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🔞They/Them/It/Its. Writer. Fan. Nerd. TTRPG freak & VtM ST. Canadian. Disabled. ND. Poor. | Mid/Late 30s | Borg; Tzimisce; Warlock; the concept of ennui in human form | genderqueer, aroace, queer & cool af | God Enthusiast, theology nerd

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Steppie The Eldritch Blob 🍁🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗑️🔥 @bookwormywriter.bsky.social · 7d

New month, new post: Disabled queer living with their aging, disabled mother. We need $50/ambulance bill, and air filters I added to our wishlist.

#mutualaidrequest #helpfolkslive2025 #mutualaid #helpsky 💸💕

Kofi: ko-fi.com/bookwormywri...
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Book WL: t.ly/cpfYu

Check out my list on Amazon

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Tyler Watt @tylerwatt.bsky.social · 13h

The speed cameras & alcohol on/off shelves are a tactic Premier Ford is using to distract from the fact his government is handing out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to insiders and friends through the “Skills Development” Fund. #onpoli

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cageyratfish FREE LINK, YOU COWARDS 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 13h

The best accent in all of Canada

Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 13h

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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 13h

This is my antifa membership card.

A framed copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 14h

Imagine! I doubt @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social has been on a bus very often, let alone listening to feedback and tacking hard issues with random people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 13h

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome.

"Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed."

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Afnan Taw @fofojoho.bsky.social · 13h

The war is finally over 🥹🥹🥹💖

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 14h

I hope very much for a respite for everyone in Gaza- but what I really hope for is justice and an end to the occupation

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Steppie The Eldritch Blob 🍁🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗑️🔥 @bookwormywriter.bsky.social · 13h

you know you're canadian when...

(the first time you saw them was a marc hall documovie and then shitty canadian scifi)

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 19h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h

Hamas and Israel have agreed to implement the first phase of the Gaza peace plan. Qatari media says that includes the release of the 20 living hostages in one go. Sky News Arabia says it will also include an Israeli withdrawal from 70% of the Gaza Strip.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14h

Be the sort of person where even the rumor of your demise sparks a global depressive spiral and not the Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16h

“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” Dolly Parton said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.” https://to.pbs.org/4hc1DXB

'I'm not dying': Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health

Late last month Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years, citing “health challenges.”

www.pbs.org

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Micah @rincewind.run · 15h

feels like it should be a big deal that the president is directing the invasion of american cities based on what are almost certainly AI videos shown to him by his staff

maybe one of our ostensible news organizations could track down exactly what it is that he's seeing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15h

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

“1 in 17 acute-care hospital stays involved at least one harmful event. In 1/4 of those cases, patients experienced more than one.”

This is why disabled patients say no one should be alone in hospital.

Everyone needs an advocate.

Most of us have experienced tremendous harm:

‘No blame, no shame’: Experts urge culture shift to reduce hospital harm

A new report shows preventable harm continues to be a significant issue in Canadian hospitals, affecting thousands of patients and adding pressure to the health-care system.

www.ctvnews.ca

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lamorak.bsky.social @lamorak.bsky.social · 19h

The American theological crisis will come to a head when the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury will be on the same side against the Catholic convert VP and the nondenominational (Southern Baptist) mega church pastors who back the admin.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20h

Read the full piece here: macleans.ca/politics/mar...

Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca

His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.

macleans.ca

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20h

This is disgusting behaviour from Carney towards Karina Gould.

And frankly, coupled with the “boys club” stuff sources have previously told me and the way he tended to lose patience more quickly with female journalists during the campaign…he may need to “look inside himself.”

MACLEAN'S excerpt:

The attacks were genteel compared to most political mud-slinging, and Liberals warmed to her during the campaign. They embraced her as both a cherished member of the
Liberal family and, increasingly, the standard bearer for its left flank. But her needling got under Carney's skin, even though he was the front-runner (she ultimately received only three per cent of the vote). He and his staff made their irritation plain; one member of Gould's team told me that many of them were aggressive in their vitriol toward her.

MACLEAN'S excerpt continued:

“When someone from Gould's team texted to ask if she could stop by and congratulate the winner, Carney said no. In fact, according to one source I spoke with, he said he didn't ever want to see her again. Carney's staff sent Gould a non-committal answer, trying not to offend her, but she showed up anyway. That led to a brief, awkward meeting with Carney.
The incident rattled some of the people around the newly elected leader. Many had worked under Justin Trudeau, who, after a lifetime in politics, had skin like a crocodile.
Carney, after years of being celebrated, venerated and treated with the deference accorded to a titan of the financial world, seems to have a skin like a peach.”

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

Rare white beaver wows #Ottawa wildlife watchers

The leucistic rodent has been spied on several ocassions near Perth, Ont.

#SpiritBeaver #Canada 🦫 🍁

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Rare white beaver wows Ottawa wildlife watchers | CBC News

Ottawa wildlife photographers have captured stunning images of a rare leucistic beaver.

www.cbc.ca

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 20h

Ontario hospitals say they're underfunded by $1 billion https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/ontario-hospitals-say-they-have-1-billion-in-funding-needs/

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

The Ontario Hospital Association says hospitals had a collective deficit of $360M last year and face more pressures this year.

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 20h

$700 OVERDUE CURRENT FOOD/BILLS
~$7000 FOOD/MEDS/HYGIENE, BILLS, & RENT AUG-OCT
~$50K EXPENSES AUG-OCT, OLD DEBT, EQUIPMENT TO GET OUT OF THE POVERTY TRAP

Disabled writer/artist/streamer w/ disabled dad. Any combo sales/subscriptions &/or donations.

Pls RS/QS & do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

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We need ~$50,000 to clear debts, catch up with costs of living, and prepare for our future, or ~$7,000 just to cover this month and recent missed monthly goals. We need $700 ASAP to cover late bills, taxes, and groceries Today. bsky.app/profile/farr... ko-fi.com/farronox/goa... farronox.carrd.co

|🏳️‍⚧️ F.E.A.R.onox |Oct Funds: $150/$2200 | ❤️🧡💛💚 @farronox.bsky.social · 24d

Howdy! I'm Farronox! I'm a Disabled VTuber and Lead Admin of The Direct Aid Streaming Project @thedasp.bsky.social.

Support my work by subscribing on Ko-Fi, staying tuned for infrequent streams, and Reposting Mutual Aid.

I am seeking $2200 of Monthly support.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 20h

This is extremely alarming. Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social won the federal election promising to make us *less* depending on the US. Now we are hearing reports that he is offering up a CLOSER energy and military partnership in exchange for a trade deal... 🧵

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Marquis de Lafayeet @johnatron.bsky.social · 20h

When all of this is done, we will find the lists of every single one of these ICE agents.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

This minister was shot directly in the head.

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Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️‍🔥 @amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 20h

YESSSSSSS 💚

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 21h

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 sci-fi horror hit PREY will hit theaters for the very first time this November as part of a double bill with PREDATOR: BADLANDS.

Dan Trachtenberg’s PREY Coming To Theaters With PREDATOR: BADLANDS Double Bill

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 sci-fi horror hit PREY will hit theaters for the very first time this November as part of a double bill with PREDATOR: BADLANDS.

dlvr.it

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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 1d

There's always a tweet.

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A classic for me is the bug horror THEM

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 22h

AG Pam Bondi was unprofessional and partisan, but most importantly, she was evasive, refusing to answer good questions she didn’t like.

Fortunately, Adam Schiff kept the receipts. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

AG Pam Bondi refused to answer key questions, and Adam Schiff kept the receipts

Over several hours, the attorney general was unprofessional and partisan, but most importantly, she was evasive, rejecting important lines of inquiry.

www.msnbc.com

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