Robyn 🍁
@ladyoftheisle.bsky.social
She/Her. Canadian. Anti-racist. Intersectional feminist. Vegan. Cat mum. VIU BA & RRU MA alum. Instructional Designer. Radio Host & Producer. Music, movie, and pop culture enthusiast. ‘80s nostalgic. Podcast connoisseur.
VIVE LE CANADA 🍁
VIVE LE CANADA 🍁
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Robyn 🍁
@ladyoftheisle.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I’m here mostly to haunt, but would love to connect with:
🗳️Political and social progressives
🌱Vegans
😻Cat lovers
🎙️Radio and podcast hosts and fans
🍁Canadian musicians and artists
✨Fans of ‘80s nostalgia
💄Drag performers and fans
🐉D&D, WoW, and board game nerds
⚖️True crime followers
🗳️Political and social progressives
🌱Vegans
😻Cat lovers
🎙️Radio and podcast hosts and fans
🍁Canadian musicians and artists
✨Fans of ‘80s nostalgia
💄Drag performers and fans
🐉D&D, WoW, and board game nerds
⚖️True crime followers
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Canadians understand this.
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🥰🇨🇦❤️😊
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Canadians understand this.
🥰🇨🇦❤️😊
🥰🇨🇦❤️😊
“There was a time when our shared reality was a given. Now powerful forces laugh as they saw away pillars of trustworthy information.“
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canada like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canada like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
Keep it real by fighting disinformation every day. That is The Tyee’s mission statement for 2026.
And it comes with a new initiative we’re eager to tell you about: The Tyee’s Reality Check Project. 🤖🔥🧵 (1/6) #CdnMedia
And it comes with a new initiative we’re eager to tell you about: The Tyee’s Reality Check Project. 🤖🔥🧵 (1/6) #CdnMedia
We Fight Disinformation Every Day. You Can Help | The Tyee
The Tyee’s keeping it real with the support of our readers. And now we offer tax deduction receipts.
thetyee.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“There was a time when our shared reality was a given. Now powerful forces laugh as they saw away pillars of trustworthy information.“
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canada like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canada like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
“There was a time when our shared reality was a given. Now powerful forces laugh as they saw away pillars of trustworthy information.“
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canda like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canda like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
Keep it real by fighting disinformation every day. That is The Tyee’s mission statement for 2026.
And it comes with a new initiative we’re eager to tell you about: The Tyee’s Reality Check Project. 🤖🔥🧵 (1/6) #CdnMedia
And it comes with a new initiative we’re eager to tell you about: The Tyee’s Reality Check Project. 🤖🔥🧵 (1/6) #CdnMedia
We Fight Disinformation Every Day. You Can Help | The Tyee
The Tyee’s keeping it real with the support of our readers. And now we offer tax deduction receipts.
thetyee.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“There was a time when our shared reality was a given. Now powerful forces laugh as they saw away pillars of trustworthy information.“
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canda like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
NOW is the time to support #IndependentMedia in #Canda like @thetyee.ca, @thenarwhal.ca, @nationalobserver.com, @thewalrus.ca, @cultmtl.com, @chly.ca, and more!
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Absolutely repulsive and completely unacceptable.
#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation
#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation
While Canada’s residential school era has become a key piece of our national identity, there has been an eruption of late of what some academics call denialism.
That eruption & efforts to counter it, is the focus of the new episode of APTN Investigates:
That eruption & efforts to counter it, is the focus of the new episode of APTN Investigates:
Denialism close-up - an APTN Investigates
APTN Investigates Dismantling Denialism by correspondent Christopher Read delves into residential school denialism.
www.aptnnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Absolutely repulsive and completely unacceptable.
#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation
#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation
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There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, etc.
Part one of a series of tales from the John Candy: A Life In Comedy book tour.
pulmyears.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
#Canada “has seen climate policies weakened, delayed or quietly shelved. And every time the country drifts backward, someone has to be there to document it, explain it and put it in the larger global context — because the climate crisis doesn’t wait for a more convenient news cycle.”
#ClimateChange
#ClimateChange
You’re one of the stubborn ones who refuse to let climate change fall off the radar — even when governments backslide, the news media obfuscate and the Big Fossils throw their weight around. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/07/o...
Can I call you obstinate?
In a year when so many people feel overwhelmed or checked out, you’re here. And you’re still insisting that journalism tell the truth about what’s happening to our world. That kind of stubbornness kee...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#Canada “has seen climate policies weakened, delayed or quietly shelved. And every time the country drifts backward, someone has to be there to document it, explain it and put it in the larger global context — because the climate crisis doesn’t wait for a more convenient news cycle.”
#ClimateChange
#ClimateChange
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Got a lil fired up 🤪
Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Got a lil fired up 🤪
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“Canada is seen as the No. 1 world influencer for the 10th year in a row.”
Canada named most positive leader on world stage
According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.
cultmtl.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Canada is seen as the No. 1 world influencer for the 10th year in a row.”
December 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Wait . . . this was a #CBC comedy sketch? I thought I was watching a C-SPAN video.
The line between satire and reality grows hair thin.
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
The line between satire and reality grows hair thin.
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
The White House Press Secretary gets real... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Wait . . . this was a #CBC comedy sketch? I thought I was watching a C-SPAN video.
The line between satire and reality grows hair thin.
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
The line between satire and reality grows hair thin.
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
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Then there are politicians like Pierre Poilievre who pushed #MGTOW!
When is the federal government going to make #MGTOW and groups like #Diagolon and the #FreedomConvoy labeled as “terrorist cells?”
Stop labeling foreign cells and look inside our own borders!🪶😡💔🇨🇦
When is the federal government going to make #MGTOW and groups like #Diagolon and the #FreedomConvoy labeled as “terrorist cells?”
Stop labeling foreign cells and look inside our own borders!🪶😡💔🇨🇦
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Then there are politicians like Pierre Poilievre who pushed #MGTOW!
When is the federal government going to make #MGTOW and groups like #Diagolon and the #FreedomConvoy labeled as “terrorist cells?”
Stop labeling foreign cells and look inside our own borders!🪶😡💔🇨🇦
When is the federal government going to make #MGTOW and groups like #Diagolon and the #FreedomConvoy labeled as “terrorist cells?”
Stop labeling foreign cells and look inside our own borders!🪶😡💔🇨🇦
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There was a time when one of the favourite events for families during the Christmas season was visiting store window displays.
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There was a time when one of the favourite events for families during the Christmas season was visiting store window displays.
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
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A new study has found that Black women face up to 70 per cent higher death rates from breast cancer compared to white women, prompting medical experts and advocates to call for increased risk-based screening in #Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Black women face up to 70 per cent higher breast cancer mortality, study finds
A new study found that Black women face up to 70 per cent higher death rates from breast cancer compared to white women, prompting medical experts and advocates to urge for increased risk-based screen...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A new study has found that Black women face up to 70 per cent higher death rates from breast cancer compared to white women, prompting medical experts and advocates to call for increased risk-based screening in #Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
One of the most hilarious, charming TV shows I’ve seen is #Jann, starring the quirky and brilliant #Canadian songstress #JannArden, alongside a stellar cast and a plethora of delightful cameos from showbiz royalty of #Canada. We needed more seasons!
#CTV #Crave #CraveTV
youtu.be/v2jK6AO68BU?...
#CTV #Crave #CraveTV
youtu.be/v2jK6AO68BU?...
Working With Michael Bublé | JANN S3E8
YouTube video by JANN on CTV
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One of the most hilarious, charming TV shows I’ve seen is #Jann, starring the quirky and brilliant #Canadian songstress #JannArden, alongside a stellar cast and a plethora of delightful cameos from showbiz royalty of #Canada. We needed more seasons!
#CTV #Crave #CraveTV
youtu.be/v2jK6AO68BU?...
#CTV #Crave #CraveTV
youtu.be/v2jK6AO68BU?...
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Trump just called Canada a vassal state and a national security risk to America. Its and lie and Trump and MAGA can F all the way off. More on the OShow youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?...
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Trump just called Canada a vassal state and a national security risk to America. Its and lie and Trump and MAGA can F all the way off. More on the OShow youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?...
“Trump is not joking with his threats to Canada. If it doesn't become a literal 51st American state, he would happily render the country an economically dependent vassal state.” — Allan Woods, Toronto Star
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #CDNpoli #CanadaSky
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #CDNpoli #CanadaSky
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December 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“Trump is not joking with his threats to Canada. If it doesn't become a literal 51st American state, he would happily render the country an economically dependent vassal state.” — Allan Woods, Toronto Star
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #CDNpoli #CanadaSky
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #CDNpoli #CanadaSky
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
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“Nearly all of our modern gun control legislation came about as a consequence of the tragedy and subsequent lobbying by the gun control advocates born at Polytechnique that night.
“We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
#December6
“We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
#December6
Never forget Polytechnique
The Polytechnique massacre on Dec. 6, 1989 was a mass femicide that left an indelible imprint on all Montrealers.
cultmtl.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Nearly all of our modern gun control legislation came about as a consequence of the tragedy and subsequent lobbying by the gun control advocates born at Polytechnique that night.
“We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
#December6
“We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
#December6
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CBC News Interactives has recreated the city of Halifax as it existed in 1917 to show how the Halifax explosion unfolded and its effects on the people who lived there.
youtu.be/OSuX9RvLq54?...
youtu.be/OSuX9RvLq54?...
A city destroyed: The Halifax Explosion, 100 years later in 360-degrees
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
CBC News Interactives has recreated the city of Halifax as it existed in 1917 to show how the Halifax explosion unfolded and its effects on the people who lived there.
youtu.be/OSuX9RvLq54?...
youtu.be/OSuX9RvLq54?...
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Journalist Christopher Read joined us on the news to talk about his new episode of APTN Investigates where he looks at the recent eruption of residential school denialism.
Watch the new documentary this Saturday on APTN.
Watch the new documentary this Saturday on APTN.
New episode of APTN Investigates tackles residential school denialism | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Journalist Christopher Read joined us on the news to talk about his new episode of APTN Investigates where he looks at the recent eruption of residential school denialism.
Watch the new documentary this Saturday on APTN.
Watch the new documentary this Saturday on APTN.
Check out this progressive #Canadian news feed and support media and journalists in #Canada by liking, sharing, and subscribing to their content 🍁
#CDNpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadianMedia #CanadSky
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#CDNpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadianMedia #CanadSky
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December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Check out this progressive #Canadian news feed and support media and journalists in #Canada by liking, sharing, and subscribing to their content 🍁
#CDNpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadianMedia #CanadSky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#CDNpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadianMedia #CanadSky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Rustad was long overdue to be lugged out to the curbside with the rest of the trash.
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #NeverConservative
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #NeverConservative
The BC Conservative Party just announced they have removed John Rustad as their party leader.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rustad was long overdue to be lugged out to the curbside with the rest of the trash.
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #NeverConservative
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #NeverConservative
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Homeless encampments: “Each tent is a reminder that we have collectively failed as a society”
Homeless encampments: "Each tent is a reminder that we have collectively failed as a society"
The City of Montreal is currently developing a protocol for homeless encampments, one that “respects the dignity of occupants.”
cultmtl.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Homeless encampments: “Each tent is a reminder that we have collectively failed as a society”