I like reading all the remote work/office work essays, but feel weird about how many of them land on the conclusion that remote work is more worker friendly and the calls to get people back in the office are all capitalist corporate overlord propaganda to prop up retail rent

So excited about this - finally a readathon that I don’t feel conflicted about neglecting my series finishing goal to participate in 😍

is there a support group for people who will put ridiculous amounts of work into details of hobby projects for improvements that no one will ever notice, while also at work not being able to tell that half the graphs in a presentation is in dark grey not black?

PSA: Even if you are healthy and fully vaccinated, it is still completely normal to not want to get infected, and reinfected with COVID-19.

I don’t know why I have to keep explaining to people that lifting mask requirements on PUBLIC TRANSIT means high risk people cannot safely exist. If you want to take your mask off at TGI Fridays or something go off I guess but can you at least let us have PLACES WE NEED TO EXIST?

In 1959, Eugene Ionesco wrote the absurdist play Rhinoceros in which one by one, an entire town of people suddenly transform into rhinos. At first, people are horrified but as the contagion spreads, (almost) everyone comes to accept that turning into a rhinoceros is fine. 1/

The next time you hear someone say being trans is a mental illness (what with the attempted suicide rate and all), let them know that in the mid 20th century as US states adopted no-fault divorce, it’s estimated that the suicide rate among women fell between 16-30% /1

In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. 🧵:

Don't get it twisted: anti-Indigenous racism and stanning for the colonial status quo is at the heart of residential school denialism.

If schools don’t teach children about gender identity, don’t teach them it’s okay to be trans, if kids media isn’t allowed to have trans characters; their first experience with transness on screen WILL BE porn or it WILL BE dehumanizing jokes. That was my experience. It sucked.

i know what i'm about

One of the biggest hurdles trans people have, is that when we tell cis people what the TERFs/GCs aims are, they think we're exaggerating. You can quote the rhetoric verbatim, and folks'll be like; "No, nobody's that comically evil. Mandate you out of existence? Surely you jest!"

The fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire is a week today. The shocking revelations from the inquiry have been heard by too few. So here is a thread which I will update over the next few days with some of the things you may have missed:

new panniers in Ottawa this evening. the drama of the next 12 hours is if they’ll make it out for delivery in Gatineau in time tomorrow for me to take them to the farmer’s market at lunch 🤞🤞🤞 #nomoresweatybackpack

Here's a thread about residential school denialism, using this example 🧵

Non-Indigenous people: please remember that September 30th isn’t a day of celebration or joy for us. For many of us, it’s a day that reminds us of loss and is a day of mourning and remembrance. Please remember this when smiling with your friends for a pic in your orange shirts.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if CUPE workers are essential to keeping schools open and kids in class…then they are also essential enough to receive a decent wage. I urge you: Support CUPE workers…and stand against starvation wages everywhere. #IStandWithCUPE