Harrison Mooney
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social
Author of INVISIBLE BOY: A Memoir of Self-Discovery, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and BITTERSWEET: A Memoir of Recovery, coming fall 2026 from Greystone Books. Associate editor at The Tyee. 🥚
Pinned
Re-announcing my second memoir so I can pin it to my new account. Everyone act surprised. It’s called BITTERSWEET: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY. It will be so good. Best book ever, some will say
I've got friends and family still dealing with trauma from their experiences with involuntary care growing up. Often young people turn to substance use in an attempt to cope or escape from high-control households. "Strengthening access to involuntary care" means empowering their abusers.
Premier Eby will have announcement tmrw about "strengthening access to involuntary care for young people."
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...
Involuntary Care Already Exists in BC, But Is It Working? - CMHA British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – (September 18, 2024): On September 15, 2024, Premier Eby announced that his government is expanding involuntary care for people with brain injury, mental illness, and severe addiction....
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December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I've got friends and family still dealing with trauma from their experiences with involuntary care growing up. Often young people turn to substance use in an attempt to cope or escape from high-control households. "Strengthening access to involuntary care" means empowering their abusers.
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Pantone announces white as color of 2026
Pantone announces white as color of 2026
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December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
You don't say www.avclub.com/pantone-colo...
Disappointed to hear John Rustad resigned. I was enjoying his I WILL NEVER LOG OFF energy
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Disappointed to hear John Rustad resigned. I was enjoying his I WILL NEVER LOG OFF energy
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"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Dogs don't bark at parked cars" is an all-time great line
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The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.
It still sucks though.
It still sucks though.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.
It still sucks though.
It still sucks though.
Somebody tell me what to think about this Thomas King news
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Somebody tell me what to think about this Thomas King news
I don’t think you’re allowed to do that
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I don’t think you’re allowed to do that
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"The algorithm keeps you from the things you want to see. It keeps you from the people that you trust. It feeds you slop."
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Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year | The Tyee
Connection online has rotted on the vine. With few alternatives, I’ve found myself more isolated than before.
thetyee.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"The algorithm keeps you from the things you want to see. It keeps you from the people that you trust. It feeds you slop."
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social
Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Whitecaps tough it out. What a game. Vancouver still has a chance to win all the soccer
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Whitecaps tough it out. What a game. Vancouver still has a chance to win all the soccer
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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"Being online feels like being in the basement of a haunted house. Who knows what you’ll see, or be forced to attempt to unsee. Are you being informed or misled? You can’t Google it either."
“I know I’m protecting my kids, but it feels like I’m failing them too.”
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social on landlines, the internet and connection. ☎️
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social on landlines, the internet and connection. ☎️
Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year | The Tyee
Connection online has rotted on the vine. With few alternatives, I’ve found myself more isolated than before.
thetyee.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Being online feels like being in the basement of a haunted house. Who knows what you’ll see, or be forced to attempt to unsee. Are you being informed or misled? You can’t Google it either."
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Thanks to Stefan Dollinger for inviting @harrisonmooney.bsky.social to talk about inclusivity last night at UBC!
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thanks to Stefan Dollinger for inviting @harrisonmooney.bsky.social to talk about inclusivity last night at UBC!
Wish I could take credit for this banger of a portmanteau but I learned it from Liam Midzain-Gobin’s wonderful new book, Settler Colonial Sovereignty!
The last 3 days at #HousingCentral have been fantastic (although I must admit I’ve been a little distracted since Monday!). This morning we had a truly excellent keynote from @harrisonmooney.bsky.social with his great telling of Black history in BC, including his new portmanteau Hegemonologue!
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Wish I could take credit for this banger of a portmanteau but I learned it from Liam Midzain-Gobin’s wonderful new book, Settler Colonial Sovereignty!
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We're grateful to have Harrison Mooney, author of the memoir Invisible Boy, on the #HousingCentral stage. Thank you for the unflinching discussion of your experience of transracial adoption, the complicated identity of governor James Douglas and BC's long-ignored Black History.
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We're grateful to have Harrison Mooney, author of the memoir Invisible Boy, on the #HousingCentral stage. Thank you for the unflinching discussion of your experience of transracial adoption, the complicated identity of governor James Douglas and BC's long-ignored Black History.
Big terrifying keynote speech this morning on my very personal connection to Black history in BC for #HousingCentral. Will I forget how to read? Probably not. Nevertheless the anxiety persists
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Big terrifying keynote speech this morning on my very personal connection to Black history in BC for #HousingCentral. Will I forget how to read? Probably not. Nevertheless the anxiety persists
Very excited to talk about words!
Feeling unusually Canadian as I head to YYZ to fly to YVR to join a panel discussing inclusive standards in the Canadian English Dictionary with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Very excited to talk about words!
"“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" -- Daniel Wagner at his VIA exit interview
Daniel Wagner is joining the CanucksArmy editorial team
Daniel Wagner is joining the CanucksArmy editorial team
It gives me great pleasure to share the news that Daniel Wagner is joining the CanucksArmy team! When Daniel shared the news last week that his former place of work was no longer interested in covering the Vancouver Canucks and that he had been let go, we immediately began working on bringing Daniel to the CA team….
canucksarmy.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" -- Daniel Wagner at his VIA exit interview
#VanRiseFC Matheson Cup-winning strike
#VanRiseFC up 2–1 with just over 20 minutes to play! Captain Samantha Chang with a through ball to Holly Ward who goes on a great run before finishing it inside the box with a shot into the far side of the goal. #NSL #NSLFinal
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#VanRiseFC Matheson Cup-winning strike
My kids and I brought out the flag at the Vancouver Rise home opener so we should get to touch the Diana B. Matheson Cup
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My kids and I brought out the flag at the Vancouver Rise home opener so we should get to touch the Diana B. Matheson Cup
2-1 Rise. Incredible. Vancouver sports teams never win. What is this feeling. I don’t even want to burn anything
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
2-1 Rise. Incredible. Vancouver sports teams never win. What is this feeling. I don’t even want to burn anything
VANCOUVER RISE SUPER LEAGUE INAUGURAL CHAMPIONS 🏆🏆🏆
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
VANCOUVER RISE SUPER LEAGUE INAUGURAL CHAMPIONS 🏆🏆🏆
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
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Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
This is such bullshit. Daniel Wagner is my hero and PITB is a Vancouver institution. Someone throw money at him RIGHT NOW
Yesterday morning, I was informed that Vancouver Is Awesome no longer wishes to have Canucks coverage on its website and that I, effectively immediately, was out of a job.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This is such bullshit. Daniel Wagner is my hero and PITB is a Vancouver institution. Someone throw money at him RIGHT NOW
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Bingo
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Bingo
"Many of the protesters who assaulted police officers in the summer of 2020, for example, did so with the same ethical certitude as those who stormed the Capitol in January 2021" -- TCW, reporting live from the sunken place
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Many of the protesters who assaulted police officers in the summer of 2020, for example, did so with the same ethical certitude as those who stormed the Capitol in January 2021" -- TCW, reporting live from the sunken place