Jen Cypher

Mississauga just ushered in a historic, long overdue generational shift. Alvin Tedjo skipped the political games and spent the campaign meeting people where they are: cafes, restaurants, community spaces Now he’s the first racialized mayor of Canada’s 6th largest city. www.cp24.com/news/2026/10...

your yearly PSA: want to do something positive wrt the ecosystem while saving yourself a bunch of time and effort? skip the bagging and just rake leaves into a pile wherever convenient (bonus points if you do it under a tree). www.nps.gov/articles/000...

i wrote about the GORP

Pumpkins get from the fields to our homes for #Halloween Jack-o'-lanterns thanks to the labor of farm workers like these Moorpark CA farm workers who load each pumpkin by hand into the large cardboard box before shipping to cities ahead of Halloween. #WeFeedYou

OUR STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE ARRIVES NEXT WEEK! CFA members will be receiving an electronic ballot in their email, but your CFA chapter will also be providing in-person opportunities to vote. NOW is the time to hold Chancellor García accountable!  #FundTheClassroomNotTheBoardroom

The comments are comedy gold.

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch and share this excellent news story. Ford LIES that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Remember and share this as Ford tears out Toronto bike-lanes.

This is the way.

A bang-up job of translating my research into sharp, clear, accessible writing. Kudos to Vern Ramesar at CBC Halifax share.google/kqt8OfOxNuHv...

GIL SCOTT-HERON in 1982 showing the side of Washington D.C. that tourists never got to see and politicians tried to imagine didn’t exist.

Bedazzled fightback!

Even in the face of this grand display of hate, the Carney government refuses to make residential school denialism part of the anti-hate criminal code nationalnewswatch.com/2026/09/28/m...

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social

The NDP has done very little publicly to support @leahgazan.bsky.social on her fight for justice for MMIWG, even though there is a full report and approved funding that sunsets this year www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

"The Canadian government is backsliding on its funding commitments for achieving the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ (MMIWG) Calls for Justice, according to a new report." www.albertanativenews.com/new-funding-...

Pierre Poilievre has said nothing about the white supremacist group, Second Sons, showing up to intimidate people on Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve 3 days before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. He has courted the residential school denialism vote and laundered it into mainstream politics

look mom i'm in the newspaper

Baudrillard: "It is no longer a question of imitation, nor of reduplication, nor even of parody. It is rather a question of substituting signs of the real for the real itself... Never again will the real have to be produced: this is the vital function of the model in a system of death"

Signed up!

The rally at the academy is getting bigger to the point that I need to rent a proper sound system & stage. really good problem to have. Would anyone be down to help cover that 😬 When I called the city they said to expect 400-500: my little amp’s not gonna cut it for eek givebutter.com/SupportSAS26

“A 2022 report from the Center for American Progress found that Gen Z is the most pro-union generation in the US, and young organizers have been at the forefront of many labor actions in recent years, including the Starbucks union campaign.” @kimkelly.bsky.social www.teenvogue.com/story/what-i...

📣 Brand new zine published to celebrate Labor Day: "Don’t Cross the Picket Line : Strike Solidarity for Beginners." Free to print or read online at violetbfox.info/dontcross/. This 24-page zine was created for anyone who's *not* part of a union and doesn't know much about unions or strikes.

"Lourdes" works under union contract at Papagni Fruit Co in Madera CA. She is currently picking wine grapes. She's on the negotiating committee and is proud of her union contract and shares “¡Sí Se Puede! Con unión se vive mejor." #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

Labour Day is a good day for strike prep.

Great news! Last week, a federal district court ruled that Trump’s attempt to cut farm worker wages is illegal. This is a huge victory for farm workers. Watch the video to learn more.

If you agree that no back to school list is complete without checking on climate change, then you're in luck: Canada's Changing Climate Report 2026 just dropped. Trends, projections, impacts, summarized by hazard, with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit case stories climatedata.ca/news/canadas...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and middle school students on Wednesday. Kids “need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York’s mayor said Wednesday.

Upping this article after a new claim yesterday by Danielle Smith that "For every $1 of taxes a guest worker generates, taxpayers are covering $10 in services. ". Alberta's Premier Claims Immigrants Are a Burden. Where's the Proof? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

American men who play for the NHL move south, Canadian women who will play for the PWHL move north. I am okay with this.

missing context for stories like these is that Canadian universities are in a crisis of their own -- including McGill, which recently laid dozens of staff and faculty off this isn't about Canada's enthusiasm for bettering the human condition; it's about poaching stars while casualizing the rest

"The array of surveillance technologies used by police, sheriffs, and other policing bodies is extensive. This guide is intended to help you start researching the different technologies that policing agencies are using by outlining more common vendors and their products."

Building a pipeline to this is wrong.

This week I sat down with Bernie Wagenblast, the voice of the NYC subway system - a sound that any New Yorker can recognize almost instantly. We discussed how she got the job, her experience as a trans woman in New York City, and so much more. Watch the full stream below: youtu.be/XuAqiaCvxT8?...

For YEARS, I been waiting for this to happen every time I watch the news

"Look how far you've come "Il"" by Nigerian artist Elijah Olanase. (Painting, Acrylic on Canvas)

Don’t fully have the words to descrive how insanely cool this is….we just did an interview with THE Spin Magazine 🤯 Check out our full interview here or at the “Now Hear This” column by our friend Ron Hart! First, DC. Next, the world. Build With Us.

Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid? Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.

Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine has it figured out. I couldn't agree more. Fuck fascism.

Pls share: U of Washington has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. This position is expected to specialize in molecular virology or bacteriology. Here is a link: microbiology.washington.edu/index.php/ne...

OR state farm workers have rights in the current heat. Once the temp reaches 80 degrees, employers must provide shade, a plan and training on preventing heat illness and ensuring workers have access to water. Know Your rights! #CALOR

This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.

The only team not to lose to Spain at the World Cup? Cape Verde.