Whiskybaker 🍁 🧡
@whiskybaker.bsky.social
I like whisky. And baking.
And my spouse, the kid and our cat and dog. In Tkaronto/Toronto. Also other stuff. she/her.
Books; crafts; art.
And my spouse, the kid and our cat and dog. In Tkaronto/Toronto. Also other stuff. she/her.
Books; crafts; art.
When did the idea rise that the government is some sort of revenue machine? That it’s run as a business?
The whole point of the government is providing public goods - they benefit everyone whether you individually go to that park or drive on that road or visit that hospital. #Socialism #ONPoli
The whole point of the government is providing public goods - they benefit everyone whether you individually go to that park or drive on that road or visit that hospital. #Socialism #ONPoli
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
When did the idea rise that the government is some sort of revenue machine? That it’s run as a business?
The whole point of the government is providing public goods - they benefit everyone whether you individually go to that park or drive on that road or visit that hospital. #Socialism #ONPoli
The whole point of the government is providing public goods - they benefit everyone whether you individually go to that park or drive on that road or visit that hospital. #Socialism #ONPoli
We live in a world where wealth and resources are hoarded by the few but socialism is bad because “your work will only benefit others” - #MakeItMakeSense
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We live in a world where wealth and resources are hoarded by the few but socialism is bad because “your work will only benefit others” - #MakeItMakeSense
1394. This document is from 1394. 631 years ago. But "obviously trans people only exist now" /s
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#Transgender #LGBTQ2S+ #EverybodyIsHuman #YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe
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#Transgender #LGBTQ2S+ #EverybodyIsHuman #YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe
Interrogation of John/Eleanor Rykener
On this day (11/12/1394), John/Eleanor Rykener was interrogated in London. Rykener was assigned male at birth yet often dressed and presented as female. They were put on trial after being found “calling himself Eleanor” and dressing in women’s clothes whilst having sex with a man.[1] The trial records state that...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1394. This document is from 1394. 631 years ago. But "obviously trans people only exist now" /s
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#Transgender #LGBTQ2S+ #EverybodyIsHuman #YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe
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#Transgender #LGBTQ2S+ #EverybodyIsHuman #YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe
Hello #TorontoBookLovers #booksky I'm trying to come up with a bucket list of #IndependentTorontoBookstores to visit in the upcoming year. Help a #BookDragon out :)
#BookWorm #BookNerd #BookKeeper #ILoveBooks #TorontoReads #TorontoBooks #TorontoBookstores
#BookWorm #BookNerd #BookKeeper #ILoveBooks #TorontoReads #TorontoBooks #TorontoBookstores
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Hello #TorontoBookLovers #booksky I'm trying to come up with a bucket list of #IndependentTorontoBookstores to visit in the upcoming year. Help a #BookDragon out :)
#BookWorm #BookNerd #BookKeeper #ILoveBooks #TorontoReads #TorontoBooks #TorontoBookstores
#BookWorm #BookNerd #BookKeeper #ILoveBooks #TorontoReads #TorontoBooks #TorontoBookstores
Can anyone tell me a little bit about research in the 1970s before I get annoyed with an author? Story from 1975. I looked up a car part mentioned. It turns out the car wasn’t made until 5 years(at least) after the story says. I mean why mention the year, make, model if it’s wrong? Even in the 70s?!
mentioned.it
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Can anyone tell me a little bit about research in the 1970s before I get annoyed with an author? Story from 1975. I looked up a car part mentioned. It turns out the car wasn’t made until 5 years(at least) after the story says. I mean why mention the year, make, model if it’s wrong? Even in the 70s?!
Wow: "3.5 million cats spend time outdoors in Canada and together they kill a median of 60 million birds every year"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/18/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/18/n...
Outdoor cats kill 60 million birds in Canada each year, study finds
April Campbell has five rescue cats at home in Toronto and a bird feeder in her backyard. She loves watching the birds but also cares deeply for her foster cats. To protect both, she built a “catio” —...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wow: "3.5 million cats spend time outdoors in Canada and together they kill a median of 60 million birds every year"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/18/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/18/n...
Whenever I think of #multitasking I never think of trying to do two things at the same time - both of which requiring thought. I think of things like bringing a book for when I am stuck in line. Or listening to the news when folding laundry. Just me?
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Whenever I think of #multitasking I never think of trying to do two things at the same time - both of which requiring thought. I think of things like bringing a book for when I am stuck in line. Or listening to the news when folding laundry. Just me?
Imagine having so much power and being such an idiot.
September 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Imagine having so much power and being such an idiot.
Oh a nice book list to read. Excepting the TERF of course. Very disappointed in #TheGuardianUK @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read
From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Oh a nice book list to read. Excepting the TERF of course. Very disappointed in #TheGuardianUK @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Thanks to @nolore.bsky.social for a brilliantly simple summation: Low union density, especially in the private sector is the flip side of record-breaking profits. #Unionisation #Unionization #ProLabour #ProLabor #Unite
August 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thanks to @nolore.bsky.social for a brilliantly simple summation: Low union density, especially in the private sector is the flip side of record-breaking profits. #Unionisation #Unionization #ProLabour #ProLabor #Unite
looking for #CanadianAuthors #CanadianWriters #CanadianPublishers to follow. I'm not in the industry, I just love to read 😍 #BookNerd #BookDragon #TorontoReads #ILoveBooks #BookSky @booksky.club
Picture of the dog because he's adorable. #Edgar
Picture of the dog because he's adorable. #Edgar
August 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
looking for #CanadianAuthors #CanadianWriters #CanadianPublishers to follow. I'm not in the industry, I just love to read 😍 #BookNerd #BookDragon #TorontoReads #ILoveBooks #BookSky @booksky.club
Picture of the dog because he's adorable. #Edgar
Picture of the dog because he's adorable. #Edgar
Dehumanizing others is just the first step. I want to scream from the rooftops - attacking marginalized groups just lets them see what we will let them get away with.
July 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Dehumanizing others is just the first step. I want to scream from the rooftops - attacking marginalized groups just lets them see what we will let them get away with.
This is what I am working on.
July 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is what I am working on.
Read something recently that resonated (paraphrased): how people handle power often shows how _powerless_ they feel; they treat having position of power as meaning that they are above authority.
While true it still sucks because they've got the effing power. Sigh. #ABC #TOPoli #DougFraud #ONPoli
While true it still sucks because they've got the effing power. Sigh. #ABC #TOPoli #DougFraud #ONPoli
July 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Read something recently that resonated (paraphrased): how people handle power often shows how _powerless_ they feel; they treat having position of power as meaning that they are above authority.
While true it still sucks because they've got the effing power. Sigh. #ABC #TOPoli #DougFraud #ONPoli
While true it still sucks because they've got the effing power. Sigh. #ABC #TOPoli #DougFraud #ONPoli
It’s riskier now to NOT take a collective risk. Someone’s imaginary deities cannot take precedent over real life human beings. #ReadBannedBooks #CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooks #LGBTQ2S+ #FreedomToRead #RepresentationMatters #AntiTheist #AntiTheism
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It’s riskier now to NOT take a collective risk. Someone’s imaginary deities cannot take precedent over real life human beings. #ReadBannedBooks #CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooks #LGBTQ2S+ #FreedomToRead #RepresentationMatters #AntiTheist #AntiTheism
So if I can’t affect change in the provincial government do I just ignore it? I don’t understand how the CONS have all this support when all they do is wreck the environment and treat anyone who isn’t white male and rich like trash. #DougFraud #ABC #AntiConservative #FeelingHopeless
June 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So if I can’t affect change in the provincial government do I just ignore it? I don’t understand how the CONS have all this support when all they do is wreck the environment and treat anyone who isn’t white male and rich like trash. #DougFraud #ABC #AntiConservative #FeelingHopeless
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Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them
During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their
www.thestar.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
I've completely dropped the ball on this but gonna do my best with the time I've got left. I'm walking to raise money for some amazing LGBTQ+ organizations. Current world news shows me how important just showing up and taking up space is. Please donate if you can ❤
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Help Lisa raise money for participating in 2025 pride & remembrance run on June 28, 2025
I am raising money to help raise my voice for those who cannot.
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June 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've completely dropped the ball on this but gonna do my best with the time I've got left. I'm walking to raise money for some amazing LGBTQ+ organizations. Current world news shows me how important just showing up and taking up space is. Please donate if you can ❤
raceroster.com/events/2025/...
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Ontario’s Minister of Health says parking fees from patients, families and staff are needed to fund the province’s hospitals.
But are they?
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But are they?
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Hospital parking rakes in millions. It’s a drop in the bucket
Sylvia Jones says parking fees are needed to fund hospitals. But are they?
canadahealthwatch.ca
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ontario’s Minister of Health says parking fees from patients, families and staff are needed to fund the province’s hospitals.
But are they?
canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
But are they?
canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
PLEASE please. If you voted Conservative in the ON election OR if you did not vote because you couldn't be bothered. Please just unfriend / u follow me / fuck offnow. I do not even want to know about it.
I feel so fucking powerless against all the stupidity and greed. #ONPoli #ABC #DougFraud
I feel so fucking powerless against all the stupidity and greed. #ONPoli #ABC #DougFraud
Today is a shameful day for the province. Bill 5 is a shameful piece of legislation. But the fight does not end here. The fight is just beginning.
Premier Ford needs to reverse course before it’s too late. Repeal Bill 5.
Premier Ford needs to reverse course before it’s too late. Repeal Bill 5.
June 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
PLEASE please. If you voted Conservative in the ON election OR if you did not vote because you couldn't be bothered. Please just unfriend / u follow me / fuck offnow. I do not even want to know about it.
I feel so fucking powerless against all the stupidity and greed. #ONPoli #ABC #DougFraud
I feel so fucking powerless against all the stupidity and greed. #ONPoli #ABC #DougFraud
In case you’re wondering why we keep needing to celebrate Pride - go look at any comments under any #NHL post about it. For people who spout off about freedoms all the time, it’s kinda funny how supporting Pride gets limited “for being controversial” #LoveIsLove #Pride #LGBTQ+ #HockeyForAllButNotYou
June 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In case you’re wondering why we keep needing to celebrate Pride - go look at any comments under any #NHL post about it. For people who spout off about freedoms all the time, it’s kinda funny how supporting Pride gets limited “for being controversial” #LoveIsLove #Pride #LGBTQ+ #HockeyForAllButNotYou