Today marks 10 years since Nathalie, Anastasia and Carol were murdered by a man they had rejected. The misogynist was responsible for his actions but he was enabled by huge, massive system failures. Please honour their memories today by reading the inquest report : www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This paragraph, though... www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

Yesterday I stopped to get hot drinks with a pal and I got this decaf Matcha thing. On my second sip, I thought I'd drank a teabag? I spat it out and it turned out to be a massive bug that is definitely not native to Canada. Anyway, my name is Julie Lalonde and I could not survive Fear Factor.

This is why everything in public health seems to boil down to "raising awareness" of healthy vs unhealthy choices. But individual awareness is meaningless without robust public health infrastructure. Everything from air quality to food to physical activity is heavily shaped by societal factors.

Cleaner air isn't a personal health choice, it's something that needs the broad mandate of the state to accomplish. But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.

Irish hip hop group that supports a free Palestine? Banned from entering Canada. Architect of Project 2025? Come on in! American abortion abolitionists? Bienvenue au Canada! And all this under the PM they say will save us from fascism... (Receipt : protestia.com/2025/08/14/m...)

Facism and state censorship ain't just an American thing.

“I question the sanity of anyone who does not believe this is a five-alarm fire. They created a lot of false pretense with Stephen about money,” he says. “They didn’t bother with the pretense this time.”

My first academic article was on the dictatorship of Uzbekistan inventing a group called "Akromiya" that did not really exist but which they used to arrest anyone with whom they disagreed under the pretext of "terrorism". Just bringing this up for no reason whatsoever!

My great-grandfather who killed Nazis during the war? AntiFa. Captain Von Trapp ripping up that Swastika flag? AntiFa. When Richard Spencer got his bell rung and then disappeared from public life? That's AntiFa, babyyy The opposite of being anti-fascist is being fascist. It's that fucking simple.

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“The sheet” is part of a new provincial government edict, enacted Sept. 1, that requires all girls age 12 and up who play school sports in all-female leagues provide declarations that they are biological females." This is Alberta. This is Canada. This is fucking shameful.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

Reading this has me thinking about "Gang Stalking"; a term that has gained traction the last few years but is literally psychosis. But because of the ease at which people's views can be confirmed online, regardless of how bananas they might be, "victims of gang stalking" are growing in numbers.

This event should get more attention than Can-Con Kirk cosplay. Hundred+ organizations serving thousands of women, kids and LGBTQ+ communities fleeing violence and navigating family court system are experiencing radio silence on their funding from the federal government ...

"The graffiti read: “Kill women,” “fuck you whores,” and “females should be hung.”

Donald Trump is on a state visit in the UK right now. It's after 1am in the morning over there!

It's so unbelievably bleak that we spent the last decade or so listening to hack comics lament CaNcEl CuLtURe and then two comics are literally cancelled for calling out the President and nary a peep.

Ottawa! The city is exploring measures to address the very real problem of renovictions. They're looking for feedback and the deadline is October 31. If you've been renovicted or are living at risk of it, weigh in!

Tomorrow! "Take Back the Night" starts at 6pm at Minto Park (as usual) and the March will end on Parliament Hill this year where literal buses of women from across eastern Ontario and Quebec will be joining us for a rally at 7:30pm. The world is run by people who show up, so let's get people out!

Williams faces 66 charges for sexual assault, sexual assault causing bodily harm, sexual exploitation, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching and assault. He sexually assaulted more than *300 victims* between the ages of 12 and 18 – all boys but for one.

I've been needing to reach someone at CRA since April and have never been able to speak to a human being or get any resolution. The situation there is untenable. #CanadaOnHold

"NDP MP and labour critic Alexandre Boulerice says his party plans to table legislation this fall to scrap a section of the Canada Labour Code that lets the government shut down strikes." Do ittttttttttttttttt

One of the most jarring experiences of the past few years is getting my Covid vaccines from unmasked pharmacists or doctors. It's always at the height of flu and respiratory illness season and they're out here, administering vaccines while raw dogging the air. Absolutely wild stuff.

Robert Redford was hot, hot, hot and cared deeply about elevating indie movies. But I'm also thinking of all the interviews over the years where Jane Fonda has said she doesn't think he ever liked or respected women.

Truly so embarrassing AND dangerous of Canadian MPs to "mourn" ding dong's death in the House of Commons. Y'all celebrated a literal Nazi in the House and were shamed within an inch of your lives for it (Justifiably!) and then mere months later, pull this stunt?

Danielle Smith is the most pathetic try-hard. She wants to be an American Republican soOoOoOo bad.

Happy Monday! There is more to life than this. Go outside. Look at the sky. Eat a tomato sandwich. Call someone you haven’t talked to in a while.

Her and Javier Bardem deserve all the flowers tonight.

To be a person of no consequence, to speak without power, is a bewilderingly awful condition, as though you were a ghost, a beast, as though words died in your mouth, as though sound no longer traveled. It is almost worse to say something and have it not matter than to be silent.

Ottawa! Please spread the word! We need to show our elected officials that "We'll get to equality once we figure out tariffs, balance the budget, etc." is all kinds of BS. Ottawa's "Take Back the Night" march starts at Minto Park at 6pm that night and will meet up with this event on the Hill.

All the research around de-radicalization shows that people double down instead of apologizing/changing their mind when they feel like changing their mind will result in losing community. I am utterly fascinated by concepts of accountability and the truth is, we suck at this stuff on the Left.

I was stalked from age 20 to age 30 despite following a vegan diet, never smoking, never drinking AND regular powerlifting, I had a heart attack at 34. So, this very much tracks!

This includes no longer whining and having tantrums when things are paywalled.

Ottawa ! Joignez-vous à nous! Nous devons montrer à nos élus que « Nous atteindrons l'égalité une fois que nous aurons réglé les tarifs, équilibré le budget, etc.» est à la fois profondément offensante et témoigne d'une profonde méconnaissance des causes profondes des préjudices.

Now more than ever, humanitarian aid – and the people it is meant to assist – are under attack. Over 13,000 Canadians have acted to protecting civilians, hospitals and staff worldwide. Now it’s your turn. Sign our petition: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...

"Their lives were ruined" said losers on the internet and at Tim Hortons across the country. And yet, evidence of that remains to be seen because these dudes are clearly doing a-okay. And that's on rape culture for you!

Remember how CBC dedicated an entire call-in show to "The US is going to annex us. What are your thoughts on that?" and they had Kevin O'Leary on as an 'expert'? And they doubled and tripled down, defending their decision to do that? CBC, he does not respect you. Why do y'all respect him?!

Prime Minister Carney and Wab Kinew going on social media to condemn Kirk getting shot is... a choice.

“So what if he disagreed with you, he didn’t deserve to die” But he thought I did. This isn’t disagreement. It’s someone who was not only opposed to my existence but was called a good and faithful servant by the church for doing it. I don’t have to mourn that. And asking me to is violence too.

Just a reminder, for like... no reason at all that Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, BTK killer, Golden State Killer, Green River Killer, among many, many others had wives & children. It's almost as if being a husband & father doesn't make you inherently good or erase the harm you've caused? Wild!

Ottawa ! Joignez-vous à nous! Nous devons montrer à nos élus que « Nous atteindrons l'égalité une fois que nous aurons réglé les tarifs, équilibré le budget, etc.» est à la fois profondément offensante et témoigne d'une profonde méconnaissance des causes profondes des préjudices.

Ottawa! Please spread the word! We need to show our elected officials that "We'll get to equality once we figure out tariffs, balance the budget, etc." is all kinds of BS. Ottawa's "Take Back the Night" march starts at Minto Park at 6pm that night and will meet up with this event on the Hill.

A truly awful tragedy. My God.

I teach bystander intervention and community care for a living, so please know I am being truly genuine when I say I am so sorry to everyone who was in attendance and witnessed the murder. That kind of trauma changes a person and without help, changes them in a very, very bad way.

constant online harassment as a form of “accountability”promotes the idea that feeling bad about yourself and everything you’ve done on a constant loop in your head is actually good and thus makes you a better person. it serves absolutely no other purpose!

You can feel any kinda way about someone being killed while still limiting your exposure to the footage of it. A lot of talk about how violence just begets more violence, but not enough people talking about how mainlining graphic content is harmful, even to the best of us. Heed this advice ⬇️

Charlie Kirk was spreading misinformation about trans people being mass shooters with his DYING BREATH.