Just a Penguin Outside the Box
@penguin-box.bsky.social
In Alberta. Can’t stop hoping. Late autistic. Chronically ill. Queer. Mother. Daughter. Friend.
I’m new to social media, although admittedly I’ve been a lurker (all my anxiety would allow), please be gentle, I love these spaces.
I’m new to social media, although admittedly I’ve been a lurker (all my anxiety would allow), please be gentle, I love these spaces.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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Quiet, piggy
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Quiet, piggy
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No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People
For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
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The Alberta Healthcare Disaster, with Dr. Paul Parks
Parks' unfiltered description of AB's health system catastrophe is unsettling.
Who's responsible? @abdaniellesmith.
Share this interview. Every Albertan should watch it.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
youtu.be/nZIUpRIY-c4
Parks' unfiltered description of AB's health system catastrophe is unsettling.
Who's responsible? @abdaniellesmith.
Share this interview. Every Albertan should watch it.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
youtu.be/nZIUpRIY-c4
The Alberta Healthcare Disaster, with Dr. Paul Parks
YouTube video by Energi Media
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January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The Alberta Healthcare Disaster, with Dr. Paul Parks
Parks' unfiltered description of AB's health system catastrophe is unsettling.
Who's responsible? @abdaniellesmith.
Share this interview. Every Albertan should watch it.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
youtu.be/nZIUpRIY-c4
Parks' unfiltered description of AB's health system catastrophe is unsettling.
Who's responsible? @abdaniellesmith.
Share this interview. Every Albertan should watch it.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
youtu.be/nZIUpRIY-c4
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Amanda Marcotte: The Minnesota daycare hoax is being used by Trump and MAGA to justify harassing Somali-Americans. It also reveals how much MAGA is fueled by their sexual weirdness. Why hoax daycares? Because of their sick ideas about sex and gender. An analysis. www.salon.com/2026/01/05/m...
Minnesota day care hoax is fueled by MAGA psychosexual weirdness
The racism underlying MAGA's latest obsession is intertwined with misogyny
www.salon.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Amanda Marcotte: The Minnesota daycare hoax is being used by Trump and MAGA to justify harassing Somali-Americans. It also reveals how much MAGA is fueled by their sexual weirdness. Why hoax daycares? Because of their sick ideas about sex and gender. An analysis. www.salon.com/2026/01/05/m...
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At any point over the last decade do you think you could walk up to a Trump supporter at a MAGA rally and ask them to name the President of Venezuela and get a correct answer?
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
At any point over the last decade do you think you could walk up to a Trump supporter at a MAGA rally and ask them to name the President of Venezuela and get a correct answer?
“Why do you think conservative pundits and media are so obsessed with ‘debate me’ bullshit to begin with? It’s because whatever we argue is meaningless: simply by entering the ring, we’ve conceded that long-standing freedoms are now up for debate… those aren’t debates—they’re humiliation rituals.”
When Rebecca Solnit asks you to turn a thread into an essay, you fucking do it. jessica.substack.com/p/cbs-news-f...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“Why do you think conservative pundits and media are so obsessed with ‘debate me’ bullshit to begin with? It’s because whatever we argue is meaningless: simply by entering the ring, we’ve conceded that long-standing freedoms are now up for debate… those aren’t debates—they’re humiliation rituals.”
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How Alberta Is Putting Women and Girls at Risk via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Danielle Smith is infected by the MAGA idiology disease. It is eating her brain. Her rants and decision-making is consistent with the disease.
Danielle Smith is infected by the MAGA idiology disease. It is eating her brain. Her rants and decision-making is consistent with the disease.
How Alberta Is Putting Women and Girls at Risk | The Tyee
Danielle Smith’s education reforms are increasing danger and eroding prevention efforts.
thetyee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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“Replacing” safe consumption and overdose prevention sites with treatment, it’s like cardiologists throwing out CPR in favour of blood pressure-lowering medication.
Dead people don’t recover !#ABpoli
#DrugSky
Dead people don’t recover !#ABpoli
#DrugSky
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“Replacing” safe consumption and overdose prevention sites with treatment, it’s like cardiologists throwing out CPR in favour of blood pressure-lowering medication.
Dead people don’t recover !#ABpoli
#DrugSky
Dead people don’t recover !#ABpoli
#DrugSky
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How cool is this, Operation Total Recall has even created a spotify list. The creates of this website are amazing ! #ABleg #ABpoli #CdnPoli #RecallThemALL #TotalRecall
open.spotify.com/playlist/3lP...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3lP...
Operation Total Recall
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
How cool is this, Operation Total Recall has even created a spotify list. The creates of this website are amazing ! #ABleg #ABpoli #CdnPoli #RecallThemALL #TotalRecall
open.spotify.com/playlist/3lP...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3lP...
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“If it were really that bad you would be in hospital!”
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“If it were really that bad you would be in hospital!”
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
The fuckery just keeps topping itself. Horrifying.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The fuckery just keeps topping itself. Horrifying.
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"The right wing aesthetic project is to flood the zone... with bullshit... to erode intellectual foundations for resisting political cruelty.
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"The right wing aesthetic project is to flood the zone... with bullshit... to erode intellectual foundations for resisting political cruelty.
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
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November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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“the UCP motion to limit debate on Bill 2 and pass the Back to School Act in one day is corrosive to democratic accountability”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
Back to School Notwithstanding the Charter
By: Shaun Fluker and JD students registered in the Public Interest Law Clinic Legislation Commented On: Back to School Act, SA 2025 (full citation unavailable at publication time) PDF Version: Back…
ablawg.ca
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“the UCP motion to limit debate on Bill 2 and pass the Back to School Act in one day is corrosive to democratic accountability”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
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Operation Total Recall is a website with information on how to start and track the recall process for every MLA that voted in favour of Bill 2. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Solidarity with students all over #Alberta today who are walking out of school in support of their teachers & public education.
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Solidarity with students all over #Alberta today who are walking out of school in support of their teachers & public education.
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
Disgusting. Separate David Parker from Alberta!
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Disgusting. Separate David Parker from Alberta!
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Nicolaides stood by while the #UCP silenced teachers, forcing them back to overcrowded classrooms w/ no support, no solutions, & no respect. He's failed teachers, students, & families.
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Nicolaides stood by while the #UCP silenced teachers, forcing them back to overcrowded classrooms w/ no support, no solutions, & no respect. He's failed teachers, students, & families.
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
Go students!! 💪🏻 We’re all with you and your teachers.
At 11 a.m. today, students from more than a dozen Calgary and area high schools are expected to walk out of class in support of their teachers #yyc #abteachers www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Calgary students join provincewide walkout backing teachers
Thousands of Alberta students, including many in Calgary, will walk out of class Thursday morning to show support for teachers who were legislated back to work earlier this week under the province’s B...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Go students!! 💪🏻 We’re all with you and your teachers.
