Bridget Stirling
@bridgetstirling.bsky.social
UAlberta PhD candidate exploring the politics of childhood and education and the temporality of childhood.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
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I've been sitting on this news for a couple of weeks now, and I'm excited to finally share.
I signed the contract today for my forthcoming book, "All Thy Sons Command: Childhood and the Canadian Far Right". I have a dissertation to finish first, but this is huge at this stage in my academic career.
I signed the contract today for my forthcoming book, "All Thy Sons Command: Childhood and the Canadian Far Right". I have a dissertation to finish first, but this is huge at this stage in my academic career.
I am both angered and impressed by people who sleep well enough on planes to snore.
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I am both angered and impressed by people who sleep well enough on planes to snore.
Absolutely wild and yet perhaps unsurprising that the "Bernie Bro" smear is being applied to @avilewis.ca supporters out here in Alberta.
Funny how people who claim they're building big tents never seem to want to make room on the left side.
Funny how people who claim they're building big tents never seem to want to make room on the left side.
January 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Absolutely wild and yet perhaps unsurprising that the "Bernie Bro" smear is being applied to @avilewis.ca supporters out here in Alberta.
Funny how people who claim they're building big tents never seem to want to make room on the left side.
Funny how people who claim they're building big tents never seem to want to make room on the left side.
Make this make sense.
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Make this make sense.
It is mindblowing that many people see now that we were right for calling it fascism years ago and yet we still have to point out that we are watching things unfold largely as predicted. Fascism now may look different but you can spot the patterns. We aren't overreacting.
Paramilitaries, you say?
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It is mindblowing that many people see now that we were right for calling it fascism years ago and yet we still have to point out that we are watching things unfold largely as predicted. Fascism now may look different but you can spot the patterns. We aren't overreacting.
Reorienting the same old system to put new powers at the table is just reproducing the exploitation and alienation that led the working class to look for answers that fascism was quite happy to provide.
When someone talks about which powers sit at the table, they don't mean us.
When someone talks about which powers sit at the table, they don't mean us.
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Reorienting the same old system to put new powers at the table is just reproducing the exploitation and alienation that led the working class to look for answers that fascism was quite happy to provide.
When someone talks about which powers sit at the table, they don't mean us.
When someone talks about which powers sit at the table, they don't mean us.
😂😭🫠
You (a justice-minded egalitarian critic of western foreign policy for years): "This alleged 'rules-based international order' is a sham!"
*a crack opens in the ground and your worst nightmare emerges*
Nightmare: "You're right! It is a sham!"
You: "...uh..."
*diabolical laughter*
*a crack opens in the ground and your worst nightmare emerges*
Nightmare: "You're right! It is a sham!"
You: "...uh..."
*diabolical laughter*
January 21, 2026 at 9:41 PM
😂😭🫠
100% guaranteed that at any event where people have to stand, several tall men will stand at the front and constantly shift and move so the entire crowd behind them has to move to see around them.
If you are a tall man, please get an ounce of self awareness and consideration for others, thank you.
If you are a tall man, please get an ounce of self awareness and consideration for others, thank you.
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
100% guaranteed that at any event where people have to stand, several tall men will stand at the front and constantly shift and move so the entire crowd behind them has to move to see around them.
If you are a tall man, please get an ounce of self awareness and consideration for others, thank you.
If you are a tall man, please get an ounce of self awareness and consideration for others, thank you.
I'm really worn out by the whole "he's doing this to distract from the Epstein files!" thing. I'm sorry but a bunch of files, no matter how awful the things in them, are not the main issue of the day when someone is out there literally invading other countries.
January 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I'm really worn out by the whole "he's doing this to distract from the Epstein files!" thing. I'm sorry but a bunch of files, no matter how awful the things in them, are not the main issue of the day when someone is out there literally invading other countries.
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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“What is happening here is very ugly and evil. Greenland is not for sale.”
(From @channel5bluesky.bsky.social )
(From @channel5bluesky.bsky.social )
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“What is happening here is very ugly and evil. Greenland is not for sale.”
(From @channel5bluesky.bsky.social )
(From @channel5bluesky.bsky.social )
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
"For the first time" 🤨
Top U.S. Catholic clerics said that the U.S.'s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. nyti.ms/4bDP7iK
Prominent Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland, three cardinals said their statement was inspired by Pope Leo.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"For the first time" 🤨
A man having a tantrum and throwing his toys out of the pram is normally funny but less so when some of that man's toys were purchased with the world's largest military budget.
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
A man having a tantrum and throwing his toys out of the pram is normally funny but less so when some of that man's toys were purchased with the world's largest military budget.
Some phone service agent at Telus told me to have a blessed day at the end of the call.
I do not want to mix religion with my communications services provider, thanks.
I do not want to mix religion with my communications services provider, thanks.
January 17, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Some phone service agent at Telus told me to have a blessed day at the end of the call.
I do not want to mix religion with my communications services provider, thanks.
I do not want to mix religion with my communications services provider, thanks.
Today in fashy dudes not understanding sci fi.
This is peak Stephen Miller absurdity. The guy, who’s made a career out of hardline politics and culture-war theatrics, now apparently sees himself as the savior of Star Trek from… “woke-ism”? I mean, that’s quite the leap from immigration policy to intergalactic diplomacy.
Stephen Miller ridiculed over his next target – saving ‘woke’ Star Trek
White House adviser says the popular science fiction franchise should boldly go back to 94 year-old William Shatner
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Today in fashy dudes not understanding sci fi.
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This is exactly the point. And it’s truly terrifying.
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This is exactly the point. And it’s truly terrifying.
Targeting disabled and neurodivergent people is a hallmark of fascism. These men know what they are doing and do not care because autistic lives simply do not matter to them.
U.S. citizen, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor's appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when she was brutalized by #ICE on Tuesday.
"Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled," she said.
Read what happened next. ⬇️
"Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled," she said.
Read what happened next. ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Targeting disabled and neurodivergent people is a hallmark of fascism. These men know what they are doing and do not care because autistic lives simply do not matter to them.
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
FedEx is performing extra well this week. Twice now, they apparently can't figure out how to deliver to me despite every other courier being able to do so. The first package was also opened en route and taped up badly, and my new sweater was missing.
Anyhow, Canada Post never screws up like this.
Anyhow, Canada Post never screws up like this.
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
FedEx is performing extra well this week. Twice now, they apparently can't figure out how to deliver to me despite every other courier being able to do so. The first package was also opened en route and taped up badly, and my new sweater was missing.
Anyhow, Canada Post never screws up like this.
Anyhow, Canada Post never screws up like this.
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![Comic. [Two adults, one with short light hair, walking with a child with spiky hair.] PERSON: Oops, I forgot to say “rabbit rabbit” on January first! CHILD: Why do you do that? PERSON: Just a superstition. CHILD: What’s a superstition? PERSON: It’s a way to train yourself to feel like any bad thing that happens is your fault.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidrs7rjct33ulawni7zummkvq43fgkc7tosrydi5fd3u5zkzttiue@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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*screams silently in Canadian*
NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GROW A FUCKING SPINE, MARK CARNEY!
NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GROW A FUCKING SPINE, MARK CARNEY!
Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
*screams silently in Canadian*
NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GROW A FUCKING SPINE, MARK CARNEY!
NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GROW A FUCKING SPINE, MARK CARNEY!
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I ask again, @andrewknack.bsky.social, @michaeljanz.bsky.social, why is the City of Edmonton still using X?
“Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok facing backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent…”
This is the “supercomputer” Memphis is being poisoned & taken advantage of for?
www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/06/t...
This is the “supercomputer” Memphis is being poisoned & taken advantage of for?
www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/06/t...
January 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I ask again, @andrewknack.bsky.social, @michaeljanz.bsky.social, why is the City of Edmonton still using X?
Gave myself the Christmas gift of anxiety by submitting a TT job package.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Gave myself the Christmas gift of anxiety by submitting a TT job package.