Ashleigh Lodge
@ashleighlodge.ca
Accessibility advocate and speaker, developer, leader. Watches way too much nerdy media. Pokémon Go and Pikmin Bloom running at all times. AuDHD fibromite and servant of Ratchet, cat of the house. Views are her own.
https://linktr.ee/shimmoril
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An Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) card game created by an Indigenous designer right here in #Winnipeg.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
Ataage Agindaasonan - An Ojibwe/Anishinaabemowin card game
A fun way to learn a language with access to audio translations and pronunciation breakdowns. Immerse yourself with the game phrases!
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
An Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) card game created by an Indigenous designer right here in #Winnipeg.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
Currently $4,110 pledged of $7,000 goal.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again and I will never stop saying it: this is not justice. This is not accountability. This is cruelty.
Driver who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash is one step closer to deportation, lawyer says
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has rejected one of two last bids for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to stay in the country
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again and I will never stop saying it: this is not justice. This is not accountability. This is cruelty.
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New at @winnipegfreepress.com. Every month, we’ll document one day in the life of a person, place, or organization that helps keep our community going. For first instalment, we went behind the scenes at the Winnipeg Humane Society, and met so many good cats
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Tell-tail dedication, instinct for compassion drive staff at the Winnipeg Humane Society
10:30 a.m. It’s mid-morning, and already the Winnipeg Humane Society’s veterinary clinic is deep in its daily routine. In the crowded prep room, veterinary technicians and assistants zip to and fro, c...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
New at @winnipegfreepress.com. Every month, we’ll document one day in the life of a person, place, or organization that helps keep our community going. For first instalment, we went behind the scenes at the Winnipeg Humane Society, and met so many good cats
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Hot damn Wonder Man is amazing
February 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Hot damn Wonder Man is amazing
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It was easily one of the most stressful jobs I've ever had, and I was a server before. I'd get home and wonder how the hell I got through that day.
Then I'd be paralyzed with stress thinking "oh god, I have to do it again tomorrow."
That is how incompetent but always available men become famous~~
Then I'd be paralyzed with stress thinking "oh god, I have to do it again tomorrow."
That is how incompetent but always available men become famous~~
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It was easily one of the most stressful jobs I've ever had, and I was a server before. I'd get home and wonder how the hell I got through that day.
Then I'd be paralyzed with stress thinking "oh god, I have to do it again tomorrow."
That is how incompetent but always available men become famous~~
Then I'd be paralyzed with stress thinking "oh god, I have to do it again tomorrow."
That is how incompetent but always available men become famous~~
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I could go point-by-point through this interview, correcting all the basic errors
But overall, I’m embarrassed. That this passes for policy. That it’s been 11 months and yet this sounds like a Minister who met his file a week ago
But overall, I’m embarrassed. That this passes for policy. That it’s been 11 months and yet this sounds like a Minister who met his file a week ago
Under new policy, Canadian foreign aid must now be profitable to Canada says Minister Randeep Sarai.
How will that help people in need of shelter, facing atrocities, or needing protection from disease?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnpoli
How will that help people in need of shelter, facing atrocities, or needing protection from disease?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnpoli
Ottawa to focus foreign aid efforts on building ‘mutual prosperity’ with trading partners, MP says
Comments come as the federal government moves to slash $2.7-billion from the foreign aid budget over four years
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I could go point-by-point through this interview, correcting all the basic errors
But overall, I’m embarrassed. That this passes for policy. That it’s been 11 months and yet this sounds like a Minister who met his file a week ago
But overall, I’m embarrassed. That this passes for policy. That it’s been 11 months and yet this sounds like a Minister who met his file a week ago
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Canada’s aid budget is ~$6bn and people’s lives depend on it
I don’t object to policy changes or even cuts per se. I object to vacuous, incoherent policy, ill-briefed, unprepared and with basic errors
I don’t object to policy changes or even cuts per se. I object to vacuous, incoherent policy, ill-briefed, unprepared and with basic errors
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Canada’s aid budget is ~$6bn and people’s lives depend on it
I don’t object to policy changes or even cuts per se. I object to vacuous, incoherent policy, ill-briefed, unprepared and with basic errors
I don’t object to policy changes or even cuts per se. I object to vacuous, incoherent policy, ill-briefed, unprepared and with basic errors
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So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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Microsoft Inclusive Design
Microsoft Inclusive Design is a practice that anyone who creates and manages products and services can use to build more inclusive experiences for everyone. Get the principles, guidebooks, workshop to...
inclusive.microsoft.design
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
February 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.
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Canadians horrified by what ICE is doing should realize the RCMP uses the same tactics domestically against Indigenous people and yet barely anyone speaks up.
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Canadians horrified by what ICE is doing should realize the RCMP uses the same tactics domestically against Indigenous people and yet barely anyone speaks up.
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it
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My @winnipegfreepress.com column today on the lessons of Minneapolis, where we can find the hope we all need:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Defiant Minneapolis citizenry delivers aspirational message
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My @winnipegfreepress.com column today on the lessons of Minneapolis, where we can find the hope we all need:
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...
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Also if you’re from Minneapolis, I just want you to know this Winnipegger is really proud to call you our neighbour, and I DO NOT say that often about anything to do with the U.S. right now
January 31, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Also if you’re from Minneapolis, I just want you to know this Winnipegger is really proud to call you our neighbour, and I DO NOT say that often about anything to do with the U.S. right now
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New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
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In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
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There are rumors that ICE is dropping off people barefoot or even nude in the woods.
I just want to remind people that these tactics aren’t new or from 1940’s Europe.
Ask any indigenous people. It might be new to you, but they’ve been in this fight for centuries.
I just want to remind people that these tactics aren’t new or from 1940’s Europe.
Ask any indigenous people. It might be new to you, but they’ve been in this fight for centuries.
Left to freeze, Darrell Night exposed Canada police’s deadly ‘starlight tours’
Cree man, now dead at 56, helped reveal practice in which Saskatoon police drove Indigenous people out of city and abandoned them in sub-zero temperatures
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
There are rumors that ICE is dropping off people barefoot or even nude in the woods.
I just want to remind people that these tactics aren’t new or from 1940’s Europe.
Ask any indigenous people. It might be new to you, but they’ve been in this fight for centuries.
I just want to remind people that these tactics aren’t new or from 1940’s Europe.
Ask any indigenous people. It might be new to you, but they’ve been in this fight for centuries.
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What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
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The wild thing is watching companies spend years ignoring accessibility (building div soup with misused ARIA) and now seeing AI models fail to understand their sites. Turns out AI can’t infer structure where none exists.
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The wild thing is watching companies spend years ignoring accessibility (building div soup with misused ARIA) and now seeing AI models fail to understand their sites. Turns out AI can’t infer structure where none exists.
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I'm not going to applaud the government for funding food banks because food banks are by definition, a policy failure 🙃
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I'm not going to applaud the government for funding food banks because food banks are by definition, a policy failure 🙃
!!!
I pay taxes so my government can feed people with dignity, not so they can stand in a fucking breadline.
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM
!!!
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From me today:
Canadians watched with growing unease as once again, folks in Minneapolis not only mourned the death of a helper at the hands of government-sanctioned thugs, but were lied to about what happened.
When they come for the helpers, they come for us all.
futureofgood.co/when-they-co...
Canadians watched with growing unease as once again, folks in Minneapolis not only mourned the death of a helper at the hands of government-sanctioned thugs, but were lied to about what happened.
When they come for the helpers, they come for us all.
futureofgood.co/when-they-co...
When they come for the helpers, they come for us all | Future of Good
Canadians watched with growing unease as once again, folks in Minneapolis not only mourned the death of a helper at the hands of government-sanctioned thugs, but were lied to about what happened. I've...
futureofgood.co
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
From me today:
Canadians watched with growing unease as once again, folks in Minneapolis not only mourned the death of a helper at the hands of government-sanctioned thugs, but were lied to about what happened.
When they come for the helpers, they come for us all.
futureofgood.co/when-they-co...
Canadians watched with growing unease as once again, folks in Minneapolis not only mourned the death of a helper at the hands of government-sanctioned thugs, but were lied to about what happened.
When they come for the helpers, they come for us all.
futureofgood.co/when-they-co...
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if you’re tired of users telling you to use alt text, JUST FUCKING DO IT. the app automatically detects text on mobile. it’s literally a copy/paste job. communication is a two-way street. some people don’t use their eyes for that. it’s not a big deal. don’t be a dick.
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
if you’re tired of users telling you to use alt text, JUST FUCKING DO IT. the app automatically detects text on mobile. it’s literally a copy/paste job. communication is a two-way street. some people don’t use their eyes for that. it’s not a big deal. don’t be a dick.
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I don't want to live in a world where we forget how to be kind to each other and that seems to be the goal of those who want to control us.
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I don't want to live in a world where we forget how to be kind to each other and that seems to be the goal of those who want to control us.
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
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You do not need to traumatize yourself to be a better person, a better activist, to better oppose the people and forces engaged in this murderous evil. You just need to know it's happening and take action.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
You do not need to traumatize yourself to be a better person, a better activist, to better oppose the people and forces engaged in this murderous evil. You just need to know it's happening and take action.
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Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. The government is only listening to industry voices and that needs to change.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
A civil society initiative to advance AI law, policy, and regulation centred around human rights and the public interest
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. The government is only listening to industry voices and that needs to change.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.