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Richard Levangie
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#Author. Environmentalist. Feminist. Ally. Survivor. Warrior. Settler. Climate activist. Woke AF. MFA. Secrets of the Hotel Maisonnueve, 2020. Red Tiger, Spring, 2026 (Galleon). Kjipuktuk. Halifax, Nova Scotia. He/him. Be kind, be cool. 🇨🇦 315ppm
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#Halifax #Dartmouth

We picked up pastries today at Jamms Filipino Bakeshop at 114 Woodlawn. The pastries and desserts are amazing and the welcome is warm. Great experience. Affordable.

(Former restaurant critic; I don’t impress easily).

PS: I swiped their photos from Insta.
#HaliSky
beautiful coconut chocolate cake A photo I swiped from Jamms. Pistachio cake, I’d guess cinnamon pastries
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Yup.

I wrote this in September. I think this is the play.
Hold minority congressional investigations into why convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein called Trump his best friend, and invite victims to testify until Republicans shut you down. Then rent a Holiday Inn in Iowa or Nebraska and hold more investigations. Crucify Republicans and Democrats alike, but don’t stop until every woman who wants to speak has testified under oath. If Trump is demonized, as most expect, then promise to impeach him for a third time after you regain the House.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Six weeks ago, I wrote this.

#Congress is a hollow vessel now. The important work to save American #Democracy needs to take place outside of congress, if Republicans continue to stonewall.

#Epstein
#Epsteinvictims
#Democrats
#Republicans
Hold minority congressional investigations into why convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein called Trump his best friend, and invite victims to testify until Republicans shut you down. Then rent a Holiday Inn in Iowa or Nebraska and hold more investigations. Crucify Republicans and Democrats alike, but don’t stop until every woman who wants to speak has testified under oath. If Trump is demonized, as most expect, then promise to impeach him for a third time after you regain the House.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Who appears most often in the latest release of Epstein’s emails?

Why none other than President Donald #Trump. President Bill #Clinton is a distant second.

@wsj.com

#epsteinscandal
#epstein
Donald Trump appears in 1670 threads out of 2324. so we see a ton of blue dots mixed with a few gray. Bill Clinton’s plot shows 512 mentions, about 70 percent fewer. Larry Summers whiny emails take up 117 threads of 2324
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Caption: Holy Shit. It’s all falling into place. Photo: police crime board with photos of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Both photos are help up by thumbtacks with a single string linking the two men in a criminal enterprise.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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A full court press from the Trump administration as they pressure a republican congresswoman to remove her vote from the discharge petition.

This might be the only decent thing that Lauren Boebert has done in her time in Congress. I expect she’ll cave.

#Epstein
newspaper quote Top Trump administration officials were planning to meet Wednesday about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting. One of the sources said the planned meeting would include Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has wanted the Justice Department to release their trove of Epstein files and has signed onto the effort in the US House to force the vote compelling their release.
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Anyone heading to #HALCON this weekend?

WFNS is distributing a spec fiction zine that highlights 13 regional #authors, including me. Look for The Anvil Mountains.

It’s pulled from Red Tiger, a 120K word #fantasy coming from @galleon-books.bsky.social in Spring 2026.

#HaliSky
#NovaScotia
#books
Black, abstract image of two tigers, tinted red, with gold flecks to make it dramatic. AI image, not a book cover.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The #Subway Warrior has been acquitted!

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice!
poster of the subway man throwing his sub at the No-Kings Rally. the poster shows him winding up to throw the sub at an ICE agent. black image on a pink background
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Anyone heading to #HALCON this weekend?

WFNS is distributing a spec fiction zine that highlights 13 regional #authors, including me. Look for The Anvil Mountains.

It’s pulled from Red Tiger, a 120K word #fantasy coming from @galleon-books.bsky.social in Spring 2026.

#HaliSky
#NovaScotia
#books
Image shows two red tiger heads, somewhat abstract, against a black background, with flecks of gold dotting the canvas.
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Your DSA 1, 2 and 3 take sounds a lot like my current Substack. #Trump
I can't believe we here again. I can't believe how hard America has fallen. The number of Americans who support a cruel, abusive kakistocracy is staggering and heartbreaking. I shake with anger every time I think about it. And then I face an inconvenient truth. We haven't invented Star Trek's transporter technology, so we can't beam 50 million racist Americans to the other racist planet in the outer reaches of our galaxy. We have to find ways to reach them, to educate them. And the way to do that is to expand opportunities for all Americans so they study beside people of color, and work with folks who are neurodivergent, and fight against criminal capitalism with citizens who use different pronouns. It's going to be a long slog, so we better get started.
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I’m not American, but this still feels like desecration to me.

He’s such a stupid man. You know the ballroom that replaces the East Wing will be ugly as fuck.
Washington Post photo show White House East Wing being destroyed to make way for a ballroom.
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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My wife just proved my point. She just started in the Diamond and look at this insanity! #Duolingo
Duolingo screen showing the top performers in the Diamond League. After less than a day the league leader has 2541 points!
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Oh, my heart.

My hero remembered at the Forum in Montreal.

#KenDryden
#MontrealCanadiens
#Hockey
Ken Dryden’s goalie mask resting on the net at the Montreal Forum to mark his passing. We spent a few hours together once, and it was everything I could have hoped for.
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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It’s not often that someone famous passes, and I’m moved to tears. I don’t cry easily.

But Jane Goodall’s death has me wiping away fresh tears every few minutes.

What a life she lived. She taught me more about religion and decency and honour than any priest, or cardinal or minister ever could.
Jane Goodall embraces a chimpanzee
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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One of the planet’s best humans has passed. I’m so sorry that we let you down.

Godspeed Jane Goodall.

#RIP
#JaneGoodall
Photo of a newspaper headline mourning Jane Goodall. Photo shows her looking intently at a chimpanzee who is looking intently at her.
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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According to Forbes, Donald Trump has increased his net worth by more than $3 billion (all crypto and other extortion deals) in the first nine months of his presidency.

Nothing to see here.

#Trump
#Corruption
ancient looking grifter donald trump photo
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Police are warning the public to be vigilant this #Halloween 🎃 because some WOKE candy manufacturers may try to turn kids autistic.
joke: chocolate candy bar slices to reveal caramel and a tylenol capsule
September 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Too good not to share. Bedford Highway, #Bedford, #NovaScotia in 1898.
Old black and white photo shows a woman in Victorian dress and a bicycle and a narrow dirt road. Trees and bushes line the road.
September 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I have bad news and I have good news.

The bad news is that Tylenol causes #Autism.

The good news is that it only causes autism in the United States (of stupidity).
Politico story shows RFK Jr and other functionaries pushing bad science.
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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On Friday, this Canadian cancelled my subscription to #Disney & donated $25 to support @propublica.org’s independent, fearless journalism.

Trump has cowed American corporations & the American media. This is a frightening time & we need to fight harder.

How we spend money is powerful.
Reason for cancellation Other Firing of Kimmel and cozying up to fascism. That so many American companies are willing to bend the knee and then kiss the ass is appalling. I expected better from Disney. I won't see in any Disney movies in theatres either.
September 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Not only did the Canadian women’s rugby team beat New Zealand, which that hasn’t lost a game in the World Cup since 2014, they CROWDFUNDED this whole endeavour.

Next week, they play for the cup, but they’ve already won our hearts.

Go #Canada 🇨🇦 Go!

#rugby
#womensrugby
Canadian women’s rugby team joyously celebrating a world cup win over New Zealand.
September 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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This Canadian cares about what Disney did, and I know maybe a dozen that did what I did yesterday.
text screenshot of dialogue box with my reason for quitting Disney+: Firing of Kimmel and cozying up to fascism. That so many American companies are willing to bend the knee and then kiss the ass is appalling. I expected better from Disney. I won't see in any Disney movies in theatres.
September 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This is amazing. Go #Canada 🇨🇦Go!

#Rugby
#WomensRugby
Photo showing women’s rugby players from Canada celebrating a win over New Zealand
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Always happy to support the Big Guy!
Other Firing of Kimmel and cozying up to fascism. That so many American companies are willing to bend the knee and then kiss the ass is appalling. I expected better from Disney. I won't see in any Disney movies in theatres either.
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Bye, bye #Disney.
Other Firing of Kimmel and cozying up to fascism. That so many American companies are willing to bend the knee and then kiss the ass is appalling. I expected better from Disney. I won't see in any Disney movies in theatres either.
September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM