Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 2hI don't particularly love sharing this, but I think it's extremely important. Especially at a time when climate change denial seems to be growing, when our elected leaders feel comfortable enough to loudly proclaim that humans don't have an impact on climate. My latest in The Tyee ⤵️ 010
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I’m so excited to announce that I’ve been awarded a grant from the Canada Council of the Arts to complete my autotheory book (social theory-memoir-history hybrid) that I’ve officially been working on since 2024 ✨ ✷ ✷ ✷ Website: www.erinkellyblondeau.com Substack: erinblondeau.substack.com ✷ ✷ ✷erinkellyblondeau.comErin Blondeau ✷ Canadian writer & researcherErin is a writer on Vancouver Island, British Columbia covering systems of power, fascism, artificial intelligence and religion. 230
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I never spoke publicly about this, but this time last year was one of the hardest times of my life. My child was experiencing an unexpected health crisis that shook our lives and changed everything. open.substack.com/pub/erinblon...open.substack.comCommunity as resistance: a personal life updateIt’s been a while since I’ve shown up in your inbox. Here's a personal essay I wrote about the importance of community and care in late-stage capitalism. 120
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/06/2026happy father’s day to all the dads who don’t listen to manosphere podcasts 513324406
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It’s been a while since I’ve written a Substack. Here's a personal essay I wrote about the importance of community and care in late-stage capitalism. erinblondeau.substack.com/p/community-...erinblondeau.substack.comCommunity as resistance: a personal life updateIt’s been a while since I’ve shown up in your inbox. Here's a personal essay I wrote about the importance of community and care in late-stage capitalism. 001
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I need you to understand how FUCKING INSANE this story Jeremy broke is. The separatists legally obtained Alberta electoral data....and then proceeded to PUBLISH IT AS A SEARCHABLE DATABASE WITH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OVER HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA!!!!! 30707305
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Wow. Fucking disgusting. Pierre Poilievre is such a loser, man. Note to everyone: if your rights become politically unpopular, Poilievre will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat, apparently. 43651146
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Just started reading this and I highly recommend. Fascinating and written in an engaging way. 010
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/03/2026I can confirm the following journalists received phishing emails from the mysterious “Canadaland Tipster” who shared links to pages on @canadaland.com’s website containing an embedded IP tracer: • Me • Rachel Gilmore • Scott Martin • The Maple • Nora Loreto • Ethan Cox • Karyn Pugliese 1330291
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Oh cool cool cool www.cbc.ca/news/world/h... 010
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The next stage of fascist America: replacing TSA agents with violent goons in the president’s pocket. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...cbc.caTrump says he will send ICE agents to U.S. airports during partial government shutdown | CBC NewsU.S. President Donald Trump said that he will be sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Monday to help out Transportation Security Administration personnel in U.S airports. 000
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Fine, I guess I'll watch the new Manosphere documentary. I've seen a lot of support and critique of it. I'm 5 mins in and I'm already depressed. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comLouis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere review – why doesn’t he focus more on the impact on women?It’s refreshing to see him dial down the ignorant-ingenu approach and go harder than usual. But there is too little examination of how online misogyny affects those who didn’t choose to be part of it 000
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I just finished reading @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI, and now I'm catching up and listening to her convo with @naomiaklein.bsky.social that I sadly had to miss. I'm feeling a renewed sense of drive & determination since I've decided to pivot my MA research to AI and transhumanism. 121
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherkaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 18/03/2026everyone needs to have a listen to this its time for all of us to step up and build a better future together there are municipal elections in six provinces this fall and if they are won by bullshit and fear we will lose everything 24328
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherkaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 16/03/2026thats called "stealing" 03316
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherkaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"the richest 1 per cent in Canada hold nearly $1.25 trillion in wealth." this is the problem we must urgently address we have work to do. 13112
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"Thiel has said he is wary that an Antichrist will emerge who will create a one-world government on the promise of something like stopping nuclear, AI or climate-induced disaster." www.reuters.com/technology/t...reuters.comThiel's secretive Rome conference draws Church attentionPeter Thiel, the U.S. billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of President Donald Trump, launched on Sunday a series of closed-door lectures in Rome exploring the concept of the Antichris... 001
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherThe Breach @breachmedia.ca · 13/03/2026In his first year, Mark Carney unleashed a tsunami of pro-corporate policies and legislation. At last week's Broadbent Institute summit, Syed Hussan, @atiyactions.bsky.social, @janellelapointe.bsky.social, Nathan Prier, & Rachel Small discussed how movements are fighting back.breachmedia.caMark Carney is ‘flooding the zone’—but movements are fighting back ⋆ The BreachOrganizers unpack Carney’s agenda of rapid-fire austerity, militarism and fossil fuel extraction 67434
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Peter Thiel, the self-professed "orthodox christian" transhumanist, is in Rome to speak about the anti-christ. Billionaires like Thiel believe those who oppose tech's hegemonic rule are diabolical, stalling humanity's inevitable progress to a cyborg future. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...pbs.orgPeter Thiel brings his lectures on the Antichrist to the Vatican's doorstepThe invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement. 175
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 13/03/2026"The theater of this new war could expand to consume the whole world. We are on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse. The same country that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be readying itself to bomb one of the most ancient civilizations in the world." zeteo.com/p/iran-is-no...zeteo.com'Iran Is Not Gaza': Read Arundhati Roy's Scathing Speech on the US-Israeli WarExclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness. 033
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy international women’s day 🤝 German Marxist feminist, Clara Zetkin, formally instituted an international day to celebrate working women at the Second International Congress of Socialist Women in Copenhagen in 1910 ⤵️ open.substack.com/pub/kristeng...open.substack.comRage Becomes Resistance, Part IOn the 115th anniversary of International Women's Day 010
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Canada won't "rule out military participation in the Middle East," says Mark Carney. www.ctvnews.ca/world/mideas...ctvnews.caCanada won’t rule out military participation in Middle East conflict: PM CarneyDuring a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Mark Carney wouldn't definitively say Canada would not participate in U.S. military action against Iran. 000
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Maya's parents are troubled by social media posts that politicize this tragedy. Gebala and Edmonds say they are frustrated that some of the posts have attracted angry comments directed at the mother of the shooter, Jennifer Strang, who was also killed in the massacre. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caMother of critically injured Tumbler Ridge victim says she feels compassion for shooter’s mother | CBC NewsMaya Gebala's parents are by the 12-year-old's side taking strength from well-wishers. They are urging Canadians to support Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victims and to avoid politicizing the tragedy. 010
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Here are some resources if you're wondering how to help the Tumbler Ridge victims: 000
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 13/02/2026In the aftermath of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, the shooter's trans identity has prompted disinformation the BC Human Rights Commissioner called "incorrect, irresponsible and frankly dangerous." But other rumours have pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt.nationalobserver.comExperts 'don't buy' online claims Tumbler Ridge shooter a far-right sympathizerWith far-right ideology called into question, what do we know about what drove the shooter to mass murder? 53721
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Here's a GoFundMe for one of the victims of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, a 12-year-old girl who was shot. If I find more ways to support families and the broader community, I'll make a thread. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...gofundme.comDonate to Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery, organized by Krysta HuntMy name is Krysta, and I am the Cousin of Cia, Mayas mother. I am starting this… Krysta Hunt needs your support for Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery 111
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 11/02/2026If you're one of the people spreading rumours about the Tumbler Ridge's identity, maybe ask yourself why it's necessary for the world to know now, rather than later today, when the trade-off is the possibility of fuelling a moral panic against vulnerable people. 26610
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Just hours after the horrific mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, right-wing media and politicians are using this moment to incite more violence, hatred and moral panic against transgender people. It's absolutely abhorrent that this is the message politicians like Tara Armstrong decide to send. 4358
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherrabble.ca @rabble.ca · 09/02/2026The actions of ICE in Minneapolis is just a graphic and public example of state power being used to entrench patriarchy and control and brutalize women. #ice #uspolirabble.caHow ICE enforces a tradition of terror and patriarchyThe actions of ICE in Minneapolis is just a graphic and public example of state power being used to entrench patriarchy and control and brutalize women. 263
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 06/02/2026How many times have we heard the nationalist slogans about “America First” and “Canada First”? These ultranationalist slogans signal that emancipation could be possible for the white working class through the oppression of “the other”. erinblondeau.substack.com/p/how-ice-en...erinblondeau.substack.comHow ICE enforces a tradition of terror and patriarchyThe actions of ICE in Minneapolis is a graphic and public example of state power being used to entrench patriarchy and control and brutalize women. 100
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherBrandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com · 05/02/2026y'all should definitely take this as a threat. 2142
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Today’s violence by the hands of immigration enforcement isn’t new or just a Trump problem, like some political centrists maintain. It’s the security machine functioning exactly as designed on white supremacy and violent misogyny. NEW: erinblondeau.substack.com/p/how-ice-en...erinblondeau.substack.comHow ICE enforces a tradition of terror and patriarchyThe actions of ICE in Minneapolis is a graphic and public example of state power being used to entrench patriarchy and control and brutalize women. 110
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherRevolve Cowichan, social justice collective @revolvecowichan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This month we will be reading On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder as well as watching a documentary titled How Fascism Serves Capitalism featuring a lecture from Michael Parenti. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_R... If you don’t have time to take in the material please come anyway for the discussion! 231
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Another ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A group of ICE agents wrestled a man to the ground, beat him and then shot and killed him. ICE are terrorists. The only answer is complete abolishment! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAnother shooting involving federal agents reported in MinneapolisShooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was killed by federal immigration agent in city 1126
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I’ve somehow found myself in a grad level stats class with nothing but my puny grade 10 math essentials as a prerequisite. How does one learn statistics and Stata while simultaneously doing the work? Anyone have a number for a good tutor? 010
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Politicians like Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney dance around the root of the issues and use “common sense” conservative language to redirect us from the culprits and those who benefit from our labour, especially the invisible labour of women and immigrants. open.substack.com/pub/erinblon...open.substack.comWe went to a Conservative town hall and were threatened with arrest. Here’s why we’ll do it again (and you should too)A reflection on political scapegoating, the policing of dissent, and how your solidarity can threaten the establishment. 120
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 15/01/2026ICE Jails Oglala Sioux Members at Fort Snelling, Site of 19th-Century Concentration Campdemocracynow.orgICE Jails Oglala Sioux Members at Fort Snelling, Site of 19th-Century Concentration CampAmong nonimmigrants who’ve been swept up by ICE’s campaign of racial profiling are four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, three of whom remain jailed at an ICE facility at Fort Snelling south of the ... 12259174
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Too bad there’s an error in this article & the reporter never reached out to us for comment. We did respond to Jeff Kibble, only he never got back to us. Kibble “apologized” publicly, then ignored our email response that we sent on Sunday night. 0167
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherkaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 14/01/2026“What would happen if the “Radical Leftists” found points of connection within the conservative base that fostered mutual respect?“ you need to read this #cdnpoli 12011
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherJessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 14/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/erinblon...open.substack.comWe went to a Conservative town hall and were threatened with arrest. Here’s why we’ll do it again (and you should too)A reflection on political scapegoating, the policing of dissent, and how your solidarity can threaten the establishment. 0105
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherjanelle 𓆝𓆞 @janellelapointe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026ICYMI - My latest for The Breach. When I first started critiquing the framework of economic reconciliation, I spoke with many Indigenous leaders who agreed with me, but were too scared to speak out due to backlash. 16237
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Before the Conservative "town hall" formally began on Jan 10, we were approached by security guards and police who threatened us with arrest unless we left the property immediately. For more: erinblondeau.substack.com/p/we-went-to...erinblondeau.substack.comWe went to a Conservative town hall and were threatened with arrest. Here’s why we’ll do it again (and you should too)A reflection on political scapegoating, the policing of dissent, and how your solidarity can threaten the establishment. 010
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I was just escorted by police and security guards out of the Conservative event in Cowichan with MP Jeff Kibble and Pierre Poilievre for wearing a hoodie that shows support for Palestine. I was standing quietly, prepared to be an observer. I had not broken any rules or caused a disruption. 22015
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 08/01/2026“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...startribune.com‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agentRenee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner. 020
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherUnited Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 07/01/2026We are saddened and disappointed at Ubisoft’s announcement to close their Halifax studio just weeks after their video game workers collectively formed a union with CWA Canada Local 30111. 4299102
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Also, Pierre Poilievre congratulates the Trump regime and wants to bring the same militarized anti-immigration and DOGE economics to Canada. Poilievre will be in Cowichan on January 10, 2 pm at the Cowichan Exhibition Park. 032
Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Fascist goons shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis — a brutal murder that was taught on video. Reminder that we are still in the very beginning stages of this contemporary fascism. If it can happen in the US, it can & will happen here. We all have a duty to resist. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...ctvnews.caMinneapolis mayor tells ICE to ‘get the f*** out’ after deadly shootingAn ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday, which U.S. federal officials said was self-defence but that the city's mayor described as 'reckless' and unnecessary. 000
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/01/2026BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists. 65584224269
Reposted by Erin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcherJeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 03/01/2026SCOOP: Nine RCMP officers broke into Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam’s house on Christmas Day. While they were executing a search warrant regarding his stepdaughter, Adam says they seized and damaged his property. www.albertanativenews.com/rcmp-break-i...albertanativenews.comRCMP break into Chief Allan Adam’s home on Christmas - Alberta Native NewsBy Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation was in Fort Chipewyan celebrating Christmas with his... 611481