Julie S. Lalonde
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
6x award-winning feminist buzzkill.
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
Pinned
Lots of new folks here! 👋
I've spent 20+ years working as a violence prevention educator.
- Find my free bystander intervention webinars here : linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde
- Hire me for trainings : yellowmanteau.com
- My memoir "Resilience is Futile" is available globally wherever books are sold✌️
I've spent 20+ years working as a violence prevention educator.
- Find my free bystander intervention webinars here : linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde
- Hire me for trainings : yellowmanteau.com
- My memoir "Resilience is Futile" is available globally wherever books are sold✌️
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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Three children in Ottawa have died of flu-related complications this season. PLEASE make sure to get vaccinated ASAP.
With flu activity increasing rapidly across the region, we’re sharing an important update from the Medical Officers of Health for Ottawa Public Health and the Eastern Ontario Health Unit about what this means for families and how to reduce your risks of severe illness.
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Three children in Ottawa have died of flu-related complications this season. PLEASE make sure to get vaccinated ASAP.
I have dyscalculia and am self-employed, so taxes, accounting, filing documents, etc. quite literally breaks my brain.
The CRA is chronically under resourced and the bureaucracy is set up in such a way as to be needlessly frustrating.
But I wanna be clear : The people who answer the phones? Angels
The CRA is chronically under resourced and the bureaucracy is set up in such a way as to be needlessly frustrating.
But I wanna be clear : The people who answer the phones? Angels
CRA is responsible for 90% of my grey hair.
December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have dyscalculia and am self-employed, so taxes, accounting, filing documents, etc. quite literally breaks my brain.
The CRA is chronically under resourced and the bureaucracy is set up in such a way as to be needlessly frustrating.
But I wanna be clear : The people who answer the phones? Angels
The CRA is chronically under resourced and the bureaucracy is set up in such a way as to be needlessly frustrating.
But I wanna be clear : The people who answer the phones? Angels
I'm mad at like, 95% of what Carney has done still taking power but I'm happy he's going ahead with his campaign promise to criminalize exploitative deepfake porn.
Bellingcat’s @koltai.bsky.social uncovers the Hungarian national behind two deepfake porn websites. The key figure rakes in profits and vacations in luxury hotels in Dubai and Bali, whilst website visitors create sexually explicit images and videos.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
How We Found the Man Behind Two Deepfake Porn Sites
Business documents, website code and leaked data all led us back to one person profiting off non-consensual sexual imagery of women.
www.bellingcat.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm mad at like, 95% of what Carney has done still taking power but I'm happy he's going ahead with his campaign promise to criminalize exploitative deepfake porn.
Bill C-16 proposes some major changes to the Canadian Criminal Code, especially in regards to gender-based violence.
If you're looking for expert analysis on it, two of my colleagues were on CBC's "Just Asking" and offer some great insights.
If you're looking for expert analysis on it, two of my colleagues were on CBC's "Just Asking" and offer some great insights.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bill C-16 proposes some major changes to the Canadian Criminal Code, especially in regards to gender-based violence.
If you're looking for expert analysis on it, two of my colleagues were on CBC's "Just Asking" and offer some great insights.
If you're looking for expert analysis on it, two of my colleagues were on CBC's "Just Asking" and offer some great insights.
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When my son was born in California in 2001, we got a Kit for New Parents, a bunch of videos and guides. A manual for using your newborn. It was the brainchild of Rob Reiner, who wanted to take make parents' lives easier and better
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When my son was born in California in 2001, we got a Kit for New Parents, a bunch of videos and guides. A manual for using your newborn. It was the brainchild of Rob Reiner, who wanted to take make parents' lives easier and better
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered and its suspected their son did it.
My God. 2025 has been a nightmare.
My God. 2025 has been a nightmare.
Rob Reiner and Wife Found Dead as LAPD Investigates ‘Apparent Homicide’
Two bodies were found in the Brentwood home of 'The Princess Bride' and 'A Few Good Men' director Rob Reiner.
variety.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered and its suspected their son did it.
My God. 2025 has been a nightmare.
My God. 2025 has been a nightmare.
I know a lot of people are going to roll their eyes and call this a nothing burger, but I think it's indicative of how he pays lip service to Elbows Up, Rah Rah Canada but ultimately does not understand Canadian identity at all.
Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling
Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I know a lot of people are going to roll their eyes and call this a nothing burger, but I think it's indicative of how he pays lip service to Elbows Up, Rah Rah Canada but ultimately does not understand Canadian identity at all.
In all cases of horror and tragedy, look to the helpers. If you don't see one, then be one.
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In all cases of horror and tragedy, look to the helpers. If you don't see one, then be one.
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Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
The link between sexual repression and militarism is becoming clearer by the day.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic
The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway
www.standard.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
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In late Nov. researcher @kwardvancouver.bsky.social pointed me to an OPCC investigation summary into now ex-VPD officer’s abusive relationship with a teenage girl. They met when he made a policing presentation at her high school & she expressed interest in being a cop. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... 1/
VPD Officer Was Quietly Investigated over an Abusive Relationship with Teen | The Tyee
A police watchdog report does not reveal the officer’s name or the school where he met the teenage girl.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In late Nov. researcher @kwardvancouver.bsky.social pointed me to an OPCC investigation summary into now ex-VPD officer’s abusive relationship with a teenage girl. They met when he made a policing presentation at her high school & she expressed interest in being a cop. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... 1/
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I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
I've been doing media interviews for nearly 20 years. I have an audiobook, have recorded countless PSAs, done voiceover work; I even host a weekly podcast.
There are thousands and thousands of hours of my voice online and as a result, had to warn my elders what to do if they got a "call from me."
There are thousands and thousands of hours of my voice online and as a result, had to warn my elders what to do if they got a "call from me."
This story is wild.
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, #Saskatoon
Jill Finn says call recreated her granddaughter's voice 'to perfection'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, #Saskatoon
Jill Finn says call recreated her granddaughter's voice 'to perfection'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, Saskatoon | CBC News
Jill Finn suspects thieves used AI to recreate her granddaughter's voice in the latest phone scam targeting seniors in Regina and Saskatoon.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I've been doing media interviews for nearly 20 years. I have an audiobook, have recorded countless PSAs, done voiceover work; I even host a weekly podcast.
There are thousands and thousands of hours of my voice online and as a result, had to warn my elders what to do if they got a "call from me."
There are thousands and thousands of hours of my voice online and as a result, had to warn my elders what to do if they got a "call from me."
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In Canada the loudest voices of the “Victims of Communism” movement don’t like it when you ask them questions about what their families were up to during World War II
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In Canada the loudest voices of the “Victims of Communism” movement don’t like it when you ask them questions about what their families were up to during World War II
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God this rocks. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
Historians raised alarms years ago. Ottawa changed course only after the memorial opened.
ottawacitizen.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
God this rocks. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
CRA is responsible for 90% of my grey hair.
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
CRA is responsible for 90% of my grey hair.
And media publishing it all, verbatim, like it's news.
One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And media publishing it all, verbatim, like it's news.
Do I love that Pierre Poilievre is bleeding members? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Another MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Caucus and joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Do I love that Pierre Poilievre is bleeding members? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
Do I hate that the Liberals are so conservative that it's enticing Conservatives to join them? Heck yes.
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It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.
I've seen a lot of people (including within my field ?!) criticizing the NDP for walking away and choosing to write their own dissenting report. But it's the fault of Ford Nation!
The Conservatives have once again made something partisan and as a result, derailed the actual real work.
The Conservatives have once again made something partisan and as a result, derailed the actual real work.
Even if this government report wasn‘t generated using AI — a big if — that it contains incorrect and made-up references should be enough to discredit it and the author. Speaking from experience, this would *never* happen in a report prepared by professional researchers.
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I've seen a lot of people (including within my field ?!) criticizing the NDP for walking away and choosing to write their own dissenting report. But it's the fault of Ford Nation!
The Conservatives have once again made something partisan and as a result, derailed the actual real work.
The Conservatives have once again made something partisan and as a result, derailed the actual real work.
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Thank you to everyone who amplified our calls for legal amendments to the Criminal Harassment law! We did it!
We know the legal system will not solve the issue of stalking and there's a long road ahead but while we're stuck in this carceral system, let's minimize harm and save lives. ✊
We know the legal system will not solve the issue of stalking and there's a long road ahead but while we're stuck in this carceral system, let's minimize harm and save lives. ✊
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thank you to everyone who amplified our calls for legal amendments to the Criminal Harassment law! We did it!
We know the legal system will not solve the issue of stalking and there's a long road ahead but while we're stuck in this carceral system, let's minimize harm and save lives. ✊
We know the legal system will not solve the issue of stalking and there's a long road ahead but while we're stuck in this carceral system, let's minimize harm and save lives. ✊