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Emma

@emmalawson

Librarian| crosswords @thewalrus @TheGrindTO | she/her | people's choice most benevolent chatter in the 2021 babby awards

 unceded territory / Vancouver
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Joined December 2008
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I had a dream where I kept calling crosswords "saucewords"
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Always helpful to revisit Engels' concept of "social murder": marxists.org/archive/marx/wo…
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Weeding is good actually!
Kristen Arnett (@Kristen_Arnett) profile pictureKristen Arnett@Kristen_Arnett18 Nov 2024
over at dad lessons, i made a mini lesson about weeding your personal collection of books! kristenarnett.substack.com/p…
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When We Organize We Win! Reflect on a year of Tenant Power at our 2024 Annual General Meeting happening on Nov 17th. To volunteer, request translation or childcare, and indicate that you want to join in setting the direction for our union, please RSVP here shorturl.at/MSaT7
Illustration of a four-storey building filled with people and pets looking out the windows that is crushing the head of a fanged, drooling landlord holding eviction notices. Title reads "Vancouver Tenants Union AGM 2024" and subtitle reads "When we organize, we win. Lessons from 2024. Tactics and structure. November 17th, 11am - 5pm. Location, The Birdhouse, 44 W 4th Ave. Food provided and childcare available."

ALT Illustration of a four-storey building filled with people and pets looking out the windows that is crushing the head of a fanged, drooling landlord holding eviction notices. Title reads "Vancouver Tenants Union AGM 2024" and subtitle reads "When we organize, we win. Lessons from 2024. Tactics and structure. November 17th, 11am - 5pm. Location, The Birdhouse, 44 W 4th Ave. Food provided and childcare available."

Graphic titled "VTU AGM Schedule" Schedule shown in graphic boxes with the following text 11am-12pm : Welcome, Introduction, & 2024 Neighbourhood Chapter Reports 12pm-1:30pm : Discussion 1 Tactics that work. How tenants win changes at home and beyond 1:45pm-2:45pm Elections, 2024 Steering committee recap, motions 3:00pm-4:30pm : Discussion 2 Building as we win. Developing a more effective union structure after a year of growth RSVP Link - shorturl.at/msat7 Lunch Provided Register Here (QR code provided)

ALT Graphic titled "VTU AGM Schedule" Schedule shown in graphic boxes with the following text 11am-12pm : Welcome, Introduction, & 2024 Neighbourhood Chapter Reports 12pm-1:30pm : Discussion 1 Tactics that work. How tenants win changes at home and beyond 1:45pm-2:45pm Elections, 2024 Steering committee recap, motions 3:00pm-4:30pm : Discussion 2 Building as we win. Developing a more effective union structure after a year of growth RSVP Link - shorturl.at/msat7 Lunch Provided Register Here (QR code provided)

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“After 16 months on rent strike, our members at 33 King & 22 John have reached an amicable settlement! We got here because 100s of tenants organized & took action together.” This is just the beginning but we need your help to keep going… thestar.com/real-estate/swee…

Sweeping rent strike in York South-Weston comes to an end after both sides reach settlement

Tenants had withheld rent for more than a year in protest of above-guideline rent increases.

thestar.com
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Still choking on my enormous swollen tonsils but it's NOT strep
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Some great books available for cheap, including Abolish Rent
Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) profile pictureHaymarket Books@haymarketbooks28 Oct 2024
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 8th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
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Labor organizing lesbian love, yes please
tiara monae is editing! 💐 (@monaewrites) profile picturetiara monae is editing! 💐@monaewrites27 Oct 2024
I AM SO FOAMING AT THE MOUTHHSJSHEJDHR OMG
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Today's Universal Crossword is by @Amie_Walker1 and I! Always a delight to work with her and this one has lots of fun spanners. Canadians, you can do it on the Globe and Mail website: theglobeandmail.com/puzzles-…
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BC folks, if you log into the Get Vaccinated site, you can now start booking your fall booster. Appointments start Oct 15
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Is it dumb that the government hasn't told us this, and I had to investigate myself? Yes
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The Scream Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2017 #NDTR
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Weeding books is Good, actually
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Is BC going to have updated covid boosters this fall? Has anyone heard anything?
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brat summer is over. now it's time for pannage autumn, the ancient medieval custom of releasing your pigs in the woods so they can eat the chestnuts and acorns that fall to the forest floor.
Pigs in a field, hillside behind them.

ALT Pigs in a field, hillside behind them.

Charli (@charli_xcx) profile pictureCharli
@charli_xcx2 Sep 2024
goodbye forever brat summer.
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covid is a labour issue
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one day you’re a hot, fun 20-something and before you know it you’re a hot, fun 30-something with an interest in birds
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Solidarity with Virginia Woolf and her summer writing goals
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I can't wait until someone on Love is Blind is brave enough to tell their date that their poem/song/rap is actually shit
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