Laura Stewart (she/her)
@lstew.bsky.social
A big ol' disabled queer in #HamOnt who thinks impractical thoughts. A tired settler who grieves. A christian who struggles with the church & its people.
Slowly unlearning & decolonizing
7x covid vax/booster
Slowly unlearning & decolonizing
7x covid vax/booster
ted northe was a drag queen and LGBTQ activist who spent years advocating for the decriminalization of homosexuality.
He led protests in full drag outfits, was called titled the Empress of Canada and even Pierre Trudeau called him "Your Majesty".
This is his story.
🧵 1/10
He led protests in full drag outfits, was called titled the Empress of Canada and even Pierre Trudeau called him "Your Majesty".
This is his story.
🧵 1/10
June 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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For the third time this past week, chaos broke out at the aid distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyewitnesses said American mercenaries did not intervene once they witnessed armed looting at the site.
Palestinians describe being treated like animals as chaos breaks out again at U.S.-run aid site in Gaza
For the third time this week, chaos broke out at the aid distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyewitnesses said American mercenaries did not intervene once...
mondoweiss.net
May 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For the third time this past week, chaos broke out at the aid distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyewitnesses said American mercenaries did not intervene once they witnessed armed looting at the site.
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CANADA: Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women pressprogress.ca/making-work-...
Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women
City in Colour's Rahil Adeli breaks down some of the systemic barriers to workplace justice
pressprogress.ca
May 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
CANADA: Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women pressprogress.ca/making-work-...
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After my anti-Indigenous experience here by @moderation.bsky.app I am seriously almost bailing off this site. If I didn’t already have this reach to share Palestinian accounts here I would’ve been gone already. cc. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
More and more Palestinian accounts are getting unfairly labelled as SPAM by Bluesky, as well as suspended and even deleted, for simply trying to share their voices and trying to survive genocide.
Demand Bluesky do better and sign chng.it/jckPxQQW9t
Demand Bluesky do better and sign chng.it/jckPxQQW9t
Sign the Petition
Stop Bluesky's Targeting of Palestinian Accounts
chng.it
May 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
After my anti-Indigenous experience here by @moderation.bsky.app I am seriously almost bailing off this site. If I didn’t already have this reach to share Palestinian accounts here I would’ve been gone already. cc. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
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Bruce Fanjoy should announce he is resigning to run in the byelection
Conservative MP Damien Kurek will resign to trigger a by-election in Battle River—Crowfoot for party leader Pierre Poilievre to run in. This is the safest Conservative seat in Alberta. Kurek was re-elected on Monday with 81.8% of the vote.
May 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Bruce Fanjoy should announce he is resigning to run in the byelection
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From what I've seen via email, there's a screening of *Yintah* at 12:30pm Friday at McMaster (MDCL 3020), a bus from campus to Gore Park at 3pm, and this rally at 3:30pm.
Climate may have fallen out of mainstream attention, but the crisis is still intensifying. So attend if you can!
#HamOnt
Climate may have fallen out of mainstream attention, but the crisis is still intensifying. So attend if you can!
#HamOnt
April 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
From what I've seen via email, there's a screening of *Yintah* at 12:30pm Friday at McMaster (MDCL 3020), a bus from campus to Gore Park at 3pm, and this rally at 3:30pm.
Climate may have fallen out of mainstream attention, but the crisis is still intensifying. So attend if you can!
#HamOnt
Climate may have fallen out of mainstream attention, but the crisis is still intensifying. So attend if you can!
#HamOnt
I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...
Remove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialism
I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow...
you.leadnow.ca
April 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...
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Canada is so fucked. Carney is truly a necessary evil because we all know PP would be a Trump puppet- but they are using this moment to deepen neo-liberalism and continue dismantling any sort of social safety net AND Indigenous Ppl are in the crosshairs.
March 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Canada is so fucked. Carney is truly a necessary evil because we all know PP would be a Trump puppet- but they are using this moment to deepen neo-liberalism and continue dismantling any sort of social safety net AND Indigenous Ppl are in the crosshairs.
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Need some GOOD news today? Consider, the Vancouver Island marmot once numbered fewer than 30 individuals in the wild. This year we are celebrating 381 wild-living marmots - the most ever counted for this rare species. Photo: John Deal.
March 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Need some GOOD news today? Consider, the Vancouver Island marmot once numbered fewer than 30 individuals in the wild. This year we are celebrating 381 wild-living marmots - the most ever counted for this rare species. Photo: John Deal.
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March 4, 1975:
Canadian musician Hawksley Workman was born in Huntsville, Ontario.
Canadian musician Hawksley Workman was born in Huntsville, Ontario.
March 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
March 4, 1975:
Canadian musician Hawksley Workman was born in Huntsville, Ontario.
Canadian musician Hawksley Workman was born in Huntsville, Ontario.
Ahoy @dropout.tv ,
Thank you for your majestic content. I'm recovering from major surgery. Before it happened I asked my partner if subscribing to you could be part of my healing kit. Your talented casts bring joy, and ease in rest. Thank you for this gift.
Amour toujours,
Laura (she/her)
Thank you for your majestic content. I'm recovering from major surgery. Before it happened I asked my partner if subscribing to you could be part of my healing kit. Your talented casts bring joy, and ease in rest. Thank you for this gift.
Amour toujours,
Laura (she/her)
March 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ahoy @dropout.tv ,
Thank you for your majestic content. I'm recovering from major surgery. Before it happened I asked my partner if subscribing to you could be part of my healing kit. Your talented casts bring joy, and ease in rest. Thank you for this gift.
Amour toujours,
Laura (she/her)
Thank you for your majestic content. I'm recovering from major surgery. Before it happened I asked my partner if subscribing to you could be part of my healing kit. Your talented casts bring joy, and ease in rest. Thank you for this gift.
Amour toujours,
Laura (she/her)
Dear @dropout.tv ,
I would very much love to see the immensely talented Erin Keif on your delightful shows. She is great and you are great. Bam!
Merci,
Ol' Looora
I would very much love to see the immensely talented Erin Keif on your delightful shows. She is great and you are great. Bam!
Merci,
Ol' Looora
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dear @dropout.tv ,
I would very much love to see the immensely talented Erin Keif on your delightful shows. She is great and you are great. Bam!
Merci,
Ol' Looora
I would very much love to see the immensely talented Erin Keif on your delightful shows. She is great and you are great. Bam!
Merci,
Ol' Looora
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JD Vance is the Michael Jordan of getting abandoned by father figures
February 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
JD Vance is the Michael Jordan of getting abandoned by father figures
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Let me take this format for a spin
February 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Let me take this format for a spin
Feel free to copy my reply
February 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Feel free to copy my reply
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During Musk's Twitter takeover, employees used 🫡 to show solidarity.
Now, federal workers have 🥄.
From @kateconger.com and me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Now, federal workers have 🥄.
From @kateconger.com and me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Federal Employees Protest Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Offer With Spoon Emojis
The cutlery icons were deployed in an online chat during a meeting with the former Tesla employee taking over the tech-focused arm of the General Services Administration.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
During Musk's Twitter takeover, employees used 🫡 to show solidarity.
Now, federal workers have 🥄.
From @kateconger.com and me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Now, federal workers have 🥄.
From @kateconger.com and me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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Got plans for Boxing Day?
Come enjoy a full afternoon of some of Hamilton's best indies at The Lionshead Pub. No cover, just great pints, great people and a full afternoon of great tunes. See you there!
#MusicSky #LiveMusic #HamOnt #IndieMusic #SingerSongwriter
Come enjoy a full afternoon of some of Hamilton's best indies at The Lionshead Pub. No cover, just great pints, great people and a full afternoon of great tunes. See you there!
#MusicSky #LiveMusic #HamOnt #IndieMusic #SingerSongwriter
December 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Got plans for Boxing Day?
Come enjoy a full afternoon of some of Hamilton's best indies at The Lionshead Pub. No cover, just great pints, great people and a full afternoon of great tunes. See you there!
#MusicSky #LiveMusic #HamOnt #IndieMusic #SingerSongwriter
Come enjoy a full afternoon of some of Hamilton's best indies at The Lionshead Pub. No cover, just great pints, great people and a full afternoon of great tunes. See you there!
#MusicSky #LiveMusic #HamOnt #IndieMusic #SingerSongwriter
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If someone wishes you "happy holidays," it doesn't mean they hate Christmas. They're simply acknowledging that there are *many* sacred observances that take place this month, including the anniversary of Muntadhar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at George W Bush on this date in 2008.
December 14, 2024 at 9:50 AM
If someone wishes you "happy holidays," it doesn't mean they hate Christmas. They're simply acknowledging that there are *many* sacred observances that take place this month, including the anniversary of Muntadhar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at George W Bush on this date in 2008.
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Hi Editor and Journalism friends! We’ve got a feature we're looking to assign and on the hunt for a writer who has some expertise/knowledge of the history of the Gilded Age. If you know someone (or are that someone) we’d love to connect!
December 12, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Hi Editor and Journalism friends! We’ve got a feature we're looking to assign and on the hunt for a writer who has some expertise/knowledge of the history of the Gilded Age. If you know someone (or are that someone) we’d love to connect!
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"The Ontario government has had six years to follow through on dozens of recommendations from a coroner's inquest to prevent inmates from dying of drug overdoses at the [HWDC].
"But close to half of the recommendations haven't been put into force ... ."
"But close to half of the recommendations haven't been put into force ... ."
Inmate's relative calls for immediate change as inquest into 6 Hamilton jail deaths wraps closing arguments | CBC News
Closing arguments at the inquest examining the drug-related deaths of six men who were in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre have wrapped up. The jury is now tasked with deliberating…
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 4:08 PM
"The Ontario government has had six years to follow through on dozens of recommendations from a coroner's inquest to prevent inmates from dying of drug overdoses at the [HWDC].
"But close to half of the recommendations haven't been put into force ... ."
"But close to half of the recommendations haven't been put into force ... ."
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🚨NEW DATA: Health insurers spent $120 BILLION to enrich shareholders & execs through stock buybacks - all while jacking up premiums & claim denial rates.
44% of the buybacks were at UnitedHealth, which reportedly denies 1 out of 3 medical claims. https://buff.ly/49y4feG
44% of the buybacks were at UnitedHealth, which reportedly denies 1 out of 3 medical claims. https://buff.ly/49y4feG
December 12, 2024 at 4:14 PM
🚨NEW DATA: Health insurers spent $120 BILLION to enrich shareholders & execs through stock buybacks - all while jacking up premiums & claim denial rates.
44% of the buybacks were at UnitedHealth, which reportedly denies 1 out of 3 medical claims. https://buff.ly/49y4feG
44% of the buybacks were at UnitedHealth, which reportedly denies 1 out of 3 medical claims. https://buff.ly/49y4feG
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MY OPINION ON IT - dashare.zone ADMIN
December 7, 2024 at 9:15 PM
MY OPINION ON IT - dashare.zone ADMIN
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Rally by December 12th Movement called for 4pm today outside 100 Centre St. (Manhattan Criminal Court) in protest against this week’s acquittal of Daniel Penny, who killed Jordan Neely last year.
December 10, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Rally by December 12th Movement called for 4pm today outside 100 Centre St. (Manhattan Criminal Court) in protest against this week’s acquittal of Daniel Penny, who killed Jordan Neely last year.