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Jenn Allen

@jenn-allen.bsky.social
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she/her Anishinaabe × Métis × Settler I don’t have an inside voice Treaty 1 × Winnipeg, Manitoba Views my own

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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 1h
The sunset goose flights at Fort Whyte are such a treat.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lately, I've seen ableism show up as the idea that people are more worthy when they're "out there in person" making & doing things, rather than "lying around at home" or on a keyboard. This framing ties our value to productivity & devalues people w chronic illness who are homebound
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
College newspapers breaking a major story is not surprising to me, and it shows that college newspapers are a part of–not separate from–a crucial local news ecosystem.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We need to call out ableism and classism with the same level of seriousness as racism and sexism
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the 9:30 a.m. sunrises are going to destroy you, get a Philips Hue bulb set up. They can be programmed to simulate a sunrise similar to a Hatch alarm clock but cheaper (and not single purpose).
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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🌴✨🦋 Kathryn 🦋✨🌴 @kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com · 28/09/2026
PSA: Don't forget to buy your Halloween candy early so you have time to buy more after you eat it all.
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Never gets old, seeing which opinions are off limits to objective journalists and which opinions get published in news stories in the omniscient voice
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All Kinds Of Nope @woozleweasels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel like whoever named them Red Delicious apples has never actually eaten a delicious apple.
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile Nahanni Fontaine is posting about the Cornell case as if her government isn’t allowing people to opt out of learning how to not assault someone
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 24/09/2026
OpenAI needs to be dismantled over not reporting this.
The violent contents of Van Rootselaar's two
ChatGPT accounts, detailed here publicly for the first time, are far more extensive and disturbing than previously known. Van Rootselaar, who was 18 at the time of the attack, also used OpenAl's chatbot to upload bloody images of extreme violence and photos of harm to herself. She pushed ChatGPT to create graphic fictional narratives of mass killings. One featured an 18-year-old perpetrator who livestreamed a mass shooting that went viral and, in ChatGPT's telling, made her an online "legend." (Infamy is often a key goal of mass shooters.) Another featured a perpetrator named "Jess" who shot police and stalked and terrorized her victims as she executed them.
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John Gaudes @johngaudes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Would be nice to see local media platform a progressive candidate for mayor or council instead of, say, the daily Don Woodstock quote about sports cops
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The truth is, you can belittle maskers, shrug off disabled people, and call us all crazy a million times, but you’re going to have to live in the world you’re building with these choices, and outcomes don’t care that your views are popular right now. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...
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More than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Being able to opt-out of learning how to not sexually assault someone is really something www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Educators wish Manitoba had 'been braver' after keeping opt-out clause in new sex-ed curriculum | CBC News
Two educators who laud Manitoba's new sex-ed curriculum also wish the province had been more bold and prevented parents from pulling kids from classes.
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Ty @sprunt87.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can’t strike. Can’t protest. Selling public property to private companies. Removing protections for the environment and endangered species. Cut funding to fighting forest fires and healthcare. Helping AB violate federal laws while they attack trans rights. Boy are we lucky in Canada.
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 23/09/2026
The Telegraph recently published an article about "sickfluencers" titled “How having a disability became cool." We've republished a piece by Julia Doubleday at The Gauntlet pushing back against the article, which she calls "absurd on its face." thesicktimes.org/2026/09/21/c...
A young woman stands by a staircase with a backdrop of tree canopy.  She wears a white, high quality mask and has long dark hair. She wears a teal sweatshirt and black pants. The text reads, “The Gauntlet x The Sick Times. COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women “Sickfluencers” are symptoms of a mass disabling event. By Julia Doubleday.” “The country is sicker than it’s ever been before” — now why would that be? Six years after COVID-19 hit, four years after the virus has been allowed to run totally rampant without mitigation, the country is sicker than it’s ever been before, but we can’t come up with any reason why that would be other than “women be faking?”
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s so cute to see everyone having fun with this,you might enjoy the other story about Covid this morning, about a young mom with long covid who killed herself, possibly partially because her husband describes it as her being “obsessed” with her health and “refusing” to get out of bed. Funny, yeah?
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Post by Michael Moran on X You all don't see the ableism because you're swimming in it. Every week you find a new reason to punch down on disabled people more swiftly and with more force: too cautious, too demanding, too dependent, too annoying. At some point, call it what it is: hatred of disabled people, normalized so completely that you mistake it for humor and common sense.
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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lets see if this thing’s on www.andrewkohan.com
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Andrew Kohan
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am disgusted that @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social is using AI slop for engagement on social media. It’s particularly upsetting to use AI to “de-age” adults to make them look like children. There’s also a significant environmental impact. OMA membership is mandatory but they do not represent me.
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m so incredibly sick of hearing about AI on CBC. It’s almost daily now, morning and afternoon shows. If it’s not a segment about AI, questions related to AI are inserted to other topics.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors are being arrested protesting Mark Carney's complete capitulation to the oil and gas industry. They're wearing pictures of their grandchildren
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026
Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.
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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know having kids and having pets is not the same, but I do think there's some signifiant overlap, such as: "What's in your mouth?" And: "Why are you sticky?"
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: Winnipeg just a few encampment dismantlings, arrests away from ending homelessness for good
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Making it impossible for anyone outside Canada to know what time it is here is an important part of reinforcing Canadian sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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Cam Regier @camregier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, Canadaland.
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today @thesicktimes.org: People with Long COVID are demanding a pause and review for a planned clinical trial that would test the Lightning Process, a pseudoscientific mind-body treatment. By @spichaksimon.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/22/p...
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People with Long COVID demand pause of McMaster University clinical trial - The Sick Times
The trial, run by researchers at McMaster University in Canada, is testing the Lightning Process, a pseudoscientific mind-body program that outside experts have heavily criticized.
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deeply unserious election all around
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, that’s just Stephen Speilberg in a respirator at the Lucas Museum opening during a Covid surge, like a BOSS.
Photo of a reporter talking to Stephen Speilberg, who is in a dark suit and black respirator mask on
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Now that it’s time to pay the piper, the state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID-19 and its consequences." Julia Doubleday takes down an ableist Telegraph column that denies the reality of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/21/c...
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COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women - The Sick Times
The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today @thesicktimes.org: We republished a recent piece by Julia Doubleday at The Gauntlet, pushing back on a much-derided ableist article in The Telegraph. "The state and its media allies are working desperately to sever the connection between COVID-19 and its consequences."
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COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women - The Sick Times
The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a science communicator, nothing has prepared me for the confusion among some pro-DST folks. How do we gently explain that moving the clock hands does not move the sun - or turn 13 hours of daylight into 14?😅
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Was just driving down Taylor, going 55, and two kids on e-scooters, no helmet, were keeping up with me
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The worst part of the Assisted Dying debate is people assuming it’s black and white. They think if you oppose the policy, you oppose giving people the choice. I support the right to die. What I don’t support is offering it to disabled people instead of medical treatment.
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ALW @wazoowazny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"It's not in every area that you've got scientific consensus, but this is one area where there's very strong consensus." Can't wait to see how many kids skip out on morning classes this winter. Gonna be awesome. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Really need to rethink this': Manitoba wrong to choose daylight over standard time, sleep experts say | CBC News
Scrapping twice-yearly time changes in Manitoba is a great move, but staying on daylight time instead of standard time is the wrong choice, says a sleep medicine expert — especially for students.
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
a better world is possible
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread)
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One more example of how the Jordan Decision has backfired. In this case, a woman was assaulted by an RCMP officer but a delay in court proceedings means everything was dropped. This is becoming shockingly common in Canada.
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She pressed charges against a Mountie for sex assault, but says court delays robbed her of justice | CBC News
A sexual assault case against RCMP Const. William McNutt was dropped because of delays in the justice system. The complainant says if restorative justice had been an option, she would have taken it.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
People will cut out artificial food dyes, spend hours at the gym, drink vitamin infused water…and then go to the airport and rawdog breathing in an airborne pathogen that can disable you permanenty and is basically guaranteed to be there.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/09/2026
I once again ask why does every single police officer need a computer in every single police cruiser giving them instant access to every single Canadians' private information? There is no oversight. They are literally using this information to stalk women and sharing this information with assassins
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nora is one month post op from her (medically necessary) tail amputation and feeling good! She’s been truly unprecedented levels of unbothered since the day after surgery
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Really wish our leaders wouldn't normalize working while actively sick with COVID.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I just wish more Carney voters would admit that they got played and start holding him accountable. The idea that you have to double and triple down because... loyalty? is bananas. Treating politics like sports or entertainment is how we got into this mess. Fuck your fandom. Be on team Canada.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's the thing about partisan brain rot: Do I feel good, ethically and intellectually, for not having voted for Carney's Liberals? Yes. I do. But does that change the material reality that I am stuck living in Carney's Canada? No. It does not. "I told you so" doesn't give me the Canada I want.
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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 15/09/2026
I am also not going to be performing with Ed Sheeran
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