hand me a perfect bound book my expectations have not been met
ZIIIIIIINES
We’ve had so many great artists reach out about carrying their zines that Sylvia has gone ahead and made a proper section for them! (thanks to Perry and Brendan as well!) Made something cool? Reach out via email and let us know!
June 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ZIIIIIIINES
Listening to @iwriteok.bsky.social pronounce my hometown(s) is quite entertaining.
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Listening to @iwriteok.bsky.social pronounce my hometown(s) is quite entertaining.
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Stop making those little AI image generator memes of yourself as a Barbie or a Ghibli character you are enriching evil companies and destroying the planet and this is like one of the easiest things you can just not do
April 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Stop making those little AI image generator memes of yourself as a Barbie or a Ghibli character you are enriching evil companies and destroying the planet and this is like one of the easiest things you can just not do
I need @iwriteok.bsky.social to do an episode on BTB about Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador… because the Wikipedia leaves me with a lot of questions.
April 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I need @iwriteok.bsky.social to do an episode on BTB about Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador… because the Wikipedia leaves me with a lot of questions.
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People’s Assembly for Housing Justice
A two-day event bringing together housing organizers and community members to confront the housing crisis facing Toronto and beyond.
#housingjustice #torontoevents #housingforpeople #peopleoverprofit
A two-day event bringing together housing organizers and community members to confront the housing crisis facing Toronto and beyond.
#housingjustice #torontoevents #housingforpeople #peopleoverprofit
April 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
People’s Assembly for Housing Justice
A two-day event bringing together housing organizers and community members to confront the housing crisis facing Toronto and beyond.
#housingjustice #torontoevents #housingforpeople #peopleoverprofit
A two-day event bringing together housing organizers and community members to confront the housing crisis facing Toronto and beyond.
#housingjustice #torontoevents #housingforpeople #peopleoverprofit
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Toronto's #developers are harming our communities so we're challenging their upscale gatherings. @230fightback.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Toronto's #developers are harming our communities so we're challenging their upscale gatherings. @230fightback.bsky.social
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🎂We’re so excited to officially launch our Paperjam 2025 poster designed by volunteer Hailey and printed by our official sponsor, NetPlaza !
April 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
🎂We’re so excited to officially launch our Paperjam 2025 poster designed by volunteer Hailey and printed by our official sponsor, NetPlaza !
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Oscar winning No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal reportedly attacked by masked assailants and subsequently arrested by Israeli army. povmagazine.com/no-other-lan...
No Other Land Director Hamdan Ballal Reportedly Arrested by Israeli Army - POV Magazine
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal reportedly attacked by masked assailants and subsequently arrested by Israeli army in violent episode.
povmagazine.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Oscar winning No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal reportedly attacked by masked assailants and subsequently arrested by Israeli army. povmagazine.com/no-other-lan...
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All the Big Five publishers are currently profiting from misogyny, white supremacy, and fascism.
btlbooks.com/blog/view/fc...
btlbooks.com/blog/view/fc...
February 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
All the Big Five publishers are currently profiting from misogyny, white supremacy, and fascism.
btlbooks.com/blog/view/fc...
btlbooks.com/blog/view/fc...
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A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
March 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
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We're at @housingjusticenow.bsky.social in Montreal where @cynthiablack.bsky.social is speaking about Big Tech vs #housingjustice
March 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We're at @housingjusticenow.bsky.social in Montreal where @cynthiablack.bsky.social is speaking about Big Tech vs #housingjustice
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"The housing crisis will not be solved by a policy debate. This is a social movement. This is class war!" - John Clarke #housingjustice
March 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"The housing crisis will not be solved by a policy debate. This is a social movement. This is class war!" - John Clarke #housingjustice
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🚨Inbox: Palestinian Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, a negotiator for the student encampment last spring, has been detained by DHS agents “without the physical demonstration of a warrant or officially filed charges.”
March 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚨Inbox: Palestinian Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, a negotiator for the student encampment last spring, has been detained by DHS agents “without the physical demonstration of a warrant or officially filed charges.”
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“If ... all you’re doing is providing incentive for private developers to add new units to the market that are priced high and not rent-controlled, how can you possibly (suggest) those policies are contributing to housing affordability?” @ricardotranjan.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/one...
One quarter of Toronto’s condos now exempt from rent control following 35% hike in rents over six years
About 8% of the Toronto area’s purpose-built rental stock is now exempt from rent control, while 25% of condo units would be exempt if rented out, a Star analysis found.
www.thestar.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“If ... all you’re doing is providing incentive for private developers to add new units to the market that are priced high and not rent-controlled, how can you possibly (suggest) those policies are contributing to housing affordability?” @ricardotranjan.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/one...
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Please share:
I'm putting together an anthology zine of fantasies, any genre! Whether you dream of sexy encounters, reliable public transit, a delicious meal with friends, or a world beyond capitalism, whether it's a sentence or a short story, I'd love to hear it.
I'm putting together an anthology zine of fantasies, any genre! Whether you dream of sexy encounters, reliable public transit, a delicious meal with friends, or a world beyond capitalism, whether it's a sentence or a short story, I'd love to hear it.
February 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Please share:
I'm putting together an anthology zine of fantasies, any genre! Whether you dream of sexy encounters, reliable public transit, a delicious meal with friends, or a world beyond capitalism, whether it's a sentence or a short story, I'd love to hear it.
I'm putting together an anthology zine of fantasies, any genre! Whether you dream of sexy encounters, reliable public transit, a delicious meal with friends, or a world beyond capitalism, whether it's a sentence or a short story, I'd love to hear it.
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The image of the night.
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The image of the night.
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We've prepared a zine version of our text "It’s Safer in the Front."
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
February 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
We've prepared a zine version of our text "It’s Safer in the Front."
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
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It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests
January 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests
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Latest school shooter:
"...Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black.
He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke,..."
"...Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black.
He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke,..."
January 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Latest school shooter:
"...Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black.
He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke,..."
"...Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black.
He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke,..."