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Friday, November 17, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)
WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS (Apple TV+) PLEASE DON'T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN (Amazon Prime Canada) THE SECRET LIFE OF DANCING DOGS (Disney + Star) SHOHEI OHTANI: BEYOND THE DREAM (Disney + Star) THE HOLIDAY SHIFT (The Roku Channel) NAVIGATING CHRISTMAS (W Network) 9:00pm
WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? FILTHIEST FLIPS (TBD - HGTV Canada)
NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:
AMAZON PRIME CANADA CELEBRITY HUNTED: CHASSE À L’HOMME (Season 3) EXMAS LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING PLEASE DON’T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN TWIN LOVE
CBC GEM PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES (starts today, goes until November 26th) SIX WOMEN SORT OF (Season 3) SOUTERRAIN (Underground)
CRAVE TV AWAY FROM HER BROOKLYN HOOK THE HONEYMOON THE KING’S DAUGHTER JESUS REVOLUTION MEDITATION PARK MOMMY SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
DISNEY + STAR DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW THE SECRET LIFE OF DANCING DOGS (Season 1) SHOHEI OHTANI: BEYOND THE DREAM
NETFLIX CANADA ALL-TIME HIGH (FR) BELIEVER 2 (KR) COCOMELON LANE THE DADS THE QUEENSTOWN KINGS (ZA) RUSTIN SAGRADA FAMILIA (SEASON 2) (ES) SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
2023 FIFA MEN'S U17 WORLD CUP (TSN5) 3:48am: Poland vs. Argentina (TSN5) 6:48am: England vs. Brazil
NHL HOCKEY (TSN4) 2:00pm: Leafs vs. Red Wings (TSN3) 8:00pm: Sabres vs. Jets
NCAA HOCKEY (TSN5) 7:00pm: Maine vs. Boston University
NBA BASKETBALL (SN) 7:30pm: 76ers vs. Hawks (SN Now) 7:30pm: Kings vs. Spurs (TSN/TSN4) 7:30pm: Celtics vs. Raptors (SN1) 8:00pm: Nuggets vs. Pelicans (SN) 10:00pm: Lakers vs. Trail Blazers (TSN/TSN5) 10:00pm: Suns vs. Jazz (SN1) 10:30pm: Rockets vs. Clippers
AMPLIFY (APTN) 7:30pm: Haida and Cree singer Kristi Lane Sinclair shares her emotional journey of returning to Haida Gwaii to find love and forgiveness. In this episode dedicated to Kristi's late mother, Kristi connects with close friend and fellow creator Sara Roque.
7TH GEN (APTN) 8:00pm: Makaela Blake is a young Inuit-Punjabi woman originally from Gander, N.L. Witness how she is sparking big change and challenging institutional systems with her advocacy work, all while sharing her culture.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm (SEASON 2 PREMIERE): New Friends and New Foes
PLANET WONDER (CBC) 8:30pm: How the changing jet stream is making weather more extreme; Johanna Wagstaffe gets brain freeze.
CHRISTMAS KEEPSAKE (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Following their move to a new city, a father bonds with his daughter and stumbles upon an unexpected romance while tracking down the original owner of a Christmas time capsule.
FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER (APTN) 8:30pm: Aaron Turkey's entire night is wild, starting with a heat race win, a top gun award and failed brakes as he narrowly misses people while speeding through the tech barn. It all ends in heartache when he makes one small error during the feature race.
THE FIFTH ESTATE (CBC) 9:00pm: A man convicted for his role in the 1975 coup and murder of the first family in Bangladesh lives in Canada; in an interview with Mark Kelley, prime minister Sheikh Wazed says she wants him brought to justice.
TRANSPLANT (CTV) 9:00pm: The York Memorial team deals with the life changing-surgery of one of their own.
BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM (Cartoon Network Canada) 9:00pm: Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and learns of a sinister doomsday cult planning its destruction. Bruce must don the mantle of Batman to fight against ancient magic foes and fiery demons while guarding his sanity against the Old Gods' corruption.
JESUS REVOLUTION (Crave) 9:00pm: A charismatic street preacher and a pastor open the doors to a church to a stream of wandering youth, sparking a counterculture movement that becomes the greatest spiritual awakening in American history.
STAND UP & SHOUT: SONGS FROM A PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL (HBO Canada) 9:00pm: Students at Philadelphia's Hill-Freedman World Academy work with local musicians to create an album of powerful, original songs that captures both the challenging times they're living in and the joy that music brings.
W5 (CTV) 10:00pm: A couple buys a historic house at auction and renovates it, but the local government says they don't own it.
CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: Nothing is What it Seems: Part 2
PEOPLE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: CRIMES OF THE 2000S (Discovery Canada) 10:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): When an exotic animal keeper vanishes on her way to work at San Diego's Wild Animal Park in the fall of 2000, investigators unearth several suspects, but only one who had ample opportunity to go in for the kill.
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borders III – november 13
Here is the story: A post from the other blog I have got me into the Philosophy and Non-Monogamies conference in Los Angeles. Not quite Los Angeles, but close to Los Angeles: Claremont, one of the many suburban towns glued to the huge city.
I don’t like traveling much. And now, that’s is a way less radical statement than it sounds because what I mean by that, is that I usually like the destination itself (like most people) but hate the process of getting there (again, like most people). Whether or not one likes traveling is usually simple math: Do they love being at the desired place more than they hate relocating? And I don’t. At least not usually. Traveling for me has been an imperative, a way to get money, basically a job, networking, CV points. Over the years of what I would call extensive traveling, my preferred idea of vacation has become hanging in and around Prague, laughing at people who complain about the 30+ degree weather. Anyway, what I hate even more than traveling is winter in Edmonton, and since we fully dived into minus 20 in early November, a week in (almost) L.A. seemed great. I was getting ready for my presentation, but then quite by accident I came across a special ESTA* rule. If you only need ESTA to enter the US, you can stay for 90 days but if you want to renew your 90 days, you are supposed to leave the continent. The rule actually kind of makes sense: they don’t want you to live in the US for three months and then “bounce” to Canada or Mexico to restart those 90 days. The problem however was that this applied to me as well. Because technically, I “bounced” to Canada for six months. I was pretty sure they wouldn’t let me in. After all the interrogation last time, I didn’t believe I could pull it off. If you are a resident of Canada, you can go to the US as you please but the visitor status (although perfectly legal) doesn’t count as residency. For crossing to the US and back, I needed to be in a sort of limbo because I actually had to be without a status to be allowed participation in International Experience Canada (my most recent attempt to stay in the country**) but at the same time, I needed a status to be allowed to enter the US. So I prepared two sets of documents: one to convince the US border officers that I was basically almost Canadian, the other one to show the Canadian border patrol agents that I had no ties in Canada and that my hanging out in their country for the last three years was merely accidental.
I was packing – not packing, because I was sure I would need to call MM to pick me up right after he turned on his computer at work. Oh well, thought I, as I tried to calm down (which I am notoriously bad at), they probably won’t deport me, good thing the border is already in Edmonton. We woke up around 4:00, it was pitch black, about -20C, and I was in the worst mood ever. We were also running a little late, which frankly I hardly cared about at that point. I went through all the annoying airport security (are really all Canadians alright with taking their shoes off, walking around in socks, and then putting the shoes back on???) and straight to the border. As I approached the border checkpoint, I put on my best smile (people think it doesn’t work, well, couldn’t hurt, thought I), and tried to figure out which border agent I was going to get, hoping for the smiling one. Didn’t happen – mine was more like I-have-to-protect-the-United-States-of-America kind of guy.
“Where do you live?”
“In Canada,” said I, getting ready for all the questioning.
“What are you going to do in the US?”
“Going to a conference,” said I, wondering to what extent a conference on non-monogamy was a good reason.
“Are you bringing any fruit?”
“No.” I had noting to eat and I was starving. Most of my friends know I don’t like fruit but at that moment, I would have killed for an apple.
“Have a great day.”
Wow. That’s it. I am going to L.A.
“گفتم,”said MM laconically, when I called him, still pumped on adrenaline.
* ESTA is the American visa waiver program for citizens of some privileged countries, European Union countries included. It means that you can stay in the US without a visa for 90 days in a row.
** Now that I am editing this text, it’s not even the most recent one.
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1. Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival – June 1-21
Established in Ottawa in 1996, the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival (SSIF) is a multi-disciplinary arts festival that brings together Indigenous artists, performers, educators, students, and community members to share knowledge and celebrate Canada’s diverse Indigenous cultures. The former 4-day live event takes place in June: coinciding with National Indigenous History Month and closing on National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21). This year’s virtual programming includes The SSIMAs a new national Indigenous music awards program as well as Education Days, streamed performances, interactive family activities, arts and crafts, culinary and cultural workshops including the popular Pow Wow now socially distanced.
Twitter https://twitter.com/ottawasolstice/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/solsticefestivals/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/solsticefestivals/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnmJlZdwcGa-6nB6L4mJqA
Website: https://summersolsticefestivals.ca/
2. Stop Insuring Trans Mountain: Week of Action – June 14 – 21
Online and in-person
Join us for a week of action from June 14 – 21 targeting the insurance companies enabling the continued operation and expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. 
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻? The Trans Mountain expansion project would transport an additional 590,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta to British Columbia, and lead to a 700% increase in oil tankers in the Salish Sea. Many Indigenous communities have consistently and repeatedly rejected the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project – but the Canadian government continues to plough ahead with construction.𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲? Current insurers of the pipeline are complicit in violating Indigenous rights and driving climate change through providing $500 million USD in coverage. Without insurance, the pipeline cannot keep operating, and its expansion can’t be constructed. That makes un-insuring Trans Mountain a critical way to stop the pipeline once and for all.Last year, Indigenous communities and activists pushed three insurance companies to cut ties with the pipeline: Zurich, Munich Re, and Talanx. We are not letting up the pressure.Trans Mountain is currently seeking insurers to back the project in the year to come, with a deadline of August 31. Right now we have a critical window in which to pressure insurers to rule out coverage for the pipeline and make Trans Mountain uninsurable.𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻:
Liberty Mutual
Chubb
AIG
W.R. Berkley
Lloyd’s
Starr
Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting
Marsh
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀! We will turn up the heat on these companies during the Week of Action through protests at office locations, digital actions, and more. Find your local or virtual event below.
Stop TMX Week of Action Supporter Toolkit:
http://bit.ly/TMXToolkit
Sign up to host an action in your community here:
https://forms.gle/LrrDdu8P62bir7eM7
𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲!): Berlin, Bristol, Charlotte, Denver, Eagle River, Fairbanks, Fremont, Kaneohe, Ottawa, Montreal, Portland, Seattle, Rochester, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria
3. COVID-19, Social Safety Nets, and Sex Work in the Capital Survey – June 5 – June 30
The “COVID-19, Social Safety Nets, and Sex Work in the Capital” survey is a joint research project between University of Ottawa researchers and Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate Resist (POWER). This survey of sex workers in the capital region seeks to better understand the economic impact of COVID-19 on sex workers and how they navigated social benefit programs created in its wake. The confidential and remunerated 10-12 minute online survey will remain open thru to June 30, 2021. 
For more information about the research or to take the survey, please visit https://www.powerottawa.ca/covid19
4. Protest at Ottawa CBC – Tuesday, June 22, 4:30PM
Rally Point: Sparks St. and O’Connor St.
OTTAWA! 
We are calling on you to join us Tuesday June 22 at 4:30 PM at CBC offices to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian biases and dishonest reporting on Palestine.
CBC has refused to report on the 2021 Human Rights Watch report highlighting Israeli crimes of apartheid: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution
They have reprimanded their journalists for signing an open letter to newsrooms asking for fairer coverage of Palestine.
And they have banned the use of the word “Palestine” in their broadcasts and digital media.
We demand change!!!
NOTE: Please abide by all COVID19 guidelines and social distancing measures. See you there!
Hosted by: CBC Palestine
5. OCAP Solidarity Speaker Series: Long-Term Care – Thursday, June 24, 11AM-12:30PM
Hosted by: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Join us again Thursday June 24th for our Solidarity Speaker Series event. This month’s spotlight is on Long-term Care and will feature speakers from Ontario Health Coalition, the EMPOWER network, and York University. Come learn about how the government has allowed this sector to be woefully neglected with deadly consequences and what we can do to improve legislation and shift away from the for-profit model of senior care.
Who you’ll be hearing from:
Pat Armstrong, Sociology Professor, York University
Cindy Huggins, PSW, EMPOWER network
Natalie Mehra, Ontario Health Coalition
The OCAP Solidarity Speaker Series is a recurring event, taking place on the last Thursday of the month, to spotlight rad organizations and individuals and highlight ongoing issues from an anti-capitalist perspective. We aim to educate, spark dialogue, and call folx to action in diverse and meaningful ways.
Hope to see you there!
More info and event link here.
6. Learning from the Movement OGs – Thursday, June 24, 4PM-6PM
Nothing happening in this historic era of protest has come from nowhere. This two hour panel will highlight the wisdom of movement OGs who have been doing the work—and are still doing the work—of Black liberation, Indigenous anti-colonial struggle, and migrant justice struggle, which has laid out the conditions of possibility for this political moment.
Panelists: Bridget Tolley, Lynn Jones, Beverly Bain, Harsha Walia
Facilitators: Robyn Maynard, Pascale Diverlus
Sign up here
Hosted by: Building The World We Want
7. Justice for Workers Outreach at Britannia Beach – Saturday, June 26, 12PM – 2PM
Join us for this community canvass at Britannia Beach where we will be speaking out about the need for paid sick days, fair wages and decent work for all.
This will be the first Ottawa outreach action for the Justice for Workers campaign and we would love it if you came by to help us collect signatures on our new petition!
Look out for our tent and volunteer team. Make sure to dress appropriately for the weather, and don’t forget to bring water and snacks. 
Sign up and check back for more details to be announced shortly. 
Materials and location info at this link. 
8. Stories from Insider Spaces: Exploring AGM Intervention as an Activist Tactic – Monday, June 28, 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Hosted by: Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
Registration information below!
Have you ever wished you could look the CEO of a harmful company in the face and say your piece? Want more information about a corporate project that’s impacting your community and wish you could get some answers? Come to this event and explore the strategic possibilities of Annual General Meetings (AGMs) with the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN)!
All publicly traded companies are legally required to hold Annual General Meetings (AGMs), where shareholders are able to attend, ask questions, and vote on important decisions.
This means that, once a year, companies with significant influence (including mining companies) are compelled to open up a space that is much more accessible to the public than many industry gatherings that happen behind closed doors. AGMs allow shareholders to hold company executives accountable. They can also be an important opportunity  for activists and impacted communities.
AGM interventions have been an important part of MISN’s strategic toolbox . We’ve attended AGMs to take notes for impacted communities, asked questions to unmask the misleading information shared by mining companies with their shareholders, hosted rallies outside of AGMs, led disruptions inside the meetings themselves, and more. Here are some examples: https://mininginjustice.org/archive/pastprojects/spring-into-action/
During this event, MISN members and allies will share their experiences attending AGMs, outline some of the different intervention tactics that we’ve used in the past, and provide some practical information on how you can research and buy a share in a company so that you can also attend its AGM.
The format of this event will include multiple speakers, video documentation of AGM interventions, and some opportunities to engage in small group discussion with other participants.
We hope you’ll attend if you are fighting a publicly traded company or are impacted by a company and want to add one more approach to how you organize against it.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!: http://bit.ly/StoriesFromInside  
9. Status For All March – Ottawa Rally – July 25, time tbd
In person, place tba
Join the rally in Ottawa on July 25th to welcome the arrival of the historic March for Status for All from Montreal! Across the country migrants have been organizing for full and permanent immigration status for all. Massive wins have been secured, but there is still a crucial final step to win. We will not stop until everyone has full and permanent immigration status, with no exceptions. We will leave no one behind.  
From July 18 and to July 25, migrants and their allies will march from Montreal to Ottawa, led by Solidarity Across Borders / Solidarité Sans Frontières, demanding that Justin Trudeau’s government grant full and permanent immigration status for all. 
Join us in Ottawa to welcome the march! Time and exact location will be confirmed closer to the date.
RSVP here: https://migrantrights.ca/marchtoottawa/
This rally will be in accordance with COVID safe guidelines: we ask all attendees to wear a mask and respect social distancing guidelines
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softbbyg0rl · 4 years
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꒰๑ ᷄ω ᷅꒱ 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐛𝐛𝐲𝐠𝟎𝐫𝐥! ☆ミ ☆彡
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› hi i'm opal!
↳ my pronouns are she / her, 03 liner, my star sign: taurus / moon sign: taurus / rising: libra / im canadian. I'm a witch! I want to be an artist! (I have an art account on instagram!)
❁ I'm in art school and I'm currently specializing in ceramics, printmaking and textiles, painting will always be my first love though
❁ i love music! i taught myself ukulele and piano! I played the flute in school and have done a little piccolo and oboe.
❁ I've been dying my hair since like 2015
❁ I have a nose ring and a bridge piercing!
❁ I have a tattoo and want to get more!
❁ ive been on tumblr for years but this is the first blog ive written for!
❁ I can speak a lil French and a teeny tiny bit of asl. I'm trying to learn Italian, Danish, and korean
❁ my first true introduction to kpop was txt
❁ I found out about both txt and skz by complete accident!
❁ my first bias in txt was taehyun and my first bias in skz was felix
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curious-minx · 3 years
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25+ Album Covers That Should Be Made Into Funko Pops
Pop til you drop Funkoids, because black metal institution and number one threat to bats: Black Sabbath have joined the Funko Populous!  As a Music Fan, tune chaser, melody makers and connoisseur of pop and circumstance I  want to implore Funko Pop to take more risks. I know that Funko Pop is already greasing up the popper to churn out Nirvana Nevermind Babies funko or McFleetwood’s dangling Rumor orbs, but please consider some of these other iconic Album Covers. I don’t want to be caught dead or alive with a basic funko pop collection! 
Let’s take a look at an album gallery of some classics and underground gems. In my deep dive through the towering Brian Wilson’s Ghost Archives I found that jazz has some of the best album covers around. Don’t be greedy Rock n Rollers! 
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Minutemen’s Double Nickel on The Dime - Mike Watt’s Rearview Window eyes 
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2.  Cleveland Eaton’s Half and Half -  Winged Buffalo Deity 
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3. Talk Talk’s The Party’s Over - Face Face 
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R.I.P. Mark Hollis. Miss him all the time and what better way to remember him and his music’s legacy by a cheeky wink to their poppier heyday? ;)
4. Frank Ocean’s Blonde - Blondie 
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What other Funko Pops could possibly carry themselves with this much dignity and grace? A lot of these Funkos could learn a thing or two from Frank and say more with less face.
5.  Supertramp’s Breakfast in America  - The OJ Waitress 
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I know some of you NeoFunkophytes out there may only envision Funko Pop’s without mouths, but Funkos can pout and salivate and makes all sorts of faces now! So why not take advantage of this expanded emotional range by honoring the likeness of one of the most eager to please members of the American workforce? Looking forward to see what Laura Dern does with the role of the Supertramp Waitress in her upcoming one woman experience: Dern Tootin...basically an agonizing walk to say that the woman on this cover looks a lot like Laura Dern around the eyes.
6.Violent Femmes’  Mary Nohl’s Hallowed Ground Statue
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A Funko Pop sovereign for your twisted hillbilly goth kids  and non-ironic zealots in your life! Untapped Potential Market If There Ever Was One!
7. Iglooghost’s  Little Grids-  Mamu Garden Sprite 
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8.  Barbara Streisand’s Encore - Leisurely Hotel Hostage 
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Make sure you put all your kids to bed and tuck your pets inside their thrones, because what I’m about to tell you will be devastating! Can you believe that the Great Dame Babs does not have a her likeness of her image engravened and immortalized in Funko form? Let’s fix that with honoring the time our Funny Girl recorded a Willy Wonka duet with Seth Macfarlane.
9.  Raphael Saadiq’s Stine Rollin - The Whole Dang Crowd 
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Tag yourself Funko Pop! style! I’m clearly the bee hive side eyeing queen.
10.  The Caretaker’s  An Empty Bliss Beyond This World  - Death Ball 
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11.  the Horrors’ V -  Fleshies
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One huge problem I have with Funko Pop other than that they have been the driving factor in most of my divorces is that they only have one face. You buy a Funko pop you get the single face the Funko pop comes with. Show a little faith and save your wallet for a Funko Pop made up of many faces!
12. The Weather Report - Heavy Weather - The Flasher 
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How doesn’t this slick Weather peeper not have an entire franchise that get’s canceled and reboots that are kicked around various networks but never really sticks. Today’s forecast Funko Pop fever is here to stay no matter how many other idols and icons protest against them 
13. Dee D. Jackson’s Cosmic Curves - Disco Fingers Jackson 
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Some heroes wear capes, but my heroes wear capes and have disco fingers.
14. Deerhoof’s Milk Man -Titular Milk Man
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15. Lou Reed’s Ecstasy 
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Another musical legend that is missing from the pantheon of Funko Poppers needing proper representation. 
16. oxy Music For Your Pleasure  - Pleasure Panther 
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17.  Vampire Weekend Contra  - Karen
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Break out the legal team Vampy Weekend because we’re taking the Contra lady to court to get her turned into a Funko Pop.
18.  Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs -  Blurry Early 
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Is my vision failing? Am I dying?! No! It’s just my new Some Rap Songs blurry Earl funko pop
19.  Tyler, The Creator’s Flower Boy Flower Man
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You knew this one was coming. If you’re surprised then you better be asleep behind the wheel.
20.  Devo’s Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo’s  Bizzaro Juan Chi-Chi Rogers 
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You would have thought the good people of Everett Washington would have been saturated in Devo Funkos, but no! I do agree that making a standard energry dome wearing Mothersbaugh would be too obvious, too safe. Q: Are we not timeless pop culture artificats? A: We Are Funko!
21. Sonic Youth’s EVOL - Lung Leg 
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Evol is represents an eras where the Youths were starting to going Pop! Take this idea and run it on the expressway to yr skull!
22.  Grime’s Art Angels - Art Angel
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Sentient manic pixie Canadian c apparently really despises this album. I think I am starting to understand why that is, it’s because those funk-holes didn’t call our upcoming hyperlink Overlord c Grimes! 
23.  Macontish Plus’ Floral Shoppe - Vapor David 
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Get with the times Funko Pop! Millenials! Zoomers! Xers! Boomers! Doesn’t matter who you are, there’s a spot for you in the vaporwave. 
24.  Charles Gayle Trio’s Streets’- Streets The Clown(2012)
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Do you hate clowns? Place a saxophone in a thoughtful clown’s arms and you may reconsider this. Funko Pop’s clown car is full to the brim with all kinds of creepy killer clowns 
25. Bruce Hornsby’s Spirit Trail - Uncle Charles Hornsby
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Let’s face it, eventually we’re going to need a Brexit collection and what better way than honor Bruce Hornsby’s Uncle Charles. Can we start a Charles Hornsby cigarette challenge an anti-smoking pro vaping campaign that will make the world a better place. 
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Snowdeke fluff, post S7 in my self indulgent headcanon where everyone gets a happy ending and absolutely nothing bad happens to anyone. 
Summary: The holidays can  be stressful, especially when it’s your first Terran Christmas and you’re still learning how to properly people. Deke is trying to help Snowflake navigate the holidays through the help of movies, and she finds herself relating in particular to the misadventures of one Jack Skellington. A series of scenes of Snowflake discovering and trying to understand Yuletide, as set to the lyrics of What’s This? from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Inspired by my Snowflake Christmas headcanon post.  Just tumblr now, this is the first fic I’ve completed in literal years and I’ve lost my AO3 login information because I’ve never really had anything to put there until tonight. Enjoy my odd little story please!
~
Adjusting to new cultures is never an easy thing. At least that’s what Deke kept repeating to himself under his breath as he tried, with his limited modern-day Earth knowledge, to help Snowflake acclimate herself to Terran life. She’d managed a basic grasp of most mundane daily situations- be friendly, be polite, and knives stay in your pocket- but special occasions, holidays in particular, were still a bit foreign to her. Routine was so much easier, especially when for years it was literally the only constant in her life. Something he even understood, so when words failed him, he had a secret weapon- passwords to every streaming service he had. Television and movies were his teacher, and now they were hers. December had come before they knew it, and as she watched the Thanksgiving Day parade, confused and bewildered by the strange-to-her things on display, he realized the time had come to teach her about the winter holidays, Christmas in particular. Christmas meant parties, parties meant company, and company meant the fiancee needed to be on her best and least embarrassing behavior. This was already a bit of a tall order for Snow, and for the most part, Deke let her eccentricities slide as long as there were no injuries or casualties, but he also didn’t want her to feel left out. “So,” he said one day, handing her the remote to the TV like a proud father handing his child the keys to their first car, “Christmas is coming. You need to learn about it.”
“Ooh, is it binge-watching time again?” she asked. Her eyes lit up. “I love binge-watching!”
“It’s binge-watching time,” Deke replied. “Your mission: gather as much intel on the Terran celebration of Christmas as you can. Preferably in the next week or so. Parties start early, yo.” “Mission accepted!” she squealed. She snuggled into the beat up couch in their apartment’s living room, making herself comfortable. “Great, have fun,” he said. “You want me to order pizza or anything?” “You know my regular order.” Deke rolled his eyes. Engaged life had its ups and downs, and one of them was having to recognize your woman, as much as you might have in common with her, will always disagree with you on extremely important topics. He sighed. “Pepperoni, canadian bacon, and pineapple,” he said, disgusted and horrified but still a supportive man to the very end.
“That’s my boy,” she said.
~ A few hours later, stacks of pizza had been devoured by both of them during that evening’s Christmas movie marathon, and Deke had dozed off beside Snow on the couch. They’d worked their way through several of the classics- Elf, Muppet Christmas Carol, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, and A Christmas Story- and Snow clicked her way lazily through the titles on the screen, looking for one that really caught her eye without Deke’s helpful advice to guide her. She’d come to understand the holiday a bit from them, but it was still so foreign. The movies were good, but she just didn’t grasp entirely the sentiments behind them.  One in particular truly stood out to her, one that from the poster art didn’t even look like much of a Christmas movie at all, but instead, bore a smiling dapper cartoon skeleton man. “The Nightmare Before Christmas?” she read off the screen. It was certainly different from the other titles she’d seen. “Awesome.” She hit play on the menu and watched as the stop-motion puppets filled her screen, already in love with the morbid imagery. Finally, a movie that spoke to her soul. Deke woke up about half way into the movie, to find Snow beside him paying rapt attention to it. “Huh what’s this… oh Nightmare Before Christmas? Always watched it at Halloween myself but I guess it’ll do too.” “This movie is amazing! Jack’s just like me.. He just wants to learn and figure out Christmas and he sang a whole song and he’s just trying to make Christmas for everyone!” Snow pointed to the screen, where Jack was puzzling over the secret to Christmas. “See? That’s me now,” she said. Deke just smiled, happy his woman was happy. Maybe she’d figure out this Christmas thing in time… ~
Nightmare became a favorite for her over the next few days. Though she still puzzled over Christmas, Deke had begun to walk her through the holiday by explaining it to her the best he could, but late at night she’d return to Halloweentown, feeling a little less alone in Jack’s bewilderment at a world he loved but also didn’t totally understand. Of all the songs, “What’s This?” captured her feelings best, she thought, not just about Christmas, but getting used to another world entirely.
~ What's this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this? “So.. the white ornaments on the trees are-”
Snowflake had never cut Deke off faster, and she was used to him saying several stupid things a day. “I swear to gods, Deke, if you even try to explain the concept of snowflakes and snow to me. Like I don’t know what my own damn name means. It’s the one thing I DO get about the holidays.” She smiled, but it was one of her smiles laced in venom and dried blood on the blade of a dagger, one where you were reminded, and fast, she’d spent years as the galaxy’s deadliest assassin, and she could go back to that life anytime if she really wanted.
He chuckled nervously but knew she meant business, even if she was joking. And God help him if he ever wound up on her bad side. “Yes’m,” he said. 
“False advertising, though, there’s none out here right now even though it’s winter. I feel like it’s just a tease to throw those picturesque landscapes at you when we don’t know what the weather on the 25th will be at all just yet. This is a planet with varying climates, is it not?” “Well, yes…”
“Then why is it being advertised like we’re on a frozen planet?” “Snow, honey, it’s stylistic, just don’t overthink it. Don’t overthink most of it. In fact, thinking? Highly overrated in general.” “First time you’ve made sense all day. You know, though,” she said, “it’s not hard to pretend half the songs on the radio right now are actually about me. Because everyone here just loves me that much.” “You were wanted for murder and larceny in five states before I bribed Daisy into hacking their law enforcement’s networks to clear your name.” And it was expensive as hell too,  he thought to himself. “Let it Snow. Is about me.” “Right, right,” Deke said. “You’re right.”  
~
What's this?
There are people singing songs
What's this?
The streets are lined with
Little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
“So you’re just telling me people go out in big groups and sing in public places, not even for money, and no one really cares? And they’re called… Curlers?” Swing and a miss, Deke thought, but he gave her points for genuinely trying. The two were on a park bench listening to a choir sing in the city park. “Carolers. Curlers play a weird ice sport with brooms and a rock.” “Who’s Carol? What’s she got to do with it? Should I know about her? Is she the lady statue over there?” Snowflake pointed to a nearby church’s Nativity scene and Deke quickly pushed her hand down, praying the awkward stares from passerby stayed at a minimum.
“It’s just another word for song, they just.. They sing. To make people happy, make them remember stuff. It’s fun.” She still struggled at the idea of being a street performer just for the enjoyment of it, not sure why anyone would do anything like that without it getting them money, but it was simultaneously the most adorable thing she’d ever heard. “I’m glad they’re doing it. Their singing is pretty.” ~ Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss
Why that looks so unique, inspired
It was the afternoon and Snow couldn’t help but notice the weird little bit of twigs hanging over the doorway of the kitchen. “Deke, there’s plants on the doorframe! What have you been up to this time?” “Decorating?”
She reached for the leaves the best she could with her tiny frame and sniffed up into the air. “Mistletoe,” she said. “We had this on my planet. Leaves and berries are poisonous. Really good for if you want to take someone out without a lot of mess- is this a present? For me? Who do you need-” “Wait wait wait- Snowflake NO, no one is getting poisoned.” 
She frowned. “Waste of good mistletoe if you ask me. What is it for, then?” “So… you hang mistletoe from doorways, and if you and your love walk under it… you kiss.” “We kiss under the poisonous, parasitic bush?” She was confused but intrigued by this strange custom. “Look, it’s tradition, don’t ask questions, I don’t know either.” “And I thought Terrans were soft… that’s the most badass thing I’ve ever heard of in my life. Kiss me under the poison.” “You really don’t need to put it like that-” Deke said, but before he could finish, Snow had pulled him in for a kiss. One he happily returned. He wasn’t about to waste some good mistletoe, after all. ~ They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts on a fire
Snow threw a copy of The Night Before Christmas across the bedroom. “No, I’ve tried to understand so much of this holiday, most of it I’m coming around to, but this? This is where I draw the line.”
“Sweetie, it’s a kid’s book, it’s not that big a deal-” “No, I’m not upset about a book,” she said, “This… this Santa? No sense at all,” she said. “The sleigh is just magic, like any other kid’s story, you really don’t have to try that hard to understand it.” “Oh no,” she replied, “the sleigh makes perfect sense to me. Santa knows what’s up, you put in your coordinates, fiddle with a few things, the ley lines get you to the nearest destination. Easy, basic dimensional travel, even if it might be a bit more efficient if he didn’t insist on using reindeer. Makes all the sense in the world to me, the rest of you all just need to get on our level. But everything else about the big man… No.”
“I’m going to hear about your problems with him whether I want to or not, aren’t I?” Deke asked. “Bingo,” she said. “You people are just okay with a man in a red suit breaking and entering? To leave presents for children? A man in velvet and fur does that, it’s holiday spirit, I do that, and it’s ‘creepy’ and ‘wrong’ and ‘next time, Snowflake, just knock’” “I warned you Nana and Bobo have been Terran all their lives and they were going to take your ‘extreme baby surprise’ a bit differently than you thought they would.” “And I told you it’s good for the little brat, keeps them on their toes and gives them a bit of exciting mystery in life. So I get why the Terran children love this story so much, even if I think it’s a case of double standards. But the man’s clothes are simply not stealthy or tactical. You can’t sneak in red, especially on your mythical white Christmases, you’re going to stick out from a mile away! And don’t get me started on the chimney… what happens if you don’t have one. We don’t have one, would Santa just climb in through the window? Lockpick?”
Deke nodded. She made several points, even if it was a bit much for her to approach Santa through the perspective of her area of expertise. “I got nothing on those last two points.”
“He goes to all that work… for snack food,” Snow said. “At least you lot could tip your home invaders a bit better. I’d expect at least large sums of money, in small unmarked bills, for that kind of performance.” Deke nodded. Milk and cookies really did seem like an unfair trade-off for overnight delivery. “I hear what you’re saying but that’s just the Christmas spirit for you, he’s grateful just for the snacks. He does it to be giving. At least, I think that’s supposed to be the point of it all.” 
His reply took her aback. She would rather lose her right hand than admit Deke was right in this conversation, easily, but at the same time, she could see the little nugget of truth in what he had to say. One that made her stop and think. Snow pulled herself out of bed and walked across the room to pick the book up. “But all that aside, it’s a lovely story,” she said quickly. “Even if nothing about it makes sense.” “You never make sense. Like. In general.” “I know. Get used to it, because we don’t do sense in this household.” “Wouldn’t have you any other way.” ~ What's this?
In here they've got a little tree, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?
They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
 “This one,” she said, “this is the perfect ornament for the dead tree.” Snow waved a Christmas ornament in front of Deke’s face in the packed gift shop, a kitten in a gift box holding the banner “Meowy Christmas.”
“For the last time, it’s called a Christmas tree,” Deke said. “Even if it… is… a dead tree. Technically.”
“Well the dead tree needs a festive Flerken on it,” she said, putting the bauble in his shopping basket. “They’re cats here, snowbunny,” Deke whispered, “cats.”
“Cat, Flerken, potayto potahto, isn’t that how it goes? We have to buy these too,” she said, putting a box of round glass ornaments into the basket. Deke looked in and was unsurprised to see glittering snowflakes painted on all of them. 
“These are just regular ball ornaments we have plenty of- oh,” he said. He knew despite her original misgivings about the guarantees of weather, the snowy motifs made her feel a little less alone and out of place, and had been playing along for a while with her insistence they were about her. “Of course we need them.”
“That’s how everyone will know the tree is mine,” she said proudly. 
“We have enough now,” Deke said. “Our tree isn’t that big, and we still have lights and garland for it-” “No,” she insisted, and another boxed ornament was in her hand. “Just one more?” The ornament was a ceramic retro styled semi truck, decked out in Christmas lights and wreaths. Deke looked at it, and spent a second in confusion as to why she’d want such a mundane thing on the tree, until it clicked.  Despite the hard times she’d had in her past, she still had a few fond memories of her adventures with the crew- Jaco in particular- and an occasional homesickness for her intergalactic, interdimensional home for so many years. And for all her confusion, she’d seemed to figure out part of Christmas was celebrating the past. “We.. we never had Christmas… or much of any holidays, really, it happens when you can’t really stay in one place for too long, on there… but it’d be like this, if we had,” she said. “You know.. Just in memory of the family who couldn’t make it.”
Deke nodded. He’d lost his family going back in time too, and understood how Snow felt. The tree was covered in lemons as a sort of nod to his past, and adding snowflakes and trucks to that mix just seemed right. 
“You’re right,” he said. “We’ll buy this one more thing.” “One more? Oh no,” she said, and in her hands was a strand of lights with clear snowflakes around the bulbs. “That dead tree isn’t done until you can barely see tree under it.”
Deke smiled. She was starting to get it.
~
The smell of cakes and pies
Are absolutely everywhere
 “What’s your favorite sweet?” Deke asked, out of nowhere at breakfast on a cold December morning, a few days before Christmas. 
“Huh?”
“Nana and Bobo are coming Christmas morning. So we’ll be doing the cooking this year and having our dinner with them. I thought I’d make the actual dinner, you could maybe do the baking and something sweet for dessert? I know you love sweets.” 
Snow thought for a moment, then started listing things, counting them off on her fingers. “Cookies.. Pies.. cakes.. Bread-” She stopped suddenly. 
“What’s wrong?” Deke asked. “I thought you loved all the treats you’ve been trying this month.”
“I do, they’ve all been divine. I just thought of my options for baking and then I thought of how much Jaco would love this time of year… He taught me a few things and I can probably use that knowledge to make just about anything, but it’s just not the same without him there to give me advice.” Her blue eyes grew big with bittersweet memories and Deke could see the sparkle of tears forming in them. Her sad face always destroyed him, knowing all the pain and loss her expression held. Deke grabbed for her hands and held them tightly. 
“We have cookbooks… we can call Nana for advice, she’s a biochemist, baking is just chemistry you eat… we can watch videos if you get stuck. I know it won’t be the same, and I know nothing will ever replace what he meant to you, as a big brother.”
Snow nodded. 
“But he’s also always right there in your heart, no matter what,” Deke said. “Nana taught me that about loss, people never really leave us, as long as we remember them. So bake the most delicious Christmas treats you can, and make him proud. And as long as you do that, as long as you use what you learned from him, Jaco will be with us.” 
“You’re right,” she agreed. “I’ll do the best baking anyone’s ever tried, and it’s all going to be in his memory.” “That’s the spirit. So what are you making, then?” Deke asked her. 
“Everything!”
~
The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
 Navigating last minute shopping downtown was the last thing Deke expected to be a challenge for the two of them, but it had become one. It was a case of Snowflake’s natural, corvid-like attraction to shiny, sparkly objects- and Deke trying to stop her before her natural kleptomaniac impulses could kick in-against her lack of acclimation to so much sparkling, bright, merry surroundings. Spending a  good part of your life in a dimly lit truck was something that stuck with you for a while, and even on the most neon lit planet she’d paid a visit on her journey, nothing could top the spectacle of Earth during the Christmas season. Every surface sparkled and shone with bright lights and glitter and tinsel and foil, every storefront played happy tunes about warm feelings, and the jingle of bells was never too far, as though magic simply floated through the atmosphere at that time of year. 
It was everything Snow ever loved, but it was also so, so much, almost too much for her at times. The sensory overload tired her out and she quietly pulled on Deke’s arm, guiding him to a nearby bench. He understood immediately and followed her to sit down beside her.
“I think I’m finally starting to understand this Christmas,” Snowflake said. “It’s still strange to me in a lot of ways, but whatever, life is boring without a little strangeness, isn’t it?” 
“Guess that means as long as I’ve got you my life will never be boring, then,” Deke replied. Snow playfully punched him in the arm, even though she knew he was right.
“I’ve seen so much in my short life and so many different worlds but this is the first I’ve seen where everyone spends a month just being kind to one another, giving out of the goodness of their hearts, inviting others into their homes to share food and company and good times, just loving each other. Before I came here… we didn’t have a lot. We were poor constantly, we only really had each other, and we ate almost every meal like it was our last because we never knew when our next would be coming. It’s so different going from that… to all this.”
Deke held her tight. “But you know things are different for you now, right? You don’t have to worry anymore, you know that.”
“I do, and that’s why I understand. Because I feel like that’s what all this is about. The winter is dark and cold and long, and sometimes, people don’t have what you do, and we just have each other. So we make everything brighter and warmer and share what we have with people who might not. We remember the people we love who might not be here. And it makes that darkness just a little easier to get through, if we get through it together.”
Deke was at a loss for words. He himself had never considered Christmas that way, but what she had to say was absolutely right. The two were from such different backgrounds, but in the end, they weren’t that different, two people who were thrown from their normal into something totally new. He was proud of her for coming to that conclusion by herself, because deep inside, it sorted things out for him, too. 
“You know, I don’t understand as much as I pretend to sometimes, in fact I understand literally nothing, but I think you’re right.”
“I figured it out with your help. I’m so grateful I have you to help me learn and feel less alone, less weird, less different. You’re better than any present anyone could ever give me.”
“Really? I just do my best…”
“It’s all we really can do, isn’t it?”
~
I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this?
Christmas Town, hmm
 It was Christmas morning, and the grandparents were due, and Deke was mildly nervous about how well the future granddaughter in law would go over with them. Although it took a while to get them acclimated to their… eccentric… new family member, Fitz and Jemma, on the whole, were able to move past their initial misgivings and find aspects of her they could both admire and focus on, rather than the fact a woman they met after she tried to murder one of their found family, would soon be married into theirs. “Just… try to not horrify them too much,” he reminded her that morning. “I know in-laws can be difficult, but I think we can manage the best Christmas ever as a family, too.”
“Deke, I’ll be fine,” Snow reassured him. She was dressed for the festive occasion, wearing a knit sweater, covered, of course, in silver foil yarn snowflakes. The words LET IT SNOW filled the front of it. “It’s not like I’ve never met them before.” She reached into the oven and pulled out a tray of gingerbread people to cool. Sitting on the kitchen table was an array of the goodies she’d stayed up all night baking. After all, she needed something to do to pass the time in case Santa paid them a visit, so she could sit down with him and teach him basic stealth principles. Platters of cookies in various shapes and varieties- snickerdoodle stars,  sugar cookie snowflakes, and a small pile of shortbread butterflies- and a big basket of fluffy herbed rolls, a recipe she’d learned years ago from Jaco, covered almost every surface. “What do you think? They’re going to love it.”
Deke smiled. “It’s great but.. Where am I going to put the turkey, or just about anything else?”
“We have a whole living room,” Snow said, and Deke raised a finger and opened his mouth, ready to point out maybe that was a better place for the sweets, but he wasn’t about to be a buzzkill when she was in such an excited mood. 
“Right, right, living room turkey. Classic Christmas tradition. Right.” This was going to be a fun one to explain to Nana and Bobo… who were ringing the doorbell that very minute.
“I’ll get it-” Deke insisted, but Snowflake was already opening the door to welcome the two in. “Merry Christmas!” she squealed, in a cheerful singsong voice. Fitz tried to dodge her embrace by sidestepping her, but her well-trained reflexes were faster, and he found himself in an awkward hug from the tiny woman, sending desperate looks Jemma’s way. His wife gave him a look that said, without any words, oh no, she’s your problem now. “Bobo!”
“Pleasedon’tcallmethat,” Fitz muttered under his breath. Jemma helpfully pulled Snow off him to give her adopted future granddaughter in law a hug, only for Deke to quickly swoop in on his grandpa before he could even enjoy his newfound freedom.  Snow was surprised. She’d always had a harder time getting through to Nana, but maybe it was the holiday spirit bringing them a little closer today. Just a bit more of that magic she’d never totally understand, but that was fine.
“Oh, Snow, how have you been hanging in there?” Jemma asked her. 
“Baking!” Snow said proudly. “So many cookies in the kitchen, and more coming, please eat them so Deke doesn’t have to put the turkey in the living room!” Jemma mouthed something that looked like “what?” to Deke and he replied silently with one of his usual “don’t ask” shrugs. 
“Great, I need coffee. We grabbed the redeye flight and I wasn’t about to pay ten dollars at the airport,” Fitz said. “Bloody crooks.” 
“Also in the kitchen, unless Snow finished it in the ten minutes since I made the pot,” Deke said. He was eager to diffuse some of the awkwardness that was growing in the apartment. A little awkwardness might be part of the holidays, too, but it seemed to run more in this family than others. A little strangeness keeps life from being boring, that’s what Snow said, he reminded himself. But if he could help it, he preferred to not exhaust the entire day’s supply this early in the morning. 
~
After a delicious Christmas dinner -where the turkey, thankfully, remained on the kitchen table- the Fitzsimmons-Shaw-Snowflake family gathered in the living room to enjoy one another’s company by the fireplace. Card games were played, stories were told, and everyone just seemed to come a little closer together.
“Hey Snow,” Deke said, during a bit of a lull, as their feast began catching up to everyone and making them tired, “why don’t you put on a Christmas movie for us?” 
“I’d love to!” she said. “Deke taught me about Christmas watching these, and you know? I really love Earth more now. It’s the only planet that does all this.” She turned the TV on and from the menu, flipped over to the movie that had been making her feel like she  truly belonged over the last few weeks, the one she knew almost by heart. The soundtrack kicked in and a voiceover started. “Now, you’ve probably wondered where holidays come from… if you haven’t, I think it’s time you’ve begun-”
“Snow, are you sure you want to go with this one?” Deke asked, realizing oh god, she’s really going to play Nightmare Before Christmas for Nana and Bobo. Not Elf, not Christmas Vacation, this one. 
“Of course! It taught me so much, the least I can do is share that with your grandparents,” she said. Deke looked desperately at Jemma and Fitz, hoping for at least disapproving or bewildered expressions from them to convince Snow- well, really, him, and he knew this- that this was a bad idea, but to his surprise, they seemed okay with her offbeat choice. 
“That’s so sweet,” Jemma said. “You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this one, either.”
Deke shrugged. If the grandparents were happy, so was he. He poured everyone another mug of hot cocoa,  as This Is Halloween started playing in the background, 
Sometimes the best gifts at Christmas didn’t come in packages. Sometimes the best gift was the gift of family, the gift of memories, the gift of time spent with those close, and if this Christmas brought his family, new and old, closer together, then for him, it was truly a Christmas worth celebrating. 
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Hey guys, a friend of mine showed me this weather forecast today that is expected to hit the US around midweek next week. Some of these temperatures are rather extreme, but as a Canadian who has dealt with them many times in life I thought I’d offer a few tips! To start with here are a few handy websites: https://www.unitedwayvgu.org/coldweathertips https://blog.esurance.com/how-to-prep-your-car-for-extreme-cold/ https://m.wikihow.com/Start-a-Car-in-Freezing-Cold-Winter-Weather Now, here are a few tips I think will be invaluable, especially for those in the -30F to -52F zones: Sadly the things we have (winter gas, antifreeze, -50C windshield washer fluid etc) is readily available in Canada but probably not in the United States. If it IS available for you I would definitely consider picking some up before next week. If you are planning to go to school or work or wherever, and there is not a dedicated snow plowing system in effect, consider that you may make it somewhere safely but not home at the end of the day. Snow builds up fast, and in those conditions can turn to ice ridiculously fast. Vehicles can also die and refuse to start up later even if you got them working just an hour ago. Bring phone chargers of backup power banks. That level of cold will suck the power from your mobile in no time, even if it was kept in your pocket. Bundle up! You can get frostbite in minutes, and especially if the wind is bad. Do not let any skin be exposed if you have to be outside over 5-10 minutes. The wind and cold are going to feel extremely painful on your skin. it will also likely be a shock to your lungs when you breathe in the cold air. You should be wearing (or at least taking with you) a heavy coat with hood, a toque, a thick scarf, a ski mask or balaclava, extra socks, and base layers or long johns underneath your pants. Sunglasses too! Snow blindness is awful. If you can avoid doing so, don’t go out! If you have a sick day or vacation day or can afford to stay home from school one day I would insist on doing so. The temperature your feet are highly influence the rest of your body so keep them warm. Wear shoes with heavy traction because after about -10 even salt on the sidewalks stops being fully effective and ice can build up fast. Start your car 15-20 minutes before you have to leave so it'll warm up. If you have a portable heater keep it going. The cold will seep in ungodly fast and that little heater may be all that keeps your pipes from bursting. It's good to have one near the bathroom and the kitchen. Keep your heat turned up, even if you leave the house. The cold and the wind will leech the heat from the building fast, and if you have pets you need to be sure they stay warm too! If for any reason you think the power is gonna go out boil some water as hot as you can get it then put it in a thermos. Then you have super hot water for a few hours if you need it. This is also useful for pouring over anything frozen shut. Check the weather frequently! Temperatures can dip very suddenly and winds can pick up and bring in blizzards. Honestly just leave the Weather Network playing all day. I hope this helps someone, and if you can please share this so other can be prepared for the incoming cold weather! Stay warm and safe! <3
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LONG POST AHEAD IF U LITERALLY WANNA KNOW ME PERSONALLY JUST READ THIS LMFAO
1: Name: Arche/Jupiter, my close friends know my real name so!
2: Age: High school has just been done so try to guess
3: Fears: Heights, oral presentations, the dark
4: 3 things I love: Drawing, men- concept art n stuff like that
5: 4 turns on: Oh here we go- uhh thighs, messy hair? when they give u The Look or when they. say things i will not talk about here HHGBDF n uhhh Arms 👀👀
6: 4 turns off: weird macho attitude, overly confident bullshit, being selfish and fuckboys in general
7: My best friend: not sure what this means but my bff is named Daphnée n i love her and ive known her my whole life so 
8: Sexual orientation: homosexuale
9: My best first date: :))))))) as if
10: How tall am I: sigh. I’m 5″4
11: What do I miss: sometimes i miss the feeling loved ig
12: What time were I born: 12:19
13: Favourite color: pink!
14: Do I have a crush
15: Favourite quote: My senior quote!! “if what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, I’m telling you I’m immortal”
16: Favourite place: well? my room ig? I like my yard too
17: Favourite food: ugh ramen,,,korean dishes are TASTE as fuck but i also like classic ass spaghetti so like lol
18: Do I use sarcasm: does it look like i dont
19: What am I listening to right now: dr.phil LMFAO
20: First thing I notice in new person: Hair and eyes!! also how they laugh
21: Shoe size: Like. a 7-8 in women’s 6 in men’s 
22: Eye color: Hazel/Golden yes bitch let me be special
23: Hair color: it’s either dark brown or golden brown idk
24: Favourite style of clothing: bruv its either kpoppie fuckboy or uwu skirts pastels
25: Ever done a prank call?: no i have anxiety
26: Meaning behind my URL:
27: Favourite movie: rise of the guardians and HTTYD
28: Favourite song: Comeback Home (BTS cover)
29: Favourite band: looks in the camera i dont know nan molla huh
30: How I feel right now: I’m fine im hungry
31: Someone I love: shoutout to my babeys in my server ily
32: My current relationship status: Single(tm)
33: My relationship with my parents: theyre fine ig just a bit tired
34: Favourite holiday:
35: Tattoos and piercing I have: Ear piercings? that’s it
36: Tattoos and piercings I want:
37: The reason I joined Tumblr:
38: Do I and my last ex hate each other? I sure hope not?
39: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts? A bit ig?
40: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted? Literally no
41: When did I last hold hands? Like last Friday
42: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning? 20 minutes
43: Have You shaved your legs in the past three days? no i havent shaved in like months
44: Where am I right now? in my room, in quebec, canada
45: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me? bitch i sure hope my friends would
46: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level? fuck my ears 
47: Do I live with my Mom and Dad? yeah
48: Am I excited for anything? yeah? yeah
49: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to? ig? always
50: How often do I wear a fake smile? just at work tbh
51: When was the last time I hugged someone? not long ago i cant tell but my friends r cuddle monsters so 
52: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me? i havent kissed anyone so 
53: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not? lemme think uhhh no not rlly im not dumb 
54: What is something I disliked about today? i woke up n i thought i had school lol
55: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? oh john cock i want to be ur best friend
56: What do I think about most? i daydream 24/7
57: What’s my strangest talent? uhhh i can put my thumb behind my hand?
58: Do I have any strange phobias? trypophobia, if thats “weird”
59: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? depends on what the video is, mostly behind
60: What was the last lie I told? idk answering to my deadname
61: Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? online
62: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens? I slightly believe in ghosts? also aliens GOTTA exist so 
63: Do I believe in magic? i think!
64: Do I believe in luck? yeah
65: What’s the weather like right now? very pretty i filmed a video outside!!
66: What was the last book I’ve read? L’Étranger d’Albert Camus in french class
67: Do I like the smell of gasoline? yes my dad’s a mechanic
68: Do I have any nicknames? a lot a lot
69: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had? bitch @ my birth #neverforget 
70: Do I spend money or save it? i have 40$ in my name right now
71: Can I touch my nose with a tounge? no
72: Is there anything pink in 10 feet from me? yes highlighter
73: Favourite animal? cats or otters
74: What was I doing last night at 12 AM? FBISDFD NO WE DONT TALK ABOUT IT
75: What do I think is Satan’s last name idk he can have any last name he wants!!!
76: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it? everytime i start hearing “waiting for you anpanman” or “i just wanna go home” 👀👀
77: How can you win my heart? aaahh. be a twink. b fashionable. b funny. cheesy. pls romance me like a npc in the sims 2
78: What would I want to be written on my tombstone? s(he) died smh
79: What is my favorite word? cunt is SUCH a satisfying word
80: My top 5 blogs on tumblr? oh great uh honestly cant be fucked 
81: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say? please have brain. PLEASE
82: Do I have any relatives in jail? i sure hope the fuck not?
83: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power? either invisibility or mind reading
84: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on? ahaaa “what are your intrusive thoughts”
85: What is my current desktop picture? my lesbian sims getting married LMFAO
86: Had sex? no
87: Bought condoms? no
88: Gotten pregnant? NO
89: Failed a class? i think yeah maths last year
90: Kissed a boy? :(((
91: Kissed a girl? no
92: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain? no
93: Had job? I have a job rn so 
94: Left the house without my wallet? yeah when i go to school
95: Bullied someone on the internet? define bullying?
96: Had sex in public? virgin squad
97: Played on a sports team? yeah
98: Smoked weed? no ew
99: Did drugs? no ew
100: Smoked cigarettes? NO EW
101: Drank alcohol? yep 
102: Am I a vegetarian/vegan? no i’d die
103: Been overweight? i’m twig
104: Been underweight? i think i was underweight when i was young? i was very Small
105: Been to a wedding? yes very long boring
106: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight? bruh. everyday
107: Watched TV for 5 hours straight? probably?
108: Been outside my home country? ONCE
109: Gotten my heart broken? TWICE !
110: Been to a professional sports game? yesss canadians game!!
111: Broken a bone? no
112: Cut myself? not technically 
113: Been to prom? SOON SOON SOON SOSOSNSBFSHDD
114: Been in airplane? once
115: Fly by helicopter? i am not rich bitch
116: What concerts have I been to? noneeee- WAIT NO MARIE MAI
117: Had a crush on someone of the same sex? not sex but for the purpose of pretending i have a penis yes plenty
118: Learned another language? yeah!! i learned english, i almost learned spanish and i’m trynna learn korean now
119: Wore make up? i try!! but i’m not super good
120: Lost my virginity before I was 18? not 18 yet but it’s goin that way
121: Had oral sex? as if 
122: Dyed my hair? i wishhh
123: Voted in a presidential election? I WISH THE ELECTIONS R ONE MONTH B4 MY BIRTHDAY 
124: Rode in an ambulance? nope
125: Had a surgery? yes at a week old 
126: Met someone famous? i think yes but i was super small
127: Stalked someone on a social network? define stalked?
128: Peed outside? yes
129: Been fishing? YES
130: Helped with charity? i think? we do volunteering so 
131: Been rejected by a crush? not directly
132: Broken a mirror? no 
133: What do I want for birthday? boyf......boy..boyff
134: How many kids do I want and what will be their names? oh man uhh maybe 2-3, i dont know their names yet honestly
135: Was I named after anyone? MY DAD NAMED ME AFTER A FUCKIN CLIENT HE MET. as for my actual name now I named myself after my fav video game character. lit
136: Do I like my handwriting? yeah!!
137: What was my favourite toy as a child? bitch hot wheels
138: Favourite Tv Show? hells kitchen,,,,judge judy,,,anythin like that
139: Where do I want to live when older? honestly i wish i could just live in japan or tokyo, or new york? but i will most likely end up in montreal 
140: Play any musical instrument? i used to play the clarinet last year!!
141: One of my scars, how did I get it? the one on my knee, i scratched my desk with my knee 
142: Favourite pizza toping? my dad makes AMAZING sea food pizzas,,,
143: Am I afraid of the dark? a lot
144: Am I afraid of heights? A LOT
145: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad? idk prolly? im a bit of a goody two shoes or however u spell it
146: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end: dont we all
147: What I’m really bad at: organizing my anxiety n shit i get overwhelmed
148: What my greatest achievments are: finishing high school 
149: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me: honestly has to be that time someone dug up my vent post about being dysphoric to try to say i hated myself with some dumbass DySphorIa Is SelF HaTRed argument
150: What I’d do if I won in a lottery: pay my parents’ debt off, buy 284223$ of BT21 merch, pay my whole college/uni and transition
151: What do I like about myself: idk i like how i literally do not give a fuck anymore and ive learned to love myself instead of trynna care
152: My closest Tumblr friend: @peptobismol-official​ @ace-landofthesun​ @dorkalisious​ and ana but idk her @ anymore :((( ana pls
153: Something I fantasise about: we dont talk about that
154: Any thoughts on the paranormal?: lit. please stop crawling in my ceiling !
ok now that u know my whole biography. go doxx me ig. bye bye
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a fun little tag thing!
so... @bugles-theabsoluteshit tagged me for this ‘abc’ tag, so time to give you info about me you didn’t need! so i need to tag 3 people now, i guess i’ll tag @justpidgance , @imreallyhereforplance and anyone else who wants to do this tag!!
age: 16, i’m a decrepit old woman, i know.
birth place: i’m canadian (eh).
current time: when i’m writing this out to post it, it’s 8:30ish!!
last drink you had: some sweet sweet h2o baby!!! i constantly have water around me because i drink so much of it.
easiest person to talk to: so, in life off of the internet i have a super close friend i can be unapologetically me with. i talk to him constantly, we’ve known each other since kindergarten and that means that we’re super close!! but on the internet, @justpidgance is probs my best friend on the internet. she’s so lovely and easy to talk to, since we have the same sense of humour and similar interests. i love her!!
favourite song: congrats on opening pandora’s box. i love music so much, it’s been a huge part of my childhood. so if we’re talking songs i could listen to on repeat for forever, my top two are “somebody to love” by queen and “another brick in the wall” by pink floyd. but for more current music, i’m obsessed with saint motel at the moment. “puzzle pieces”, “cold cold man”, “for elise” and “move” are BOPS!!! i’m also heavily in love with “be more chill” (the musical) and i could talk about it. please talk to me about music. all the time. anytime. music talk. let’s go.
grossest memory: one time, after my seventh grade class were given iPads as ‘educational tools’ this kid made a giant group chat of all of us in the class and sent out a link to a video of a live giraffe birth. and i get that nature is beautiful and all that jazz, but not when you aren’t expecting to watch a baby giraffe fall out of it’s mother. they just fall out onto the floor!! what the f*ck!!
horror yes? or horror no?: listen, i love campy, cheesy, movies with my entire heart and soul. but new, good horror movies are a nope. still gonna go see “hellfest” because i love bex.
in love: jokes on you haters, love is foR NERDS!!! jk love is great but i’m not in it at the moment.
jealous: nope, it takes a lot to make me even a little jealous. lowkey, i’m so grateful i’m not a jealous person y’all get crazy!!!
kiss or be kissed: jokes on you sinners, kissing’s foR NERDS!
love at first sight or should i walk past again: platonically? you can reblog my post one (1) time and i’ll probably say i love you. i’m a platonic love machine, but romantically i’m gonna need to walk past again, get to know you, and then we can talk romance!!!
middle name: jean!!
number of siblings: i have one younger brother and one older stepbrother. i’m a middle child!!!
one wish: broadway! tickets! please! and! thanks!
person you last called: my mom! i love her and she’s great. i called because i wanted to see if she was going to be able to pick me up from work.
question you’re always asked: “are you sure you two are related?” (my dad is mexican and therefore darker skinned and my mom is whiter than cottage cheese so since i have my mom’s skin tone, some people doubt i’m actually my dad’s daughter.)
reason to smile: don’t yoU TOUCH HER!
song you last sang: i was properly bopping to the theme song for the local weather network at work.
time you woke up: around 9:00am this morning. for school and stuff i have to wake up at 6:30am.
underwhelming experience: people hate brussels sprouts are like, the worst. so i was severely underwhelmed when i tried them. are they good? no. but are they satan’s green edible nutsack like people say? no!
vacation destination: i really want to go to japan!! i get that it’s basic, but if i don’t get to see the studio ghibli museum before i die then my life was wasted.
worst habit: whenever i’m waiting for a reciept to print before i can remove my debit card, i always do a little dance until the purchase is approved. it’s very embarrassing. i’m also a big nail biter, i have stubby fingernails for days.
x-rays: i got my teeth x-rayed at the dentist lately! that was real nifty.
your favourite food: garlic/cheesy bread of any kind. i also love spicy food!! so i really like the spicy doritos. the fact is that if you make me garlic bread or bring me spicy doritos i will love you forever.
zodiac: sagittarius sun and moon, aries rising!
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Punch Up Collective
Upcoming Radical Events in Ottawa
Event Listings: Monday, September 27 – Sunday, October 3, 2021
This is the most recent compilation from the Radical Events Ottawa (REO) List. The REO List is a public announcement list for radical events, meetings, protests, and other activities in Ottawa, Ontario, on unceded Algonquin territory. The Punch Up Collective collects submissions and produces this curated weekly compilation of upcoming activities.
Due to COVID-19, we’ve expanded the list of events we would typically include to feature more online activities and actions, including some that are not specific solely to the Ottawa area. 
Would you like to see your event included in the next REO list? Submit it through this form by the Friday before! Find out more about our submission guidelines and how to subscribe or unsubscribe here.
CONTENTS
Possible Futures: Rad Frosh – September 24 – October 3
A Short History of Prisons Designated for Women – Tuesday, September 28, 6:00PM
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/ Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation – Thursday, September 30, 8:30AM
Suffer the Little Children: Tamara Starblanket on genocide, Indigenous Nations & the Canadian State – Thursday, September 30, 7:00-8:30PM
Families of Sisters in Spirit Vigil 2021 ~ In Memory of Gladys Tolley ~ 20th anniversary – Monday, October 4, at 4:30PM
What does the murder of activist Mariano Abarca-México say about Canadian government accountability? – Tuesday, October 5, 3:00PM
DETAILS
1. Possible Futures: Rad Frosh – September 24 – October 3
Online
Hosted by: OPIRG Carleton, Graduate Students Association, Carleton Equity Services
What does it look like to radically re-imagine a world that is different from the one we live in, and how do we get there? 
Possible Futures: OPIRG Carleton Rad Frosh encourages incoming students, and community members to stretch our imaginations and conceptions of what is possible – hoping to ground the social and political actions of today in our goals for the future.
We are presenting over a week of programming, predominantly coming from the minds of community members and students. Join us for talks, workshops, and events from September 24th to October 3rd.
Talks and panels will be streamed live on Facebook and YouTube, and workshops will held on zoom. Ensure that you register for workshops using the Eventbrite link below:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/possible-futures-opirg-carleton-rad-frosh-tickets-170453456878
*OPIRG-Carleton works and operates on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin/ Anishinaabe territory. However, we recognize that our online operation has expanded our reach and the land that our community extends to. We encourage you to find out on which land you have settled or arrived.
2. A Short History of Prisons Designated for Women – Tuesday, September 28, 6:00PM
Online
Hosted by The Simone de Beauvoir Institute and Nathalie Batraville
“A Short History of Prisons Designated for Women” with Johanne Wendy Bariteau
Online public lecture organized by Dr. Nathalie Batraville in the context of “WSDB498: Ending Sexual Violence” but open to all.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc–qqTouEtGrTsXg-NbmMQ5zhetNQZKH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
About Wendy:
Johanne Wendy Bariteau has a deep interest in and understanding of the criminal justice system, specifically the carceral system and its impacts on folks in federal prisons designated for women.
To that end she has worked for several organizations involved in supporting folks who are incarcerated and formerly incarcerated across Canada. In BC she was a board member of the West Coast Prison Legal Services and volunteered for BCCLA and is a member of the grassroots organizations Joint Effort, a women’s prisoner support group.
She also helps with Prisoner Justice Day Committee to organize public education events and Prison Justice Network. She is now the regional coordinator for Ontario and Québec at the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry societies. She is also involved with other organizations, for example Anti Carceral Group and the Abolition Coalition. Working in multiple regions has given her an appreciation for the federal carceral system and how it plays out in regional contexts.
She has been interacting with students at various universities where she has been asked to lecture on the carceral system. For example, she lectured for the faculty of law at the University of British Columbia, for the Women’s and Gender studies department at Capilano University, and for the criminology department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Her education and training contribute to he understanding of the criminal justice system: in July 2020 she completed her Gladue Report Writing certificate with Indigenous Perspectives Society and Royal Roads University; in August 2019 she completed her Paralegal Diploma.
3. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/ Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation – Thursday, September 30, 8:30AM
Parliament Hill
Hosted by PSAC National Capital Region | Région de la capitale nationale de l’AFPC
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new federal statutory holiday that came from one of the 94 Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. For the past few years, it’s also been commemorated as Orange Shirt Day.
All federal public service workers and many workers in federally regulated sectors have the day off to provide an opportunity “to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools. This may present itself as a day of quiet reflection or participation in a community event.”
PSAC-NCR is organizing a delegation to attend a ceremony at Parliament Hill, followed by a Spirit Walk to Confederation Park where there will be presentations, music, art, and more. Check out the details of the event here: https://remember-me-september-30.org/
We will meet up in the parking lot of PSAC (233 Gilmour) at 8:30 a.m. and depart at 8:45 a.m. to walk together to Parliament Hill for 9:00 a.m. We will also have a limited supply of orange shirts to give out in the parking lot so arrive early for a shirt! Limited parking space will be available. There are parking lots and street parking nearby. Event organizers have asked attendees to practice social distancing. Mask-wearing is mandatory and vaccinations are recommended in order to protect the safety of Elders and residential school survivors in attendance.
Don’t forget to dress for the weather and bring a water bottle!
Let’s make sure to kick off the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by bringing ourselves to the task and showing up, in whichever ways we can, to honour the survivors of residential schools, mourn the children who never made it home, and work towards truth and reconciliation not just this day but around the year.
Please share this event with family, friends, and your coworkers!
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Le 30 septembre est la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, un nouveau jour de congé statutaire fédéral qui découle de l’un des 94 appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada. Depuis quelques années, elle est aussi commémorée comme la journée de la chemise orange.
Tous les fonctionnaires fédéraux et de nombreux travailleuses et travailleurs des secteurs réglementés par le gouvernement fédéral ont droit à ce jour de congé afin d’avoir l’occasion de ” reconnaître et de commémorer les séquelles des pensionnats. Ils peuvent en profiter pour réfléchir calmement ou pour participer à un événement communautaire.”
L’AFPC-RCN organise une délégation qui assistera à une cérémonie sur la colline du Parlement, suivie d’une marche spirituelle jusqu’au parc de la Confédération où il y aura des présentations, de la musique, de l’art et plus encore. Consultez les détails de l’événement ici : https://remember-me-september-30.org/ (disponible en anglais seulement).
Nous nous rassemblerons dans le stationnement de l’AFPC (233, rue Gilmour) à 8 h 30 et partirons à 8 h 45 pour marcher ensemble jusqu’à la colline du Parlement à 9 h. Nous aurons également un nombre limité de t-shirts orange à distribuer dans le stationnement, alors arrivez tôt pour en obtenir un! Un nombre limité de places de stationnement sera disponible. Il y a des parcs de stationnement et du stationnement dans la rue à proximité.
Les organisateurs de l’événement ont demandé aux participants de pratiquer la distanciation sociale. Le port du masque est obligatoire et la vaccination est recommandée afin de protéger la sécurité des aînés et des survivants des pensionnats qui seront présents.
N’oubliez pas de vous habiller pour le temps et d’apporter une bouteille d’eau!
Assurons-nous de donner le coup d’envoi de la première Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation en nous mettant à la tâche et en nous montrant, de toutes les façons possibles, pour honorer les survivants des pensionnats, faire le deuil des enfants qui ne sont jamais rentrés chez eux et travailler à la vérité et à la réconciliation, non seulement ce jour-là mais tout au long de l’année.
Partagez cet événement avec vos proches et vos collègues de travail!
4. Suffer the Little Children: Tamara Starblanket on genocide, Indigenous Nations & the Canadian State – Thursday, September 30, 7:00-8:30PM
Online
Join us on Truth and Reconciliation Day for an online conversation with legal scholar Tamara Starblanket on genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian state. Hosted by Ketty Nivyabandi, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada (English speaking Branch), and Octopus Books.
LINK TO REGISTER: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oSE3Bv7HSYyAZbCiCU4QPg
ASL interpretation will be available. Participants are also invited to advise of any accessibility needs when they register. 
Many settler Canadians have expressed shock at the findings of ground penetrating radar at the sites of former residential schools across the country, which have revealed the remains of thousands of Indigenous children kidnapped by the colonial state from their homes and families and Nations. These horrifying “discoveries” are already known to Indigenous Nations attempting for years to get justice.
Justice as defined by the Canadian and international legal systems is far from adequate. Tamara Starblanket carefully prepared her master’s thesis on this issue, which became the book Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations, and the Canadian State (Clarity Press, 2018). Available from Octopus Books: https://octopusbooks.ca/shop?keyword=9780998694771
This powerful work turns the western legal system against itself despite the shortfalls of legal recourse that were founded in colonialism and imperialism. Yet, her work does demonstrate the Canadian state is culpable for genocide and violates international customary law. It explains in detail how the crime of genocide was conceptualized following World War 2 by the international community, how colonial countries, including Canada, sought to shield themselves against possible prosecution and sidestep the link between cultural genocide and colonialism.
Tamara Starblanket is Spider Woman, a Nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) from Ahtahkakoop First Nation in Treaty Six. Tamara holds an LLM (Master of Laws) from the University of Saskatchewan, and an LLB from the University of British Columbia. She is the Dean of Academics at Native Education College on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations or what is commonly referred to as Vancouver, BC. Starblanket is the recipient of the 2020 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy for her book Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State.
More info: https://amnesty.ca/what-you-can-do/events/#event=67793783;instance=20210930190000
5. Families of Sisters in Spirit Vigil 2021 ~ In Memory of Gladys Tolley ~ 20th anniversary – Monday, October 4, at 4:30PM
Vincent Massey Park
Hosted by Families of Sisters in Spirit
Honor & remember all Missing/Murdered Indigenous WGT2S.
Honor & remember all Missing/Murdered Residential School Children.
20th Anniversary of Gladys Tolley – MOM 
In Memory of Aileen Joseph 
6. What does the murder of activist Mariano Abarca-México say about Canadian government accountability? – Tuesday, October 5, 3:00PM
Online
Hosted by MiningWatch Canada, Institute for Policy Studies, Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala, GRITE UOttawa Territoires de l’extractivisme, and Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
ROUNDTABLE: Does the government have the right to deceive the public?
What does the murder of activist Mariano Abarca in Chiapas, México say about Canadian government accountability?
DATE: Tuesday, Oct 5, 2021
TIME: 12 pm PST / 3 pm EST
Platform: Zoom and Facebook live 
This event will be in English and Spanish; if you need interpretation REGISTER HERE (FOR FREE!): https://bit.ly/3hCLBbN
WITH:
Moderator: Bianca Mugyenyi, Director, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute 
First hour: Economic Diplomacy
* Representative of the Abarca family from Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico
* Charis Kamphuis, Justice and Corporate Accountability Project
* Jen Moore, Global Economy Program, Institute for Policy Studies
* Nicholas Pope, Lawyer on the case, Hameed Law, Ottawa
Second hour: Approaches to Enforcement
Reflections of expert panel
* Ketty Nivyabandi, Secretary-General, Amnesty International Canada
* Representative of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights
* David Yazbek, Lawyer, Centre for Freedom of Expression
Reflections of Soledad García Muñoz, IACHR Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights
On November 27, 2009, Mariano Abarca was shot and killed in front of his family restaurant in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, in southern Mexico. Abarca had been a key leader in his community’s fight against the social and environmental impacts of a Canadian company’s mining operations. All of the suspects in his murder were connected to the Calgary-based company, Blackfire Exploration. There never has been a full, impartial investigation neither in Mexico nor in Canada.
This case has been brought to Canada because documents obtained through Access to Information show that the Canadian Embassy in Mexico supported Blackfire extensively in the lead up to and following the murder of Mariano Abarca. Embassy officials, the family’s lawyers argue, are implicated in his death. In February 2018, Canadian and Mexican organizations asked the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC) to investigate the acts and omissions of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico that they believe contributed to putting Mr. Abarca’s life in danger.
The Commissioner refused to commence an investigation in April 2018, and the matter is now before the Federal Court of Appeal. The Federal Court upheld his decision, which is now before the Federal Court of Appeal. We are currently awaiting a hearing date, which could be announced at any time. This is the family’s final recourse to seek justice in Canada.
As such, this roundtable will discuss Canadian practice when it comes to embassies abroad and conflicts over Canadian mining operations, asking whether Mariano’s case is the pattern or an exception. We will also explore what policy Canadian officials should be expected to follow in such cases, and how Canada’s human rights obligations are fulfilled. Finally, do we have any way to hold public officials to account when things go wrong as they did for Mariano? And if not, what needs to change?
CO-SPONSORS:
– Amnesty International-Canada
– Americas Policy Group (APG)
– Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI)
– Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA)
-Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
-Centre international de solidarité ouvrière (CISO)
– Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL)
– Common Frontiers
– Human Rights Research and Education Centre – University of Ottawa
– Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – Global Economy Program
– Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Territories of Extractivism (GRITE)
– Inter Pares
– KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
– Mining Justice Action Committee (MJAC)- Victoria
– MiningWatch Canada
– People’s Health Movement – Canada- Extractives working group
– Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG)
– Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Social Justice Fund – Rights Action
– Steelworkers Humanity Fund
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Colorado Gubernatorial And Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, 2018 (June 26 Democratic Primary)
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All the Outdoor Activities You Can Experience in Muskoka Cottage Resorts in the Winter
Muskoka and the surrounding area are especially beautiful in the winter. Skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, fat biking, dog sleddging, and a variety of other classic cold-season activities at the cottage resorts in Muskoka are all made possible by abundant snowfall and cool weather.
Sledding with Dogs Is A Unique Experience:
At Huntsville’s North Ridge Ranch, on the outskirts of Algonquin Park, try this must-do Canadian experience. Learn to mush your own sled or simply take in the scenery. Throughout the winter season, half-day and one-hour tours are provided on most days. These dog sledding adventures sell out quickly, so book early!
A Frozen Ice Trail to Skate:
Put on your skates and head to two Muskoka ice trails from the cottage resorts in Muskoka that you won’t want to miss. A 1.5 kilometer skating path travels through a snow-covered forest in Arrowhead Provincial Park, providing an unparalleled woodland experience. Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery, near the Lake Muskoka settlement of Bala, is transformed in the winter with a 1.2 kilometer ice trail around the frozen cranberry bogs.
On A Fat Bike, Ride through the Woods:
Fat bikes have bigger tires for float and grip on snowy tracks, making them the mountain bike equivalent of monster trucks. Muskoka cottage resorts provide two-hour guided rides, fat bike rentals, and a groomed network of single-track winter cycling trails on-site. Fat bikers may ride the groomed ski trails at Georgian Nordic Outdoor Activity Centre.
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Tips and tricks to keep in mind on your visit to Toronto
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Toronto is among the globe's most multicultural cities. Steeped in history and society, it likewise ruptures with wondrous, unusual energy and resolutely comprehensive perspectives. I've learned that Toronto has its obstacles as well as overlooked policies as well; preparing ahead and also knowing what to expect go a long way in making a journey right here remarkable.
Include 13% to practically every little thing you purchase (and afterwards some).
Toronto is pricey, there are no 2 methods regarding it. It doesn't assist that a 13% tax obligation is labelled onto all goods and also solutions. Contribute to that a 17% tax for resort stays. And, obviously, 15% to 20% tips for meals are expected.
Generally, vacationers on a mid-range budget plan need to intend on investing CA$ 100-250 daily to cover normal expenditures. To conserve a little bit, consider staying in a hostel (most have private areas), buy self-catered meals in markets and take mass transit. CityPASS helps save on some major destinations also. And there are a lot of cost-free points to do as well if all those taxes feel frustrating.
Pay with Loonies.
Yes, most locations accept United States bucks however utilize Canadian dollars instead-- you are in Canada after all (plus you'll conserve cash money on lousy instant currency exchange rate).
Reserve your stay.
While Toronto has no scarcity of lodgings, smaller areas like inns and also B&B s can sell out, especially during the summertime. Schedule early!
Buy pro sporting activities tickets well beforehand.
Torontonians are diehard sports fans, despite exactly how inadequately their groups are playing. If you intend to sign up with the madness, book tickets as quickly as you know you're headed to community-- Maple Leafs and Raptors video games go specifically quickly.
Purchase seats for big-ticket programs early as well.
While you can usually rack up final tickets for smaller sized cinemas, Broadway reveals pack homes months in advance. Buy tickets beforehand. Or else, rush tickets are occasionally sold on efficiency day, beginning at 9am.
Discover Toronto (mainly) on foot.
Though Toronto is Canada's largest city-- over 6 million individuals-- most views are concentrated in downtown Toronto as well as the bohemian, ethnic, historic and beachfront communities that surround it.
Set out in a grid, navigating Toronto is most convenient on foot-- you'll see extra, find out how the city works, as well as have the liberty to pop in as well as misplaced. If the weather is cruddy, follow the indicators to course, a 17-mile network (30km) of tunnels that links over 70 structures and shopping centers. For the waterside, modification points up as well as rent out a bike.
To get across community, usage Toronto's public transportation system (TTC). True, the trams and also buses are usually postponed and also the train just has 4 lines, yet it'll obtain you where you're going. In any way prices, avoid driving; the bumper-to-bumper website traffic can be soul-crushing. If you must, bring your defensive-driving "A" game.
Mind your Ps and Qs.
Though Torontonians are typically laid-back, "please," "thanks" as well as "sorry" are highly valued words. Utilize them. Encountering a person without saying sorry or not giving thanks to someone for holding the door is thought about disrespectful.
Likewise, cutting a line can motivate full-on shouts. And also whatever you do, do not say Canadians as well as Americans coincide-- this oft-heard remark abroad is taken into consideration offending in your home.
Listen to beaucoup languages.
Toronto is a social sensation, where 51% of the populace was born outside of Canada. You see it in the races and ethnic backgrounds of the people (over 250 citizenships), you hear it in the languages talked (over 170) and also you taste it in the food (virtually 7,500 restaurants).
Also, the celebrations as well as events, advertising and marketing as well as also the schedule of comics and music acts look and seem like no place else in the world. The city's multiculturalism is refreshing and welcoming ... it's what makes Toronto excellent.
Notification the Land Acknowledgements.
" Land Acknowledgement" pronouncements are published around Toronto and are read out loud at public occasions. The exact message varies, but in mind, they're reminders that you're on the genealogical lands of several First Nations' neighborhoods, that it was taken by force or by damaged treaty and that generations of Native people have endured all manner of wrongs at the hands of colonizers. It's a tiny however substantial recognition of Toronto's Very first Nations' individuals, their background and present-day struggles.
Display your rainbow shades proudly.
Toronto is among the LGBTIQ+ friendliest cities on the planet, the first in The United States and Canada to legislate same-sex marital relationship. The Church-Wellesley Town neighborhood is ground zero for the LGBTIQ+ area, a welcoming area where basically anything goes as well as everyone belongs. If you're below in June, do not miss out on the month-long Satisfaction Toronto festivities-- the parade alone brings over one million revelers to the streets!
Put on pants as well as load a cozy hat.
A suitable set of jeans is a typical go-to in Toronto, day or night. The exception goes to upscale dining establishments, clubs and also cinemas: where you need to draw out your stylish threads rather. In the cooler months, carry a warm hat as well as a coat also-- temperatures can drop rapidly, and absolutely nothing says tourist greater than wearing a 'Toronto' sweatshirt around community.
Have a government-sanctioned beverage.
Thanks to Ontario's old-fashioned legislations, tough alcohol can just be bought from the government-run LCBO (Alcohol Control Board of Ontario).
Beer and also Ontario-produced a glass of wine can be found at some grocery stores and the aptly named Beer Store. If you're aiming to barbecue with a bottle, be discreet-- public alcohol consumption is tolerated yet not legal.
Don't depend on Universal Healthcare.
While Canada uses some of the finest health care in the world, it's only cost-free for Canadians. Actually, if you land in the ER, care can be excessively costly. Prior to arriving, inspect if your health care policy covers you in Toronto; if it doesn't, consider acquiring travel medical insurance.
Recognize your environments.
Toronto is an extremely safe place, constantly ranking as one of the safest cities on the planet. Yet, like any type of significant city, it has some questionable areas. Near the city's destinations, Allan Gardens is called an area you may experience pickpockets; finest to take a taxi or ride-share around there after dark. As well as no matter where you are, it's constantly great practice to be knowledgeable about your surroundings and prevent blinking your cash money. If you encounter any kind of troubles, call 911.
Acquire the Canada travel guide.
Lonely Earth's Canada is our most thorough guide that covers all the country has to offer. Suitable for travelers that are seeing for an extensive time and want to customize their very own journey. Trek the Mountain ranges, marvel at the North Lights and also indulge in Montreal's café society-- all with your trusted travel companion.
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