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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My North Wales-raised transport geek grandfather would have been so excited! I can just hear his voice reading this news, then editorializing with a wonderful story or two about Telford and his bridge.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wel, bydd y llywodraeth Quebec nesa y Parti Québécois. Basai’n hawdd meddwl eu bod nhw fel Plaid Cymru achos mae’r ddau yn genedlaetholwr, ond peidiwch â meddwl hynny. Mae rhai gwahaniaethau pwysig.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/10/2026

Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system at it again: Québec’s incumbent CAQ party is on track to be wiped off the map despite getting 14% of the vote Québec Solidaire on track to win 11 seats with 11% of the vote

Seat standings
Popular vote
Votes and share don't show who won the election; the number of MNAs determines who wins.

ELECT
LEAD
TOTAL
VOTES
SHARE
| PQ O
32
28
60
636,700
28.8%
| LIB
22
14
36
514,839
23.3%
| PCQ
13
7
20
473,490
21.4%
I QS
2
9
11
244,125
11%
CAQ

313,870
14.2%

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have a really big day tomorrow, after a day that started about three hours earlier than usual today, so of course it’s going to be a long night!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CBC saying they’re ready to call the election, about two weeks after everyone accepted that it’s going to be PQ.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Why do we care? Because writing changes the way we think. And the way we think makes . . . the world.” Not thrilled that this is on Substack, but this is a good read about (non)AI and writing. on.substack.com/p/model-beha...

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Model Behavior: George Saunders

“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.”

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

While hardcovers for only $1 are a thing of the past, there are still deals to be found at the Rockliffe Park Book Fair. This record is perennially topical.

On a blue grey background, Helen Reddy’s record I Am Woman. The artist’s and album’s names are printed in white in the left and right top corners respectively. The cover consists of a photo of a blonde woman with her short hair down staring unsmiling at the camera, perhaps with a hint of a smile. She has bangs. She wears a white or light coloured turtleneck sweater with a ribbed folded over collar. The background is variegated greenish.

The back cover of Helen Reddy’s LP I Am Woman. White background with black text. The text reads as follows: WHERE IS MY FRIEND. AND I LOVE YOU SO I DIDN'T MEAN TO LOVE YOU. PEACEFUL HIT THE ROAD JACK. WHERE IS THE LOVE. I AM WOMAN. WHAT WOULD THEY SAY THIS MASQUERADE. THE LAST BLUES SONG. The above song titles are in a rectangle. Beneath it are the words yo the title song: I AM WOMAN.
I am woman, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore,
and I know too much to go back to pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
and I've been down there on the floor, no one's ever gonna keep me down again.
Oh, yes, I am wise but it's wisdom born of pain.
Yes, I paid the price but look how much I gained.
If I have to I can do anything.
I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.
You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me more determined to achieve my final goal.
And I come back even stronger not a novice any longer.
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul.
I am woman, watch me grow see me standing toe to toe
as I spread my lovin'
arms across the land.
But I'm still an embryo with a long, long way to go
until I make my brother understand.
Oh, woman! I am woman! I am woman!

Copyright 01971.1972 Beggerlag Mesic
All Rights Reserved
PRODUCED BY TOM CATALANO
Arranged 8 Conducted by Artie Butler
Engineered by Armin Steiner
•1972 Capitol Records. Inc.
Management: Jeff Wald
•Produced by Jay Stater
String 8 Hora Arrangements by Jim Horn
Engineered by Back Herring

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need good tradespeople, but we need good teachers, and music too! I’m also struck that the kid in the commercials talks about how great it is to know he’s helping his community by working on a seniors’ residence—he means a not-for-profit one, right? And one that is well run and not exploitative?

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A good thread on how to teach your sons consent.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For a whole culture to change, men need to step up and speak out. Bullies rely on bystanders doing nothing, because intervening is made to be uncomfortable and doesn’t come with any glory. But doing the right thing shouldn’t be so hard if one respects others.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If at first you don’t succeed, hope, hope again. (Although it rather begs the question of why hope was lost in the first place.)

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If anyone in Canada is trying to figure out how/where to watch rugby but doesn’t want to spend hours doing the research, let me know: I spent hours putting together a spreadsheet of the five streaming services and which tournaments each one shows so you don’t have to!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We can all do little things to prevent the spread of COVID and other respiratory illnesses. These little things do add up!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What the healthcare system fails to understand is that, apart from the incredible suffering caused to patients, lack of timely treatment ultimately increases the cost to the public system. Preventive care, or at least acute care is far better value for the public coffers than denying care is.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

CANADAAAAAAAAAAAA! Congratulations, ladies, on the most exciting rugby tie in ages! *Checks cost of tickets to the rematch at TD Place.*

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not surprising based on his past comments, but even more egregious when one finds out that he studied history at a top English university.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wasn’t going to go to TD Place to cheer on Canada against the Red Roses in October, due to the cost of tickets, but also because I object to the venue’s greedy, ableist ban on water bottles (even empty ones to be filled up) and lack of fountains. But I’m definitely tempted now!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ottawa folks, don’t forget to check that you are on the Voters’ List for the upcoming municipal election! Doing so also allows you to change your school board support without going through a whole complicated process. elections.ottawa.ca/FindName/Fin...

elections.ottawa.ca

Am I on the Voters’ List? | City of Ottawa

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We needed some good news this week, and here it is!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’m pleased to have been able to attend the first stop of the @concordiamtlalumni.bsky.social listening tour, in Ottawa. It’s always a treat to go to the Chateau Laurier, where even the sparkling water tastes fancy, but it’s an even greater treat to chat with fellow Concordians!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I don’t even know where to start with this: metrics matter, people are more than data, compiling lists of precarious people can be a slippery slope, children with good support can overcome poor odds, children with all the resources in the world can encounter unexpected hurdles, etc.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Newyddion da. (Please, please, please let some of this content be accessible to those of us living outside Wales!)

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Y llynedd, ro’n i’n yn yr Eisteddfod trwy’r wythnos—lluddedig, ond am brofiad arbennig! Yn anffodus, dw i ddim yno eleni, a dw i’n mor drist. Bydda i’n meddwl yn galed am Dysgôr sy’n cystadlu heno.

Backstage at the Eisteddfod, a bilingual red sign with white writing reads, in Welsh then in English: POB LWC! GOOD LUCK! EISTEDDFOD. The sign is bordered with white and beige drawn confetti pieces. Behind it, the metallic doors of the Pafiliwn are visible.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For me, it’s the opposite… because I started wearing a mask as a result of COVID-19! Before that, I’d get sick all the time—I shudder at the thought that in undergrad I’d spend 2h30+ on crowded trains and buses past three hospitals during flu season everyday without a mask. Horrifying!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

When you mask, you’re helping yourself and others! Every bit of masking helps: you might feel comfortable going out to dinner and a concert without a mask, but please consider wearing it on the crowded bus home where vulnerable folks are stuck in close proximity to and from work, for example.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Egregious behaviour on the part of the library. These resources are invaluable.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎥 Call for videos! ELP is gathering video messages to share on August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - we invite you all to share some greetings and good wishes for other Indigenous communities on this day. ⁠ ⁠ Want to share a video? Here's how to contribute:⁠ 🧵

Flyer with title “Call for Video Greetings”. On the left is a smartphone screen with a cartoon of two people and a speech bubble with a waving hand inside it. Text reads “Share your greetings and good wishes to other communities around the world for International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples!”

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you’ve spent time around translators or academics, you’ve likely been disabused of the notion that they are reserved, boring creatures, but some folks are surprised that the translator of Homer’s Odyssey has slammed a Hollywood blockbuster for its lack of sex scenes and how bad the food looks.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Hi, Ottawa drivers? When you stop at a stop sign—good for you,not everybody does!—you actually have to check whether there is also a pedestrian waiting for you to stop before they can cross, and then you have to let them cross, because they have the right of way. Stopping is not enough.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

People act like it’s impossible to do the right thing and succeed but its actually pretty easy to do it and have everyone love you and you can even be a goofy silly guy and do it

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It’s great to read about people’s lived experience of illness. A lot of articles about dementia infantilize patients, even inadvertently, so it’s great to see those affected centred like this. And I learned something important: Alzheimer’s is more common in women and Black people.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I was watching CBC last night, and there was one of those “a message from the government of Canada” ads, all about renewable energy. Is this a deliberate attempt to mislead those Canadians who do not follow politics and policy, who perhaps missed Carney’s announcement about the pipeline?

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“The labour itself is often the point” hits the nail on the head. For academic work or indeed any skilled labour, the thought process is essential to the output, and outcome.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is one reason why so many Canadians are concerned about the imposition of AI in the workplace, not least within the federal government.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Another day, another disturbing weather warning. Since lifted in Ottawa, but still a concern in Prescott-Russell.

A screenshot of a phone screen, with the usual time and battery percentage. The background is a closeup of some colourful knitting.

The important part is the following:

EMERGENCY ALERT
ALERTE D'URGENCE
Environment Canada: TORNADO in this mobile coverage area.
Take immediate cover in a basement or interior room if weather threat approches. Shelter from flying debris if outside.
Tornado Warning, 4:11 p.m. EDT
Tuesday 21 July / Environnement
Canada : TORNADE dans votre zone actuelle de couverture cellulaire.
Réfugiez-vous sans tarder au sous-sol ou dans une pièce sans fenêtre en cas de temps menaçant. À l'extérieur, protégez-vous des débris projetés.
Alerte de tornade, 16h11 HAE le mardi 21 juillet

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I have always felt strongly that this should apply to academic writing too. If the point is to clearly communicate one’s research, then it should be done in such a way that it does not require a pen and paper to sort through it. No need to hide behind big words for the sake of it.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It amazes me that anyone still takes FIFA seriously. None of this new.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

As a sometimes-writer, editor, and academic, I am so frustrated by people who choose the easy way out and opt for genAI. Subpar work, and a tremendous additional burden placed on editors. This thread shows some of the ways AI use shows up.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I’m really enjoying not watching the football, but reading people’s assessment of it. I don’t even need to check the results to keep abreast of the score.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Having watched two full rugby matches and two more half matches, I’ve done enough sitting for today. But we currently have both a severe thunderstorm warning and an air quality warning, so it’s not like I can go outside. I guess I’ll catch up on another rugby match, and dance around my apartment!

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The referee and the TMO publicly arguing about whether it’s a try… Ouf.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I’m lucky I have a high quality air purifier, but here’s a DIY version that is quite effective. Loads of free instructions for a Corsi-Rosenthal box available online. I’ve reposted a couple!

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han olliver @hanolliver.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

good time to share the guide to making your own Corsi-Rosenthal box! clean your air and protect yourself from wildfire smoke, airborne viruses, allergens, and so on. get your friends together and build some for people in your community, too. cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filt...

cleanaircrew.org

DIY box fan filters – Corsi-Rosenthal box - Clean Air Crew

Also known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box, this DIY method of building your own air filter with MERV13 furnace filters and a box fan are an easy and cost-effective way to help clear indoor air from airborne...

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Official sources indicate that the air quality is 2-3, and therefore “low risk” today, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. They’re also predicting that it’ll be getting worse again tomorrow. I just want to be able to go outside.

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Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Actually, a lot of us are moving away from Google because it integrates AI, and as a result is yielding increasingly poor search results.

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