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Samantha McAleese
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Assistant Professor, Critical Criminology. Structural stigma, criminal records, prisoner re-entry, non-profits, qualitative research methods. DM Qs about pardons/record suspensions.
Another announcement from the Ford government about expanding jails across Ontario.

Communities are desperate for housing, food, transit, harm reduction, health care, recreational space, school-based resources... the list goes on.

All we ever get is bigger jails.
July 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You wouldn't know it by listening to @tsn1050.bsky.social, but the Scepters kick off Round 1 of the playoffs tonight. Some PWHL coverage wouldn't kill ya, pals.
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
So excited to see this article out in the world!

A wonderful collaboration with several folks from @itds-csa.bsky.social about what it means to commit (to) digital sociology and how we can better support grad students/ECRs who engage digital research methods.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Committing (to) Digital Sociology: Opportunities and Challenges for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Oh ffs... 😩
I'm catching up on today's press conferences and Poilievre has a new slogan (from what I've heard) for Liberal crime policies: "hug a thug"

I'm so tired
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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going to a protest? worried someone is peeking at your messages? we’ve put together a @wired.com thread of guides to help you protect yourself from government surveillance:
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Mar 13
Alright doomscroll friends, here's a thread to 📌 on safeguarding yourself.

First, a guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance as Donald Trump vows to go after his enemies and exploit America’s digital surveillance machine to do so.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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i am failing to grasp why i should care that american hockey players might have their feelings hurt by the anthem booing. or why i need to hold their hand and explain geopolitics.
March 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Join us and @haymarketbooks.org on 3/7 for an afternoon of poetry and film in honor of the launch of the anthology Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration, with Diana Marie Delgado, John Murillo, @nicolesealey.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social & Candace Williams.

www.tickettailor.com...
Register Now – Like A Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration – Haymarket House (800 W Buena)
Like A Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration – Haymarket House (800 W Buena), Fri Mar 7, 2025 - Haymarket Books in partnership with The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation & Sidney E. Frank Foundation present: Like A Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration ...
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March 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Just imagine that after the last four weeks of campaigning, the only gain your party made was to defeat a Black woman who your party tried to destroy for supporting Palestine. Incredible stuff from the ONDP.
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Me: "What's the weather going to be like today?"

St. Catharines: "Everything."
January 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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SAVE THE DATE: Critical Perspectives 2025 will be held at the University of Victoria on May 14-16th, 2025

Call for papers linked below!

crpoi.ca/critical-per...
Critical Perspectives 2025
SAVE THE DATE: Critical Perspectives 2025 will be held at the University of Victoria on May 14-16th, 2025. Call For Papers Transforming Justice: A Joint National Conference of Critical Perspectives…
crpoi.ca
January 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The WPS has a bigger budget than ever - and is about to get tens of millions more every year - yet it's so clear that policing is not working as claimed.

Actually addressing these issues requires providing people's basic needs.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Many businesses in Winnipeg's North End have stopped filing insurance claims after break-ins
Plagued by break-ins, vandalism and theft, some North End businesses no longer bother filing insurance claims — concerned they will lose coverage entirely if they don’t eat the upfront costs. The situ...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Critical Perspectives 2025 will be held at the University of Victoria on May 14-16th, 2025

Call for papers linked below!

crpoi.ca/critical-per...
Critical Perspectives 2025
SAVE THE DATE: Critical Perspectives 2025 will be held at the University of Victoria on May 14-16th, 2025. Call For Papers Transforming Justice: A Joint National Conference of Critical Perspectives…
crpoi.ca
January 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Maybe you feel like interrupting your doom scrolling to help my pal Casper raise funds needed for top surgery?

gofund.me/906062f7
Donate to Casper’s Top Surgery Fund, organized by Megan L
Local butch Casper (cslackdesign) is undergoing top surgery at the end of March! Because of some bul… Megan L needs your support for Casper’s Top Surgery Fund
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January 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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i can't believe i, a toronto maple leaf fan, would look at another cursed team and say yes. you too should get to dictate my sports emotions.
January 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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For new and old followers looking for analysis. Here’s @detentionwatchnetwork.org topline takeaways from the executive orders www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.

Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content"
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January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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A federal court has ruled that Florida can detransition inmates.

Some trans inmates are having estrogen pulled, hair shorn, and put through state-run conversion therapy.

This is the cruelty of abandoning incarcerated trans people.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor of Forcibly Detransitioning Transgender Inmates In Florida
Incarcerated transgender people were a major topic of debate in the 2024 elections. Now, a judge ruling on a Florida policy shows how cruel abandoning trans people in prison can be.
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January 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Well. I guess I'll just re-post this then:

policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/se...
December 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM