Reposted by LauraGreenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Militarized armoured vehicles made by a Canadian company are being sold to ICE. In fact, Doug Ford spoke to the press in December to say the recent order for 20 such vehicles was “fantastic news.” We don’t think so. What about you? act.gp/3ZBdF4J #CloseTheLoopholesact.gpNo more armoured vehicles for ICE!Sign the petition to demand Canada stop exporting military equipment fuelling human rights abuses. 11513
Reposted by LauraKai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 01/01/20262026 was the year that we took our power back from the billionaires & supremacists. The year that we rediscovered the practice of revolutionary & radical love. That we stopped trying to punish ourselves into being better people. 2026 was the year we embraced the end so we could find the beginning. 0458
Reposted by LauraShane Anderson 🏳️🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it! 8589664143
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I just finished Dark Matter by Michelle Paver, and I'm about to start Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester. Having a "dark" moment, I guess! 110
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I'm excited to start collecting my stickers! You guys are the best. 010
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 09/11/2025What should a knitter do if they can achieve gauge in width but not height? Are there any tips for hitting gauge in both directions? 100
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 11/09/2025He thought it was worth it that so many people died by gun violence, and he didn't seem to believe that empathy was a good thing. I have no empathy at all for him, but I do have empathy for the people who managed to love him. 120
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Maybe the Fairyland books by @catvalente.bsky.social ? The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is the first. 000
Reposted by LauraC. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 20/08/2025Canada petition of the day: I like to call this the "stop fuckin' lyin'" petition. basically a stand against mis/disinformation by holding Members of Parliament to a standard of not fuckin' lyin'. I'll sign that! Pass it on, Canada! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-6679 - Petitions 28231
Reposted by LauraMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 19/08/2025OPINION: "Demonologists offered no original analysis, no evidence and no witnesses, failing to meet the standards of good scholarship," Julia Walsh writes.buff.lyOpinion | Today’s Misinformation Crisis Is the Modern Witch HuntJulie Walsh writes how modern-day misinformation found on social media holds a stark parallel to 15th to 17th century witchcraft hysteria. 04111
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 03/08/2025I just finished The Massacre at Yellow Hill by @cshumble.bsky.social (the first book in the Amidst the Vastness of All Else saga) and loved it! Ready for the next, A Red Winter in the West. 061
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 28/07/2025"One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" by Omar El Akkad. The author is the narrator for the audiobook too. 010
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 19/07/2025I really enjoyed both The Black Lord and the bonus story! Looking forward to reading more! 110
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Still reading, still crafting. ✨️ Book: The Black Lord by @chinckleys.bsky.social Pattern: Witchcrafts by @thewitchystitcher.bsky.social 171
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Today's news from the garden: more babies coming soon to the parsley. 110
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Watching the swallowtail caterpillars grow, and hunting for new baby ones. I found seven tiny ones in my garden last night. The dill plants are just for them. 🐛 110
Reposted by LauraRabbi Marisa James @marisaelana.bsky.social · 22/06/2025I'm not sure who turned my words into a meme, and included U.S. citizens (most of whom do not want a new war!), but I appreciate how many people are connecting with it. May all of us, in all of our different situations, somehow help bring the justice this world so desperately needs. 💔 5678247
Reposted by LauraCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The view from the Guardian on how Canadian politicians are betraying the call from our people to stand up for democracy and the rule of law. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comCanada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it’s taking cues from him | Shiri Pasternak and Dayna Nadine ScottFederal and provincial governments are ‘flooding the zone’ with damaging corporate giveaways under the guise of resistance 4520677
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Ah, I forgot it's labeled as dark fiction. I'm really looking forward to this! 010
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Very exciting! I'm surprised by some of the names I recognize that I don't associate with horror! 110
Reposted by LauraThe Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 10/06/2025As marines descend on LA, as Trump moves closer and closer to martial law, it will be tempting to victim-blame. To equivocate. To find some reason the protesters deserve what’s coming. They don’t.thenation.comWhat I Saw in LA Wasn’t an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot.As Trump mobilizes the marines to quell an “insurrection” in LA, it’s essential to be clear about how the protests started and what actually happened. 181400503
Reposted by LauraCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 06/06/2025You know you can just not use AI, right? You can make a choice not to be part of this. Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it. You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose. 5136601208
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I'm excited to try some natural dyes on these lovely skeins of Canadian wool! Happy to support your farm @topsyfarms.bsky.social ! 150
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Just finished "Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead" by @biidaasamose.bsky.social Nibi has never given up. 💙 020
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Crosshairs by @catherinehernandez.bsky.social would be another one for the list! 220
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 31/05/2025No, I haven't heard of them til now! I should give them a try. 100
Reposted by LauraCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Canada has raised concerns over the genocide in Palestine. The Israeli army responded by firing on our diplomatic team. Israel is a terror regime. Canada needs to bring in full sanctions, suspend all trade and ensure investigations into any Canadian who serves in the IDF. 41992325
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The best Saturday plans: * Reading a book by @sgj.bsky.social * Knitting * A play later today at a small local theatre 030
Reposted by LauraCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands. Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province. 19340861349
Reposted by LauraAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2025One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks. 128114614338
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I just read "Double Walker" the other day and followed it up with "The Crossroads at Midnight" by Abby Howard. 010
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I stopped at three indie stores today, and @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social was one of them! 1172
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 26/04/2025"The death of human empathy is one of the most telling signs of a culture about to descend into barbarism." 910432
Laura @hazelbranch.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social and Book City, Toronto 050
