(I added the bold)

Civil society, human rights groups, and faculty associations broadly oppose the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism (known as “IHRA”) because it purposefully conflates criticism of Israeli policy with antisemitism and is frequently deployed by supporters of Israel to unfairly shut down Palestinians perspectives.

All across the country our political leaders are getting behind coercive intervention

Has Singh called for this? Trudeau? Nah, this is a right-wing “blame, project, dehumanize, and profiteer off of victims” initiative.

Involuntary treatment (of already marginalized people) in for-profit ‘health care centres,’ backed by venture capitalists. This is some dystopian AF shit

Have you considered immigrating to occupied Palestine then? Useful reminder, since you seem confused: anti-genocide ≠ anti-semitism

You’re not allowed to say that without prefacing it with “scientists suspect” or something similar /s

Would you be that bold in a parallel universe where the acronym was LBT+? I’m taking the piss. I appreciate hearing your perspective

Is that a belief you have as a self-identifying member of the LGBT+ community yourself?

This one has already stuck for a while, and it works. It is quite inclusive, whereas LGBT was less so. It would go against the principle of an inclusive acronym for “+” to stand in for many not explicitly recognized groups.

I note you’re not a .ca user. Idk if you’re Canadian or not, or it this is what’s driving your comment, but 2S refers to an Indigenous identity of Two-Spirited. It’s a local variation of the acronym, reflecting local culture. If you’re not in Canada/US/Turtle Island, it’s unlikely you’ll see 2S in your local version

I don’t know anything about Samidoun but events over the last year sure have made an impression on me. Among Western governments and legacy media, the criminalization of people and ideas opposing the Palestinian genocide is the most Orwellian thing I have noticed in my relatively young and privileged life.

Samidoun describes themselves as a Palestinian prisoners’ rights organization. The opening words of NatPo’s article describes them as: “Samidoun, the anti-Israel advocacy group based in Vancouver.” Switch this to any other issue or identity and that level of editorial rebranding would be almost unthinkable, and probably legally actionable.

I can’t say I disagree with this

“The Liberals cannot legislate away our right to free speech. If they contend we are terrorists, let them prove it in court,” said Charlotte Kates, one of Samidoun’s founding members, in a statement.

Good to hear, thanks! :)

I wasn’t rooting for either of these teams, but it should be a good match up. There’s more pressure to win on Judge and the Yankees than there is on Ohtani and the Dodgers

Good point 😘

Thanks for the words of wisdom :). Corral sounds lovely. And thinking of positives helps me reframe it

Good advice. And maybe I overestimate how many people do/will notice. I guess I do tend to focus on the majority who do notice and not appreciate the majority who don’t or are chill.

I’m glad to hear of your times overflowing with girl stuff euphoria. And that “yet” sounds exciting ☺️

Very cool! Idk if this is possible with crochet, but I take it you program with python: what about a single snake wrapping around the length of the scarf with a head at one end? :D

I tip my cap to you both in your quality dialogue and mutual respect - a fine Fediverse moment

Thanks for sharing! And that is top-tier pub banter! :P

I should follow your example and keep responses simple - I don’t need/want to blab. Maybe just “yup” and a smile, like “I’m doing me, and I hope you’re doing you!”

Thank you for the encouragement! I hope to be back to provide an update :)

Thank you!! I definitely agree with you about excitement being good, I just don’t want to incite gawking and get self-conscious lol. Maybe I can find a quiet place in a park or something to admire my nails and give excitement its due reign 🥳

Dude. You have screwed the people of this province so much to make your buddies wealthier or attract votes on negative politics. I would never vote for you. I would consider voting for you a failure of my moral duty as an Ontarian. Thinking that $200 would change that says so much about the kind of person that you are …unfit to lead this province.

Trump’s disposable to the billionaires electing him. Their guy is JD Vance. Trump’s just being used for the popular support to get the billionaires into the white house

Sounds like a good law