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Journalist, activist, author of "The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power" for bookings, contact Scott Sellers: ssellers@penguinrandomhouse.com
Torontopenguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075/t…Joined April 2010
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in 2018, Mark Saunders (then chief of Toronto police) was asked why his officers harm and kill so many Black people he tried to dodge the question by talking about how many dead Black boys he'd "stepped over" as a homicide detective remember his record as he runs for mayor
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the whole damn thread
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The controversy over MPP Sarah Jama's RT re #KhaderAdnan's death after 87 days of #HungerStrike in Israeli captivity is so instructive. The major point is that #ApartheidIsrael adversaries r using bullying/harassment tactics to make it nearly impossible to mourn Palestinian life.
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Our hockey team finally beat the curse, but not everyone avoided a first-round playoff sweep 5 tents were evicted on Lower Simcoe at breakneck speed this week. Residents were given immediate clearing notice vs a typical deadline of 3+ days, seemingly to make way for Leafs crowds
Photo of Toronto's Transportation Services issuing a Notice of Violation with an uncharacteristically "immediate" deadline to clear tents on Lower Simcoe
Screenshot of a Daily Hive headline and photograph showing large crowds at Maple Leaf Square, now extending to Lower Simcoe Street. HEADLINE: "Maple Leaf Square expanding for the mass crowds expected for round 2 of playoffs"
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St. Peter at the pearly gates with a spreadsheet explaining how many hours you lost to people trolling you
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Khaleel Seivwright!
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Hilary Agro 🍄
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If you're in Toronto, I highly recommend checking out this documentary screening tomorrow! It's about the carpenter who made tiny homes for unhoused people and was banned by the city for it: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-d #yyz
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"Cameras scan Palestinians' faces as they walk through certain areas. An AI system then uses a colour code to tell soldiers whether to arrest, question, or let the person go."
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Israel is allegedly using a new facial recognition system to monitor Palestinians without their knowledge and enforce “automated apartheid,” says @amnesty.
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Abolish CIRG
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This comes after and earlier call last month to BAN the C-IRG from Gitxsan territory, which was denied. It is call for the cessation of hostile acts on the land, limiting the number of RCMP on their territory to 9 authorized officers. Stay tuned for the updates on this meeting.
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I snapped today cause I've been shopping there for two years and I'm tired of being followed. yes, the minimum-wage "asset prevention" dude is just following orders, and the orders are trash instead show us your garbage bins full of food you cowards
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in keeping with the principles of surveillance and law enforcement, they want a power imbalance at all times we defend our ability to follow you, even if we don't have a claim against you. we can even deny we're doing it, because that keeps us in a position of authority over you
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sorry I'm not done yet bc the convo with the manager was revealing... I said, if your staff think I'm doing something wrong, they should own up to it instead of denying it, and continuing to follow me around the store manager made a face and disagreed when I said this
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every time I walk in that place I hear "security zone B" or whatever. the people you're afraid are gonna steal from you could live well on what you throw in the garbage! fuck
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and Galen Weston Jr., may all your avocados be scanned as bananas at the self-checkout
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got followed around by the "asset protection" person at my local
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today. when I turned around and asked are u following me, they denied it I told the manager I'm not stealing from you, but given your prices I hope someone else is tired of this bs
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RIP Ahmad Jamal one of my favorite piano players ever any time someone asks what's a good record to start out with when looking to get into jazz, this one is always in my starting 5 list a perfect LP - goes down easy but sticks with you & only gets better from repeated listens
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Bailão is not fighting to raise the rates of OW and ODSP before you tell me that's a provincial responsibility, nearly everything Bailão has promised so far involves asking the province for money
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This morning, at Allan Gardens Food Bank, I announced five measures to support food banks and help tackle food insecurity across Toronto. #TOPoli
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