This is crazy man. Bluesky is the only place I “promote” my newsletter or post my stories. I’ve also never done a public sale before because I hate promo. As a woman in sports I also have to fight the understandable survival instinct to make myself small every day. this is v v humbling!

The feel-good story I didn’t know I desperately needed until I read it. ❤️

Risking their lives for safety. 💔

Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it

🧵 On 6 December 1989 a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique with a semi automatic weapon. Separating women and men, he shot the women, screaming, “You are all feminists” 14 women were murdered. Today we remember their names and not his.

I've spent tens of thousands of words trying to come to grips with the massacre at the #Poly, the longest evening of my life. I was there, it was cold, it was gut-wrenching. But the core of it remains: one pathetic little man with a gun can do more damage than the rest of us can ever undo.

Every year @amykmtl.bsky.social posts about the 14 victims of the Polytechnique massacre. I find it important to not just remember the names, but that they were people with hopes and dreams and a big wide future in front of them. May we never forget what happened.

Annie Turcotte was a woman ahead of her time: committed to nature and finding ways to protect it. She was 21 years old when she was killed. Her mother said that despite the years, Turcotte is “forever our darling daughter… We’ve always kept her very much alive in our house.”

Michèle Richard, or Mimi, as she was nicknamed, had a brilliant smile and a calming presence. Her boyfriend who was in her class when she was killed said Richard was “a gentle girl, happy, brilliant, beautiful. She lived every moment intensely. She abhorred violence.”

Sonia Pelletier was the person who won every competition and secured every scholarship. She liked rock music and to cook. Pelletier was 28 years old and just days from graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering and a transcript of straight As when she was killed.

Maryse Leclair was a rebel who did not care what people thought of her. She liked British punk and new wave music. her father, Lt. Pierre Leclair entered the school that day and found Maryse dead near the man who killed her. “We think of our daughter every day” he told media.

Maryse Laganière was a shy newlywed with a beautiful smile. was 25 when she was killed, was a budget clerk for the school’s finance department. That’s where she met the “love of her life,” JF Larivée, in 1986.

Anne-Marie Lemay 22, studied engineering because of a close friend who lost the use of his legs. She was known for her ability to connect with people and visited him weekly to help with his rehabilitation. And it was there that she realized the importance of mechanical devices.

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz spoke 5 languages and had a “great deadpan sarcasm.” Born in Poland and fled to Germany after the country was put under martial law. Canada seemed safe,she thought, 31 years old and in her first year of nursing science at the school when she was killed

Maud Haviernick was, first and foremost, an artist. She chose to go back to school at École Polytechnique to fulfil her dream of being an engineer and studying materials engineering. She was killed giving her final presentation for her metals class, along with her classmate.

Geneviève Bergeron was smart enough to earn a scholarship and also talented enough that she was still vacillating between a career in engineering or in music. Bergeron played clarinet and sang in the choir at the MSO. Geneviève was sweet, generous and bubbling with life.

Anne-Marie Edward loved skiing — a sport she did at school and with her family. It was so near to Edward’s heart that she was buried in her school team ski jacket Her mother told La Presse that Edward would be proud to see her memory being used to end misogyny.

Barbara Daigneault was not someone bound by conventional limits. When she was just 7 years old, she asked why she could never become pope. She would ultimately follow in her father’s footsteps and study engineering. She loved shrimp omelettes and chocolate cake with whipped cream

Nathalie Croteau was outgoing and enterprising with a passion for learning, particularly when it came to science. Croteau was 23 when she was killed, just a couple of weeks shy of celebrating New Year’s Eve in the hot sun in Cancun, Mexico with her close friends.

Hélène Colgan was 23 years old in early December 1989, just weeks shy of a trip with her friends to ring in the new year. It would have been a well-deserved rest, according to her father. She was a strong and conscientious girl

Annie St-Arneault was curious, meticulous, intensely caring and always searching for adventure. She was 23 when she was killed while attending her final class before graduating from mechanical engineering studies.

35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality

El Perfecto. Happy 7th birthday, Cy. ❤️ @amykmtl.bsky.social

Food assistance for 42M Americans costs approximately 100B a year. 10 individuals grew their personal wealth in one year by an amount that could feed the 42M people needing food assistance for 7 years! Allowing children to go hungry as a society is a choice. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This isn’t a dig at Jennifer Lawrence, but the way she’s been talking about herself on her current press tour makes me sad. She basically expresses that having a personality as a young woman in the public eye made her too much, and she doesn’t want to repeat those same mistakes. It’s a little eerie.

These videos get me every year. Covering 26.2 miles in a day, however long it takes, is an amazing accomplishment. It’s so beautiful that NYC makes sure to celebrate until the last person crosses the line so they have that moment of communal joy, too.

Go baseball! Go Yoshi!

It wasn’t the ending we hoped for but my new friend Yoshi is very happy!

Game 7. @amykmtl.bsky.social

🌟🌟🌟 #bluejays did you ever see Trey leading the Jays.. #downbythebay #worldseries ⚾️ game 5 tonight!

There’s no crying in baseball ⚾️

What a ballgame #WorldSeries @amykmtl.bsky.social

the Reagan commercial when a Canadian team is blowing out an American team just hits different

That's the best play Bo Bichette has ever made at second base in his life. #Bluejays

My latest looks at a World Series match up between the Dodgers and Blue Jays that will begin in Canada tonight www.bleedcubbieblue.com/mlb-analysis...

@amykmtl.bsky.social 🔥

Baseball reunion with one of my favorite people (and baseball writers) 💙

In 1995 my dad took me to game 1 of the 1995 World Series. 30 years later, @amykmtl.bsky.social and I get to be in the building tonight. I feel like a kid on Christmas.

Okay friends, it's time to talk about Manahel al-Otaibi - everyone gather 'round. al-Otaibi was a 29-year old feminist activist in Saudi Arabia when she was jailed for 11 years for charges related to her choice of clothing and her online posts.

Break out the Gullickson jersey, the Kaufman kids are headed to game 1 of the World Series. Have I mentioned that @amykmtl.bsky.social is the best sister?

A history of intimate partner violence against women is the primary risk factor for intimate partner homicide. In Canada, 60% of spousal homicides involve past family violence. #EndGenderBasedViolence #ViolencePrevention #SupportSurvivors #CallItFemicide

To say I miss her would be an understatement. “Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.” C.S Lewis

Oh, and there’s a new Holly now. You’d love her. @amykmtl.bsky.social

Ten years gone. That's way too long without you, mom. We were so appreciative that she received the transplant she needed, an so heartbroken when it didn't take. Please, everyone, sign your organ donor card.

“No-Cuomo voters made up 70% of fully completed ballots.” ✊✊✊ gothamist.com/news/how-did...

Reminder: Men are 230X more likely to be raped (by another male) than to be falsely accused of rape.

Regardless of today's decision in the Hockey Canada trial, these are agreed upon facts : - There were two beds in the room and she was the only person on the floor. - The players stopped at one point to document her saying she was okay. - Hockey Canada believed her and paid her a settlement.

My sister @amykmtl.bsky.social gave the keynote address last night at the ‘36 Years of Hope’ event for Auberge Shalom, an organization that does wonders in our city for women and children who have been affected by intimate partner violence. Please donate if you can: aubergeshalom.org

new @fangraphs.com: ugh, ugh, ugh.

So proud of my incredible sister @amykmtl.bsky.social!