Pacifica. 😍

This is a new version of the Western States Pact formed in 2020 when Trump incompetently mismanaged the pandemic and held superspreader rallies.

Let this be the start of something even bigger.
koin.com/news/health/oregon-ca…

Oregon, California and Washington announce formation of new health alliance

The three governors cited the mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists, as well as the politicization of the agency.

^{Andrew Foran (KOIN.com)}

Longevity for all or not at all. Fuck the Rich

#Longevity

Transit in BC. Frustrating! A route that used to be 1h 13m in 2011 is now 1h:46m compared to 37 minutes by car.

How can transit planners expect riders to take a bus for 3hrs and 19m when the same journey could be done in 1h 10m in a car?

That's the reality in the Nanaimo transit system. They serve a vast area, with over 100,000 people. But In 25 years, the time to get from the edge of that area, to the middle, has grown.

And don't get me started on using the railway.
#BCPoli #VIU #BCTransit

Film the Police DC: If you see something, say something.

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#policestate #WashingtonDC #DC #OccupiedDC #authoritarianism #fascism #resist #news #resource #action

Abuse is not a service.

So please stop abusing people in the service industry

Seeing Straight people who think threatening violence towards Trans people on a global platform to millions of people, some of whom WILL take that advice as "no reason to arrest him"

Just swallow the Transphobic society's lies why don't you, it's easier than giving a shit about us 'dirty' Queers....after all, we're after your children, aren't we?

Maybe if you were a victim of this mans hatred towards Queers like I have been you would understand.

#GrahamLinehan #LGBTQIA #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS

Parents must confirm sex at birth for students in girls' sports in Edmonton Public Schools | CBC News

Will parents comply?

Surely there will be protests about this, even on the grounds that all girls suddenly face a barrier to the sports they have a right to play, that boys don't,.

Even if they don't care about trans girls' rights.

cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fa…

> It comes as the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act sets new rules prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in amateur female sports divisions.

"Fairness"? Certainly unfair to trans girls.

"Safety"? How many injuries are caused by trans girls, compared with overall injuries in school sports? Where's the evidence?

Nothing but transphobia, though not really fear, just hate.

Ableism is, at its core, rooted in capitalist exploitation of labor.

If your labor cannot be exploited, you are labeled disabled and discarded by society.

Healthcare extra...
One of the areas in healthcare that most sharply highlights the difference between those who can afford private healthcare and those who cannot: dental care.

Thousands are suffering constant pain and related health issues because dental care is simply unaffordable.

Metro prices.
Basic filling, $200-450; root canal, $1.7k - $2.5k; crown - $2k plus; oral hygienist - $120-200.

And specialist services such as endodontics, periodontics or orthodontics are double-triple these prices.

There's a desperate need to provide free dental care for low income and disadvantaged NZers for key dental procedures.

#NZpol #dentalcare

I think there are two things necessary for positive change:

1) A collapse of faith in the bourgeois social order;
2) The growth of a network of directly democratic institutions that involve large numbers of people.

The second is, materially, more work. But people try all the time. Their work is co-opted, and that's where the lack of the first is most painfully felt.