Sarah
@franklysaraht.bsky.social
Persistently hopeful, bookish, queer, multi-modal parent with a disability and the most perfect cat, in Ottawa Canada. She/her
Previously @sarahgoingmodal on the bird thing.
Previously @sarahgoingmodal on the bird thing.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
In no particular order, here are my top 10 most memorable, of the 81 books I finished in 2025.
Please share your favourites with me! I'm always looking for my next read.
Tried to tag the authors where possible.
@maryrobinettekowal.com
@alisonespach.bsky.social
@kristenmiller.bsky.social
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Please share your favourites with me! I'm always looking for my next read.
Tried to tag the authors where possible.
@maryrobinettekowal.com
@alisonespach.bsky.social
@kristenmiller.bsky.social
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December 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In no particular order, here are my top 10 most memorable, of the 81 books I finished in 2025.
Please share your favourites with me! I'm always looking for my next read.
Tried to tag the authors where possible.
@maryrobinettekowal.com
@alisonespach.bsky.social
@kristenmiller.bsky.social
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Please share your favourites with me! I'm always looking for my next read.
Tried to tag the authors where possible.
@maryrobinettekowal.com
@alisonespach.bsky.social
@kristenmiller.bsky.social
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The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high
This thread is thorough, informative and, above all, correct. Suburban/rural council members deciding how urban issues are dealt with, are out of their depth and making things worse with their ignorance and refusal to recognize facts.
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This thread is thorough, informative and, above all, correct. Suburban/rural council members deciding how urban issues are dealt with, are out of their depth and making things worse with their ignorance and refusal to recognize facts.
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If blinking bike headlights also blinked in the faces of the riders who use them, nobody would use blinking bike headlights.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If blinking bike headlights also blinked in the faces of the riders who use them, nobody would use blinking bike headlights.
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Staring at Canada's own gender-based analysis of its budget. Give you one guess at the main beneficiary of all the major spending investments....
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Staring at Canada's own gender-based analysis of its budget. Give you one guess at the main beneficiary of all the major spending investments....
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The loss of the politics staff at Teen Vogue is an absolute travesty.
In a media marketplace that has been decimated by billionaires, tepid takes, and AI slop, Teen Vogue often stood out as a bastion of principled, purposeful journalism.
In a media marketplace that has been decimated by billionaires, tepid takes, and AI slop, Teen Vogue often stood out as a bastion of principled, purposeful journalism.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The loss of the politics staff at Teen Vogue is an absolute travesty.
In a media marketplace that has been decimated by billionaires, tepid takes, and AI slop, Teen Vogue often stood out as a bastion of principled, purposeful journalism.
In a media marketplace that has been decimated by billionaires, tepid takes, and AI slop, Teen Vogue often stood out as a bastion of principled, purposeful journalism.
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This sucks. Teen Vogue has been a real bright spot in political media. I hope the excellent journalists there find a home quickly.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This sucks. Teen Vogue has been a real bright spot in political media. I hope the excellent journalists there find a home quickly.
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UK, Canada could both learn from this.
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
shorturl.at/OFfig
shorturl.at/OFfig
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
UK, Canada could both learn from this.
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Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
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Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
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Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
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Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
This just makes me love @thestorygraph.com even more. Dump the other place and try it out, folks. I need more Storygraph friends.
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This just makes me love @thestorygraph.com even more. Dump the other place and try it out, folks. I need more Storygraph friends.
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#ottawa, these brothers live here and have experienced the sudden, shocking loss of both parents. They NEED to keep their accessible home. We can and must help them.
Tagging @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social
Tagging @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social
I know Cayson. He is a delightful kid living with #MuscularDystrophy
A few years ago, his dad died suddenly. Then last year his mother died, leaving only an older brother to help care for him.
Help them continue to live in their wheelchair accessible home, please donate
gofund.me/75cda478
A few years ago, his dad died suddenly. Then last year his mother died, leaving only an older brother to help care for him.
Help them continue to live in their wheelchair accessible home, please donate
gofund.me/75cda478
Donate to Help Us Save Our Accessible Home, organized by Melody Larabie
** On behalf of Cody Craig**
Hi, my name is Cody and I'm the full time caregiver f… Melody Larabie needs your support for Help Us Save Our Accessible Home
gofund.me
September 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#ottawa, these brothers live here and have experienced the sudden, shocking loss of both parents. They NEED to keep their accessible home. We can and must help them.
Tagging @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social
Tagging @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social
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I cannot take anyone seriously who talks about "Canada was spending too much money for a while there, so we gotta rein it in" while completely ignoring that a major, huge cause of that was Covid-19 pandemic responses and attempts at mitigation.
September 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I cannot take anyone seriously who talks about "Canada was spending too much money for a while there, so we gotta rein it in" while completely ignoring that a major, huge cause of that was Covid-19 pandemic responses and attempts at mitigation.
Same, but our garage. Take the 2 min survey if you, too, have old electronics that you don't know how to dispose of.
It really is a 2 minute max survey. We have ancient electronics piling up in our apartment because we can't safely dispose of them.
Teen climate activist (my son) needs Canadians to respond to a 2-minute survey to help him build data to bring to local Cdn politicians to urge them to make it easier for Canadians to donate used electronics for reuse (after wiped clean) and recycling. Pls share: marketing4health.formaloo.me/b8j3vp
August 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Same, but our garage. Take the 2 min survey if you, too, have old electronics that you don't know how to dispose of.
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Today’s the day! The new mobile-friendly Ottawa bike maps are ready. Plot the safest bike routes on your phone.
We’re a proud sponsor of the Cycling Guide app w/ @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social. Your donations helped us get to the finish line. Thank you!
Download it for free now
bikeottawa.ca/blog/
We’re a proud sponsor of the Cycling Guide app w/ @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social. Your donations helped us get to the finish line. Thank you!
Download it for free now
bikeottawa.ca/blog/
August 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today’s the day! The new mobile-friendly Ottawa bike maps are ready. Plot the safest bike routes on your phone.
We’re a proud sponsor of the Cycling Guide app w/ @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social. Your donations helped us get to the finish line. Thank you!
Download it for free now
bikeottawa.ca/blog/
We’re a proud sponsor of the Cycling Guide app w/ @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social. Your donations helped us get to the finish line. Thank you!
Download it for free now
bikeottawa.ca/blog/
No cheating. Post the last picture of your pet.
July 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
No cheating. Post the last picture of your pet.
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Local woman wakes up, reminds her comrades that we’re never gonna win in the patriarchal beauty standards game no matter what we do so just smash that fucking shit up entirely, makes oatmeal.
July 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Local woman wakes up, reminds her comrades that we’re never gonna win in the patriarchal beauty standards game no matter what we do so just smash that fucking shit up entirely, makes oatmeal.
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Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
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Americans are taking to the streets by the tens of thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies. If you’re planning to protest, here’s what you need to know.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
wrd.cm
July 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Americans are taking to the streets by the tens of thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies. If you’re planning to protest, here’s what you need to know.