This is National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. 🧡 There are still 31 boil water advisories in Indigenous communities. Two of these are for reserves located only a 30 minute drive from London, Ontario. Clean water is a human right.

UK Coal xkcd.com/2992

I find it striking how in the aftermath of Helene, libraries are providing crucial community services like free wifi while cops are guarding stores with rotting food from potential "looters" instead of serving and protecting people. Worth considering how we spend local funding.

I can’t stop thinking about the devastating accuracy of this take on tradcath adult converts and their utterly stank vibes

So today's not just a day off It's not just a day to wear and orange shirt and pretend you're helping It's a day to mourn It's a day to share these stories so we all know and feel the pain that Indigenous kids had to carry for generations

Using today to reflect on our shared histories. nctr.ca. 🧡 The photo below is of an eagle feather found by one of our research team members this summer while doing field work. The kiptu feather is now in BK's care on the behalf of the DEEHR team, following Mi'kmaq teachings.

In conversations I’ve been having with fellow settlers this year, there’s been a lot about the language we use and not being “confrontational.” But truth requires us to be confrontational with ourselves and our systems. Settlers don’t get to decide how the story gets told.

I really want people to understand that this is just as awful and upsetting and invasive for a trans girl as it would be for a cis girl under the same scrutiny. Because when it happens to cis girls/women people get upset, but when it’s an actual trans girl somehow it’s “complicated.” It’s not.

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In order to determine whether a 15-year-old volleyball player was transgender, Florida police sought out her medical records to determine any changes in her body weight and asked her teammates if they had ever seen her nude. One detective referred to the girl as "it"

Just wanna say, as a Canadian you can walk into your voting station on the day of the election (or an advance polling station) and present your ID and a bill (if your address has changed) and vote. We are not required to register in order to vote. You should not need to register to vote.

Drunk off my ass at a cousin’s wedding. Living this good life.