Maggie Helwig
@maggiehelwig.bsky.social
She/they. Sometimes I do conceptual art. Sometimes I don't. Gangster pastor, allegedly.
"The only way that we, the small and the ordinary, might survive in any decent way, is if we learn to take care of each other."
"The only way that we, the small and the ordinary, might survive in any decent way, is if we learn to take care of each other."
I'd still rather have +Rowan meet me off the bus though.
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'd still rather have +Rowan meet me off the bus though.
She said, "Then why are you there?" He walked back to his car without answering.
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
She said, "Then why are you there?" He walked back to his car without answering.
I mean, not to dunk on buying sex, but 1) just do it up front rather than in disguise, and 2) don't force the model on women who haven't consented to it or even know that's what you intend to do.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I mean, not to dunk on buying sex, but 1) just do it up front rather than in disguise, and 2) don't force the model on women who haven't consented to it or even know that's what you intend to do.
And he clearly believes that buying sex is the only way any man ever obtains it ("you have to pick up the tab or women won't have sex with you, no one will have sex with you if you split the bill" -- HONESTLY?)
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And he clearly believes that buying sex is the only way any man ever obtains it ("you have to pick up the tab or women won't have sex with you, no one will have sex with you if you split the bill" -- HONESTLY?)
Me, in my clearest voice: The. Fire. Safety. Of. The. Concrete. Blocks?
EO: Yes. That's correct.
Me: Okay. I've got nothing else.
(It may also be of interest that this GardaWorld fire watch car is parking in the parking lot of AN ACTUAL FIRE STATION.)
EO: Yes. That's correct.
Me: Okay. I've got nothing else.
(It may also be of interest that this GardaWorld fire watch car is parking in the parking lot of AN ACTUAL FIRE STATION.)
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Me, in my clearest voice: The. Fire. Safety. Of. The. Concrete. Blocks?
EO: Yes. That's correct.
Me: Okay. I've got nothing else.
(It may also be of interest that this GardaWorld fire watch car is parking in the parking lot of AN ACTUAL FIRE STATION.)
EO: Yes. That's correct.
Me: Okay. I've got nothing else.
(It may also be of interest that this GardaWorld fire watch car is parking in the parking lot of AN ACTUAL FIRE STATION.)
1) Has he actually skated long distances? He might find it more physical work than he imagines.
2) In what way is cycling on a good trail on a winter day not "sheer delight"? One of my very best memories is a ride up the Humber Trail on the first really wintery day one year. Beautiful.
2) In what way is cycling on a good trail on a winter day not "sheer delight"? One of my very best memories is a ride up the Humber Trail on the first really wintery day one year. Beautiful.
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1) Has he actually skated long distances? He might find it more physical work than he imagines.
2) In what way is cycling on a good trail on a winter day not "sheer delight"? One of my very best memories is a ride up the Humber Trail on the first really wintery day one year. Beautiful.
2) In what way is cycling on a good trail on a winter day not "sheer delight"? One of my very best memories is a ride up the Humber Trail on the first really wintery day one year. Beautiful.
War Measures Act.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
War Measures Act.
("safety", not "safely", but that's probably obvious)
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
("safety", not "safely", but that's probably obvious)
I mean, that's part of it, that they seem to be afraid that remembering it, memorializing it, or even admitting it happened, is itself a risk. Safely can be obtained only through absolute silence and denial. It is the worst way to deal with trauma and also very consistent with a society of denial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I mean, that's part of it, that they seem to be afraid that remembering it, memorializing it, or even admitting it happened, is itself a risk. Safely can be obtained only through absolute silence and denial. It is the worst way to deal with trauma and also very consistent with a society of denial.
"The woman, who did not want her name used for her safety." My God, what kind of sad terrified lives do these people live?
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"The woman, who did not want her name used for her safety." My God, what kind of sad terrified lives do these people live?
We can't have encampments because parks are so important. But we can't have parks because ... a young man might walk around with a candle?
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can't have encampments because parks are so important. But we can't have parks because ... a young man might walk around with a candle?
So if she'd not been artificially induced a week early, she could have ended up born on the kitchen floor and dead. My mother's painless precipitous labours were enviable in a way, but also dangerous.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So if she'd not been artificially induced a week early, she could have ended up born on the kitchen floor and dead. My mother's painless precipitous labours were enviable in a way, but also dangerous.
That was basically how I was born -- my mother got as far as the hospital, but no one believed her when she said the baby was coming RIGHT AWAY, so I was born with no attendants in the room. Given that, my sister was induced in hospital, and a good thing too, because the cord was around her neck.
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
That was basically how I was born -- my mother got as far as the hospital, but no one believed her when she said the baby was coming RIGHT AWAY, so I was born with no attendants in the room. Given that, my sister was induced in hospital, and a good thing too, because the cord was around her neck.
I had hoped for a home birth, but experienced midwives transferred me to hospital in early labour. Without hospital care, my child would certainly have died, and I might have. It was traumatic but I'm not sure the hospital could have done anything to make it less traumatic. But point 3 still valid.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I had hoped for a home birth, but experienced midwives transferred me to hospital in early labour. Without hospital care, my child would certainly have died, and I might have. It was traumatic but I'm not sure the hospital could have done anything to make it less traumatic. But point 3 still valid.
It was around in the mid-90s when my child was born, but in those days it was magazines and newsletters and word of mouth for the most part. But I remember encountering similar content for decades before that. Social media is an accessibility driver, but this is long pre-social media.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It was around in the mid-90s when my child was born, but in those days it was magazines and newsletters and word of mouth for the most part. But I remember encountering similar content for decades before that. Social media is an accessibility driver, but this is long pre-social media.
And I think about things like how a broken meth pipe in a park is somehow orders of magnitude worse than a broken beer bottle in a park even though they are THE SAME THING, broken glass in a park. Non-ideal! But one is a nuisance and the other an existential threat.
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
And I think about things like how a broken meth pipe in a park is somehow orders of magnitude worse than a broken beer bottle in a park even though they are THE SAME THING, broken glass in a park. Non-ideal! But one is a nuisance and the other an existential threat.
No one in the encampment is forcing toddlers to stay inside. The staff at the daycare are making decisions about what they consider unsuitable or undesirable for children to see. Let's just keep our language clear on that, shall we?
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
No one in the encampment is forcing toddlers to stay inside. The staff at the daycare are making decisions about what they consider unsuitable or undesirable for children to see. Let's just keep our language clear on that, shall we?
Yes, his defenders keep leaning on the fact that he didn't actually break any laws. But especially if you're in a regulated and fiduciary profession, you do not need to actually commit crime in order to be rightly fired. That's a complete red herring.
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yes, his defenders keep leaning on the fact that he didn't actually break any laws. But especially if you're in a regulated and fiduciary profession, you do not need to actually commit crime in order to be rightly fired. That's a complete red herring.
It is a matter of undisputed record that he hit a student in the face in public "as a joke." Why is there even a debate about whether he is fit to be a teacher?
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It is a matter of undisputed record that he hit a student in the face in public "as a joke." Why is there even a debate about whether he is fit to be a teacher?
I think there is room for laptops or other devices as assistive technology (even my mild motor and spatial disabilities would have been helped by access to technologies which didn't then exist), but again, that should come with clear standards and controls.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I think there is room for laptops or other devices as assistive technology (even my mild motor and spatial disabilities would have been helped by access to technologies which didn't then exist), but again, that should come with clear standards and controls.