JW Roulston, MSW, JD
@ottawakiwi.bsky.social
Lawyer, social worker, teacher, and writer.
Montréal born, Ottawa based. Citizen of Canada, Ireland, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Bilingual/bilingue. Pro Oxford comma. ☘️🍁🥝
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉
https://joanneroulston.substack.com/
Montréal born, Ottawa based. Citizen of Canada, Ireland, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Bilingual/bilingue. Pro Oxford comma. ☘️🍁🥝
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉
https://joanneroulston.substack.com/
Pinned
I block bigots and mansplainers. And if you think Bluesky is Hinge, you are gone too.
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Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A frozen beef roast fell out of the freezer and onto my toes.
Apparently this is how 2026 opens.
Apparently this is how 2026 opens.
January 6, 2026 at 8:41 AM
A frozen beef roast fell out of the freezer and onto my toes.
Apparently this is how 2026 opens.
Apparently this is how 2026 opens.
The propaganda is more insulting than usual
Hell of a way to report that a lawless wannabe dictator has just illegally kidnapped the head of a sovereign state.
Legacy media scrambling to justify criminal behaviour is utter cowardice.
Legacy media scrambling to justify criminal behaviour is utter cowardice.
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The propaganda is more insulting than usual
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Jesus wept
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...
MY FELLOW ARIZONANS
Actually
Everyone this is outrageous
And to every Veteran
Join me in calling your Representatives demanding this is unjust
202 202 224-3121
Senator Kelly has 30 days to respond & all of us
Please SUPPORT SENATOR MARK KELLY
OUTRAGE
MY FELLOW ARIZONANS
Actually
Everyone this is outrageous
And to every Veteran
Join me in calling your Representatives demanding this is unjust
202 202 224-3121
Senator Kelly has 30 days to respond & all of us
Please SUPPORT SENATOR MARK KELLY
OUTRAGE
Pentagon to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over 'seditious' video: Hegseth
Sen. Mark Kelly and other members of Congress on the video reminded members of the U.S. military that they can refuse to follow illegal orders.
www.cnbc.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Jesus wept
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
OMG
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
OMG
January 6 is Epiphany, or Old Christmas, or Little Christmas. Orthodox Christmas. Old Scottish Christmas.
Visiting day and the last day of Christmas. That's what I want to remember about January 6.
Visiting day and the last day of Christmas. That's what I want to remember about January 6.
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
January 6 is Epiphany, or Old Christmas, or Little Christmas. Orthodox Christmas. Old Scottish Christmas.
Visiting day and the last day of Christmas. That's what I want to remember about January 6.
Visiting day and the last day of Christmas. That's what I want to remember about January 6.
#Starmer appears to be suffering from some highly contained level of damage that has eliminated his capacity to assess the legality of genocide, murder, and invasions of sovereign countries
Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴.🇬🇧Veteran
@julialeggs.bsky.social
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BBC News - Starmer won't be drawn on whether US strikes on Venezuela broke international law
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer won't be drawn on whether US strikes on Venezuela broke international law
The PM told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that he won't
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
#Starmer appears to be suffering from some highly contained level of damage that has eliminated his capacity to assess the legality of genocide, murder, and invasions of sovereign countries
Enough.
And lay off Canada too.
And lay off Canada too.
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Enough.
And lay off Canada too.
And lay off Canada too.
Kakistocracy. Those of us working in the family violence area have been shouting this from the rooftops:
Men who hurt women & children are terrible people.
No, a man cannot be a good father to children whose mother he has beaten & raped.
This is empirical.
#EpsteinFiles
#ThePersonalIsPolitical
Men who hurt women & children are terrible people.
No, a man cannot be a good father to children whose mother he has beaten & raped.
This is empirical.
#EpsteinFiles
#ThePersonalIsPolitical
January 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Kakistocracy. Those of us working in the family violence area have been shouting this from the rooftops:
Men who hurt women & children are terrible people.
No, a man cannot be a good father to children whose mother he has beaten & raped.
This is empirical.
#EpsteinFiles
#ThePersonalIsPolitical
Men who hurt women & children are terrible people.
No, a man cannot be a good father to children whose mother he has beaten & raped.
This is empirical.
#EpsteinFiles
#ThePersonalIsPolitical
I have lived with the consequences of the violation of international law in Ireland & in Indigenous Canada.
When people sneer at the United Nations or dismiss international law, they must be honest about the alternative.
The League of Nations & the United Nations exist because of world war.
When people sneer at the United Nations or dismiss international law, they must be honest about the alternative.
The League of Nations & the United Nations exist because of world war.
Comunicado conjunto de México, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay y España sobre la situación en Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I have lived with the consequences of the violation of international law in Ireland & in Indigenous Canada.
When people sneer at the United Nations or dismiss international law, they must be honest about the alternative.
The League of Nations & the United Nations exist because of world war.
When people sneer at the United Nations or dismiss international law, they must be honest about the alternative.
The League of Nations & the United Nations exist because of world war.
I love the way poetry makes me slow down and lean into words and phrases and noticing of small beauty in daily life
#SeamusHeaney, walk on air against your better judgment …
#SeamusHeaney, walk on air against your better judgment …
Seamus Heaney reads his poem "The Gravel Walks."
YouTube video by Wdan Coyle
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I love the way poetry makes me slow down and lean into words and phrases and noticing of small beauty in daily life
#SeamusHeaney, walk on air against your better judgment …
#SeamusHeaney, walk on air against your better judgment …
History shows that the USA is very, very bad at this.
They’ll regret it one day and yet they will not learn.
Latin America, Asia, Middle East…
They’ll regret it one day and yet they will not learn.
Latin America, Asia, Middle East…
BBC: America's record of achieving regime change by force in the last 30 years is disastrous.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump's Maduro raid could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe
Trump seems to believe he makes the rules and others cannot have the same privileges.
www.bbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
History shows that the USA is very, very bad at this.
They’ll regret it one day and yet they will not learn.
Latin America, Asia, Middle East…
They’ll regret it one day and yet they will not learn.
Latin America, Asia, Middle East…
80 year old Rosa González was killed by the attackers when a rocket demolished her apartment.
Message from my dear friend in El Valle, Caracas. The base is Fort Tiuna which is surrounded by densely populated suburbs of high rises and barrios. Electricity is gone, people are queing for water and to get mobiles charged. Everyone is terrified of being bombed by the US again tonight.
#venezuela
#venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 5:42 PM