Megan Kinch
@meganysta.bsky.social
Electrician/writer of journalism and creative non fiction. New column in @CDN_Dimension, contributor to @westendphoenix @TheGrind. https://linktr.ee/meganysta
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Megan Kinch
@meganysta.bsky.social
· Dec 5
My Tweet About a Librarian Not Letting My Kid Use the Phone Went Viral. Here’s Why
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world.
www.thegrindmag.ca
Heres my own take on why i think the story went so viral after a librarian told my lost 11 year old they couldn't use a phone to call their mom (me). In The Grind magazine
www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
Ok Canadians. Who does the land belong to?
a) Indigenous people
b) A King with a Crown living across the ocean who has better bloodlines than the rest of us
a) Indigenous people
b) A King with a Crown living across the ocean who has better bloodlines than the rest of us
September 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ok Canadians. Who does the land belong to?
a) Indigenous people
b) A King with a Crown living across the ocean who has better bloodlines than the rest of us
a) Indigenous people
b) A King with a Crown living across the ocean who has better bloodlines than the rest of us
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For weeks now, us experts have been saying that this is fundamentally the crux of this trial : Does the legal system understand coercion? Today's conclusion is a loud and resounding no.
"I have found actual consent not vitiated by fear.” An incredible statement.
July 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For weeks now, us experts have been saying that this is fundamentally the crux of this trial : Does the legal system understand coercion? Today's conclusion is a loud and resounding no.
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In her latest, @meganysta.bsky.social argues Conservative politicians' attacks on harm reduction impact a constituency they say they hold dear: skilled trades workers.
April 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In her latest, @meganysta.bsky.social argues Conservative politicians' attacks on harm reduction impact a constituency they say they hold dear: skilled trades workers.
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“The moment I got some work, I got my phone stolen. And that was it,” he says. “I lost the job.”
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“The moment I got some work, I got my phone stolen. And that was it,” he says. “I lost the job.”
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
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"The battle over trades workers’ votes and trade unions’ endorsements is not only pivotal to electoral politics — we are also the manual labourers that bring election promises to fruition."
From @meganysta.bsky.social
From @meganysta.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The battle over trades workers’ votes and trade unions’ endorsements is not only pivotal to electoral politics — we are also the manual labourers that bring election promises to fruition."
From @meganysta.bsky.social
From @meganysta.bsky.social
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Excited to publish @meganysta.bsky.social and her nuanced take on the growing trend of construction and manufacturing unions endorsing Doug Ford.
Megan, a construction electrician, argues manual labourers are the people who bring election promises to fruition.
Megan, a construction electrician, argues manual labourers are the people who bring election promises to fruition.
March 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Excited to publish @meganysta.bsky.social and her nuanced take on the growing trend of construction and manufacturing unions endorsing Doug Ford.
Megan, a construction electrician, argues manual labourers are the people who bring election promises to fruition.
Megan, a construction electrician, argues manual labourers are the people who bring election promises to fruition.
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"When I show up to a worksite having been dispatched by my union, I feel like Anne of Green Gables, with the foreman silently conveying, 'We clearly requested a boy.'"
Megan Kinch (@meganysta.bsky.social) on life as a single mom working in the construction industry:
Megan Kinch (@meganysta.bsky.social) on life as a single mom working in the construction industry:
On life as a single mom working in the construction industry
In that time of morning that seems like the dead of night, I quietly get dressed. My six-year-old stirs and I ask her to climb onto my back like a tiny monkey. I leave my apartment unit and carry her ...
canadiandimension.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"When I show up to a worksite having been dispatched by my union, I feel like Anne of Green Gables, with the foreman silently conveying, 'We clearly requested a boy.'"
Megan Kinch (@meganysta.bsky.social) on life as a single mom working in the construction industry:
Megan Kinch (@meganysta.bsky.social) on life as a single mom working in the construction industry:
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most journalists today can be divided into two groups: dedicated, impoverished people who mostly write for publications you've never heard of that started eighteen months ago or JP Random House The First, who writes columns for the New York Times about which ethnic groups it should be OK to hunt
an important thing about america's current media elites is that they're basically just the dregs of an industry that has been constant contraction since the 90s and thus a lot of them are nepobabies who don't actually want to do any work
Checked this story about Trump shaking Ukraine down in exchange for continuing military aid to see if it mentions that he got impeached for doing that exact thing, and friends, you will not be surprised that it does not.
February 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
most journalists today can be divided into two groups: dedicated, impoverished people who mostly write for publications you've never heard of that started eighteen months ago or JP Random House The First, who writes columns for the New York Times about which ethnic groups it should be OK to hunt
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From Canadian Dimension, 1992
February 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
From Canadian Dimension, 1992
I got laid off last month. My kid's dad and my brother got laid off the same week. Working in food and construction,we are the canaries in the coal mine of recession. Hard times are here. My second column in @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Hard times are here
People like me and my family members who work in the construction and restaurant industries are canaries in the coal mine of the economy. New condo starts have been down for some time, which is an ear...
canadiandimension.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I got laid off last month. My kid's dad and my brother got laid off the same week. Working in food and construction,we are the canaries in the coal mine of recession. Hard times are here. My second column in @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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My Tweet About a Librarian Not Letting My Kid Use the Phone Went Viral. Here’s Why
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world. @meganysta.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world. @meganysta.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
My Tweet About a Librarian Not Letting My Kid Use the Phone Went Viral. Here’s Why
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world.
www.thegrindmag.ca
February 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My Tweet About a Librarian Not Letting My Kid Use the Phone Went Viral. Here’s Why
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world. @meganysta.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world. @meganysta.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
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"People like me and my family members who work in the construction and restaurant industries are canaries in the coal mine of the economy."
NEW from @meganysta.bsky.social on Canada's painful slide into recession:
NEW from @meganysta.bsky.social on Canada's painful slide into recession:
Hard times are here
People like me and my family members who work in the construction and restaurant industries are canaries in the coal mine of the economy. New condo starts have been down for some time, which is an ear...
canadiandimension.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"People like me and my family members who work in the construction and restaurant industries are canaries in the coal mine of the economy."
NEW from @meganysta.bsky.social on Canada's painful slide into recession:
NEW from @meganysta.bsky.social on Canada's painful slide into recession:
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"If we want to turn the tide of deindustrialization and create manufacturing jobs for the economy of the future, we need to be bold. And it starts now, not in some distant future."
NEW from @stevenhigh.bsky.social:
NEW from @stevenhigh.bsky.social:
Now is the time to turn the tide on the deindustrialization of Canada
The rise of the populist right in deindustrialized areas, like the US Rust Belt, is a legacy of neoliberalism and free trade. We need to break this cycle. If we want to turn the tide of deindustriali...
canadiandimension.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"If we want to turn the tide of deindustrialization and create manufacturing jobs for the economy of the future, we need to be bold. And it starts now, not in some distant future."
NEW from @stevenhigh.bsky.social:
NEW from @stevenhigh.bsky.social:
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In the spirit of Go Birds, I wrote a few thousand words about trying to capture a bird call, singing, being alive and Marshmallow on Bob's Burgers
www.anxietyshark.ca/seagulls-sin...
www.anxietyshark.ca/seagulls-sin...
Seabirds singing like doves
For months I thought there was an owl outside.
www.anxietyshark.ca
February 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In the spirit of Go Birds, I wrote a few thousand words about trying to capture a bird call, singing, being alive and Marshmallow on Bob's Burgers
www.anxietyshark.ca/seagulls-sin...
www.anxietyshark.ca/seagulls-sin...
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If you saw someone being sexually harassed on the bus, would you know how to help? If you witnessed transphobia at a coffee shop, would you feel safe to step in and de-escalate?
If not, give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you effective intervention - it's free!
Feb 17
Noon EST
If not, give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you effective intervention - it's free!
Feb 17
Noon EST
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stand up against street harassment!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
It starts by taking action right now. Join us for a one-hour, interactive, virtual training to learn how to intervene when you see harassment happening. We’ll talk about what harassment looks like — f...
zoom.us
February 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you saw someone being sexually harassed on the bus, would you know how to help? If you witnessed transphobia at a coffee shop, would you feel safe to step in and de-escalate?
If not, give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you effective intervention - it's free!
Feb 17
Noon EST
If not, give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you effective intervention - it's free!
Feb 17
Noon EST
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OMFG. With literally minutes to go, Biden has commuted Leonard Peltier's sentence
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
Statement from President Joe Biden | The White House
I am issuing pardons to Gerald G. Lundergan and Ernest William Cromartie. I am also commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he
www.whitehouse.gov
January 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
OMFG. With literally minutes to go, Biden has commuted Leonard Peltier's sentence
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
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“Sometimes I would go to work, and go to the booze can here, then sleep in that alley. Then I’d go to work hanging off the side of a building doing balcony construction,”
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Sometimes I would go to work, and go to the booze can here, then sleep in that alley. Then I’d go to work hanging off the side of a building doing balcony construction,”
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
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30% Of LA fires are being fought by inmates
They’re being paid between 16¢ to 74¢ an hour.
They’re fed a bologna sandwich and an apple while fighting the fires.
www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...
They’re being paid between 16¢ to 74¢ an hour.
They’re fed a bologna sandwich and an apple while fighting the fires.
www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...
Due To “Slavery Clause,” 30% Of LA Fires Are Being Fought By Inmates
30% of those battling the Los Angeles wildfires are Inmates firefighters. There maximum day rate of $10.24 is due to the 13th Amendment's 'Slavery Clause'. Is this fair?
www.forbes.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
30% Of LA fires are being fought by inmates
They’re being paid between 16¢ to 74¢ an hour.
They’re fed a bologna sandwich and an apple while fighting the fires.
www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...
They’re being paid between 16¢ to 74¢ an hour.
They’re fed a bologna sandwich and an apple while fighting the fires.
www.forbes.com/sites/dougme...
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“Sometimes I would go to work, and go to the booze can here, then sleep in that alley. Then I’d go to work hanging off the side of a building doing balcony construction,”
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Sometimes I would go to work, and go to the booze can here, then sleep in that alley. Then I’d go to work hanging off the side of a building doing balcony construction,”
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE
From the December Home Issue
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
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I'm so happy to see that my op-ed in the grind- about my young daughter denied help at the public library- is the second most read (by clicks) in The Grind this year. Much thanks to everyone who read my long form analysis and story and went beyond just the viral tweet
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I'm so happy to see that my op-ed in the grind- about my young daughter denied help at the public library- is the second most read (by clicks) in The Grind this year. Much thanks to everyone who read my long form analysis and story and went beyond just the viral tweet
I'm so happy to see that my op-ed in the grind- about my young daughter denied help at the public library- is the second most read (by clicks) in The Grind this year. Much thanks to everyone who read my long form analysis and story and went beyond just the viral tweet
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I'm so happy to see that my op-ed in the grind- about my young daughter denied help at the public library- is the second most read (by clicks) in The Grind this year. Much thanks to everyone who read my long form analysis and story and went beyond just the viral tweet
Reposted by Megan Kinch
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE…
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the latest issue of WEP, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the latest issue of WEP, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:13 PM
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE…
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the latest issue of WEP, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the latest issue of WEP, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Reposted by Megan Kinch
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE…
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the HOME ISSUE, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the HOME ISSUE, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM
SLEEPING IN CARS, THE RAVINE, ON A JOB SITE…
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the HOME ISSUE, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
@meganysta.bsky.social talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job.
From the HOME ISSUE, out now.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
This is what i really do as a writer- hard-hitting literary journalism about lives in our city. I talked to homeless construction workers for the West End Phoenix about the struggle to stay working while living rough and construction as a lifeline- maybe
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Sleeping in cars, the ravine, on a job site — West End Phoenix
Writer Megan Kinch talks to construction workers dealing with homelessness while trying to hold down a job. “People with addictions or mental health problems are especially vulnerable, but the last fe...
www.westendphoenix.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:51 PM
This is what i really do as a writer- hard-hitting literary journalism about lives in our city. I talked to homeless construction workers for the West End Phoenix about the struggle to stay working while living rough and construction as a lifeline- maybe
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/slee...
Reposted by Megan Kinch
“What the difficulties in public spaces tell me is that much more support needs to be given to vulnerable community members. At a basic level, libraries should be the best face of the community. And a good community supports our young people.“
Heres my own take on why i think the story went so viral after a librarian told my lost 11 year old they couldn't use a phone to call their mom (me). In The Grind magazine
www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
www.thegrindmag.ca/tweet-librar...
My Tweet About a Librarian Not Letting My Kid Use the Phone Went Viral. Here’s Why
Toronto electrician and writer Megan Kinch talks about how her super-viral tweet sparked conversations about libraries, parenting and the state of the world.
www.thegrindmag.ca
December 8, 2024 at 1:01 AM
“What the difficulties in public spaces tell me is that much more support needs to be given to vulnerable community members. At a basic level, libraries should be the best face of the community. And a good community supports our young people.“