Marie LaRochelle
@belierbalance.bsky.social
witchy, neurodivergent, annoyed • systems change consultant • je parle franglais • lurker/reposter • elle, iel, she, they
📌Kanien'kehá:ka territory (Mtl South Shore)
hope = spiritual resistance
📌Kanien'kehá:ka territory (Mtl South Shore)
hope = spiritual resistance
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If you're in Montréal and have a large face/wear large face masks, I have a bunch of black and rainbow gradient ones I thought were M-sized but are too big for me! I'll pass 'em off for free to a good home. ❤️
July 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you're in Montréal and have a large face/wear large face masks, I have a bunch of black and rainbow gradient ones I thought were M-sized but are too big for me! I'll pass 'em off for free to a good home. ❤️
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If there is no joy, burnout will just come faster.
I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again, but every hardcore IRL activist I know makes a very deliberate effort to interject joy into their lives and appreciate little things. I’ve only ever seen this dedication to misery in extremely online meme “activists”.
Some people are unhappy and always will be and deserve to be.
July 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If there is no joy, burnout will just come faster.
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"Today marks the 89th day of the starvation war. I woke up with a dizzy feeling in my head as I had not eaten anything since yesterday morning." interc.pt/3IHtVw9
July 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Today marks the 89th day of the starvation war. I woke up with a dizzy feeling in my head as I had not eaten anything since yesterday morning." interc.pt/3IHtVw9
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9) Someone I urge you to follow is @johnvaillant.bsky.social, whose multiple prize-winning book, "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" captures in convincing fashion how intensifying climate change is to blame for this global environmental crisis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Va...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Va...
John Vaillant - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
9) Someone I urge you to follow is @johnvaillant.bsky.social, whose multiple prize-winning book, "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" captures in convincing fashion how intensifying climate change is to blame for this global environmental crisis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Va...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Va...
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1) Montreal reported the worst air quality of any city in the world on Saturday, as The Gazette's @hsnorth.bsky.social revealed. But it was also bad on Sunday, especially in some east-end neighborhoods of the city. Please see Harry's insightful story below. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
From Hochelaga to Verdun: See which Montreal neighbourhoods have the worst air quality now
Chateauneuf and Hochelaga had the pollution levels around Montreal.
www.montrealgazette.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
1) Montreal reported the worst air quality of any city in the world on Saturday, as The Gazette's @hsnorth.bsky.social revealed. But it was also bad on Sunday, especially in some east-end neighborhoods of the city. Please see Harry's insightful story below. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
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"my brothers you think you're doing the right thing," one demonstrator says to police "you're not.
June 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"my brothers you think you're doing the right thing," one demonstrator says to police "you're not.
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The arrest of union leader David Huerta is galvanizing a new element—solidarity:
“Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me. “Something is different.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me. “Something is different.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...
www.latimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The arrest of union leader David Huerta is galvanizing a new element—solidarity:
“Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me. “Something is different.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me. “Something is different.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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if you're still offline, stay offline
May 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
if you're still offline, stay offline
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it has never been more crucial for cis lesbians to be loud in support of our trans family. this is a chilling escalation of longtime tactics; attempts at a “feminist” case for transphobia ALWAYS include a disingenuous “nooooo won’t someone think of the poor lil lesbians 🥺🥺🥺” and it is such bullshit
![Perhaps most concerningly, the Supreme Court adopts extremely transphobic rhetoric concerning transfeminine lesbians.
The Court concludes that a lesbian “must be a [AFAB] female who is sexually oriented towards (or attracted to) [AFAB] females”. The Court concludes that female here cannot include trans women, as the “concept of sexual orientation” would be “rendered meaningless”, and in its opinion, wrongly affect the composition of lesbians as a group.
The Court claims this would lead to an “inevitable loss of autonomy and dignity for lesbians”. It points to evidence from gender-critical groups like the LGB Alliance and The Lesbian Project to make this argument. They claim the inclusion of trans women is having a ‘chilling effect on lesbians’ to associate in lesbian-only spaces. The vast majority of lesbians reject this claim.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7aox3qj5gv2bqvlclpwcw5u/bafkreicrxzlblscgchacobotqqxbvfhiyclwilbbzjs363mwf65meyssly@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
it has never been more crucial for cis lesbians to be loud in support of our trans family. this is a chilling escalation of longtime tactics; attempts at a “feminist” case for transphobia ALWAYS include a disingenuous “nooooo won’t someone think of the poor lil lesbians 🥺🥺🥺” and it is such bullshit
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“Hundreds of Israelis holding photos of children killed in Gaza in an anti-war demonstration.”
@breakingthesilenceisrael (a group of former Israeli soldiers turned activists who speak out about what they saw in occupied Gaza)
@breakingthesilenceisrael (a group of former Israeli soldiers turned activists who speak out about what they saw in occupied Gaza)
April 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Hundreds of Israelis holding photos of children killed in Gaza in an anti-war demonstration.”
@breakingthesilenceisrael (a group of former Israeli soldiers turned activists who speak out about what they saw in occupied Gaza)
@breakingthesilenceisrael (a group of former Israeli soldiers turned activists who speak out about what they saw in occupied Gaza)
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the people who are like "if this happens it's all over" are just showing you it hasn't occurred to them to do the simple numbers math of "and what army"; they wouldn't need to use fear as a tool of control if they could already use it against you, you would simply be controlled
April 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
thread 🧵
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Eugenics is the Venn overlap among Trump, Musk & RFK
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Eugenics is the Venn overlap among Trump, Musk & RFK
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RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society
Autistic kids:
Autistic kids:
April 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society
Autistic kids:
Autistic kids:
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Man. Even disassociating doesn’t hit like it used to.
April 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Man. Even disassociating doesn’t hit like it used to.
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palestinian accounts on here this is a good thread to help you fundraise effectively and avoid a spam label!! please please read this
April 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
palestinian accounts on here this is a good thread to help you fundraise effectively and avoid a spam label!! please please read this
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Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
April 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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really feel like writing something on how steep tariffs may destroy restaurants that depend on imported ingredients to replicate non-American flavors—and thus spark a movement toward more conservative, blander food scenes throughout the US
April 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
really feel like writing something on how steep tariffs may destroy restaurants that depend on imported ingredients to replicate non-American flavors—and thus spark a movement toward more conservative, blander food scenes throughout the US
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On April 8, 1990, the first episode of TWIN PEAKS, "Pilot / Northwest Passage", was premiered. 35 years ago everything began to happen.
April 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
On April 8, 1990, the first episode of TWIN PEAKS, "Pilot / Northwest Passage", was premiered. 35 years ago everything began to happen.
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Fellas is it gay to not crash the economy
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Fellas is it gay to not crash the economy
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It's managed to seperate political thought and political deed, it literally tells the powers that be who the troublemakers are and where they live, and prioritized correctness over bridge building.
April 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's managed to seperate political thought and political deed, it literally tells the powers that be who the troublemakers are and where they live, and prioritized correctness over bridge building.
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Social media is a safety valve for state and corporate power.
I can't think of a single technology or communication method in the history of humanity that has caused more destruction to dissident movements than social media.
I can't think of a single technology or communication method in the history of humanity that has caused more destruction to dissident movements than social media.
April 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Social media is a safety valve for state and corporate power.
I can't think of a single technology or communication method in the history of humanity that has caused more destruction to dissident movements than social media.
I can't think of a single technology or communication method in the history of humanity that has caused more destruction to dissident movements than social media.
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The Rafah city and governorate don’t exist anymore. Rafah has been completely erased and destroyed.
April 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Rafah city and governorate don’t exist anymore. Rafah has been completely erased and destroyed.
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Signe de l'état des médias à Montréal, qui ont assumé le rôle de sténographes des déclarations policières, le meilleur reportage sur le meurtre policier d'Abisay Cruz a été livré par Hockey30.
hockey30.com/nouvelles/co...
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Commotion à Montréal : Un père de famille battu à mort par la police
Sur hockey30.com, on s’autorise parfois à sortir de la glace pour plonger dans ce qui brûle.
hockey30.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Signe de l'état des médias à Montréal, qui ont assumé le rôle de sténographes des déclarations policières, le meilleur reportage sur le meurtre policier d'Abisay Cruz a été livré par Hockey30.
hockey30.com/nouvelles/co...
hockey30.com/nouvelles/co...
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In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan.
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450.
www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
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That makes 5!
www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
Conservatives oust another Quebec candidate after he accuses Polytechnique survivor of exploiting tragedy
Simon Payette, who was running in the riding of Berthier–Maskinongé, had criticized Liberal candidate Nathalie Provost’s gun-control advocacy in a series of posts.
www.montrealgazette.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
That makes 5!
www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...