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Monique AC
@moniqueac.bsky.social
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queer SF/horror writer - first reader (Diabolical Plots & Small Wonders) - con stuff (Rainbow Space Magic & Can*Con) - settler - she/they - notwhereilive.ca
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Monique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 9d
Somehow it feels even weirder to promote a non-fiction piece, go figure.

Anyway, I wrote this for @heartlines-spec.com about volunteering at @canconsffh.bsky.social & it's now widely available: www.heartlines-spec.com/volunteering...
Volunteering Something of Myself
Volunteering Something of Myself by Monique Cuillerier
www.heartlines-spec.com
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kzknowles.bsky.social
Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space
Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.
crowdfundr.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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diabolicalplots.com
New collaboration between The Submission Grinder and @dreamfoundry.bsky.social : The Dream Foundry Market Report, a monthly report of speculative fiction/poetry publication updates
dreamfoundry.org/2026/01/26/j...
January 2026 Monthly Market Report
Hello, and welcome to a new Dream Foundry project. Every month we’ll be publishing a market report with data pulled from The Submission Grinder about market openings, closings, and other chan…
dreamfoundry.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
I've spent my day tracking down Canadian companies that have direct or indirect contracts supporting ICE operations.

So far, I've found NINE. I've reached out to all of them.

I plan to publish my video on this tomorrow, detailing the companies, contract amounts and purposes.
rachelgilmore.bsky.social Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 1d
Following this exclusive (and excellent) piece from David, I've contacted the federal government to ask if they intend to continue subsidizing JSI Telecom in the future.

I've also contacted JSI Telecom for comment, adding them to the list of Canadian businesses working with ICE who I've contacted.
davidreevely.bsky.social David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 1d
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.

JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.

thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
moniqueac.bsky.social
Just a very normal article to have
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
This is a season of grief and struggle. Today we're going to share a long list of stories and poems - of hope, of not just surviving but thriving, of resistance, of unexpected kindness and connection in the midst of darkness. Save these up for when you need them.

1/16
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
moniqueac.bsky.social
This is really disgusting. I already wrote to my MP this morning and feel like I need to send an addendum.
davidreevely.bsky.social David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 1d
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.

JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.

thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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diabolicalplots.com
MPR, the phrase "immigration crackdown" is not in any way based in facts. Can you either refer to it as factually what it is, or at least put it in quotation marks to make it clear that that label is a quotation not a fact?
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
saveosc.bsky.social Save OSC @saveosc.bsky.social · 1d
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm.

Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
moniqueac.bsky.social
This is delightful
jerthorp.bsky.social Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 1d
I made this silly Wheel of Birds for my Content Project (TM) an now I just spin it for fun:

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Wheel o' Birds
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January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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gothgirl.bsky.social
get in luddite we're going to the textile mill after dark make sure to bring your enoch hammer
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
We're heart-sick and furious. For all who fight galloping authoritarianism, in the Twin Cities, Charlotte, LA, Atlanta, in far too many places at far too high a price, Small Wonders stands in solidarity with you.

To help Minnesotans:
standwithminnesota.com
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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rblemberg.bsky.social
So I keep thinking about how these dudes who keep insisting that PROFESSIONAL, paid organizers are involved in grassroots organizing simply cannot imagine 1) volunteering 2) volunteering as a skilled person who can get paid for the skills they are donating
naomikritzer.bsky.social Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 2d
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
@GuntherEagleman on Twitter says, "BREAKING: The "No-Go-Zone" in Minneapolis is getting fully stocked like a pop-up leftist supply depot, free hand warmers, winter gear, coffee, food, milk, you name it. This is PROFESSIONAL-grade logistics. Someone is BANKROLLING this autonomous zone.
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
I've reached out to all Canadian companies listed here to ask if they intend to continue working with ICE:

Hootsuite
Roshel
Garda
Jim Pattison Developments

I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.
rachelgilmore.bsky.social Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3d
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.

I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.

Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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jakelandau.ca
NEW COLUMN: ICE is brutalizing Minnesota, and they’re doing it with the help of military equipment sold by Canadian companies. www.jakelandau.ca/p/how-canada...
How Canada is helping ICE murder Minnesotans
Roshel, a manufacturer in Brampton, Ontario, is supplying ICE's campaign
www.jakelandau.ca
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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edtubb.bsky.social
If the will of one man is all it takes to invalidate the U.S. constitution in one year, there can be no trust placed in the U.S. for generations after that man is gone.
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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aliettedebodard.com
Thread: John has been having a bunch of health issues and now has rib fractures that will require time and rest
Please consider chipping in
Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 4d
Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer.

Here are a few simple links.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
this whole moment is really demonstrating why those who shit on NATO but leftistly are dumbasses who cannot be trusted
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
moniqueac.bsky.social
Tell me your pet’s name in a GIF
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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lukelebrun.ca
Expel Pete Hoekstra
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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skcraftcouncil.bsky.social
To create the textiles in this new exhibition at the Saskatchewan Craft Council, local artists worked with Saskatchewan ranchers and shepherds to source their wool. Many can even name the individual sheep whose fleece was used in their work! 🐑
A graphic featuring a grid of four close-up photographs of various textiles, overlaid with the text: "Saskatchewan Craft Council. Prairie Fibre - Full Circles. January 24 - April 11."
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
moniqueac.bsky.social
This is such an excellent book!
premeemohamed.com Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 5d
Are you mad as hell and not going to take it any more? Have you been recently murdered by some rich bastard? If so you will see yourself represented in AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT! And the audiobook is still on mega-super-sale!

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
And What Can We Offer You Tonight Audiobook on Libro.fm
In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed tells the story of Jewel, established courtesan in a luxurious H...
libro.fm
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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diabolicalplots.com
Wow, so excited for this!
"Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" by Effie Seiberg, which you can read right here:
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Diabolical Plots logo: a smiling begoggled face on teal background
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
moniqueac.bsky.social
I've been liking all the episodes, but this one was particularly great (I was listening while making dinner & I need to go back and listen again so I can take some notes lol)
americanmedieval.bsky.social American Medieval Podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social · 6d
to distract from the horrors, why not a podcast? WE HAVE A NEW ONE and it's a banger.

this week we talk with the astonishingly smart and fun @byzantienne.bsky.social about doing history and writing fiction, empathy and emotion, and 11th century best century. enjoy! #medievalsky

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Space Opera and Byzantine History with Arkady Martine
We go on a journey in this episode. Arkady Martine (AnnaLinden Weller) and Prof. Gabriele talk here about telling stories, about getting at complicated lives, and about the allure of empires (even…
pca.st
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM