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Marie LaRochelle

@belierbalance.bsky.social
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witchy, neurodivergent, annoyed • systems change consultant • je parle franglais • lurker/reposter • elle, iel, she, they 📌Kanien'kehá:ka territory (Mtl South Shore) hope = spiritual resistance

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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
If you're in Montréal and have a large face/wear large face masks, I have a bunch of black and rainbow gradient ones I thought were M-sized but are too big for me! I'll pass 'em off for free to a good home. ❤️
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
If there is no joy, burnout will just come faster.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 27/07/2025
"Today marks the 89th day of the starvation war. I woke up with a dizzy feeling in my head as I had not eaten anything since yesterday morning." interc.pt/3IHtVw9
A photo of displaced Palestinians receiving hot meals distributed by aid organizations in Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza on July 24, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "“Food Has Become a Memory”: My Hunger Diary in Gaza," and the DEK, "A 21-year-old writer living in Gaza documents her daily life under the U.S.–Israeli program of mass starvation."A photo of writer Sara Awad overlaid with the quote, "This is my attempt to document what it feels like when your stomach rumbles, becoming louder than your thoughts."A photo of the only food for the day for a family of eight,  overlaid with the text, " mom baked eight pieces of bread, one for each of our family members, and each one of us chooses the way to eat it."A photo of the daily bread, baked, overlaid with the text, "For me, I choose to separate it into two portions — the second is for dinner. Very small portions for a person who does not eat enough for months. And we do not know when the next bread will come along."
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Aaron Derfel @aaronderfel.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
9) Someone I urge you to follow is @johnvaillant.bsky.social‬, whose multiple prize-winning book, "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" captures in convincing fashion how intensifying climate change is to blame for this global environmental crisis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Va...
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John Vaillant - Wikipedia
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Aaron Derfel @aaronderfel.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
1) Montreal reported the worst air quality of any city in the world on Saturday, as The Gazette's ‪@hsnorth.bsky.social‬ revealed. But it was also bad on Sunday, especially in some east-end neighborhoods of the city. Please see Harry's insightful story below. www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...
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From Hochelaga to Verdun: See which Montreal neighbourhoods have the worst air quality now
Chateauneuf and Hochelaga had the pollution levels around Montreal.
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"my brothers you think you're doing the right thing," one demonstrator says to police "you're not.
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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The arrest of union leader David Huerta is galvanizing a new element—solidarity: “Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me. “Something is different.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 30/05/2025
if you're still offline, stay offline
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
it has never been more crucial for cis lesbians to be loud in support of our trans family. this is a chilling escalation of longtime tactics; attempts at a “feminist” case for transphobia ALWAYS include a disingenuous “nooooo won’t someone think of the poor lil lesbians 🥺🥺🥺” and it is such bullshit
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
“Hundreds of Israelis holding photos of children killed in Gaza in an anti-war demonstration.” @breakingthesilenceisrael (a group of former Israeli soldiers turned activists who speak out about what they saw in occupied Gaza)
Hundreds of Israel's holding photos of children killed in Gaza in an anti-war demonstration
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BREAKING _THE SILENCE
breakingthesilenceisrael
This war must stop. The killing of innocents must stop. The hostages need to be released. Now.
Tel Aviv. 19.4.25
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
thread 🧵
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Eugenics is the Venn overlap among Trump, Musk & RFK
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society Autistic kids:
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Man. Even disassociating doesn’t hit like it used to.
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
palestinian accounts on here this is a good thread to help you fundraise effectively and avoid a spam label!! please please read this
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
In just four days, Dr. Khan Suri was transferred among five different ICE facilities across three states, despite the fact that ICE records indicate there were beds in Virginia facilities. Dr. Khan Suri was fasting in religious observance of Ramadan, but multiple ICE facilities refused him food or water to break his fast.

For almost two weeks, he was housed in a room without a bed and with a television blaring 21 hours a day. Dr. Khan Suri was issued used underwear, and a bright red uniform that is usually reserved for detained individuals who have been classified as ‘high security’ based on their criminal history or alleged affiliation with criminal organizations. He is not permitted to work or spend more than two hours per week outside of his dorm.
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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 09/04/2025
really feel like writing something on how steep tariffs may destroy restaurants that depend on imported ingredients to replicate non-American flavors—and thus spark a movement toward more conservative, blander food scenes throughout the US
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Black Lodge Cult @blacklodgecult.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
On April 8, 1990, the first episode of TWIN PEAKS, "Pilot / Northwest Passage", was premiered. 35 years ago everything began to happen.
Bird, Twin Peaks introLaura Palmer video on TVSpecial Agent Dale Cooper in the car with his tape recorder in Twin Peaks pilot episodeDale Cooper entering Twin Peaks with his car
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Fellas is it gay to not crash the economy
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It's managed to seperate political thought and political deed, it literally tells the powers that be who the troublemakers are and where they live, and prioritized correctness over bridge building.
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Social media is a safety valve for state and corporate power. I can't think of a single technology or communication method in the history of humanity that has caused more destruction to dissident movements than social media.
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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Rafah city and governorate don’t exist anymore. Rafah has been completely erased and destroyed.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Signe de l'état des médias à Montréal, qui ont assumé le rôle de sténographes des déclarations policières, le meilleur reportage sur le meurtre policier d'Abisay Cruz a été livré par Hockey30. hockey30.com/nouvelles/co...
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Commotion à Montréal : Un père de famille battu à mort par la police
Sur hockey30.com, on s’autorise parfois à sortir de la glace pour plonger dans ce qui brûle.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
In more uplifting news, 1,000 people protested ICE’s abduction of a mother and children at the home of the agency’s acting head Tom Homan. Notably, the entire population of the town is just 1,450. www.syracuse.com/state/2025/0...
More than 1,000 march in Sackets Harbor in support of detained children, mother
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
That makes 5! www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...
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Conservatives oust another Quebec candidate after he accuses Polytechnique survivor of exploiting tragedy
Simon Payette, who was running in the riding of Berthier–Maskinongé, had criticized Liberal candidate Nathalie Provost’s gun-control advocacy in a series of posts.
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This is a really lovely tribute. www.vulture.com/article/mara...
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My Cool Friend Michelle
The kids at school misunderstood Trachtenberg. In our group of child stars, we all wanted to be like her.
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
5 mins scrolling on this app and I'm like, I don't like spending time here, actually. Bad for my brain and my heart. Don't mean for this to come off as judgey to anyone who actively uses and enjoys Bsky. Just noticing that I've changed in the last 4 yrs, and so have my preferred ways of connecting.
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Arij Riahi @arijcartouche.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Va t on assouplir les règles pour les personne trans cherchant refuge au 🇨🇦 en provenance des 🇺🇸 ? Même question sur la qualification des USA comme "pays sûr" pour les personnes sans status qui marchent du Sud au Nord, compte tenu des ambitions de déportation et de camps à Gitmo ? (2/2)
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Arij Riahi @arijcartouche.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Les règles d'immigration permettent au Canada d'accueillir comme réfugié-es des personnes persécutées dans leurs pays en raison du genre/orientation sexuelle Mais je n'ai pas encore vu reconnaissance officielle de CISR que personnes trans citoyennes des USA sont à risque de persécution (1/2)
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Happy Friday. If you're feeling overwhelmed, log out of Bluesky, put your phone in another room, and do one thing at a time. Don't forget to hydrate, take your meds, and eat something high in protein. I know things are hard right now. I see how much you're trying. ♥️
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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Angelfire in 1997
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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What a surreal encapsulation of anti-Palestinian racism. A Jewish and pro-Israel man shoots and injures 2 people because he thinks they're Palestinian. They're actually Israeli. The two victims respond by assuming the shooter was Palestinian and an antisemite, with one posting "death to Arabs."
"Miami Herald article: Why were 2 people shot in Miami Beach? Suspect told cops that he 'saw 2 Palestinians' -- by David J. Neal"
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Rooting for Coppola, Cronenberg and Luhrmann.
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Blank Check with Griffin & David @blankcheck.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Did you guys know that BlueSky doesn’t allow you to post videos longer than :30??? Anyway, here’s our 2025 March Madness trailer: youtu.be/EQmLBUENiNg?...
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Blank Check March Madness 2025 Trailer
YouTube video by Marie Bardi
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beatrice ☾ .⁺⋆ @beawiitch.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
black text on a white background: “this user supports crows, ravens, and their agenda. corvid haters unfollow immediately.” the text is on the right and on the left is a crow
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Il serait moins coûteux de simplement fournir des logements sociaux au personnes qu'on rendues sans logement, mais les gens ont choisi, consciemment ou inconsciemment, de payer PLUS pour une non-solution ultra violente au problème.
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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Depuis deux décennies, Montréal mène une guerre croissante contre les personnes en situation d'itinérance. Comme le montre Alexandre Popovic ici, il s'agit d'une guerre menée à parts égales par la police, les commerçants, les résidents bien-logés et la ville.
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Adorable Assassin Ace 🏴‍☠️ @gaythanksbye.northsky.social · 16/02/2025
a world with noodles in it is a world worth saving
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is also why I don’t think journalists should allow people to use “woke” without forcing them to provide a specific explanation of what is meant. Too much focus on racial justice? Too much focus on LGBTQ tolerance? Make them say it. Because to be blaming marginalized folks for what’s happening…
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
As a journalist, I cannot share information without knowing where it's coming from. That's my job. But that should be everyone's motto. I try to track down a lot of info I see screenshot and can tell you a lot of it is trash. I never trust it. Nor should you.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I don't want to single this man out, as I'm sure he's very nice and means well. But this example came across my feed, so here goes. Three screenshots. Absolutely no identifying information of where they came from. We are expected to simply trust instead of verify. bsky.app/profile/scot...
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I mean, yeah, they voted for the Face-Eating Leopards party but the leopards are going to eat everyone’s faces so don’t spend time taking a victory lap when you need to be forming a very large hunting party. Smug and face eaten by a leopard is not a win.
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Great read about some of the most evil people in the world. The architects and enforcers of these racist, xenophobic anti-immigration policies are truly despicable.
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sydney Sweeney did not consent to this!
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Marie LaRochelle @belierbalance.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
OhDio, cette plateforme honnie. Meilleure chance que j'écoute pas ton balado = le mettre uniquement dispo sur OhDio.
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