Robin Metcalfe
@robinmetcalfe.bsky.social
Queer writer, activist, community historian/archivist. Acadian & Newfoundland ancestry. Lives near Weijuik/Sheet Harbour in Mikma’ki/Acadie/Nova Scotia. he/him
I'll be part of a panel on local Queer history Tuesday night, 8 July at 6:30 on Zoom. Here is the link to register:
smu-ca.zoom.us/.../register...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I'll be part of a panel on local Queer history Tuesday night, 8 July at 6:30 on Zoom. Here is the link to register:
smu-ca.zoom.us/.../register...
smu-ca.zoom.us/.../register...
I don't know enough to vouch for this Trans Lifeline, but if it is reputable, I'm sure it serves a critical purpose. The US number is (877) 565-8860. The Canada number is (877) 330-6366. Monday–Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM Pacific, 1 PM to 9 PM Eastern, 2 pm to 10 pm Atlantic. Comment if you know more.
🎙️ A Life Line for the Trans community!?
In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline
The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police
open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...
In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline
The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police
open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I don't know enough to vouch for this Trans Lifeline, but if it is reputable, I'm sure it serves a critical purpose. The US number is (877) 565-8860. The Canada number is (877) 330-6366. Monday–Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM Pacific, 1 PM to 9 PM Eastern, 2 pm to 10 pm Atlantic. Comment if you know more.
Living here in America right now feels like that time.
Stuck riding shotgun in a car with a drunk driver. – Chuck Wendig
Stuck riding shotgun in a car with a drunk driver. – Chuck Wendig
Wrote a thing. Maybe it's a thing you wanna read, I dunno. We'll see. *lays it gently at your feet*
What It Feels Like, Right Now
When I was in college in North Carolina, I flew home to Pennsylvania for the holidays. My mother and father were going through a divorce at that point (a divorce that should’ve happened many …
terribleminds.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Living here in America right now feels like that time.
Stuck riding shotgun in a car with a drunk driver. – Chuck Wendig
Stuck riding shotgun in a car with a drunk driver. – Chuck Wendig
Halifax Regional Municipality's Council has approved a staff recommendation to leave X and to migrate its public account to Bluesky.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Halifax staff recommend three-phase approach to deactivate X account by July 15 - Halifax Examiner
The report and results of a social media survey to go to Halifax regional council on Tuesday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Halifax Regional Municipality's Council has approved a staff recommendation to leave X and to migrate its public account to Bluesky.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Their ambulance came under Israeli fire on the way to collect injured people from an earlier airstrike. 13 of the dead were in a convoy dispatched to retrieve the bodies of their colleagues. One was a UN employee. A Red Crescent paramedic is still missing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say
Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Their ambulance came under Israeli fire on the way to collect injured people from an earlier airstrike. 13 of the dead were in a convoy dispatched to retrieve the bodies of their colleagues. One was a UN employee. A Red Crescent paramedic is still missing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
I like the sound of this bottle in the US section of a Newfoundland liquor store.
Alt text for quote post: a long and empty top shelf and aisle in a Newfoundland liquor store where American product used to be, with only one bottle of red wine in the foreground labeled ‘Kiss Me Arse’. 💪🇨🇦
Newfoundland is known for its great sense of humor. The only bottle on display in a NL in the US section.Thanks to the staff at the NL Liquor Store for the laughs.🤣😂😂 Canada Strong.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Elbows Up.
March 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I like the sound of this bottle in the US section of a Newfoundland liquor store.
Wondering whether to travel to the US? You may end up in a prison-like detention centre being treated like an animal. It happens to white Canadians with a passport. People of colour & those from less privileged countries face far worse.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Wondering whether to travel to the US? You may end up in a prison-like detention centre being treated like an animal. It happens to white Canadians with a passport. People of colour & those from less privileged countries face far worse.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trans women in men's prisons face dire and life-threatening circumstances. The US govt is murdering Trans people. Some Canadian conservatives support such policies. People I love would suffer and die under a Poilievre govt.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trans women in men's prisons face dire and life-threatening circumstances. The US govt is murdering Trans people. Some Canadian conservatives support such policies. People I love would suffer and die under a Poilievre govt.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mayflowers with buds ready to bloom when the weather warms.
March 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Mayflowers with buds ready to bloom when the weather warms.
Elbows up, Canada.
A reflection on Canada and the dark times we are living in.
We are no longer just playing shinny. The stakes are dangerously high.
When Mike Myers gave the "elbows up" sign, we know what to do.
Read my latest Substack here on why Canada won't break.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/elbows-up?...
We are no longer just playing shinny. The stakes are dangerously high.
When Mike Myers gave the "elbows up" sign, we know what to do.
Read my latest Substack here on why Canada won't break.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/elbows-up?...
ELBOWS UP
Mike Myers' Secret Message to Canadians
charlieangus.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
We've got a new anthem! And you can dance to this one.
With thanks to Gloria Gaynor. Lyrics Gord Moran; vocals Sonya Zaback; produced by Wayne McFaul
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
With thanks to Gloria Gaynor. Lyrics Gord Moran; vocals Sonya Zaback; produced by Wayne McFaul
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We've got a new anthem! And you can dance to this one.
With thanks to Gloria Gaynor. Lyrics Gord Moran; vocals Sonya Zaback; produced by Wayne McFaul
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
With thanks to Gloria Gaynor. Lyrics Gord Moran; vocals Sonya Zaback; produced by Wayne McFaul
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
Reposted by Robin Metcalfe
party time!!
March 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
party time!!
A clear warning from three distinguished analysts at McGill. Time for a new defence alliance among the remaining democracies.
www.policymagazine.ca/trumps-attac...
www.policymagazine.ca/trumps-attac...
Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Sends a Clear Message to Canada and the World - Policy Magazine
In a stunning scene at the White House on Friday, US President Donald J. Trump and Vice-President J. D. Vance verbally attacked Ukrainian president Volodymyr
www.policymagazine.ca
March 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A clear warning from three distinguished analysts at McGill. Time for a new defence alliance among the remaining democracies.
www.policymagazine.ca/trumps-attac...
www.policymagazine.ca/trumps-attac...
Trump's thugs escorted Zelenskyy out after a public shouting match. This is not good news, but better than signing over Ukraine's mineral resources to the US. Time for NATO-minUS to rally behind Ukraine, as Denmark's Mette Frederiksen has called for.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ukraine ‘gambling with world war three’, Trump tells Zelenskyy in fiery meeting
Meeting between US president and Ukrainian leader degenerated into shouting match before being cut short
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump's thugs escorted Zelenskyy out after a public shouting match. This is not good news, but better than signing over Ukraine's mineral resources to the US. Time for NATO-minUS to rally behind Ukraine, as Denmark's Mette Frederiksen has called for.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Artist Kelly Mark died on 21 February. Each of her works – economical, playful and challenging – was a Zen koan manifested in an object or performance. Her company was as witty and stimulating as her art. She will be sorely missed. The art will endure. Photo: Exist, 2009. Ph: Steve Farmer.
February 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Artist Kelly Mark died on 21 February. Each of her works – economical, playful and challenging – was a Zen koan manifested in an object or performance. Her company was as witty and stimulating as her art. She will be sorely missed. The art will endure. Photo: Exist, 2009. Ph: Steve Farmer.
This is very bad news.
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is very bad news.
Earth First. Just met with people from 5 continents to monitor the ecosystems in which we live. Proud citizen of the most beautiful, miraculous planet in the known universe. Grateful to share it with my fellow humans and all other life forms. We have a lot to do. Now let's get to work. Photo ESA.
February 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Earth First. Just met with people from 5 continents to monitor the ecosystems in which we live. Proud citizen of the most beautiful, miraculous planet in the known universe. Grateful to share it with my fellow humans and all other life forms. We have a lot to do. Now let's get to work. Photo ESA.
Twelve Basic Observations
I am reposting this as a single thread. I am still learning the interface (I did very little on Twitter), and posted it here first as 12 separate posts.
I am reposting this as a single thread. I am still learning the interface (I did very little on Twitter), and posted it here first as 12 separate posts.
February 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Twelve Basic Observations
I am reposting this as a single thread. I am still learning the interface (I did very little on Twitter), and posted it here first as 12 separate posts.
I am reposting this as a single thread. I am still learning the interface (I did very little on Twitter), and posted it here first as 12 separate posts.
Some mobilising energy to encourage our American friends. AOC was a waitress when she beat a major Democratic machine candidate with a $3 million kitty. You can see why when you hear her talk.
February 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some mobilising energy to encourage our American friends. AOC was a waitress when she beat a major Democratic machine candidate with a $3 million kitty. You can see why when you hear her talk.
Baby needs a safety seat.
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Baby needs a safety seat.
I've kept fuchsias for years – outside during summer, indoors during winter. They seem happy enough to bloom through all seasons. This past year, they've produced a lot of berries – which are edible, and quite delicious. I plan to eat this one after I've posted its picture.
February 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've kept fuchsias for years – outside during summer, indoors during winter. They seem happy enough to bloom through all seasons. This past year, they've produced a lot of berries – which are edible, and quite delicious. I plan to eat this one after I've posted its picture.
Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) has long been a fearless champion for justice. Since the Trump/Musk takeover, he has emerged as one of Canada's most eloquent spokespeople.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-yeats-t...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-yeats-t...
ON YEATS, TRUMP & PUTIN
Dispatch from NATO, Brussels – Day 1
charlieangus.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) has long been a fearless champion for justice. Since the Trump/Musk takeover, he has emerged as one of Canada's most eloquent spokespeople.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-yeats-t...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-yeats-t...
Reposted by Robin Metcalfe
Joke: What’s the difference between a Canadian and an American?
The Canadian knows the difference.
The Canadian knows the difference.
February 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Joke: What’s the difference between a Canadian and an American?
The Canadian knows the difference.
The Canadian knows the difference.
The revolution may not be televised, but the collapse of civilisation will be posted on social media.
Our ship of state.
February 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The revolution may not be televised, but the collapse of civilisation will be posted on social media.
12 There is no neutrality. Non-commitment is a betrayal of the responsibility we owe our fellow humans and the living world. Study history. Form discussion groups. Organise. Slava Ukraini! Black Lives Matter. Women, Life, Freedom! Free Palestine! Vive le Canada !
February 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
12 There is no neutrality. Non-commitment is a betrayal of the responsibility we owe our fellow humans and the living world. Study history. Form discussion groups. Organise. Slava Ukraini! Black Lives Matter. Women, Life, Freedom! Free Palestine! Vive le Canada !