Susan Joudrey
@sujo.bsky.social
educator. historian of public history, settler colonialism & eugenics. concerned citizen. pop culture enthusiast. Worth a million in prizes, but also anti-capitalist.
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Kjipuktuk (Halifax)-Mi'kma'ki
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Susan Joudrey
@sujo.bsky.social
· Jul 8
I guess my Bluesky typos will also keep me humble
so what ill-advised CBC Cross Country Checkup topic will be foisted upon us this time?
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
so what ill-advised CBC Cross Country Checkup topic will be foisted upon us this time?
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📣 EMERGENCY RALLY TOMORROW JAN 4 2026 📣
What: U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally
When: 2pm Jan 4 2026
Where: Victoria Park (5720 Spring Garden Rd)
What: U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally
When: 2pm Jan 4 2026
Where: Victoria Park (5720 Spring Garden Rd)
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
📣 EMERGENCY RALLY TOMORROW JAN 4 2026 📣
What: U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally
When: 2pm Jan 4 2026
Where: Victoria Park (5720 Spring Garden Rd)
What: U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally
When: 2pm Jan 4 2026
Where: Victoria Park (5720 Spring Garden Rd)
globally things are not good, but also I need some pillow recommendations because I have aged and my neck is always sore.
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
globally things are not good, but also I need some pillow recommendations because I have aged and my neck is always sore.
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
anyway, no one saves themselves by refusing to condemn illegal military aggression. playing nice doesn't result in preferential treatment.
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
anyway, no one saves themselves by refusing to condemn illegal military aggression. playing nice doesn't result in preferential treatment.
IMHO people haven't got their heads around this fast enough. The United States is an enemy.
nobody can depend on the US for shit, and everybody's got to get their head around that real fast.
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
IMHO people haven't got their heads around this fast enough. The United States is an enemy.
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There are many, many people still viewing world events like today's through an ideological prism, as if the Trump regime has coherent or principled worldviews.
The sane among us realize Trump could just as easily "capture" the Canadian Prime Minister next month, on a whim.
The sane among us realize Trump could just as easily "capture" the Canadian Prime Minister next month, on a whim.
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There are many, many people still viewing world events like today's through an ideological prism, as if the Trump regime has coherent or principled worldviews.
The sane among us realize Trump could just as easily "capture" the Canadian Prime Minister next month, on a whim.
The sane among us realize Trump could just as easily "capture" the Canadian Prime Minister next month, on a whim.
Palestine is a test. Venezuela is a test. And everytime the world says nothing or does nothing it's permission to take similar actions again anywhere else.
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Palestine is a test. Venezuela is a test. And everytime the world says nothing or does nothing it's permission to take similar actions again anywhere else.
anyway, I'll be pleasantly surprised if Canada has any European allies because historically the interest in the border was mostly about resource extraction.
A few 19th-century cartoons about US-Canada border issues, presented for no particular reason 🙄
For over 200 yrs there's been talk of annexation or "liberation," while many Indigenous Nations recognize that the imposed colonial borders never made much sense anyhow 🧵
For over 200 yrs there's been talk of annexation or "liberation," while many Indigenous Nations recognize that the imposed colonial borders never made much sense anyhow 🧵
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
anyway, I'll be pleasantly surprised if Canada has any European allies because historically the interest in the border was mostly about resource extraction.
I thought this was going to all transpire in Trump's first term, but then the pandemic happened, which both disrupted the plan & created the conditions for an eventual second term. They're not wasting any time in these extra 4 years.
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I thought this was going to all transpire in Trump's first term, but then the pandemic happened, which both disrupted the plan & created the conditions for an eventual second term. They're not wasting any time in these extra 4 years.
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Trump's regime has murdered people in the water. He has seized ships on the high seas. He has invaded a country and kidnapped their leader.
All bets are off with the United States.
Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
All bets are off with the United States.
Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Trump's regime has murdered people in the water. He has seized ships on the high seas. He has invaded a country and kidnapped their leader.
All bets are off with the United States.
Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
All bets are off with the United States.
Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
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The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
wtaf
you wouldn't be able to write this because you'd be told it's too far-fetched.
you wouldn't be able to write this because you'd be told it's too far-fetched.
How extreme is Jim O’Neill, Deputy Health Secretary who just froze federal childcare funding to every state based on a viral video?
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
wtaf
you wouldn't be able to write this because you'd be told it's too far-fetched.
you wouldn't be able to write this because you'd be told it's too far-fetched.
When they were baby-sitting, my sisters used to let me stay up late to watch Good Rockin' Tonite.
January 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
When they were baby-sitting, my sisters used to let me stay up late to watch Good Rockin' Tonite.
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It would be nice if Canadian journalists started asking our politicians why they continue to use X despite all of the CSAM and fascism, but a lot of Canadian journalists still use it, too.
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It would be nice if Canadian journalists started asking our politicians why they continue to use X despite all of the CSAM and fascism, but a lot of Canadian journalists still use it, too.
Do we think the Halifax mayor's end-of-year reel featuring the NS Minister of Ed in his boxers was created by AI? After all, we know gen AI doesn't worry about consent.
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Do we think the Halifax mayor's end-of-year reel featuring the NS Minister of Ed in his boxers was created by AI? After all, we know gen AI doesn't worry about consent.
Settler colonialism has often positioned white settlers as both victim and victor. It's a weird contradiction, but a good example is all the captivity narratives created to strip Indigenous people of their humanity by depicting them as violent aggressors.
January 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Settler colonialism has often positioned white settlers as both victim and victor. It's a weird contradiction, but a good example is all the captivity narratives created to strip Indigenous people of their humanity by depicting them as violent aggressors.
Or to other congregate spaces. One meaningful way we could be investing in a healthy population is improved indoor air quality in schools, long-term care homes, apartment buidlings, uni residences, correctional centres, etc.
Operating Rooms have always had a large number of air exchanges, up to 20 per hour. In fact when the HVAC goes down we have to wait an hour after it restarts. So ventilation has always been recognized as infection control so it’s a mystery why it hasn’t been applied to the whole hospital.
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Or to other congregate spaces. One meaningful way we could be investing in a healthy population is improved indoor air quality in schools, long-term care homes, apartment buidlings, uni residences, correctional centres, etc.
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One of the ways I have tried to make my Bluesky experience better than my twitter experience was is by not reading people's posts/comments in the worst possible light.
If someone says "CSAM is bad" and your retort is "but revenge porn is ok?!"—that's twitter behavior and you should stop it.
If someone says "CSAM is bad" and your retort is "but revenge porn is ok?!"—that's twitter behavior and you should stop it.
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One of the ways I have tried to make my Bluesky experience better than my twitter experience was is by not reading people's posts/comments in the worst possible light.
If someone says "CSAM is bad" and your retort is "but revenge porn is ok?!"—that's twitter behavior and you should stop it.
If someone says "CSAM is bad" and your retort is "but revenge porn is ok?!"—that's twitter behavior and you should stop it.
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PLEASE SOME EXPLAIN WHY THE MLA IS IN HIS UNDERWEAR ON THE MAYORS COUCH
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
PLEASE SOME EXPLAIN WHY THE MLA IS IN HIS UNDERWEAR ON THE MAYORS COUCH
Congratulations NYC. Today you finally have a mayor.
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Congratulations NYC. Today you finally have a mayor.
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In 2026, I'll still be #oneofthetwo because I rely on my health to work & I think everyone should be able to access public spaces as safely as possible.
I'm one of the three when I'm with my family & one of the seven with extended family. There are many people taking infection control seriously.
I'm one of the three when I'm with my family & one of the seven with extended family. There are many people taking infection control seriously.
January 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
In 2026, I'll still be #oneofthetwo because I rely on my health to work & I think everyone should be able to access public spaces as safely as possible.
I'm one of the three when I'm with my family & one of the seven with extended family. There are many people taking infection control seriously.
I'm one of the three when I'm with my family & one of the seven with extended family. There are many people taking infection control seriously.
Remembering this OG.
RIP angel ✨️
RIP angel ✨️
a woman wearing glasses is standing in front of a netflix locker
Alt: a girl wearing glasses is standing in front of a locker and that girl is Barb.
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Remembering this OG.
RIP angel ✨️
RIP angel ✨️
the 9-yr-old before bed tonight: "It would be more accurate if Spider-Man's web came out of his butt."
Wikipedia: "Observations of male spiders producing silk during sexual interactions are common across widespread taxa." 👀
Wikipedia: "Observations of male spiders producing silk during sexual interactions are common across widespread taxa." 👀
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
the 9-yr-old before bed tonight: "It would be more accurate if Spider-Man's web came out of his butt."
Wikipedia: "Observations of male spiders producing silk during sexual interactions are common across widespread taxa." 👀
Wikipedia: "Observations of male spiders producing silk during sexual interactions are common across widespread taxa." 👀