Denise Balkissoon
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Denise Balkissoon
@balkissoon.bsky.social
Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great.

(Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
My gym just got a gravity assisted pull-up machine and it makes me feel less useless! Pull-ups are too hard.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A Trini book! I liked Starry Starry Night just now
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I always find this hard! Not super into speculative unless it's N.K. Jemisin. No climate dystopia cause that's my day job. I ♥️ Rebecca Makkai, Kristen Arnett, Eden Robinson, Tana French, Shani Mootoo, Casey Plett, Danny Senza. Greta & Valdin, Butter, and even books by men sometimes 😂 thank you!
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
No! Thanks!
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thank you!
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thank you!
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thank you!
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thank you!
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I know, I'm sorry. I do think the idea of climate justice means we have to at the very least acknowledge that it's always the same communities feeling the biggest impacts. Hopefully more than acknowledge.
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Guardian itself has reported on human rights abuses and Chinese solar tech. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Evidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels, wind turbines
A ‘certificate of origin’ scheme could counter concerns about renewables supply chains, says Clean Energy Council
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Why does everything have to be so complicated
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
All I get is crappy samey clothes, what am I doing wrong
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
If you go 10 years with No Crimes you become a Real Boy
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Correct
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It made zero sense to me, a bunch of people who go to more concerts than I do we're not eligible but somehow I was ... But the $45 did indeed show up (as a credit)
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM