em, she/her 🇨🇦
@windowsandcups.bsky.social
I'm a librarian who loves poetry, our planet, art, and learning - mostly about philosophy, space and RPGs. Entirely vexed by politicians, the games they play with people's lives, and with systems that force me to choose between levels of harm. ☮️
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Cautiously optimistic about this platform, so allow me to introduce my little corner of Bluesky. Here it's all about:
📖 Books & reading
📝 Writing
🌌 Space
🌳 Nature
🎨 Art
❓️ Following my curiosity
💭 Dreaming of a better world
🪧 Working to make that world a reality --
✨️ and just a touch of magic ☺️
📖 Books & reading
📝 Writing
🌌 Space
🌳 Nature
🎨 Art
❓️ Following my curiosity
💭 Dreaming of a better world
🪧 Working to make that world a reality --
✨️ and just a touch of magic ☺️
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Danielle Smith is now facing a recall petition — one of 21 Alberta MLAs under pressure. When even her own constituents say she’s not showing up, that’s a problem. CBC is breaking down what’s really going on.
Read more:
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
Read more:
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Danielle Smith is now facing a recall petition — one of 21 Alberta MLAs under pressure. When even her own constituents say she’s not showing up, that’s a problem. CBC is breaking down what’s really going on.
Read more:
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
Read more:
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Read Around the 🌎 4 is from Mexico: Reservoir Bitches, by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated by Heather Cleary & Julia Sanches.
These short stories are the perfect example of why I'm doing this project: to be exposed to new stories, to learn. It was challenging, I loved it, it broke my heart. #BookSky
These short stories are the perfect example of why I'm doing this project: to be exposed to new stories, to learn. It was challenging, I loved it, it broke my heart. #BookSky
December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Read Around the 🌎 4 is from Mexico: Reservoir Bitches, by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated by Heather Cleary & Julia Sanches.
These short stories are the perfect example of why I'm doing this project: to be exposed to new stories, to learn. It was challenging, I loved it, it broke my heart. #BookSky
These short stories are the perfect example of why I'm doing this project: to be exposed to new stories, to learn. It was challenging, I loved it, it broke my heart. #BookSky
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"I am not in denial, but I am in open rebellion."
That is a phenomenal rallying cry and one we should all carry, because it outlasts and outmatches any developments, any "improvements"; it doesn't matter how "good" the plagiarism machine gets. The better it steals and harms, the more we will rebel.
That is a phenomenal rallying cry and one we should all carry, because it outlasts and outmatches any developments, any "improvements"; it doesn't matter how "good" the plagiarism machine gets. The better it steals and harms, the more we will rebel.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"I am not in denial, but I am in open rebellion."
That is a phenomenal rallying cry and one we should all carry, because it outlasts and outmatches any developments, any "improvements"; it doesn't matter how "good" the plagiarism machine gets. The better it steals and harms, the more we will rebel.
That is a phenomenal rallying cry and one we should all carry, because it outlasts and outmatches any developments, any "improvements"; it doesn't matter how "good" the plagiarism machine gets. The better it steals and harms, the more we will rebel.
Book 3 of Read Around the World was: The Rainfall Market, by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung - South Korea.
A sweet story; a modern fable, which I always love. There are also elements of Korean folklore in the characters. What would you do if you had a chance to pick a new life? #Booksky
A sweet story; a modern fable, which I always love. There are also elements of Korean folklore in the characters. What would you do if you had a chance to pick a new life? #Booksky
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Book 3 of Read Around the World was: The Rainfall Market, by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung - South Korea.
A sweet story; a modern fable, which I always love. There are also elements of Korean folklore in the characters. What would you do if you had a chance to pick a new life? #Booksky
A sweet story; a modern fable, which I always love. There are also elements of Korean folklore in the characters. What would you do if you had a chance to pick a new life? #Booksky
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YOU can affect Israeli policy
Here is proof:
Here is proof:
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
YOU can affect Israeli policy
Here is proof:
Here is proof:
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True maybe now more than ever.
From The Essential June Jordan: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596209
#poem #books #writing
From The Essential June Jordan: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596209
#poem #books #writing
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
True maybe now more than ever.
From The Essential June Jordan: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596209
#poem #books #writing
From The Essential June Jordan: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596209
#poem #books #writing
Book 2 in my Read Around The World project was Above Us The Milky Way, by Fowzia Karimi - chosen for Afghanistan.
The author grew up in the US after fleeing "the first land." The book tells the story of five sisters, their parents, two lands, and how the heart is forever affected by both. #BookSky
The author grew up in the US after fleeing "the first land." The book tells the story of five sisters, their parents, two lands, and how the heart is forever affected by both. #BookSky
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Book 2 in my Read Around The World project was Above Us The Milky Way, by Fowzia Karimi - chosen for Afghanistan.
The author grew up in the US after fleeing "the first land." The book tells the story of five sisters, their parents, two lands, and how the heart is forever affected by both. #BookSky
The author grew up in the US after fleeing "the first land." The book tells the story of five sisters, their parents, two lands, and how the heart is forever affected by both. #BookSky
Inspired by Courtney Henning Novak, I've started by own Read Around the World project. It will take years and I love it!
This was book one: What You Can See From Here, by Mariana Leky, translated from the original German by Tess Lewis - tender & utterly charming magical realism. ##Booksky
This was book one: What You Can See From Here, by Mariana Leky, translated from the original German by Tess Lewis - tender & utterly charming magical realism. ##Booksky
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Inspired by Courtney Henning Novak, I've started by own Read Around the World project. It will take years and I love it!
This was book one: What You Can See From Here, by Mariana Leky, translated from the original German by Tess Lewis - tender & utterly charming magical realism. ##Booksky
This was book one: What You Can See From Here, by Mariana Leky, translated from the original German by Tess Lewis - tender & utterly charming magical realism. ##Booksky
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It’s absolutely right that workers walk off the job in response to the government taking a chainsaw to Canada Post.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms | CBC News
The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government announcing major reforms to Canada Post.
www.cbc.ca
September 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It’s absolutely right that workers walk off the job in response to the government taking a chainsaw to Canada Post.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
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The Israeli military murdered Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif AND the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza.
The only reason to do so—right before you illegally invade Gaza—is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-mur...
The only reason to do so—right before you illegally invade Gaza—is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-mur...
Israel Murders Journalist Anas Al-Sharif & the Entire Al Jazeera Crew
What you should know about Al-Sharif's final words and complicit western media and governments
www.qasimrashid.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Israeli military murdered Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif AND the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza.
The only reason to do so—right before you illegally invade Gaza—is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-mur...
The only reason to do so—right before you illegally invade Gaza—is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-mur...
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The only reason you assassinate every Al Jazeera journalist left in Gaza is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate.
Any politician and any journalist who cannot call this genocide for what it is, is complicit, and I hope history remembers you as such.
Any politician and any journalist who cannot call this genocide for what it is, is complicit, and I hope history remembers you as such.
August 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The only reason you assassinate every Al Jazeera journalist left in Gaza is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate.
Any politician and any journalist who cannot call this genocide for what it is, is complicit, and I hope history remembers you as such.
Any politician and any journalist who cannot call this genocide for what it is, is complicit, and I hope history remembers you as such.
The mollycoddling and political cowardice is so incredibly disappointing. This isn't a game where you win votes if you don't offend anyone! How many people have to say it's a genocide before we quit the bullshit song and dance?
The Canadian government won’t even name Israel, which took credit for murdering these journalists, in its post condemning them.
August 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The mollycoddling and political cowardice is so incredibly disappointing. This isn't a game where you win votes if you don't offend anyone! How many people have to say it's a genocide before we quit the bullshit song and dance?
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August 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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As the day Omar El Akkad predicted is slowly becoming a reality -- that “one day" when "everyone will have always been against this," people might forget what institutions, employers and peers did to those who really have always been against this.
This new report helps to remind us:
This new report helps to remind us:
August 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
As the day Omar El Akkad predicted is slowly becoming a reality -- that “one day" when "everyone will have always been against this," people might forget what institutions, employers and peers did to those who really have always been against this.
This new report helps to remind us:
This new report helps to remind us:
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Israel kidnapped 17 family members of Awdah Hathaleen, and is refusing to return the body of the martyr to the family. The women of the village have gone on hunger strike until the body is returned.
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank, Palestine
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank, Palestine
July 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Israel kidnapped 17 family members of Awdah Hathaleen, and is refusing to return the body of the martyr to the family. The women of the village have gone on hunger strike until the body is returned.
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank, Palestine
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank, Palestine
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How Awdah Hathaleen was murdered. And what he meant to us.
Please watch. And remember his name.
Please watch. And remember his name.
July 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How Awdah Hathaleen was murdered. And what he meant to us.
Please watch. And remember his name.
Please watch. And remember his name.
#Canada please - add your name to this petition, at least share it, it takes so little time to add your voice to the pressure on our government to do something. Even this isn't enough, but everything counts. Palestine needs all the help we can give.
nccm.ca/take-action/...
nccm.ca/take-action/...
Take Action - Canada Must Recognize Palestinian Statehood - NCCM
Take action: Canada Must make the move to Recognize Palestinian Statehood and True Self-Determination
nccm.ca
July 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#Canada please - add your name to this petition, at least share it, it takes so little time to add your voice to the pressure on our government to do something. Even this isn't enough, but everything counts. Palestine needs all the help we can give.
nccm.ca/take-action/...
nccm.ca/take-action/...
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Denying Gaza's starvation is no less vile than denying the Holocaust | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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At the Israeli prison, US human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs.
We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege
We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege
July 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
At the Israeli prison, US human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs.
We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege
We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege
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Eyad Amawi, an aid coordinator in Gaza, says Palestinians need more than political statements in order to "stop the genocide" being carried out by Israel, including mass starvation of the civilian population. www.democracynow.org/2025/7/28/ga...
July 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Eyad Amawi, an aid coordinator in Gaza, says Palestinians need more than political statements in order to "stop the genocide" being carried out by Israel, including mass starvation of the civilian population. www.democracynow.org/2025/7/28/ga...
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Adalah lawyers have met 17 of 21 detained activists. They are in relatively stable condition. Israel is treating them as if they entered illegally, despite abducting them in international waters. They were told to either accept “voluntary deportation” or remain detained and appear before a tribunal.
![[picture] Participants seated aboard 'Handala' with life jackets on and hands raised as they were attacked.
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Adalah Update | 27 July 2025, 8 PM Jerusalem time
Adalah lawyers have met with 17 of the 21 detained activists, who are in relatively stable condition. Israel is treating them as if they entered illegally, despite abducting them from international waters. Detainees were told to either accept “voluntary deportation” or remain detained and appear before a tribunal.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yc5zg5tae62twih5lwp34f6o/bafkreig3jpqd4lecpookeklvfvwclwviwdf3xwwfxhuplg4tn5xo4ztc6e@jpeg)
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Antonio, Jacob and Gabrielle holding their respective passports
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Being Deported:
Antonio Mazzeo (Italy)
Gabrielle Cathala (France)
Jacob Berger (US)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yc5zg5tae62twih5lwp34f6o/bafkreicnehpgeewc2glgjls22uoku25rciatnbno7adtjws4crljh76zhe@jpeg)
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The below participants holding their respective passports
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Still Detained:
Braedon Peluso (US)
Robert Martin (Australia)
Tania “Tan” Safi (Australia)
Justine Kempf (France)
Emma Fourreau (France–Sweden)
Antonio La Picirella (Italy)
Christian Smalls (US)
Chloé Fiona Ludden (UK–France)
Sergio Toribio Sanchez (Spain)
Vigdis Bjorvand (Norway)
Hatem Aouini (Tunisia)
Santiago González Vallejo (Spain)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yc5zg5tae62twih5lwp34f6o/bafkreifail2lzlx4jhcnmdsgws5ldq2uf5fg4mzrujkgsytbycweo6gmni@jpeg)
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Bob and Huwaida holding their respective passports
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Interrogated and Released in Adalah Custody:
Huwaida Arraf and Bob Suberi (US–Israel dual nationals)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yc5zg5tae62twih5lwp34f6o/bafkreigjp5rzx5fbyhxjnncubs2ot5qdjxqmf4bdithnob3h2wbesm6hha@jpeg)
July 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Adalah lawyers have met 17 of 21 detained activists. They are in relatively stable condition. Israel is treating them as if they entered illegally, despite abducting them in international waters. They were told to either accept “voluntary deportation” or remain detained and appear before a tribunal.
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SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Antonio La Picirella is a citizen of Italy.
E: ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it
X: ItalyMFA_int Antonio_Tajani
FB: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
IG: italymfa antoniotajani
Antonio La Picirella is a citizen of Italy.
E: ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it
X: ItalyMFA_int Antonio_Tajani
FB: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
IG: italymfa antoniotajani
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Antonio La Picirella is a citizen of Italy.
E: ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it
X: ItalyMFA_int Antonio_Tajani
FB: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
IG: italymfa antoniotajani
Antonio La Picirella is a citizen of Italy.
E: ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it
X: ItalyMFA_int Antonio_Tajani
FB: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
IG: italymfa antoniotajani