@witchnyn.bsky.social
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This is the kind of coverage that Teen Vogue just decided to stop doing.
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the kind of coverage that Teen Vogue just decided to stop doing.
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Striking Canada Post workers will move to rotating strikes as of tomorrow — but they’re still fighting the uphill battle for both Canada Post and their labour rights.
For @parismarx.com, the Carney government continuing to chip away at this essential service is the last straw:
For @parismarx.com, the Carney government continuing to chip away at this essential service is the last straw:
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Striking Canada Post workers will move to rotating strikes as of tomorrow — but they’re still fighting the uphill battle for both Canada Post and their labour rights.
For @parismarx.com, the Carney government continuing to chip away at this essential service is the last straw:
For @parismarx.com, the Carney government continuing to chip away at this essential service is the last straw:
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I’ve reported on the Doug Ford gov’t’s environmental record for 7 years and I remain concerned that Ontario’s only climate plan is a 2018 draft the auditor says isn’t evidence-based — and the gov’t now admits it won’t release a new plan or set stronger emissions-reduction targets
October 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’ve reported on the Doug Ford gov’t’s environmental record for 7 years and I remain concerned that Ontario’s only climate plan is a 2018 draft the auditor says isn’t evidence-based — and the gov’t now admits it won’t release a new plan or set stronger emissions-reduction targets
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We are the Wildflowers
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We are the Wildflowers
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
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don't raise your hopes for some dramatic act of defiance to happen based on today. be afraid of what the administration wants. but also do not *ignore* how pathetic of a spectacle this was
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
don't raise your hopes for some dramatic act of defiance to happen based on today. be afraid of what the administration wants. but also do not *ignore* how pathetic of a spectacle this was
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like, the fact that they felt this spectacle was necessary is itself evidence that they don't have the military support that they want
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
like, the fact that they felt this spectacle was necessary is itself evidence that they don't have the military support that they want
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Ezra is right to call attention to his own struggle over how best to respond to that. But I think it also reflects a certain lack of preparation that, as TNC points out, Black Americans and other marginalized and vulnerable groups have never been able to afford.
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ezra is right to call attention to his own struggle over how best to respond to that. But I think it also reflects a certain lack of preparation that, as TNC points out, Black Americans and other marginalized and vulnerable groups have never been able to afford.
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of all the things about ta-nehisi coates’s philosophy i wish people would internalize the main one is: sometimes you lose
September 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
of all the things about ta-nehisi coates’s philosophy i wish people would internalize the main one is: sometimes you lose
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Coates knows that the role of the millions is to suffer and try and maybe not affect much, but to make as much change as possible against powerful people, much more powerful than us, so hopefully, someday, we get to the cycle where things are better. Klein sees us as the protagonists of history
September 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Coates knows that the role of the millions is to suffer and try and maybe not affect much, but to make as much change as possible against powerful people, much more powerful than us, so hopefully, someday, we get to the cycle where things are better. Klein sees us as the protagonists of history
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
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I have to say, after talking to @brenttoderian.bsky.social about how to make our cities better, I've been working to reduce my short car trips (biking / taking TTC more).
Car-dependent cities are not the future.
Get our full podcast conversation here. Loved Brent's bluntness!
bio.site/ambermac
Car-dependent cities are not the future.
Get our full podcast conversation here. Loved Brent's bluntness!
bio.site/ambermac
September 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I have to say, after talking to @brenttoderian.bsky.social about how to make our cities better, I've been working to reduce my short car trips (biking / taking TTC more).
Car-dependent cities are not the future.
Get our full podcast conversation here. Loved Brent's bluntness!
bio.site/ambermac
Car-dependent cities are not the future.
Get our full podcast conversation here. Loved Brent's bluntness!
bio.site/ambermac
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All right, let's do this.
I have no inside info on @karenattiah.bsky.social's case. But I know Post employees are part of @postguild.bsky.social, and their contract allows the union to challenge "disciplinary action on the basis that is was taken without just cause."
So what's just cause?
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I have no inside info on @karenattiah.bsky.social's case. But I know Post employees are part of @postguild.bsky.social, and their contract allows the union to challenge "disciplinary action on the basis that is was taken without just cause."
So what's just cause?
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Any interest in an educational thread on "just cause" protections in union contracts?
Some news.
September 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
All right, let's do this.
I have no inside info on @karenattiah.bsky.social's case. But I know Post employees are part of @postguild.bsky.social, and their contract allows the union to challenge "disciplinary action on the basis that is was taken without just cause."
So what's just cause?
1/
I have no inside info on @karenattiah.bsky.social's case. But I know Post employees are part of @postguild.bsky.social, and their contract allows the union to challenge "disciplinary action on the basis that is was taken without just cause."
So what's just cause?
1/
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Podcasts and "deep dive" media will try to convince you that you *now* know things, thanks to them.
A PhD, especially one with archival, observational, or observational components, will definitely convince you that you know next to nothing, thanks to the available resources & one's predecessors.
A PhD, especially one with archival, observational, or observational components, will definitely convince you that you know next to nothing, thanks to the available resources & one's predecessors.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Podcasts and "deep dive" media will try to convince you that you *now* know things, thanks to them.
A PhD, especially one with archival, observational, or observational components, will definitely convince you that you know next to nothing, thanks to the available resources & one's predecessors.
A PhD, especially one with archival, observational, or observational components, will definitely convince you that you know next to nothing, thanks to the available resources & one's predecessors.
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Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 13-26, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 81 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~12X higher
-Long COVID ~8X higher
-Hospitalizations ~15X higher
-Deaths ~14X higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 81 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~12X higher
-Long COVID ~8X higher
-Hospitalizations ~15X higher
-Deaths ~14X higher
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 13-26, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 81 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~12X higher
-Long COVID ~8X higher
-Hospitalizations ~15X higher
-Deaths ~14X higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 81 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~12X higher
-Long COVID ~8X higher
-Hospitalizations ~15X higher
-Deaths ~14X higher
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my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
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I can't remember the details, and can't find them now, for my favorite Robert Redford anecdote, but: When Indecent Proposal was being discussed, someone asked a film critic if she would sleep with Robert Redford for $1 million, and she replied, "Yes, but where would I get the money?"
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I can't remember the details, and can't find them now, for my favorite Robert Redford anecdote, but: When Indecent Proposal was being discussed, someone asked a film critic if she would sleep with Robert Redford for $1 million, and she replied, "Yes, but where would I get the money?"
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major Hot Dog Suit hours here: he assiduously courted support from the Freedom Convoy when he vaulted into the leadership of the Conservative Party and kept on fraternizing with their followers, exactly the types who expect him to carry out their agenda
NEW: Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in the U.S. and Canada following the fatal shooting of an American right-wing activist. #cdnpoli #canpoli
He sat down for an in-studio interview with @cathcullen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
He sat down for an in-studio interview with @cathcullen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in Canada, U.S. | CBC News
Pierre Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in the U.S. and Canada following the fatal shooting of an American right-wing activist. The Conservative leader beli...
www.cbc.ca
September 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
major Hot Dog Suit hours here: he assiduously courted support from the Freedom Convoy when he vaulted into the leadership of the Conservative Party and kept on fraternizing with their followers, exactly the types who expect him to carry out their agenda
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I'm just saying until someone shows me actual evidence the guy was a groyper I'm not going to be like "oh yeah he was" and I don't get what is so hard to understand about that???????
September 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm just saying until someone shows me actual evidence the guy was a groyper I'm not going to be like "oh yeah he was" and I don't get what is so hard to understand about that???????
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A bit rich coming from Poilievre when his own wife retweeted a post by Andrew Scheer directing the right-wing mob to go after @rachelgilmore.bsky.social.
His family’s safety matters. No so much those who don’t subscribe to his political project.
His family’s safety matters. No so much those who don’t subscribe to his political project.
NEW: Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in the U.S. and Canada following the fatal shooting of an American right-wing activist. #cdnpoli #canpoli
He sat down for an in-studio interview with @cathcullen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
He sat down for an in-studio interview with @cathcullen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in Canada, U.S. | CBC News
Pierre Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in the U.S. and Canada following the fatal shooting of an American right-wing activist. The Conservative leader beli...
www.cbc.ca
September 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A bit rich coming from Poilievre when his own wife retweeted a post by Andrew Scheer directing the right-wing mob to go after @rachelgilmore.bsky.social.
His family’s safety matters. No so much those who don’t subscribe to his political project.
His family’s safety matters. No so much those who don’t subscribe to his political project.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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Canadians stand with Rachel Gilmore. The Conservative government, whose actions and rhetoric have put her in harm’s way, must take responsibility and act immediately to ensure her safety. This injustice cannot be
ignored, and it must be rectified.
NOW. #IStandWithRachel
ignored, and it must be rectified.
NOW. #IStandWithRachel
September 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Canadians stand with Rachel Gilmore. The Conservative government, whose actions and rhetoric have put her in harm’s way, must take responsibility and act immediately to ensure her safety. This injustice cannot be
ignored, and it must be rectified.
NOW. #IStandWithRachel
ignored, and it must be rectified.
NOW. #IStandWithRachel
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One thing that kinda blows my mind:
I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.
I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.
But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.
It’s just so odd!
I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.
I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.
But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.
It’s just so odd!
Hi. I’m Rachel.
My name is first on the website the North American far-right is using to target people they say “celebrated” Charlie Kirk’s death.
There’s just one problem: I never did that.
But the people sending me threats don’t seem to care.
Let me tell you, in my own words, what happened:
My name is first on the website the North American far-right is using to target people they say “celebrated” Charlie Kirk’s death.
There’s just one problem: I never did that.
But the people sending me threats don’t seem to care.
Let me tell you, in my own words, what happened:
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
One thing that kinda blows my mind:
I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.
I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.
But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.
It’s just so odd!
I spoke to national French-language media all morning about this. I did three separate interviews before 10am.
I was interviewed for the U.S. publication WIRED about it.
But English-language Canadian media? Crickets.
It’s just so odd!
You can though, if you tell those stories with OTHER people (lawyers, doctors, mystery writers from Cabot Cove, Maine) as your protagonists. Copaganda as a concept includes the (relatively recent!) increase in narratives where police are the heroes rather than bumbling/corrupt obstacles, no?
Yeah. I mean “copaganda” exists maybe in a SOFT way. But most of what people like to call copaganda is just “the very strict requirements of narrative storytelling” heh. You can’t just have your cops all suck!
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
You can though, if you tell those stories with OTHER people (lawyers, doctors, mystery writers from Cabot Cove, Maine) as your protagonists. Copaganda as a concept includes the (relatively recent!) increase in narratives where police are the heroes rather than bumbling/corrupt obstacles, no?
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Charlie Kirk was just shot and killed.
This moment is horrifying in several ways. Political violence is always wrong.
His murder is also already being used among bad actors to fan the flames of further division, hatred and violence.
Including here in Canada:
This moment is horrifying in several ways. Political violence is always wrong.
His murder is also already being used among bad actors to fan the flames of further division, hatred and violence.
Including here in Canada:
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Charlie Kirk was just shot and killed.
This moment is horrifying in several ways. Political violence is always wrong.
His murder is also already being used among bad actors to fan the flames of further division, hatred and violence.
Including here in Canada:
This moment is horrifying in several ways. Political violence is always wrong.
His murder is also already being used among bad actors to fan the flames of further division, hatred and violence.
Including here in Canada:
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Amazonman, unfucking cancel my smoldering middle age witch show god dammit
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Amazonman, unfucking cancel my smoldering middle age witch show god dammit