Emma
@hopsolutely.bsky.social
Anti-racist & anti-misogynist; supporter of reproductive & all other human rights. Canadian (via immigration). Heartbroken about Nov 5th, and scared of similar right wing insanity in Canada.
Craft beer fan. Engineer (retired). She/her.
Craft beer fan. Engineer (retired). She/her.
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I feel as though there should be a law that says if Pierre Poilievre gets defenestrated as CPC leader in January then he has to move to Battle River—Crowfoot and live there until the next election because I think this would teach everyone involved an invaluable lesson about shenanigans.
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I feel as though there should be a law that says if Pierre Poilievre gets defenestrated as CPC leader in January then he has to move to Battle River—Crowfoot and live there until the next election because I think this would teach everyone involved an invaluable lesson about shenanigans.
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The absolute funniest thing about this is that the house pictured is legitimately an abandoned meth lab, as someone in Derek’s replies discovered (see thread for proof)
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The absolute funniest thing about this is that the house pictured is legitimately an abandoned meth lab, as someone in Derek’s replies discovered (see thread for proof)
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I'm seeing a lot of "Luigi Mangione might be innocent" takes and I just want to remind you that legally, he IS innocent. Literally every person charged with a crime is legally innocent until and unless a judge or jury finds them guilty. It's not that they MIGHT be innocent. They simply are.
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm seeing a lot of "Luigi Mangione might be innocent" takes and I just want to remind you that legally, he IS innocent. Literally every person charged with a crime is legally innocent until and unless a judge or jury finds them guilty. It's not that they MIGHT be innocent. They simply are.
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Mr. @mark-carney.bsky.social, your government could do some serious nation building by getting our public discourse off a platform regularly weaponized against Canadian sovereignty
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Mr. @mark-carney.bsky.social, your government could do some serious nation building by getting our public discourse off a platform regularly weaponized against Canadian sovereignty
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Doug says workers should be working at the office but Doug is rarely working at the office.
Don't be a Doug.
Don't be a Doug.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Doug says workers should be working at the office but Doug is rarely working at the office.
Don't be a Doug.
Don't be a Doug.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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My (I suspect deeply unpopular in general, but less so here) opinion is that I don't care if someone's religion is opposed to certain things, that shouldn't mean you get to opt out of things like vaccines and education and nondiscrimination laws and whatnot.
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My (I suspect deeply unpopular in general, but less so here) opinion is that I don't care if someone's religion is opposed to certain things, that shouldn't mean you get to opt out of things like vaccines and education and nondiscrimination laws and whatnot.
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My calendars arrived! It's not too late to order yours.
www.lulu.com/shop/lisa-se...
www.lulu.com/shop/lisa-se...
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My calendars arrived! It's not too late to order yours.
www.lulu.com/shop/lisa-se...
www.lulu.com/shop/lisa-se...
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Let me just say: I have run more than a dozen marathons and an ultramarathon and I have worked 13-hour days in a cornfield in the scorching-ass sun, and none of those things broke me like breastfeeding.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Let me just say: I have run more than a dozen marathons and an ultramarathon and I have worked 13-hour days in a cornfield in the scorching-ass sun, and none of those things broke me like breastfeeding.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
An eye-opening yet unedifying read. Yikes.
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
An eye-opening yet unedifying read. Yikes.
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A nice little piece about my institute, @perimeterinstitute.ca, in the Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv... (apparently it is "sponsor content" so it's more like a press release than reporting but it's a nice summary of what we do there and why)
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December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A nice little piece about my institute, @perimeterinstitute.ca, in the Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv... (apparently it is "sponsor content" so it's more like a press release than reporting but it's a nice summary of what we do there and why)
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $1.55 billion to mitigating methane pollution from fossil fuel infrastructure. Does anyone know how much of that money went out, where it went, or how much avoided methane pollution taxpayers got as a return on that investment? Surprisingly little info online.
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $1.55 billion to mitigating methane pollution from fossil fuel infrastructure. Does anyone know how much of that money went out, where it went, or how much avoided methane pollution taxpayers got as a return on that investment? Surprisingly little info online.
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Folks! Today is the last day to take advantage of The Onion's Black Friday sale.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Folks! Today is the last day to take advantage of The Onion's Black Friday sale.
For $75, you get a year of newspapers shipped monthly to your actual house. First one arrives by Christmas, and the middle of the December issue is wrapping paper.
Sign up! It's good!
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For $75, you get a year of newspapers shipped monthly to your actual house. First one arrives by Christmas, and the middle of the December issue is wrapping paper.
Sign up! It's good!
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Canada has its fair share of terrible people, but the residential school deniers may be some of the worst. Acknowledging the past and ongoing violence and racism towards Indigenous people should be a bare minimum requirement of living in Canada.
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Canada has its fair share of terrible people, but the residential school deniers may be some of the worst. Acknowledging the past and ongoing violence and racism towards Indigenous people should be a bare minimum requirement of living in Canada.
"The wealthy get to look generous while reinforcing the machine that made them wealthy. The public gets a story about hope. The corporations get the money."
"This isn’t social support. It’s a handshake between private wealth and a government that no longer knows how to govern unless the market approves."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/t...
The Biggest Heist in America Is Being Sold as a Gift to Children
America loves a good illusion. It loves the performance of generosity from people who built their fortunes on systems that leave everyone else scrambling.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"The wealthy get to look generous while reinforcing the machine that made them wealthy. The public gets a story about hope. The corporations get the money."
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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The Ford government spent $111.9 million of our money in one year on advertising promoting the Ford government so I feel like we’d better not see Doug or any of his cabal doing photo opps at food banks this Christmas telling us how much need there is.
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Ford government spent $111.9 million of our money in one year on advertising promoting the Ford government so I feel like we’d better not see Doug or any of his cabal doing photo opps at food banks this Christmas telling us how much need there is.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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It’s wild how many people IRL have told me they saw me in this piece. The people want better regional transit!
'A long time coming': Kitchener welcomes 1st weekend GO train to Toronto | CBC News
Weekend GO train service to Toronto has launched in Kitchener, as the first train departed Sunday morning. Riders and transit advocates say the new service fills a gap in weekend transit from the regi...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It’s wild how many people IRL have told me they saw me in this piece. The people want better regional transit!