pauline zed
@paulinezed.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, mom, watcher of film, reader of comics, connoisseur of pop culture, fan. Citizen, settler, socialist. LGBT+ and FN ally. BLM. She/her.
As always when the topic of “clearing encampments” comes up, I ask just where the heck are these people supposed to go! The shelters are full, and there is no affordable housing for people on welfare or disability or working minimum wage jobs.
Councillor Brad Bradford's motion to prioritize clearing encampments near daycares and schools within 48 hours gets added to the agenda after a 20-6 vote. They'll debate it later. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As always when the topic of “clearing encampments” comes up, I ask just where the heck are these people supposed to go! The shelters are full, and there is no affordable housing for people on welfare or disability or working minimum wage jobs.
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It's Veterans Day, so I feel like spinning a #GranddadYarn. I'm gonna tell what is known in the family as the Korea Story, though it does not take place in Korea and involves it only tangentially.
It is, however, a timely story about good leadership, which I think we could all use right now.
It is, however, a timely story about good leadership, which I think we could all use right now.
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Wow. My dad was Canadian Coast Guard and spent every winter on Superior. Now I know why my mom hated it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Wow. My dad was Canadian Coast Guard and spent every winter on Superior. Now I know why my mom hated it.
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I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Ontarians need a firm govt w/ the courage to raise revenue & spend it on concrete programs & services that make life better...the govt of the day asks us to sit tight & wait for the market to do its magic' @policyalternatives.ca @ricardotranjan.bsky.social
Ontario Fall Economic Statement: No help on the way - CCPA
Last May, CCPA’s detailed analysis of the Ontario budget argued that it failed to address years-long funding shortfalls, leaving the province vulnerable to the economic storm on the horizon.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Ontarians need a firm govt w/ the courage to raise revenue & spend it on concrete programs & services that make life better...the govt of the day asks us to sit tight & wait for the market to do its magic' @policyalternatives.ca @ricardotranjan.bsky.social
Mamdani’s win has given me hope that we can have progressive wins in Canada too. I’ve got big hopes that Lewis can deliver them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mamdani’s win has given me hope that we can have progressive wins in Canada too. I’ve got big hopes that Lewis can deliver them.
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Hope this is the message Canadians take from this U.S. election season.
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hope this is the message Canadians take from this U.S. election season.
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Zohran #Mamdani was just elected mayor of New York City!
It should now be a wake-up call to Canadian progressives — proving that people-first politics rooted in fairness, affordability, and real unity is the way forward.
#Canada #NDP #DemocraticSocialism #DSA
ricochet.media/politics/zoh...
It should now be a wake-up call to Canadian progressives — proving that people-first politics rooted in fairness, affordability, and real unity is the way forward.
#Canada #NDP #DemocraticSocialism #DSA
ricochet.media/politics/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani’s victory should be a wake-up call to Canadian progressives
Mamdani's win proves that people-first politics rooted in fairness, affordability, and real unity is the way forward
ricochet.media
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Zohran #Mamdani was just elected mayor of New York City!
It should now be a wake-up call to Canadian progressives — proving that people-first politics rooted in fairness, affordability, and real unity is the way forward.
#Canada #NDP #DemocraticSocialism #DSA
ricochet.media/politics/zoh...
It should now be a wake-up call to Canadian progressives — proving that people-first politics rooted in fairness, affordability, and real unity is the way forward.
#Canada #NDP #DemocraticSocialism #DSA
ricochet.media/politics/zoh...
Nooooo!
That was a heck of a series, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so stressed.
That was a heck of a series, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so stressed.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Nooooo!
That was a heck of a series, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so stressed.
That was a heck of a series, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so stressed.
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“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement.
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement.
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
Managed to get the bat wings on two of our three cats. Our little black cat got out of Dodge quick when she saw what was up.
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Managed to get the bat wings on two of our three cats. Our little black cat got out of Dodge quick when she saw what was up.
Fan vids were the reason I started watching Leverage!
The only time I raised my voice in five seasons of LEVERAGE was telling the TNT exec that if he sent cease and desist orders to the makers of fan videos on YouTube that I would quit the show and take an ad out in the Hollywood Reporter explaining why.
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fan vids were the reason I started watching Leverage!
Albanese is a hero for speaking up for peace AND truth.
Lay Down Your Arms Peace Prize (laydownyourarms.today ) aka the REAL Nobel Peace Prize in accordance with Alfred Nobel's vision, this year was awarded to Francesca Albanese
She has been notified & said she'll give the €10,000 prize money to charity
She has been notified & said she'll give the €10,000 prize money to charity
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Albanese is a hero for speaking up for peace AND truth.
I am Emma Thompson.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I am Emma Thompson.
Our cat doesn’t know why the hell we’re still up.
(Go Jays Go!)
(Go Jays Go!)
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Our cat doesn’t know why the hell we’re still up.
(Go Jays Go!)
(Go Jays Go!)
At least Ford can occasionally be shamed into doing the right thing.
Time to shame him for all the other terrible legislation he’s passed/is threatening to pass.
Time to shame him for all the other terrible legislation he’s passed/is threatening to pass.
This would have led to catastrophic new levels of homelessness — thank you to everyone who spoke out.
Now let’s keep hammering the Ford government on its bad decisions about bike lanes, supervised consumption sites and speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Now let’s keep hammering the Ford government on its bad decisions about bike lanes, supervised consumption sites and speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Ford government walks back on plan to consider changes to renters’ right to ‘security of tenure’
The Ford government says it won’t be moving forward with consultations to modify the law that protects tenants’ right to remain in their unit.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
At least Ford can occasionally be shamed into doing the right thing.
Time to shame him for all the other terrible legislation he’s passed/is threatening to pass.
Time to shame him for all the other terrible legislation he’s passed/is threatening to pass.
My cat’s obsession with coffee continues. #coffeecat
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My cat’s obsession with coffee continues. #coffeecat
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"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner."
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner."
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
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“90% of the civilians killed in the last eight decades of this so-called conflict were on the Palestinian side, and not the Israeli side. And who killed them? The Israelis. And they’re never called terrorists.”
— Arab Barghouti, son of Marwan Barghouti
— Arab Barghouti, son of Marwan Barghouti
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“90% of the civilians killed in the last eight decades of this so-called conflict were on the Palestinian side, and not the Israeli side. And who killed them? The Israelis. And they’re never called terrorists.”
— Arab Barghouti, son of Marwan Barghouti
— Arab Barghouti, son of Marwan Barghouti
A powerful thread on being Canadian at this moment in history.
Here is what I said. I am proud to be a Cape Bretoner, a Nova Scotian, a Canadian. And I am with the Mi’kmaw land defenders on Hunters Mountain. (1)
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A powerful thread on being Canadian at this moment in history.
Our cable died the inning before this so I got to experience this moment by radio. Go Springer!
GEORGE SPRINGER 3-RUN HOMER SENDS TORONTO INTO A FRENZY
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Our cable died the inning before this so I got to experience this moment by radio. Go Springer!
More cops and pipelines are not what this country needs. Housing, clean water and income support are what people need.
Canada’s new government is relentlessly focused on protecting our communities, our border, and our country.
We’re hiring 1,000 new Canada Border Services Agency personnel and making big changes that will attract and retain this next wave of highly trained border officers.
We’re hiring 1,000 new Canada Border Services Agency personnel and making big changes that will attract and retain this next wave of highly trained border officers.
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
More cops and pipelines are not what this country needs. Housing, clean water and income support are what people need.
Well, f*ck.
More cops is the last thing we need.
More cops is the last thing we need.
In the past 24 hours, Mark Carney has promised to boost the number of security agents (RCMP + CBSA) by 2000.
Has a single journalist talked with @sandela.bsky.social or Robyn Maynard about what this means for canadian society?
Has a single journalist talked with @sandela.bsky.social or Robyn Maynard about what this means for canadian society?
October 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Well, f*ck.
More cops is the last thing we need.
More cops is the last thing we need.