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Jennifer Francis

@jenniferfrancis.bsky.social
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem.
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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Royal’s new mental health urgent care clinic opens Monday
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The Royal’s new mental health urgent care clinic opens Monday
The Royal says its new mental health urgent care clinic will open to the public on Monday, offering first-of-its-kind service in eastern Ontario to adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Hugging Face episode was not "a textbook case of what AI safety researchers have long warned about: AI systems pursuing goals single-mindedly in ways that are misaligned with human interests." It was a textbook case of AI engineers messing up. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...
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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
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Wallenstein Appreciator @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
48% actually. I keep this graph on my phone
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When we talk about "civil rights," it's important to keep in mind that the right of women and girls to access the public sphere without being subjected to sexual violence or harassment is usually considered less important than the free speech rights of men to harass them.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 25/07/2026
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StatsCan report shows drop in crime rates in 2025, raising questions about bail reform legislation
Experts say there is no evidence to prove that tough penalties, bail reforms will curb crime
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/07/2026
a) there are, like, single digit trans girls in sports in most states (sometimes literally one!), this entire thing is made up so that one girl who wants to play sports with her friends can't do it b) do not, under any circumstances, make policy based on angry sports parents
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Jennifer Francis @jenniferfrancis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights. Sports bans are solving a problem manufactured by the media and the right. They will not protect women. They will make life worse for many.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
You're not supposed to say this, but conservatives hate HPV vaccines because they think that removing the risk of cervical cancer from sex incentives women to be sluts. It's been a Christian thing since way before RFK Jr. was around, everybody knows what it's about, but you have to pretend not to.
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Fabulous piece by Alberta senator Paula Simon albertaviews.ca/the-case-for...
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The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views
I’m calling on us to do something un-Canadian: and stand up for the country we love—and reject the idea of a sovereign Alberta
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 13/05/2026
The Ford government allowed public employees to upload people’s personal data, including credit cards and driver’s licences, to unsecured AI sites and used medical software that recorded wrong medications and missed mental health details, says Ontario's auditor general.
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Thousands of Ontario government staff using unsecured AI, watchdog finds
Ontario's auditor general says the Ford government allowed public employees to upload people’s personal data, including credit cards and driver’s licences, to unsecured AI sites and used medical softw...
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Ian Darragh @iandarragh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A deep dive into the devastating environmental effects of allowing #jets at Billy Bishop #Toronto City #Airport. This is the report that the Toronto Port Authority kept secret for nine years. Read @spacing.bsky.social online spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #onpoli @waterfront4all.bsky.social
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Jet Dreams on Toronto Island (Part 2) - Spacing Toronto
This is the continuation of Jet Dreams on Toronto Island (Part 1). The chief obstacle to expanding Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is geography – the tiny size of the airport and its location on an ...
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 08/05/2026
The owner of Nieuport Aviation, the J.P. Morgan-affiliated IIF, is registered in the Cayman Islands. A former J.P. Morgan banker, Hai-Gi Li, sits on the board of Nieuport Aviation. A 2023 document from J.P. Morgan also lists Nieuport Aviation under its portfolio/operating companies roster.
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Leading American bank would be a major beneficiary of Billy Bishop takeover
The island airport’s terminal is owned by Nieuport Aviation, which is owned by a J.P. Morgan-controlled group of companies. Lobbyists for Nieuport Aviation have held jobs with the Ford and federal gov...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is not justice. You never have to listen to an Ontario Progressive Conservative talk about law & order again. Put this back in their face. Every minister, every back bencher. They all voted for secret govt.
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Jennifer Francis @jenniferfrancis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I don’t really understand why so many people, when they get behind the wheel of a car, develop a complete disregard for the lives of pedestrians, cyclists and those trying to keep children safe.
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Buying a private jet is a let-them-eat-cake kind of move a Premier makes when he feels invincible. My take on Doug Ford's private plane purchase for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/23/o...
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Hubris will be Doug Ford's undoing
In his “sorry, not sorry” apology for buying a private jet, Ontario's premier whined about the backlash he should have seen coming.
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Brigitte Pellerin @brigittepellerin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I am shocked, shocked. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Speeding surges at former camera sites, city data says | CBC News
Speeding in school zones that used to host speed cameras has shot up since the cameras were turned off, according to new City of Ottawa data.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 04/04/2026
The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
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The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.
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City of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca · 31/03/2026
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. Since 2009, March 31 is a day to celebrate and honour transgender people and highlight the challenges they still face. It is an important day for continued acceptance and advocacy. To our transgender community: We see you, and we stand with you.
International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"Doug Ford isn’t responsible for the current spike in oil prices, but all of Ontario is more fragile and less resilient to oil shocks because of decisions he’s made." -John Michael McGrath #ONpoli www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars? | TVO Today
Soaring gas prices. Worsening congestion. Fewer options. Are drivers better off than eight years ago?
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Jennifer Francis @jenniferfrancis.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Women having to prove they are female is not a win for women.
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Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @coopspeak.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I came across this website dedicated to Doug Ford’s government. It’s a one stop spot for a compilation on Doug’s tenure as Ontario’s Premier. It’s worth a bookmark. And that slide bar graphic, wow. www.dougfordclownshow.ca
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The Ford Files | Documenting the Pattern
$39.3B+ in documented fiscal impact — contract awards, cost overruns, and developer connections identified by Ontario's oversight bodies.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Trump, the "Roomba theory," and the Danger of Pierre Poilievre He hoovers up everything in his path until resisted, says Stewart Prest. The CPC claims that only Poilievre can negotiate a trade deal with Donald Trump are hopelessly naive. #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/trump-the-...
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Trump, the "Roomba theory," and the Danger of Pierre Poilievre
CPC claims that only Poilievre can negotiate a trade deal with the US are hopelessly naive
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 18/03/2026
The Ontario government wants to keep Premier Doug Ford’s communications a secret. It plans to seriously restrict what journalists and the public can ask for in freedom of information requests — including by blocking emails and call logs for top politicians. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cana...
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Canadians’ right to know is under threat | The Narwhal
Across Canada, governments are making it harder and harder for journalists to find out what’s happening behind closed doors
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our very own very stable genius.
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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
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Maggie Archibald @maggiearchibald.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
New report out this week: Leading Beyond the Gap from Women’s Health Collective Canada (with McKinsey Canada). Canadian women spend 24% more of their lives in poor health. Closing the women’s health gap could add $37B to GDP by 2040. whcc.ca/blueprintforaction
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/02/2026
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 23/01/2026
New partnership aims to make Ottawa a hub for biotherapeutics manufacturing and biodefence ottawacitizen.com/news/partner...
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I've got a new piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social about residential school denialism, the Making a Killing documentary, and the politics of Canada's anti-Indigenous industry: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Confronting the far-right’s war on reconciliation
As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation. As professor and author Sean Carleton explains, w...
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Written by the father of a trans girl… “When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls. Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””
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Why the War on Trans Girls Is a War on Girlhood
Excluding trans girls is controlling who can be girls, and who can't, further dividing children and causing harm
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Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @coopspeak.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
“Research on increased deaths in ER at private equity-owned hosp aligns with a 2021 study finding 11% ⬆️ mortality rates at NH owned by private equity. That study, concluded that ⬇️ nursing staffs & ⬇️ in compliance with care standards contributed to the increased deaths at financier-owned homes.”
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Jennifer Francis @jenniferfrancis.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Private equity should not be allowed near health care and long term carel
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 19/12/2025
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 18/12/2025
Yeah, as I've been saying, we overcompensated because the media ran with the stupid 'GDP per capita' and 'immigrants hurt housing' framing. This is long-run damage to the economy by short-term thinking, feeding xenophobia, and helping to further destroy Canada's world class universities.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 18/12/2025
Three Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez, and Davis) joined the Republicans to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's federal ban on gender affirming care through the House of Representatives. It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
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Lucy van Oldenbarneveld @lucyvanolden.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday. His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/12/2025
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is how a health system burns to the ground. How Alberta's dual practice plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care, by Dr. Paul Parks canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... via @canadahealthwatch.ca @nicktsergas.ca
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This is how a health system burns to the ground
Dr. Paul Parks explains how Alberta's dual-billing plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
Screen shot of Safe Parkside IG post
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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
As we await the pipeline MOU, a reminder that Alberta has 12% of Canada’s population and • 38% of national GHG emissions • 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs • 51% of electricity-related GHGS Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Conservatives: “DEI unfairly rewards low-quality applicants.” Also conservatives: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Until the Star obtained the database, scores were such a closely guarded secret the public didn't know the application scores of funding recipients.
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Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Huge crowds are out tonight at McDougall Centre in Calgary to rally against anti-trans Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause. #transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli transactionalberta.ca savethecharter.ca
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
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Opinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youth
Alberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The article I've been wanting to write.
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Opinion | How to Utterly Miss the Point of the Jeffrey Epstein Story
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Did you know Makary is using 45 year old, 34 year old, and 29 year old observational studies to spread disinformation about MHT? Ignoring newer, far better quality data is misogyny open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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Vintage Data, Modern Misinformation:
The FDA’s use of outdated studies and Makary’s inaccurate all-cause mortality claim, explained
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