Ian Capstick
@iancapstick.bsky.social
Ethical tech exec, certified horticulturist and quilter. Queer. Likely topics: social justice, Indigenous rights, sewing, theme parks and gardens.🌱 Happy to help you & your plants, open for horticultural info/help by message or DM!
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Ian Capstick
@iancapstick.bsky.social
· Jul 26
Hey plant lovers! If you're looking for some advice, need pest help or otherwise just want a garden design pick me up? Get at me! 20+ years of gardening and I just recently wrapped up all my formal horticulture classes, and love to help folks! 🌱
Ça va être tout un voyage...
📊Intentions de vote au Québec, sondage Léger:
⚜️PQ 32%
🔴PLQ 27%
🔵CAQ 17%
⚫️PCQ 14%
🟠QS 8%
→ qc125.com/20251109-leg...
[Léger, 7-10 novembre 2025, n = 1 031]
#polQC
⚜️PQ 32%
🔴PLQ 27%
🔵CAQ 17%
⚫️PCQ 14%
🟠QS 8%
→ qc125.com/20251109-leg...
[Léger, 7-10 novembre 2025, n = 1 031]
#polQC
Qc125 Québec | Sondage Léger, novembre 2025
qc125.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ça va être tout un voyage...
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
So I'm just catching up on things, you're telling me that the guy who has had literally one job in his entire life - federal MP - just up and forgot to move the most important amendment the opposition leader moves? Yeah, Pierre Poilievre won't be leader long. He's rattled.
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
So I'm just catching up on things, you're telling me that the guy who has had literally one job in his entire life - federal MP - just up and forgot to move the most important amendment the opposition leader moves? Yeah, Pierre Poilievre won't be leader long. He's rattled.
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If you are posting on or engaging with content on X, you are working as a volunteer laborer helping this specific man earn money and political influence.
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If you are posting on or engaging with content on X, you are working as a volunteer laborer helping this specific man earn money and political influence.
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Also symbolic of how they treat artists in Ottawa: Imagine what the $4M would have bought in local art, displayed at a human scale throughout the area. Oh and this outcome was predicted at the time by artists in Ottawa.
The contempt the city has shown for this expensive and genuinely impressive piece of art it bought and proudly installed is just perfectly symbolic of how it treats both the public realm and its own investments.
ottawacitizen.com/news/artist-...
ottawacitizen.com/news/artist-...
Artist fears Lansdowne installation may become '$2 million of scrap metal'
The final Lansdowne 2.0 report recommends decommissioning the art installation Moving Surfaces because there's no budget to restore it.
ottawacitizen.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Also symbolic of how they treat artists in Ottawa: Imagine what the $4M would have bought in local art, displayed at a human scale throughout the area. Oh and this outcome was predicted at the time by artists in Ottawa.
100% your fault if you misfile your taxes though 🤪
"The Canada Revenue Agency’s contact centres provided accurate responses to questions about individuals' taxes only 17 per cent of the time between February and May 2025, the federal auditor general said in a report released Tuesday."
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/cra...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/cra...
CRA call centres gave too many taxpayers bad advice, auditor general says
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency’s contact centres provided accurate responses to questions about individuals' taxes only 17 per cent of the time between February and May 2025, the federal
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
100% your fault if you misfile your taxes though 🤪
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
Montréal this weekend: 2 major bridges closed, tunnel closed, 30K marathon runners blocking streets, and Monday impeding transit strike + trucker protests slowing traffic from 5-9am. Finally going to try that café 10 min from my house I've never been to 😂 #ClassicMontreal
September 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Montréal this weekend: 2 major bridges closed, tunnel closed, 30K marathon runners blocking streets, and Monday impeding transit strike + trucker protests slowing traffic from 5-9am. Finally going to try that café 10 min from my house I've never been to 😂 #ClassicMontreal
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We all breathed a sigh of relief when the country rejected the Maple MAGA politics of Pierre Poilievre. So why does this bill feel like it was written by him?
This divisive piece of legislation has already passed its second reading—we need to voice our concerns NOW.
act.gp/4mmDEG0
This divisive piece of legislation has already passed its second reading—we need to voice our concerns NOW.
act.gp/4mmDEG0
Tell Carney: We don’t want Trump-style borders & surveillance state!
Sign this petition to defend our human rights and privacy
act.gp
September 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We all breathed a sigh of relief when the country rejected the Maple MAGA politics of Pierre Poilievre. So why does this bill feel like it was written by him?
This divisive piece of legislation has already passed its second reading—we need to voice our concerns NOW.
act.gp/4mmDEG0
This divisive piece of legislation has already passed its second reading—we need to voice our concerns NOW.
act.gp/4mmDEG0
Says the guy who single handedly moved the Overton window in Canadian politics *to the right* in his tenure as the social democratic leader?!
That's a bit rich. Oh no wait: the rich is ... who Tom catered to as leader, business elites and Outremont snobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
That's a bit rich. Oh no wait: the rich is ... who Tom catered to as leader, business elites and Outremont snobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Tom Mulcair: Mark Carney’s Liberals are swinging right with no guardrail left
In the Jack Layton era, the NDP saw itself as the ‘conscience of Parliament.’ Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair says that conscience is mostly a memory now; and the Liberals are having a 'grand old time ...
www.ctvnews.ca
September 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Says the guy who single handedly moved the Overton window in Canadian politics *to the right* in his tenure as the social democratic leader?!
That's a bit rich. Oh no wait: the rich is ... who Tom catered to as leader, business elites and Outremont snobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
That's a bit rich. Oh no wait: the rich is ... who Tom catered to as leader, business elites and Outremont snobs.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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BWI has an art display that celebrates America’s earliest civil rights leaders. I found this quilt pretty amazing. It celebrates Frederick Douglass and more.
August 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BWI has an art display that celebrates America’s earliest civil rights leaders. I found this quilt pretty amazing. It celebrates Frederick Douglass and more.
This is a really,really big deal: and puts into snap focus how devastating the cuts to the global fight against AIDS are.
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.
www.wired.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is a really,really big deal: and puts into snap focus how devastating the cuts to the global fight against AIDS are.
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Hello Halifax! Your local library now has two copies of my book! Go check it out, literally
July 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hello Halifax! Your local library now has two copies of my book! Go check it out, literally
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This is a useful provocation. Doxxing actions taking collectively should be about abuses of power and real infliction of harm in a social context, not just what's unpopular (or, let's be real, entertaining) to a bunch of folks online.
The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive"
www.404media.co/the-astronom...
www.404media.co/the-astronom...
The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia
Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.
www.404media.co
July 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is a useful provocation. Doxxing actions taking collectively should be about abuses of power and real infliction of harm in a social context, not just what's unpopular (or, let's be real, entertaining) to a bunch of folks online.
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"It would generate a total of 650 megawatts of on-site natural gas power, with a grid backup, as required by the Alberta Energy Systems Operator."
It's not a great location for a sovereign data center, it sounds like just an excuse to develop more natural gas extraction 🤷 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's not a great location for a sovereign data center, it sounds like just an excuse to develop more natural gas extraction 🤷 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Indigenous-led data centre in Alberta slated for development amid AI infrastructure boom | CBC News
Woodland Cree First Nation is in the process of acquiring an abandoned power plant site for its data centre. If successful, it would be one of the first Indigenous-led data centres in the province.
www.cbc.ca
July 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"It would generate a total of 650 megawatts of on-site natural gas power, with a grid backup, as required by the Alberta Energy Systems Operator."
It's not a great location for a sovereign data center, it sounds like just an excuse to develop more natural gas extraction 🤷 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's not a great location for a sovereign data center, it sounds like just an excuse to develop more natural gas extraction 🤷 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I asked PCO about media for PM Carney's summit with First Nations. I was told: "Information regarding media access, if any, will be communicated in due course." So, no public access & no media access planned yet from the government. But chiefs? They want to talk. # Indigenous #cdnpoli.
July 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I asked PCO about media for PM Carney's summit with First Nations. I was told: "Information regarding media access, if any, will be communicated in due course." So, no public access & no media access planned yet from the government. But chiefs? They want to talk. # Indigenous #cdnpoli.
"The majority of Canadians, the poll found, go between 10 and 15 per cent."
Pardon me!? Folks are really out there tipping this little? 😳
Pardon me!? Folks are really out there tipping this little? 😳
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"The majority of Canadians, the poll found, go between 10 and 15 per cent."
Pardon me!? Folks are really out there tipping this little? 😳
Pardon me!? Folks are really out there tipping this little? 😳
Well that's very cool: Montreal's Aire commune helping Ottawa making better use of their urban space! Bravo! @arieltroster.com
This summer, we are bringing more places for people to Centretown. The City of Ottawa and the Centretown BIA worked together to create and program three new Uncommon Spaces on Frank, Florence and MacLaren.
July 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Well that's very cool: Montreal's Aire commune helping Ottawa making better use of their urban space! Bravo! @arieltroster.com
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4/Reminder: human rights are equal and indivisible. That includes freedom of speech.
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
UN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war - Geneva Solutions
A prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of tech giants – hours before taking the stage.
genevasolutions.news
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
4/Reminder: human rights are equal and indivisible. That includes freedom of speech.
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
Early summer check in! How are your gardens coming along? Let me know if you've got questions, pests, problems or want to update me on something we worked on? 🌱 Send an image, detailed description or questions and I can lend a hand... #gardening #garden
Hey plant lovers! If you're looking for some advice, need pest help or otherwise just want a garden design pick me up? Get at me! 20+ years of gardening and I just recently wrapped up all my formal horticulture classes, and love to help folks! 🌱
July 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Early summer check in! How are your gardens coming along? Let me know if you've got questions, pests, problems or want to update me on something we worked on? 🌱 Send an image, detailed description or questions and I can lend a hand... #gardening #garden
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Scenes from Inuk artist Tarralik Duffy’s ‘Klik My Heels’ at the Remai Modern in Saskatoon until Oct. 12. “We’ve been colonized by condiments.”
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Scenes from Inuk artist Tarralik Duffy’s ‘Klik My Heels’ at the Remai Modern in Saskatoon until Oct. 12. “We’ve been colonized by condiments.”
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As I get older, I become increasingly convinced that we should replace measuring GDP per capita with a robust quarterly "how are the vibes?" survey.
July 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As I get older, I become increasingly convinced that we should replace measuring GDP per capita with a robust quarterly "how are the vibes?" survey.
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All flourishing is mutual.
-Robin Wall Kimmerer
#quiltynook #applique #bannermaking #thriftedfabric #upcycledfabric #robinwallkimmerer
-Robin Wall Kimmerer
#quiltynook #applique #bannermaking #thriftedfabric #upcycledfabric #robinwallkimmerer
July 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
All flourishing is mutual.
-Robin Wall Kimmerer
#quiltynook #applique #bannermaking #thriftedfabric #upcycledfabric #robinwallkimmerer
-Robin Wall Kimmerer
#quiltynook #applique #bannermaking #thriftedfabric #upcycledfabric #robinwallkimmerer
Paging @garymarcus.bsky.social ... This is what passes for critical thinking on AI in Canada's capital. Help! 😭
AI Superintelligence Is Coming—and Canada Is Super-Unready, Don Lenihan writes. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/07/03/a...
AI Superintelligence Is Coming—and Canada Is Super-Unready.
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Paging @garymarcus.bsky.social ... This is what passes for critical thinking on AI in Canada's capital. Help! 😭
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A former deputy PM. A $2B pandemic federal contract. And a courtroom battle over alleged unregistered lobbying.
My latest for the IJF:
My latest for the IJF:
Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps says her firm, Medipro Canada, is owed tens of millions of dollars for helping a medical equipment company win federal contracts during the pandemic.
theijf.org/former-deput...
theijf.org/former-deput...
Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps’ firm sues for share of $2 billion federal contract
BTNX says if Copps' firm lobbied on its behalf, "then it did so by illegal means"
theijf.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A former deputy PM. A $2B pandemic federal contract. And a courtroom battle over alleged unregistered lobbying.
My latest for the IJF:
My latest for the IJF: