Maggie McDonnell
@maggiemcd.bsky.social
University prof in Montréal. Knitter, book lover, dog and cat companion, breast cancer SURVIVOR 🇨🇦
Just got invited to an anti-Trump, #never51 rally in downtown Montreal. A huge pro-Canada rally in the historically ambivalent-at-best-toward-Canada province—we’re really riled up.
March 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just got invited to an anti-Trump, #never51 rally in downtown Montreal. A huge pro-Canada rally in the historically ambivalent-at-best-toward-Canada province—we’re really riled up.
Hegseth promised to stop drinking if appointed—so this happened while he was sober?
March 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Hegseth promised to stop drinking if appointed—so this happened while he was sober?
The AI-generated anti-Carney campaign is in full swing. Don’t believe everything you see—even videos can be faked. pressprogress.ca/this-photo-o...
This Photo of Mark Carney and Tom Hanks on “Epstein Island” is Going Viral. The Photo is Completely Fake.
Fake photos insinuating Canada’s new prime minister is linked to crimes of sexual abuse are going viral on Elon Musk’s X
pressprogress.ca
March 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The AI-generated anti-Carney campaign is in full swing. Don’t believe everything you see—even videos can be faked. pressprogress.ca/this-photo-o...
Elon Musk posting about Jordan Peterson interviewing Pierre Poilievre. The turdouchen, if you will.
[with special thanks to @neonnomad.bsky.social for help workshopping the term]
[with special thanks to @neonnomad.bsky.social for help workshopping the term]
March 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Elon Musk posting about Jordan Peterson interviewing Pierre Poilievre. The turdouchen, if you will.
[with special thanks to @neonnomad.bsky.social for help workshopping the term]
[with special thanks to @neonnomad.bsky.social for help workshopping the term]
Jim Cuddy "We Used to Be the Best of Friends"
YouTube video by Jim Cuddy
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Mélanie Joly is pretty impressive. I’m glad she’s on our side.
March 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mélanie Joly is pretty impressive. I’m glad she’s on our side.
Hanomansplaining: to tell a nation not to worry its pretty little head about something, then proceed to allow exactly what said nation predicted #CrossCountryFuckUp
February 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Hanomansplaining: to tell a nation not to worry its pretty little head about something, then proceed to allow exactly what said nation predicted #CrossCountryFuckUp
Meanwhile, in Cozumel 🇲🇽… (about $3.20 Canadian, or $2.25 USD)
February 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Meanwhile, in Cozumel 🇲🇽… (about $3.20 Canadian, or $2.25 USD)
Love the character and the premise, but man, Marcelo Hernàndez has ruined Sundays in Mexico for me #Domingo #SNL #CanadaLovesMexico
February 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Love the character and the premise, but man, Marcelo Hernàndez has ruined Sundays in Mexico for me #Domingo #SNL #CanadaLovesMexico
Reposted by Maggie McDonnell
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
If California secedes and joins Canada, can we get Kamala Harris to run for office?
February 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If California secedes and joins Canada, can we get Kamala Harris to run for office?
This is fantastic.
MapQuest letting people rename the Gulf of Mexico on their maps is the kind of pettiness we didn’t know we needed in 2025
Gulf of Map Explorer
Create and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest
gulfof.mapquest.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is fantastic.
Ugh. No surprise, but still, ugh.
February 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ugh. No surprise, but still, ugh.
“Conflict of interest questions” 🙄
A public State Department procurement document for fiscal year 2025 listed the purchase for $400 million. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Conflict of interest questions” 🙄
Pleased to see that Apple Maps is still correct for those of us outside the USA… for now.
February 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pleased to see that Apple Maps is still correct for those of us outside the USA… for now.
My small act of resistance today.
February 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My small act of resistance today.
Musk is Dolores Umbridge, isn’t he?
February 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Musk is Dolores Umbridge, isn’t he?
Yeah, we’re still pissed off.
February 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yeah, we’re still pissed off.
American friends and experts: how much of what Trump and Musk are dismantling is permanently lost? Are you looking at simple reinstatement of things and people post-2028, or decades of rebuilding?
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
American friends and experts: how much of what Trump and Musk are dismantling is permanently lost? Are you looking at simple reinstatement of things and people post-2028, or decades of rebuilding?
Petition to have all Canadians take turns as "Fentanyl Czar" on a rotating basis. I'll take the week of July 21st.
February 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Petition to have all Canadians take turns as "Fentanyl Czar" on a rotating basis. I'll take the week of July 21st.