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(she/her) Hi 👋🏻 I'm here now. Ottawa native here to complain about transit and the weather. Will likely annoy you with basketball reskeets. Otherwise charming.

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Sam Hersh @samhersh01.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Every year we are told to accept massive Ottawa Police budget increases with very little scrutiny because they apparently don't ever have enough resources. What's shocking isnt that OPS doesn't have proper oversight - what's shocking is that they continue to get away with it.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
My fellow Ontarians : This is what happens when you don't go out to vote. This is what happens when you refuse to bring up politics at family gatherings. You end up with a Premier who is a corrupt goon who would rather a late night vote to change the law than be accountable to us, the people.
cbc.ca
Ontario's budget bill passes, along with changes to FOI laws, ticket resale price caps | CBC News
The Ford government’s omnibus budget bill, along with changes to freedom of information laws, passed its final vote at Queen’s Park on Thursday. Bill 97 skipped committee sessions and instead was disc...
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Here’s the thing: Cuba has been making concessions. Opening parts of the economy, talking to US businesses, and even shifting policies that had been untouchable for decades. Did it matter? Nope. Washington basically said, “Not enough.” That tells you the goal isn’t reform. It’s full control.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions. Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!
theglobeandmail.com
Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests
Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"On the morning of March 2, 2026, Iraqi-Canadian feminist leader Yanar Mohammed was killed in a targeted attack in front of her home in Baghdad, Iraq."
equalityfund.ca
The Equality Fund honours the life of feminist Yanar Mohammed, condemns her targeted killing | Equality Fund
Equality Fund - Funding feminist movements worldwide
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 05/02/2026
This voicemail prompts a number of questions, but one of the top ones for me is how does the Premier of Ontario not have anything better to do with his time than call people up at night and leave passive aggressive voicemails?
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 03/02/2026
This is, as we know, the problem with "better training and oversight." It is already a clear violation of DHS/ICE's use of force guidelines to immediately draw and point your firearm at an unarmed person. They know this, and they know the administration will defend their rule-breaking.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I don’t think GenX learned any of the lessons it was supposed to from the movies we were watching….
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Guillaume @gguillaume.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Important reminder
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 24/01/2026
I recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis. This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is exactly why the relationship between Canada & US is forever changed & ruined. Even if Trump goes, there's an entire establishment of Dems & Republicans who barely raised objection to so much of it. There's nothing left to trust.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Jessica Baker was raped by Jacob Hoggard. She got a conviction, he's currently in prison and she says if she had to do it again, she wouldn't. And if a friend was raped, she'd tell her not to report. And this is a woman who by most definitions, "got justice." The system does not serve us.
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I Was Sexually Assaulted By A Celebrity. Here’s Why I’m Going Public - Chatelaine
Revealing her identity, Jessica Baker says, “healed me in ways that I didn't think it would.”
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 20/01/2026
Mark Carney may have delivered quite the speech, but neither he, the EU, or NATO have done a damn thing to make Trump's plans to acquire Greenland more costly or less likely. The longer we wait, the harder he will be to stop. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: On Greenland, Carney’s cautious approach to Trump is starting to look like appeasement
If the U.S. cared about bolstering Arctic security, it would increase its military presence there — not seize territory.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
cbc.ca
Federal government loses Emergencies Act appeal | CBC News
The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal said.
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Reds 🇨🇦 @kellyred.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The Liberals may not be perfect but they don't want to hand the country over to the US. Jesus Christ.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent As it Happens interview about X and Grok. I’m posting a couple of screen shots here - since they are a bit too long for alt text, I’ll post the link to the full transcript below. #cdnpoli #X #Grok #yeg #CSAM
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 08/01/2026
The incessant need to justify the regime's actions is so absolutely pathetic. According to DHS' own guidelines, lethal force is prohibited against a moving vehicle unless strictly necessary. It is not true that the cops are allowed to kill you if you don't stop. torontosun.com/news/world/i...
torontosun.com
WARMINGTON: Despite sad outcome, ICE not to blame in Minneapolis
If you run your vehicle toward a cop who has his gun out of holster, you are going to get shot, as was the case in Minneapolis. More.
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I’d be interested in learning more about how the Ottawa Charge is going to be accommodated and getting a better understanding of the cognitive dissonance between announcing funding to support festivals while at the same time making it possible for city folk to continue at this location.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.
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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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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues by @timtierney.ca. During a Term of Council when we've all sought to avoid the petty divisiveness of the last term, Councillor Tierney sadly brought us all lower yesterday. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
ottawacitizen.com
Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion
Tim Tierney: Ottawa has traded safety and security for policing alternatives – experiments that have repeatedly failed. | Opinion
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Neil Saravanamuttoo @neilsara.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Don't fall for the Marksplaining
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Neil Saravanamuttoo (@neilsara)
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he has found a quarter billion dollars of savings and efficiencies in the 2026 Ottawa city budget. Are these really savings, or just the ravings of a guy trying to get re-ele...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
"But to call the crime femicide — a sex- or gender-specific term — is in fact a radical rethink in a climate of neutrality that too often masks the disproportionate burden women and girls bear for some forms of male violence."
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Why Canada needs to recognize the crime of femicide — on Dec. 6 and beyond
More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Giving $1 million of city money to pay for private security in the Byward Market is outrageous. All it will do is displace more unwell people into Centretown and surrounding communities. And announcing this at a press conference before consulting council? Not cool. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Action plan or 'PR stunt'? Mayor's public safety event gets mixed reviews | CBC News
Mark Sutcliffe says public safety has been a key priority since he ran for election three years ago, but his challenger for mayor says his latest announcement looks like a political event for the next...
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The contempt the city has shown for this expensive and genuinely impressive piece of art it bought and proudly installed is just perfectly symbolic of how it treats both the public realm and its own investments. ottawacitizen.com/news/artist-...
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Artist fears Lansdowne installation may become '$2 million of scrap metal'
The final Lansdowne 2.0 report recommends decommissioning the art installation Moving Surfaces because there's no budget to restore it.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
As a violence prevention educator, when parents ask me "What can I do to protect my kids from sexual abuse?", my advice is teach them the correct names for their body parts. If a child is being abused and tells a teacher "My bird hurts", they're not gonna be able to clock that they don't mean a pet
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
"To disavow the label [feminist] while pursuing the substance creates a strategic inconsistency — one that weakens Canada’s credibility with partners who are doubling down on feminist approaches, including the EU, Germany, and most Nordic states."
equalityfund.ca
Does Canada have a feminist foreign policy? Actually, we do. And we are proof it works - Equality Fund Fonds Égalité
Jess TomlinCEO of the Equality Fund Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, since leading a new government formed earlier this year, has been focusing on investment, financial growth and diversifying tra...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I look at things like this and I think "how can anyone defend this system?" When police themselves are like "This dude is dangerous to women and girls, but he's off leash so like... heads up? I guess?" The way we look at violence prevention in this country is wildly off base.
ottawapolice.ca
Public safety warning: High-Risk Offender now living in the Rideau-Vanier area
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
It really is
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In which an authoritarian premier, who shuns an energy transition and uses the notwithstanding clause to trample rights, is rewarded with the pledge for a pipeline she greedily seeks. Thanks, I hate it.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Here's today's dose of "This is why women don't trust police."
cbc.ca
Charge withdrawn against Ottawa police officer who had sex while on duty | CBC News
Crown prosecutors have withdrawn a criminal charge against Const. Richard Lemay, who was demoted in September for picking up a woman and having sex with her while on duty 17 years ago.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24/11/2025
Among all the problems with substance and process identified in this story on Quebec's constitution bill, not mentioned is the blatantly unconstitutional element of purporting to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, which I remind you all, a province can't do. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why Quebec’s proposed constitution has legal experts, civil rights groups sounding the alarm | CBC News
The legislation tabled last month has been the subject of growing consternation among legal experts and civil liberties groups, who warn it would centralize power, weaken judicial oversight and infrin...
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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“The long-nose trucks are designed for hauling freight on the open road, not for cities, and have been adapted for the construction industry. The driver has terrible visibility because of the long, high hood, but drivers prefer them to “cab-over” designs”
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 - Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 18/11/2025
“[Our] community is being actively targeted on an ongoing basis by a foreign government ... and our government ignores all of that and says, ‘Ah well, we’re going to start rebuilding ties.’”
Mark Carney and far-right Indian leader Narenda Modi holding hands while gazing towards a sunny future
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Ford has no business interfering in cities. He has zero idea or understanding of transportation or land use policy, nor the policy levers it takes to make cities work.
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years. It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
There is no material difference in the rates of loneliness for men and women. We are all suffering! The difference is that men make their loneliness everyone else's goddamn problem and that includes turning it into anger and violence. But the solution isn't "stop talking about toxic masculinity"
ctvnews.ca
Half of young Canadian men are at risk of ‘problem anger,’ survey finds
Half of young Canadian men risk letting their anger interfere with their daily life, relationships and work, new research suggests.
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Laine Johnson @lainejohnson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🧵 There’s been some attention on the City’s new “donation button”. It’s an idea we talked about last year and that we were supposed to get a report on before proceeding. Maybe I missed it... But here we are. And I have thoughts.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
at this point it would be easier to list who wasn’t involved with this subhuman trash (epstein or bannon, dealer’s choice)
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Reds 🇨🇦 @kellyred.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Me 10 (ish) years ago: I don't really get the hype but to each their own, I don't think we need to constantly trash these people. Me today: Where does one submit a petition to sequester an entire gene pool on an island cut off from society?
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 07/11/2025
Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action. thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
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Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I love sex workers and I'm uncomfortable with a lot of the commentary I'm seeing on this that's so shitty to strippers. NONETHELESS, when for-profit businesses get tax dollars in *any way*, it should be scrutinized. But in this case, $10 million is wiiiiiiild and reeks of cronyism in the worst way.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Teen Vogue's political work was invaluable. They really put themselves on the map with the mess of 2016 and continued to crank out brilliant stuff. I only found out a couple weeks ago that it was a team of 1 and now there's no team at all. Jesus Christ, what a bad sign.
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Reds 🇨🇦 @kellyred.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Y'all, I know I've said before that Canadian values don't align with revoking citizenship based on who we hate, etc, but... Just a lil one for morale maybe?
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 01/11/2025
NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...
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No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.
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