Today, Palestinians held a mass funeral for more than 100 members of two extended families killed in a single Israeli strike in 2023. Their bodies could not be recovered until now because of shortages of equipment and fuel.
Julie Penner
@julespenner.bsky.social
Musician, mother, arts worker. I play violin with Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, JP Hoe, etc. Made radio/podcasts with The Vinyl Cafe and William Prince. I tend to post about Winnipeg, biking, urbanism, and politics. https://linktr.ee/JuliePenner
Over the weekend, a premature fetus was recovered from the rubble after an Israeli airstrike killed its pregnant mother. In another strike, 4 people were killed in their car.
2/ Unlike last summer’s @AirCanada fiasco 3 key differences this time 1) government didn’t get involved and make things worse 2) the company treated the issue seriously and tabled a strong offer before strike 3) everyone kept their cool. Even Danielle Smith said give it time
Terrorism arrests in the UK increased by 1,200% this year The 2,800 people arrested for supporting Palestine Action, is more than the number of people arrested for all terrorism offences in the last decade combined inews.co.uk/news/retired...
How retired teachers, nurses and vicars became Britain's newest terror suspects
Suspects arrested for holding signs reading, 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action'
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Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
This deserves to be ratio’d and I’m very disappointed that hasn’t happened. What f-ing myth are you speaking of in the year 2026? This isn’t the 1990s (where this was also proved as utter BS). #LillithFair @rollingstone.com - Do better.
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 5d agoSuccessful festivals produced by Olivia Rodrigo and Brandi Carlile are debunking the myth that women can't headline or lead concert lineups.
Sherri Rollins says she’s withdrawing her bid to keep her city hall seat after eight years, citing her concerns about the “gradual erosion of the role played by council” and the struggle to work co-operatively with the mayor’s office.
Rollins becomes fifth councillor to bow out of fall election
Sherri Rollins says she’s withdrawing her bid to keep her city hall seat after eight years, citing her concerns about the “gradual erosion of the role played by council” and the struggle to work co-operatively with the mayor’s office.
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Winnipeg, MB. The latest in the saga of a non-profit club that is using subsidized City space, using its money to try to compel the City not to use a portion of a neighboring riverfront space, because occasional parking (which we'll replace most of!) is more important than affordable housing, etc.
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 6d agoCritics of the proposed 12-storey housing project set for the parking lot of the Granite Curling Club were shut down at a city meeting Thursday as councillors allowed the development to proceed.
I can’t sleep this has bugged me all day. York Regional police have trained with the IDF. They are in Ford-country. Interviewing a witness in an interview room and finishing your notes is a completely normal thing to do, it’s a co-working space between police and council. This should scare everyone.
Resign, Carney. ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 6d agoThe police are allowed to beat lawyers now but keep thinking it won’t reach you. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After letting it sit empty and rot for 20 years, it’s good to see the Church of Scientology finally doing the bare minimum to keep Winnipeg’s beautiful Peck Building standing. They removed the cornice last year. The building is on the National Trust List of Canada's Endangered Places.
Just like at Air Canada, WestJet is continuing to force unpaid work on its cabin crew, in a sector made of mostly of women. Workers have been clear that they’ve had enough, with over 99% of CUPE 8125’s membership voting in favour of a strike. (1/4)
"should we replace a parking lot—" me: yes, next question "okay but should we replace a *money-losing* parking lot—" me: did I stutter? "should we replace a money-losing parking lot with a shelter for Indigenous women & children?" me: ...am I having a stroke right now? Is this what that feels like?
“The [Asper] family has supported the Holocaust gallery’s exhibition featuring survivors’ holograms and was about to announce new funding to expand it when news of the Nakba material came to light.“ All this over the tiniest exhibit you can imagine. #Winnipeg #CMHR
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · last wk.The Winnipeg family that led the effort to build the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will not provide support going forward, philanthropist and honorary board member Gail Asper says.
Also this piece confirmed or the first time that the State Department and USAID found Israeli military prison Sde Teiam was no longer eligible for military assistance from the United States under the Leahy Laws, but Blinken explicitly chose not to confirm this and cut off aid because of politics.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 2w agoThis long-form article paints an extremely damning picture of Biden, but also Blinken, Sullivan, Austin, and Finer who all seem to be trying to place the blame solely on their boss.
This post by Susan Abulhawa is appalling. And as @nexusproject.bsky.social points out, it isn’t her first blatantly antisemitic post.
The Nexus Project@nexusproject.bsky.social · last wk.🧵 People have rightfully pointed out that this post by Palestinian-American writer Susan Abulhawa is just the antisemitic "Stab-In-The-Back” myth with an anti-Zionist paint job on it. But there’s a little more to it.
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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I think it’s worth repeating that the position of the US government—by which I mean the permanent one, not just this administration—is that at a border crossing—even if you are a citizen—you are subject to federal law but not protected by the Constitution.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.“This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a ‘duress’ password built into a phone’s software”
Tobi Lutke, backing a scheme that makes zero sense, and being rude to those who successfully defended Toronto’s crucial asset
White South Africans by and large abandoned apartheid because the costs of maintaining it (economically, militarily, even being shut out of ever sporting event they could barge into) were too great over time, and that took years. Point being: they did so because of pressure and isolation.
The wild eyed radical communist continues to destroy capitalism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape
Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation
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Toronto, you’re going to love your new waterfront park! The next phase of Biidaasige Park is now open.
Netanyahu doesn’t represent my values, or the values of most American Jews. He is a war criminal and he deserves to be tried for it. The way for me to be safe as a Diaspora Jew is to not be associated with Netanyahu and his crimes. Our self-appointed community leaders seem to want the opposite.
Lots of coverage of US researchers, scientists and even private sector moving to Canada or Europe One under-rated story is the exodus of not-for-profits from the US to Canada and Europe I know at least five moving to Canada this year, and four to Switzerland and Netherlands
“Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.” It isn’t the first time Mamdani has spoken the truth about Netanyahu, but it feels good every time. Such a relief to have a politician affirm what we can see with our own eyes.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w agoBenjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
Just as the Trump admin's cynical use of "anti-antisemitism" to shut down higher ed makes confronting real antisemitism on campus harder, so too does the Russian gov's "denazification" campaign in Ukraine make confronting real antisemitism in Ukrainian nationalism harder. forward.com/news/839093/...
Vatican silent on Jewish villains in U.S. Ukrainian Catholic church pageants
Giant noses, peyos and booze are props in the Christmas-season plays called verteps, hosted and attended by church officials
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Trailblazing Canadian gay rights activist Michael Hendricks dies. Hendricks and partner René Leboeuf spent 6 years in court fighting for their right to get married before tying the knot in 2004, when they had already been together for 30 years. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Trailblazing Canadian gay rights activist Michael Hendricks dies | CBC News
Two years ago, Michael Hendricks celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary with René Leboeuf. Their wedding was broadcast across Quebec and marked the first time a same-sex couple married in the provinc...
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