Heather Legarde
@heatherlegarde.bsky.social
Grateful. Unsinkable. People matter. Learning gives me joy. Appalling artist. Lapsed hedonist. Happiest outside. #yeg
Pinned
I started making things as part of my recovery from ptsd and brain injury. It has been life changing.
I’m slowly figuring out Insta and created a page for my beadwork, mostly to fund… more making! :)
(Woodwork & sewing will appear there too, but not til Spring.)
I’m slowly figuring out Insta and created a page for my beadwork, mostly to fund… more making! :)
(Woodwork & sewing will appear there too, but not til Spring.)
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The frequency of ads for online and in-person gambling is shocking
I've been wondering about the real world consequences.
How do people who have a gambling addiction resist gambling on their phone?
People must be losing their shirts
If we had a any real media they might do a story on it
I've been wondering about the real world consequences.
How do people who have a gambling addiction resist gambling on their phone?
People must be losing their shirts
If we had a any real media they might do a story on it
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite ‘one death every nine days.’
Michener-funded investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags, while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits.
ricochet.media/justice/dyin...
#cdnpoli
Michener-funded investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags, while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits.
ricochet.media/justice/dyin...
#cdnpoli
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite one death every nine days
Investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits
ricochet.media
December 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
The frequency of ads for online and in-person gambling is shocking
I've been wondering about the real world consequences.
How do people who have a gambling addiction resist gambling on their phone?
People must be losing their shirts
If we had a any real media they might do a story on it
I've been wondering about the real world consequences.
How do people who have a gambling addiction resist gambling on their phone?
People must be losing their shirts
If we had a any real media they might do a story on it
Yes. Please. So many professionals that we encounter make me out to be a terrible parent bc I have not and will not let my child endure this particular “therapy”. You can tell they’re parroting books without ever learning from those with lived experience.
Good god, I wish non-autistic people would learn what ABA is and that it’s widely considered abusive, especially by those who have been subjected to it. That’s like day 1 of autism 101. It’s the first line at the top of the syllabus. It’s the subtitle for the course textbook.
December 14, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Yes. Please. So many professionals that we encounter make me out to be a terrible parent bc I have not and will not let my child endure this particular “therapy”. You can tell they’re parroting books without ever learning from those with lived experience.
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"I was commonly accused of making mountains out of molehills.
I could not let go of common injustices.
They bit into my flesh and got under my skin."
I could not let go of common injustices.
They bit into my flesh and got under my skin."
Classroom Conflicts: An Autistic Student’s Classroom Challenges
For autistic students, whose sensory sensitivities, communication styles, and learning requirements differ from those of their neurotypical peers, the mainstream classroom can be an overwhelming envir...
stimpunks.org
December 14, 2024 at 12:24 AM
"I was commonly accused of making mountains out of molehills.
I could not let go of common injustices.
They bit into my flesh and got under my skin."
I could not let go of common injustices.
They bit into my flesh and got under my skin."
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"When you defend someone else's human rights, you're also defending your own."
December 12, 2024 at 8:29 PM
"When you defend someone else's human rights, you're also defending your own."
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On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
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New paper out today with Chris Hatcher in @funecology.bsky.social
Sundews change how carnivorous they are depending on microhabitat variation.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sundews change how carnivorous they are depending on microhabitat variation.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Carnivorous sundews (Drosera rotundifolia) are more carnivorous in high‐light bog microhabitats that are not also nutrient‐rich
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:19 PM
New paper out today with Chris Hatcher in @funecology.bsky.social
Sundews change how carnivorous they are depending on microhabitat variation.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sundews change how carnivorous they are depending on microhabitat variation.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Another worker’s livable wage doesn’t get taken out of our pockets; there is an artificially small pot from which we’re all drawing wages because a select few are making more money from our work than we’d ever be able to spend. All workers should all be doing better
Really says something that so many people get violently angry about the idea of a living wage for all workers
December 13, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Another worker’s livable wage doesn’t get taken out of our pockets; there is an artificially small pot from which we’re all drawing wages because a select few are making more money from our work than we’d ever be able to spend. All workers should all be doing better
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 is for something different.
I have made only a few beaded embroideries, and this one is my favorite. Horus in hawk form, a gift for a loved one who appreciates all things Egyptian.
Horus
9"X9"
Glass beads on cotton
#beadwork
I have made only a few beaded embroideries, and this one is my favorite. Horus in hawk form, a gift for a loved one who appreciates all things Egyptian.
Horus
9"X9"
Glass beads on cotton
#beadwork
December 13, 2024 at 3:07 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 is for something different.
I have made only a few beaded embroideries, and this one is my favorite. Horus in hawk form, a gift for a loved one who appreciates all things Egyptian.
Horus
9"X9"
Glass beads on cotton
#beadwork
I have made only a few beaded embroideries, and this one is my favorite. Horus in hawk form, a gift for a loved one who appreciates all things Egyptian.
Horus
9"X9"
Glass beads on cotton
#beadwork
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They should invent a year that you can make it through without feeling like it's trying to kill you.
December 9, 2024 at 11:01 PM
They should invent a year that you can make it through without feeling like it's trying to kill you.
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Several years ago bison were re-introduced to the southern grasslands of Saskatchewan. This was the first time wild bison roamed freely on the prairie since likel the 19c. Today’s #ArtAdventCalendar celebrates that achievement. #Canadianart #acryliconcanvas #wildlife
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Several years ago bison were re-introduced to the southern grasslands of Saskatchewan. This was the first time wild bison roamed freely on the prairie since likel the 19c. Today’s #ArtAdventCalendar celebrates that achievement. #Canadianart #acryliconcanvas #wildlife
Yes.
Interesting read...
".... decisions need to be supported by a defensible rights-based response to resolution and recognise that responses that jump straight to prioritising the rights of many over the rights of one are simplistic, will often be wrong and may be illegal."
".... decisions need to be supported by a defensible rights-based response to resolution and recognise that responses that jump straight to prioritising the rights of many over the rights of one are simplistic, will often be wrong and may be illegal."
December 10, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Yes.
Hoooooo boy, is this ever a whole lot of truth.
Blaming parents who seek support for their #autistic children is widespread. Watch our video and download a copy of our new research report 'Blamed instead of helped' from www.wm-adass.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Hoooooo boy, is this ever a whole lot of truth.
Governments could meaningfully address income inequality, but they’re busy gifting everyone half of a PlayStation instead. 🙃
Canada is exporting its policy ideas.
Kathy Hochul wants to send $3 billion in one-time checks to New Yorkers to help them deal with inflation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 10, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Governments could meaningfully address income inequality, but they’re busy gifting everyone half of a PlayStation instead. 🙃
Having a fun day making gifts for friends. First up: geode earrings. Which will, obviously, be wrapped with geodes. Because you’re never to old to collect rocks. #artadventcalendar
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Having a fun day making gifts for friends. First up: geode earrings. Which will, obviously, be wrapped with geodes. Because you’re never to old to collect rocks. #artadventcalendar
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December 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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“Here’s what’s at stake: when we cut arts funding, we don’t just lose poems and paintings. We lose ways of knowing, understanding, communicating. We lose tools for building empathy, fostering innovation, creating change.”
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/a...
Arts don’t just decorate knowledge, they deepen it
Former poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh on funding cuts to arts and social sciences ... "Some discoveries shake the earth. While others whisper of their worth"
newsroom.co.nz
December 8, 2024 at 6:59 PM
“Here’s what’s at stake: when we cut arts funding, we don’t just lose poems and paintings. We lose ways of knowing, understanding, communicating. We lose tools for building empathy, fostering innovation, creating change.”
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/a...
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I would like my country to be far less selective about it's calls for international justice.
Canadian FM Mélanie Joly states that Canada, alongside the Netherlands, initiated legal proceedings in June 2023, calling for al-Assad to face the ICJ.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/960lig
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/960lig
December 9, 2024 at 1:42 AM
I would like my country to be far less selective about it's calls for international justice.
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Rocks tell such fascinating stories.
#ArtAdventCalendar. Day 6. Rock formation along the Georgian Bay coastline near Parry Sound Ontario.
December 8, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Rocks tell such fascinating stories.
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Cross stitch for Day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar A few Christmas ornaments I did for family and friends.
December 8, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Cross stitch for Day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar A few Christmas ornaments I did for family and friends.
Day 7: The goal this spring is to plant a pollinator garden. The first step was figuring out which plants grow here & attract friendly bugs. These are my plan. Here’s to happy chonky bees! #artadventcalendar
December 8, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Day 7: The goal this spring is to plant a pollinator garden. The first step was figuring out which plants grow here & attract friendly bugs. These are my plan. Here’s to happy chonky bees! #artadventcalendar
I don’t believe people who say amazing drawings like this are done simply by pencil crayons. Like, nah, this ain’t pencil crayon- this is MAGIC.
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 8, a Mandarin Duck I drew April ‘22 in Polychromos pencils on some cheap paper that was totally unfit for purpose. It ripped in a few places, particularly in the duck’s beautiful neck feathers/mane/collar/um what do you call that bit?
December 8, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I don’t believe people who say amazing drawings like this are done simply by pencil crayons. Like, nah, this ain’t pencil crayon- this is MAGIC.