andrea bennett (they/them)
@akkabah.bsky.social
Senior editor at The Tyee. Author of the essay collections Hearty: On Cooking, Eating and Growing Food for Pleasure and Subsistence (ECW Press) & Like a Boy but Not a Boy (Arsenal Pulp). Co-editor of the BC bestselling Points of Interest.
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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Sam & I are part of a Vancouver group expecting a refugee family of 4 early Jan with 2 girls ages 4 & 7. We need 2 twin beds, chests of drawers, coffee & bedside tables, kitchen & other household items, clothes & toys. If you can donate, or if you have a truck or van & can help move, please DM me.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Sam & I are part of a Vancouver group expecting a refugee family of 4 early Jan with 2 girls ages 4 & 7. We need 2 twin beds, chests of drawers, coffee & bedside tables, kitchen & other household items, clothes & toys. If you can donate, or if you have a truck or van & can help move, please DM me.
i don't know what stage of november depression this signals, but i've reached "listen to Rumours over and over."
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
i don't know what stage of november depression this signals, but i've reached "listen to Rumours over and over."
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INTERVIEW: Why wind, not solar, is the future of electricity in BC. And why megaprojects -- like Site E -- may still be possible in the future.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Head of BC Hydro on Wind Power, Dam Megaprojects and More | The Tyee
Glen Clark sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Tyee.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
INTERVIEW: Why wind, not solar, is the future of electricity in BC. And why megaprojects -- like Site E -- may still be possible in the future.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
For some reason my brain just recalled the smell/taste of a mcdonald's cheeseburger like really viscerally. i have not eaten a mcdonald's cheeseburger since, like... 1994.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For some reason my brain just recalled the smell/taste of a mcdonald's cheeseburger like really viscerally. i have not eaten a mcdonald's cheeseburger since, like... 1994.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
My breakfast this week is egg scramble with veggies and extra egg whites & oh man is it not that good. I usually use the whites leftover from ice cream making in Swiss meringue buttercream. I thought I’d use them to augment protein. Prior tactic was far, far better
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My breakfast this week is egg scramble with veggies and extra egg whites & oh man is it not that good. I usually use the whites leftover from ice cream making in Swiss meringue buttercream. I thought I’d use them to augment protein. Prior tactic was far, far better
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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All I'm sayin' is that we didn't bail out Ty when Beanie Babies crashed.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
All I'm sayin' is that we didn't bail out Ty when Beanie Babies crashed.
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AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN: What you have to remember also is he appeared in fair form.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN: What you have to remember also is he appeared in fair form.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
i don't mind when people share, like, pretty wild stuff with me ("trauma dump" all you want) but if you start talking about weighted blankets or silent meditation retreats i want to crawl out of my skin
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i don't mind when people share, like, pretty wild stuff with me ("trauma dump" all you want) but if you start talking about weighted blankets or silent meditation retreats i want to crawl out of my skin
The funny thing about people offering “non-toxic” solutions to health problems is you have no clue how many plant things will just give me hives
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The funny thing about people offering “non-toxic” solutions to health problems is you have no clue how many plant things will just give me hives
It is not even my child’s bedtime, and yet, I wish it was my bedtime
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It is not even my child’s bedtime, and yet, I wish it was my bedtime
have experienced a recent increase in receipt of "story tips" generated via "conversations" with LLMs. (by far the worst one was grok.) i... feel like i am losing my mind.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
have experienced a recent increase in receipt of "story tips" generated via "conversations" with LLMs. (by far the worst one was grok.) i... feel like i am losing my mind.
My alma mater for my undergrad, where I studied English & French but took creative writing courses, was Guelph. At the risk of it seeming like i'm centring myself here, this is the *second* creative writing professor I studied with directly who has been involved in a national scandal.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My alma mater for my undergrad, where I studied English & French but took creative writing courses, was Guelph. At the risk of it seeming like i'm centring myself here, this is the *second* creative writing professor I studied with directly who has been involved in a national scandal.
i received a "buy some amazon book reviews" email that should have gone to a totally different Andrea Bennett. which is not as funny as one time showing up to a festival & finding her books for sale instead of mine, lol.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
i received a "buy some amazon book reviews" email that should have gone to a totally different Andrea Bennett. which is not as funny as one time showing up to a festival & finding her books for sale instead of mine, lol.
just had a “why is everyone talking about thanksgiving, we already had that“ moment & honestly maybe but there’s nothing more american than completely forgetting about an entire neighbouring country.
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
just had a “why is everyone talking about thanksgiving, we already had that“ moment & honestly maybe but there’s nothing more american than completely forgetting about an entire neighbouring country.
PB‘d it @ 32:02. (Not lifetime but certainly an in-my-40s PB. lifetime PB is 22:30 & uh that time might be in the rearview at this point.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
PB‘d it @ 32:02. (Not lifetime but certainly an in-my-40s PB. lifetime PB is 22:30 & uh that time might be in the rearview at this point.)
Need to run a 5k this aft & it feels oddly intimidating today
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Need to run a 5k this aft & it feels oddly intimidating today
This is one of those things where if someone presses me I might do an accidental service to sober people by unfurling whatever particular traumatic substance-related corner of my history comes immediately to mind. (Just leave me & my Diet Coke alone!)
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is one of those things where if someone presses me I might do an accidental service to sober people by unfurling whatever particular traumatic substance-related corner of my history comes immediately to mind. (Just leave me & my Diet Coke alone!)
Cannot be bothered to eat a protein bar right now so my post-swim snack is a cappuccino and half a block of smoked tofu
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cannot be bothered to eat a protein bar right now so my post-swim snack is a cappuccino and half a block of smoked tofu
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A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry
Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
andrea, why aren’t you WATCHING? the child asks as she does her four hundredth handstand of the day while I am holding a knife smack dab in the middle of making dinner
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
andrea, why aren’t you WATCHING? the child asks as she does her four hundredth handstand of the day while I am holding a knife smack dab in the middle of making dinner
it’s people burning wood to heat their houses season and for me that’s a bit of a bummer because sadly I do enjoy breathing
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
it’s people burning wood to heat their houses season and for me that’s a bit of a bummer because sadly I do enjoy breathing