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Poilievre lost in his riding! Teehee

Oh thank god, Cicero is having a worse day again. Thank you Cicero.

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Welcoming the newest member of our crew...

Sim (@self-made-purgatories) !

We are so lucky to have not one, not two, but now THREE amazing editors to lead this project. Sim, a fellow fanzine enthusiast, was exactly who we needed to complete our command team.

A few months ago, Kat reblogged a post about the bygone days of fandom when fans rushed to their mailboxes looking for their next K/S fix in a mustard yellow envelope with floral stamps. "I was born in the wrong generation," Kat lamented in the tags. Sim has often felt the same. So, in a fit of nostalgia, Sim sent Kat an original Trek mini-zine in a mustard yellow envelope with several vintage stamps (one of which was floral). Although Sim is fairly new to the Star Trek fandom, ze is not new to the world of zines. Back in high school, Sim used to use the big copy machine in the school library to make poetry zines to swap by mail. These days, ze makes magazines professionally as a graphic designer and copy editor. We are so excited to announce that Sim is the newest addition to the editorial team of The Zine Directive!  Sim has a typewriter named Ursula (in honor of legendary science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin, a fellow Trek fan), over 100 Star Trek books, and a fascination with Kirk's green wraparound shirt.

~ Welcome aboard, Sim! ~

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The end of America in just 100 days. Electing Republicans has consequences.

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Source

Source

“Detainee under 18”

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I love when a meme gets so many steps away from its source material that it would be completely incomprehensible if I didn't know what today's date was

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me the rest of the time: Québec has a very unique position inside of Canada, a different culture, language, and overal different values. I am not a separatist because I have yet to see someone give a good exit plan, but it's not something I'm morally opposed to. There is a lot of unfair hate coming from the rest of Canada towards Québec so I do feel alienated from the whole country, and thus, I mostly consider myself Québécois more than Canadian.

me today, federal election day, when Trump has been saying he wants to invade Canada:

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This powerful image captures the face of a wounded Palestinian woman whose hijab is soaked in blood—likely her own or that of a loved one. Her eyes tell a story of unimaginable pain and strength in the face of loss. She stands in a chaotic hospital hallway, surrounded by others in distress. As an oppressed and weak woman from Gaza, I see myself in her. I, too, have suffered greatly—my baby, Qais, was injured in the war, and the hospital refused to treat him because we cannot pay. Please, I beg you to help us. Your donation can provide the medicine and care Qais urgently needs.

Life in Gaza is unbearable for women like me.

1. I wait in line for two hours just to bring food back to our tent - food that is never enough.

2. I clean the shoes of strangers on the street-just to earn a few coins for Qais's medicine.

3. We were turned away from the hospital-they said no money, no treatment, even for a child as young as Qais.

I carry this pain in silence, but I cannot bear it alone anymore. The woman in this picture used her hijab to try and save her son's life. I am doing everything I can to save mine. But without help, I fear I will lose him too. Please, Donate anything you can-no matter how small. Even a few dollars could mean a meal, a medicine dose, or a chance for Qais to live. Share this, speak up, and help us survive.

Donate Now Here

Please donate for Qais's treatment, Donate Here

Please stop ✋🚨 you're the only hope to save a child😔😭

Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is ( #64 )🍉🇵🇸

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its so brave that you have such a 2012-coded url in this 2024 world

would you call a bear brave for standing in a new construction suburb or would you recognize the unfamiliar world they built around him

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It’s totally cool how the official White House twitter is pushing white nationalist talking points.

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Instagram post by reliable.raven, Apr. 15 2025

You can check votewell.ca here to look at information for your electoral district, and decide how to vote strategically!

PLEASE vote when your time comes, and if you can't, then signal boost all you can, whether Canadian or not. 🍁

Apr. 13-16 - Vote on Campus program (at participating schools)

Apr. 18-21 - Advance voting period

Apr. 22 - Voting by special ballot at Elections Canada offices ceases (6pm)

Apr. 22 - Deadline for registration to vote by mail

Apr. 28 - Election Day

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a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

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This is Cthulhu Woman By Jason Contoro, and that city is Montréal.

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Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1961)

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We’re lucky to be alive during a time when science fiction and fantasy authors are publishing bold, provocative stories that expand our ideas of how to talk about the future and the nature of power.

My latest science fiction and fantasy book reviews in the Washington Post deal with three new books that are damn near perfect. (Gift link!)

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Never posting my fanfiction. Call that AO2.

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To my uk trans people and allies out there.