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Anne with an “e”

@redheadinthecity.bsky.social

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Canadian/Brit, Lawyer, Political Scientist/Criminologist, Slayer of sexism in media and politics. Posts range from abolishing gender apartheid, to making lists of enemies of Canada like Arya Stark, to shade gardening. Nasty Canadian woman. Vive le Canada.

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · Nov 12

This is me from that other site. In case any were wondering. Hoping to reconnect with my old crew on here! ;)

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alex mears @alexmears.bsky.social · 2h

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2h

In 2021 Afghan women started an online campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos of what traditional Afghan clothes look like #AfghanWomen
#WomensArt

Photo of a small standing girl facing forwardsl in a purple dress with colourful embroidered details and an embroidered cap

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Neel Kumar @neelkumar3050.bsky.social · 3h

All of this is happening because of Trump. We Canadians must do everything we can to strengthen Canada. Support everything that is made in Canada. Stop supporting US by travelling to US. Stop buying anything at all made in US.

And include Stellantis in that list as well.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Stellantis backtracks on plans to build Jeep model in Ontario, shifts to U.S. | CBC News

Stellantis announced Tuesday it will invest $13 billion US over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. — a move that will take production of one model out of Ontario, rai...

www.cbc.ca

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 1h

I loathe Bernie.

Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 11h

Boo, Newfoundland.

Don Cochrane 🇨🇦 @doncochraneyow.bsky.social · 11h

Democracy. You don’t have to like the outcome, though.

Progressive Conservatives end 10 years of Liberal rule in N.L., CBC News projects | CBC

www.cbc.ca

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 15h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...

US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time | CNN

Once a ticket to visa-free travel across the world, the US passport’s potency has dwindled in recent times. And now, for the first time, it’s completely fallen off the leaderboard of nationalities ran...

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ChristopherE @christopher664023.bsky.social · 13h

That’s to whom presidential medals should be awarded

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 1d

Protesters in Portland showing up in costume embody joy as resistance. If those who oppress us can be absurd, so can those fighting for freedom. Humor and creativity remind us that rebellion isn’t only anger—it’s the courage to laugh, to dance, and to exist loudly in the face of control. #Pinks

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Darlene @westmm.bsky.social · 13h

Terrible headline! He was jailed for promoting hate and violence against the Jewish community.

Rev Barb @revbarb.bsky.social · 14h

www.fswc.ca/news/court-i...

Court Issues First-Ever Jail Sentence in Canada for Holocaust Denial

A North Bay, Ont. man has been sentenced to jail for dozens of social media posts and videos promoting hate and violence against the Jewish community, marking the first-ever conviction in a Canadian c...

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 15h

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Resistance Canada🍁 @resistance-canada.bsky.social · 13h

“Even a small shareholding by a foreign state can influence the activities of the company concerned. So, yes, Canada has to be attentive to these matters." www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

ANALYSIS | The Trump administration is investing in Canadian critical mineral companies. But Ottawa can stop it | CBC News

The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is unusual, and which raises questions about whether Ottawa should block the deals in the ...

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WIRED @wired.com · 14h

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 16h

I hate him so much, it BURNS.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 16h

Again:

It was never about “economic anxiety” or young people’s concerns about cost of living. They liked the hate. They wanted to chaos.

The (male) youth voter will NOT save us. They will destroy us.

There is no “messaging” that will sway these voters to embrace liberal agenda.

Stop trying.

CyKoore 🇨🇦 🍉 @cykoore.bsky.social · 17h

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

Fuck every one of these people.

Thomas Heaney @captainabraham.bsky.social · 17h

Dems:
We need to save rural hospitals.
Every American should have access to good healthcare.
Everyone should be able to get a good education and have opportunities.

GOP:
I love Hitler.
When do we start up the gas chambers?
Let's bring back slavery.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 17h

I just can't.
And he's going to be premier forever because Ontarians eat this shit up, apparently.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 19h

"Operating from their base in Jakarta, where permissive export laws have allowed their surveillance business to flourish, First Wap’s European founders and executives have quietly built a phone-tracking empire, with a footprint extending from the Vatican to the Middle East to Silicon Valley."

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 20h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
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The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 20h

Ppl who build in area called “Hurricane Alley” CANNOT claim surprise when they lose their house to a hurricane.

Ppl who build in a flood plain CANNOT claim surprise when the house floods.

Ppl who vote for incompetent, uneducated, cruel grifters CANNOT claim surprise when they’re bad at governing.

Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 20h

If you criticize my post but then disable my ability to reply, I will block you.

Fair play.

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 20h

People REALLY need to stop infantilizing - or “sanewashing” - voters.

These are adults who made a choice - either to vote for the fascist or not bother to vote to stop him.

They should be held accountable for that choice.

Sometimes shame is warranted. Let them sit with the discomfort of that.

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 20h

You all look Russian to me.
alaskabeacon.com/2024/11/06/t...

Trump wins Alaska, for the 15th consecutive Republican victory in the state | Alaska Beacon

If Trump wins, Alaska will have voted for the Republican in every election since it became a state, except for Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

alaskabeacon.com

Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 20h

Omg. The stupidity of this article hurts.

Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 21h

That doesn’t answer how they voted or if they voted. The state went overwhelmingly republican and always does.

Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 21h

Alaska voted for Trump, the 15th time in a row voting for a Republican.

They heard him deny climate change is real. They saw him fail to help other states after natural disasters.

They knew.
They knew.
They knew.

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 21h

I think better functioning liberal democracies in the world (ie. all of them) look at the American Presidential experience and the powers you give that office & laugh at the claim you reject “kings”. You just call your King “President”.

You are a cautionary tale, never an example of what to do.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 22h

Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 23h

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….