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Montreal transit agency mulls discipline for driver who showed support for Bill 62 protest

cbc.ca
STM driver who honked in support of protesters in Montreal could face consequences, transit agency says

mathbalnase:

bryanharryrombough:

allthecanadianpolitics:

A Montreal city bus driver who showed support for protesters denouncing Quebec’s new religious neutrality law could face disciplinary action, a spokesperson for the city’s public transit agency has confirmed.

Amélie Régis of the STM said the driver, who has not been identified, will meet with a superior and could face consequences for “inappropriate behaviour.”

“We ask our employees to adopt apolitical behaviour,” Régis said in an email.

She told CBC that the driver could face suspension but that the sanction handed down would depend on his previous employee record.

The driver was seen and heard honking and covering his face during a protest against the new law, known as Bill 62, on Friday morning.

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And here we see what “apolitical” means.  It means the passive support of the oppression of religious minorities.  It means standing by and saying nothing when the state decides that it’s going to scapegoat a group of innocent people.  It means looking the other way when a dominant group decides that it can treat others as if they were less than human.

Fuck you, Amélie Régis.  Moral cowards like you should never be in such a position of authority.

STM isn’t demanding mere passive, silent complicity from this driver.

Bill 62 will force this driver to be a direct, front-line ENFORCER of state-mandated oppression.

j4ckwynand:

crpl-pnk:

planouteverythingitwentwrong:

kipplekipple:

darklingdawns:

crpl-pnk:

crpl-pnk:

crpl-pnk:

you ever realize how able bodied people just are not expected to do things that cause them excruciating physical pain? like they’re just. not

if i shouldn’t use my cane because i can sometimes technically walk without it, it would just hurt like a motherfucker then abled people should no longer be allowed to use potholders to take things out of the oven because i mean

well they could technically pick up a hot pan with their bare hands. it would just hurt like a motherfucker

*sees an abled person using potholders*

i just think it’s really sad that you’re giving up on yourself like that

if you use potholders how will you ever build up the calluses necessary to pick up scalding hot metal without burning yourself so severely? it’s like you’re not even trying to get better

I mean, my mother uses potholders, but she’s in her 70s. You’re just… too YOUNG to be resorting to potholders at your age.

If you start using potholders, your inability to hold hot metal will only get worse.

As a professional cook I was, and still am, able to pick most stuff up out of an oven without a pot holder. I might get blisters and maybe it will hurt, but usually it won’t

AMAZING! based on this one specific individual’s experiences i will now safely assume that it’s possible for anyone to overcome hand pain & leave potholders behind for good!!! as long as you want it bad enough, anything is possible!! make this story go viral so that all those self pitying losers who still use potholders know that there’s no excuse

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This made me cry. I can’t even imagine what it must be like to be potholder-bound like that, and it must have taken such incredible strength to overcome it. If someone like that can hold hot metal, the rest of us have no excuse to give up on anything.


Always reblog.

orocarni-mountains:

particlecollisions:

particlecollisions:

Self defence sprays that are legal to carry and use in the United Kingdom

Image 1: Farbgel
Image 2: StoppaRed

I’ve seen a lot of people (mostly women, for reasons which may be obvious) speaking about being worried when going out, be it alone or even with friends, both in the day and at night. I know that a lot of female friends of mine carry around a can of antiperspirant or a pot of pepper to use if they’re ever attacked. What I know a lot of people don’t realise is that there are products out there which work in a violent situation and help in catching the assailant for the best part of a week afterwards.

Known as ‘criminal identifiers’, these sprays are brightly coloured dyes which can be sprayed in the face of an attacker. Unlike things such as CS or Pepper sprays, criminal identifier sprays are legal in the UK.

There’s a few available on the market, with farbgel and Mace’s Stoppared being the mostly highly recommended.

What these sprays do is release a sticky, brightly coloured dye. It’s difficult to wipe away and stains the skin a bright red colour. No matter how hard an attacker might try to remove it from their skin and clothing, the staining typically lasts for around a week and doesn’t even start to fade until after a few days have passed.

Unlike CS and Pepper sprays (which, again, aren’t legal in the UK) criminal identifier sprays don’t cause irritation or pain to an attacker. Instead, they expand and clog up the area sprayed with a kind of sticky foam that’s difficult to wipe away. It should give you enough time to escape and report someone whose face resembles a baboon’s arse to the police.

Each can of the sprays costs around £10 each, though it may be cheaper when buying multiple canisters and if you shop around.

FarbGel 

StoppaRed UV Personal Attack Self-Defence Spray by Mace

This is an original post, but I’ve released it into the public domain. It can be shared, altered, reposted in whole or in part with no need for attribution (though obviously I would appreciate it!)

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It should give you enough time to escape and report someone whose face resembles a baboon’s arse to the police.

That’s brilliant

jumpyhyliannetop:

saber-chan:

I spent all day doing sidequests instead of progressing the main story

I know you’re talking about a videogame but this is actually a really good metaphor for my life

dead-nightingale:

706softly:

biteitwhenitssoft:

why does everyone make those relateable posts about depression meals and list stuff like, half a potato chip and forgetting eat but no one ever talks about the other half of people who overeat from depression? no one talks about gouging yourself with food the second you feel bad because somehow youre convinced food will make you feel better but it doesnt so you keep eating until it does? the weight gain? feeling sick from eating so much? eating an entire bag of chips and a whole carton of ice cream in one sitting without knowing it?? feeling even worse because youre making yourself so ill???

why does no one remember this symptom?

Because of fatphobia. Plus it doesn’t fit the “cute sad waif” side of depression that everyone keeps romanticizing.

so true. also many people still have this stupid mentality that if you eat, then you’re not ill. that’s right. i have been told by a teacher - TEACHER FOR FUCKS SAKE - that i cannot be depressed, cause i gained weight. like, twenty kilograms in two months, from trying to make myself feel less empty inside. what a great fucking way to make a sixteen year old feel better in school, right?