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Posts originally made at Facebook, or at HU. Time frame is 2020-2021
(March, 2022 – Additional update on text. All donors are now welcome. Things are pretty grim.) York U (etc.) UPDATE: I’ve looked at the resources listed at the York U website and found a couple of bright spots (though not…
(Contains some swearing) In my time homeless I’ve had a lot of dealings with security guards. Some of them are bastards. Some of them are fucking bastards. Some of them are sadistic fucking bastards. Some of them are decent, and…
I’ve had so many little niggles with this video and post. Is it ironic that the problems I’ve had are because I’ve rushed a little? Or is it poetic? Anyway… Often, a criticism the power structure will target critics with…
[ note: This post is not quite complete. I’ve been working on it for a few weeks now. The opportunity to work inside has made it slightly more accessible, conceptually. In its original form, this was meant to be an…
Lazy, and obdurate. Masochists. Filthy, greedy, animals. We are feral. Cunning and vile. We simply do not know what’s good for us. These are the terms City of Toronto applies to the homeless, discreetly. Watch the news, and you’ll see…
The tendency people have to ‘pull string,’ on the homeless is widespread. In case you don’t know what I mean by that, here goes. Any time we encounter an authority figure, they’ll put us in a position of embarrassment. As…
UPDATE, March 24, 2023: Toronto Ombudsman’s office published a report today criticizing the City of Toronto for the way it went about clearing the encampments around the city in early 2021. Today, Mayor Tory asserts homelessness is not a problem…
Finally a warm evening! Tonight marks the first double-digit positive temperature of 2021. Life during the pandemic has, for me, been spent almost entirely outdoors. Winter has been especially difficult. Much of the work that needs doing for this blog…
Today was the first mild day of the year. The temperature hovered mid-single-digits into the night. Naked legs and convertibles. The lockdown has really shifted perceptions. We’ve begun in Toronto to re-open, little at a time. Still can’t get my…
A while back I watched Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times.’ It’s hilarious, touching, and an easy watch. The film calls attention to so many of the problems exacerbated by capitalism. Almost one hundred years later, things are not any better.