AliSmith
@alismith269.bsky.social
Late-diagnosed autistic/AuDHD, CPTSD, disabled recovering academic, still masking 😷, Canadian/Ontario politics, never vote Conservative, she/her
Mostly reposts and the occasional music video
Mostly reposts and the occasional music video
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AliSmith
@alismith269.bsky.social
· Apr 2
American Idiot (Canadian Version) cover - Whitenoiz CA
YouTube video by Whitenoiz CA
youtu.be
A little music to accompany Trump’s escalating trade wars!
#elbowsup #BuyCanadian #cdnpoli #CanadaSky #Never51
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#elbowsup #BuyCanadian #cdnpoli #CanadaSky #Never51
youtu.be/oXnP_YIG7Ww?...
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Remembrance Day is always framed around the soldiers who died in war, but this anodyne honour is given to justify their deaths. Regretful casualties for noble goals. Millions died in WWI for imperial goals of aging plutocrats. Countless civilians have been killed before and since in the same goal.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Remembrance Day is always framed around the soldiers who died in war, but this anodyne honour is given to justify their deaths. Regretful casualties for noble goals. Millions died in WWI for imperial goals of aging plutocrats. Countless civilians have been killed before and since in the same goal.
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Everyone using “performative” in a negative way should reread Butler.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Everyone using “performative” in a negative way should reread Butler.
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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I love a meme targeted for my demographic
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love a meme targeted for my demographic
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"What seems like a massive step for transparency and disclosure must be seen in the context of the absence of anything before it. Coming off a baseline of disclosing nothing,...[AI firms] can now choose to carefully set the narrative around precisely what they desire and get accolades for doing so."
I'm curious as to why @bylinetimes.bsky.social are running tech corporation talking points, including pushing them out to hundreds of thousands of people.
Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"What seems like a massive step for transparency and disclosure must be seen in the context of the absence of anything before it. Coming off a baseline of disclosing nothing,...[AI firms] can now choose to carefully set the narrative around precisely what they desire and get accolades for doing so."
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“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks and loss of the country's measles elimination status
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Latest from me👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
Beautiful words ❤️
When I see the leaves change, I see the wisdom of being able to let go of what you don't need to survive the winter. I see the beauty of knowing that you can start again no matter how empty you temporarily will feel.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Beautiful words ❤️
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Na’kuset is an Indigenous rights activist and Sixties Scoop survivor. Now she’s releasing a children’s book; I Am My Name.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
Montreal Indigenous rights activist Na’kuset releases children’s book on Sixties Scoop | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Na’kuset is an Indigenous rights activist and Sixties Scoop survivor. Now she’s releasing a children’s book; I Am My Name.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
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Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
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Wish I could say something more weighty than "clown shit" but this is clown shit, not serious legislative maneuvers from the Democratic Senate Whip. Durbin's big ask is a pointless symbolic vote, even if it passes (it won't) Speaker Johnson said the House will never take it up.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wish I could say something more weighty than "clown shit" but this is clown shit, not serious legislative maneuvers from the Democratic Senate Whip. Durbin's big ask is a pointless symbolic vote, even if it passes (it won't) Speaker Johnson said the House will never take it up.
Yep. The push to ‘cure’ or ‘prevent’ autism is, at its core, eugenics
When people say “prevent Autism” … I hear “prevent people like me from being born”. #ActuallyAutistic
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yep. The push to ‘cure’ or ‘prevent’ autism is, at its core, eugenics
While this skeet is about the US, so much of this applies to the Liberals and Conservatives in Canada too. We are not far behind the American chaos if we don’t seriously course correct…which we will, of course, not do 🤷♀️
The status quo delivered us to this moment of fascist acceleration. As Democratic elites in Washington keep proving, they have nothing to offer but behavior that abets and fosters more of the same. Their trajectory is as fixed as the right's.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
While this skeet is about the US, so much of this applies to the Liberals and Conservatives in Canada too. We are not far behind the American chaos if we don’t seriously course correct…which we will, of course, not do 🤷♀️
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As an Autistic Person, I feel strongly that “Autism is NOT a tragedy, but people’s opinions about Autistic People’s existence are tragic”.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As an Autistic Person, I feel strongly that “Autism is NOT a tragedy, but people’s opinions about Autistic People’s existence are tragic”.
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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
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Oh, now it all suddenly becomes clear.
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Oh, now it all suddenly becomes clear.
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Of course these pardons are really about signaling to members of the current administration that are criming, “keep going, i got you”
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Of course these pardons are really about signaling to members of the current administration that are criming, “keep going, i got you”
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Carney adds more deficits to budget while nobody paying attention
Carney adds more deficits to budget while nobody paying attention
OTTAWA - Amid a week of heavily-publicized upheaval in the Conservative caucus, Prime Minister Mark Carney is currently adding even larger deficit spending after realizing that nobody is paying any at...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Carney adds more deficits to budget while nobody paying attention
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“50% of Conservatives approve of Donald Trump. Given his administration’s actions to undermine women’s reproductive rights, minority rights and democratic institutions, this is indicative of the policies they’d favour if the Conservatives were in power.”
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November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“50% of Conservatives approve of Donald Trump. Given his administration’s actions to undermine women’s reproductive rights, minority rights and democratic institutions, this is indicative of the policies they’d favour if the Conservatives were in power.”
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
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Isn't it convenient how the left has almost no societal power, yet we're responsible for the right and center (who hold virtually all of the wealth and power) not stepping up to deal with a chronic problem like male loneliness.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Isn't it convenient how the left has almost no societal power, yet we're responsible for the right and center (who hold virtually all of the wealth and power) not stepping up to deal with a chronic problem like male loneliness.
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It's really sad that conservatives can't even talk about male loneliness without bringing their own culture wars bullshit into it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
Opinion: We owe it to Canadian men and boys to prioritize their mental health
Male Canadians are less likely to seek help, and more likely to suffer devastating consequences because of it
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's really sad that conservatives can't even talk about male loneliness without bringing their own culture wars bullshit into it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
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Poilievre's CPC party is full of toxicity and destructive characters. Disgusting display after disgusting display. There will be more defections and soon.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Poilievre's CPC party is full of toxicity and destructive characters. Disgusting display after disgusting display. There will be more defections and soon.
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...