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Katia Grubisic

@kgrubisic.bsky.social
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Writer, poet, literary translator. Sweet of tooth and hard of head. Resident of a beautiful planet. She/her. 📍Tio'tia:ke/Montréal.

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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
« It’s a real thing. » On entend moins la menace d’annexation ces jours; probablement que Trump se la ferme pour essayer d’éviter d’augmenter le soutien pour Carney. Elle n’en est pas moins réelle.
ici.radio-canada.ca
Les conversations secrètes derrière la menace du 51e État
Donald Trump avait déjà évoqué, durant son premier mandat, en privé avec Justin Trudeau, l’idée de faire du Canada un 51e État, a pu confirmer Radio-Canada.
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
All elections are important, but this one feels particularly crucial. Voter turnout is traditionally higher among right-wing voters, and even at that it tends to be pretty abysmally low overall. Make sure you’re registered to vote, and then get yourself to a polling station. ☑️✊🏼
ereg.elections.ca
Welcome - Elections Canada E-Registration
Describe this page in 150 to 160 characters
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
My friend Christopher DiRaddo does so much good work for writers and literature, and this latest bullshit application of a bullshit law is yet another example of small-minded politics intended to control, exclude, and divide. We want—and we need—a thriving and diverse artistic community.
cbc.ca
Montreal public library says it can't host English book club, citing Quebec's new language law | CBC News
Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo says he's disappointed after a municipal library told him he's not allowed to hold his monthly book club there because it would violate Quebec's new language law.
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This interview came and went with the first snowflakes. The book ends at Trump’s first term but Blais doesn’t rest in the facile opposition of hope/ fear or struggle/oppression. It is a reminder, to extend from CS Lewis, that we are a soul that has a body; we are a soul that has a community.
49thshelf.com
GGBooks 2024 Special: The Chat with Katia Grubisic · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Continuing our Governor General’s Literary Award coverage, we’re in conversation with author and translator Katia Grubisic. Katia’s translation ...
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
In case we weren’t sure where we were headed.
theguardian.com
Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally
Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The story of my edited life: Stet the comma splice pls.
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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Very telling that a pending ceasefire means increasing violence meted out upon Gaza.
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La Presse @lapresse.ca · 22/12/2024
lapresse.ca
La patinoire de quartier appelée à disparaître | Patineurs cherchent glace
La saison froide est plus courte, plus imprévisible. La patinoire traditionnelle de quartier, symbole des joies de l’hiver québécois, est appelée à disparaître du paysage, lentement mais sûrement. À la rescousse : les surfaces réfrigérées. Mais ce ne sera…
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Portrait d’un (autre) réactionnaire.
ledevoir.com
C’est mon cœur qui brûle
Du danger de souffler sur les braises des menaces qui accablent notre société et minent la nation.
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Ce n’est be aucunement surprenant. C’est même exprès.
lp.ca
Dossier | Clic Santé | Par ici le privé (4 articles)
Clic Santé propose une majorité de rendez-vous dans des cliniques privées, pour des services payants, montre une analyse de La Presse. Québec, qui dit vouloir endiguer la place du privé en santé, comp...
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Eat this.
404media.co
Your Bluesky Posts Are Probably In A Bunch of Datasets Now
After a machine learning librarian released and then deleted a dataset of one million Bluesky posts, several other, even bigger datasets have appeared in its place—including one of almost 300 million ...
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
À lire absolument. It’s already here.
ledevoir.com
La politique canadienne face à l’influence d’Elon Musk
Après s’être investi dans la campagne de Donald Trump, Elon Musk pourrait-il influer sur la politique canadienne ?
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Oh… *sound of a balloon deflating as it zips around the room, albeit somewhat tentatively, as if reluctant to let quite all the hope seep out.* What do we think of this? www.linkedin.com/posts/joecar...
A post by graphic designer Joe Cardillo, whose bio identifies him as “Fighting disinformation, coaching leaders, doing what needs to be done” that reads as follows:


Many people are making the leap from Twitter/X to Bluesky – even though the design & experience are currently better, I won't be signing up...

I worked in/around VC-backed startups for 10 years, mainly within two-sided marketplace platforms, but I certainly got a good look at how social media & big tech operate, including working for a founder who had previously scaled FB adtech

There are two huge red flags with Bluesky: 

1) They recently raised a venture round – modern venture capitalists invest for one of two reasons: either they want a big return ($15M > $150M considered acceptable, but $1.5B+ is the goal), or they want a place where they can influence/control larger narratives for their personal, political, or financial gain (e.g. Marc Andreessen and a16z investing in Clubhouse and then being featured as "top recommended accounts").

2) The VCs in Bluesky have ties to far-right authoritarians and cryptocurrency influencers – two of the key investors, Bart and Brad Stephens of Blockchain Capital, co-founded their firm with Brock Pierce, who worked directly with Steve Bannon 

While Bluesky is built on a better concept – decentralized social media and open protocols – there is little reason to believe them when they say they are focused on how "technology should serve the user, not the reverse." 

Ultimately, all startups have to answer the question, "Who is your customer," and in this case, it's pretty clear that already powerful people in the cryptocurrency & VC are the main focus.
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Katia Grubisic @kgrubisic.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Well hello, wholesome.
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