About 45 per cent of people experiencing homelessness for the first time are over the age of 55. “Unfortunately, many seniors are one unexpected expense or rent increase away from losing their housing,” said B.C.’s seniors advocate Dan Levitt. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

Senior Surprised to Find Herself Unhoused Four Years After Retirement | The Tyee

Elizabeth Davis lost her apartment after months in hospital. She was discharged to a shelter in the Downtown Eastside.

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Meanwhile, the Canadian government is prolonging the gas tax holiday. So it's now basically functioning as a gas subsidy, paid for by public funds, to keep Canadians in their gas guzzling vehicles for as long as possible.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 4d ago

The millions of Chinese drivers who turned to charging stations over gas pumps as the Iran War drove up fuel prices have helped shift the country’s climate trajectory

BREAKING: 9 activists arrested protesting gender affirming care reductions in MA More here: assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

BREAKING: 9 Activists Arrested After Demanding MA AG Restore Trans Youth Care - Assigned Media

In Boston, Massachusetts this afternon a group of 40 protesters associated with Protect Trans Futures ratcheted up pressure on the Attorney General’s office to take action against providers who have c...

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More harrowing reporting on this from Springfield via @rns.org's @kathrynpost.bsky.social: Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE Note the header image: That's the people praying over Pierre Damas Bel's grieving family. religionnews.com/2026/09/01/t...

Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — ‘All I want is to see my husband back,’ said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also...

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d ago

A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.

To some voters, it will sound far-fetched that centrist Democrats would deliberately tank a winnable Senate race to keep the Left down. But it’s hardly unprecedented. And in Michigan, a handful of them are saying it outright.

Centrist Democrats Are Trying to Throw the Michigan Race

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate race could decide control of the chamber. Yet some centrist Democrats are openly working to sink his campaign — because they’d rather hand the seat to a Trump-backed Republican than let the Left gain a foothold in their party.

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This had never occurred to me but I think it’s great. Taking a Waymo is such a gross violation of the social contract that I think shitting in it is absolutely fair game. They exist outside of the normal rules.

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · 6d ago

People love to shit in Waymo cars... and more. We know because we spoke with one of the workers paid to clean them. bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

To anyone paying any attention at all, it was always clear they would move from targeting youth trans care to adult trans care. Now, Wales' gender clinic has shut down surgeries for transgender adults, because too many trans people were getting care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Wales Gender Clinic In The UK Pauses Surgeries Over Accusations That They Help Too Many Trans Patients

UK doctors are notorious for delaying trans people’s care. One clinic didn’t—now, they’re being targeted.

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New guidance - set to come into force this month - says teachers must not use materials that “encourage” pupils to question their gender.

English schools to segregate Trans+ kids from toilets – including those who've already transitioned – from September

New ‘Keeping Children Safe In Education 2026’ (KCISE) guidance sets out in detail the limits now placed on schools on supporting Trans+ children

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Section 28 is back then.

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 5d ago

New guidance - set to come into force this month - says teachers must not use materials that “encourage” pupils to question their gender.

He’s about to be very shocked by his party’s stance on electoral reform!

Liberal Party • Parti libéral@liberalca.bsky.social · 6d ago

Congratulations to Tanveer Shahnawaz, our next Liberal MP for Beaches–East York! Tanveer has served his community for nearly a decade, and he’s ready to continue that work with Mark Carney and our Liberal team — building a stronger Beaches–East York and a stronger Canada.

After banning them from the military, Pete Hegseth's Defense Department is withholding tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in severance from transgender veterans, some of whom are now homeless or relying on food banks to feed themselves and their families because of it

This is murder. They are murdering this man by denying him treatment.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d ago

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Aug After forcing trans service menbers out, the Pentagon is now stiffing many for tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they were promised, leaving many of them destitute and on the street. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance

Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.

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Just fund the goddamn schools and hospitals, you fucking clown.

Frances Meh@francesmeh.reviews · last wk.

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Carney to kids: Drop dead #cdnpoli #cdnmedia www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation | CBC News

The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.

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You know, it’s really hard to be a good person about this Milo Yiannopoulos thing.

Starbucks workers not only announced a major boycott this week… we're also winning MORE UNION ELECTIONS in our stores! Real, material change for working people happens when we take action together. ✊ CONGRATS to partners in 💪Oakland, CA 💪Amarillo, TX 💪Denver, CO

Over on Twitter, Rep. Max Miller made me delete a post. I have thoughts. amandalitman.substack.com/p/rep-max-mi...

Rep. Max Miller made me delete a tweet

Some thoughts...

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NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · last wk.

🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...

Struggling to get over how openly corrupt this is.

Indy lass@pixie11.bsky.social · last wk.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham came to Lambeth yesterday to promote Sainsbury's workfare scheme for 10,000 young people to work for free in their supermarkets. Sainsbury's cut 3000 jobs last year while simultaneously posting a £1 billion profit 😡 www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves

Media coverage around Michigan’s Senate race and Abdul El-Sayed’s ties to Hasan Piker has become constant and hysterical. Less discussed: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers’s career-long advocacy for an Iran war now wreaking economic havoc on Michigan.

Mike Rogers Pushed for War With Iran for Two Decades

Media coverage around Michigan’s Senate race and Abdul El-Sayed’s ties to Hasan Piker has become constant and hysterical. Less discussed: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers’s career-long advocacy for an Iran war now wreaking economic havoc on Michigan.

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ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last wk.

A man and woman embrace as ICE and FHP detain her during an immigration stop in Fort Myers this morning.

RIP Tim Curry. I hope you find the place uncorrupted by capitalism.

Other Canadians… are you guys getting that Spirit Guide ad on Crave?? Or did I hallucinate that?

We don't build an independent Canada by throwing billions of public dollars on sectors that are already disproportionately US-owned — like weapons, AI and fossil fuels. This is a look-in-the-mirror moment for Canada. Let's make our country stronger, safer and more affordable for the 99%.

Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter registration and history files to find what it describes as fraud.

ICE Wants the Country’s Voter Data

Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter registration and history files to find what it describes as fraud.

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Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.