Nathan Sherwood (he/him)

Anti-capitalism, social justice, friends, family. Recovering engineer. Ambivalent landlord. Amateur parent. Homemaking it up.

[Laura Ip (she/her) @LauraIp4Region]

In my work as a Regional Councillor and a community member, I pledge to continue to defend rainbow equality – because a more free and equal Canada is a better Canada for everyone.

[Nii'kinaaganaa @NiiKinaaganaa]

Nice shoutout in @thenarwhalca ! Miigwech to Julie Gordon for including us in her piece and to Jim for letting us know about it.

Miigwech as well to new monthly donors Margaret and Madz and to Selma for her one-time donation.

https://t.co/yRjwg58I9f

[Brittany @prideforMO]

I don’t wear 🌈 items to tell you who’s in my bed. I wear 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ so the family across the street knows they are safe. So the couple in the restaurant know they aren’t alone. So the boy who sees me notice him looking at dresses knows I won’t judge. I wear pride bc you make them hide

[Laura Ip (she/her) @LauraIp4Region]

"Protecting kids" by barging into a room and screaming obscenities in front of them.

The same people who carry on about "parental rights" are mad when those parents exercise their right to take their children to storytime.

https://t.co/WsmlSufhKN

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Another day, another transphobic New York TImes article.

Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria isn't real. There's no evidence of it. They've tried to find it.

So now they've changed the definition of "Rapid" to 2-4 years.

[Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis @RevJacquiLewis]

Slave Bibles cut out Mary's words.
Entire countries outlawed speaking them.

Still the mother of God calls, refusing to be silenced. Proclaiming a world where the hungry are filled, the rich are sent away empty.

God's eternal embodiment among the marginalized. Merry Christmas ❤️

[Nathan Sherwood (he/him) @natosurewould]

@L__Ip Can I ask where you got them? I’ve been taking the fam to the local chain pharmacy the past few years and I’m looking for something a little more friendly.

[The Breach @TheBreachMedia]

A strong and growing majority of Canadians want the government to build public housing again—after decades of Liberal and Conservative cuts.

Watch our video on the legacy of public and non-market housing:

https://t.co/M3ajQn3mUj

[Investigative Journalism Foundation @IJFMedia]

Food and Beverage Canada is looking for more support from the federal government in finding housing for temporary foreign workers. In July, a visiting UN official compared Canada’s temporary foreign worker program to a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.”

[Laura Ip (she/her) @LauraIp4Region]

This morning, at Corporate Services Committee, this motion passed (not unanimously):

CSC-C 18-2023
Motion – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Damaging Impacts of Hate and Intolerance

Moved by Councillor Redekop
Seconded by Councillor Heit

WHEREAS respect for the views

[daanis @gindaanis]

I have an idea for next year y'all. Instead of booking NDNs for all the events that exploit our collective trauma between Sep 30 and American Thanksgiving, how about you book us from January - August and then spend cringe season talking to each other about what you've learned

[daanis @gindaanis]

A sense of identity, whether it is individual or collective, is rooted in existence over time. It is rooted in shared history.

Canada distances itself from its history. As if colonization and the violence that both enacted and maintains it was done by somebody else

[The Breach @TheBreachMedia]

Canada was once on track to be a leader in high-speed rail—and then we chose highways.

But we don't have to stay married to cars. A different future is possible with renewable, accessible public transit.

[haudenoshouty @MOHAWKEMOTIONS]

In court with @landbackskyler and a bunch of other Haudenosaunee land defenders, awaiting decisions on criminal charges related to @1492LBL but includes other related charges.

[El Jones @ElJonesPoet]

Ok, but this is all taken from Black feminists who have been writing and talking about this for decades.Audre Lorde said this ages ago. Why not have a Black feminist do this series, as with so many of the ideas that come from Black thinkers unacknowledged. https://t.co/pwgbnOSv1V

[The Breach @TheBreachMedia]

A former Neskantaga chief has likened Ontario’s hunting and fishing laws to “gentle genocide” eroding the nation’s ability to live on their territory.

Now several First Nations have filed a $95 billion lawsuit—damages for a century of Treaty 9 violations.
https://t.co/Zj04oh9094

[Niagara Region @NiagaraRegion]

Attention all green thumbs! We're giving away free compost from May 8-20 in exchange for a charitable donation.

#Niagara residents can visit one of our three landfills to collect up to three 20L bags of compost. Your plants will thank you. 💚

More info: https://t.co/bLFpP89k2C