Sheila Ross
@42sross.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Sheila! Kindness, compassion, curiosity, creativity, resistance. She/her 🇨🇦
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Sheila Ross
@42sross.bsky.social
· Jan 17
I: sew clothes and quilts; grow flowers and food; play with and make dollhouse miniatures occasionally; dance and sometimes DJ West Coast Swing.
Esp. into music and other arts geekery, but also just love learning + creators who help me learn. Knowledge = power.
🥬-positive, but not an evangelist.
This is the last of this wrapping paper and I can't believe I haven't done this before.
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is the last of this wrapping paper and I can't believe I haven't done this before.
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1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
dub.link
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.
dub.link/NDYvJU0
We as a society never seem to learn when it comes to exploiting underage girls for entertainment. Please watch this video from @abbycox.bsky.social , if you're able. youtu.be/mL21iRFPoJU?...
100 Years of Abusing Child Stars for Profit
YouTube video by Abby Cox
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We as a society never seem to learn when it comes to exploiting underage girls for entertainment. Please watch this video from @abbycox.bsky.social , if you're able. youtu.be/mL21iRFPoJU?...
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Have you ever witnessed hate or harassment & felt unsure what to do? Do you tend to freeze in situations of crisis?
Let me teach you effective bystander intervention - for free!
I've got 3 more webinars on the schedule for this year. Open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ Not recorded! Don't miss out!
Let me teach you effective bystander intervention - for free!
I've got 3 more webinars on the schedule for this year. Open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ Not recorded! Don't miss out!
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
linktr.ee
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Have you ever witnessed hate or harassment & felt unsure what to do? Do you tend to freeze in situations of crisis?
Let me teach you effective bystander intervention - for free!
I've got 3 more webinars on the schedule for this year. Open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ Not recorded! Don't miss out!
Let me teach you effective bystander intervention - for free!
I've got 3 more webinars on the schedule for this year. Open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ Not recorded! Don't miss out!
Something about the aesthetic of the mid/late 1970s (basically when I was a baby) is just delicious to me. Got this at a used book store yesterday for the cover project alone, though I'd do it in different colours. But the whole book is full of gems. #sewing #quilting #vintage
September 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well, now this is interesting. youtube.com/watch?v=IVy9...
Why I’m running for NDP leader
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Well, now this is interesting. youtube.com/watch?v=IVy9...
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I don't see how Charlie Kirk being made a martyr will lead to anything better than him being alive.
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I don't see how Charlie Kirk being made a martyr will lead to anything better than him being alive.
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She really tried to exclude the only Black woman on stage from a question about Me Too and BLM.
Good lord
Good lord
September 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
She really tried to exclude the only Black woman on stage from a question about Me Too and BLM.
Good lord
Good lord
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I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
Shot at the height of sweet pea madness by my partner shortly before our city experienced a weeks-long heatwave/drought. These #flowers were hit pretty hard; many vines didn't survive. But some pulled through and I'm still getting pretty but slightly raggedy bunches every few days. #bloomscrolling
September 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Shot at the height of sweet pea madness by my partner shortly before our city experienced a weeks-long heatwave/drought. These #flowers were hit pretty hard; many vines didn't survive. But some pulled through and I'm still getting pretty but slightly raggedy bunches every few days. #bloomscrolling
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This is a great litmus test ⭐️
On a much, much milder scale, I was chatting with my kids about how some people, like their parents, treat borrowed or rented items with extra care, because they don't belong to us. Others, however, use that as an excuse to treat borrowed or rented items like crap. Some people just suck.
August 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is a great litmus test ⭐️
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We were enjoying a sunset swim, and realized we weren't alone. 🐸
#photography #wildlife #nature #summer
#photography #wildlife #nature #summer
August 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We were enjoying a sunset swim, and realized we weren't alone. 🐸
#photography #wildlife #nature #summer
#photography #wildlife #nature #summer
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@inarticulatequilter
Back to the frugal nature of patchwork then - cutting up old clothes and bedding. A whole new level of skill, composing patterns from a limited stash. I wonder if flour brands will go back to selling flour in pretty printed fabric as an inducement, like they did during the […]
Back to the frugal nature of patchwork then - cutting up old clothes and bedding. A whole new level of skill, composing patterns from a limited stash. I wonder if flour brands will go back to selling flour in pretty printed fabric as an inducement, like they did during the […]
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toot.wales
August 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@inarticulatequilter
Back to the frugal nature of patchwork then - cutting up old clothes and bedding. A whole new level of skill, composing patterns from a limited stash. I wonder if flour brands will go back to selling flour in pretty printed fabric as an inducement, like they did during the […]
Back to the frugal nature of patchwork then - cutting up old clothes and bedding. A whole new level of skill, composing patterns from a limited stash. I wonder if flour brands will go back to selling flour in pretty printed fabric as an inducement, like they did during the […]
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I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
And so it begins...
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
(RNS) — ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.
religionnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
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This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
More garden treasures! Here is my latest Goth-ish arrangement. And what are those blooms in the foreground? See the alt text. #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
July 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
More garden treasures! Here is my latest Goth-ish arrangement. And what are those blooms in the foreground? See the alt text. #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
Poor Olivia came out of the washroom with litter on her face again. My youngest compared it to having toilet paper trailing from your shoe. #cats #catsofbluesky
I did dust her off after the picture was taken.
I did dust her off after the picture was taken.
July 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Poor Olivia came out of the washroom with litter on her face again. My youngest compared it to having toilet paper trailing from your shoe. #cats #catsofbluesky
I did dust her off after the picture was taken.
I did dust her off after the picture was taken.
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Do you like SILLINESS?
Then do I have the project to show you! I took on making the Jumanji board game INTO A PLAYABLE DRESS!
Come spend a little time with me and relax into the whimsy of it all. ❤️
Sewing a WHIMSICAL vintage dress, but it's JUMANJI
youtu.be/nbg-tjfS7o0
Then do I have the project to show you! I took on making the Jumanji board game INTO A PLAYABLE DRESS!
Come spend a little time with me and relax into the whimsy of it all. ❤️
Sewing a WHIMSICAL vintage dress, but it's JUMANJI
youtu.be/nbg-tjfS7o0
Sewing a WHIMSICAL vintage dress, but it's JUMANJI
YouTube video by Stephanie Canada
youtu.be
July 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Do you like SILLINESS?
Then do I have the project to show you! I took on making the Jumanji board game INTO A PLAYABLE DRESS!
Come spend a little time with me and relax into the whimsy of it all. ❤️
Sewing a WHIMSICAL vintage dress, but it's JUMANJI
youtu.be/nbg-tjfS7o0
Then do I have the project to show you! I took on making the Jumanji board game INTO A PLAYABLE DRESS!
Come spend a little time with me and relax into the whimsy of it all. ❤️
Sewing a WHIMSICAL vintage dress, but it's JUMANJI
youtu.be/nbg-tjfS7o0
These are seashell cosmos, named for the unusual petal shape. They're so cute, but the petals are very fragile and drop easily. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
These are seashell cosmos, named for the unusual petal shape. They're so cute, but the petals are very fragile and drop easily. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening
Another dark palette bouquet! New additions include a sprig of buddleia (I know, please don't yell! It doesn't spread as easily this far north and I'm determined to keep it small and it's surrounded by tons of natives) and dark purple salvia. #flowers #gardening #bloomscrolling
July 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Another dark palette bouquet! New additions include a sprig of buddleia (I know, please don't yell! It doesn't spread as easily this far north and I'm determined to keep it small and it's surrounded by tons of natives) and dark purple salvia. #flowers #gardening #bloomscrolling
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Anyone got a video of a hare having the shit scared out of it by a curlew — ah, don’t worry, got one anyway!
July 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Anyone got a video of a hare having the shit scared out of it by a curlew — ah, don’t worry, got one anyway!
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How does Freezing Woman work?
Freezing Woman is an annual winter camping trip with hundreds of participants. Read more about it here:
www.ripplesandleaves.ca/blog/how-doe...
#ontario #quebec #newyork #ottawa #toronto #montreal
Freezing Woman is an annual winter camping trip with hundreds of participants. Read more about it here:
www.ripplesandleaves.ca/blog/how-doe...
#ontario #quebec #newyork #ottawa #toronto #montreal
How does Freezing Woman Work? — Ripples and Leaves
Join hundreds of incredible women embracing winter! Discover the magic of Freezing Woman , where adventure, community, and unforgettable memories await in Algonquin Park!
www.ripplesandleaves.ca
July 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM