courtney
@courtums.bsky.social
they/them. phd candidate. librarian. abolitionist. always making good trouble.
Treaty 6 / Forest City / #LdnOnt
Treaty 6 / Forest City / #LdnOnt
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courtney
@courtums.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Over the past three years, I have been on a journey to heal from the abuse I endured under my former PhD supervisor. This process has required me to embrace radical acceptance, cultivate patience and empathy, and confront the difficult reality that those who are hurt often perpetuate harm.
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@brendonstuff.bsky.social second month in a row where I’ve had to email the London Police Service Board to ask for their meeting minutes from the previous month because they never posted them online 🥲. And the “policies” section on their website leads to a broken link hahahahah.. 😭
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
@brendonstuff.bsky.social second month in a row where I’ve had to email the London Police Service Board to ask for their meeting minutes from the previous month because they never posted them online 🥲. And the “policies” section on their website leads to a broken link hahahahah.. 😭
You know what would be great? If Michael and Susan Dell actually paid their taxes.
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You know what would be great? If Michael and Susan Dell actually paid their taxes.
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Meanwhile, our faculty is being nickel-and-dimed into removing TA assistance from already too-large classes even as we are harangued about retention, and the university is sitting on massive cash reserves that they say they can’t spend even as they redirect operating $ to “strategic” slush funds.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Meanwhile, our faculty is being nickel-and-dimed into removing TA assistance from already too-large classes even as we are harangued about retention, and the university is sitting on massive cash reserves that they say they can’t spend even as they redirect operating $ to “strategic” slush funds.
anyways, for everyone watching stranger things this weekend: remember that Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is a zionist.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
anyways, for everyone watching stranger things this weekend: remember that Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is a zionist.
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So the most ridiculous thing just happened at Point Pleasant Park. The Conservative who ran in my federal riding is walking his dog in a bright blue CPC logo jacket. Ho’s making deals on his phone and tries to scurry away after seeing his dog take a dump in the middle of the walkway…
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So the most ridiculous thing just happened at Point Pleasant Park. The Conservative who ran in my federal riding is walking his dog in a bright blue CPC logo jacket. Ho’s making deals on his phone and tries to scurry away after seeing his dog take a dump in the middle of the walkway…
Naming an award after Vickery Bowles is a special kind of hell. Screw that pandering bootlicker.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Naming an award after Vickery Bowles is a special kind of hell. Screw that pandering bootlicker.
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I'll have a full story and video coming tomorrow about Alberta using the notwithstanding clause on its three anti-trans laws.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'll have a full story and video coming tomorrow about Alberta using the notwithstanding clause on its three anti-trans laws.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
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I’ve had the honour of working alongside Serena during my many advocacy visits to Nova Institution.
Her experience is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of state violence inside prisons across Canada.
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I’ve had the honour of working alongside Serena during my many advocacy visits to Nova Institution.
Her experience is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of state violence inside prisons across Canada.
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Should one of Canada’s longest-serving female inmates be granted ‘mercy’? | CBC News
Behind bars for murder since she was 15 years old, Serena Tobaccojuice has amassed a record of prison hostage-takings. A judge will sentence her this week for unlawfully confining two prison guards at...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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I’ve had the honour of working alongside Serena during my many advocacy visits to Nova Institution.
Her experience is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of state violence inside prisons across Canada.
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I’ve had the honour of working alongside Serena during my many advocacy visits to Nova Institution.
Her experience is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of state violence inside prisons across Canada.
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Canada pours billions into punishment while denying resources to the community supports, housing, health care, harm reduction, and land-based healing that truly create safety.
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Canada pours billions into punishment while denying resources to the community supports, housing, health care, harm reduction, and land-based healing that truly create safety.
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Federal prison watchdog leaving post early over 'frustrations' with lack of prison reform | CBC News
A watchdog that investigates the fair and humane treatment of federal prisoners is leaving his post two years early after becoming exasperated with what he says is the government’s unwillingness to ad...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Canada pours billions into punishment while denying resources to the community supports, housing, health care, harm reduction, and land-based healing that truly create safety.
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Canada pours billions into punishment while denying resources to the community supports, housing, health care, harm reduction, and land-based healing that truly create safety.
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socialism isnt a dirty word
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
socialism isnt a dirty word
Bean and I spent the early afternoon at #LdnOnt ‘s Bones&Brews market, where a portion of all proceeds are being donated to Anova (www.anovafuture.org)
Anova is a NPO in London, that provides support & shelter to survivors of family based violence, including domestic and sexual violence.
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Anova is a NPO in London, that provides support & shelter to survivors of family based violence, including domestic and sexual violence.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Bean and I spent the early afternoon at #LdnOnt ‘s Bones&Brews market, where a portion of all proceeds are being donated to Anova (www.anovafuture.org)
Anova is a NPO in London, that provides support & shelter to survivors of family based violence, including domestic and sexual violence.
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Anova is a NPO in London, that provides support & shelter to survivors of family based violence, including domestic and sexual violence.
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Locking people up for being poor, sick, or in crisis doesn’t solve the problem and in fact makes it worse. When people are detained instead of supported, they often lose housing, jobs, and vital connections. That instability drives desperation, which fuels crime and social harm. (1/6)
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Locking people up for being poor, sick, or in crisis doesn’t solve the problem and in fact makes it worse. When people are detained instead of supported, they often lose housing, jobs, and vital connections. That instability drives desperation, which fuels crime and social harm. (1/6)
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Carleton University is implementing the most restrictive policy on speech at any university in Canada.
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Carleton University is implementing the most restrictive policy on speech at any university in Canada.
In New Brunswick, seclusion rooms are used instead of intensive care units because of inadequate healthcare funding—this is what happens when ‘public safety funding’ is prioritized over collective community care.
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Psychiatric patients assaulted while restrained, left soiled in seclusion, N.B. ombud says | CBC News
New Brunswick's ombud says Restigouche Hospital Centre staff have been restraining and secluding psychiatric patients improperly.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In New Brunswick, seclusion rooms are used instead of intensive care units because of inadequate healthcare funding—this is what happens when ‘public safety funding’ is prioritized over collective community care.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Plotting/Planning my first winter balcony garden. cc: @emgeekay.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Plotting/Planning my first winter balcony garden. cc: @emgeekay.bsky.social
Pierre Poilievre says Canada’s top politicians all need protection. Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk had six private security guards when he was shot in the neck — a spot no bulletproof vest could cover. Maybe the issue isn’t a lack of bodyguards, but a lack of critical thinking.
September 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pierre Poilievre says Canada’s top politicians all need protection. Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk had six private security guards when he was shot in the neck — a spot no bulletproof vest could cover. Maybe the issue isn’t a lack of bodyguards, but a lack of critical thinking.
the skillset you need to survive is not the same skillset you need to love and be loved. - leanne betasamosake simpson
September 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the skillset you need to survive is not the same skillset you need to love and be loved. - leanne betasamosake simpson
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It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
September 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
"On Labor Day it's important to remember that police unions arent part of the labor movement. One of the basic purposes of modern police has been to crush every attempt by the working class to organize for social, labor, environmental, racial, gender, & immigrant justice." @equalityalec.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"On Labor Day it's important to remember that police unions arent part of the labor movement. One of the basic purposes of modern police has been to crush every attempt by the working class to organize for social, labor, environmental, racial, gender, & immigrant justice." @equalityalec.bsky.social
In harm work, there’s no such thing as a “perfect victim.” People have histories, contradictions, coping strategies that don’t always make sense from the outside.
Support and care can’t be conditional on someone fitting an impossible standard.
Harm is harm.
Support and care can’t be conditional on someone fitting an impossible standard.
Harm is harm.
September 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In harm work, there’s no such thing as a “perfect victim.” People have histories, contradictions, coping strategies that don’t always make sense from the outside.
Support and care can’t be conditional on someone fitting an impossible standard.
Harm is harm.
Support and care can’t be conditional on someone fitting an impossible standard.
Harm is harm.
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I changed my PhD dissertation research topic a while back, but this was my bread and butter for many years.
It’s frustrating to see the NB government dismiss library workers as if they don’t matter for student learning.
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I changed my PhD dissertation research topic a while back, but this was my bread and butter for many years.
It’s frustrating to see the NB government dismiss library workers as if they don’t matter for student learning.
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N.B. government fights court order to bring back library workers | CBC News
The New Brunswick government has applied for a judicial review and a stay of a labour board decision ordering the province to rescind layoff notices for library workers in three school districts and r...
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August 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I changed my PhD dissertation research topic a while back, but this was my bread and butter for many years.
It’s frustrating to see the NB government dismiss library workers as if they don’t matter for student learning.
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I changed my PhD dissertation research topic a while back, but this was my bread and butter for many years.
It’s frustrating to see the NB government dismiss library workers as if they don’t matter for student learning.
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I finished reading Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's absolutely gorgeous book "Theory of Water" last week and I recommend it highly. It's currently 40% off at @haymarketbooks.org. I think a number of you who follow me would appreciate this book.
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Theory of Water
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August 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I finished reading Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's absolutely gorgeous book "Theory of Water" last week and I recommend it highly. It's currently 40% off at @haymarketbooks.org. I think a number of you who follow me would appreciate this book.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2533-t...
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Conversation with @prisonculture.bsky.social about how the "conciergification" of our lives is de-skilling us for organizing with each other. Listen to the whole episode wherever you get your podcasts.
August 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Conversation with @prisonculture.bsky.social about how the "conciergification" of our lives is de-skilling us for organizing with each other. Listen to the whole episode wherever you get your podcasts.
You know the world is on fire when Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes more of an advocate for Palestinians than Hakeem Jeffries.
August 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You know the world is on fire when Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes more of an advocate for Palestinians than Hakeem Jeffries.
ACAB also means the "cop in your head and heart".
August 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ACAB also means the "cop in your head and heart".