(guy who has supported 10 months of dropping bombs on children) “I condemn political violence”

ny still the sweeter city, and kudos to this young man at this cafe who very unironically told me that his favorite activity when visiting toronto was walking the PATH

"i watch the news and i see people swimming to receive packages from the sea. i swim to compete, they swim to survive." - palestinian swimmer, valerie tarazi.

"a lonely death." ya rabb

"khalas ya habibi." not a lonely death but a life suffused in love, until the end. ya rabb, i do not know the words to this prayer. shoulder to shoulder, saf ala saf, may we close ranks around the dead and the disappeared, this endless and wretched janazah for a burning world.

We are excited to announce that RavenLaw is now in Toronto! Our TO office expands our ability to represent unions and workers in the GTA. The office is led by Sevda Mansour, alongside Fathima Cader and Sarah Millman. Learn more here: ravenlaw.com/ravenlaw-launc…

so beautiful to me that TTC wait times don’t actually mean anything and are shown purely to make us question our own understanding of how time flows. is four minutes really four minutes or is it 10 minutes? is it 23 seconds? that’s for us to discover together

we desperately need more movement histories which study much loved radical projects that utterly failed. analyzing why & chronicling this w/ honest critique to build towards something better. we need this done not only by enemies but by people who sincerely believe(d) in them.

this is a corner store uncle. spends every evening smoking marlboro golds and drinking tea with sweaty men outside the store, then you find out one day he’s an electrical engineer or olympic marksman

cannot stress enough how much my goal in life is to be a corner store uncle

u should be allowed to skip work if ur unemployed friend wants to “go on an adventure”

West Coast LEAF stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As we bear witness to this genocide with horror, rage, and heartbreak, we cannot remain silent. Read the full statement: (1/3) westcoastleaf.org/statement-of-s…

every single one of these stories feels like a devastation of not only death but an unfathomable love in the face of unspeakable horror. ya rabb, courage in their name.

Lovely to mark 10 yrs since I got called to the bar by returning to Parkdale Community Legal Services this term as Acting Academic CoDirector w Amar Bhatia 🌱

thank you to Toronto Arts Council Toronto Arts Council & Toronto Arts Foundation for awarding me a grant for my novel, looking fwd to completing this first draft soon soon 🌱

looking fwd to co-hosting this poetry discussion & teach-in about Sudan's resistance committees, ft the incredible Sudan Solidarity Collective Toronto, Nov 9: instagram.com/p/DBT3FOxxLDj/… register: eventbrite.ca/e/thawra-lesso…