Sara Elsayeda
@saraelsa.net
None of us are free until all of us are. Personne l'est. 🇨🇦
Liberal. she/her/elle.
Liberal. she/her/elle.
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"Don't give them what they want" isn't going to work because this is exactly what they REALLY want;
A fearful populace that accepts its fate that any one of us could be murdered in cold blood by The State w/ no repercussions of any kind.
A fearful populace that accepts its fate that any one of us could be murdered in cold blood by The State w/ no repercussions of any kind.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"Don't give them what they want" isn't going to work because this is exactly what they REALLY want;
A fearful populace that accepts its fate that any one of us could be murdered in cold blood by The State w/ no repercussions of any kind.
A fearful populace that accepts its fate that any one of us could be murdered in cold blood by The State w/ no repercussions of any kind.
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If I were a PM who had delivered a seminal speech on the global rupture and the need for new relations with the world, I probably wouldn’t send hundreds of layoff notices to my foreign affairs department the next day
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Tracking job cuts in the federal public service
Workforce adjustment notifications have hit thousands of employees across dozens of government departments and agencies.
www.hilltimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:46 PM
If I were a PM who had delivered a seminal speech on the global rupture and the need for new relations with the world, I probably wouldn’t send hundreds of layoff notices to my foreign affairs department the next day
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
If it took Mark Carney this long to see what we've been seeing for the past year (and he's been seeing up until the election), very well. I expect changes in our foreign policy moving forward, particularly insofar as the US is concerned. I also expect the US appeasement bill (C-12) to be abandoned.
“There is a strong tendency for countries to go along to get along. To accommodate. To avoid trouble. To hope that compliance will buy safety.
It won’t.”
I hope this finally marks a pivot in Canada’s approach, mirroring the hardening in Europe
www.policymagazine.ca/the-old-orde...
It won’t.”
I hope this finally marks a pivot in Canada’s approach, mirroring the hardening in Europe
www.policymagazine.ca/the-old-orde...
'The Old Order is Not Coming Back': Mark Carney's Speech to the World Economic Forum - Policy Magazine
The following is the text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.
www.policymagazine.ca
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 PM
If it took Mark Carney this long to see what we've been seeing for the past year (and he's been seeing up until the election), very well. I expect changes in our foreign policy moving forward, particularly insofar as the US is concerned. I also expect the US appeasement bill (C-12) to be abandoned.
They don’t want a high-trust society. They want a low-melanin society.
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 AM
They don’t want a high-trust society. They want a low-melanin society.
Two days ago, local influencer Caryma Sa'd known for targeting progressive protestors and movements put my full name out in an accusatory post for her tens of thousands of vicious social media followers to devour.
Today, I returned the favor and put her full name in the local newspaper.
Today, I returned the favor and put her full name in the local newspaper.
LETTER: Being torn apart for how you look — an unfortunate rite of passage for every woman entering the public sphere
A Toronto counter-protester laments how social media videos filmed at demonstrations are used to attack individual participants online
www.torontotoday.ca
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Two days ago, local influencer Caryma Sa'd known for targeting progressive protestors and movements put my full name out in an accusatory post for her tens of thousands of vicious social media followers to devour.
Today, I returned the favor and put her full name in the local newspaper.
Today, I returned the favor and put her full name in the local newspaper.
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Govt of Canada Communication: THEN vs NOW
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Govt of Canada Communication: THEN vs NOW
Here's what this TPS officer is calling "not racist".
![Ron Bouwmeister, an attendee of the Canada First rally, said he’s protesting for his grandkids.
“My kids, my grandkids are blonde. I was blonde. Now you look [at] all the schools, there's no blonde people anymore. That's wrong because we need a mixture.” he said. “I want my Canada back.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fypvcbidhfcbzo77f3vhtydd/bafkreifvrrv7e6ljm4lvu4ijkzy5a4gw2gjtltszp5ot266ivrecdyhx7i@jpeg)
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Here's what this TPS officer is calling "not racist".
Toronto Police Service officer (the one standing furthest to the right) claims Canada First protestors calling for stripping non-white Canadians of their citizenship and renditioning them to foreign countries are not racist while speaking to a curious bystander.
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Toronto Police Service officer (the one standing furthest to the right) claims Canada First protestors calling for stripping non-white Canadians of their citizenship and renditioning them to foreign countries are not racist while speaking to a curious bystander.
I'm glad to see the CBC calling it out for what it is. For too long our media organizations have been trying with ever-increasing desperation to feed us the lie that there are two legitimate sides to every issue.
ANALYSIS | How Trump and Vance's accounts of Minneapolis ICE shooting differ from video evidence | CBC News
The official White House narrative of what lead a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to shoot and kill a U.S. citizen in her vehicle in Minneapolis is bumping up hard against what can be s...
www.cbc.ca
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I'm glad to see the CBC calling it out for what it is. For too long our media organizations have been trying with ever-increasing desperation to feed us the lie that there are two legitimate sides to every issue.
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Join us for a virtual town hall to understand the current landscape, learn about civil defence and how such networks can operate, and discuss ways we can collectively safeguard our freedom & democracy from the threats now facing Canada.
Event is Thursday, Jan 22nd, at 8pm Eastern: bit.ly/cd_meeting
Event is Thursday, Jan 22nd, at 8pm Eastern: bit.ly/cd_meeting
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Join us for a virtual town hall to understand the current landscape, learn about civil defence and how such networks can operate, and discuss ways we can collectively safeguard our freedom & democracy from the threats now facing Canada.
Event is Thursday, Jan 22nd, at 8pm Eastern: bit.ly/cd_meeting
Event is Thursday, Jan 22nd, at 8pm Eastern: bit.ly/cd_meeting
The same goes for the Carney Liberals as they've shown us.
Democrat leaders on this platform want you to believe they are the party of resistance while supporting genocide, rubber stamping Trump's nominees, folding on trans rights, using far-right rhetoric about migrants, working with mass surveillance companies, getting mad they weren't in on a coup.
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The same goes for the Carney Liberals as they've shown us.
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I also hoped Carney would be a cold, pragmatic leader who could steer Canada using evidence and common sense. Turns out he's just another finance-brained conservative who can't deal with reality. It sucks. But I'm not gonna pretend he's the leader I hoped he'd be. Because I'm not a fucking child.
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I also hoped Carney would be a cold, pragmatic leader who could steer Canada using evidence and common sense. Turns out he's just another finance-brained conservative who can't deal with reality. It sucks. But I'm not gonna pretend he's the leader I hoped he'd be. Because I'm not a fucking child.
It's cowardice. That's all there is to it.
We elected a bunch of cowards after they lied to us about their intentions.
We elected a bunch of cowards after they lied to us about their intentions.
Also for anyone suggesting Canada is limited in what it can say because of its proximity to and dependence on the US, that didn’t stop Mexico.
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
It's cowardice. That's all there is to it.
We elected a bunch of cowards after they lied to us about their intentions.
We elected a bunch of cowards after they lied to us about their intentions.
"At least he's not Poilievre" is the new "at least we're not the US".
It's true and makes sense in some contexts, but we cannot allow it to be a carte blanche for the justification of regressive policies.
It's time to hold the Prime Minister to some actual standards.
It's true and makes sense in some contexts, but we cannot allow it to be a carte blanche for the justification of regressive policies.
It's time to hold the Prime Minister to some actual standards.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"At least he's not Poilievre" is the new "at least we're not the US".
It's true and makes sense in some contexts, but we cannot allow it to be a carte blanche for the justification of regressive policies.
It's time to hold the Prime Minister to some actual standards.
It's true and makes sense in some contexts, but we cannot allow it to be a carte blanche for the justification of regressive policies.
It's time to hold the Prime Minister to some actual standards.
We're seeing the notwithstanding clause being used more and more in Canada, with provinces choosing to exempt themselves from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with impunity.
They want you to become desensitized over time.
Don't give them that. Our rights are not up for grabs.
They want you to become desensitized over time.
Don't give them that. Our rights are not up for grabs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We're seeing the notwithstanding clause being used more and more in Canada, with provinces choosing to exempt themselves from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with impunity.
They want you to become desensitized over time.
Don't give them that. Our rights are not up for grabs.
They want you to become desensitized over time.
Don't give them that. Our rights are not up for grabs.
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I know it’s fighting a losing battle, but I really do wish we could reclaim liberalism as a philosophical tradition and that people could just say “establishment Democrat” when they mean that.
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I know it’s fighting a losing battle, but I really do wish we could reclaim liberalism as a philosophical tradition and that people could just say “establishment Democrat” when they mean that.
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You've probably heard of Bill C-12 and C-2, but there's a slate of other bills that, when assembled together transformer style, could create a freedom repression machine that rivals the one south of the border.
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You've probably heard of Bill C-12 and C-2, but there's a slate of other bills that, when assembled together transformer style, could create a freedom repression machine that rivals the one south of the border.
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
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'Flee' is not the right word for people making the decision to leave a place because of the politics they do not agree with.
'Flee' was what my wife and I did when we left our home of 30+ years in Florida bc white supremacists & transphobes were literally destroying our lives & healthcare.
'Flee' was what my wife and I did when we left our home of 30+ years in Florida bc white supremacists & transphobes were literally destroying our lives & healthcare.
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR — POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
'Flee' is not the right word for people making the decision to leave a place because of the politics they do not agree with.
'Flee' was what my wife and I did when we left our home of 30+ years in Florida bc white supremacists & transphobes were literally destroying our lives & healthcare.
'Flee' was what my wife and I did when we left our home of 30+ years in Florida bc white supremacists & transphobes were literally destroying our lives & healthcare.
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The living Israeli hostages have been released as part of a ceasefire deal that also saw about 2000 Palestinian prisoners freed.
Wait, but why are the Israelis “hostages” and the Palestinians “prisoners”?
In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:
Wait, but why are the Israelis “hostages” and the Palestinians “prisoners”?
In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The living Israeli hostages have been released as part of a ceasefire deal that also saw about 2000 Palestinian prisoners freed.
Wait, but why are the Israelis “hostages” and the Palestinians “prisoners”?
In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:
Wait, but why are the Israelis “hostages” and the Palestinians “prisoners”?
In today’s video, that’s the question we’re exploring:
Pierre Poilievre really controls this supposedly Liberal government, doesn't he?
Any other party (or its own grassroots base) wants something and it's just crickets.
Conservatives ask for something and the next day there's a government bill for it.
Any other party (or its own grassroots base) wants something and it's just crickets.
Conservatives ask for something and the next day there's a government bill for it.
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Pierre Poilievre really controls this supposedly Liberal government, doesn't he?
Any other party (or its own grassroots base) wants something and it's just crickets.
Conservatives ask for something and the next day there's a government bill for it.
Any other party (or its own grassroots base) wants something and it's just crickets.
Conservatives ask for something and the next day there's a government bill for it.
I'm very upset with Bluesky for what it's been doing lately but this is correct. Image classification for moderation purposes is a good use of machine learning, and training a classification ML model doesn't allow it to create new content based on training data ('stealing' artwork).
This is going around again and it is not true. Like every site on the internet, Bluesky uses machine learning to do a first-pass approximation of image classification to detect and label content. They have repeatedly confirmed outside services do not use Bluesky user data to train their models.
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm very upset with Bluesky for what it's been doing lately but this is correct. Image classification for moderation purposes is a good use of machine learning, and training a classification ML model doesn't allow it to create new content based on training data ('stealing' artwork).
I just made a financial contribution to @transrights.northsky.social. If Bluesky's administration wants to act like Elon Musk, it shouldn't be surprised to find its platform succumbing to the same fate that brought down Twitter.
Did you know Northsky is Canadian?
Did you know Northsky is Canadian?
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I just made a financial contribution to @transrights.northsky.social. If Bluesky's administration wants to act like Elon Musk, it shouldn't be surprised to find its platform succumbing to the same fate that brought down Twitter.
Did you know Northsky is Canadian?
Did you know Northsky is Canadian?
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I OFFICIALLY CALL BLUESKY USERS TO DO A MUTUAL AID / DIRECT SUPPORT POSTER'S STRIKE.
No content except things that directly support marginalized people.
Flood the site with the people Jay would love to forget she is personally killing.
And nothing else.
#StrikeForMutualAid
No content except things that directly support marginalized people.
Flood the site with the people Jay would love to forget she is personally killing.
And nothing else.
#StrikeForMutualAid
You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works
October 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I OFFICIALLY CALL BLUESKY USERS TO DO A MUTUAL AID / DIRECT SUPPORT POSTER'S STRIKE.
No content except things that directly support marginalized people.
Flood the site with the people Jay would love to forget she is personally killing.
And nothing else.
#StrikeForMutualAid
No content except things that directly support marginalized people.
Flood the site with the people Jay would love to forget she is personally killing.
And nothing else.
#StrikeForMutualAid
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Our counterprotest demonstration earlier today against a hate rally calling for healthcare to be forcibly withheld from trans kids was attended by almost 100 participants.
The hate rally ended without meaningful impact. We built the connections necessary to safeguard trans rights for years to come.
The hate rally ended without meaningful impact. We built the connections necessary to safeguard trans rights for years to come.
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Our counterprotest demonstration earlier today against a hate rally calling for healthcare to be forcibly withheld from trans kids was attended by almost 100 participants.
The hate rally ended without meaningful impact. We built the connections necessary to safeguard trans rights for years to come.
The hate rally ended without meaningful impact. We built the connections necessary to safeguard trans rights for years to come.
Absolutely shameful decision by Vince Gasparro that makes double standards in government discretion obvious. This would never have happened for white supremacy or aligned bigotries—but does happen if you dare speak out against genocide.
I'm looking forward to a legal victory in favor of Kneecap.
I'm looking forward to a legal victory in favor of Kneecap.
A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇
September 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Absolutely shameful decision by Vince Gasparro that makes double standards in government discretion obvious. This would never have happened for white supremacy or aligned bigotries—but does happen if you dare speak out against genocide.
I'm looking forward to a legal victory in favor of Kneecap.
I'm looking forward to a legal victory in favor of Kneecap.