Gigi,

Kicking off a Legal Observing Marathon with a Defund the Police Party at Nathan Phillips Square.

Loaded down with stuff to give away: warm clothing (gently-used and freshly washed); tent and accompanying camping gear that I no longer use now that I am a tree-sleeper; then a dash over to Street Knit to pickup warm knitted gear to bring back.

#LOLife #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #TorontoActions #TOpoli #FuckThePolice

Gigi,

#Toronto!
🏢 🏢 🏢 🏢

If you have new or gently-used warm gear to give away, bring it down to Nathan Phillips Square to the Defund the Police Party!

Setting up now.
Spread the word.

#WhoKeepsUsSafe #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime
#CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow

Gigi,

Making a dash over to Street Knit to pick up more warm gear, because every single one of the items in the big bags of hats, scarves, and sweaters that I brought are all gone.

Mercifully, others have also brought lots.

Please bring used but still warm coats, sleeping bags, or other gear by if you have them.

There is a lot of demand.

Olivia Chow is still inside.

#HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
#TorontoActions #Toronto

Toronto City Hall at night, a few minutes ago.
The mayor's office in Toronto City Hall. The light is on and people are still working.

Gigi,

On my way back to Nathan Phillips Square and the Defund the Police Party with warm hand-knit gear and other donations.

In addition to the usual hats, mitts, and scarves, I grabbed some afghans. They're heavy, but but a great layer for nights like this.


A selection of hand knit mittens and hats
A large pile of hand knit gear
A bag of hand knit afghans and lap blankets

Gigi,

All the afghans went in record time.


An old Afghan gets a new life as many pairs of mittens
A burnt orange Afghan sits on a table waiting for someone to take it
A table full of warm winter gear, most of it hand knit

Gigi,

I literally just unpacked my camp blanket and underquilt so I don't fucking freeze to death, and security came outside and started with "you can have the music and the people but the tents and the tables have to go."

#NoSpice #LOLife

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Gigi,

The Defund the Police Dance Party continues. Food, warm gear, and DJs for our unhoused neighbours.

video/mp4

Gigi,

I have settled in.
My hammock underquilt under the folding chair, quilt/camp blanket on top, with a 60cm square of reflectix under my feet.

I brought my windsock for if it starts snowing again or if I can't solve the source of the annoying convection.

Gigi,

Tiny glow sticks on the ground.
Great big glow stick in the air.

#Toronto #TorontoActions

The light on the CN tower strobes but definitely not in time with the music.

Gigi,

Learning some valuable and awkward lessons tonight.

There is nowhere to go to the bathroom at 2am for love or money.

Also, I need to pull out the windsock.
There's a mystery gap underneath the seat and the cold air is just whipping through.

I do need to design an underquilt for seats. It absolutely makes sense.

Hour 10 of my legal observing marathon.
#LOLife

Gigi,

My nose is cold.
I want to tape a handwarmer to it.

Coming up on hour 13.

#LOLife

Gigi,

I guess I should have kept my drink in my quilt with me. It's frozen solid.

At -8°C (-13° C with the wind chill), it's probably for the best I can't drink it.

I am unmotivated to go across the street for a decaf, especially after the nightmare of finding a bathroom earlier.

At least I am not the only one awake now.

Brrrr.
I can't remember when I last had a cigarette. Now I want to fish out my mouthwash. I wonder if it's frozen, too.

#LOLife

Gigi,

Been an interesting night.
Police. Security. City Hall staff calling Streets to H̶o̶m̶e̶s̶Warming Centres. Weird quasi-negotiations.

And I have 14 hours left to go on this day.



Gigi,

Man, I don't want to be in the background of media interviews even after I have this.

It's still frigging cold.
Packed up the underquilt and sock, but now wearing the top quilt as a, uh, whatever the hell this is.

Hour 14.
#LOLife

Gigi,

Just going to repost this, because:

#FuckThePolice

Original thread here:
https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/111922445954023319

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