Cara Martin (C. K. Kelly Martin)
@caramartin.ca
Canadian & Irish novelist of character-driven fiction from horror to sci-fi to contemp. Film school grad. Ottawa dweller. Humanist. Pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-science 😷 INFJ www.caramartin.ca | www.ckkellymartin.com
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I'm thrilled to see so many people I followed at the Bad Place swimming to more civilized shores. Looking to follow the covid conscious, egalitarians, folks who understand the danger Pierre Poilievre represents to Canada, animal lovers, writers, readers, film fans.
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Most economically stable countries
Top 10
1. UAE
2. Switzerland
3. Germany
4. Canada
5. Japan
6. Australia
7. Sweden
8. Denmark
9. Netherlands
10. Saudi Arabia
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Top 10
1. UAE
2. Switzerland
3. Germany
4. Canada
5. Japan
6. Australia
7. Sweden
8. Denmark
9. Netherlands
10. Saudi Arabia
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November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Most economically stable countries
Top 10
1. UAE
2. Switzerland
3. Germany
4. Canada
5. Japan
6. Australia
7. Sweden
8. Denmark
9. Netherlands
10. Saudi Arabia
www.usnews.com/news/best-co...
Top 10
1. UAE
2. Switzerland
3. Germany
4. Canada
5. Japan
6. Australia
7. Sweden
8. Denmark
9. Netherlands
10. Saudi Arabia
www.usnews.com/news/best-co...
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338 Sunday Update: A Competitive Race, Even as Poilievre’s Numbers Slide → www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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This is horrendous.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is horrendous.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
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Yeah, major companies are screwing people over and the cost of living is through the roof and everything is terrible.
I still think everything we do matters. I still think, every day, we have the opportunity to make ethical choices that support everyday people like us.
I still think everything we do matters. I still think, every day, we have the opportunity to make ethical choices that support everyday people like us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yeah, major companies are screwing people over and the cost of living is through the roof and everything is terrible.
I still think everything we do matters. I still think, every day, we have the opportunity to make ethical choices that support everyday people like us.
I still think everything we do matters. I still think, every day, we have the opportunity to make ethical choices that support everyday people like us.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Like every other author out there I've been getting a ton of scam emails about book club & other fake marketing opportunities lately. The Writers' Union of Canada has re-posted a warning from the Australian Society of Authors with their permission. writersunion.ca/news/ai-is-m...
AI is Making Publishing Scams More Sophisticated | The Writers' Union of Canada
writersunion.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Like every other author out there I've been getting a ton of scam emails about book club & other fake marketing opportunities lately. The Writers' Union of Canada has re-posted a warning from the Australian Society of Authors with their permission. writersunion.ca/news/ai-is-m...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"No man's spirit escapes the hell he denies putting a child through . . ." ~ Andrea Gibson, 'The Call, Option 1'
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"No man's spirit escapes the hell he denies putting a child through . . ." ~ Andrea Gibson, 'The Call, Option 1'
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
I'm lucky #313 on the hold list for the latest Thursday Murder Club novel 😆. Finally going to watch the Netflix movie tonight. Just need to pull out some biscuits to snack on first.
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I'm lucky #313 on the hold list for the latest Thursday Murder Club novel 😆. Finally going to watch the Netflix movie tonight. Just need to pull out some biscuits to snack on first.
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I got a COVID booster because I continue to see “healthy” people lose their health to COVID and don’t want to risk it happening to me
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from the government and trusted medical orgs about the value of a shot. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I got a COVID booster because I continue to see “healthy” people lose their health to COVID and don’t want to risk it happening to me
Hmm, well who could've foreseen that high tariffs on imported foods (and other goods) would push prices up for Americans? Any half-decent business-person whose chief talents aren't stiffing people, committing fraud and bankrupting their own companies. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
Trump lowers tariffs on beef, coffee, other foods as inflation concerns mount
Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to exempt a wide range of food imports, including beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, from sweeping tariffs imposed earlier this year on nearly every c...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Hmm, well who could've foreseen that high tariffs on imported foods (and other goods) would push prices up for Americans? Any half-decent business-person whose chief talents aren't stiffing people, committing fraud and bankrupting their own companies. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
A new Gallup poll says 40% of American women 15 to 44 report they would permanently leave the U.S. if they had the opportunity. Unsurprising when women and girls' reproductive autonomy is being decimated and rights in general are being stripped away. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Poll shows more young women want to leave U.S. — their top destination is Canada
A record number of younger American women now say they want to leave the United States — and their most common destination of choice is Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A new Gallup poll says 40% of American women 15 to 44 report they would permanently leave the U.S. if they had the opportunity. Unsurprising when women and girls' reproductive autonomy is being decimated and rights in general are being stripped away. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
1. Gender-affirming care is health care.
2. Reproductive health care is health care.
3. Both are lifesaving health care.
4. Health care is a human right.
November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a week of celebration, advocacy, and education to honour the lives and stories of trans people.
2. Reproductive health care is health care.
3. Both are lifesaving health care.
4. Health care is a human right.
November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a week of celebration, advocacy, and education to honour the lives and stories of trans people.
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
1. Gender-affirming care is health care.
2. Reproductive health care is health care.
3. Both are lifesaving health care.
4. Health care is a human right.
November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a week of celebration, advocacy, and education to honour the lives and stories of trans people.
2. Reproductive health care is health care.
3. Both are lifesaving health care.
4. Health care is a human right.
November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a week of celebration, advocacy, and education to honour the lives and stories of trans people.
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New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
An EKOS study on disinformation in Canada has found that Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation.
cultmtl.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
“80% of the most disinformed Canadians support the CPC.”
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When Jeffrey Epstein thinks *you're* the scumbag.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When Jeffrey Epstein thinks *you're* the scumbag.
Course he's not. Poilievre doesn't have it in him to reflect on his own actions. No accountability, no insight. What he does exhibit on a regular basis is 5 habits associated with narcissistic personality disorder: grandiosity, entitlement, attention-seeking, manipulation, and lack of empathy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Course he's not. Poilievre doesn't have it in him to reflect on his own actions. No accountability, no insight. What he does exhibit on a regular basis is 5 habits associated with narcissistic personality disorder: grandiosity, entitlement, attention-seeking, manipulation, and lack of empathy.
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President Trump is pursuing a policy of climate-change acceleration. His actions are fueling global warming—and may leave places in the United States uninhabitable by mid-century, Vann R. Newkirk II writes.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
President Trump is pursuing a policy of climate-change acceleration. His actions are fueling global warming—and may leave places in the United States uninhabitable by mid-century, Vann R. Newkirk II writes.
“Loss of elimination status is a step backward and a return to more primitive times, where voices from the Dark Ages continue to attempt pull us." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country’s public health agency said on Monday, a loss that also results i...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Loss of elimination status is a step backward and a return to more primitive times, where voices from the Dark Ages continue to attempt pull us." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
Outside my window just now. It's been coming down all day. Sounds like it could finally tail off around 3 or 4 in the morning.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Outside my window just now. It's been coming down all day. Sounds like it could finally tail off around 3 or 4 in the morning.
Working on some project grant statement stuff during Ottawa's first big snowfall (up to 20 cm), pretending that we're not seeing a sunset time of 4:39 or that it doesn't matter anyway. I hope everyone's staying off the roads if they can. Please be careful, everybody! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Snowfall warnings issued for Ottawa-Gatineau area, freezing rain possible in Kingston | CBC News
Environment Canada has issued a warning for the first notable snowfall of the season in eastern Ontario, advising there could be up to 20 cm of snow in and around Ottawa-Gatineau on Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Working on some project grant statement stuff during Ottawa's first big snowfall (up to 20 cm), pretending that we're not seeing a sunset time of 4:39 or that it doesn't matter anyway. I hope everyone's staying off the roads if they can. Please be careful, everybody! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...