Yvette Ironside

"The left is propagandizing the kids and making them think socialism and defunding the police is cool!"

Nah. They just grew up watching how unchecked corporate greed and unlimited LEO budgets stole their rights and resources and they're resoonding reasonably.

Can they? Must they? Should they? Three questions to answer about the UCP's use of the notwithstanding clause

The UCP "jumps from possibility to inevitability to endorsement..., as if legal permission settled the matter. It doesn’t. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, & just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea."

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Have some self-respect. You are citizens of a republic, not Donald Trump's courtiers. Stand the fuck up.

Alberta under Daniel Smith just used the notwithstanding clause (overriding the Constitution of the country) to deny trans children access to healthcare.

Unreal levels of cruelty and a violation of human rights

New lo-fi horror short fiction collection from Dim Shores, available for pre-order now.

It's up! Pre-order my debut short story collection The Maidens of Midnight today: lo-fi horror, unfinished films, undeveloped photographs and lost histories

Boarding Schools and the Indigenous story cover

Finally!

My new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story is a comprehensive history of the efforts of the US government to remove native children from their families, from colonization to today. For middle grades, but for everyone.

You can pre-order here: www.rhcbooks.com/books/744961...

Apropos UK Labour deciding, in lieu of attacking their actual opposition, to attack the people they revile, here's evidence this doesn't work.

Canadian Shenanigans Livestream Nov 16/25 YouTube video by Left of the Box

Starting soon for real this time! Come hangout in the SandBox!
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The takeaway IMO is aggro centrism is an astonishing historic disaster. Not only does it not work - it delivers very little for the public, doesn’t address core problems of the era and disillusions the public with democracy itself - but it actively aids the far right and prepares the way for fascism

A 20 year old woman in Minnesota was murdered at work by a coworker this week. Why? He didn't like the way she looked at him. And people are judging her gender presentation in an effort to justify her murder. America hates women. And children. It hates Black, Indigenous, Latine and Asian people too

Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.

ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants The Nisqually Tribal Council said it was not aware of talks between a staffer and ICE about detaining immigrants. It has now rejected that notion.

I cannot fathom why they thing INDIGENOUS PEOPLES would aid them in this horror show.

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just because i can survive harsh conditions doesn't mean I should have to [a pic of a Tardigrades]

Disability Visibility - Latest Get the latest on Disability Visibility from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.

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Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.

Magica Riot: Full Bloom’s now sold over 300 copies in less than a week of sales, if you were ever doubting that trans books can find audiences

Two largest causes of death in the US are heart disease and cancer, but the media focuses on homicide and terrorism.

Actual causes of death in the US and media coverage of same.

And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.

@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.

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When the obituaries are written for higher education in the West, significant space will be devoted to how they burned their universities to the ground to prop up a bloodthirsty genocidal regime on the other side of the world over their own students, faculty, staff and future generations.

Promotional graphic for the DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship Program. The background is a dark blue gradient with flowing wave-like patterns in blue and gold. At the top, white text reads: “DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship Applications Now Open.” Below, a yellow box with black text says: “Seeking Disabled Mentees and Dedicated Mentors to Champion Inclusion in STEM.” At the bottom, white text states: “Applications due December 5th.” In the lower right corner, there is the DisabledInSTEM logo.

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!

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Applications due December 5th!

Need $300 for an Epi-pen (thats with GoodRX pls hold that advice) ASAP.

Hoping its not immediately needed (unsure) but we DO need one on hand like now.

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Alice's death reminds me of this.

Support your disabled comrades. We tend to die without community support.

PS: @wylder.bsky.social is a dedicated, experienced organizer who needs urgent survival funds. Check them out, share, comment, donate if you can afford it.

One of the great heartbreaks of being in the disability community is how often we lose people and how many of our most powerful voices have gone silent. We must live our lives loudly and joyously in their honor and remember that our very existence is resistance.

EVAN GREER listening party and record signing. Sun, Dec 7th at Tres Gatos, 1:30pm - 3:00pm, free all ages

My local record store is hosting a lil listening party and record signing for my album AMAB/ACAB. Come have brunch and hang! www.facebook.com/events/24924...

"Landlords should be free to charge as much as they want, employers should be free to pay as little as they want, corporations should be free to fire as many people as they want, and if you can't thread the needle between these freedoms for the rest of your life, it's all your fault."

this is fucking ghoulish

This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe.

Share it widely.

In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.

I'm not the best voice to speak on that subject in depth; there are many indigenous voices that have been, are, and will be doing so. I'm just someone watching an old favourite show with new understanding and realizing nostalgia ain't all it's cracked up to be. 7/7

It's fun fiction, and maybe it could be described as aspirational. It definitely has the right tone to copiously mock much of Canadian culture and the stereotypes applied to it. But it also makes an effort to white wash an often adversarial and indeed generationally harmful relationship 6/?

Such a Mountie presence in indigenous spaces is rarely as polite and restrained as portrayed in the show. 5/?