JenniferD
@juniperd.bsky.social
Current: BSc Forensic Science (Student)
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Politics • Health • Bioethics • Science • Publishing
Ambidextrous Ragamuffin. Bookish.
Silly for dogs. Introvert. Awkward.
Over-thinker. Disabled.
Canadian. She/Her
Prev: Writing & Editing in the Book Industry
Politics • Health • Bioethics • Science • Publishing
Ambidextrous Ragamuffin. Bookish.
Silly for dogs. Introvert. Awkward.
Over-thinker. Disabled.
Canadian. She/Her
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you....
'Sarah' - They had the name Sarah chosen for me. Then I arrived, and they decided Sarah was a soft and gentle name for a quiet baby. And I was not a quiet baby. (Apparently born already on high- alert. LOLOLSOBLOLOL!)
'Sarah' - They had the name Sarah chosen for me. Then I arrived, and they decided Sarah was a soft and gentle name for a quiet baby. And I was not a quiet baby. (Apparently born already on high- alert. LOLOLSOBLOLOL!)
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you....
Before I was born, my mother wanted to call me Michael Christopher, my father objected saying it sounded too Catholic. Mum said, "Fine, she is going to be a girl"
Before I was born, my mother wanted to call me Michael Christopher, my father objected saying it sounded too Catholic. Mum said, "Fine, she is going to be a girl"
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Olivia
My mom wanted to name me Olivia and my Nana said it wasn’t a “real name” and if she chose it, Nana would kidnap me lol so they went with Nana’s choice of Amanda.
Olivia
My mom wanted to name me Olivia and my Nana said it wasn’t a “real name” and if she chose it, Nana would kidnap me lol so they went with Nana’s choice of Amanda.
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you....
'Sarah' - They had the name Sarah chosen for me. Then I arrived, and they decided Sarah was a soft and gentle name for a quiet baby. And I was not a quiet baby. (Apparently born already on high- alert. LOLOLSOBLOLOL!)
'Sarah' - They had the name Sarah chosen for me. Then I arrived, and they decided Sarah was a soft and gentle name for a quiet baby. And I was not a quiet baby. (Apparently born already on high- alert. LOLOLSOBLOLOL!)
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NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
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New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year www.hotpress.com/opinion/new-...
New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year | Hotpress
Applications for the new scheme will open in May.
www.hotpress.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year www.hotpress.com/opinion/new-...
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Love this 🧵. Don’t let them propagandize your skepticism away, it’s some of the only power people like us have left.
I believe that there are characteristics of structural change and AI, as yet, does not have them.
I also believe that refusal opens up smart people to conceive of what *is* happening and not what capital *wants* to happen.
I also believe that refusal opens up smart people to conceive of what *is* happening and not what capital *wants* to happen.
February 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Love this 🧵. Don’t let them propagandize your skepticism away, it’s some of the only power people like us have left.
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Thank you, @weratedogs.com for this reportage: www.youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...
The Very Dystopian Dog Super Bowl Ad
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Thank you, @weratedogs.com for this reportage: www.youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...
William Dandjinou is my current favourite Team Canada Olympian!!! My goodness!!! Eastern Townships connection, I think - he's from Sherbrooke. He is glorious to watch - so smooth and unbothered (externally, anyway). And he's 6'3"!
#TeamCanada
Congrats to 🇨🇦's mixed team relay on their silver medal!
#TeamCanada
Congrats to 🇨🇦's mixed team relay on their silver medal!
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
William Dandjinou is my current favourite Team Canada Olympian!!! My goodness!!! Eastern Townships connection, I think - he's from Sherbrooke. He is glorious to watch - so smooth and unbothered (externally, anyway). And he's 6'3"!
#TeamCanada
Congrats to 🇨🇦's mixed team relay on their silver medal!
#TeamCanada
Congrats to 🇨🇦's mixed team relay on their silver medal!
"Studies also demonstrate a positive relationship between education and empathy through exposure to diverse perspectives. For example, people who are more educated are generally more likely to acknowledge social injustice."
It’s time to have an honest discussion about critical thinking.
The less educated you are, the more likely you are to vote Conservative.
The less educated you are, the more likely you are to vote Conservative.
Support for the Conservative Party of Canada decreases with education
There is an inverse relationship between education and support for the Conservative Party of Canada.
cultmtl.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
"Studies also demonstrate a positive relationship between education and empathy through exposure to diverse perspectives. For example, people who are more educated are generally more likely to acknowledge social injustice."
Me, watches the absolute fittest humans on the face of the earth (cross-country skiers; I will fight you 🤣), and is constantly blown away by them all. Thinks, 'I should get into cross-country again!' (It's been a very, very long time.)
Also me: Shovels small front walkway, near-pukes from exertion.
Also me: Shovels small front walkway, near-pukes from exertion.
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Me, watches the absolute fittest humans on the face of the earth (cross-country skiers; I will fight you 🤣), and is constantly blown away by them all. Thinks, 'I should get into cross-country again!' (It's been a very, very long time.)
Also me: Shovels small front walkway, near-pukes from exertion.
Also me: Shovels small front walkway, near-pukes from exertion.
"The world's largest producer of false teeth, Lichtenstein."
A thing I did not think I would learn watching Olympic cross-country sprint skiing. But here we are.
A thing I did not think I would learn watching Olympic cross-country sprint skiing. But here we are.
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
"The world's largest producer of false teeth, Lichtenstein."
A thing I did not think I would learn watching Olympic cross-country sprint skiing. But here we are.
A thing I did not think I would learn watching Olympic cross-country sprint skiing. But here we are.
Take Action Petition from anothertoronto.ca:
End Corruption Fund the City
"In the wake of a corruption scandal, linking Toronto Police Services to data breaches, organized crime, drug trafficking and murder plots, TPS is set to receive a budget increase of $93.8 million dollars." #ToPoli
End Corruption Fund the City
"In the wake of a corruption scandal, linking Toronto Police Services to data breaches, organized crime, drug trafficking and murder plots, TPS is set to receive a budget increase of $93.8 million dollars." #ToPoli
Take Action - End Corruption Fund the City
In the wake of a corruption scandal, linking Toronto Police Services to data breaches, organized crime, drug trafficking and murder plots, TPS is set to receive a budget increase of $93.8 million doll...
actionnetwork.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Take Action Petition from anothertoronto.ca:
End Corruption Fund the City
"In the wake of a corruption scandal, linking Toronto Police Services to data breaches, organized crime, drug trafficking and murder plots, TPS is set to receive a budget increase of $93.8 million dollars." #ToPoli
End Corruption Fund the City
"In the wake of a corruption scandal, linking Toronto Police Services to data breaches, organized crime, drug trafficking and murder plots, TPS is set to receive a budget increase of $93.8 million dollars." #ToPoli
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Pierre Poilievre refuses to get national security clearance. Very sus, as my 8-year old students would say. Bruce Fanjoy has sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Please sign the petition and share it far and wide.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign the petition and share it far and wide.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Pierre Poilievre refuses to get national security clearance. Very sus, as my 8-year old students would say. Bruce Fanjoy has sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Please sign the petition and share it far and wide.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Please sign the petition and share it far and wide.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
"Between a flawed consultation format and the opaque LLM daisychain used to generate a report on the consultation, Canada’s new AI strategy is off to a bad start...with a strategy that is founded upon black box decision making. Trust will not be built from a mystery box of made-in-USA big tech LLMs"
Canada’s new AI strategy is off to a bad start | BetaKit
Canadians already have low trust in AI. Exclusionary and unclear public engagement methods aren’t helping.
betakit.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"Between a flawed consultation format and the opaque LLM daisychain used to generate a report on the consultation, Canada’s new AI strategy is off to a bad start...with a strategy that is founded upon black box decision making. Trust will not be built from a mystery box of made-in-USA big tech LLMs"
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Surprise - Biblioasis is open for poetry manuscript submissions! 📢✍️
Our reading period will remain open until Sunday, May 31. Our poetry editor is eager to kick off some spring reading, so if you have a collection ready, send it our way!
Guidelines for more details: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
Our reading period will remain open until Sunday, May 31. Our poetry editor is eager to kick off some spring reading, so if you have a collection ready, send it our way!
Guidelines for more details: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Surprise - Biblioasis is open for poetry manuscript submissions! 📢✍️
Our reading period will remain open until Sunday, May 31. Our poetry editor is eager to kick off some spring reading, so if you have a collection ready, send it our way!
Guidelines for more details: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
Our reading period will remain open until Sunday, May 31. Our poetry editor is eager to kick off some spring reading, so if you have a collection ready, send it our way!
Guidelines for more details: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
If someone tells you they'll be with you 'momentarily', what amount of time is that to you? Like, what's the range you would ascribe to 'momentarily', because I feel like 32 minutes isn't it. 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
If someone tells you they'll be with you 'momentarily', what amount of time is that to you? Like, what's the range you would ascribe to 'momentarily', because I feel like 32 minutes isn't it. 🤣
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A big thing is happening in Tyee-land: editor-in-chief David Beers is stepping back, and we are hiring a new EIC: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
Please share!
Please share!
The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief | The Tyee
Founding editor David Beers is passing the baton to a new leader. Is it you?
thetyee.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A big thing is happening in Tyee-land: editor-in-chief David Beers is stepping back, and we are hiring a new EIC: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
Please share!
Please share!
Just saw an ad where someone is hosting a dinner and the guests are on the way, but more people than planned... so they do a quick shop (online). You know what was part of the meal? Kraft Dinner.
In case you are wondering about the economy, ads are promoting KD as a meal for a dinner get-together.
In case you are wondering about the economy, ads are promoting KD as a meal for a dinner get-together.
February 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Just saw an ad where someone is hosting a dinner and the guests are on the way, but more people than planned... so they do a quick shop (online). You know what was part of the meal? Kraft Dinner.
In case you are wondering about the economy, ads are promoting KD as a meal for a dinner get-together.
In case you are wondering about the economy, ads are promoting KD as a meal for a dinner get-together.
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I've been saying this for years, so very glad to read about the fitness of cross-country skiers. Bonkers levels of health & endurance.
Watched the women's 20km+20km cross-country and skiathlon yesterday and MY GOD!
Cross-country and skiathlon are my favourites at the winter Olympics!
#GiftLink 🎁
Watched the women's 20km+20km cross-country and skiathlon yesterday and MY GOD!
Cross-country and skiathlon are my favourites at the winter Olympics!
#GiftLink 🎁
‘All It Is Is Pain’: The Olympian Testing the Limits of Endurance
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I've been saying this for years, so very glad to read about the fitness of cross-country skiers. Bonkers levels of health & endurance.
Watched the women's 20km+20km cross-country and skiathlon yesterday and MY GOD!
Cross-country and skiathlon are my favourites at the winter Olympics!
#GiftLink 🎁
Watched the women's 20km+20km cross-country and skiathlon yesterday and MY GOD!
Cross-country and skiathlon are my favourites at the winter Olympics!
#GiftLink 🎁
Okay - THAT is a very cool Olympic cauldron. Wow!
The design of the two Milano Cortina 2026 Cauldrons has been unveiled
For the first time in history, the Cauldrons will be lit and extinguished in perfect synchrony, in two different cities, symbolizing a widespread edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games tha...
www.olympics.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Okay - THAT is a very cool Olympic cauldron. Wow!
Wow! HUGE roar from the stadium audience as Team Canada enters for the parade of athletes! Amazing! 🇨🇦 ♥️ 🇨🇦
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Wow! HUGE roar from the stadium audience as Team Canada enters for the parade of athletes! Amazing! 🇨🇦 ♥️ 🇨🇦
I feel badly about this, but I want to hear the loudest booing I've ever heard. Sorry
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I feel badly about this, but I want to hear the loudest booing I've ever heard. Sorry
Oh, CBC.... split screen opening ceremony|ads, with ads on full volume, ceremonies minimized and muted is a choice. FFS. I know you need your ad revenue, but come one, this is the most annoying way you could've gone with it. Way to blow it off the top. Sigh. (I know. I know. Still.)
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Oh, CBC.... split screen opening ceremony|ads, with ads on full volume, ceremonies minimized and muted is a choice. FFS. I know you need your ad revenue, but come one, this is the most annoying way you could've gone with it. Way to blow it off the top. Sigh. (I know. I know. Still.)
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A public servant texted Doug Ford's number to express concern with his government's return-to-office mandate.
They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
Public Servant Surprised by Voicemail from Doug Ford Suggesting They ‘Get Another Job’
The worker had messaged Ford's number to express concern about the Ontario government's return-to-office mandate
pressprogress.ca
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A public servant texted Doug Ford's number to express concern with his government's return-to-office mandate.
They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
Did not know this. "[ICE offices are] in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa...an ICE spokesperson confirmed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducts work at the U.S. embassy in the country’s capital, and at consulates in the other four cities."
ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Is your city on the list? | CBC News
The U.S. government’s website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Did not know this. "[ICE offices are] in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa...an ICE spokesperson confirmed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducts work at the U.S. embassy in the country’s capital, and at consulates in the other four cities."