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Meeting today + Nov 12th Day of Action

Labour for Palestine via Action Network

Union activists from the country are joining our public meeting tonight to strategize how to put the labour movement into action on Palestine. Will you be there?

Labour for Palestine: General Meeting

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH

8PM ET (5PM PT, 9PM AT)

On Zoom

REGISTER HERE

This meeting is open to everyone. New supporters welcome!

We'll share some of our recent victories, talk about upcoming events and opportunities, how you can contribute, and connect you with others in your union and region.

Sunday, Nov 12: Pan-Canadian Actions

Last weekend saw historic mobilizations for Palestinian Youth Movement's international day of action. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in 30 cities to demand a ceasefire, to stop the siege on Gaza, and an end to Canadian complicity.

Now, we're building on that momentum. Labour for Palestine has endorsed the Sunday November 12th Canadian day of action as the next step in pressuring our government to stop selling arms to Israel and end its support for genocide.

Over 200 organizations, unions, and faith groups have endorsed November 12th and are organizing demonstrations.

Find one near you, or organize your own: Click here for a list of all Canadian demonstrations.

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(by Debbie Pan)| Alberta, Canada

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Emilie Livingston, Canada 🇨🇦

PanAms Winnipeg 1999

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De Havilland Comet and Boeing 707.

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Alycia Butterworth and Kiana Gibson 🇨🇦

2023 Pan American Games (Santiago)

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Went to three stores today and got mistaken for an employee at literally each one 🙃 I was wearing casual clothes and sneakers and had a tote bag too! Does my face scream "how can I help you" 😭🙏 This happens to me a lot for some reason

When I went to Scotland someone actually stopped me MID POWER WALK and said "could you take a picture of us? Sorry your face just looked really friendly" 🤣

(It does mean I have nice conversations though 🌞)

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Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day commemorates the start of the  California Gold Rush, which began on January 24, 1848, when James  Marshall discovered gold while building a saw mill for John Sutter, near  what is now Coloma, California. The day has its roots in International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and was inspired by Prospectors Day, which was once held at Knott's Berry Farm each year on January 24. It also was inspired by an episode of the Simpsons with the following exchange:

Bart: That ain't been popular since aught-six, dagnabbit. Homer: Bart, what did I tell you? Bart: No talking like a grizzled 1890's prospector, consarn it.

Common examples of characters talking like grizzled prospectors in popular culture include Dallas McKennon narrating Disneyland's Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland and Big Thunder Mountain, Gabby Hayes—both drunk and sober—in many Western films, Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles, Will Ferrell as Gus Chiggins on Saturday Night Live, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Prospectors first came to the Sacramento Valley after Marshall found  flakes of gold in the American River near Sutter's Mill, at the base of  the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the time there were less than 1,000  non-native inhabitants in California. Newspapers began reporting the  discovery of gold, and by August, 4,000 miners had descended on the  area. The first people that came from outside of the territory came by  boat, and arrived from Oregon, the Sandwich Islands—soon to be called  the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Peru, China, and Chili.

In December 1848, President James K. Polk announced a report by  Colonel Richard Mason which spoke of the abundance of gold in  California; this prompted more prospectors to travel to the territory.  Throughout 1849, thousands arrived, either traveling by sea or over  land, and became known as '49ers. Mining towns popped up in the area,  and with them came shops, saloons, and brothels. Many mining towns  became lawless, and San Francisco became an important city in the  territory. By the end of 1849, the non-native population had swelled to  100,000. The Gold Rush helped California gain statehood in 1850, and  gold discovery peaked in the state in 1852. In all, more than 750,000  pounds of gold were extracted during the Gold Rush.

The implication of a grizzled prospector is of one who has stayed so  long searching for gold that their hair has turned gray. Some  prospectors refused to quit the profession and continued to live in the  Western territories. So, when Bart Simpson mentioned a grizzled  prospector from the 1890s, he was referring to a prospector that had  stayed more than forty years after the Gold Rush happened, still trying  to find gold, or other commodities such as silver, oil, radium, and  uranium. Besides a gray beard, the stereotypical grizzled prospector had  faded clothes, missing teeth, a pickaxe, and a mule. They had bouts of  gold fever, and were suspicious of whoever came close to their claim.

How to Observe Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

Celebrate the day talking like a grizzled prospector. Here are a few words prospectors commonly used, that you could use today:

Dadburn: to curse; e.g.: "Dadburned boll weevil done 'et my crop!"

Hornswoggle: to embarrass, disconcert, or confuse; e.g.: "I'll be hornswaggled!"

Consarn: the entirety of something, also a curse word.

Dumbfungled: all used up; e.g.: "This claim is dumbfungled! There's no gold left!"

Bonanza: a mine with lots of gold.

Borrasca: a mine with no gold.

Baby buggy: wheel barrow.

Muck: to dig with a shovel.

Powder monkey: a miner who used dynamite to make holes.

Johnny Newcome: a miner new to camp.

Blackjack and saw bosom: coffee and bacon.

Paydirt: land rich in gold.

Panned out: if they had found gold while sifting through dirt with a mining pan, then things had "panned out."

Flash in the pan: something shiny in pan that turned out to be nothing, or just a small piece of gold.

Stake a claim: claim a piece of land as your own as a place to  search for gold, must stake the land with wooden stakes when you arrive.

The day could also be spent watching films such as The Treasure of Sierra Madre, or old Western films starring Gabby Hayes. A visit to the Sutter's Mill replica and the Gold Discovery and Visitor Center in Marshall Gold Discovery State Park could also be planned. The days' Facebook page could also be explored.

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Gemsbok | Sossusvlei Salt Pan

By Thomas Vijayan of Oakville, Ontario, Canada

African Wildlife Photography Awards

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arby's usa doesn't have loaded curly fries anymore

but they do have them in Canada

so that has been added to my list of things to hop across the border for

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Shower pan in Montreal

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Tagged by @sociallyanxiousdragon (thank you!!)

✨ When you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 of your favorite followers ✨

I cannot RESIST sharing my music and it's taken tremendous effort to just pick 5 but here they are, all very different vibes that I adore endlessly.

1. GOOEY FLUID GIRLS - COBRAH

Everything by COBRAH is so banger but this was my first one and it never stops going hard for me. I would also recommend DEBUT and TEA that I also get excited about when they come up on shuffle

2. I'm The President - KNOWER

This is so dirty it's nasty, not in subject matter but in sound. It's so oooh it just hits that spot. I can't get enough of it

3. BREEZIN' - Masayoshi Takanaka

I once hijacked my family's Alexa and played this 18 times in a row during Christmas. Wonderful song, I recommend Masayoshi Takanaka just in general, I really like his attitude about making the guitar sing. Beleza Pula and WE'RE ALL ALONE are also really good!

4. sever the blight - hemlocke springs

This one is currently stuck in my head and I've been listening to it on repeat. It's so good, everything hemlocke springs makes is good. Stranger Danger, Girlfriend, also recommend. Every song has so much character to it

5. Hell Is Round The Corner - Tricky

You just gotta listen to this one. It's so smooooooth. Also dirty nasty sounding in a different sense. This is another song I listened to on repeat, most these songs are really.

I'm boring in that idk who to tag but if anyone is looking for an opportunity to share your jams, here it is! Yes YOU. Do it do it! If you guys have thoughts/feelings listening to these songs please lemme know!

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Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson 🇨🇦

2023 Pan American Games (Santiago)