Dress right for hostile architecture by Sarah Ross

some of you live here

For anyone who doesn’t understand why Palestinians have every reason to fear they are now facing permanent expulsion: Here is a thread with quotes from the Israeli defense establishment this month. No comment. Just direct quotes. Here’s the first one.

The entire federal NDP caucus has written to the Prime Minister to demand Canada call for a ceasefire today. Please read our urgent letter.

Happy 62nd birthday to Jeff Probst, host and executive producer of #Survivor. 🎂

I encourage you to share the words of Israeli holocaust historian Omer Bartov, a leading expert on genocide. He cites some of the overwhelming evidence that does not seem to be making its way into the information bubbles of a lot of U.S. liberals:

Doctors Without Borders urgently requests that the Canadian Government do everything within its power to achieve an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza . Read our letter: bit.ly/3QzzHQq

history repeats itself

Warming centers are at 100% capacity in Toronto. It's -19° at the moment. Hypothermia risk is real. And the biggest talking point this week is that homeowners are mad property taxes are going from the lowest in the province to the 5th lowest.

As a genocide scholar, I have tried to understand the arguments I have read for why Israel’s conduct in Gaza does not constitute genocide. I struggle. The counter-arguments are not difficult. Here are 8 arguments I've heard and what I think in response. 1/n

You have to be innocent, but not too guilty. You can never say you want to push your husband off a roof. You have to say you want to be German, but also you have to be French. You have to have a blind son but you can't ask him for shit because that's crass. You live among goats b

Sign petition e-4802 to call on our government to reinstate UNRWA funding and advocate for other countries to do the same. There was no basis for this funding to be pulled. We must demand this decision be reversed. ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

if it’s not off limits, it’s on period

#ONStorm #ONwx Another example of stunning asperitas clouds over Eastern Ontario - this time in Carleton Place. This photo looks so unreal it could be a painting! 😮 These clouds tend to form when there’s a disturbance in the atmosphere, often after a storm or in the presence of

October 6, 2023

Doctors, nurses and paramedics describe the horrors they witnessed in Gaza. They specifically detail how Israeli forces cruelly target Palestinian children. This is blood boiling and heartbreaking in equal measure.

Every single one of these mayors should be chased from office. They would rather suspend basic human rights than do their jobs or ask the premier to actually fund social services. Asking for the latter is at least as easy as signing this letter. Complete absence of leadership.

Woman opposite me is T9 texting on a flip phone at the speed of sound. To see a traditional skill, a near-lost art like that demonstrated with such virtuoso takes the breath away.

and if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike!