If Only One Could Open Such A Service Outside Of UB & Into Rural Areas.

If only one could open such a service outside of UB & into rural areas.

CBC

B.C. teen starts 'Free Blockbuster' community film library on sidewalk | CBC News

With only one remaining Blockbuster store left in the world, wandering carpeted aisles picking out the perfect movie and snack is an activit

With only one remaining Blockbuster store left in the world, wandering carpeted aisles picking out the perfect movie and snack is an activity of the past for most.

But one Langley, B.C., teen hopes to bring back part of the experience.

Grade 12 student Matthew Reed started a "Free Blockbuster" in his neighborhood of Walnut Grove, in the Township of Langley about 45 kilometres east of Vancouver, as part of a school project.

"It's sort of like going to an actual Blockbuster store but it's on the curbside and it doesn't cost anything," said Reed.

A metal cabinet spray-painted blue and decorated with decals, Free Blockbuster is stocked with over a hundred DVDs and VHS tapes, microwavable popcorn, and free membership cards.

Reed's project is part of the FreeBlockbuster.org movement, which started in the U.S. and has since spread to Canada, with two branches in Alberta and now one in B.C.

In an era where many feel like they have to pay for multiple subscription services to watch a handful of movies, the Free Blockbuster movement aims to provide free entertainment. [...]

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Time for more minority groups to step in & create similar apps & tech for the sign language equivalents.

Montreal

Indigenous sisters developing video games to revitalize Mohawk language

Two Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) sisters from Montreal are on a mission that is close to their hearts: to save their ancestors' first language by

Two Kanienʼkehá:ka (Mohawk) sisters from Montreal are on a mission that is close to their hearts: to save the language of their ancestors.

Kahentawaks and Wennekerakon Tiewishaw are from Kanesatake, about 40 minutes northwest of Montreal.

They learned to speak Kanienʼkéha (Mohawk language) in elementary school, but with few chances to practice, they ended up losing it.

"Our mother and father don't speak at all, but our grandmother and grandfather spoke fluently, but they didn't pass it on to their kids," said Wennekerakon. [...]

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Don't forget medical rights for trans people are human rights.

Transphobes terfs and radfems deactivate and kiss my ass challenge

Fun fact- my apartment building used to be a highschool back in the 50s

It is EXTREMELY liminal