-- @sixthistle

The Child Reem (the soul of souls). December 23rd marks Reem’s birthday, but neither she nor her parents will celebrate it. Reem was the child who became famous as ‘The soul of souls.’ She was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 22/11/2023.

Today, 23rd December 2023 would’ve been Reem Ali’s 4th birthday. She shares this birthday with her beloved grandfather, Khaled Nabhan. Reem was killed a month ago with her 5 year old brother Tareq when an Israeli airstrike targeted their family home in Gaza as they slept.

Ziad Yaseen, 13 years-old, from Shija'iyah, Gaza, was shot by an Israeli sniper. Doctors at the European Hospital say they have never seen such injuries caused by such a weapon.

Thank you mayor Gondek for refusing to participate in the Zionist weaponization of this festival. You join many Jews like me who also refuse to accept funding genocide and genocide apologia as part of our “tradition.” During festivals of liberation we pray for a free Palestine.

Jyoti Gondek @JyotiGondek

3 years ago

1/2 On the eve of a beloved Calgary tradition, the annual menorah lighting at City Hall, I have learned that the event has been repositioned to be political. This breaks my heart. It is with great regret and sadness that I will not be attending. My statement is posted here.

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Thank you to Mayor Gondek for taking a stand against the conflation of Jewish tradition and support for the state of Israel. IJV-Calgary's statement on the matter follows in this thread

Jyoti Gondek @JyotiGondek

3 years ago

1/2 On the eve of a beloved Calgary tradition, the annual menorah lighting at City Hall, I have learned that the event has been repositioned to be political. This breaks my heart. It is with great regret and sadness that I will not be attending. My statement is posted here.

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It should terrify every, particularly nonwhite, person that the US cannot confirm or deny that it still believes in the Geneva Convention…

Nicola Perugini @PeruginiNic

3 years ago

The US administration refuses to confirm that the Geneva Conventions apply to Palestinians.

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To anyone in Alberta currently considering moving elsewhere after the election of Danielle Smith: I can’t tell you not to move. I can’t tell you not to do what’s best for you, your family, your safety, your livelihood, or all of the above—because I moved away from Alberta. Twice. However, I will say this: we can run, but we cannot hide from what we have all witnessed firsthand in Alberta. I know because I have tried to run from ‘it’ three times now. I moved to New York in 2016 so I could finally be ‘myself’ (see: 🏳️‍🌈) as I never felt safe enough to come out in Alberta throughout high school or university. In 2020 I moved back to Calgary—partly because of the *ongoing* pandemic that was first decimating NYC—but also away from the hateful Trump rhetoric that had changed the city I loved so quickly. Upon returning to Alberta, I found another man who parroted the same rhetoric Trump did—Jason Kenney. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing—from the Trump 2020/2024 flags on the trucks of men I went to high school with to the torch rallies and rise of blatant white supremacy and conspiracy theorists in Alberta streets. But moreover, I couldn’t believe that more Albertans weren’t outraged. I had just lived this for the past four years, and I was furious to come “home” only to be faced with more of what I had run from in the United States. Given the abundance of time quarantine allowed me (acknowledging my privilege here), I learned everything I could about Alberta politics, the UCP, Jason Kenney, and other like-minded politicians in Canada to understand better the parallels and relationships that allowed the same thing I had witnessed in the U.S. happen in Alberta. After a mental breakdown or two, I moved back to NYC in mid-2021—in part to take care of the life, belongings, and miscellaneous loose ends I’d left untied in the U.S. after leaving so abruptly (and subsequently being stuck in Canada for a lot longer than anticipated). I also left Alberta hoping that things would improve under the Biden Administration, but it has only gotten worse. From gun violence, police brutality, and poverty to the war on our reproductive rights, anti-trans rhetoric, and ICE terrorizing my friends, neighbors, and colleagues in a place I once called a ‘Sanctuary’ city. I write this now from the Yukon (where I was born and spent my childhood) with a heavy heart because ‘it’ is here too. The Yukon isn’t the home I left behind, either. From the furthest north in Canada to the furthest East in the United States, in what is considered progressive/liberal cities, I have yet to outrun ‘it.’ And we need to call it out for what it is—as this has historically been the only way to stop it. This “Trump/Republican-style” brand of politics is fascism, and fascist governments and alt-right movements are on the rise worldwide. No politician, political party, or vote will magically eradicate fascist ideology without dismantling the systems and beliefs that uphold and perpetuate it. Yes, some political parties might keep some of the harm at bay, but it’s not a long-term solution—there is no easy fix. It’s up to us—especially us as white settlers who first imposed these colonial governments—to engage in the lifelong work of fixing and maintaining a society that is safe for everyone to live with dignity. This didn’t happen one evening nearing the end of May in 2023 when a libertarian was elected premier, or even in the four years prior to that. It happened over decades of voting for incremental tax cuts that have failed to make us more prosperous and have succeeded only in making our society poorer. We put a price on our collective good and settled for a few hundred dollar pay cheques. In a province traumatized by a vicious boom and bust cycle, we let our trauma vote for momentary prosperity over our lasting collective welfare. #Abpoli #Ableg #AbElection

this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes

yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected]

Andrew Tate @Cobratate

4 years ago

Hello @GretaThunberg I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.

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@KiraMengistu @AOC

put this on a shirt

Bulph @_Bulph

5 years ago

Hey @ChickfilA i made you something for the upcoming Pride Month!

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if you expect a garden to "produce" things with the same regularity and sameness as a machine, you will be disappointed. if you try to maintain a garden the same way you would a machine, you will destroy it. the same is true of your body and emotional life. give into your garden.

you are not a machine. you are more like a garden. you need different things on different days. a little sun today, a little less water tomorrow. you have fallow and fruitful seasons. it is not a design flaw. it is wiser than perpetual sameness. what does your garden need today?

“In the Lethbridge justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police, who euthanize deer by running over them & allegedly stalk politicians, & God, who decides if that’s appropriate. These are their stories.” [DUNDUN] #ableg

That the @jkenney Government continues to fund the $30 million a year room while closing the $1.2 million Provincial library pretty much sums up their leadership so far. Way more on propaganda than actual research and informed decision making. They are not doing a good job.