Swift backlash from 2SLGBTQ+ community over series author J.K. Rowling

Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 28, 2026 1:10 PM EDT

  • cecilkorik ( cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ) 
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    2 months ago

    RIP Tim Hortons. This is not the final nail in the coffin because the coffin has already been nailed closed, chained shut, coated in epoxy and encased in concrete and buried for years. I stopped shopping there when they stopped cooking donuts in-store, but every decision they’ve made since then has only made me more committed. If they want to pour a dumptruck load more nails on top of the burial mound they are certainly welcome to do that and I welcome anything they can do to make it even less likely that I will ever accidentally come near a Tim Horton’s again. They’re continuing to do a great job and I thank them for it.

    • Auli ( Auli@lemmy.ca ) 
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      2 months ago

      Yah right. This isn’t going to do anything. I mean their shitty coffee and food don’t stop people from going.

  • Avid Amoeba ( avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Been avoiding them for more than a decade. Can’t avoid them harder. :| Sadly individual action is rarely effective against large corpos and they persevere. Still we do what we can.

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        Yes, that’s the best case scenario. In that case large firms tend to adapt with as little cost as possible to “comply.” Collective action in their workforce as well as organized campaign to curb their TFW access is what they’re really afraid of. Cause that tends to hit their bottom line hard.

        Again, not saying we shouldn’t take individual action when possible, just that it’s not enough to enact the structural changes needed to put large firms in their place. I still make sure everyone I know knows what shit turd Timmie’s is and why they may wanna avoid it.

      • Avid Amoeba ( avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) 
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        Doesn’t seem like it:

        He said Tim Hortons Canada and RBI’s international business have each delivered 19 consecutive quarters of positive comparable sales so far.

        RBI’s revenues are up which means sales are growing even if their net income has dropped in this report from Feb 2026. No specific breakdown per brand but they say Timmies is 44% of their op profit in a previous report. Their net income has grown significantly sicne before the pandemic.

        Again - for me this isn’t a reason to visit Timmies or to stop encouraging friends and family to boycott. Rather it’s a reason to understand this action is very unlikely to achieve a the structural changes that I’d like to see.

  • Avelle ( Avelle@lemmy.ca ) 
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    2 months ago

    This was so disappointing to see. Haven’t thought Tim Hortons was Canadian for a long time. The decline continues - not going there anymore.