Racism is systemic in Québec.
FYI It took the police 9 days to decide taking the time to boil water and throw it at a child is a crime...
AND NOW, she's out on bail. Must be nice to be white and pure laine, eh.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/woman-release-bail-boy-scalded-1.7370091 #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #CAQASTROPHE
It's been over two years since the initial release of the CLAP API for making audio effects and virtual instruments. Has the project been successful? Let's find out!
“Oxfam identified 23 superyachts owned by 18 billionaires and estimates the average annual carbon footprint of each of these yachts to be 5,672 tonnes, which is more than three times the emissions of the #billionaires’ private jets... This is equivalent to 860 years of emissions for the average person in the world, and 5,600 times the average of someone in the global poorest 50%.”
“The War on Bikes (in Toronto)” https://www.straphanger.blog/the-war-on-bikes/
“… let's address the very basic absurdity of the fact, unimaginable from a European perspective, that the affairs of a major metropolitan area could be dictated by a provincial authority”
This… THIS!
It’s refreshing I’m not singing from this songbook on my own.
/by @straphanger
🗣️ CANADA, DO NOT LET THE FASCISTS TURN YOUR COUNTRY INTO A BAD COPY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/113405027595406295
seriously, the world needs to do a billionaire purge STAT
Valérie Plante "doesn’t want Muslim women to feel erased", but a sign depicting a woman in a hijab at city hall will be removed nonetheless b/c it caused discomfort among the xenophobic pieces of garbage in Montréal. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/woman-in-hijab-on-signage-sparks-debate-in-montreal-1.7094226 #purelaine #BS #xenophobia #racism #MTLpoli #polMTL #cdnpoli #polcan
Despicable. Alberta wants to police pronouns, sex education, and youth healthcare. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-tables-bills-on-transgender-youth-health-care-students-pronouns-opt-in-sex-education-1.7370006 #cdnpoli #polcan
Elon #Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms - https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-citizenship-revoked-denaturalized/ probably another reason he is desperate for #trump to win - to pardon him....
During Canadian Federal Elections, poll workers have been known to direct husbands and wives to booths at opposing ends of the room, so as ensure spouses are not ‘monitored’ by each other. I have worked one once and was told by the husband “I just want to make sure she doesn’t make a mistake.” I told him that she was probably old enough to manage to make an ‘X’ on her own. She looked down as she smiled. He wandered off grumbling. I didn’t care how he reacted.
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/113403485880930199
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