Patricia Johnson-Castle
@pjc709.bsky.social
Nunatsiavummiuk, and of German/British descent. PhD candidate in History at the University of Minnesota. MVA survivor.
defence manufacturing means making bombs and guns. do we want Canada to "become a global leader" in making bombs and guns? who are we going to murder with these bombs and guns?
Canada can become a global leader in defence manufacturing, and we’re taking action to help companies scale up.
That means thousands of new career opportunities making the defence equipment that keeps Canadians and our allies safe.
That means thousands of new career opportunities making the defence equipment that keeps Canadians and our allies safe.
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
defence manufacturing means making bombs and guns. do we want Canada to "become a global leader" in making bombs and guns? who are we going to murder with these bombs and guns?
Buffy Sainte Marie, Thomas King, Joseph Boyden.... isn't it funny how white people's favourite "Indians" aren't Indians at all??
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Buffy Sainte Marie, Thomas King, Joseph Boyden.... isn't it funny how white people's favourite "Indians" aren't Indians at all??
congratulations @tanyatalaga.bsky.social on being the first indigenous person to give the Massey Lectures!!
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
congratulations @tanyatalaga.bsky.social on being the first indigenous person to give the Massey Lectures!!
watching a guy on the metro cough into his hand like we didn't just all survive a global pandemic where we learned to sneeze into our elbows
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
watching a guy on the metro cough into his hand like we didn't just all survive a global pandemic where we learned to sneeze into our elbows
@margaret.bsky.social hey Margaret, absolutely adore the podcast. wanted to recommend a cool person who did cool stuff: Arthur Manuel, he was a Secwépemc leader who was responsible for a lot of dope political organizing among Indigenous ppl in Canada
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@margaret.bsky.social hey Margaret, absolutely adore the podcast. wanted to recommend a cool person who did cool stuff: Arthur Manuel, he was a Secwépemc leader who was responsible for a lot of dope political organizing among Indigenous ppl in Canada
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Why yes, the answer is co-ops! They’re not just for hippies selling muesli anymore…
September 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Why yes, the answer is co-ops! They’re not just for hippies selling muesli anymore…
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Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch.
Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
September 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch.
Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
walked into #MSP airport and a man in his 60s- expensive looking jeans, polo shirt wearing- said "nice tits". I've been sexually harassed since I hit puberty. it's really something it'd be great to leave in the dustbin of history.
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
walked into #MSP airport and a man in his 60s- expensive looking jeans, polo shirt wearing- said "nice tits". I've been sexually harassed since I hit puberty. it's really something it'd be great to leave in the dustbin of history.
did you know there's no lights on the Nain runway? the largest Inuit community in NL can't medivac ppl at night. why? turns out the answer was racism all along #NLPoli
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
Why decades of government neglect of Nain Airport is about more than transportation – The Independent
Government underfunding and broken promises about the services Inuit would have after being relocated from Hebron to Nain are part of the airport’s legacy
theindependent.ca
August 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
did you know there's no lights on the Nain runway? the largest Inuit community in NL can't medivac ppl at night. why? turns out the answer was racism all along #NLPoli
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
turns out mining is bad, find out exactly why!
Publication day for The Price of Gold with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social is coming up quickly! You can now pre-order our forthcoming book on the history mining, pollution, and resistance at Giant Mine in #Yellowknife at fine retailers online (link below).
www.toxiclegacies.com/project/the-...
www.toxiclegacies.com/project/the-...
The Price of Gold book › Toxic Legacies Project
Examining the history and legacy of arsenic contamination at Giant Mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
www.toxiclegacies.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
turns out mining is bad, find out exactly why!
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Stop using the term “illegal immigrant” and “illegal immigration”: It’s inaccurate, misleading and harmful. Good slide from UN Refugee Agency
June 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Stop using the term “illegal immigrant” and “illegal immigration”: It’s inaccurate, misleading and harmful. Good slide from UN Refugee Agency
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It’s increasingly clear that Mark Carney misled Canadians about how he was going to approach the United States and wants to govern as a CEO instead of as a prime minister accountable to parliament in a democratic country.
For Carney, It’s Elbows Down | The Tyee
Elected on a promise to fight for Canada, our new prime minister has drawn closer to the US.
thetyee.ca
June 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s increasingly clear that Mark Carney misled Canadians about how he was going to approach the United States and wants to govern as a CEO instead of as a prime minister accountable to parliament in a democratic country.
the G7 taught me everyone is afraid to say Kananaskis even though it is literally phonetic: Ka-na-nas-kis.
I guess anglophones have been so gaslit by the nonsense of English ("though" sounds different than "thou" bc of a GH) they think there must be a trap. heaven forbid it's what it looks like.
I guess anglophones have been so gaslit by the nonsense of English ("though" sounds different than "thou" bc of a GH) they think there must be a trap. heaven forbid it's what it looks like.
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
the G7 taught me everyone is afraid to say Kananaskis even though it is literally phonetic: Ka-na-nas-kis.
I guess anglophones have been so gaslit by the nonsense of English ("though" sounds different than "thou" bc of a GH) they think there must be a trap. heaven forbid it's what it looks like.
I guess anglophones have been so gaslit by the nonsense of English ("though" sounds different than "thou" bc of a GH) they think there must be a trap. heaven forbid it's what it looks like.
@willsloanesq.bsky.social long time Michael & Us listener, first time trying to reach y'all. I'm *sure* someone has told you but just in case: there is a new Netflix Rob Ford documentary. please please please new episode.
June 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
@willsloanesq.bsky.social long time Michael & Us listener, first time trying to reach y'all. I'm *sure* someone has told you but just in case: there is a new Netflix Rob Ford documentary. please please please new episode.
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Just seeing this great post from @miskoaki.bsky.social highlighting an excellent brief by my friend, @pjc709.bsky.social
Worth a read in the times we're experiencing.
yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/04/16/a...
Worth a read in the times we're experiencing.
yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/04/16/a...
April 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Just seeing this great post from @miskoaki.bsky.social highlighting an excellent brief by my friend, @pjc709.bsky.social
Worth a read in the times we're experiencing.
yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/04/16/a...
Worth a read in the times we're experiencing.
yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/04/16/a...
we are always looking for more Inuit/Iñupiat/Alaska Native buddies in the Twin Cities!! show yourself 🤣
@pjc709.bsky.social is here!!!
Inuuk! 😂
(Though there's lots of Inuit on here, we might still be the only ones on here ✨&✨ in Mpls)
Inuuk! 😂
(Though there's lots of Inuit on here, we might still be the only ones on here ✨&✨ in Mpls)
March 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
we are always looking for more Inuit/Iñupiat/Alaska Native buddies in the Twin Cities!! show yourself 🤣
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As you know I am one of the more prominent visibility trans women in law and policy here in MN
If you don’t think I walk around with a huge target on my back at all times, think again
If you would like to support me, my family and my work, see below
If you don’t think I walk around with a huge target on my back at all times, think again
If you would like to support me, my family and my work, see below
March 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As you know I am one of the more prominent visibility trans women in law and policy here in MN
If you don’t think I walk around with a huge target on my back at all times, think again
If you would like to support me, my family and my work, see below
If you don’t think I walk around with a huge target on my back at all times, think again
If you would like to support me, my family and my work, see below
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It's a slur for Inuit people in northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland, largely considered offensive in northern parts of the world.
The word has been used a few times recently in popular music, but it isn't sitting well with an Inuk who says words matter.
The word has been used a few times recently in popular music, but it isn't sitting well with an Inuk who says words matter.
Slur in popular music not sitting well with Inuk who says words matter | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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February 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It's a slur for Inuit people in northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland, largely considered offensive in northern parts of the world.
The word has been used a few times recently in popular music, but it isn't sitting well with an Inuk who says words matter.
The word has been used a few times recently in popular music, but it isn't sitting well with an Inuk who says words matter.
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Three Inuit women are suing the North West Company, alleging that the company isn’t passing along federal subsidies to make food and other products in the North more affordable.
Inuit women suing North West Company over federal subsidy
Three Inuit women are suing the North West Company over a subsidy it receives from a program called Nutrition North Canada.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Three Inuit women are suing the North West Company, alleging that the company isn’t passing along federal subsidies to make food and other products in the North more affordable.
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As snow pours down in pittsburgh, I'm thinking again about the cool as hell and futuristic looking snow goggles made by the Inupiat and Yupik people of the arctic region. They cut down on reflected light AND improve your distance vision en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_go...
January 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As snow pours down in pittsburgh, I'm thinking again about the cool as hell and futuristic looking snow goggles made by the Inupiat and Yupik people of the arctic region. They cut down on reflected light AND improve your distance vision en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_go...
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Needs to be said, as it's totally absent from the news. Greenland is Kalaallit Inuit land.
January 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Needs to be said, as it's totally absent from the news. Greenland is Kalaallit Inuit land.