miki_lou

miki_lou, 2 days ago to Writers

#Yellowknife's annual #Writers festival Northwords features #Indigenous authors, northern #authors, visual #storytellers, #poets, #spokenword artists. It's going to be great! https://northwordsnwt.com/2024-festival/

#books #bookstodon #NWT #Canada

miki_lou, 2 days ago to Norway

"#Norway's Supreme Court is deliberating on a case that could grant local control over a vast area in the country's far north — and set a groundbreaking precedent for #Indigenous land rights in Europe." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/karasjok-norway-indigenous-1.7189214

#LandBack #Sami #Sampi #IndigenousRights #Decolonize

miki_lou, 6 days ago to Canada

This is wrong! "Major industrial resource projects under provincial jurisdiction that spew massive amounts of #carbon emissions will no longer trigger federal #environmentalassessments — a move that's angering #environmental groups." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/environmental-assessments-climate-change-1.7192998

#Canada #ClimateCriminals #ClimateEmergency #cdnpoli #EpicFail

Snowshadow, 7 days ago to news

When a leader tells you he wants to be a dictator believe him.

"Love the idea or hate it, experts say federal use of notwithstanding clause would be a bombshell"
"
"I will be the democratically elected prime minister, democratically accountable to the people," he said. "And👉 they can then make the judgments themselves on whether they think my laws are constitutional, because they will be."👈
[not the courts!!]

@gemelliz
#News #Politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/historic-potential-notwithstanding-federal-use-1.7193180?cmp=rss

miki_lou, 9 days ago to Alberta

Another #CarbonCapture scam. https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/05/01/statement-in-response-to-another-failed-carbon-capture-project/
#abpoli #Alberta #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

miki_lou, 14 days ago to climate

The power of #satire!
#cdnpoli #climatechange #NeverVoteConservative

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2024/04/poilievre-promises-if-elected-climate-change-will-be-the-least-of-our-worries/

miki_lou, 20 days ago to Alberta

Bracing for another destructive #wildfire season. https://cabinradio.ca/179753/news/environment/wildfires/wildfire-alert-for-northern-alberta-spooks-nwt-residents/

#Alberta #NWT #ClimateBreakdown #drought #WaterisLife

Handout, 23 days ago to random

"After two days of massive police presence, over fifty officers swarmed onto campus, entering the bounds of the encampment in riot gear as they began unzipping tents and circling the protesters remaining on South Lawn."

Shafik authorizes NYPD to sweep ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ as officers in riot gear arrest over 100 https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/18/shafik-authorizes-nypd-to-sweep-gaza-solidarity-encampment-as-officers-in-riot-gear-arrest-dozens/

dangillmor, 25 days ago to random

Elon Musk controls Twitter. He is a right-wing extremist who actively engages in and promotes lies and loathing. He has made it clear, again and again, that he hates the press (unless it's favorable to him). As NBC News explains, his site welcomes Nazis. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-twitter-elon-musk-nazi-extremist-white-nationalist-accounts-rcna145020

All of which makes me ask again, with growing despair, why journalists continue -- by actively participating on Musk's site -- to actively support this evil man's business.

purplepadma, 27 days ago to random

Just had this message from a friend and I am raging! “Think my running journey is over... Didn't make it2 10k as ran past a man who whistled at me & then stuck his foot out. Couldn't dodge it fast enough so went flying. Not sure I'll have the confidence to go out again
Being a woman feels really hard sometimes... 😔😔” Picture of cut lips and hand.

I have been cat called so many times running, and once a young man slapped my bum from behind and tried to pull me into the bushes, but I think this is worse. Why the fuck is women feeling powerful through running something men feel compelled to try and take away?

Do not “not all men” me

br00t4c, 29 days ago to ontario

Ex-Thunder Bay police chief charged by OPP with obstruction, breach of trust

#ontario #police

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/sylvie-hauth-charged-1.7172194?cmp=rss

miki_lou, 1 month ago to Israel

"Harper, who was a hard-line supporter of #Israel while prime minister, has promoted Awz Ventures in Israeli media outlets and has said that the company is a chance to “continue what I did in government.” https://breachmedia.ca/stephen-harpers-firm-behind-spy-tech-israel-is-using-to-target-gazans/

#NeverVoteConservative #Genocide #FreePalestine #SettlerColonialism #surveillancecapitalism

miki_lou, 1 month ago to Canada

A long, depressing read, #Canada but read it you must. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/

#cdnpoli #farRight #democracy #FreePress #NeverVoteConservative

miki_lou, 1 month ago to languagelearning

"an #earlychildhood educator and the founder of Bee You Kids, which offers dolls of different ethnicities and abilities.
She sells dolls with Down syndrome, albinism or vitiligo, as well as dolls that use wheelchairs or hearing aids." https://cabinradio.ca/176614/news/yellowknife/i-decided-to-open-a-toy-store-that-would-include-everybody/

#toys #inclusivity #NWT #Yellowknife #learning #play

miki_lou, 1 month ago to climate

"Over the last four years, the federal government’s total financial support to the oil and gas industry was at least $65 billion. That level of support could have fully funded every major wind and solar project in Canada from 2019-2021 twelve times over. It is ten times what the government has invested in #climatechange adaptation since 2015." https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/03/27/as-the-climate-crisis-worsens-the-federal-government-in-canada-continues-to-give-billions-in-funding-for-fossil-fuels/

#ClimateCriminals #cdnpoli #BigOilPuppets #FossilFuelSubsidies

miki_lou, 1 month ago to random

This beautiful art by Christi Belcourt shows we are all connected by water and have a responsibility to care for her. #WaterIsLife #worldwaterday

RickiTarr, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-flees-university-of-memphis-stage-after-facing-off-with-booing-protesters

What is interesting is so many young white men believe they are entitled to respect by birthright, and when it doesn't go as expected, they act as if society has rejected them, and completely lose their shit. They think they have a right to violent behavior, because the world is so "unfair" Meanwhile, this is only a tiny taste of what minorities deal with every day.
In conclusion, dude you literally got away with murder, SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.

cue cringey Joker meme

CindySue, 1 month ago to books

Decided to go to the car to read this. I was sitting in the library, but the subject matter is so personal to me. I was sitting there with tears. Maybe it's a sign that I am not in the right place for this book, but I will never be there so... Powering through is what I will do.

@bookstodon

#books #nonfiction #read #bookstodon #reading #SexualAssault #SupremeCourt

miki_lou, 1 month ago to Canada

#NeverVoteConservative #Canada #cdnpoli #Lies #CorporatePuppets https://breachmedia.ca/poilievre-fundraiser-lobbyist-conservatives/

miki_lou, 1 month ago to Health

"The scientific evidence is stark that reducing #inequality is a fundamental precondition for addressing the #environmental, #health and social crises the world is facing. It’s essential that policymakers act quickly to reverse decades of rising inequality and curb the highest incomes."https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3

#NoMoreBillionaires #WealthTax #cdnpoli #democracy #climateBreakdown

ai6yr, 2 months ago to repair

Replaced the door seal on my 1999 Toyota 4Runner: In terms of difficulty, give it a 1 out of 10 (simple). Remove 4 screws, snap out plastic panels in the way, pull old seal, replace with aftermarket replacement seal, snap panels back in, screw the screws back in. #auto #repair #autorepair #4runner

ArgelagaOnFire, 3 months ago to bookstodon Catalan

Wow! This one here is a real pageturner! I'm still in the middle of it and I'm enjoying it a great deal! Have you read it?
#lisasee #bookstodon @bookstodon

lunalein, 4 months ago to books

2023 in #books, inspired by https://shereads.com/traci-thomas-best-books-of-2023/ and I'd love to see other people answer these, too!

Two books I loved, part 1: Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda, which is about four entrants in a classical piano competition in Tokyo, and the characters are all interesting and charming but best of all it just has wonderful writing about music -- like the title itself as a description of how a particular player makes a particular piece sound. It's beautiful, and unlike many books with multiple POVs, I loved all the protagonists equally and was never annoyed by a switch at the wrong time. Just beautiful stuff.

@bookstodon

claudiac, 4 months ago to books

📖 Every book lover has a TBR list a mile long. 📚 What's next on your to-be-read list?

Let's talk about the books that you can't wait to read! 📣

#books #read #tobereadlist #whatarereading

kcfromaustcrime, 7 months ago to books

Couple of bookclub gatherings ago, we read Devotion by Hannah Kent. Amazing experience.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/435971/review#reviews

Everything in this story is leading somewhere amazing. It's emotional, beautiful, touching, surprising and so incredibly moving. Sniffed, snuffled and out and out cried my way through the last part of this book.

#Review
#books
#bookstodon
#BookReview

@bookstodon