I've been neglecting this platform the past couple months but gunna try using it more going forward. Anyway, if you're in St. John's today (Sunday July 13) check out this rad event, happening as part of St. John's Pride Week!

New piece up -- reflections on International Women's Day, and the struggles that truly deserve to be honoured theindependent.ca/commentary/o...

"A lot of trans people felt a deep sense of ironic deja-vu watching the controversy play out," writes Rhea Rollmann. "Responsible journalism helps us understand each other’s identities and what they mean to us." Read more 👇 theindependent.ca/commentary/c...

"CBC’s decision to entertain a dangerous, false premise as a reasonable thought exercise—proceeding with a casual conversation about eliminating an entire group’s very real identity—is an act trans people experience with stunning regularity from mainstream media." theindependent.ca/commentary/c...

Really enjoyed writing this piece, and got a bit more personal than I usually do. 'Belonging' is a beautiful tribute to queer and trans joy, and the beauty of Newfoundland waters. I spoke with the artist about the importance of queer and trans art, nature, water... theindependent.ca/news/arts/wh...

every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”

What a great piece on what it was like for prisoners when Luigi Mangione was briefly detained there in Pennsylvania, from the POV of one of the inmates. It also mentions the famous TV interview and the retaliation they faced for it. Also happy to find out about this project, I will share more.

Lots of great points in here! (even if I do fully believe there's a world in which the US would invade Canada)

I was interviewed by @msjpauly.bsky.social for @motherjones.com regarding that awful gamete size "sex" executive order. A bit of an explainer here of why the science is so bad, and why that's dangerous:

Introducing ‘Making Connections’, The Independent’s new series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador Co-editors Robin Whitaker & Elizabeth Yeoman see the series "as an opportunity to bring a variety of people and ideas together." 🚲 Read more 👇 theindependent.ca/commentary/m...

Luca Schaefer and a team of eager harm reduction advocates hope to launch 'Tweak Easy East' supervised consumption site in St. John's. I spoke with the team, as well as local harm reduction workers and researchers about the initiative... theindependent.ca/news/advocat...

during a canada post strike is when you really see the consequences of having virtually no labour journalists at major publications in canada, but a load of business journalists ready to parrot the corporate line

For those in St. John's, I'm excited to be participating in this World AIDS Day event today! It's happening at Quadrangle at 1pm -- all welcome! I'll be discussing some of the history of local AIDS activism, and how it's informed so much activism within so many other movements in the years since...

Looking forward to chatting with some great local writers (including @tom-cho.bsky.social ) at this WritersNL panel happening tonight! Hope to see some of yous there 💋

An editor's/translator's guide to NL weather forecasts: "Zero percent chance of rain" = "light to moderate rain" "Light drizzle" = "heavy rain" "Sunny skies" = "random flash rainstorms" There I fixed it.

St. John's: This Friday, I’ll be on a panel about writing complex topics. The event is only open to WritersNL members, but the org does offer free memberships to local BIPOC writers. Also on the panel are @howrhearolls.bsky.social, Ashleigh Matthews, and Stephen Randell. tomcho.com/wp/29-nov-wr...

I spoke with Palestinian students about the challenges they've faced in trying to get support from Memorial U to continue their studies this past year. Meanwhile, students say, there's a double standard in how MUN supports Ukrainian students in similar situations theindependent.ca/news/student...

Trans Day of Remembrance vigil happening tonight in St. John’s (NL): 6-8pm at The Lantern (35 Barnes Rd). Organized by Trans Support NL, Quadrangle NL, St. John’s Pride & Spectrum Queer Choir (none of which are on here yet I don’t think lol)

Wrote about Violet Drake’s lovely exhibit at Eastern Edge for RiddleFence - on till Dec 14! (simultaneous with the SpiritSong Indigenous Arts Festival exhibit that fully launches this week) #QueerArt #TransArt riddlefence.com/review/feeli...

So much this. Especially prevalent among both corporate media and university administrators

Gonna put on my “power in the union” shirt and go to The pickets. Canada post strikes are why we have parental leave.

Going to preemptively post this.

Got the Kickstarter copy of this new collection by one of my fave comics artists a few weeks ago and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Highly recommend!

So nice to have a platform to share news on again… (latest piece for Xtra)