Elliot Rae
@heckiot.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ they/them
♿ disabled & cute, trans & tired
📢 making good trouble in Calgary, AB
♿ disabled & cute, trans & tired
📢 making good trouble in Calgary, AB
I love that this is newsworthy. I needed some good news today. And that's a lotta cookies.
Are you team:
🍫🍦 classic chocolate/vanilla?
or
🌿 mint chocolate?
Are you team:
🍫🍦 classic chocolate/vanilla?
or
🌿 mint chocolate?
Girl Guides ready to sell as over 17K cases of cookies arrive in Calgary
Some fundraisers are more fun than others. Saturday morning, a lot of Calgary girl guides got ready to launch their biggest fundraiser of the year when more than 17,000 cases of cookies arrived in Cal...
www.ctvnews.ca
March 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I love that this is newsworthy. I needed some good news today. And that's a lotta cookies.
Are you team:
🍫🍦 classic chocolate/vanilla?
or
🌿 mint chocolate?
Are you team:
🍫🍦 classic chocolate/vanilla?
or
🌿 mint chocolate?
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@cmcalgary.bsky.social Burning question for us westender’s answered … its Cynthia’s No Frills.
March 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@cmcalgary.bsky.social Burning question for us westender’s answered … its Cynthia’s No Frills.
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“I don’t know anyone with Long Covid!”
I promise you that you do.
Long Covid is an invisible illness. You won’t know someone is impacted unless they choose to tell you.
Many folks hide their disabilities because the world is NOT kind to disabled people. Be an ally. Be someone we can confide in
I promise you that you do.
Long Covid is an invisible illness. You won’t know someone is impacted unless they choose to tell you.
Many folks hide their disabilities because the world is NOT kind to disabled people. Be an ally. Be someone we can confide in
March 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“I don’t know anyone with Long Covid!”
I promise you that you do.
Long Covid is an invisible illness. You won’t know someone is impacted unless they choose to tell you.
Many folks hide their disabilities because the world is NOT kind to disabled people. Be an ally. Be someone we can confide in
I promise you that you do.
Long Covid is an invisible illness. You won’t know someone is impacted unless they choose to tell you.
Many folks hide their disabilities because the world is NOT kind to disabled people. Be an ally. Be someone we can confide in
Alberta's charitable casino model is fascinating. Like, do people who show up to gamble know what's happening with the money? Or do they have a "SURPRISE! You've been supporting GAY PEOPLE!" moment when they walk up to the cashier?
(and yes, I'm volunteering at a casino tonight.)
(and yes, I'm volunteering at a casino tonight.)
March 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Alberta's charitable casino model is fascinating. Like, do people who show up to gamble know what's happening with the money? Or do they have a "SURPRISE! You've been supporting GAY PEOPLE!" moment when they walk up to the cashier?
(and yes, I'm volunteering at a casino tonight.)
(and yes, I'm volunteering at a casino tonight.)
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hey if someone has attempted to make your gender illegal in the past month, merely surviving rn is a big enough contribution to the Revolution imho
January 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
hey if someone has attempted to make your gender illegal in the past month, merely surviving rn is a big enough contribution to the Revolution imho
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the president called trans americans dishonorable, messy, liars and i’m supposed to sleep and go to work tomorrow
January 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
the president called trans americans dishonorable, messy, liars and i’m supposed to sleep and go to work tomorrow
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Saying “our event is raising money for skipping stone” is not a “I don’t have to pay performers” free pass. Especially when those performers are trans!
January 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Saying “our event is raising money for skipping stone” is not a “I don’t have to pay performers” free pass. Especially when those performers are trans!
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How do you find the energy to create when it all feels so futile?
![Four panels on the outside of a black concrete tiled building wall. Bold white text on black strips, stylized like a dictionary definition, reads as follows:
"CREATE.
[kree-yet]
V.verb
:to make or produce"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5rxbjlco7kydqxogdsd5y2p3/bafkreibdmdu3u5ijdyqk5rncsr6fwv47jzht4l4urxbmxrtfh3rjss7hou@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How do you find the energy to create when it all feels so futile?
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Jesus Christ would have nodded in agreement at her message.
January 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Jesus Christ would have nodded in agreement at her message.
Talked with my therapist this morning about occupying that fiddly middlespace between joy and despair. Hehe/not hehe is a false binary but idk sometimes life does feel that way especially now.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Talked with my therapist this morning about occupying that fiddly middlespace between joy and despair. Hehe/not hehe is a false binary but idk sometimes life does feel that way especially now.
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You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
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Staring into the Bad News Rectangle in my hand is making me miserable. Maybe I should stare into it for another three hours
January 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Staring into the Bad News Rectangle in my hand is making me miserable. Maybe I should stare into it for another three hours
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Traditionally, art is one of the strongest forms of disrupting the system. Pushing back against the powers that be and the status quo.
Creatives, we are thankful for you and need you more than ever.
Sing your rally songs, paint your social commentaries, write your stories, keep creating.
Creatives, we are thankful for you and need you more than ever.
Sing your rally songs, paint your social commentaries, write your stories, keep creating.
January 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Traditionally, art is one of the strongest forms of disrupting the system. Pushing back against the powers that be and the status quo.
Creatives, we are thankful for you and need you more than ever.
Sing your rally songs, paint your social commentaries, write your stories, keep creating.
Creatives, we are thankful for you and need you more than ever.
Sing your rally songs, paint your social commentaries, write your stories, keep creating.
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
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tomorrow is going to be rough. the future is going to be rough. we can’t pretend otherwise. but they want us fleeing, they want us demoralized and terrified, and morale is a terrain of struggle.
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
tomorrow is going to be rough. the future is going to be rough. we can’t pretend otherwise. but they want us fleeing, they want us demoralized and terrified, and morale is a terrain of struggle.
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Tik Tok dying and coming back is like when the evil clone with the goatee shows up from the parallel universe.
January 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Tik Tok dying and coming back is like when the evil clone with the goatee shows up from the parallel universe.
It's late. I'm doomscrolling. Tomorrow is gonna suck. I'm tired and hungry and I need to make something for dinner.
The Great Pumpkin 🎃🐱 has other plans for me.
When a #cat lays on you, you're not allowed to leave.
(A cat may or may not have written this post.)
#OrangeCat #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
The Great Pumpkin 🎃🐱 has other plans for me.
When a #cat lays on you, you're not allowed to leave.
(A cat may or may not have written this post.)
#OrangeCat #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It's late. I'm doomscrolling. Tomorrow is gonna suck. I'm tired and hungry and I need to make something for dinner.
The Great Pumpkin 🎃🐱 has other plans for me.
When a #cat lays on you, you're not allowed to leave.
(A cat may or may not have written this post.)
#OrangeCat #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
The Great Pumpkin 🎃🐱 has other plans for me.
When a #cat lays on you, you're not allowed to leave.
(A cat may or may not have written this post.)
#OrangeCat #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
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I've been watching the ways in which search engines have integrated large language models into their results, and the results are just as bad as you would expect.
Disinformation in the era of generative AI — Jessica Kant
In the past two years, large language models have replaced traditional information search and delivery systems in increasingly jarring ways. As they become more integrated into our everday lives, it w...
jessk.org
January 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I've been watching the ways in which search engines have integrated large language models into their results, and the results are just as bad as you would expect.
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A co founder of @ragyyc.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/building-j...
Donate to Building Jacqueline's Cancer Tool Kit, organized by Pam Rocker-St Armant
Our dear friend, Jacqueline Russell, brings so much light, love, and joy in… Pam Rocker-St Armant needs your support for Building Jacqueline's Cancer Tool Kit
www.gofundme.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A co founder of @ragyyc.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/building-j...
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If you use the term "liberal" as a personal or ideological slur it might make you seem in and cool to your lefty mutuals but it is destructive to any broader coalition building that might help the left flank build political power so really it's all about what your goals are
January 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If you use the term "liberal" as a personal or ideological slur it might make you seem in and cool to your lefty mutuals but it is destructive to any broader coalition building that might help the left flank build political power so really it's all about what your goals are
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Danielle Smith enters in her official calendar that she’s on private vacation. Without informing Global Affairs Canada, shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Kevin O’Leary, who promotes US takeover of Canada, arranges a photo-op with Trump for her.
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
How many traitors does it take to sell Canada?
January 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Danielle Smith enters in her official calendar that she’s on private vacation. Without informing Global Affairs Canada, shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Kevin O’Leary, who promotes US takeover of Canada, arranges a photo-op with Trump for her.
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard is correct because he makes me cringe and so does the Wizard. 😬😬
January 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard is correct because he makes me cringe and so does the Wizard. 😬😬