Arcanepotato

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

From a non- paywall article about Hannah Kreager:

Her pending claim for protection in the Great White North could be a landmark case, the American believes.

'I'm here in Canada with a terrific lawyer taking up my unprecedented case: seeking asylum from the United States of America on the grounds of violation of human rights,' she posted online.

'My case is a precedent-setting one, and if successful, could make asylum for trans people in the U.S. possible.'

I hope she's successful. The Safe Third Country agreement needs to be ended. Until that time, the path to claiming refuge status from the US will be extremely expensive and onerous and not likely to be successful. The canadian government needs to be called out on their hypocrisy and refusal to 'rock the boat' by ending it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

No one has been granted refugee status on the grounds yet, so it's not possible to say. People are immigrating by other means.

The Safe Third Country agreement is a major barrier and must be dropped, but that's not going to happen: despite all the warm and fuzzy talk the give has had during the previous trump admin and the current, the gov continues to fight challenges to the agreement in court: https://ccrweb.ca/en/safe-third-country

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I think there is a gross overestimation of the support that is available. I've seen a lot of bad articles copying and pasting different parts of immigration policy and programs but without understanding how it works as a whole.

Like, Canada has a website about helping LGBTQI+ refugees ( https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/about-refugee-system/2slgbtqi-plus.html ) and it includes partnerships with groups like Rainbow Railroad who can refer people in need of resettlement to the refugee process.

But if you only look at that and fail to consider the safe third country agreement, you're giving false hope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thank you!

My partner is the mastermind behind most of the perennial selection!

I goofed, it's actually a Proudberry cultivar of a coral berry. It's not edible and the website of the producer says it "may" be eaten by birds. I think ours are?

It's a great example of our naivety at the nursery. I don't think we really understood what cultivators were when we first started stocking up. We try and avoid them generally, but once and a while get swayed by pretty things...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Fuckin' right!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

She's a stunner!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Reaping what we sowed, bro

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Randy makes bad decisions sometimes but other times he's a dude after my own heart.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ooops I'm high and have no working memory

Thanks for the assist

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Cops don't exist to protect you and they don't have to be physically fit to serve their purpose: using the threat of violence and the prison industrial complex to protect the interests of capital.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh hi there friend

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's a lot of work for sure but I try my best to make room for it because it is one of my greatest joys. I get that it's a lot easier said than done especially if all your energy is zapped trying to survive in this capitalist hellscape but I got my fingers crossed for you comrade.

 

Deal with it 😎

 

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I haven't had a tonne of luck with these ladies in the front yard, but I'm giving it another go.

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