hmm, i've about had it with the bloor street "car lanes" experiment. literally no one uses these things. how can businesses expect to survive when there's no space for customers to linger?

can you guys retire "the right wing / chuds don't know what to do with trans men and forget they exist and will be So Confused by them!!!!" already. they are fully aware trans men exist and the thing they do to trans men is violently abuse and murder them

*my best morpheus impression* Which will you choose? A collection of fics that is possibly my best shitpost, or a collection of super serious spicy stories that definitely has no jokes in it and definitely isn’t a shitpost? bailey-saxon.itch.io/the-dee-dee-... bailey-saxon.itch.io/sugar-and-sp...

Art with a silly idea for post prison Geiru Toneido: becoming a mime, because it's a type of clown no one wants you to be. The prison therapist said it might help her work through things, and she does get to do very narrative acts that are like mirror rakugo.

I love writing Danielle Smith so much because I truly believe this is what she would say if she thought she could get away with it.

Remember when elon made a deal with Cuomo to lease land for a solar panel factory for $1, and then only made like 200 solar panels That kind of grift is exactly what they envision when talking about "bringing back manufacturing jobs"

Gigafactory New York - Wikipedia

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Toronto still obsesses about "shadows" from buildings. We need much more shade along streets & in all public spaces. Bring back awnings along high streets!

Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · 19h ago

I was recently in a few Spanish cities, including Malaga, and it was great to see shade structures all around. The critical thing is that European cities care about people outside of cars. North American cities mostly don't. Shade matters for people walking, biking, rolling, and waiting for buses

Orange! #deltarune

I interviewed Carney and all I got was this article (and existential dread)

The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com · 2h ago

Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground

SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 3h ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

A Palestinian father has opened an indoor play centre in Gaza to give children a sense of normality as they continue to endure near-daily Israeli attacks, with free entry for families who cannot afford to pay.

Miku. She's an anime character. Everyone else is still live action.

The Independent@the-independent.com · 8h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

It's hard work.

‘We've never seen [such] fuel dryness’: B.C. officials struggle to get wildfires under control Hear more on APTN News Brief:

APTN News Brief: "Explosive and extremely dangerous": B.C. fire official says dry conditions unprecedented

Our lead story: as the out of control Bradley Creek wildfire rips through an area near Vernon, B.C.—destroying some 230 homes, including thirty Okanagan Indian Band residences—a provincial offi...

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Here's another nose-stretcher from the Canadian Press. Some dude claims Canada is as anti-semitic as Nazi Germany and national media give him an unquestioned platform. Isn't there someone in an editorial newsroom somewhere who asks the obvious question "Why would we repost such bullshit?"

@lapin2.bsky.social · 4h ago

It gets worse. This so called US rabbi, representing the facist racist US & Isreal, and who recently met with Canadian officials is calling Canada Nazi Germany. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Please help Hassan get the medical treatment he needs!

Leti (she/they/meow)@letiuchiha.bsky.social · 2d ago

"My little brother Hassan used to have a beaming smile. Now, his face bears the scars of painful burns, and every day he suffers. We urgently need $170 for his treatment. Please don't ignore this post. Your donation, or even just sharing, could help save his life. 💔🙏". chuffed.org/project/moh01.

The $30 million AIPAC wasted in Michigan, wasted trying to help Haley Stevens, could have been used to fully fund and deliver 6 million malaria nets to sub-Saharan Africa. Or, it could have fully paid for universal free school breakfasts in Mississippi, America's poorest state.

I can personally attest to Ela's chops as a writer.

Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)@ela-bambust.bsky.social · 4d ago

Right here! And this bundle of available for another month!!

Ibrahim urgently needs medical care, please donate/share to help!

Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · yesterday

Ignorance and silence cost my baby girls their lives. How many times must this heartbreaking loss repeat before my eyes? 💔 Now Ibrahim suffers severe dehydration & acute pneumonia, needing €200 for treatment. Indifference destroys lives. Please help before it's too late!😭😭 chuffed.org/project/191450

Please help him get a new phone! He is raising money for his mother and needs a working phone to share her story!

Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 21h ago

STOP. 🙏🏻 Please You are my hope 💔 My mother is struggling with severe eye problems and losing her sight My phone the only way I share her story and ask for help is now broken I’m trying to keep my family going Even $10 can help save a family’s life chuffed.org/project/help... Can you donate? ❓

Update on the gobbo! She posed and it's time to make the fit! Here's a sketchup of her gear 🥾

Please help this family get the food and medical care they need!

Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 8h ago

💔 We are starving in North Gaza. I can't provide food for my children, and my little daughter is sick and urgently needs treatment. We have no money for medicine or food. Any donation, no matter how small, can help save her. Please donate or share. 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1908...

Please do what you can to help her save her daughter!

Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 7h ago

I am asking you not as a fundraiser, but as a terrified mother who cannot lose another piece of her soul😭,sila is suffering every single minute. Is saving my child impossible? Please,prove to me that humanity still exists.Donate now to save my daughter 🙏💔😔plz help🥺🙏 chuffed.org/project/1730...

Everybody help Wolffie because she is rad and deserves it

Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Author & Narrator@autumnwolff.bsky.social · 3h ago

We’re almost to the halfway point of my rent assistance goal for the month. Thank y’all so much! 🥰 When the goal is funded, I’ll let y’all vote on the next free short story and cooking stream for August. ko-fi.com/autumnwolff/... #mutualaid

Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 15h ago

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

Simplified quick studies 🌥️ #procreate

When a writing org (or company providing services to authors) starts bleating about how great "AI" is, look to see which of their higher-ups has recently set themselves to profit by the grift.

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

Link to petition to give Hoesktra the boot : www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 7h ago

Canadians are fed up with lying Pete Hoesktra. He puts the ass in ambassador. There is a national campaign to make him persona non grata. Here is my call out to get Canadians to sign the parliamentary e-petition to give him the bum's rush. @meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com youtu.be/dw5JtXUuJZs?...