Shannon

Relocated again, settler on the land of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen-speaking peoples.
Mostly retweets.

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

Five years ago, this was the last normal week of our lives

It’s been half a decade you guys

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

TAKE A BOW KERRY GALUSHA

Her 174th game at the Scotties is her last of her career. Ranks fifth all-time for games played at the Scotties.

And what a career for @kkoeyk. You’ve made the north so proud, Kerry. Congratulations on an amazing career.

[Neil Pasricha @NeilPasricha]

Dear Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation),

My 10-year-old son was identified with a need last year and had to change public schools.

I now bike him 2.2km to school in the mornings and he bikes home alone.

We use the 8-year-old Bloor Street bike lanes which make the roads safe for him to do this.

With the roads full of Amazon delivery vans, speeding Ubers, massive buses, and whizzing food delivery e-bikes my son was nervous to bike alone.

We got him a rear view mirror and bike lights and practiced together a few times.

He uses the Bloor Street bike lanes which are full of many other kids riding to and from school.

You are now proposing to spend $48M in provincial taxpayer money (1) to overrule the wishes of the City of Toronto (2, 3, 4) to rip out these bike lanes, which you know pose a direct safety threat. (5)

If this happens we’ll need to ask his grandfather to pick him up in his car.

I’ll likely start driving him in the morning more since his grandfather's car can’t fit his bike on the way home.

Instead of what we need and want—*more* bike lanes that are proven to ease congestion, traffic, and pollution (6)—you’re proposing I spend more money, use more gas, spew more fumes, get less exercise, and create more car traffic.

In 2017 you spoke about bike lanes on @TVO and said: "You're nervous when there's no bike lanes. At least I was. We have to make sure there's never a death in the city. One death is way too many when it comes to bicycle riders. I felt so much safer when it's separated." (7)

Please reverse course here.

Keep the bike lanes.

It’s not too late.

Thank you,

Neil Pasricha

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(1) https://t.co/WjzQIoEyBo
(2) https://t.co/iUtYBV0Oon
(3) https://t.co/GWPYwNR4BW
(4) https://t.co/2KFaHnQIoO
(5) https://t.co/JVP4TuOAUv
(6) https://t.co/bV3WO9gboI
(7) https://t.co/TO9TdnGZn4

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CC: Ontario Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria (@PrabSarkaria), Ontario MPP Marit Stiles (@MaritStiles), Ontario MPP Jessica Bell (@JessicaBellTO), Ontario MPP Chris Glover (@chrisglover), Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow (@oliviachow), Toronto Councillor Alejandro Bravo (@bravodavenport), Toronto Councillor Dianne Saxe (@DianneSaxxe), Doctors for Safe Cycling (@Docs4Cycling), Cycle Toronto (@CycleToronto) Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland), Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau), Jon Haidt (@JonHaidt), Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids), and Jeff Speck (@JeffSpeckFAICP)

[Kudlak @InuitRose54]

I missed my family so much that I cried every night for six months at residential school. One night, I was whipped with willow branches on my back for crying. I was 7 years old. The next day, the nurse applied sauve and bandages on my back. I guess it was like caning.

[Shannon @_ulluriaq_]

Fact.
I do it constantly.

[bonky @shesbonky]

dear fellow white people

stop pretending we don't also use code switching (just born out of much lower stakes)

or are you trying to tell me your words, cadence, and tone are the same at a work meeting as they are watching football with your bros

gtfoh

[bonky @shesbonky]

dear fellow white people

stop pretending we don't also use code switching (just born out of much lower stakes)

or are you trying to tell me your words, cadence, and tone are the same at a work meeting as they are watching football with your bros

gtfoh

[Go Bluesky (@StrictlyChristo.bsky.social) =🦤➡️🦋 @StrictlyChristo]

Sure, it's bad, but all I'm saying is we have to get over it.

[Fatima 𓂆 فاطمة 🇵🇸 @fatimasal82]

Canada Day is not about you. You know who it is about? The Indigenous population this country continues to exploit and enact genocide on in the name of colonialism and white supremacy. It’s not about you Michael. You are a white man in so called Canada. You are not oppressed.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

This lady is an English teacher who’s been roasting incels by correcting their grammar and it’s currently my favorite thing on the internet

[StuffyCat Xanadu @turboxanadu]

After all the clips from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s speech at Benedictine College, here's the response

[Shannon @_ulluriaq_]

🤢

Wtf is Preborn?

[Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @MarkGerretsen]

🚨 Last week, Pierre Poilievre threatened to override the fundamental rights & freedoms of Canadians.

Today, we saw Pierre's Conservative MP follow in his leader's footsteps & attack the Morgantaler decision - the Supreme Court ruling that decriminalized abortion in Canada.

[Michelle Cyca @michellecyca]

for @thewalrus, I wrote about the misguided, self-serving attempts by Canadian employers to cover up their institutional problems by strategically positioning Indigenous people in front of them. https://t.co/knXRpkHoJD

[Brishti Basu @brish_ti]

This image is Canadian racism in a nutshell. Disturbing.

[Shannon @_ulluriaq_]

@angiebaby709 @deathbybadger I got some of my nana’s china, I use it everyday. Yes, the dishwasher faded it… I still love using it, and will till each plate breaks

[Christina Farr @chrissyfarr]

This post from Olivia Munn is such a stark reminder ladies of why we need to be a lot more proactive about breast cancer. Munn tested negative for any of the genes known to be associated with increased risk. But a risk assessment score led to a biopsy, which led to a diagnosis.

[Cabin Radio @CabinRadio]

Almost a week past its previous latest-ever opening date, the Dettah ice road is no closer to being built. The ice is still not thick enough for work to begin.
https://t.co/Xd78Ln8Exf