A huge, huge thanks to all the incredible volunteers and sponsors who made PyCon Canada #PyConCA2019 a massive success!

Most theft is wage theft. Meaning, the dollar value of stolen wages is greater than the value, each year, of all burglaries+robberies, shoplifting, auto theft, combined. Yet, wage theft is NOT A CRIME 2/

Today we celebrate all Indigenous Peoples of Turtle of Island. We recognize that we are not a monolithic people and we are as diverse as the lands and waters that breathe life into our communities. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #LandBack #IndigenousRights #ThisIsICA

You know what’s free, doesn’t criminalize houseless people & doesn’t need to go through negotiations with cops? Re-appealing the bylaws that make it illegal to camp in parks. This by law should not exist until everyone is provided housing. Here’s how to make it happen ⬇️

Your country has just dug up the bodies of over 1300 children that died in its "schools" Your country is fighting against the survivors of those "schools" for compensation. There is nothing to celebrate this July 1.

Complete the survey for the People's Budget that Defund 604 created and share your ideas on better ways to support our community with the 3.4 million dollars for more deadly force the Vancouver Police Department demanded. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We can get clean drinking water to the space station and construction on parliament buildings never stopped due to Covid so there is no excuse for this. Just a lack of political will and action.

Ok, hear me out. No one goes back to work. We turn office buildings into housing for the homeless with mental health and other services. Others become free mental health clinics, free student housing, and greenhouses. The rest we tear down and plant Indigenous trees and plants!

👋🏼 If anyone needs some extra #python #django help, I know a Nigerian developer who amazing to work with who is looking for some short to medium-term work to fill her queue. #hiretech I would hire her if we were hiring right now.

Me as a web designer: man, I can’t find any illustrations featuring Black people. Like fr. Also, me: ok, let me build this. 80,000 downloads later: Blackillustrations.com Thank y’all. 🙌🏾💯

Since it's Disability Pride Month, I'd love to address something I see many issues with out in the wild: Wheelchair etiquette There are appropriate and inappropriate ways to interact with someone who is in a wheelchair. Knowing them benefits all involved. A non exhaustive 🧵

I'm not sure how you can look at this and then say: therefore the state needs to subsidize corporate profits even further.

On average 42% of BC wildfires are human-caused with 59% sparked by people last year. Be responsible and report wildfires to 1-800 663-5555 or *5555 on your cell.

Every parent needs to know this.

Powerful and heartbreaking words from a frontline BC healthcare worker whose hospital was the site of one of many anti-vaccine passport/health measures protests held today here and across the country.

Police seek help identifying alleged sexual offender on SkyTrain vancouversun.com/news/police-se…

“Software architect” is out of fashion “architect” implies “design (mostly) before building starts” We need design in software dev, design that never stops

#BREAKING NEWS: Squamish RCMP warn of man with rifle, urge people to stay indoors citynews1130.com/2021/09/28/squ…

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