Shannon Lewis-Simpson she/elle
@smlewisimpson.bsky.social
In the Woods, & online. #humansecurity, #archaeology, #culture, #Newfoundland, #WPS, #chickens, #navy, #metal, #GenX, #gardens, #books, #food, & #nature, not necessarily in that order.
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Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
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November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
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After a (very) long and (very) winding road, Dear Mr. Smallwood is almost here! I can't wait to finally meet this book in print in a few weeks.
Drawing on one of the province’s richest archival treasures, the letters written to J.R. Smallwood, contributors unearth the hopes, dreams, discontents, and desires of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians at the time of Confederation.
Coming mid-November @
memorialuniversitypress.ca/.../D/Dear-M...
Coming mid-November @
memorialuniversitypress.ca/.../D/Dear-M...
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
After a (very) long and (very) winding road, Dear Mr. Smallwood is almost here! I can't wait to finally meet this book in print in a few weeks.
I came seeking this. Was not disappointed. Robert Redford was what I have in my mind as a wonderful American man.
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I came seeking this. Was not disappointed. Robert Redford was what I have in my mind as a wonderful American man.
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This, too, is genocide.
on.ft.com/4nqr2P2 Moscow holds Ukrainian children at hundreds of sites across Russia
Moscow holds Ukrainian children at hundreds of sites across Russia
Yale University reports thousands are being indoctrinated and forced to undertake military training
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September 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This, too, is genocide.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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"we are all being cast as unwilling actors in the drama of a man who used reality television to achieve real power, and is now repeating that procedure with dramatically higher stakes. This show is on every channel and nobody can turn it off." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/symbolic-b...
Symbolic Battlefields
Fighting to tell America's story.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"we are all being cast as unwilling actors in the drama of a man who used reality television to achieve real power, and is now repeating that procedure with dramatically higher stakes. This show is on every channel and nobody can turn it off." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/symbolic-b...
I don’t think I will get to the Bonavista Biennale this year and I am sad. Please everyone go for me. www.cbc.ca/arts/every-t...
Every two years, Canada's art world looks to the craggy cliffs and town halls of Newfoundland | CBC Arts
The fifth edition of the Bonavista Biennale, running through Sept. 14, brings contemporary artwork by locals as well as national and international talents to communities across the eastern peninsula.
www.cbc.ca
September 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I don’t think I will get to the Bonavista Biennale this year and I am sad. Please everyone go for me. www.cbc.ca/arts/every-t...
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Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
YouTube video by PettyYou007
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September 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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it's time to get the UN Headquarters out of the USA.
US denies visas to Palestinian Authority leaders for UN general assembly
Step comes when France is leading a push to recognise Palestinian state after Israel’s unyielding bombing of Gaza
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
it's time to get the UN Headquarters out of the USA.
Homemade cream of mushroom soup. Gorgeous.
August 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Homemade cream of mushroom soup. Gorgeous.
Enjoyable book! Whipped through it.
August 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Enjoyable book! Whipped through it.
New hens in the pound last night. Interacting well with Mr Coombs and First Hen.
August 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New hens in the pound last night. Interacting well with Mr Coombs and First Hen.
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In case you’re in the area… www.timeout.com/london/news/...
A Viking longship will row up the River Thames next week
A 1,000-year replica boat is heading into central London.
www.timeout.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In case you’re in the area… www.timeout.com/london/news/...
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
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Part of a report by Emma Murphy.
It's genocide.
It's genocide.
August 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Part of a report by Emma Murphy.
It's genocide.
It's genocide.
When will Ralph Fiennes get an Oscar? I am watching Conclave again. Has he ever been in a bad film? Deserves far more recognition than he has.
August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
When will Ralph Fiennes get an Oscar? I am watching Conclave again. Has he ever been in a bad film? Deserves far more recognition than he has.
Finding it difficult not to post re offspring’s birthday as I love them so much and am very proud of them but respect their right to limit social media exposure. Secretly proud of myself as well for keeping them alive…. lol anyways happy birthday my darling. Even if you won’t see this.
August 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Finding it difficult not to post re offspring’s birthday as I love them so much and am very proud of them but respect their right to limit social media exposure. Secretly proud of myself as well for keeping them alive…. lol anyways happy birthday my darling. Even if you won’t see this.
Heard at airport, “I’ve been with my wife since Grade 8 so I know she’s a girl.” 😬
August 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Heard at airport, “I’ve been with my wife since Grade 8 so I know she’s a girl.” 😬
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The first guy who figured out that hot air holds more water vapor looked like this. We've known that warming temperatures mean heavier downpours for a very long time
July 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The first guy who figured out that hot air holds more water vapor looked like this. We've known that warming temperatures mean heavier downpours for a very long time
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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This is one of the most important pieces I've written and I hope you'll read it. Politicizing the military is dangerously destabilizing for democracy-learn more from the vantage point of people who have served. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Why We Don't Politicize the Military
When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is one of the most important pieces I've written and I hope you'll read it. Politicizing the military is dangerously destabilizing for democracy-learn more from the vantage point of people who have served. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
I have no skin in the game here but I have never heard a clearer political candidate. Good luck to her. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Independent candidate says Poilievre's byelection win isn't guaranteed
Power & Politics speaks to Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley, who's running against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the upcoming Alberta byelection. Critchley says if Poilievre does win, ...
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July 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I have no skin in the game here but I have never heard a clearer political candidate. Good luck to her. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Israeli-American Omer Bartov is one of the world's top Holocaust historians.
A powerful essay by @omerbartov.bsky.social that concludes, with care and precision, that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Others have reached this conclusion too. Bartov's piece explores some deep and important questions. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Israeli-American Omer Bartov is one of the world's top Holocaust historians.
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"'...I don’t feel like we are safe, we are Burmese & we will always be subordinate.'"
➡️ Safety, protection, livelihoods & respect must be ensured to all #Myanmar civilians, including women, youth & ethnic minorities, seeking refuge in neighboring #Thailand.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
➡️ Safety, protection, livelihoods & respect must be ensured to all #Myanmar civilians, including women, youth & ethnic minorities, seeking refuge in neighboring #Thailand.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“I’ll Never Feel Secure”
The 48-page report, “‘I’ll Never Feel Secure’: Undocumented and Exploited Myanmar Nationals in Thailand,” examines how the Thai police frequently stop and interrogate Myanmar nationals and extort them...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"'...I don’t feel like we are safe, we are Burmese & we will always be subordinate.'"
➡️ Safety, protection, livelihoods & respect must be ensured to all #Myanmar civilians, including women, youth & ethnic minorities, seeking refuge in neighboring #Thailand.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
➡️ Safety, protection, livelihoods & respect must be ensured to all #Myanmar civilians, including women, youth & ethnic minorities, seeking refuge in neighboring #Thailand.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...