Russell McOrmond
@russellmcormond.bsky.social
White cis-hetero male settler-Canadian
#ActuallyAutistic
He/him (but don't believe in binary, so they/them fine)
See https://flora.ca for links to all other social media.
#RankedChoiceVoting #STV #NoPartyLists
#ActuallyAutistic
He/him (but don't believe in binary, so they/them fine)
See https://flora.ca for links to all other social media.
#RankedChoiceVoting #STV #NoPartyLists
Mike Oppenheim and I had a great conversation on his podcast.
r.flora.ca/p/coffin-tal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRvP...
#ActuallyAutistic
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRvP...
#ActuallyAutistic
Coffin Talk #252: - Autism - Russell McOrmond
What do I think happens when you die?
r.flora.ca
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Mike Oppenheim and I had a great conversation on his podcast.
r.flora.ca/p/coffin-tal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRvP...
#ActuallyAutistic
r.flora.ca/p/coffin-tal...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRvP...
#ActuallyAutistic
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A Canadian Returnee is someone who has lived abroad and is now back home in Canada. It is a term that captures more than just physical relocation; it speaks to the experience of rediscovery, adaptation, and reflection. canadianreturnee.substack.com
Canadian Returnee | Substack
After living abroad for years, I'm back in Canada, writing about Canadian & US politics, current events, & personal growth. Click to read Canadian Returnee, a Substack publication with thousands of su...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A Canadian Returnee is someone who has lived abroad and is now back home in Canada. It is a term that captures more than just physical relocation; it speaks to the experience of rediscovery, adaptation, and reflection. canadianreturnee.substack.com
Sumaya Awad and Beth Miller unpack why the ADL’s attack on Zoran flopped, the "Mamdani monitor," and what this moment means for NYC politics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xif9...
We must learn to no longer conflate Judaism, Zionism and Israel. This has been extremely dangerous to Jewish people!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xif9...
We must learn to no longer conflate Judaism, Zionism and Israel. This has been extremely dangerous to Jewish people!
Zohran FIRES BACK at ADL’s Greenblatt over “Mamdani Monitor”
YouTube video by Katie Halper
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November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sumaya Awad and Beth Miller unpack why the ADL’s attack on Zoran flopped, the "Mamdani monitor," and what this moment means for NYC politics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xif9...
We must learn to no longer conflate Judaism, Zionism and Israel. This has been extremely dangerous to Jewish people!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xif9...
We must learn to no longer conflate Judaism, Zionism and Israel. This has been extremely dangerous to Jewish people!
One Dish, One Mic is pre-recorded today.
Video of interview is available at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZt7...
#OneDishOneMic
Video of interview is available at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZt7...
#OneDishOneMic
Niagara Falls Needs to Awaken the Turtle
YouTube video by One Dish One Mic
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
One Dish, One Mic is pre-recorded today.
Video of interview is available at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZt7...
#OneDishOneMic
Video of interview is available at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZt7...
#OneDishOneMic
My contribution to the discussion on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
#ndtr #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #ResidentialSchools
r.flora.ca/p/genocide-a...
#ndtr #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #ResidentialSchools
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Violence against Indigenous people "very clearly" is genocide
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My contribution to the discussion on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
#ndtr #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #ResidentialSchools
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#ndtr #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #ResidentialSchools
r.flora.ca/p/genocide-a...
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I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
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It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
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With everything going on in the US, it feels like a good time to remind everyone that the only real difference between fascism and colonialism is whether or not it's used against white people.
September 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
With everything going on in the US, it feels like a good time to remind everyone that the only real difference between fascism and colonialism is whether or not it's used against white people.
I am glad this is being shared...
The censorship with Jimmy Kimmel fits neatly into the settler-colonial left-right debate of USA&Canada -- so is safe to talk about.
Blind loyalty to settler-colonial ideology that exists across that left-right spectrum within USA&Canada can't be questioned.
The censorship with Jimmy Kimmel fits neatly into the settler-colonial left-right debate of USA&Canada -- so is safe to talk about.
Blind loyalty to settler-colonial ideology that exists across that left-right spectrum within USA&Canada can't be questioned.
This is the only non-boring kind of discourse around this thing. Everything else is kind of like the January 6 nonsense, just noise and inconsequential culture war. "But it sets this and that precedent!" Not really. It's just the reform/reaction cycle. We've seen worse before.
All this outpouring for Jimmy Kimmel is performed by the same group who disregarded ppl’s right to publicly oppose a genocide. I didn’t see this much support for the students protesting genocide
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I am glad this is being shared...
The censorship with Jimmy Kimmel fits neatly into the settler-colonial left-right debate of USA&Canada -- so is safe to talk about.
Blind loyalty to settler-colonial ideology that exists across that left-right spectrum within USA&Canada can't be questioned.
The censorship with Jimmy Kimmel fits neatly into the settler-colonial left-right debate of USA&Canada -- so is safe to talk about.
Blind loyalty to settler-colonial ideology that exists across that left-right spectrum within USA&Canada can't be questioned.
September 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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They can't figure why Canadians don't want to go to Plattsburgh, NY to celebrate the first time USA tried to make Canada (Upper Canada now Ontario), the 51st state! Their pride is our disgust. #Never51 #BoycottUSA
September 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
They can't figure why Canadians don't want to go to Plattsburgh, NY to celebrate the first time USA tried to make Canada (Upper Canada now Ontario), the 51st state! Their pride is our disgust. #Never51 #BoycottUSA
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Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years. The big telecom companies are mad, and I hope we make them a whole lot madder still. It is time f...
The Right Move On Fibre Optic Internet Access
Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years.
www.davidgraham.ca
August 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years. The big telecom companies are mad, and I hope we make them a whole lot madder still. It is time f...
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If it wasn't clear before, do you see it now? US is rUSsia.
When will people revolt?
#boycottUSA
#trumpisputinspuppet
When will people revolt?
#boycottUSA
#trumpisputinspuppet
August 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If it wasn't clear before, do you see it now? US is rUSsia.
When will people revolt?
#boycottUSA
#trumpisputinspuppet
When will people revolt?
#boycottUSA
#trumpisputinspuppet
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“All Gaza will be Jewish"
"There’s no hunger in Gaza."
"We don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”
"The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out.”
~Minister Amichai Eliyahu
Can we call it a genocide now?
"There’s no hunger in Gaza."
"We don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”
"The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out.”
~Minister Amichai Eliyahu
Can we call it a genocide now?
July 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“All Gaza will be Jewish"
"There’s no hunger in Gaza."
"We don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”
"The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out.”
~Minister Amichai Eliyahu
Can we call it a genocide now?
"There’s no hunger in Gaza."
"We don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”
"The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out.”
~Minister Amichai Eliyahu
Can we call it a genocide now?
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The Berlin conference (1884 to 1885) that divided up Africa.
July 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Berlin conference (1884 to 1885) that divided up Africa.
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NYC's #RankedChoiceVoting primaries showed what can happen when you empower voters to choose candidates who are accountable to them, rather than a narrow base.
Read more from FairVote CEO Meredith Sumpter in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social ⬇️
Read more from FairVote CEO Meredith Sumpter in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social ⬇️
New York City’s Ranked Choice Voting: Democracy That’s Accountable to Voters
New York City’s election has gotten a lot of attention over the last few weeks, and ranked choice voting is a big part of the reason why. Heads turned when 33-year-old state legislator Zohran Mamdani…
thefulcrum.us
July 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NYC's #RankedChoiceVoting primaries showed what can happen when you empower voters to choose candidates who are accountable to them, rather than a narrow base.
Read more from FairVote CEO Meredith Sumpter in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social ⬇️
Read more from FairVote CEO Meredith Sumpter in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social ⬇️
I really enjoy these articles by Lyric Lark Rivera (AKA: NeuroDivergent Rebel). What they write regularly resonates with me so much, and reminds me of things I have also felt for so much of my life.
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#ActuallyAutistic
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#ActuallyAutistic
Don’t assume I must not be trying because “it’s easy” (for you).
I really enjoy these articles by Lyric Lark Rivera (AKA: NeuroDivergent Rebel). What they write regularly resonates with me so much, and reminds me of things I have also felt for so much of my life.
r.flora.ca
July 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I really enjoy these articles by Lyric Lark Rivera (AKA: NeuroDivergent Rebel). What they write regularly resonates with me so much, and reminds me of things I have also felt for so much of my life.
r.flora.ca/p/dont-assum...
#ActuallyAutistic
r.flora.ca/p/dont-assum...
#ActuallyAutistic
"What the author of the critique of this painting wrote is more likely accurate, as it matches what a male would paint given what males are taught in this culture about how women think."
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#cdnpoli #Incel #RapeCulture #GenderBinaryMyth
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#cdnpoli #Incel #RapeCulture #GenderBinaryMyth
I’m also not an art historian, but I am a systems analyst
Does a painting represent the model, the artist, or the culture?
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July 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"What the author of the critique of this painting wrote is more likely accurate, as it matches what a male would paint given what males are taught in this culture about how women think."
r.flora.ca/p/also-not-a...
#cdnpoli #Incel #RapeCulture #GenderBinaryMyth
r.flora.ca/p/also-not-a...
#cdnpoli #Incel #RapeCulture #GenderBinaryMyth
Listening to @karldockstader.bsky.social on #OneDishOneMic on #610cktb
Remaining "neutral" on what is being done by Isreal against Palestine is siding with the oppressor.
Canada has been too late, too soft. It is being done in the context of ongoing colonialism.
Remaining "neutral" on what is being done by Isreal against Palestine is siding with the oppressor.
Canada has been too late, too soft. It is being done in the context of ongoing colonialism.
July 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Listening to @karldockstader.bsky.social on #OneDishOneMic on #610cktb
Remaining "neutral" on what is being done by Isreal against Palestine is siding with the oppressor.
Canada has been too late, too soft. It is being done in the context of ongoing colonialism.
Remaining "neutral" on what is being done by Isreal against Palestine is siding with the oppressor.
Canada has been too late, too soft. It is being done in the context of ongoing colonialism.
I have seen this quote in many places. I understand the sentiment, but it doesn't match my personal observations.
“When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them—and that is of course because they accept the system and identify themselves with it." -Thomas Merton
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“When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them—and that is of course because they accept the system and identify themselves with it." -Thomas Merton
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I don’t hate "White People" (British/English, French, etc)
I have seen this quote in many places.
r.flora.ca
July 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I have seen this quote in many places. I understand the sentiment, but it doesn't match my personal observations.
“When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them—and that is of course because they accept the system and identify themselves with it." -Thomas Merton
r.flora.ca/p/i-dont-hat...
“When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them—and that is of course because they accept the system and identify themselves with it." -Thomas Merton
r.flora.ca/p/i-dont-hat...
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A key tactic in an abusive relationship is for the abuser to take things away from you for no reason and then expect you to be grateful to them when they give you back what was always rightfully yours to begin with
"Exciting news to announce! The robbers I let into the house have agreed to give back the money they stole!"
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A key tactic in an abusive relationship is for the abuser to take things away from you for no reason and then expect you to be grateful to them when they give you back what was always rightfully yours to begin with
Support the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination of Francesca Albanese
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#NobelForAlbanese
#United4GazaAlbanese
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Have you seen this petition yet?
Support the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination of Francesca Albanese
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July 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Support the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination of Francesca Albanese
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#NobelForAlbanese
#United4GazaAlbanese
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#NobelForAlbanese
#United4GazaAlbanese
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Chiefs in Ontario and Alberta condemn opposition to reintroducing First Nations safe drinking water bill #cdnpoli #indigenous www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Chiefs condemn opposition to First Nations safe drinking water bill
Chiefs of Ontario say "it's reprehensible" for Alberta and Ontario to oppose safe drinking water legislation.
www.aptnnews.ca
July 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chiefs in Ontario and Alberta condemn opposition to reintroducing First Nations safe drinking water bill #cdnpoli #indigenous www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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Wow, that US exceptionalist kool-aid was potent huh?
Humanity will never get anywhere until people stop thinking they are magically immune from the evil they're happy to unleash upon other people.
This isn't about empathy, which these people also clearly lack, it's entirely about them being so bloodthirsty it overrode their self-preservation instinct.
This isn't about empathy, which these people also clearly lack, it's entirely about them being so bloodthirsty it overrode their self-preservation instinct.
‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status
Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interview
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Wow, that US exceptionalist kool-aid was potent huh?