Madlemon
@madlem.bsky.social
disabled neurodivergent/mad queer in so-called Ottawa Canada
Madeleine Kelly
Imperfectspeculation.substack.com
Madeleine Kelly
Imperfectspeculation.substack.com
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Doug Ford's #Ontario: somehow way worse than Texas.
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Doug Ford's #Ontario: somehow way worse than Texas.
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I'm sorry. The President of the Business Council of Canada is named GOLDY HYDER?!? Is the past president Cash McSteals? Where is VP Bucks Gogone?
The President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, Goldy Hyder, says Canada "hasn't built the infrastructure at the level it needs to be done" to attract foreign investment in the shadow of U.S. trade war, and urges Ottawa to "get going as fast as possible."
Watch ⬇️
#cdnpoli
Watch ⬇️
#cdnpoli
Business Council urges Ottawa to build infrastructure for foreign investment – April 3, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm sorry. The President of the Business Council of Canada is named GOLDY HYDER?!? Is the past president Cash McSteals? Where is VP Bucks Gogone?
I have repeated this cycle approximately 5 million times and I will never learn
I string together a few good weeks or months, I think it's over, the meds are finally working, I'm going to be better now, maybe not well or abled but better, and then I hit a flare-up and I am shocked, how could this happen, who could have predicted this of chronic illness
It's wild how chronic illness catches me by surprise every time. like, it's right there in the name but I never expect it
May 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have repeated this cycle approximately 5 million times and I will never learn
I string together a few good weeks or months, I think it's over, the meds are finally working, I'm going to be better now, maybe not well or abled but better, and then I hit a flare-up and I am shocked, how could this happen, who could have predicted this of chronic illness
It's wild how chronic illness catches me by surprise every time. like, it's right there in the name but I never expect it
May 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I string together a few good weeks or months, I think it's over, the meds are finally working, I'm going to be better now, maybe not well or abled but better, and then I hit a flare-up and I am shocked, how could this happen, who could have predicted this of chronic illness
It's wild how chronic illness catches me by surprise every time. like, it's right there in the name but I never expect it
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's wild how chronic illness catches me by surprise every time. like, it's right there in the name but I never expect it
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The other aspect we need to remember 42% voted for Pollievre - that is normal majority territory. This is a respite from far right, not a save.
April 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The other aspect we need to remember 42% voted for Pollievre - that is normal majority territory. This is a respite from far right, not a save.
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The sooner Canadian progressives learn that strategic voting is a con the liberals use to make left wing people vote for a right wing party without needing to give any concessions the better. They literally do this every election
April 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The sooner Canadian progressives learn that strategic voting is a con the liberals use to make left wing people vote for a right wing party without needing to give any concessions the better. They literally do this every election
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If you are #disabled, don't feel bad if you can't:
- Boycott Amazon
- Go to a protest in person
Do what you need to do for yourself first. Then, find another way to fight back.
- Help organize protests online
- Spread awareness
- Call representatives
There isn't only 1 right way to help.
#Resist
- Boycott Amazon
- Go to a protest in person
Do what you need to do for yourself first. Then, find another way to fight back.
- Help organize protests online
- Spread awareness
- Call representatives
There isn't only 1 right way to help.
#Resist
Not all disabled people can boycott Amazon. Many are housebound with no other affordable or accessible delivery options.
Be kind. We all resist in whatever way we can.
If you want to help, offer to deliver goods to someone. Or take them shopping.
Build networks of community care.
Be kind. We all resist in whatever way we can.
If you want to help, offer to deliver goods to someone. Or take them shopping.
Build networks of community care.
April 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm generally not wild about strategic voting, but if you know someone who's considering it, this is a useful tool for determining if it's likely to be effective in a particular riding
CANADIANS if you didn't vote by mail I hope you're literally in line right now- get it over with, vote for the likely progressive party in your area (red or orange is fine, look up your chances on votewell.ca !). That's all you gotta do.
This is the most important vote we'll ever have lol pls
This is the most important vote we'll ever have lol pls
VoteWell
A strategic voting tool for the 2025 Canadian federal election
votewell.ca
April 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm generally not wild about strategic voting, but if you know someone who's considering it, this is a useful tool for determining if it's likely to be effective in a particular riding
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It's election day in Canada, and I know some people are pretty apathetic about voting.
But today is a rare opportunity to make Pierre Poilievre—who is, by all reports, a giant asshole on every single level—profoundly unhappy.
How often in life do you get the chance to make a shitweasel bully cry?
But today is a rare opportunity to make Pierre Poilievre—who is, by all reports, a giant asshole on every single level—profoundly unhappy.
How often in life do you get the chance to make a shitweasel bully cry?
April 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It's election day in Canada, and I know some people are pretty apathetic about voting.
But today is a rare opportunity to make Pierre Poilievre—who is, by all reports, a giant asshole on every single level—profoundly unhappy.
How often in life do you get the chance to make a shitweasel bully cry?
But today is a rare opportunity to make Pierre Poilievre—who is, by all reports, a giant asshole on every single level—profoundly unhappy.
How often in life do you get the chance to make a shitweasel bully cry?
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Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% fatality rate & is almost completely avoidable with clean air & masking
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
April 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% fatality rate & is almost completely avoidable with clean air & masking
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
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The thing to understand is that an LLM is not in any sense reading and understanding your words. It is not interpreting and producing “factual claims”; it is interpreting and producing “completions that are possible.”
April 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The thing to understand is that an LLM is not in any sense reading and understanding your words. It is not interpreting and producing “factual claims”; it is interpreting and producing “completions that are possible.”
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Was the person who came up with “whoopsie daisy” the same person that said “toodle-loo” or were they just soul mates
April 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Was the person who came up with “whoopsie daisy” the same person that said “toodle-loo” or were they just soul mates
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It’s important to recognize that EVERY attack on trans people ultimately undermines every person’s human rights. We demonstrate individual freedom, complete bodily autonomy, and self-determination at a scale they can’t abide, & that’s why they want to strip us of those rights.
The switch to anti-trans activity would be enough on its own to discredit the EHRC, and we can't lose sight of it as the immediate threat, but it's part of the larger project to undermine the concept of universal human rights as innate.
4/
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April 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s important to recognize that EVERY attack on trans people ultimately undermines every person’s human rights. We demonstrate individual freedom, complete bodily autonomy, and self-determination at a scale they can’t abide, & that’s why they want to strip us of those rights.
one day i will be a mushroom and i'll be very good at it
April 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
one day i will be a mushroom and i'll be very good at it
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Here are some nice mushrooms
April 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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I'm fairly sure my life is just one big fight or flight response
April 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm fairly sure my life is just one big fight or flight response
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That any person finds utility in an AI system that normalizes their speech and presents them as "respectable" for the purposes of gaining access to resources and society is not praise for AI, but a condemnation of society.
April 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
That any person finds utility in an AI system that normalizes their speech and presents them as "respectable" for the purposes of gaining access to resources and society is not praise for AI, but a condemnation of society.
me: my life is too stressful, maybe I should play Stardew Valley again to relax
me two days later having a panic attack about catching that one fish at night while it's raining before the season ends: ah nuts
me two days later having a panic attack about catching that one fish at night while it's raining before the season ends: ah nuts
April 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
me: my life is too stressful, maybe I should play Stardew Valley again to relax
me two days later having a panic attack about catching that one fish at night while it's raining before the season ends: ah nuts
me two days later having a panic attack about catching that one fish at night while it's raining before the season ends: ah nuts
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my mom has alzheimers and my aunt is in hospice with lung cancer and I've been thinking about the things that make them both happy
flowers
small children
talking about how spring is coming
animals and pet photos
remembering the songs they used to sing their children
lemon squares
seeing a groundhog
flowers
small children
talking about how spring is coming
animals and pet photos
remembering the songs they used to sing their children
lemon squares
seeing a groundhog
April 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
my mom has alzheimers and my aunt is in hospice with lung cancer and I've been thinking about the things that make them both happy
flowers
small children
talking about how spring is coming
animals and pet photos
remembering the songs they used to sing their children
lemon squares
seeing a groundhog
flowers
small children
talking about how spring is coming
animals and pet photos
remembering the songs they used to sing their children
lemon squares
seeing a groundhog
maybe I will get an instant camera just so I can wander around and take photos of birds and flowers and then I can fill my journal with birds and flowers
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
maybe I will get an instant camera just so I can wander around and take photos of birds and flowers and then I can fill my journal with birds and flowers
my mom has alzheimer's and has recently rediscovered mirrors. she says her friends live in there and gets really excited that wherever she goes that same lady is in the mirror, she really likes that lady. it's almost kind of nice
April 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
my mom has alzheimer's and has recently rediscovered mirrors. she says her friends live in there and gets really excited that wherever she goes that same lady is in the mirror, she really likes that lady. it's almost kind of nice