Jónína (Nina) Kirton
@jkirton.bsky.social
I'm an Icelandic/Red River Métis poet, mother, grandmother & wife learning to live with uncertainty. Unsure which origin story to claim I choose science, & the knowing held within cells vibrating every language my Ancestors spoke. I am “Water made flesh."
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...
you.leadnow.ca
August 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From this month's edition of The Onion.
I have had people question my use of a walker. What can I say? Some people think it is up to them to police the use of mobility aids. Shaking my head over here.
PSA: This afternoon, a visitor at one of the health facilities in which I work, and while I was rounding on my patients, came up to me and asked,
"Who are you? Are you using THOSE (pointing at my forearm crutches in pic) because you *actually* need them, or is it for some sort of performance?" (🤯)
"Who are you? Are you using THOSE (pointing at my forearm crutches in pic) because you *actually* need them, or is it for some sort of performance?" (🤯)
August 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I have had people question my use of a walker. What can I say? Some people think it is up to them to police the use of mobility aids. Shaking my head over here.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For the visual learners...
"Black History Can't Be Erased Despite MAGA's Best Efforts"
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are committed to hijacking this country back to the 19th century to make mediocre white men great again, however the rest of us will have to unite to keep from being erased.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are committed to hijacking this country back to the 19th century to make mediocre white men great again, however the rest of us will have to unite to keep from being erased.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can't breathe...
"Trump is demanding protection money. Pay him, and you won’t be subject to the president using the weight of the federal government to wreck your company. Pay him, and you won’t be subject to ceaseless frivolous litigation filed in Trump-friendly courts."
Trump's mobster media shakedowns
Nice company you have there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
www.publicnotice.co
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can't breathe...
Just turned 70 & am familiar with 95% of what is on this list. Reading this felt like a walk down memory lane & reminded me just how much the world has changed. I do miss some things like the slower pace of life we once enjoyed. Even so I don't want to go back.
www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo...
www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo...
If You've Done At Least 15 Of These 35 Things, You're 1000% A Boomer
If you're under 25, it's very likely you might never have heard of some of these.
www.buzzfeed.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just turned 70 & am familiar with 95% of what is on this list. Reading this felt like a walk down memory lane & reminded me just how much the world has changed. I do miss some things like the slower pace of life we once enjoyed. Even so I don't want to go back.
www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo...
www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo...
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Only three weeks left to submit to the CNFC- @fiddlehd.bsky.social creative nonfiction contest with judge @dannyramadan.com. Time to start polishing! More info about submission guidelines here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/ #writingcontest
January 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Only three weeks left to submit to the CNFC- @fiddlehd.bsky.social creative nonfiction contest with judge @dannyramadan.com. Time to start polishing! More info about submission guidelines here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/ #writingcontest
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Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.
Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Working on my fourth book and doing research, rereading this book. "We are taught to assume health, and to view illnesses as a temporary breakdowns in the well-oiled machinery of the body. But illness has its own geography, its own laws and commandments."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/74...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/74...
The Alchemy of Illness
Illness is a universal experience. There is no privileg…
www.goodreads.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Working on my fourth book and doing research, rereading this book. "We are taught to assume health, and to view illnesses as a temporary breakdowns in the well-oiled machinery of the body. But illness has its own geography, its own laws and commandments."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/74...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/74...
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Year Seven of my #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!
We're going big to open this year's series, with an interview with the one and only @rheatregebov.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it.
We're going big to open this year's series, with an interview with the one and only @rheatregebov.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it.
Being Sentient Isn’t For the Faint of Heart: An Interview with Rhea Tregebov
The author of "Talking to Strangers" talks about unified field theory, poetry forms, and keeping the ego in check.
www.readlocalbc.ca
January 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Year Seven of my #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!
We're going big to open this year's series, with an interview with the one and only @rheatregebov.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it.
We're going big to open this year's series, with an interview with the one and only @rheatregebov.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it.
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Off the Shelf Reading Series Part 5
Featuring: CHRISTINE MCNAIR @christinemcnair.bsky.social + rob mclennan / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 : 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
www.poetrycanada.org @poetryincanada.bsky.social
Featuring: CHRISTINE MCNAIR @christinemcnair.bsky.social + rob mclennan / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 : 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
www.poetrycanada.org @poetryincanada.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Off the Shelf Reading Series Part 5
Featuring: CHRISTINE MCNAIR @christinemcnair.bsky.social + rob mclennan / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 : 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
www.poetrycanada.org @poetryincanada.bsky.social
Featuring: CHRISTINE MCNAIR @christinemcnair.bsky.social + rob mclennan / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 : 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
www.poetrycanada.org @poetryincanada.bsky.social
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Hey with all of this “buy Canadian” as a response to the tariffs, can we also remember to READ CANADIAN.
Canadian publishers will struggle to distribute books to the US, and Canadian authors struggle to get published there. American authors have a much easier time to be published here. Soooo….
Canadian publishers will struggle to distribute books to the US, and Canadian authors struggle to get published there. American authors have a much easier time to be published here. Soooo….
January 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hey with all of this “buy Canadian” as a response to the tariffs, can we also remember to READ CANADIAN.
Canadian publishers will struggle to distribute books to the US, and Canadian authors struggle to get published there. American authors have a much easier time to be published here. Soooo….
Canadian publishers will struggle to distribute books to the US, and Canadian authors struggle to get published there. American authors have a much easier time to be published here. Soooo….
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Cecily Nicholson, author of the award-winning collections Wayside Sang, From the Poplars, and the forthcoming Crowd Source has been named the University of California Berkeley’s 2025 Holloway Lecturer in the Practice of Poetry! Congratulations, Cecily!
english.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk...
english.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk...
January 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cecily Nicholson, author of the award-winning collections Wayside Sang, From the Poplars, and the forthcoming Crowd Source has been named the University of California Berkeley’s 2025 Holloway Lecturer in the Practice of Poetry! Congratulations, Cecily!
english.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk...
english.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk...
I believe that what I focus on grows, but am finding it hard to look away as you know who takes over as president. I invite you to join me in spending time focusing on this photo. Every time I look at it I am reminded that I can return to the light by shifting my focus and it's okay to rest.
a person holding a glowing object in their hands with stars coming out of it
ALT: a person holding a glowing object in their hands with stars coming out of it
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January 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I believe that what I focus on grows, but am finding it hard to look away as you know who takes over as president. I invite you to join me in spending time focusing on this photo. Every time I look at it I am reminded that I can return to the light by shifting my focus and it's okay to rest.
I am totally lost here and don't yet know how Blue Sky works but am grateful for an alternative as I participate in the Meta Blackout. I may leave Meta for good. I am afraid of what is coming... trying to stay with hope and checking in on you all.
a blue and purple background with the words just checking in on you how are you doing today
ALT: a blue and purple background with the words just checking in on you how are you doing today
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I am totally lost here and don't yet know how Blue Sky works but am grateful for an alternative as I participate in the Meta Blackout. I may leave Meta for good. I am afraid of what is coming... trying to stay with hope and checking in on you all.