.Gabrielle Peters 👩🏻‍🦽 talked during the heatdome about how disabled people have to plan more and evac sooner than non disableds bc of our healthcare and access needs, which aren't considered in emergency planning and therefore the systems in place do not account for earlier evac times.

This Saturday, Dec 3 at 2 p.m., you are invited to join @CBCMargaretG for an exciting literary conversation with Souvankham Thammavongsa, award-winning author of the short story collection How to Pronounce Knife. westvanlibrary.ca/AuthorTalks

My 12 year old said, regarding my thesis, "Just write it. Take a risk." rather than finish my research proposal, or, in her words, "a thing you write in order to get permission to write more." I'm not sure if "its better to beg forgiveness than ask permission" applies here?

#tfw all you wanted to know is whether it is mixed methods or mixed-methods and now you are reading an article that explains the derivatives and frequency of the term.

One of the great things about queer academia is sometimes you are doing research and come across lines like "some people really enjoy 69 as a sexual position" and you just get to go "nice" and consider whether to cite it.

I was today years old when I learned about Asana cat and now I will never be productive again.

I was “in the newspapers as a youth activist” level of O-U-T as a queer student at 16yo in 1991. EVERY SINGLE ONE of the objections we now see about trans youth was made about me, and I am FURIOUS at all the gays and lesbians my age who are falling for this now. To them:

Starbucks is actively blocking people who are calling them out on their illegal union busting tactics. If you’re pro-union, flood Starbucks’ replies with #ChangeIsBrewing. Show @starbucks that our voices will be heard and that we stand in solidarity with Starbucks Workers United !

I keep seeing "NSWF" in my notes and wondering why I have something not safe for work in my work notebook before realizing it's about North Shore Writers Festival 😅

Send me your pitch by Friday, May 13 to be considered for the 2022 Van Pride Magazine.

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I enjoyed The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo enough to seek out her other books, but I just devoured The Empress of Salt and Fortune and fell utterly in love. Starting on When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain with incredibly high expectations.

I really need neurotypical people to understand that one interruption, even if it's 'only' a 30 second interruption, is enough to derail the entire day of a person with ADHD if you do it when we've finally managed to get focused on a task.

ACTUALLY PRINT CIRCULATION IS STILL STRONG BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE CRITICAL TECH SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND PROGRAMMING THAT DECREASES ISOLATION WHILE BEING ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES YOU CAN EXIST FOR FREE WHILE BEING A COOLING CENTRE DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

Fundraising for my dear friend whose husband died, leaving her a single mom with 4 kids and suddenly down 1 income. Her mom, one of her main supports, suffered a heart attack today. Alex needs help so she can organize all the supports her family needs. gofund.me/d3538934