Emily Regan Wills
@ajnabieh.bsky.social
Prof @ uOttawa School of Political Studies. Co-Director, Community Mobilization in Crisis (cmic-mobilize.org). Activist & community-engaged research and teaching. Queer mom, American in diaspora, Canadian-in-training.
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Emily Regan Wills
@ajnabieh.bsky.social
· Mar 17
If you are a US trans/queer person looking to move to Canada for safety, I am happy to share my experience to help you understand your options. If you are an LGBTQ+ refugee from elsewhere in the world, I may be able to refer you to a resettlement path to Canada. No guarantees, but get in touch.
This book left me kind of stunned, it’s that goddamn good. Highly recommend.
"A thunderous, visceral, Sapphic fever dream of a book" @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social
"Furious and staggeringly beautiful" @amalelmohtar.com
We're delighted to have brought August Clarke's Lammy Award-winning novel METAL FROM HEAVEN to the UK!
Buy now 👉 geni.us/metalfhe
"Furious and staggeringly beautiful" @amalelmohtar.com
We're delighted to have brought August Clarke's Lammy Award-winning novel METAL FROM HEAVEN to the UK!
Buy now 👉 geni.us/metalfhe
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This book left me kind of stunned, it’s that goddamn good. Highly recommend.
A movie that takes place where I’m from:
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A movie that takes place where I’m from:
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me, when people ask about my friend groups
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
me, when people ask about my friend groups
My friend Patti Lenard and I are researching LGBTQ+ private refugee sponsorship in Canada, & are looking to interview LGBTQ+ newcomers who arrived in Canada through private sponsorship and people who have served as sponsors. If you or someone you know is interested, please have them reach out!
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My friend Patti Lenard and I are researching LGBTQ+ private refugee sponsorship in Canada, & are looking to interview LGBTQ+ newcomers who arrived in Canada through private sponsorship and people who have served as sponsors. If you or someone you know is interested, please have them reach out!
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Your periodic reminder that I’m fundraising for two families in Gaza - Fadi, who supports his parents, sisters, and wife, and Mohammad, whose daughter Sally has a heart defect and needs medical treatment outside Gaza. If you can spare a few dollars to support them, we’d all be very grateful.
It’s getting cold in Gaza. I’ve just transferred money from their fundraisers to Mohammed and Fadi, to buy blankets and repair their tents. But Mohammed’s daughter Sally still needs medical treatment, and Fadi still is supporting his family. You can support Mohammed here: chuffed.org/project/1518...
Help Sally Get Medical Treatment Outside of Gaza
My name is Emily, and I'm fundraising for Mohammad and his family, particularly his daughter Sally. Mohammad, his wife, and their five children have been displaced over the past two years of constant...
chuffed.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Your periodic reminder that I’m fundraising for two families in Gaza - Fadi, who supports his parents, sisters, and wife, and Mohammad, whose daughter Sally has a heart defect and needs medical treatment outside Gaza. If you can spare a few dollars to support them, we’d all be very grateful.
Here’s me talking about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election win on @globalnews.ca this morning. I think there’s a clear route for the Democratic Party to learn from Mamdani’s success - if they’re open to it. globalnews.ca/video/115179...
U.S. Democrats seal key election victories | Watch News Videos Online
Watch U.S. Democrats seal key election victories Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Here’s me talking about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election win on @globalnews.ca this morning. I think there’s a clear route for the Democratic Party to learn from Mamdani’s success - if they’re open to it. globalnews.ca/video/115179...
Hey Ottawa folks - cool event coming up focused on queer SWANA storytelling. Nov 23, Club SAW. Tickets on sale now! www.tixtree.com/e/queer-swan...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hey Ottawa folks - cool event coming up focused on queer SWANA storytelling. Nov 23, Club SAW. Tickets on sale now! www.tixtree.com/e/queer-swan...
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the language of "civilization" here is obviously fraught but also
uh
sick burn, Europe
uh
sick burn, Europe
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the language of "civilization" here is obviously fraught but also
uh
sick burn, Europe
uh
sick burn, Europe
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My brilliant friend @hebagowayed.bsky.social:
"What is troubling to me as we look into the possibilities of the Zohran mayorship, is not just these old white men’s sense of entitlement to power; but that their open racism, like that of the president’s, is not disqualifying."
"What is troubling to me as we look into the possibilities of the Zohran mayorship, is not just these old white men’s sense of entitlement to power; but that their open racism, like that of the president’s, is not disqualifying."
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human - The Rumpus
It is against this background of a country that has reduced Muslims into a dark, foreign, terrorist “other,” that Mamdani ran a campaign that centers the affordability of the city for all who live wit...
therumpus.net
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My brilliant friend @hebagowayed.bsky.social:
"What is troubling to me as we look into the possibilities of the Zohran mayorship, is not just these old white men’s sense of entitlement to power; but that their open racism, like that of the president’s, is not disqualifying."
"What is troubling to me as we look into the possibilities of the Zohran mayorship, is not just these old white men’s sense of entitlement to power; but that their open racism, like that of the president’s, is not disqualifying."
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The dialectic of American politics:
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The dialectic of American politics:
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
- Black guy gets elected, they call him a Muslim socialist (which he’s not)
- Backlash to Black guy, women, immigrants creates MAGA
- Backlash to MAGA brings to power an actual Muslim socialist
Honestly, I’m getting a little verklempt.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Honestly, I’m getting a little verklempt.
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
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This is an incredible and very specific hater energy substack.com/home/post/p-...
Dick Cheney, ABD
Remembering the greatest alt-ac of them all
substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is an incredible and very specific hater energy substack.com/home/post/p-...
Your periodic reminder that I’m fundraising for two families in Gaza - Fadi, who supports his parents, sisters, and wife, and Mohammad, whose daughter Sally has a heart defect and needs medical treatment outside Gaza. If you can spare a few dollars to support them, we’d all be very grateful.
It’s getting cold in Gaza. I’ve just transferred money from their fundraisers to Mohammed and Fadi, to buy blankets and repair their tents. But Mohammed’s daughter Sally still needs medical treatment, and Fadi still is supporting his family. You can support Mohammed here: chuffed.org/project/1518...
Help Sally Get Medical Treatment Outside of Gaza
My name is Emily, and I'm fundraising for Mohammad and his family, particularly his daughter Sally. Mohammad, his wife, and their five children have been displaced over the past two years of constant...
chuffed.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Your periodic reminder that I’m fundraising for two families in Gaza - Fadi, who supports his parents, sisters, and wife, and Mohammad, whose daughter Sally has a heart defect and needs medical treatment outside Gaza. If you can spare a few dollars to support them, we’d all be very grateful.
I had a colleague come into my office the other day and say “so…does the US just…not have a government any more?” And I, the designated US understander in my department, could not tell her no. 🫠
my mom thinks the government is just never going to come back, like it just went around the corner for a pack of cigs
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I had a colleague come into my office the other day and say “so…does the US just…not have a government any more?” And I, the designated US understander in my department, could not tell her no. 🫠
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Unmentioned: the secular Hillquit's skepticism of Zionism. He argued the Balfour Decl. threatened Palestinian self-determination & he hoped universal socialism would secure Jewish liberation. By 1930, he supported unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine but not creation of an exclusive state.
"A socialist immigrant running for mayor on an anti-war, pro–working class platform divides New York’s Jews over whether his campaign, and potential victory, might stoke antisemitism. The year isn’t 2025, and the man isn’t Zohran Mamdani. It’s 1917, and Jewish labor lawyer Morris Hillquit."
A century before Mamdani, this Jewish socialist mayoral candidate divided NYC Jews
Jewish socialist Morris Hillquit ran on an anti-war, pro–working class platform for NYC mayor in 1917 and 1932.
forward.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Unmentioned: the secular Hillquit's skepticism of Zionism. He argued the Balfour Decl. threatened Palestinian self-determination & he hoped universal socialism would secure Jewish liberation. By 1930, he supported unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine but not creation of an exclusive state.
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Today in unschooling, my daughter and I just calculated the approximate number of nanoseconds since the creation of the earth: two septillion, three hundred sixty-six sextillion, eight hundred twenty quintillion. So that was fun.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today in unschooling, my daughter and I just calculated the approximate number of nanoseconds since the creation of the earth: two septillion, three hundred sixty-six sextillion, eight hundred twenty quintillion. So that was fun.
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Let him interim-lead the NDP if there’s an election
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arriving with *this* vibe 💯 Wearing the jersey of 3x Olympic hockey gold-medalist Marie-Philip Poulin.
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Let him interim-lead the NDP if there’s an election
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. shows up to Game 7 in a Marie-Phillip Poulin jersey, the captain of the Canada women’s national ice hockey team
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. shows up to Game 7 in a Marie-Phillip Poulin jersey, the captain of the Canada women’s national ice hockey team
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Kul Shei Tammam with the cat I love this guy
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Kul Shei Tammam with the cat I love this guy
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you know what we're doing now that NaNo's fucking dead
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
you know what we're doing now that NaNo's fucking dead
I feel like I owe a box of chocolates to the travel agent who handles bookings for the university, because I have asked her to check about a billion possible itineraries for the trip I'm making in December and she hasn't once said "DUDE WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS."
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I feel like I owe a box of chocolates to the travel agent who handles bookings for the university, because I have asked her to check about a billion possible itineraries for the trip I'm making in December and she hasn't once said "DUDE WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS."