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Sonja Larsen (she/her)
@redsonjabegonia.bsky.social
Writer, dog lover, sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist. Author Red Star Tattoo -My life as a girl revolutionary (PRH Canada) Writers Trust finalist 2016 www.sonjalarsen.com
Writing the Sound is a rustic solar powered weekend writing retreat located on Gambier Island overlooking beautiful Howe Sound. 3 SPOTS LEFT

Writing the Sound 2025 is all about creating art from life. Join us for an intimate weekend of generative workshops all about truth-telling and story making.
June 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don’t want to gate keep people’s trauma but if you have two parents who didn’t abuse you or abandon you, paid for your education and are leaving you money in their will you probably do -not- have cptsd.
March 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Are you writing creative non-fiction or memoir? Join me for an online pay what you can writing prompt session Tuesday night! #cnf #memoir #writingworkshops sonjalarsen.com/3949-2/
2/25 Rules and rituals
We’ll be doing prompts that explore RULES & RITUALS. We’ll explore the known or hidden rules and rituals that can shape our stories. Whether it’s a family motto, a cultural tr…
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February 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Law enforcement exercising their official duties in public do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. This includes ICE agents. As long as you are not interfering with their duties, you generally have a right to record them on duty.
Yes, You Have the Right to Film ICE
Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already begun increasing enforcement operations, including highly publicized raids. As immigrant communities, families, allies, ...
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February 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Can someone explain lists on bluesky? I made some— should I ask people if they want to be on them? What’s the etiquette?
a close up of a statue of yoda smoking a cigarette and saying `` learning am i '' .
ALT: a close up of a statue of yoda smoking a cigarette and saying `` learning am i '' .
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028.
February 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Nazi salutes right out of the gate. There is no saying the quiet part out loud anymore because there is no quiet part anymore…
January 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
On the upside falling flat on my face and skinning my knee justified all the cranky feelings I had before I tripped.
January 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
TikTok and free health care? We really got it all here in Canada
a woman with white hair is standing in front of a door .
ALT: a woman with white hair is standing in front of a door .
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Grade one kid: Jesus will come back to help us but if we mess it up after that then God is done with us forever.
a painting of jesus with the word no underneath him
ALT: a painting of jesus with the word no underneath him
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
January 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Hard to overstate just how much of the tech industry’s horrifically dystopian present grew right out of its transparently misogynistic past
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.

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We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I reject the purple connection!
January 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I made the mistake of listening to the entire Jesus Christ superstar album on New Year’s Day and it has been playing nonstop in my head ever since.
January 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I don’t love Trudeau but aren’t we just handing this government over to a right wing good who doesn’t even have his security clearance? How’s that an improvement? #cdnpol
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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From @deadder.bsky.social in support of @anntelnaes.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
January 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
After I shared this article with a guy his response was that he’d talked to a few women in AI which I guess was his counter argument that tech culture can’t be that toxic? But yeah, in the last 40 years the percentage of women in tech has declined.
Where are all the Women in AI?
Fiona Passantino discusses the imbalance of having more women involved with AI, and how more balance needs to be brough for women not to lose their job.
www.engageemployee.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Great read on college attendance and career choices.
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Fuck Adrian Dittmann too
December 30, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Me “when you can’t hear me could you say “were you talking to me?” instead of “did you say something important?”
My mother: “what’s the difference?”
December 26, 2024 at 3:45 AM
She’s become very hard of hearing and we already have a difficult relationship so this year it’s extra hard not to yell at my mom.
December 23, 2024 at 11:07 PM
December 19, 2024 at 1:40 AM