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Serra Sea

@gimblerocket.bsky.social

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Recent emigrée from the other place. Social justice warrior. I like cats, bikes, podcasts, investigative journalism, many kinds of music, and general nerdery. Toronto 🇨🇦

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who is happily childfree, me, too!

Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 1d

I think part of it is making time for activities that bring you joy.

Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone know a good Toronto- or Ontario-based employment lawyer? A friend got laid off and is looking for help to negotiate the best severance package he can.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 2d

Given how ridiculously expensive it is to live in Tofino, if you can even find somewhere.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 2d

I assume it's actually that there aren't enough Canadians to staff it *at the wages they're offering.*

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 3d

I hope so, too.

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · 4d

I think the fact that we allowed cops to lie openly with no real consequences is part of How We Got Here. If the people with the ability to shoot others in the street are allowed to lie about it, you can't expect other officials to abide by a higher standard.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d

The cure for loneliness is making plans with friends, saying yes to new things, and dealing with stuff like long commutes. For example: on Wednesday, I went to a Blue Jays-Yankees playoff game with a friend despite the long subway ride to the Bronx and a desire to hide in my apartment. It was fun!

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 5d

The difference between how this officer speaks to the cyclist, versus how he speaks to the driver is unacceptable.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 5d

Jeebus. Because Smith doing a half-assed job would definitely have prevented the current "revenge tour."

Brains made of soup.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 5d

To the bicyclist who we saw hit by a driver near the Blaisdell YMCA this morning: I'm glad you're ok physically, and hope you can work through the psychological trauma that comes from being hit by a driver.

To Minneapolis drivers: STOP HITTING PEOPLE.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 5d

And Devin is doing the same. Tickets were up to £200 and nobody was allowed to say anything critical about the government, the country, religion, etc.

Devin's pointing out what an equivalent scenario in the west would be.

Grown adults made choices and we're allowed to comment on those choices.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 5d

That is a very different scenario than a famous person (many of whom are rich) who is the one who makes all the choices about the jobs they will or will not accept. Let's not pretend that the power dynamics are equivalent.

Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 5d

I'm making up a scenario based on the actual events in Riyadh. Who do you think was in that audience? Rich Saudis who are friendly with the regime or the people the regime is oppressing? Did any of the young people he interacted with criticize the government at all?

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 5d

Who is the audience, though? It's going to be Trump and his rich buddies, not the people they're oppressing.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 5d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a bit of a wimp and even I frequently bike in Toronto in winter, as long as it's not snowy or icy. Was just a matter of getting some windbreaker pants.

Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 6d

I find it hilarious when fellow Canadians say it's impossible to bike for 8 months of the year. Like, which ones, dude?

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 6d

The thing about the people complaining about how it'll destroy the #AI industry if they have to ask for permission or respect copyright have remarkably little to say about what they're doing to other industries, like publishing.

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NPR @npr.org · 6d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 6d

This is beautiful!!

Serra Sea @gimblerocket.bsky.social · 7d

Mike, if that was true (big if), the solution could be simply paying the hospital more for the American.

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Tiina-Liisa 🇫🇮🇨🇦 @tiina-liisa.bsky.social · 7d

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Things Most People Don't Know About the Strike! - From Your Neighbourhood Postal Workers
Myths
1. Canada Post is "Losing $10M a Day."
2. Strikes Stop Essential Mail.
3. Workers Are Overpaid.
4. Mail Is Dying Anyway.
5. Canada Post Drains Taxpayers.
6. It's Just About Wages.
7. Canada Post Has No Alternatives.
8. Privatization Would Fix the Post Office.
9. Workers Are the Problem.
Facts
That number is padded with accounting tricks and one-time costs-designed to scare the public and blame workers. Pension cheques, benefits, and medicine are still delivered. Nobody is "held hostage."
Over the past four years, the cost of living has jumped about 16.5%, yet Canada Post's proposed 13% raise doesn't keep up-leaving workers and their families falling behind.
Letter mail is down, but parcels and admail volumes have exploded. Losses come from mismanagement, not workers' wages.
Canada Post funds itself and has handed over $1.5B to taxpayers. The recent $1B loan wasn't for workers most went to cover bond maturities and other non-
wage costs.
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Workers are also fighting unsafe
workloads, short staffing, rising injuries, pension threats, and insecure temp jobs -while executives, including 15+ Vice- Presidents protect their pensions. CUPW already proposed weekend parcel delivery, postal banking, and green. energy hubs. Management blocked them
- then blamed workers for falling behind. The plan is to starve the service, declare it broken, then sell it off. Elsewhere, privatization meant higher prices, fewer services, and rural communities abandoned.
Management drags out talks waiting for back-to-work laws. Your neighbourhood postal worker is painted as "costly" or "unreasonable," while executive bonuses and mismanagement get a free pass.
Please Support your Postal Workers and Take Action to Stop the Attack on Canada Post, Hands off Your Post Office! For contact info and for more information, please go to CUPW.ca
cupw⚫sttp
Canadian Union of Postal Workers

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