Sarah Rimmington
@saraharr.bsky.social
Public servant. Toronto Raptors and Canadian basketball fan. Starting the official transition away from the bird app.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
Tell the Canadian Government: Stop Funding Companies Supporting Trump’s Human Rights Abuses
GardaWorld — a Canadian-based “private security company” — has million-dollar contracts to execute Trump's racist and inhumane immigration regime, which kidnaps people, tears families apart, and denie...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
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✨Circa 1885/2025 – Looking east towards Jarvis St from Lombard St, south of Richmond St E, in the Old Town, St Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto.
👉More then and now photos at TorontoJourney416.com
👉More then and now photos at TorontoJourney416.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
✨Circa 1885/2025 – Looking east towards Jarvis St from Lombard St, south of Richmond St E, in the Old Town, St Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto.
👉More then and now photos at TorontoJourney416.com
👉More then and now photos at TorontoJourney416.com
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Canada is not as far gone as the US but to those who think we're on a completely different planet: you weren't here for the G20 were you? Or you didn't pay attention. It's all on the books waiting to happen again. Barely anybody was punished for doing it. Liberals even made the head guy a minister.
Thinking about how the student union execs at U of T's grad student union were arrested on conspiracy charges for having the keys to the gym where activists slept during the G20.
An L.A. activist who handed out protective masks to protesters during anti-ICE demonstrations last month has been indicted on federal counts of conspiracy and aiding civil unrest. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
July 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Canada is not as far gone as the US but to those who think we're on a completely different planet: you weren't here for the G20 were you? Or you didn't pay attention. It's all on the books waiting to happen again. Barely anybody was punished for doing it. Liberals even made the head guy a minister.
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Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
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After mass firings, the IRS will be forced to close audits of wealthy taxpayers.
Audits of rich individuals and corporations will soon be closed — without action — due to a lack of personnel to complete them.
Millions upon millions in revenue will be lost.
“All of a sudden, these cases…
Audits of rich individuals and corporations will soon be closed — without action — due to a lack of personnel to complete them.
Millions upon millions in revenue will be lost.
“All of a sudden, these cases…
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
After mass firings, the IRS will be forced to close audits of wealthy taxpayers.
Audits of rich individuals and corporations will soon be closed — without action — due to a lack of personnel to complete them.
Millions upon millions in revenue will be lost.
“All of a sudden, these cases…
Audits of rich individuals and corporations will soon be closed — without action — due to a lack of personnel to complete them.
Millions upon millions in revenue will be lost.
“All of a sudden, these cases…
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Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…
March 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…
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AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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34,000 people showed up for the Fight Oligarchy rally today in Denver.
March 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
34,000 people showed up for the Fight Oligarchy rally today in Denver.
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It's always wrong to vandalize personal property and that certainly includes Teslas, and also: your government is actively disappearing innocent people without due process, so, you know, that second one is taking up my empathetic bandwidth at the moment.
March 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It's always wrong to vandalize personal property and that certainly includes Teslas, and also: your government is actively disappearing innocent people without due process, so, you know, that second one is taking up my empathetic bandwidth at the moment.
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"In 1999...an assload of people got insanely rich and that this distribution was tied exceptionally loosely to merit, intelligence, and value creation." This is the environment in which Elon Musk got rich. From the archives:
Elon Musk and the “Misunderstood” Genius
Great men and the contingent theory of history.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"In 1999...an assload of people got insanely rich and that this distribution was tied exceptionally loosely to merit, intelligence, and value creation." This is the environment in which Elon Musk got rich. From the archives:
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"'Who are we to say we won’t wake up one day to a pronouncement from the administration that these Spanish-language stations are catering to DEI? Where does he draw the line?'"
‘State Propaganda’: Anger Erupts Inside Univision Over Airing of Trump Ad
The network wasn’t the only one to run the controversial spots urging deportations. But unlike Telemundo, officials there were already on edge.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"'Who are we to say we won’t wake up one day to a pronouncement from the administration that these Spanish-language stations are catering to DEI? Where does he draw the line?'"
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Just remember that testing the waters by going after an unsavory or unsympathetic person's civil rights is a tried and true authoritarian tactic.
A Tale of Two Bigots
The stories of Marko Elez, Mahmoud Khalil, and the Camp Auschwitz guy show what the right means when it talks about “free speech.”
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March 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just remember that testing the waters by going after an unsavory or unsympathetic person's civil rights is a tried and true authoritarian tactic.
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Well, Elon Musk *is* like Howard Roark in the sense that he's dynamiting his Tesla stock value
Elon Musk Thinks He’s an Ayn Rand Hero. Nope: He’s One of Her Villains.
Recent years have revealed the Silicon Valley venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs who worship Rand to be racists, fraudsters, and looters.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Well, Elon Musk *is* like Howard Roark in the sense that he's dynamiting his Tesla stock value
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"What we see may be nothing most of the time, but instead, we may sense an invisible force field of menace that is hard to define, easily denied, but increasingly feared." That's new in our politics. New from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-afri...
Trump Brought African-Style Political Thugs to the U.S.
I spent a career watching African politics. I never expected to see the same dynamics in my hometown.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"What we see may be nothing most of the time, but instead, we may sense an invisible force field of menace that is hard to define, easily denied, but increasingly feared." That's new in our politics. New from @hollybfletcher.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-afri...
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Columbia announced mass suspensions, expulsions, and degree revocations the same day it received a letter from the Trump administration telling them to do just that if they wanted to keep getting funding
NEW letter to Columbia from Trump admin lists demands for “continued financial relationship” with the US government”:
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
March 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Columbia announced mass suspensions, expulsions, and degree revocations the same day it received a letter from the Trump administration telling them to do just that if they wanted to keep getting funding
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NEW EMAIL FROM COLUMBIA ADMIN: DHS agents were in two university residences tonight — with two warrants
"I am writing heartbroken to inform you that we had federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight."
No arrests made.
"I am writing heartbroken to inform you that we had federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight."
No arrests made.
March 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NEW EMAIL FROM COLUMBIA ADMIN: DHS agents were in two university residences tonight — with two warrants
"I am writing heartbroken to inform you that we had federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight."
No arrests made.
"I am writing heartbroken to inform you that we had federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight."
No arrests made.
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NEW letter to Columbia from Trump admin lists demands for “continued financial relationship” with the US government”:
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
NEW letter to Columbia from Trump admin lists demands for “continued financial relationship” with the US government”:
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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Trump backed GOP into a big corner with his “balanced budget” point.
The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math.
Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.
The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math.
Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Trump backed GOP into a big corner with his “balanced budget” point.
The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math.
Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.
The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math.
Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.
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the tesla protest might objectively be among the most successful in history already just in terms of immediate response, if you consider they forced the world’s most powerful person & its most wealthy to fully degrade themselves like used car salesmen on live TV while the whole world watched agog.
March 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
the tesla protest might objectively be among the most successful in history already just in terms of immediate response, if you consider they forced the world’s most powerful person & its most wealthy to fully degrade themselves like used car salesmen on live TV while the whole world watched agog.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.