Diane Baker Mason
@dianebakermason.bsky.social
I have been a lawyer, a novelist, a playwright, a poet, a comedian, and some of those things I still am, sort-of. Half Aussie. Half Newfie. All Canadian. Pretty far left. Have 2 grown sons. One husband. One dog. Part of a horse. Also: old (over 65).
I told myself this Xmas morning that I wouldn't Doomscroll-On-The-Bluesky, but here I am - and I was rewarded with this, which made me LOL good and proper. So now I am going to figure out how long the turkey needs to cook. MERRY CHRISTMAS and Season's Greetings to all of us!
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I told myself this Xmas morning that I wouldn't Doomscroll-On-The-Bluesky, but here I am - and I was rewarded with this, which made me LOL good and proper. So now I am going to figure out how long the turkey needs to cook. MERRY CHRISTMAS and Season's Greetings to all of us!
A FB friend posted that she had a blind date with a guy who is really nice. They talked for hours.But he's a trumper and antivaxxer. She asked if she should keep dating him. A horrifying number of her friends said sure, why not? This is in canada! I always knew this gal wasn't that bright but wow.
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A FB friend posted that she had a blind date with a guy who is really nice. They talked for hours.But he's a trumper and antivaxxer. She asked if she should keep dating him. A horrifying number of her friends said sure, why not? This is in canada! I always knew this gal wasn't that bright but wow.
Okay, I thought his rob reiner post was the height of bad shit crazy. But this is like wow...
I wonder if there's any chance he's really some sort of evil genius. And he's trolling us? I mean this can't be real.
I wonder if there's any chance he's really some sort of evil genius. And he's trolling us? I mean this can't be real.
December 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Okay, I thought his rob reiner post was the height of bad shit crazy. But this is like wow...
I wonder if there's any chance he's really some sort of evil genius. And he's trolling us? I mean this can't be real.
I wonder if there's any chance he's really some sort of evil genius. And he's trolling us? I mean this can't be real.
Frankly we're pretty heartbroken but we are still hoping somehow you guys will get out of this without taking the rest of the world down.
I’m an American. That said, I agree with you.
I’m so sorry you are living next to an insane asylum.
I’m so sorry you are living next to an insane asylum.
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Frankly we're pretty heartbroken but we are still hoping somehow you guys will get out of this without taking the rest of the world down.
You dumb fuck, Denmark settled Greenland in like 982 or something. And the USA didn't even exist 300 years ago. AND...national protection from who? Russia?
FFS somebody just get this guy to the locked ward at the seniors' facility before more people believe what he's saying.
FFS somebody just get this guy to the locked ward at the seniors' facility before more people believe what he's saying.
Trump: "We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no money. They have no military protection. They say Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too I'm sure."
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
You dumb fuck, Denmark settled Greenland in like 982 or something. And the USA didn't even exist 300 years ago. AND...national protection from who? Russia?
FFS somebody just get this guy to the locked ward at the seniors' facility before more people believe what he's saying.
FFS somebody just get this guy to the locked ward at the seniors' facility before more people believe what he's saying.
I don't think we "leaked" it. I think we just aired it. Because, you know, different country, without a fascist government controlling our public media? That sort of thing.
The funny part? More people will watch it now due to the controversy than would have watched it during a normal airing. 😂 Whoopsi, was it supposed to be secret? Oops, we didn't know that 😂
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I don't think we "leaked" it. I think we just aired it. Because, you know, different country, without a fascist government controlling our public media? That sort of thing.
Of course, it was broadcast here in Canada on the night it was supposed to air...because we don't have public media controlled by a fascist state.
Had Bari Weiss just ran the story, it would have been seen by a couple million people tops. The bootleg has now gone viral, and may end up being the most-watched 60 Minutes segment ever. It might be time to rename the Streisand Effect.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Of course, it was broadcast here in Canada on the night it was supposed to air...because we don't have public media controlled by a fascist state.
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Please Support my efforts to #ConnectTheDots
Widespread immune damage from Covid is evident, and
we have to warn people now.
I’m gonna work round the clock to get the word out and I could use your help.
gofund.me/c4dae9171
Widespread immune damage from Covid is evident, and
we have to warn people now.
I’m gonna work round the clock to get the word out and I could use your help.
gofund.me/c4dae9171
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Please Support my efforts to #ConnectTheDots
Widespread immune damage from Covid is evident, and
we have to warn people now.
I’m gonna work round the clock to get the word out and I could use your help.
gofund.me/c4dae9171
Widespread immune damage from Covid is evident, and
we have to warn people now.
I’m gonna work round the clock to get the word out and I could use your help.
gofund.me/c4dae9171
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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And the people who "hated masks and vaccines and hated our PM" took the $2000 a month...
This was 5 years ago today. Vaccines were just about to be given out. People in Canada that qualified were given 2000$ a month. Herd immunity was screamed by far right. They hated masks & vaccines. They hated our PM who bent over backward for them.
My brother in law died of covid 2 weeks later.
My brother in law died of covid 2 weeks later.
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And the people who "hated masks and vaccines and hated our PM" took the $2000 a month...
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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"It is not enough to celebrate Mr. al Ahmed’s courage. The [Muslim] community must also confront who and what he fought against: a hateful, murderous ideology that is the very antithesis of Islam."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have to confront what Ahmed al Ahmed fought on Bondi Beach
The Sydney hero embodies the best of Islamic teachings. But all Canadians must also oppose the hateful, murderous, extremist ideology he took on and help the Jewish community heal
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"It is not enough to celebrate Mr. al Ahmed’s courage. The [Muslim] community must also confront who and what he fought against: a hateful, murderous ideology that is the very antithesis of Islam."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Exposing a masked ‘nationalist’ club: ‘The race war is here’
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
When he was first elected, women in my Toronto neighbourhood gathered to share our horror. We recognized this evil man. We'd seen him before: in boardrooms and bars; sexually assaulting us in elevators. We knew him.
People spoke of checks and balances. But we knew. This was big, big trouble.
People spoke of checks and balances. But we knew. This was big, big trouble.
a very good article here
a lot of Americans are still, even now, in denial about the serious threat we all face from the trumpsters
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
a lot of Americans are still, even now, in denial about the serious threat we all face from the trumpsters
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When he was first elected, women in my Toronto neighbourhood gathered to share our horror. We recognized this evil man. We'd seen him before: in boardrooms and bars; sexually assaulting us in elevators. We knew him.
People spoke of checks and balances. But we knew. This was big, big trouble.
People spoke of checks and balances. But we knew. This was big, big trouble.
I have dyscalculia. It's a similar neuroprocessing issue as dyslexia, except with numbers. It was made worse by being born female in the 50's, which meant no meaningful help with numbers. I am basically number-crippled.
But even I know how incredibly, stupidly, WRONG this is.
But even I know how incredibly, stupidly, WRONG this is.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I have dyscalculia. It's a similar neuroprocessing issue as dyslexia, except with numbers. It was made worse by being born female in the 50's, which meant no meaningful help with numbers. I am basically number-crippled.
But even I know how incredibly, stupidly, WRONG this is.
But even I know how incredibly, stupidly, WRONG this is.
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Poet Kārlis Vērdiņš is coming from Latvia to read in Toronto on January 12. Let's show up and demonstrate what our poetry community is all about! Kate Cayley and Adam Sol are reading as well, and I hear there's a rumour that I might be there, too.
Get tickets here: www.showpass.com/come-to-me-w...
Get tickets here: www.showpass.com/come-to-me-w...
Come to Me: warm up with poetry - Burdock Music Hall - Toronto - Jan 12, 2026
Kate Cayley, whose novel Property has just been published by Coach House Press to general acclaim. She’s also written three collections of poetry, two short story collections, and her plays have been ...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Poet Kārlis Vērdiņš is coming from Latvia to read in Toronto on January 12. Let's show up and demonstrate what our poetry community is all about! Kate Cayley and Adam Sol are reading as well, and I hear there's a rumour that I might be there, too.
Get tickets here: www.showpass.com/come-to-me-w...
Get tickets here: www.showpass.com/come-to-me-w...
I remember in the 1980s having my GP tell me after I'd had a birth control failure that he could prescribe something that would bring on a period, which would prevent a nascent pregnancy from proceeding. Basically a morning after pill.
An interview with Rebecca Kelliher, whose book "Just Pills" traces the history of abortion pills, starting with misoprostol’s whispered origins among Brazilian women in the 1980s as a “pill that makes your period back” through decades of clinical trials and widespread use in almost 100 countries.
New Book Outlines Medication Abortion’s Origins—From ‘Chance’ Discovery to Decades of Clinical Tests and Global Approval
“Just Pills” author Rebecca Kelliher discusses the U.S.' abortion fight and what to learn from Latin America’s reproductive justice battle.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I remember in the 1980s having my GP tell me after I'd had a birth control failure that he could prescribe something that would bring on a period, which would prevent a nascent pregnancy from proceeding. Basically a morning after pill.
On another social media feed, one "friend" commented "actually, he's not Muslim - he's a Lebanese Christian." Now we know where she got THAT from...Laura Fecking Loomer. True colours shown or what?
Via Omar Suleiman over at @rns.org: When Muslims save lives, the Islamophobia machine looks the other way —> religionnews.com/2025/12/16/w...
When Muslims save lives, the Islamophobia machine looks the other way
(RNS) — The far-right response to a Muslim’s heroism in the Bondi Beach attack shows how Islamophobia depends on distortion and dehumanization.
religionnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On another social media feed, one "friend" commented "actually, he's not Muslim - he's a Lebanese Christian." Now we know where she got THAT from...Laura Fecking Loomer. True colours shown or what?
Skate Canada shows us how it's done.
Skate Canada to cancel #Alberta events due to sports gender law #SkateCanada
Good on you Skate Canada 🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Good on you Skate Canada 🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Skate Canada to cancel Alberta events due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Skate Canada shows us how it's done.
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This is a great example that the US president is a lunatic. Listen carefully 🙈
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is a great example that the US president is a lunatic. Listen carefully 🙈
This pig. Fucking dick.
O CANADA!
O CANADA!
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This pig. Fucking dick.
O CANADA!
O CANADA!
How did we get to this, where we won't protect our children?
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
La rougeole est une maladie très contagieuse et pour les personnes vulnérables, dont les bébés qui n'ont pas encore été vaccinés, il peut y avoir des complications, voire le décès dans certains cas.
La rougeole est une maladie très contagieuse et pour les personnes vulnérables, dont les bébés qui n'ont pas encore été vaccinés, il peut y avoir des complications, voire le décès dans certains cas.
Nouvelle épidémie de rougeole à Saint-Eustache
Après des mois sans vague de transmission au Québec, la rougeole refait surface dans un centre pédiatrique de Saint-Eustache, au Québec.
ici.radio-canada.ca
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
How did we get to this, where we won't protect our children?
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Ya think?
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ya think?