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Lieutenant-governor will skip Quebec cabinet's swearing-in at incoming premier's request

In a letter sent Monday to Jeannotte, the Parti Québécois (PQ) leader stated his incoming government will not allow a representative of the monarchy to preside over the event.

"We firmly intend to abolish this monarchy in Quebec, both within our democratic institutions and in our civil society," St-Pierre Plamondon wrote.

"We thank you in advance for the co-operation you will demonstrate to ensure that this important day for our democracy unfolds without hindrance and with respect for the will of the elected members of the National Assembly of Quebec," he added.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/court-oath-to-king-quebec-9.7387583Open linkView original on crazypeople.online
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Autistic Communication and Identity through Internet Memes

I half jokingly googled autistic meme communication so that I could make a meme to share with my fellow autists at work about how they should just let us communicate via memes, but this is better than I could have ever imagined 😅

The dataset was categorised into eight topics: Social Interactions (n = 190), Emotions and Mental Health (n = 68), Cognitive and Behavioural (n = 56), Sensory Experiences (n = 38), Diagnosis and Support (n = 34), Stereotypes (n = 19), Workplace (n = 15), and Love for Cats (n = 8).

I haven't read it yet but I would love to understand how memes, which are built on implied meaning, are so prevalent in autistic communication? Is it because of the shared experiences? Fascinating stuff!

https://uel-repository.worktribe.com/output/547850/autistic-communication-and-identity-through-internet-memesOpen linkView original on crazypeople.online
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This Carleton University exhibition envisions a Cree 'utopia'

What if the syllabics of the Cree language dominated everyday communication? This is the question asked by Joi T. Arcand’s new exhibition at the Carleton University Art Gallery.

A key feature of the exhibition, which will run until Dec. 13, is a mural portraying a convenience store with signs rendered in Cree syllabics.

Arcand says she was inspired by the Cree language's lack of visibility in Canadian society.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/this-carleton-university-exhibition-envisions-a-cree-utopia-9.7371509Open linkView original on crazypeople.online
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Library of Cups

Here is part of my cup collection fondly referred to as a ‘library of cups’. There is a real similarity between reading a book and drinking from a cup. They contain, nourishment (intellectual and physical), and with both, I form a relationship through experience over time. This library of cups challenges me again and again to investigate what I actually understand as ‘cup’ and where I find and experience beauty.

I have added very brief personal reflections or observations of each cup. This text is to aid with education about pottery as a form for expression and to help elevate the discourse in contemporary craft. Often it is difficult to read contemporary ideas in such an old art form and hopefully this site will bring the viewer new insight about these objects, 100 cups, 100 ideas.

Library of Cupshttps://www.gallowayslibraryofcups.com/Open linkView original on crazypeople.online
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eternalplaylist·The Eternal PlaylistbyArcanepotato

The Weakerthans - Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist

TIL this isn't the standard version. I think it suits the lyrics better tho.


Held like water in your shaking hands

Are all the small defeats a day demands

10 to 6 or 9 to 5, trying, dying to survive

Never knowing what survival means

Leave the apartment to buy alcohol

Hang our diplomas on the bathroom wall

Pick at the plaster chipped away, survey

some stunning tooth decay

Enlist the cat in the impending class war

Let's lay our bad day down here

Let's make-believe we're strong

Or hum some protest song

Like maybe "We Shall Overcome Someday"

Overcome the stupid things we say

Say I needed more than this, say I needed one more kiss

We left that light on way too long now

Let's plant a bomb at city-hall

Let's kill an MLA

We'll talk the night away

You call in sick, I'll quit the word-games that I play

I swear I way more than half believe it when

I say

That somewhere love and justice shine

Cynicism falls asleep

Tyranny talks to itself

Sappy slogans all come true

We forget to feed our fear

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This bowl I made pleases me

There is a lot of room for improvement, but part of what I like about pottery is the iterative nature.

The colours look so much closer to the candy colour when the candy is in it, except for the green which makes it look like a mistake.

I used this vessel as a test for some of the glazes in a sample pack I bought. I wanted to approximate the colours so I picked the closest ones in there. Here it is empty:

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