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Having watched all 10 episodes, I rest my case that the very best feature of "Orphan Black: Echoes" was the return of Jordan Gavaris as Felix: now a successful artist, a few decades older yet no less dashing, affectionate, or sarcastic. It just wouldn’t be Orphan Black without him!

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Funding Canada's War Pigsopen.substack.com The Liberal legacy will be entwined with supporting more war. And the NDP as well.

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Investigation by Forensic Architecture finds the car Hind Rajab was killed in was hit by 355 bullets from a distance of 13 to 23 meters. "It's not plausible that the shooter could not have seen that the car was occupied by civilians, including children."

Forensic Architecture probe concludes Israeli tank likely killed Palestinian child Hind Rajabwww.middleeasteye.net Investigation reveals Rajab's car was hit with 355 bullets and finds it 'not plausible' that Israeli tank couldn't see children inside car

honestly it's suuuuuper unfair of my life to get so busy just when I finally started reading (finally.) R.F. Kuang's Yellowface. FINALLY. UNfair!!

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On the first day of pride, I offer you a story. This is Muneera and the Moon, a sapphic romance inspired by Palestinian folk religion and djinn lore. fiyahlitmag.com/2021/12/13/m...

“Muneera and the Moon” by Sonia Sulaimanfiyahlitmag.com The conditions were perfect for drawing a spirit: the pomegranate tree stood for forty years at the top of the hill, overlooking the wadi and its village far, far below. It waved its branches, peer…

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CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand ⋆ The Breachbreachmedia.ca Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and discrimination in its coverage of Palestine—and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who ...

Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition 💚📖

It’s less than a month before my book Unbuild Walls will be out! It’s now available for pre-order at a discount on the @haymarketbooks.bsky.social site. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2213-u...

Unbuild Wallswww.haymarketbooks.org

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A growing number of authors have withdrawn from PEN America prize lists and declined awards to protest its normalization of genocide in Gaza Here is a list of their books to buy, courtesy of @mordecaipmartin.bsky.social bookshop.org/wishlists/71...

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Calling it the “Israel-Hamas War” is an interesting continued usage of style-guide propaganda to paper over how it is a war on the people of Gaza.

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New from Publishers for Palestine, a beautiful – and free, downloadable – chapbook with poems by Palestinian poets, artwork, and resources for taking action publishersforpalestine.org/2024/02/13/p...

Poems for Palestine Chapbook Launchpublishersforpalestine.org Today we announce the launch of Poems for Palestine: Recent poems by nine Palestinian poets & actions you can take to stop genocide now. Publishers for Palestine have come together to create this free...

"Writing feels futile. I repeat myself. I apologize. But it does. And to ruminate on syntax during a genocide feels pretentious and self-aggrandizing. There are Palestinian children who are dying of sleep deprivation and I’m telling you about my inability to use commas." lithub.com/a-thousand-e...

“A Thousand Eulogies Are Exported to the Comma.” Of Syntax and Genocidelithub.com This essay was originally given as a speech given at “A People’s Cinema & Night of Poetry & Song for Palestine” in Brooklyn, New York on January 27th. * I don’t know how to use a comma. I a…

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The inability to read is crippling in today's society. Ironically, encouraging people to not read is elitist because it stratifies society into those who can read and those who can.

today's weather in halifax is confusing my body ♨️😬 and there's a nor'easter coming in two days? blimeyyy

"The story that I trace is the development of this idea that certain people who are able to create their own destinies or their own public personae are kind of demigods.[...] And if you don’t do that, it means you failed as a human being." www.ttbook.org/interview/ho...

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This week I am going to continue to try to resist acquiescing to despair. (per Mariame Kaba’s pep talk below)

Thanks to Davide Mastracci for capturing all the disappointed frustration I too have been feeling about Canadaland's coverage (& non-coverage) of Palestine. Seriously, if there was ever a foreign policy moment when Canada's media NEEDED criticizing, it's now! www.readthemaple.com/canadaland-s...

Canadaland Staff Promised To Win Back My Trust. They’ve Failedwww.readthemaple.com As a media critic, Canadaland’s coverage of Israel’s genocide has been the most disappointing thus far.

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E-sims are still desperately needed by Gazans and their families. if you show proof of your donation to Cartoonist Co-op's donation drive, you can pick a reward from one of our participating members! cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza

As Gaza's internet blackout reached its record *eighth* day today, I wrote about how people there can often only communicate with the outside world by using donated eSIMs and catching a roaming signal from across the Israeli or Egyptian border:

Palestinians are using donated eSIM cards to stay in touch with the outside worldwww.nbcnews.com Palestinians have faced numerous internet and phone blackouts throughout the months-long war.

The way Java Blend's owners publicly patted themselves on the back for giving laid-off workers more than the MINIMUM amount of pay in lieu (oh boy!) is both laughable and disgusting.

Java Blend lays off 8 employees during unionization drive www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/labo... by Jennifer Henderson

Java Blend lays off 8 employees during unionization drive - Halifax Examinerwww.halifaxexaminer.ca A popular Halifax coffee shop on North Street closed its doors yesterday after laying off eight staff the previous day. The one-day closure came as some employees were trying to unionize. The Java Bl...

#Ontario students and their families being surveilled and demonized for criticizing "Israel"...I don't know, sounds a little fascist, don't you think? www.readthemaple.com/community-gr...

Groups Condemn Alleged Instruction To Report School Students For Criticizing Israelwww.readthemaple.com “Linking antisemitism to criticism of Israel is intellectually dishonest.”

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i hope you're sitting down because you are not going to believe this www.thestar.com/news/gta/pol...

Still see him as Logan Roy but this reading is heartrending.

Brian Cox reads Alareer’s poem “If I Must Die”

Brian Cox reads IF I MUST DIE, the last poem by Refaat Alareer, killed by an Israeli airstrikeyoutu.be Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike.This ...

Some refreshing critique of the latest drivel on Netflix. (Then again, is drivel fast becoming the limit of what we're capable of expecting from our entertainment?) springmag.ca/leave-the-wo...

‘Leave the World Behind’ is a reflection of liberal cynicism and nihilismspringmag.ca

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Israel's war against Hamas is actually a war against children. Every Canadian has a responsibility to condemn Israel's unbelievable violence.

Imagine 72,264 children being murdered in less than 100 days.open.substack.com If we compare Gaza to Canada, we get a local sense of the breadth of the destruction

"Obviously [the provision of Pallet shelters to unhoused people] is better than living in a flimsy tent through a Nova Scotia winter. But has our baseline shifted such that homeless villages dotting our cities and towns is now the new normal?"

This is how homeless villages become normalized www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/t... by me

This is how homeless villages become normalized - Halifax Examinerwww.halifaxexaminer.ca Environmentalists speak of a “shifting baseline syndrome,” when one’s expectation of what is “normal” shifts as the environment degrades. For example, a naturalist might see a million birds ...

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The Queer Feminist Roots of Palestine’s May Uprisingblogs.lse.ac.uk by Walaa Alqaisiya In May 2021, the world’s attention was drawn to Palestine and its struggle with Zionist settler colonialism. The plight of the small Jerusalemite neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah a�...

Memories like this have a specific tone in relation to everything that happened before and after. To everything that continues to happen. To what I understood then (very little), and what I understand now (still not enough). No matter how far away and how paltry my awareness, it makes me feel old.

I remember when Soleimani was assassinated in 2020. I remember sitting in someone's living room, watching our Twitters, the tension around "is this the start of WWIII?" among anyone paying attention. Weeks before the pandemic shut down the world. www.aljazeera.com/program/news...

Explosions kill dozens gathered for anniversary of Soleimani assassinationwww.aljazeera.com Explosions kill dozens gathered for anniversary of former IRGC General Soleimani’s assassination

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Never forget the Palestinian journalists giving their lives every day to show the world what the apartheid regime is really doing to Palestinians. They are being murdered by the IOF because they are attempting to tell the truth, while their western colleagues enable their murders.

Today is the Day of Loyalty to the Palestinian Journalist. It is observed every year on Dec 31st. Since October 7th, at least 106 journalists have been murdered by “Israel”.

Support and spread the word about this new small press! #publishingnews #indiepress

Thanks to some very generous folks, the campaign for Rose and Jasmine Press has cracked $1000 and we are only on day two of the fundraiser! It's very good to know there are so many of you out there who believe in this small Palestinian-owned press. www.indiegogo.com/projects/ros...

Rose and Jasmine Press Year Onewww.indiegogo.com A small press with a big heart.