Susan Joudrey
@sujo.bsky.social
educator. historian of public history, settler colonialism & eugenics. concerned citizen. pop culture enthusiast. Worth a million in prizes, but also anti-capitalist.
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Kjipuktuk (Halifax)-Mi'kma'ki
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Kjipuktuk (Halifax)-Mi'kma'ki
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Susan Joudrey
@sujo.bsky.social
· Jul 8
I guess my Bluesky typos will also keep me humble
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🧵 Is Canadian police contracts with the same online surveillance companies used by ICE… anything?
Here’s a $75,000 contract Hootsuite sold to Calgary police for social media surveillance in 2023.
Not sure why anyone would be interested in that though.
Not sure why anyone would be interested in that though.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🧵 Is Canadian police contracts with the same online surveillance companies used by ICE… anything?
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One of like 7 fascists who showed up in our city only to find over 50 antifascists occupying the space and pushing them out to me as he walked off, a defeated coward: "What even _are_ you?"
Me, megaphone pointed directly at his face at full volume, unphased: "Pretty"
Me, megaphone pointed directly at his face at full volume, unphased: "Pretty"
January 31, 2026 at 9:49 PM
One of like 7 fascists who showed up in our city only to find over 50 antifascists occupying the space and pushing them out to me as he walked off, a defeated coward: "What even _are_ you?"
Me, megaphone pointed directly at his face at full volume, unphased: "Pretty"
Me, megaphone pointed directly at his face at full volume, unphased: "Pretty"
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A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
n.pr
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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A year ago: We need TAXES on the WEALTHY
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Now: We need a cleansing fire
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A year ago: We need TAXES on the WEALTHY
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Toronto: “Bowmore families have been advocating for more [special education] supports and instead the TDSB is removing the staff who know the kids best.”
What a disaster. Admins often make decisions about school structure that just don't work. I hope the union can fight this.
What a disaster. Admins often make decisions about school structure that just don't work. I hope the union can fight this.
The TDSB has suspended 8 teachers at one school without pay. Why?
Bowmore Road Public School has recently lost its principal, vice-principal and two teachers after a heated parent meeting in which some alleged a rise in school violence
www.torontotoday.ca
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Toronto: “Bowmore families have been advocating for more [special education] supports and instead the TDSB is removing the staff who know the kids best.”
What a disaster. Admins often make decisions about school structure that just don't work. I hope the union can fight this.
What a disaster. Admins often make decisions about school structure that just don't work. I hope the union can fight this.
As other people, who are more knowledgeable than I am about these things, have pointed out, road design also encourages bad driving. Drivers on Gottingen (Novalea) regularly act like its a highway. I'm really concerned about safety when SJAM finally opens.
"I think in in Halifax we have a culture of sort of aggressive driving."
Dad speaks out after he and son, 4, almost got hit by bus
Tom Himmelman was able to get dashcam footage of the incident, which shows a Halifax Transit bus failing to yield in an illuminated crosswalk. He says he's concerned about driver training, enforcement...
www.cbc.ca
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
As other people, who are more knowledgeable than I am about these things, have pointed out, road design also encourages bad driving. Drivers on Gottingen (Novalea) regularly act like its a highway. I'm really concerned about safety when SJAM finally opens.
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Shirt for the day:
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Shirt for the day:
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A thousand times yes.
I wish I could walk my kid to school and have drivers stop at stop signs.
I wish I could walk my kid to school and have drivers stop at stop signs.
"I think in in Halifax we have a culture of sort of aggressive driving."
Dad speaks out after he and son, 4, almost got hit by bus
Tom Himmelman was able to get dashcam footage of the incident, which shows a Halifax Transit bus failing to yield in an illuminated crosswalk. He says he's concerned about driver training, enforcement...
www.cbc.ca
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A thousand times yes.
I wish I could walk my kid to school and have drivers stop at stop signs.
I wish I could walk my kid to school and have drivers stop at stop signs.
never mind the jobs you had, tell me fie classes you took in college.
Arts and Ideas
Sociology & Anthropology of the Body
Figuring Out Society
Voice
Museums & Public History
(It's hard to narrow it down to 5)
Arts and Ideas
Sociology & Anthropology of the Body
Figuring Out Society
Voice
Museums & Public History
(It's hard to narrow it down to 5)
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Chinese History
Storytelling
Archives
Pop Culture
Database Development
Chinese History
Storytelling
Archives
Pop Culture
Database Development
never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Psychology of sensation & perception
Film history
Philosophy of art
Printmaking
Calculus
Psychology of sensation & perception
Film history
Philosophy of art
Printmaking
Calculus
January 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
never mind the jobs you had, tell me fie classes you took in college.
Arts and Ideas
Sociology & Anthropology of the Body
Figuring Out Society
Voice
Museums & Public History
(It's hard to narrow it down to 5)
Arts and Ideas
Sociology & Anthropology of the Body
Figuring Out Society
Voice
Museums & Public History
(It's hard to narrow it down to 5)
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Wanna go camping this weekend?
Sure, where?
In one of Halifax’s large potholes
Sure, where?
In one of Halifax’s large potholes
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Wanna go camping this weekend?
Sure, where?
In one of Halifax’s large potholes
Sure, where?
In one of Halifax’s large potholes
"I think in in Halifax we have a culture of sort of aggressive driving."
Dad speaks out after he and son, 4, almost got hit by bus
Tom Himmelman was able to get dashcam footage of the incident, which shows a Halifax Transit bus failing to yield in an illuminated crosswalk. He says he's concerned about driver training, enforcement...
www.cbc.ca
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"I think in in Halifax we have a culture of sort of aggressive driving."
👀 apparently the investment is even too great to find a new party leader. what a farce.
If the cons try and find a spot for Poilievre, it's because so much effort has been spent crafting him as a puppet.
January 31, 2026 at 1:27 PM
👀 apparently the investment is even too great to find a new party leader. what a farce.
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O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity. n.pr/4qPNumV
Catherine O'Hara played drunk better than anyone
O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity.
n.pr
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM
O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity. n.pr/4qPNumV
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Leaked consultant's report at Queen's University points to a push to massively downsize the humanities and social sciences as well as the eradication of disciplinary based departments. I wouldn't be surprised if my university has the same consultants.
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
Leaked consultant document details proposed restructuring at Queen’s - The Queen's Journal
As Queen’s unveiled its Bicentennial Vision for 2041, a leaked consultant document obtained by The Journal outlined specific structural changes on a similar timeline. Announced in the Queen’s Gazette ...
www.queensjournal.ca
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Leaked consultant's report at Queen's University points to a push to massively downsize the humanities and social sciences as well as the eradication of disciplinary based departments. I wouldn't be surprised if my university has the same consultants.
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
"God loves a terrier"
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
"God loves a terrier"
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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This is all an FU to anyone who doesn't have a car. This all proliferates car ownership and declining affordability of living in this city
Recommended to save teeny tiny amounts of money:
-Reduce Transit Stop Snow Standards to 48 hours
-Eliminate the large item pickup on trash day
-Eliminate all sidewalk & accessibility ramp clearing outside the core
-Reduce Transit Stop Snow Standards to 48 hours
-Eliminate the large item pickup on trash day
-Eliminate all sidewalk & accessibility ramp clearing outside the core
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is all an FU to anyone who doesn't have a car. This all proliferates car ownership and declining affordability of living in this city
2026 stole Catherine O'Hara from us 😭
January 30, 2026 at 7:07 PM
2026 stole Catherine O'Hara from us 😭
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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I remember being around five when my mother first explained residential schools to me and that my stepfather had been imprisoned at one as a child; possibly five, I never got the precise ages from him. Colonial violence is generational and ongoing and its targets both the same and expanding.
my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I remember being around five when my mother first explained residential schools to me and that my stepfather had been imprisoned at one as a child; possibly five, I never got the precise ages from him. Colonial violence is generational and ongoing and its targets both the same and expanding.
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It’s ok to seek joy in times of despair.
January 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It’s ok to seek joy in times of despair.
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/2 The numbers aren’t matching up and Houston’s party has been removing people from the list WHO ARE NOT attached to family doctors in Nova Scotia
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
/2 The numbers aren’t matching up and Houston’s party has been removing people from the list WHO ARE NOT attached to family doctors in Nova Scotia
we've entered the season when i absolutely destroy my mouth by binge eating cinnamon hearts and all other food tastes like regret.
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
we've entered the season when i absolutely destroy my mouth by binge eating cinnamon hearts and all other food tastes like regret.