Andrea Still
@astill73.bsky.social
Humboldt to Ottawa. Mom to 2 including my Coffin-Siris Syndrome son. I seek dead people. Pierogi rule. Posts always my own. Now with extra ADHD.
Skeets before Oct/23 imported from the bad place.
Skeets before Oct/23 imported from the bad place.
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Andrea Still
@astill73.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Welcome to my new followers!
I’m not sure I have any hot takes, but here is what you’ll get by following me:
- Cat content (we have 3)
- Random stuff about being a mom of 2 very busy and funny kids
- Stuff related to Coffin-Siris Syndrome (that’s 9)
- Random funnies my 12 year old says
I’m not sure I have any hot takes, but here is what you’ll get by following me:
- Cat content (we have 3)
- Random stuff about being a mom of 2 very busy and funny kids
- Stuff related to Coffin-Siris Syndrome (that’s 9)
- Random funnies my 12 year old says
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Rita Angus (1908-1970) was a New Zealand painter credited as one of the leading figures in 20th century New Zealand art. Her self portrait, 1937 #womensart
February 19, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Rita Angus (1908-1970) was a New Zealand painter credited as one of the leading figures in 20th century New Zealand art. Her self portrait, 1937 #womensart
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City of Ottawa seeking feedback on proposed cricket pitch in south-end park
City of Ottawa seeking feedback on proposed cricket pitch in south-end park
The City of Ottawa has launched public consultations, including a survey, on a proposal for a full-size cricket pitch at Beryl Gaffney Park.
bit.ly
February 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM
City of Ottawa seeking feedback on proposed cricket pitch in south-end park
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9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
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To prebunk what we can expect to hear tomorrow:
🔴 Immigrants pay provincial taxes.
🔴 Many non-immigrants don't.
Cutting off immigrants' access to public services isn't about protecting taxpayers.
It's about picking and choosing who is worthy of healthcare and education.
🔴 Immigrants pay provincial taxes.
🔴 Many non-immigrants don't.
Cutting off immigrants' access to public services isn't about protecting taxpayers.
It's about picking and choosing who is worthy of healthcare and education.
For years, people have said Canada's brand of right-wing populism was unique in lacking a xenophobic, anti-immigrant strain.
Anyone still under that illusion should watch premier Smith's speech to Albertans tomorrow.
Anyone still under that illusion should watch premier Smith's speech to Albertans tomorrow.
February 19, 2026 at 3:11 AM
To prebunk what we can expect to hear tomorrow:
🔴 Immigrants pay provincial taxes.
🔴 Many non-immigrants don't.
Cutting off immigrants' access to public services isn't about protecting taxpayers.
It's about picking and choosing who is worthy of healthcare and education.
🔴 Immigrants pay provincial taxes.
🔴 Many non-immigrants don't.
Cutting off immigrants' access to public services isn't about protecting taxpayers.
It's about picking and choosing who is worthy of healthcare and education.
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It would’ve cost about $30 billion to pay for subsidies so we could afford to get health insurance
Then Trump would’ve had $8 billion left to help lower the cost of food
Instead, he’s paying for ICE to build concentration camps
While Americans are uninsured and broke
Trump
Affordability
Chaos
Then Trump would’ve had $8 billion left to help lower the cost of food
Instead, he’s paying for ICE to build concentration camps
While Americans are uninsured and broke
Trump
Affordability
Chaos
February 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It would’ve cost about $30 billion to pay for subsidies so we could afford to get health insurance
Then Trump would’ve had $8 billion left to help lower the cost of food
Instead, he’s paying for ICE to build concentration camps
While Americans are uninsured and broke
Trump
Affordability
Chaos
Then Trump would’ve had $8 billion left to help lower the cost of food
Instead, he’s paying for ICE to build concentration camps
While Americans are uninsured and broke
Trump
Affordability
Chaos
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The story of Whiteness in America centers on how immigrant out-groups are treated as foreign threats until they merge into the in-group. The important story of our "heritage" is that out-groups can join the in-group at all. www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
February 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The story of Whiteness in America centers on how immigrant out-groups are treated as foreign threats until they merge into the in-group. The important story of our "heritage" is that out-groups can join the in-group at all. www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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UPDATE: Just spoke with the head of CSPL.
They have *still* not heard from ICE/DHS about granting clergy access to the Broadview ICE facility. A federal court order issued last week required ICE/DHS to work with CSPL to grant clergy access to the site on Ash Wednesday.
Today is Ash Wednesday.
They have *still* not heard from ICE/DHS about granting clergy access to the Broadview ICE facility. A federal court order issued last week required ICE/DHS to work with CSPL to grant clergy access to the site on Ash Wednesday.
Today is Ash Wednesday.
Can corroborate @sojo.net here: CSPL has also told me they have yet to hear from DHS about clergy being granted access to the Broadview ICE facility.
A federal court order issued last week requires them not only to allow clergy in, but to work to CSPL to do so. religionnews.com/2026/02/13/j...
A federal court order issued last week requires them not only to allow clergy in, but to work to CSPL to do so. religionnews.com/2026/02/13/j...
February 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
UPDATE: Just spoke with the head of CSPL.
They have *still* not heard from ICE/DHS about granting clergy access to the Broadview ICE facility. A federal court order issued last week required ICE/DHS to work with CSPL to grant clergy access to the site on Ash Wednesday.
Today is Ash Wednesday.
They have *still* not heard from ICE/DHS about granting clergy access to the Broadview ICE facility. A federal court order issued last week required ICE/DHS to work with CSPL to grant clergy access to the site on Ash Wednesday.
Today is Ash Wednesday.
If you’d like to watch these two call regular NHL games in Inuktitut (with their other colleague) or watch their colleagues call games in Plains Cree, you can catch them at APTN.
www.aptntv.ca/hockey/
www.aptntv.ca/hockey/
February 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
If you’d like to watch these two call regular NHL games in Inuktitut (with their other colleague) or watch their colleagues call games in Plains Cree, you can catch them at APTN.
www.aptntv.ca/hockey/
www.aptntv.ca/hockey/
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ICE is still here in Minnesota.
The only difference in the “drawdown” I am seeing is a shift from the Bovino actions that were done for confrontation and conflict for the cameras to more snatch and grabs that are no less awful, if more dispersed.
Until they are all home.
Until we are all safe.
The only difference in the “drawdown” I am seeing is a shift from the Bovino actions that were done for confrontation and conflict for the cameras to more snatch and grabs that are no less awful, if more dispersed.
Until they are all home.
Until we are all safe.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
ICE is still here in Minnesota.
The only difference in the “drawdown” I am seeing is a shift from the Bovino actions that were done for confrontation and conflict for the cameras to more snatch and grabs that are no less awful, if more dispersed.
Until they are all home.
Until we are all safe.
The only difference in the “drawdown” I am seeing is a shift from the Bovino actions that were done for confrontation and conflict for the cameras to more snatch and grabs that are no less awful, if more dispersed.
Until they are all home.
Until we are all safe.
I used to deal with an opposing counsel who liked to be overdramatic. I completely ignored the drama every time. He eventually learned.
They can control themselves. They just don’t want to. It’s a choice.
They can control themselves. They just don’t want to. It’s a choice.
The best part of this Lindsey Graham temper tantrum story is the Danish Prime Minister’s response to South Carolina’s most famous man-child.
February 19, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I used to deal with an opposing counsel who liked to be overdramatic. I completely ignored the drama every time. He eventually learned.
They can control themselves. They just don’t want to. It’s a choice.
They can control themselves. They just don’t want to. It’s a choice.
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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Several of us are now on Bluesky:
The latest is our latest, @cassidymcmackon.bsky.social.
@ctvmarkvillani.bsky.social posts regularly.
@mistersleepless.bsky.social posts with "proper encouragement."
And @ctvshaunf.bsky.social is around quite often.
As is @ctvnewsianwhite.bsky.social.
The latest is our latest, @cassidymcmackon.bsky.social.
@ctvmarkvillani.bsky.social posts regularly.
@mistersleepless.bsky.social posts with "proper encouragement."
And @ctvshaunf.bsky.social is around quite often.
As is @ctvnewsianwhite.bsky.social.
February 19, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Several of us are now on Bluesky:
The latest is our latest, @cassidymcmackon.bsky.social.
@ctvmarkvillani.bsky.social posts regularly.
@mistersleepless.bsky.social posts with "proper encouragement."
And @ctvshaunf.bsky.social is around quite often.
As is @ctvnewsianwhite.bsky.social.
The latest is our latest, @cassidymcmackon.bsky.social.
@ctvmarkvillani.bsky.social posts regularly.
@mistersleepless.bsky.social posts with "proper encouragement."
And @ctvshaunf.bsky.social is around quite often.
As is @ctvnewsianwhite.bsky.social.
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A couple of Canadian journalists (myself included) have started a fundraiser for Trenth Ernst & Tumbler Ridgelines. Since the shooting, he's stopped writing. We're hoping to get him some short-term support for these hard times.
Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...
Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
A couple of Canadian journalists (myself included) have started a fundraiser for Trenth Ernst & Tumbler Ridgelines. Since the shooting, he's stopped writing. We're hoping to get him some short-term support for these hard times.
Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...
Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...
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We have a great @theresisters.bsky.social “No Ostriching Here.” podcast episode with the knowledgeable @msmacrophage.bsky.social being posted very soon!
Stay tuned!
#VaccinesSaveLives
Stay tuned!
#VaccinesSaveLives
On CBC 6am news: they're saying that Canadians heading south for March Break should check their #measles vaccination status.
McMasters's Dr. Dawn Bowdish is saying that this is especially problematic for babies travelling.
Canada's loss of measles elimination status was brought up again.
McMasters's Dr. Dawn Bowdish is saying that this is especially problematic for babies travelling.
Canada's loss of measles elimination status was brought up again.
February 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
We have a great @theresisters.bsky.social “No Ostriching Here.” podcast episode with the knowledgeable @msmacrophage.bsky.social being posted very soon!
Stay tuned!
#VaccinesSaveLives
Stay tuned!
#VaccinesSaveLives
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Some days you just need to read a long, detailed history of the complicated story about pastrami. Tal's newsletter has you covered!
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buttondown.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Some days you just need to read a long, detailed history of the complicated story about pastrami. Tal's newsletter has you covered!
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As the public realizes the government is starting to arrest people speaking out against datacenters at public events. People should understand that is because the data centers are an integral part of fascist infrastructure, they are needed to target civilians for the next phase of ethnic cleansing.
Community activist arrested at data center meeting in Claremore
Community members in Claremore expressed shock when a man was arrested after speaking in opposition to a data center proposal."It all goes back to this idea of
ktul.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
As the public realizes the government is starting to arrest people speaking out against datacenters at public events. People should understand that is because the data centers are an integral part of fascist infrastructure, they are needed to target civilians for the next phase of ethnic cleansing.
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You need to stop supporting these hate-enabling, abuse-enabling, mostly-ragebaiting-grifters with no sense of ethics.
stillonx.com/top
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Top Unethical Accounts Still On X - Still On X
Top 100 most-followed Bluesky accounts that have been reported as still active on X (formerly Twitter).
stillonx.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
You need to stop supporting these hate-enabling, abuse-enabling, mostly-ragebaiting-grifters with no sense of ethics.
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stillonx.com/top
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"AI will cure cancer"
No bro, it is fully on cancer's side
No bro, it is fully on cancer's side
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"AI will cure cancer"
No bro, it is fully on cancer's side
No bro, it is fully on cancer's side
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As any seemingly mild or asymptomatic infection can lead to long covid (heart damage, blood clots etc) I would suggest we need vaccines plus: vaccines, clean air, ffp2, good ventilation. We just aren’t there will vaccines alone. A good article but if you want to avoid long covid #Maskup
A virus that causes vascular damage is not mild and children need protection. We all do. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
As any seemingly mild or asymptomatic infection can lead to long covid (heart damage, blood clots etc) I would suggest we need vaccines plus: vaccines, clean air, ffp2, good ventilation. We just aren’t there will vaccines alone. A good article but if you want to avoid long covid #Maskup
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Our case against the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken is on break, but here's more about press freedom in Canada. The Canadian Bar Association cites our case in this post about a new project offering pro-bono legal services for journalists. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
A legal lifeline
Lawyers for Reporters Canada will offer pro-bono legal services to journalists and news organizations as media face increased threats and efforts to shut down public debate
www.nationalmagazine.ca
February 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Our case against the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken is on break, but here's more about press freedom in Canada. The Canadian Bar Association cites our case in this post about a new project offering pro-bono legal services for journalists. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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‘What do you want us to cut?’: Councillors grill head of landlord association on Stop the Hike campaign
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'What do you want us to cut?': Councillors grill head of landlord association on Stop the Hike campaign - Halifax Examiner
Kevin Russell from the Rental Housing Providers Association of Nova Scotia (RHPNS) presented to the budget committee on Wednesday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
‘What do you want us to cut?’: Councillors grill head of landlord association on Stop the Hike campaign
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social
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Today @lataco.bsky.social launched a fundraiser to help me start their investigative news desk. We're hoping to raise $25k to help pay for lab tests, analyze ICE data that the Daily Memo's been compiling + work with more freelancers. Been dreaming of this for years!
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L.A. TACO Investigative Journalism Fund
By L.A. TACO
givebutter.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Today @lataco.bsky.social launched a fundraiser to help me start their investigative news desk. We're hoping to raise $25k to help pay for lab tests, analyze ICE data that the Daily Memo's been compiling + work with more freelancers. Been dreaming of this for years!
givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...
givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...
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Seeing guys claim that AI is *already* intelligent and capable of original thought really gives the game away. It’s not about waiting for the technology to miraculously become better, it’s about convincing you it’s something that it’s not
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Seeing guys claim that AI is *already* intelligent and capable of original thought really gives the game away. It’s not about waiting for the technology to miraculously become better, it’s about convincing you it’s something that it’s not