Megan Holsapple
@blackmooneyes.bsky.social
Northern Canadian originally from Maine. Writer, hiker, church selfie taker.
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Why are we assuming this just affects schools? Like, is there something special about educational plumbing?
Another Yellowknife school has failed water tests over unsafe lead levels. Five of the first six schools to be tested territory-wide have now reported issues.
Mildred Hall School becomes fifth in NWT with unsafe lead in water
Another Yellowknife school has failed water tests over unsafe lead levels. Five of the first six schools to be tested territory-wide have now reported issues.
cabinradio.ca
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Why are we assuming this just affects schools? Like, is there something special about educational plumbing?
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Anselm is at it again in the newest episode.
487 – Stealing a Wife From God | The British History Podcast
Edith, the daughter of King Malcolm Canmore, has appeared from time to time in our story and (by this point) she was about 20 years old… and many of those years had been weird ones. I’m going to do a ...
www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Anselm is at it again in the newest episode.
Graham's review reports are so well written, I put the CanLII RSS feed into my Feedly long before I ever thought I'd use them for work. They were just good reading. Clear, direct, thoughtful. Everything you want in a decision.
His retirement is well earned, but I'll miss reading his reports.
His retirement is well earned, but I'll miss reading his reports.
Today, December 5, is the last day in office for Nunavut's Information and Privacy Commissioner, Graham Steele. He is retiring after serving for five years. A successor has not yet been named.
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Graham's review reports are so well written, I put the CanLII RSS feed into my Feedly long before I ever thought I'd use them for work. They were just good reading. Clear, direct, thoughtful. Everything you want in a decision.
His retirement is well earned, but I'll miss reading his reports.
His retirement is well earned, but I'll miss reading his reports.
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"More than just a set of units." This transitional housing on Yellowknife's edge aims to prepare people for independent living. It's set to open on December 15.
See inside Yellowknife’s new transitional housing facility
"More than just a set of units." This transitional housing on Yellowknife's edge aims to prepare people for independent living. It's set to open on December 15.
cabinradio.ca
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"More than just a set of units." This transitional housing on Yellowknife's edge aims to prepare people for independent living. It's set to open on December 15.
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People DID whine about this, and about seatbelts and smoking bans. The difference now is instead of a consensus around doing the right thing regardless, we have two factions: one wants to do the bad things to troll the second and the second wants to discuss how we should empathize with the first.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
People DID whine about this, and about seatbelts and smoking bans. The difference now is instead of a consensus around doing the right thing regardless, we have two factions: one wants to do the bad things to troll the second and the second wants to discuss how we should empathize with the first.
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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With another Giving Tuesday in the books, we want to thank and congratulate the community for raising $7,000 in donations across multiple funds! Your generosity carries all of us forward.
Donation portal: yellowknifecf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate
Donation portal: yellowknifecf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
With another Giving Tuesday in the books, we want to thank and congratulate the community for raising $7,000 in donations across multiple funds! Your generosity carries all of us forward.
Donation portal: yellowknifecf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate
Donation portal: yellowknifecf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate
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Trust is never a given — it can only be earned through partnership.
My message at the AFN assembly was that as we build major projects and stronger communities, our government will be a true partner in that work.
My message at the AFN assembly was that as we build major projects and stronger communities, our government will be a true partner in that work.
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trust is never a given — it can only be earned through partnership.
My message at the AFN assembly was that as we build major projects and stronger communities, our government will be a true partner in that work.
My message at the AFN assembly was that as we build major projects and stronger communities, our government will be a true partner in that work.
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Your periodic reminder that the lovely @kingsbookstore.bsky.social ships anywhere in Canada for $5 - and they stock my nonfiction story collection, No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks! Makes a great gift for anyone in your life who loves or is intrigued by the North, imho.
NO SLEEP 'TIL FAIRBANKS by Eva Holland | King's Co-op Bookstore
For the past fifteen years, Whitehorse-based journalist and author Eva Holland has been exploring and writing about the North. Travelling across the Yukon, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, and Nunav...
kingsbookstore.ca
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Your periodic reminder that the lovely @kingsbookstore.bsky.social ships anywhere in Canada for $5 - and they stock my nonfiction story collection, No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks! Makes a great gift for anyone in your life who loves or is intrigued by the North, imho.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Media: So… this looks like war crimes.
Trump: I trusted Hagueseth on that.
Hagueseth: I trusted Bradley on that.
Bradley: I was following orders… oh… I see. [calls his lawyer]
Trump: I trusted Hagueseth on that.
Hagueseth: I trusted Bradley on that.
Bradley: I was following orders… oh… I see. [calls his lawyer]
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Media: So… this looks like war crimes.
Trump: I trusted Hagueseth on that.
Hagueseth: I trusted Bradley on that.
Bradley: I was following orders… oh… I see. [calls his lawyer]
Trump: I trusted Hagueseth on that.
Hagueseth: I trusted Bradley on that.
Bradley: I was following orders… oh… I see. [calls his lawyer]
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"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump’s Fury at NYT Explodes amid Fresh Concerns about Mental Decline
As Trump’s rage at the paper of record reveals too much, the author of piece on Trump as “lame duck dictator” explains how devastating it is for him that his carefully-cultivated illusion of strength ...
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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I drew a clock and they’re saying that I came up with times that nobody else has ever even thought of before, Wednesday 35 AM, half past seventeen, 56 o’clock. They say it’s incredible. Almost terrifying.
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I drew a clock and they’re saying that I came up with times that nobody else has ever even thought of before, Wednesday 35 AM, half past seventeen, 56 o’clock. They say it’s incredible. Almost terrifying.
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Canada has what the world wants, including 34 critical minerals that are powering new technologies.
We’re moving forward on new mines and other major infrastructure so we can produce and sell more of them to the world — creating high-paying careers for Canadian workers.
We’re moving forward on new mines and other major infrastructure so we can produce and sell more of them to the world — creating high-paying careers for Canadian workers.
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Canada has what the world wants, including 34 critical minerals that are powering new technologies.
We’re moving forward on new mines and other major infrastructure so we can produce and sell more of them to the world — creating high-paying careers for Canadian workers.
We’re moving forward on new mines and other major infrastructure so we can produce and sell more of them to the world — creating high-paying careers for Canadian workers.
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This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
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"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
(Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
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The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
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No one will be employed but there will still be consumers for their goods and services.
These are not intelligent, serious people, nevermind moral.
These are not intelligent, serious people, nevermind moral.
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
No one will be employed but there will still be consumers for their goods and services.
These are not intelligent, serious people, nevermind moral.
These are not intelligent, serious people, nevermind moral.
From time to time I will speak with Premier Simpson in person. I always stand waaaaaaaay back so I don't hurt my neck looking at him. There are times when I could use a stepstool.
I was the tallest kid in grade four. Good times.
I was the tallest kid in grade four. Good times.
Premier Simpson and I are focused on unlocking new opportunities for Northerners.
Together, we’ll build major projects, open new export markets for Canada’s critical minerals, and make our Arctic more secure — to build a stronger North, and a stronger Canada.
Together, we’ll build major projects, open new export markets for Canada’s critical minerals, and make our Arctic more secure — to build a stronger North, and a stronger Canada.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
From time to time I will speak with Premier Simpson in person. I always stand waaaaaaaay back so I don't hurt my neck looking at him. There are times when I could use a stepstool.
I was the tallest kid in grade four. Good times.
I was the tallest kid in grade four. Good times.
Premier Simpson is pretty tall, but I can't help but wonder whether there's some forced perspective going on in this photo.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Premier Simpson is pretty tall, but I can't help but wonder whether there's some forced perspective going on in this photo.
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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I continue to *like* the idea that the United States imports not just individuals but societies, incorporating them into our great casserole, constantly reinventing a country in which one People is created from many.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I continue to *like* the idea that the United States imports not just individuals but societies, incorporating them into our great casserole, constantly reinventing a country in which one People is created from many.