Juliet O'Neill
@julietoneill.bsky.social
Retired Canadian journalist with career postings from Ottawa in Washington, Moscow, London. Exploring art, espy enjoying paper collage like my BlueSky banner titled Tempestuous Times.
From the archives: doggie at the King Eddy diner lunch counter, Ottawa.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
From the archives: doggie at the King Eddy diner lunch counter, Ottawa.
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Thomas Cooper Gotch, The Lantern Parade. 1918
August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thomas Cooper Gotch, The Lantern Parade. 1918
From the archives.
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From the archives.
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It's a wonderful feeling when 5 years of research and writing comes to fruition. The thought that immediately follows is that the work is not done because you now have to promote it. I am grateful for all the help I received along the way.
#HeDidNotConquer #Dundurn #cdaUS #cdnpoli #Canada250
#HeDidNotConquer #Dundurn #cdaUS #cdnpoli #Canada250
August 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's a wonderful feeling when 5 years of research and writing comes to fruition. The thought that immediately follows is that the work is not done because you now have to promote it. I am grateful for all the help I received along the way.
#HeDidNotConquer #Dundurn #cdaUS #cdnpoli #Canada250
#HeDidNotConquer #Dundurn #cdaUS #cdnpoli #Canada250
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listen, i'm not in the business of making agitprop but it feels like the subway-throwing lawyer gave everyone a pretty useful symbol
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
listen, i'm not in the business of making agitprop but it feels like the subway-throwing lawyer gave everyone a pretty useful symbol
Remember Smokey Bear ? Just discovered this American fire prevention mascot for 81 years and counting, was retired in Canada a few years ago. Replaced by Ember the Fire Smart Fox. Who knew?
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Remember Smokey Bear ? Just discovered this American fire prevention mascot for 81 years and counting, was retired in Canada a few years ago. Replaced by Ember the Fire Smart Fox. Who knew?
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GOLD (#3) FOR 🇨🇦 SUMMER MCINTOSH
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
Summer McIntosh breaks the 200m butterfly world championship record to win her third gold medal. She nearly broke the WR
She posts a time of 2:01.99. Another extraordinary swim by the 18-year-old Canadian phenom.
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
Summer McIntosh breaks the 200m butterfly world championship record to win her third gold medal. She nearly broke the WR
She posts a time of 2:01.99. Another extraordinary swim by the 18-year-old Canadian phenom.
July 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
GOLD (#3) FOR 🇨🇦 SUMMER MCINTOSH
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
Summer McIntosh breaks the 200m butterfly world championship record to win her third gold medal. She nearly broke the WR
She posts a time of 2:01.99. Another extraordinary swim by the 18-year-old Canadian phenom.
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
Summer McIntosh breaks the 200m butterfly world championship record to win her third gold medal. She nearly broke the WR
She posts a time of 2:01.99. Another extraordinary swim by the 18-year-old Canadian phenom.
Rosemary!
A really nice story about The Birding Dictionary in @thewalrus.ca today thewalrus.ca/birding/
Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder | The Walrus
A pandemic pastime has grown into something deeper
thewalrus.ca
July 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Rosemary!
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Love this post!
July 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Love this post!
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'Arenig, Sunset.' In 1911, James Dickson Innes accompanied Derwent Lees and Augustus John to Arenig Fawr, a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales; it was soon after he had returned from the south of France. In this work, he has painted Wales as if he were still in the Mediterranean.
July 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
'Arenig, Sunset.' In 1911, James Dickson Innes accompanied Derwent Lees and Augustus John to Arenig Fawr, a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales; it was soon after he had returned from the south of France. In this work, he has painted Wales as if he were still in the Mediterranean.
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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
July 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
Perspective is all.
A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA
Credits: NASA
July 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Perspective is all.
A delightful story to bring a ray of joy into your day, especially if you #garden (or try).
When the Globe asked for experts for our Mastering It summer series, I instantly thought of Mary Reid. She owns Green Thumb Garden Centre in Ottawa, and watching her work though plant questions or problems with customers is like watching a magic trick. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Meet the master gardener whose plant advice is a road map for life
Watching Mary Reid, owner of Green Thumb Garden Centre in Ottawa, solve customers’ gardening problems is like watching a magic trick
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A delightful story to bring a ray of joy into your day, especially if you #garden (or try).
So excited for my friend Madelaine Drohan. Time to pre-order her new book about the last American who tried to annex Canada.✍️ 👇
My new book, He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada, is out for pre-orders. It felt like a niche topic when I began the research a few years ago. Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state make the book relevant and illuminating for a wide audience.
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So excited for my friend Madelaine Drohan. Time to pre-order her new book about the last American who tried to annex Canada.✍️ 👇
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"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
June 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
'This Is What Fascism Looks Like': Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested | Common Dreams
"This is about something much bigger," said the president of SEIU California, still in detention. "This is about how we
www.commondreams.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested
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Headline/chyron if this were happening in a foreign country: "Far right president calls for arrest of opposition party provincial governor, raising further questions about democracy & the rule of law"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
JUST NOW — Trump says Homan should arrest Governor Gavin Newsom: "I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great. I think it would be a great thing.”
June 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Headline/chyron if this were happening in a foreign country: "Far right president calls for arrest of opposition party provincial governor, raising further questions about democracy & the rule of law"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
Headline/chyron when this happens in 🇺🇸: "Trump Takes Questions As He Returns To The White House"
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Just to be clear, Governor Newsom hasn't broken any laws. If this line is crossed, and the President has a sitting governor arrested, then the choice for Democratic leaders, senior military officers and federal employees becomes one of accepting dictatorship or taking drastic action.
"I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great" -- Trump endorses the arrest of Gov. Gavin Newsom
June 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just to be clear, Governor Newsom hasn't broken any laws. If this line is crossed, and the President has a sitting governor arrested, then the choice for Democratic leaders, senior military officers and federal employees becomes one of accepting dictatorship or taking drastic action.
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Looking for pushback south of the border here's one.
Let’s go San Diego 👏✊❤️
We need every community responding to ICE like this.
We outnumber these fascist cowards.
We need every community responding to ICE like this.
We outnumber these fascist cowards.
San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Looking for pushback south of the border here's one.