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Sylvie Bérard 🏳️‍🌈
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Professor, scholar, science fiction writer, poet, translator. Queer francophone in Ontario.

(I might follow back if your profile tells me something about you.)

https://linktr.ee/sberard
https://sylvieberard.net
https://omada.ca/artistes/berard-sylvie/
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Hello people, good morning 🌞 Here is an update about myself. I’m a Canadian science fiction writer and professor, also queer and social justice advocate, and I enjoy observing the world with the critical distance provided by a science fiction perspective. 1/2
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C'est ça qui est ça...😌
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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It's almost like trans people told you all along!!!
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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L’enseignement du 6e art au Québec a évolué au rythme de la société depuis 1960, mais les bases demeurent les mêmes.
L’École nationale de théâtre, 65 ans de jeu
www.ledevoir.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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"Gender-affirming care is not an abstract issue — it is life-saving health care," writes Joseph Torre of the Resilience Resource Center. "For our young people, it is the difference between fear and hope, despair and possibility."

epgn.com/2025/10/16/g...
Gov. Shapiro listened to young Pennsylvanians — and then he acted - Philadelphia Gay News
Gov. Josh Shapiro met with young people from the Resilience Resource Center and LGBTQ+ communities across Pennsylvania — and then he acted.
epgn.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“It’s hard to imagine a clearer metaphor for Donald Trump’s presidency than bulldozers tearing through the East Wing of the White House.”

www.patreon.com/posts/141829...
White House Ballroom | Nick Anderson
Get more from Nick Anderson on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Give it a rest!
MAGA Fan Has Unhinged Meltdown After Starbucks Barista Doesn't Call Out 'Charlie Kirk' With Her Order
www.comicsands.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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We covered this on today's @dailybeanspod.com. Extremely dangerous and these ICE agents should be charged with felonies.
PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.
October 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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😂😂
July 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Spotted on my walk to the office #Seattle
July 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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All US media will describe Israel's declaration of war as "preemptive" and Iran's response as "unprovoked."
June 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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President Trump will fully pardon the reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted three years ago of evading taxes and defrauding banks of more than $30 million to support their luxurious lifestyle.
Trump to Pardon Reality-Show Couple Convicted of $36 Million Fraud
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging www.propublica.org/article/us-o...
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the ma...
www.propublica.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Threats against federal judges have risen drastically since President Trump took office, according to internal data compiled by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Marshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Transphobes: “Trans kids shouldn’t get reversible puberty blockers in case they regret it.”

Also transphobes: *do this shit*
good luck to those kids for the twin terrors of immediate and horrifying global stardom while also getting to answer why their parents sold their souls to a bigot for the rest of their lives
HBO’s Harry Potter Series Casts Harry, Ron & Hermione
The Harry Potter series has cast its Harry, Ron and Hermione - Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout take the roles.
deadline.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Breaking news: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his agency's recommendation that healthy pregnant women and healthy children receive the coronavirus vaccine.
RFK Jr. ends covid shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women
Currently the vaccine is recommended for all people over 6 months of age.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Lettre de Pierre le Vénérable, abbé de Cluny, à Guigues Ier le Chartreux : "merci de nous envoyer une copie du gros volume des lettres de saint Augustin, car une grande partie de notre exemplaire a été accidentellement dévorée par un ours".

Ça me fait toujours autant rire 🤣🐻
a black bear is standing in the middle of a forest with its mouth open .
Alt: a black bear is standing in the middle of a forest with its mouth open .
media.tenor.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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The stunning increase in wealth amounts to a gain of roughly $1 billion per day for those billionaires.

By contrast, the typical American worker made just over $50,000 in 2023. Oxfam found that it would take a staggering 726,000 years for 10 US workers at median earnings to make that much money. 🤷🏻‍♀️
The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they’re on the verge of a huge tax cut — CNN
Despite a brief market scare, the richest 10 Americans got $365 billion richer over the past year, according to a new analysis from Oxfam.
apple.news
May 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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My right wing work MAGA saw this and complained that they were just following orders
I sent him this on the legality of the "Just following orders " defense
www.nashualaw.com/blog/2019/04...
I Was “Only Following Orders” Is Not A Defense For Employees | Hamblett & Kerrigan, P.A.
The defense I was “only following orders” is sometimes referred to as the Nuremberg defense. Generally, employees are liable for their own wrongful acts irrespective of whether or not they were doing ...
www.nashualaw.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Ministère des Affaires francophones: derrière les chiffres, la réalité, mon ANALYSE à lire dans @ledroit.com. #onfr #frcan www.ledroit.com/chroniques/s...
Ministère des Affaires francophones: derrière les chiffres, la réalité
CHRONIQUE / Le budget 2025 déposé jeudi par le gouvernement de Doug Ford ne restera pas dans les annales comme l’un des plus généreux. En pleine guerre tarifaire avec les États-Unis, le document de 25...
www.ledroit.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Evil fascists are recommending evil fascist measures against trans people.
May 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Employees at NIH and CDC can no longer use preferred names, they must use their "legal name." So someone named Robert can't be called Bobby. This policy is intended to crack down on trans people but will affect far more cis people.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration banned chosen names at FDA, CDC, NIH under new gender policy
Health and Human Services employees were told in March to remove 'nicknames' from email systems and signatures to comply with Trump order on gender.
www.usatoday.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM