Notices by lifewithtrees (lifewithtrees@mstdn.social)

“Americans know as much about Canada as straight people know about gays”

- Buddy Cole

#kith #canada #lgbtq

Spotify ads here in #novascotia #Canada that are trying to get people to visit and spend money on #Chicago and #illinois in general.

Sounds nice but Americans, please, you need to know you are wasting your time.

Canadians aren’t coming.

We see it’s not about caring for Canadians. It’s about our money.

The tariff issue is big but it’s the repeated threats of annexation of our country by the US.

It’s also betrayal of a long time friend.

And so the boycott continues. 🖕

#elbowsup

Tomorrow is the first day of pride month and to celebrate, I think it’s time to remove celebration of corporate allyship (did they ever ACTUALLY care anyway or only want our money?) and go back to the roots.

Pride is a party!

Pride is a riot!

Pride is a rejection of shame and an embracing of wholeness. 🥰

So happy early pride to everyone who isn’t performing it as a show, but is actively living and loving their full being along with that of others! 🥳

🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥰🙏

#lgbtq #pride

It’s weird seeing Americans online talking about “when democrats are back in power in 4 years.”

Like girl.

Have you seen project 2025?

Trump even literally said you won’t have to vote anymore after this last election.

This isn’t normal.

The rest of the world can see what’s happening.

Open your eyes.

Nobody is coming to save you but yourselves.

Hooray! Spring is coming! The Canadian Geese are back! 🥰

RIP Queen Maya Pupaya 😭

Winter sunsets around here are more subtle and (often my favourite).

#silentsunday #Sunset #nature

***Bonus for those stuck in the gender binary! You can dress how you want, be who you want, identify how you want and still be you. Break free!***

I have been asked before how I could be nonbinary since I have a big beard.

So here is how, explained in 3 easy steps!

1) Be nonbinary

2) Dislike shaving

3) Prefer how I Iook with a beard.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

#NonBinary #enby #lgbtq

Mood indigo

#Nature #Trees #sunrise #Music

A rose for you as a gentle start to the day 🥰

#bloomscrolling
#Flowers

@FlashMobOfOne thanks! That’s great to hear! There are some positions I could work with but they are hybrid or in office so no go, unfortunately. I’ve been fully remote since 2010

One thing adding #AI to every service has shown me is that we have an answer to a question I often wondered about in my role working in #cx in #Tech

Q: “How much do companies truly care about their customers?”

A: “As little as they possibly can get away with.”

#enshittification

Also if you are seeing this and thinking “my company isn’t like this” then awesome! Please let me know. I’d love to support companies like that.

Plus I’m on the #Job hunt so interested in potential working relationships with companies that care about their customers/end users and the impact the company has on the world.

#ux #cx #Tech #techforgood #Software #Dev #GameDev

“Don’t come to consensus, come to your senses.”

- Martha Beck

#Nature #mentalhealth #connections

This is why we need self-compassion. 🥰

#mentalhealth #SelfCare #kindness #compassion

@jacklaridian @alchemistsstudio @jacklaridian as someone who was there and is queer, I'd ask that you please check your privilege as an ally.

Pride exists to centre #lgbtq experiences, not to dilute them for straight consumption. "Family friendly" is ok, and it's a kind of progress, yes, but it's not welcoming for all.

The event felt like a kids' carnival, and the drag show was all straight folks. It decentred #lgbtq folks from #pride

And that's not right.

@jacklaridian please keep in mind https://mstdn.social/@alchemistsstudio/112626656775313019

@jacklaridian I get that and feel similarly. But also feel quite hopeless so it’s easier to ignore it and swallow that pain than yell since it’s like yelling into the void. The institutions exist to support the power staying with those who have it, so there is lots of gaslighting and denial and victim blaming.

So it can be easier to just eat the hurt. Which sucks.

@jacklaridian hiya! Totally agree with you on this. Especially as a former catholic and grown queer person. I often think of posting stuff like this but feels like since the church doesn’t care, that it feels for moot. Can I ask, for you, what compels you to post about it?