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Alexandra Mae Jones

@alexandramaej.bsky.social
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writer, journalist. author of 💗💜💙YA book THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND. currently writes for CBC News - prev. CTV News, Toronto Star

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? Some warn Alberta's dual-practice model could run the risk of repeating mistakes made in Quebec, by @alexandramaej.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
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Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC News
As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, a legend and an ally forever and always www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 10/08/2026
New from me today in @xtramagazine.com , about the WNBA transphobia mess. "While some have met the moment with thoughtful shows of solidarity ... it’s frankly insulting to athletes and fans of all genders—trans and cis—that airtime continues to be devoted to this. xtramagazine.com/culture/wnba...
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Transphobia is rotting women’s sports media | Xtra Magazine
Sports media is perpetuating a problem that doesn’t actually exist
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/07/2026
I just created www.lgbtqlegislation.com which builds on the work of the LegiAlerts team to provide an interactive data dashboard to look at 20+ years of anti-LGBTQ legislation and especially anti-trans legislation. It also includes an overview of pro-LGBTQ legislation. Check it out!
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LGBTQ+ Legislation Tracking Project
Two decades of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, documented bill by bill — 10,000+ bills tracked across every state and Congress by the LegiAlerts team.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I meant to write about this story and I didn't and I'm sorry. Trans kids have been abandoned by so many people. It's hard to find words for seeing the kids who were our promise for a world where people like us didn't have to have the hard lives most of us had being abandoned life by innocent life.
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Marxist Monster Mayhem @calderwood.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Since the Pope is quoting Tolkien to warn about A.I., it's probably time to post that essay about the Lord of the Rings and generative A.I. medium.com/@frasercalde...
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The Council of Elrond, Part 3
The Weapon of the Enemy can Create Only Shadows
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
you don't need a study to know this is bad for kids. that's why school admins have zero excuses for signing these deals
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/04/2026
This is entirely politically motivated to eliminate an organization that has historically fought neo nazis and the KKK. What an absolute disgrace. www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...
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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups | CNN Politics
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General ...
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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A generated edit of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom boxart with a logo that reads:
'I NEED WORK AND ALSO MONEY
PLEASE HIRE ME 
I WROTE A BOOK AND EVERYTHING'
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Muriel Rukeyser, always but especially today. Full text at www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...
Text of "Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)" by Muriel Rukeyser. Text is online at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/poem-i-lived-in-the-first-century-of-world-wars
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
BREAKING: Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership with a commanding majority on the first ballot. Avi Lewis is the new leader of the NDP.
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tjd6130.bsky.social @tjd6130.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🚨Massive: The AMA has issued a statement saying that they still fully support gender affirming care and don’t endorse the new ASPS position! They say that their media misinterpreted their statement regarding surgeries and their position remains unchanged! Link below:
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It’s shocking how the motivation behind almost every single bad tech bill is about hating LGBTQ people and specifically trans people
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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
❗On Friday evening, the CAJ learned that journalist Rachel Gilmore had recently been approached in public by individuals linked to, or implicated in, an investigation she had written, and was published by The Tyee that focused on white nationalists. loom.ly/z22FRzg
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Hey just following up on this
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Alexandra Mae Jones @alexandramaej.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Mine are (at least right now): 1) Narrator (Little Blue Encyclopedia for Vivian) 2) Rukia (Bleach) 3) Samwise Gamgee (LOTR) 4) Patroclus (Song of Achilles) 5) Cimorene (Dealing with Dragons) Hon. mentions: Jessa-Lynn (Mostly Dead Things), Maka (Soul Eater) (yes, I read a lot of manga as a kid)
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 20/11/2025
The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point "Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I’ve really come around on Showgirl now that I found the hidden track
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Do Not Touch My Dog - a Silksong Fan Song
YouTube video by Marijke Perry
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 30/09/2025
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
What we're seeing is further evidence of the modern trend of paying lip service to diversity and inclusion because it looks good while personal actions reveal that it's actually all just about self-interest. variety.com/2025/digital...
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Audible’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Expands Cast With Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy, Simon Pegg and More
Audible announced additional casting for its 'Harry Potter' audiobook series, including Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy and Simon Pegg.
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Alexandra Mae Jones @alexandramaej.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
‘gender activism’ is a strange way to say ‘endless bigoted tirade against (and active harassment of) trans people’
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Chris Fredda 🩷💜💙 @seeyouinnj.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
“Banning books won’t preserve childhood innocence. But it will rob young people of stories that might have enriched or validated their lives, and it will teach others that censorship is the solution to ideas you find challenging or contrary to your personal values.”
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Alberta’s Book Ban Is a Blatant Act of Cultural Vandalism | The Walrus
The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2025
It is 1979 and the New York Times is attacking healthcare for trans people. It is 2025 and the New York Times is attacking healthcare for trans people. It is.....
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Arjune Dhanekula @arjunedhanekula.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This is essentially the “same sex marriage bans affect both straight and gay people” equally argument, but even more nefarious that cis people still get access to hormone therapy and chest surgery
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not protect everybody equally. Instead it upheld the Tennessee law that seeks to eradicate trans kids. My latest in @thenation www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Supreme Court's Anti-Trans Decision Will Live In Infamy
In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court's other most notorious decisions.
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Hannah Hoag @hannahhoag.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A group of leading ocean and climate scientists, including Canadians, is calling for a ban on deep-sea mining just as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to fast-track undersea mining approvals. CBC News science reporter Inayat Singh has the story.
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Scientists want a ban on deep-sea mining. Trump wants to fast-track it
A group of leading ocean and climate scientists, including Canadians, is calling for a ban on deep-sea mining just as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to fast-track undersea mining approvals.
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Hannah Hoag @hannahhoag.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
With more than 600,000 EVs on Canada's roads, there are soon going to be a lot of batteries looking to be recycled. What's the plan? CBC News @alexandramaej.bsky.social‬ digs into EVs, black mass & critical minerals
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Without regulations to drive market, Canada's EV battery recycling industry may run out of road, experts warn | CBC News
There are more than 600,000 electric vehicles on Canada’s roads, and eventually, their batteries will die. Industry and policy experts say government regulations are needed to drive the country's EV…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/05/2025
Israeli soldiers gunned down Amer Rabee, a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy who was born in New Jersey, last month in the West Bank. His death has spurred anger over soldiers’ use of force and an apparent lack of accountability. nyti.ms/3ZzbQ8Q
A crowd carries the body of Amer Rabee on their shoulders while others wave flags. Text reads: "Israeli Forces Said They Killed a ‘Terrorist.’ He Was 14 Years Old." Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I fight for a world where the first thought average people have about someone transitioning is "wow science is cool" and not "let me share with you my opinions about toilets"
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Leah Tigers @leahtigers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"what is a woman?" (and companion questions "what is sex?" etc) really is the trans rights version of "is a fetus alive" -- the answer doesn't matter and has the effect of reorienting discussion away from the wellbeing of the trans person, or woman, at hand
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Yes. In a sane media environment, the bathroom ban would be the end of anyone treating 'gender critical feminists' as anything other than a hate group. It's a straightforwardly bigoted policy that imposes an insane 'solution' to a nonexistent problem.
I speak of the near-constant refrain that devious men will enter these spaces and pretend to be trans women, in order to spy on, or assault, their occupants. It obviously appals me that our trans friends are constantly cited as monsters, ubiquitously mentioned in the same breath as cisgendered male predators.

But I also wonder why this hypothetical predator would bother pretending to be trans. They could just pretend to be me; the sheepish dad minding an unseen child. Or a janitor, a plumber, or a toilet attendant. 

All such thought experiments are null and void, of course, when one considers that the legal ability for trans women to use female toilets has been in place for a decade without seeing any examples of such behaviour at all.

Many who oppose it have claimed that it legally enshrines a situation in which thousands of trans men — sporting beards and moustaches and every other “masculine” descriptor you care to name — will now be legally obliged to use those female-only facilities.

This is, in fact, a misreading of the ruling, which is worse than this suggests, and clearly implies that trans men should be barred from using male or female toilets both. Because, in a battle between cruelty and logic, the cruelty must always win.
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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Transphobes who are obsessed with determining if strangers are transgender are called “transvestigators.” When you see that word, you know that someone is obsessed with other people’s genitals. We used to call such people “perverts.”
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Petty Lobster 🦂🏳️‍⚧️ @pettylobster.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar.  She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK
Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards.
Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'.
@fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial
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Alexandra Mae Jones @alexandramaej.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
by the way, if you're calling yourself a "feminist" but you're celebrating a ruling that ties the legal definition of woman to only biology, you need to do some critical thinking
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 04/04/2025
hi, cis folks! so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should • ask who’s making the case against transition • answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart • listen to actual trans people instead 🧵
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 19/03/2025
They are hoping that your hatred for trans people is so extreme that you will blame her rather than the Fascists making this decision
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I wrote about my kind, funny childhood friend Michelle Trachtenberg, and the group of friends that saved my life when I was a kid. www.vulture.com/article/mara...
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My Cool Friend Michelle
Other kids called Trachtenberg a bitch, but in our group of child stars, we all wanted to be like her.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/03/2025
Israeli forces launched intense aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing more than 400 people, according to Gazan officials, breaking a temporary cease-fire with Hamas. nyti.ms/3Rh5HJW
A map of the evacuation zones and strike locations from the Israeli aerial attacks across the Gaza strip. The headline reads “Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes in Gaza.” The text reads “Israel said it would use “increasing military strength” against Hamas after talks with the group reached an impasse.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/03/2025
We aren't exaggerating that this is resegregation. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Brad Pritchett, CEO of Equality Texas, says of the move that "it’s important to point out that his opinion is just that—an opinion. But if state agencies follow this directive, it will jeopardize the safety of the nearly 100 thousand trans people in the state."
“Ken Paxton is the lawyer for the state, his job is to interpret law, not to make it. So, it’s important to point out that his opinion is just that—an opinion. But if state agencies follow this directive, it will jeopardize the safety of the nearly 100 thousand trans people in the state. 
 
The trans community in Texas is scared. Updating a driver’s licence takes years of effort and legal expenses. The people going through the process to update their documents are trying to honor the law by having an ID that matches the way they live and move through the world. Now law-abiding Texans are being undermined by the state’s top lawyer attacking the validity of legal court orders from state judges.”
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Alexandra Mae Jones @alexandramaej.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
you know it's a busy day at work when I've had my headphones in since 9 a.m., but only just now got around to actually turning any music on
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 03/03/2025
Whenever someone says this to me I ask them what other group would they be willing to do this kind of political trade for? When they say no one I tell them to think why trans people exist outside this sphere so they can, and when they name some group I stay silent to let that sink in for them.
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