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Em Ellis 🇨🇦 📚 🍱 📷 ☕️
@msemellis.bsky.social
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Aspiring Author
Democratic Socialist
Political AF
Anti Trump
I love pointing out 🚩

This is a chaos feed

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***This is my future pen name***
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It’s Caturday…
Picture of a cat looking up at the camera
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Oh Canada
A screenshot of a breaking news alert saying that the French-language leaders debate has been moved to avoid conflict with a Montreal Canadiens game
April 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Oh Canada
A screenshot of a breaking news alert saying that the French-language leaders debate has been moved to avoid conflict with a Montreal Canadiens game
April 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Attempted m u r d e r disguised as affection
A brown cat cuddling up to their owner by draping themselves directly across said owner’s throat
April 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I may or may not read a lot of romance.

I definitely misread the work “crook” and it changed the entire meaning of this post
Screen shot of a post from @justinklugh.bsky.social reading NICK CASTELLANOS: Eh it's wet and gross, I don't feel like swinging VOICE THAT NICK CASTELLANOS ALWAYS OBEYS: You are the chaos shepherd. Every thrust of your crook unlocks new powers in this realm. Without you the undying sphere will consume the sheep of this wretched earth— CASTELLANOS: ugh fine
April 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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She’s a peach
Screenshot from bombaycrone.bsky.social “Unfortunately I just blocked 2 intelligence sounding I think black people and I'm sorry I don't capitalize the word because I don't capitalize the word white. I will not have hate spewed on my timeline.”
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Things I do when I’m not writing or talking politics
Three jars of iced tea labelled Honey, Classic, and Chai
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Interesting…

apple.news/AqwqwqE9GRFS...
Screenshot of an excerpt from the linked article But Macdonald wasn't any more attracted to the prospect of being absorbed into the U.S. zeitgeist than the Canadian leadership of today. In his Halifax speech, he said that Canadians would prefer to "enjoy the magnificent country that God has given us, and look with philosophic eyes at the struggles of a fierce and discordant democracy" - setting off a prolonged round of applause. Of course, the McKinley tariffs neither forced an economic union or annexation, nor did they destroy the Canadian economy. In the five years after the imposition of the tar-iffs, Canada's goods exports to the U.S. fell nearly 50 per cent compared with the five years prior; at the same time, exports to Britain more than doubled. Trade with other markets - chiefly the Caribbean - also doubled. During those five years, Canadian exports overall grew more than 20 per cent. The U.S. tariffs hadn't dissuaded Canadian trade; they had only rerouted it.
April 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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🤦‍♀️
Screenshot from James Surowiecki at X Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is. Screenshot from James Surowiecki at X Even given that it's Trump, I cannot believe they said "We'll just divide the trade deficit by imports and tell people that's the tariff rate." And then they decided to set our tariffs by just cutting that totally made-up rate in half! This is so dumb and deceptive. How in God's name did Scott Bessent agree to sign off on this? This tweet is correct, but it's actually worse than I thought: in calculating the tariff rate, Trump's people only used the trade deficit in goods. So even though we run a trade surplus in services with the world, those exports don't count as far as Trump is concerned.
April 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Also. Here’s one of mine from your story:
Screenshot from the manuscript from Land of Undying Summer “She couldn't attack him for this, as much as she might like to. He reached into the basin for something new and she squeaked, ripping it from his hand. She rummaged through the basin, cheeks pink, as she pulled out clothing and raced to hang it on the farthest part of the line. Heat flooded his own face when he realized every item she held was an undergarment. He made a point to only grab very large articles of clothing, studiously ignoring her section of the line.”
April 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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My cat is offering to let you scratch her extremely soft and floofy belly. An expert says scratching the floofy bellies of cats helps chase away the scaries.

(My cat is the expert in question)
A brown cat lying on a sofa and exposing her extra floofy belly for scratches.
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Spotted in the wild taking kiddo to school this morning
A photograph of a realistic replica Wall-E, arms outstretched over a black trash bag
March 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Canadian friends - here’s another shit stain to block
Screenshot of a comment left on a post Commenter @dentedcamrybumper.bsky.social wrote “Really hoping you guys get annexed in the next four years” I responded “Yea. You can fuck all the way off with that bullshit”
March 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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She’s not chunky. She’s cuddly. Like mine. ❤️
A brown cat lying on top of a blue cat condo stares back at the camera
March 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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When the best slogan you can come up with against Mark Carney, is one you couldn’t embody if you tried 😂

We want skill,
Not a shill
Image of Pierre Poilievre in front of a sign reading “Boots, not suits” / “Des bottes, pas des cravates”
March 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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My cat currently.

Same cat who will run up and down 2 flights of stairs multiple times in the middle of the night while every one is trying to sleep. Just because.

I climb those same two flights of stairs just once and then need to sit for a cuppa. 🫠
Image of a sleeping Brown cat
March 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Entire post in two screen shots (with alt text)
I've spent the past few days addressing the apathy that has been so infuriating. Today I am addressing everyone. I hope, in amongst the firehose of everything happening everywhere, that every single person who reads this is taking time to find joy and happiness. Because we are all worthy of, and deserve, to find joy and happiness wherever and whenever we find it. I hope that in amongst the exhaustion, everyone finds a moment of peace, and calm. A chance to reset, even if it's only for a minute. I hope that everyone is treating themselves with grace and kindness and compassion when everything is too much and everything is too heavy. We are all worthy and deserving of that. Exactly as we are. No ifs or buts about it. I know everything is uncertain and scary. I know that no one knows for sure what the next minute, hour, or day is going to bring. So I hope you find the things you need to help you keep going. To keep moving forward. Whether it's just one step or whether it's 100 of them. So be kind to yourselves. Be compassionate with how you feel and how much you are able to do. And give yourself grace when things don't go the way you plan. It happens. And it doesn't make you a bad or an awful person. Acknowledge it. And figure out how best to fix it. And then move on. No one is perfect, and mistakes are opportunities to learn and improve. Nothing more. Nothing less. ❤️ Em
March 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Here you go
I've spent the past few days addressing the apathy that has been so infuriating. Today I am addressing everyone. I hope, in amongst the firehose of everything happening everywhere, that every single person who reads this is taking time to find joy and happiness. Because we are all worthy of, and deserve, to find joy and happiness wherever and whenever we find it. I hope that in amongst the exhaustion, everyone finds a moment of peace, and calm. A chance to reset, even if it's only for a minute. I hope that everyone is treating themselves with grace and kindness and compassion when everything is too much and everything is too heavy. We are all worthy and deserving of that. Exactly as we are. No ifs or buts about it. I know everything is uncertain and scary. I know that no one knows for sure what the next minute, hour, or day is going to bring. So I hope you find the things you need to help you keep going. To keep moving forward. Whether it's just one step or whether it's 100 of them. So be kind to yourselves. Be compassionate with how you feel and how much you are able to do. And give yourself grace when things don't go the way you plan. It happens. And it doesn't make you a bad or an awful person. Acknowledge it. And figure out how best to fix it. And then move on. No one is perfect, and mistakes are opportunities to learn and improve. Nothing more. Nothing less. ❤️ Em
March 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Is he wearing a suit jacket in every one of the first photos to come up on a Google search? Why yes. Yes it appear so. And in 3 of them, he has a tie as well.

Lying liar is gonna lie. Grifting grifter is gonna grift.
A screenshot of a Google search of the name “Pierre Poilievre” with 6 images, and he is wearing a jacket in each one, and a tie in 3 of them.
March 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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🫶 Icelander2000TM on Reddit r/onguardforthee

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Screenshot of a post from Icelander2000TM on Reddit r/onguardforthee European here. The past few weeks have really cemented in my mind a new view of Canada. I can't speak for a whole continent, of course. But ever since Trump's inauguration and his talk of making Canada the 51st state, the world's eyes have increasingly been on your country. And during the past two months, listening to your leader's speeches, reading about your history, browsing your memes, it has all given me a new appreciation for your distinctiveness. You are not just "More chill Americans who like hockey and have the queen on their money". That's the old stereotype. You are too bilingual. You are too good at settling your differences (of which there are seemingly plenty). You are too modest and you are too dutiful. You guys didn't get attacked halfway through WW2 and then boast about being everyone else's saviour. You chose to help us freely from the beginning of the war and you never rubbed it in our faces. Your national character is now very noticeably different and I admire it deeply. Your determination and courage sets an inspiring example and your effort to uphold democracy is something I am grateful for. Thank you, that is all.
March 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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"The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have someone write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was." - Milan Kundera
March 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Here are your daily reminders:
Screenshot of previous posts of mine Daily Reminder no 1: The Republican Party is now considered a Nazi party. Make your decisions regarding your affiliations accordingly. This goes for Canadian Conservatives who support: - Doug Ford - Pierre Poilievre - Danielle Smith They’re all MAGA supporters, which means they’re Nazi’s too Reminder no 2: Rear as you need to reset so that you can continue to fight. Daily Reminder no 3: We do not judge those who lack accessibility, availability, or affordability to fight and protest the way those without those barriers do. Daily Reminder no 4: You are allowed to enjoy moments of normalcy and to experience joy and happiness - even when you world is on fire and everything has gone to shit. Normalcy and joy when you find it is how you keep your sanity. Use it to fuel your fight, and to remember what you’re fighting for.
March 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Probably something to do with this section based on a quick skim, but I’d need a more thorough read through to be certain
Screenshot of Canadian bill C18 “The Act will only apply to digital news intermediaries if there is a significant bargaining power imbalance between the operators of a digital news intermediary and the news outlets producing the news content a digital news intermediary makes available. This will be determined according to statutory criteria, such as the size of the digital news intermediary and whether it occupies a prominent market position, and any regulations made by the Governor in Council. A digital news intermediary may also be exempted from the Act if its operator has entered into agreements with news businesses that satisfy certain conditions, such as providing fair compensation to news businesses…
March 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Image of a quote over an image of Henry a David Thoreau "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" Henry David Thoreau 'Civil Disobedience" (1849)
March 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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An image of a lit candle on a black background. Test says “I mourn for the future we should have had”
March 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM