As Justin Trudeau’s government has used anti-worker ‘back to work legislation’ today to end Canada Post’s strike (where workers were striking for improved safety, better work-life balance and wage-equity), lets remember that if it wasn’t for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and their workers at Canada Post, none of us would have Maternity Leave today.
Workers Rights are rarely given. They are hard fought for.
I saw a comment on a facebook post recently that was something along the lines of… “Why tell them to find a new job? When did giving up become the solution? What happened to standing up for yourself and fighting for change for future generations?”
homophobes are not allowed to use computers because the inventor of the computer was gay
People think this is just a joke but Alan Turing was the inventor of the computer and his sexuality was illegal in his time (which was not even 100 years ago) and he was arrested. They put him on drugs that destroyed his genius brain and committed suicide a year after being covicted. He was gay and a war hero as well. He helped to break enigma which was a German code that they put all their messages through. He shorted WWII by two years and saved so many lives in the process.
Friendly reminder that if not for Alan Turing you wouldn’t be reading this post and we might be ruled by the nazis
The Alan Turing statue on my campus
Also friendly reminder that Alan Turing was autistic (if you need further proof that autistic people are not sick/stupid) ❤️
He was arrested because he and his partner reported a burglary to the police, and when the police came to investigate they figured out the two were gay and arrested them instead.
if anyone would like to learn a couple tricks for carving pumpkins:
- dont cut out the top to scoop out the seeds, cut out the bottom instead. this way the pumpkin doesnt cave in on itself and lasts longer
- sprinkle some cinnamon inside at the top after carving. this way when you put the candle in it smells like pumpkin pie
this is the quality content I wanna see on my dash
- rub the i sides with lemon after you’re done scooping. This will also help preserve the pumpkin
It’s fucking June, at least wait until the fourth of July, you animal.
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of me disemboweling this pumpkin.
