Cara Donnelly
@caraquilts.bsky.social
Artist and crafter, chronic illness, and so many other things.
So very Canadian.
Ron McLean uses a hockey stick to point at the giant screen in the CBC Olympic HQ.
Ron McLean uses a hockey stick to point at the giant screen in the CBC Olympic HQ.
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So very Canadian.
Ron McLean uses a hockey stick to point at the giant screen in the CBC Olympic HQ.
Ron McLean uses a hockey stick to point at the giant screen in the CBC Olympic HQ.
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Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
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“Linear predetermined” is the self-serving fallacy I see folks fall into time and time again.
You can look back 400 years and pick out the seeds of our current political environment, but it’s a form of survivor bias.
The counterfactuals are endless.
You can look back 400 years and pick out the seeds of our current political environment, but it’s a form of survivor bias.
The counterfactuals are endless.
I am saying without Snark that I’m working on something that in fact, blames Reagan and Gingrich and others for the rise of Trump and for the presence of actual Nazis in the Republican Party - but not in the linear predetermined fashion liberals would prefer.
People who voted Republican before Trump are convinced that the rise of Trump is NOT in any way connected to, say, the rise of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin and Fox News. (While they were voting Republican.)
But REALLY all the fault of the Democrats. It's canonical.
But REALLY all the fault of the Democrats. It's canonical.
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
“Linear predetermined” is the self-serving fallacy I see folks fall into time and time again.
You can look back 400 years and pick out the seeds of our current political environment, but it’s a form of survivor bias.
The counterfactuals are endless.
You can look back 400 years and pick out the seeds of our current political environment, but it’s a form of survivor bias.
The counterfactuals are endless.
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An historic day as the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, or ITK announced that the main campus of the first Inuit led university, Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat, Nunavut.
Main campus of Inuit Nunangat University to be locate in Arviat
The head of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announced Wednesday that the main campus of the Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
An historic day as the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, or ITK announced that the main campus of the first Inuit led university, Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat, Nunavut.
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A group of quilters in California are collecting squares for a "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" quilt. My mother-in-law made one to contribute, and learned today that it's the only one from Florida they've received.
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 AM
A group of quilters in California are collecting squares for a "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" quilt. My mother-in-law made one to contribute, and learned today that it's the only one from Florida they've received.
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Gee, Universal Basic Income recoups more than it costs AND the recipients are happier and healthier.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Gee, Universal Basic Income recoups more than it costs AND the recipients are happier and healthier.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.
Knowing Tumbler Ridge parents could still be waiting for identification is tearing me apart.
That scream when your world collapses...I can feel my own and I didn't even hear me.
They did in the waiting room from the OR but I didn't.
It only takes so long when faces aren't intact wth 2300 ppl
That scream when your world collapses...I can feel my own and I didn't even hear me.
They did in the waiting room from the OR but I didn't.
It only takes so long when faces aren't intact wth 2300 ppl
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Knowing Tumbler Ridge parents could still be waiting for identification is tearing me apart.
That scream when your world collapses...I can feel my own and I didn't even hear me.
They did in the waiting room from the OR but I didn't.
It only takes so long when faces aren't intact wth 2300 ppl
That scream when your world collapses...I can feel my own and I didn't even hear me.
They did in the waiting room from the OR but I didn't.
It only takes so long when faces aren't intact wth 2300 ppl
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Police confirm the suspect was the person described in a safety alert as "a female in a dress with brown hair."
One of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history and the suspect (as of right now) is a woman.
We truly live in a wild and devastating timeline.
One of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history and the suspect (as of right now) is a woman.
We truly live in a wild and devastating timeline.
10 dead, including suspect, after mass shooting at northern B.C. high school
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
10 dead, including suspect, after mass shooting at northern B.C. high school
Authorities are still trying to piece together what led to a horrific mass shooting in the small northern B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge that left 10 people dead, more than half of whom were found at...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 11, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Police confirm the suspect was the person described in a safety alert as "a female in a dress with brown hair."
One of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history and the suspect (as of right now) is a woman.
We truly live in a wild and devastating timeline.
One of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history and the suspect (as of right now) is a woman.
We truly live in a wild and devastating timeline.
Canada had a school shooting today. 10 are dead.
25 injured.
Wtf.
25 injured.
Wtf.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Canada had a school shooting today. 10 are dead.
25 injured.
Wtf.
25 injured.
Wtf.
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After reviewing critiques of the Quiet Revival narrative, @georginasturge.bsky.social, author of 'Bad Data,' concludes "Yes, the @biblesociety.bsky.social data is clearly wrong and has been thoroughly debunked."
cc: @robb-s.bsky.social
cc: @robb-s.bsky.social
There's a lot of buzz about Christian revival among young adults in the UK & US. Perceptions of revival are fueled by results from opt-in online surveys. However, these surveys may be misleading. Surveys from random samples of the population don't show any clear evidence of revival.
My new post:
My new post:
Has there been a Christian revival among young adults in the U.K.? Recent surveys may be misleading
Despite the widely recognized decline of Christianity in the U.K., there have been persistent rumblings of a Christian resurgence.
www.pewresearch.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
After reviewing critiques of the Quiet Revival narrative, @georginasturge.bsky.social, author of 'Bad Data,' concludes "Yes, the @biblesociety.bsky.social data is clearly wrong and has been thoroughly debunked."
cc: @robb-s.bsky.social
cc: @robb-s.bsky.social
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The Ambassador Bridge was built in 1928 and is an object lesson as to why *international crossings* should never be in private hands.
The family that owns it has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in Detroit and Windsor (including my childhood neighborhood) in bids to maintain power over the crossing.
The family that owns it has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in Detroit and Windsor (including my childhood neighborhood) in bids to maintain power over the crossing.
New from me at TVO: Okay, I had to write about the bridge thing. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
ANALYSIS: No, Donald Trump can't have the Gordie Howe Bridge | TVO Today
The U.S. doesn’t get to steal critical infrastructure because the president’s poll numbers are in the sewer.
www.tvo.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The Ambassador Bridge was built in 1928 and is an object lesson as to why *international crossings* should never be in private hands.
The family that owns it has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in Detroit and Windsor (including my childhood neighborhood) in bids to maintain power over the crossing.
The family that owns it has destroyed entire neighbourhoods in Detroit and Windsor (including my childhood neighborhood) in bids to maintain power over the crossing.
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Btw, after a Russia-backed insurgency separated parts of Donbas from Ukraine in 2014, an estimated 20-50% of residents left and moved to other parts of Ukraine. I.e. mass emigration did follow when marginal, unpopular separatists were used by an aggressive neighbour to carve up the country.
If Albertans vote to separate, there could be mass emigration, with 77% saying they'd leave.
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Btw, after a Russia-backed insurgency separated parts of Donbas from Ukraine in 2014, an estimated 20-50% of residents left and moved to other parts of Ukraine. I.e. mass emigration did follow when marginal, unpopular separatists were used by an aggressive neighbour to carve up the country.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Failing to stand up to the UCP in Alberta and it's deep pocket allies in the US health insurance cartel is a gross dereliction of duty
Failing to stand up to the UCP in Alberta and it's deep pocket allies in the US health insurance cartel is a gross dereliction of duty
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Failing to stand up to the UCP in Alberta and it's deep pocket allies in the US health insurance cartel is a gross dereliction of duty
Failing to stand up to the UCP in Alberta and it's deep pocket allies in the US health insurance cartel is a gross dereliction of duty
I'm not reading the shitgibbon's latest delusions tonight and you can't make me.
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I'm not reading the shitgibbon's latest delusions tonight and you can't make me.
I'd say it was a challenge but really I just don't have any in the paint pens, a mini painting without white and blue.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I'd say it was a challenge but really I just don't have any in the paint pens, a mini painting without white and blue.
I need like a plant sugar daddy.
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I need like a plant sugar daddy.
I have a great many words. I started reading at 2, it was my escape throughout childhood, my mom did not believe in anything as too many books, nor did she have much of a concept of age appropriate.
I provided different words for my doctor's attempt at "shame"
Modesty, guilt, embarrassment, stigma
I provided different words for my doctor's attempt at "shame"
Modesty, guilt, embarrassment, stigma
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I have a great many words. I started reading at 2, it was my escape throughout childhood, my mom did not believe in anything as too many books, nor did she have much of a concept of age appropriate.
I provided different words for my doctor's attempt at "shame"
Modesty, guilt, embarrassment, stigma
I provided different words for my doctor's attempt at "shame"
Modesty, guilt, embarrassment, stigma
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Is my history degree worth it having been able to hand my mom new tidbits on her own mother, who died at 34?
Idk but it's neat.
And I did not hand over the conditions of the place she'd grown up were far worse than "normal" for a bad thing already.
But she could read & write as a child
Idk but it's neat.
And I did not hand over the conditions of the place she'd grown up were far worse than "normal" for a bad thing already.
But she could read & write as a child
February 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Is my history degree worth it having been able to hand my mom new tidbits on her own mother, who died at 34?
Idk but it's neat.
And I did not hand over the conditions of the place she'd grown up were far worse than "normal" for a bad thing already.
But she could read & write as a child
Idk but it's neat.
And I did not hand over the conditions of the place she'd grown up were far worse than "normal" for a bad thing already.
But she could read & write as a child
When it's a bit too cold to snow but there is snow storm in the air.
That, that is the worst cold. It's damp and cutting cold.
That, that is the worst cold. It's damp and cutting cold.
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
When it's a bit too cold to snow but there is snow storm in the air.
That, that is the worst cold. It's damp and cutting cold.
That, that is the worst cold. It's damp and cutting cold.
So in the last month I have learned I can get, essentially, frostbite on my toes/fingers and sunburns inside because my body is fucking weird.
I don't like this.
I don't like this.
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
So in the last month I have learned I can get, essentially, frostbite on my toes/fingers and sunburns inside because my body is fucking weird.
I don't like this.
I don't like this.
I live in the other London, in Ontario Canada.
This story is actually about my London, and the university mentioned is my alma mater.
Canada students charged in explosives case as police investigate share.google/hMCoHb9jxNtP...
I watched the news conference this am and they spoke *around* a LOT.
This story is actually about my London, and the university mentioned is my alma mater.
Canada students charged in explosives case as police investigate share.google/hMCoHb9jxNtP...
I watched the news conference this am and they spoke *around* a LOT.
Canada students charged in explosives case as police investigate
Police say they won't speculate on the intent of the accused, who appeared to have been developing an anti-drone weapons system to meet "military demand".
share.google
February 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
I live in the other London, in Ontario Canada.
This story is actually about my London, and the university mentioned is my alma mater.
Canada students charged in explosives case as police investigate share.google/hMCoHb9jxNtP...
I watched the news conference this am and they spoke *around* a LOT.
This story is actually about my London, and the university mentioned is my alma mater.
Canada students charged in explosives case as police investigate share.google/hMCoHb9jxNtP...
I watched the news conference this am and they spoke *around* a LOT.
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Every accusation made by the right wing has been a confession.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Every accusation made by the right wing has been a confession.
Well fuck. My face is aflame. As in red and burning to the touch where something has triggered my skin.
I'm literally concerned it will blister it's burning a certain way.
I have several layers of skin care and a heavy foundation and concealer on.
I'm literally concerned it will blister it's burning a certain way.
I have several layers of skin care and a heavy foundation and concealer on.
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Well fuck. My face is aflame. As in red and burning to the touch where something has triggered my skin.
I'm literally concerned it will blister it's burning a certain way.
I have several layers of skin care and a heavy foundation and concealer on.
I'm literally concerned it will blister it's burning a certain way.
I have several layers of skin care and a heavy foundation and concealer on.
Oops. When you forget one of your cousins is at the Olympics.
Look, there are a lot of them and he's there as support athletic staff this time
Look, there are a lot of them and he's there as support athletic staff this time
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Oops. When you forget one of your cousins is at the Olympics.
Look, there are a lot of them and he's there as support athletic staff this time
Look, there are a lot of them and he's there as support athletic staff this time