Liz Whitmere
@lizwhitmere.bsky.social
🇨🇦
I like making movies, I like taking pictures. You can find my photography/videography on instagram @LizWhitmere
www.lizwhitmere.com
Signal: @lizw.85
I like making movies, I like taking pictures. You can find my photography/videography on instagram @LizWhitmere
www.lizwhitmere.com
Signal: @lizw.85
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Liz Whitmere
@lizwhitmere.bsky.social
· Feb 27
youtu.be/skNO_IcRUXM
Starring @melaniescrofano.bsky.social (Wynonna Earp, Surreal Estate) @seanbaek.bsky.social (The Expanse, Killjoys) @stephbelding.bsky.social (Shadowhunter, Ghosts) Peter Keleghan (Workin Moms, one million other things), Rayisa Kondracki (Wynonna Earp), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior)
Starring @melaniescrofano.bsky.social (Wynonna Earp, Surreal Estate) @seanbaek.bsky.social (The Expanse, Killjoys) @stephbelding.bsky.social (Shadowhunter, Ghosts) Peter Keleghan (Workin Moms, one million other things), Rayisa Kondracki (Wynonna Earp), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior)
It’s finally out!
Dark comedy, body horror, menopause, cult of wellness, medical gaslighting and so much more.
Dark comedy, body horror, menopause, cult of wellness, medical gaslighting and so much more.
This articulates something pretty neat that I hadn’t considered…
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This articulates something pretty neat that I hadn’t considered…
Jeeeeeeeeez
Distressing. if not wholly surprising, news via new Telefilm report: Box office for Canadian films fell 40.9% in 2025 from year before, with homegrown movies capturing just 1.7% of Cdn market (down from 2.8% in 2024). 2025 was third-lowest performing year of decade for Cdn film, following '20 & '22.
February 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Jeeeeeeeeez
This is good energy
This is for people who need honesty:
Do you want to help but don't know how? Have you not volunteered since community service was required in high school but want to? Do you desperately want to do something but the idea of giving up your only free time is a big hurdle?
I got you.
Do you want to help but don't know how? Have you not volunteered since community service was required in high school but want to? Do you desperately want to do something but the idea of giving up your only free time is a big hurdle?
I got you.
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
This is good energy
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I was told my entire life I couldn't have autism bc of SBC "extreme male brain" stereotypes and I was a girly girl reading college level at 3rd grade and yet failing math.
They didn't know what to do with me except tell me I was a lazy little shit and acting stupid on purpose. Especially men
They didn't know what to do with me except tell me I was a lazy little shit and acting stupid on purpose. Especially men
the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
Another fun wrinkle from that period (that might still exist): I was good at math and loved it and then my geometry teacher told me that I'd probably struggle because female brains were bad at spatial thinking. I kept loving math & being good at it but assumed that would end so I ended it first.
February 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I was told my entire life I couldn't have autism bc of SBC "extreme male brain" stereotypes and I was a girly girl reading college level at 3rd grade and yet failing math.
They didn't know what to do with me except tell me I was a lazy little shit and acting stupid on purpose. Especially men
They didn't know what to do with me except tell me I was a lazy little shit and acting stupid on purpose. Especially men
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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if you want to adopt a rent, go to standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
if you want to adopt a rent, go to standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
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Hey Toronto folks: do you have a favourite restaurant that needs some love or a little spruce up?
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Hey Toronto folks: do you have a favourite restaurant that needs some love or a little spruce up?
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
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If you are on makerworld, please go boost this model just to give our comrade what he deserves. Even if you're not printing whistles.
I've boosted it all I can.
I've boosted it all I can.
I just want everyone to know that the creator of one of our favorite whistles (the micro bitonal) is a very nice man in Italy who has been messaging me asking if there are things he can tweak in the next version he is designing mostly to help us mass produce these more efficiently to fight ICE.
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If you are on makerworld, please go boost this model just to give our comrade what he deserves. Even if you're not printing whistles.
I've boosted it all I can.
I've boosted it all I can.
Hey Toronto folks: do you have a favourite restaurant that needs some love or a little spruce up?
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Hey Toronto folks: do you have a favourite restaurant that needs some love or a little spruce up?
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
Alt: homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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TMU Library is hosting the 6th annual Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Theme: Toronto music scene.
Date: Thurs., 26 Feb.
Time: 12-3 pm
Location: TMU Libraries Collaboratory (LIB 387)
Free + free lunch.
Register here: calendar.library.torontomu.ca/event/3977359
(no affiliation)
Date: Thurs., 26 Feb.
Time: 12-3 pm
Location: TMU Libraries Collaboratory (LIB 387)
Free + free lunch.
Register here: calendar.library.torontomu.ca/event/3977359
(no affiliation)
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
TMU Library is hosting the 6th annual Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Theme: Toronto music scene.
Date: Thurs., 26 Feb.
Time: 12-3 pm
Location: TMU Libraries Collaboratory (LIB 387)
Free + free lunch.
Register here: calendar.library.torontomu.ca/event/3977359
(no affiliation)
Date: Thurs., 26 Feb.
Time: 12-3 pm
Location: TMU Libraries Collaboratory (LIB 387)
Free + free lunch.
Register here: calendar.library.torontomu.ca/event/3977359
(no affiliation)
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
tinyurl.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
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Oh she’s phenomenal. This is Sophia Chang.
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Oh she’s phenomenal. This is Sophia Chang.
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I've seen some discourse about how it seems like everyone in the elite circles knew about Epstein. I'm reminded of the piece of information about the Tuskegee Syphillis Study that I end classes with: Congress had hearings about the study and re-confirmed funding Every. Year. For. Forty. Years.
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I've seen some discourse about how it seems like everyone in the elite circles knew about Epstein. I'm reminded of the piece of information about the Tuskegee Syphillis Study that I end classes with: Congress had hearings about the study and re-confirmed funding Every. Year. For. Forty. Years.
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how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Canadians! Sign this!
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months. Please SIGN! #cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months. Please SIGN! #cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Canadians! Sign this!
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
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"After a report highlighting concerns about sexual exploitation on X, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.B. government to stop using social media platform X after request from advocate | CBC News
Following a report highlighting concerns about sexualization and exploitation on X, formerly Twitter, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
"After a report highlighting concerns about sexual exploitation on X, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
A GOOD THING!!! Look!!
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
A GOOD THING!!! Look!!
I can't just be reposting calls to action and terrible news all day every day so:
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I can't just be reposting calls to action and terrible news all day every day so:
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
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🔔 Join us and the U.S. Journalist Assistance Network for a discussion on best practices for protecting data and devices for journalists, featuring Jen Nelson and FPF's Harlo Holmes, Martin Shelton, and @abigail-lp.bsky.social.
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
🔔 Join us and the U.S. Journalist Assistance Network for a discussion on best practices for protecting data and devices for journalists, featuring Jen Nelson and FPF's Harlo Holmes, Martin Shelton, and @abigail-lp.bsky.social.
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
I'm spending a lot of time editing a documentary about the month I spent in the woods with 30 strangers via Outward Bound and it is the best escape I can imagine.
It will be too long and I don't care.
It will be too long and I don't care.
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'm spending a lot of time editing a documentary about the month I spent in the woods with 30 strangers via Outward Bound and it is the best escape I can imagine.
It will be too long and I don't care.
It will be too long and I don't care.
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Today we honor Vivien Thomas, an African American who worked as a lab assistant because he couldn't afford medical school. He helped develop a life-saving surgical procedure for babies with a congenital heart defects. In 1976 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Today we honor Vivien Thomas, an African American who worked as a lab assistant because he couldn't afford medical school. He helped develop a life-saving surgical procedure for babies with a congenital heart defects. In 1976 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.