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Lilian Radovac

@lilianradovac.bsky.social
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Writer. Arts + memory worker. Sometimes organizer. Post-academic. Disabled/dystonic. Toronto; prev. MTL, NYC. she/they/Dr.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sorry to hear it. We used to go with friends. Wonderful spot. “Tonight, we say goodbye to 750 College St. – a place that became so much more than 4 walls. It became a home, a stage, a refuge, a family, & a place where so many of us were able to laugh, dance, love, celebrate, & simply be ourselves.”
toronto.citynews.ca
Toronto nightclub El Convento Rico abruptly closes after 35 years
An iconic Toronto nightclub that served as a hotspot for the city’s 2SLGBTQ+ and Latin community, abruptly shuttered this week after 35 years.
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ontario axes yet another internationally renowned post-secondary program, which has trained generations of creators, tradespeople and small business owners and is the only one of its kind in North America. 🤦🏻 “George Brown is stopping enrolment in a long-running program with a sparkling reputation”
thestar.com
Why George Brown college is pausing its oldest jewelry programs
The polytechnic announced that no new students will be admitted to jewelry and gemmology in 2027-28.
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Debbie Iron Bow @ironbow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As a child of a survivor of these hellish places called residential school, I can tell you with everything in me that the children who survived told the truth. Everything they said and what they didn't say, happened. We lived with the shell of the humans who came back. We know what they experienced.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 25/09/2026
Today we launched Candidate Tracker—reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries of every candidate running in the Toronto election. Bookmark it now, send it to your friends. We’ll keep updating it right up until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
thelocal.to
Candidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The Local
The only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Will airline workers or port workers ever be able to go on strike again? Those industries, when you interrupt them, they have a significant impact. That’s the whole point.” www.thestar.com/business/uni...
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Unions hammer Carney government’s revamp of labour rules: ‘This bill neuters the right to strike’
Unions and labour organizations across the country blasted the federal government’s new legislation overhauling labour law Monday, saying it will make strikes in federally regulated sectors all but im...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A reporter asked the government about the Trumpian tactic of flooding the zone with this bill (it’s an omnibus!) and the ministers appear outraged. They balk at a question that…accurately characterizes what they’re doing. If you don’t like it, don’t do it!
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Who’s posting about Bill-39? That presser was intense.
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EmmaaAAHH! 👻 ArkHell 💀 @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This "significant labour legislation" could very likely end the right to strike for thousands of workers through expanding whose work is "essential," lengthening bargaining timelines or introducing US style laws. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you’re in Toronto this evening, go see this documentary about the demise of 888 Dupont and the fate of artists’ spaces across the city. It’s screening at the Paradise Theatre. www.cbc.ca/arts/thats-n...
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‘That’s not the Toronto that was sold to me’ | CBC Arts
Adam Labadie’s debut short, This May Be A Huge Mistake, documents the end of 888 Dupont, one of the city's last artist havens. It's screening as part of the Toronto Independent Film Festival.
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic
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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is like if you invented a calculator that made basic mathematical errors and math professors were like "Well what am I going to do, *not* teach my students how to use the broken calculator?"
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"The university is not just in crisis. The university is the crisis." Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho.bsky.social) argues that Jason Arday's death lays bare a broken academic system built on unequal power, gatekeeping, and the grinding machinery of institutional recognition.
canadiandimension.com
The university is the crisis
The crisis of the university is its inability to be honest about the nature of its self-induced crisis. Its leaders or senior managers often share the perspectives of those who wish the university to ...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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Lake Ontario! Live! @lake-ontario.live · 03/09/2026
Current* conditions near Toronto, ON:
NE view from YTZ on the Toronto Islands facing downtown Toronto and the shores of Lake Ontario. // Image captured at: 2026-09-02 23:00:02 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: skylinewebcams.com // Current Temp in Toronto: 71 F | 21 C // Precip: heavy intensity rain // Wind: SSW at 8 mph | 13 kph // Humidity: 92%
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Proud to have contributed Canadian archival materials to curator Astria Suparak’s new exhibition, Grrrl Germs: Punk Feminism Goes Viral, 1991–2026, opening at Irvine’s Great Park Gallery today. The exhibition is part of the Daisy Chain Fields music festival, and is on view until Nov. 29.
Black and purple collage of handmade zines and fliers. Pink text reads: Grrrl Germs: Punk Feminism Goes Viral, 1991 - 2026. Aug.29 - Nov. 29, 2026. Great Park Gallery. Irvine CA."Grrrl Germs: Punk Feminism Goes Viral, 1991-2026" explores
Riot Grrrl's global legacy of DIY
artistic expression, community-building, and resistance.Through music, zines, fliers, videos, and a collaborative map, the exhibition traces how a movement started by young women in the early 1990s grew internationally, inspiring new generations of artists and activists.

Curated by Astria Suparak and presented by Daisy Chain Fields,
with special thanks to
C3 and the City of Irvine.
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Canadian Cultural Heritage Advocacy Committee @cchac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We are happy to join Bluesky! We are the Canadian Cultural Heritage Advocacy Committee. We are cultural heritage workers in Canada representing all sectors: museums, libraries, archives, galleries, genealogists, and historians. Our website: heritageadvocacy.ca
heritageadvocacy.ca
CCHAC-CCDPC
Advocating for Canadian Cultural Heritage
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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Glorious | sturgeon moon partial lunar eclipse #Toronto
A full moon in partial eclipse, glowing orange-red.
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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wab Kinew on Trump's "Lake America" is basically 'OK Boomer' 😂 "It's a little sad and it's not his best work." #cdnpoli youtu.be/OeaRAtQi5Uo?...
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Trump is ‘over the hill’ and ‘a little sad’: Manitoba Premier Kinew
YouTube video by CTV News
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 27/08/2026
Holy fuck what a stupid day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026
Holy shit — the purpose of this Trump event is to announce that he’s changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” It will be interesting to see which if any institutions and companies go along with this
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🤦 www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order directing the interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America," as the trade war with Canada persists.
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A huge win for tenants in South Etobicoke: massive waterfront demoviction scheme that “was going to end some of the most affordable housing in Long Branch” quashed by OLT. www.thestar.com/business/the...
thestar.com
Tenants at Long Branch complex beat back plan to raze apartments for new development
The Ontario Land Tribunal found a proposal to replace five 1960s rental buildings with towers up to 29 storeys was 'incompatible’ with the area.
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Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com · 26/08/2026
NOT OKAY
Tim Curry and Miss Piggy, Kermit, Gonzo, and Rizzo the RatDolly Parton and Missy Piggy
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh no. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
cbc.ca
Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dead at 80 | CBC News
Tim Curry, the quirky British actor known for playing eccentric roles like the flamboyant alien mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles ...
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some magic: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris singing Neil Young on Letterman, 1999 youtu.be/o2XcBL6kWn8?...
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Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)
YouTube video by Don Giller
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ALA is heartbroken at the passing of country music legend and literacy champion Dolly Parton. Her Imagination Library initiative, inspired by her father's inability to read or write, has put millions of books into children's hands and was considered by her to be among her greatest achievements.
An ALA READ poster featuring Dolly Parton holding copies of "The Little Engine that Could" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.
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(spo)okie 🎃 @okie.gay · 25/08/2026
Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 25/08/2026
There are so many donations happening right now that the site has crashed.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
A photo of Dolly Parton sitting at a desk and talking on the phone in a scene from the movie 9 to 5.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/08/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. is imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products after last-ditch negotiations failed. Canada promises to match the tax.
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US is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products
The United States is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.
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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Canadians aren’t giving up on public health care. They want it fixed. 85% say universal care based on need, not income, is a core Canadian value. 80% believe the public system can meet Canadians’ needs with more investment. abacusdata.ca/canadians-w...
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“The province is seeking public input on its data centre strategy through the Environmental Registry of Ontario and the Ontario Regulatory Registry for the next month.” www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
thestar.com
Doug Ford says Ontario needs data centres to protect Canadians from Donald Trump
The premier warned that Canadians' data is at risk of "being sent to the U.S. and into the hands of President Trump."
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Blacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The university is a killing field. It is fully culpable. It must be said. Regardless of his deception. The neoliberal university made that happen. We don’t have to excuse his behavior to see how unevenly distributed resources and fucked star systems makes the university a killing machine.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m an academic of colour who happens to also be autistic in this country and I’m gonna need some time to process the horrors that led to his death
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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Anyone else have a huge drop on researchers at their archives this summer?
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic smoke to spew throughout the country and into the US, twice as likely to occur, a new analysis has found.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds
Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Chief executive, Tim Richter, said the next iteration of Canada’s National Housing Strategy should prioritize support for the lowest-income Canadians, address the rapid loss of existing affordable rental units and double the supply of rentals in the low end of the market.”
theglobeandmail.com
Rising cost of low-end rental units driving increase in homelessness, report shows
Findings challenge assumption that other factors, such as mental health or substance use, are the reason rates have surged in Canada
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 25/07/2026
HUGE NEWS. This shows that sharp campaigning and strong public pressure works!! Let’s keep coming together to bring about the city that we all deserve!
thestar.com
Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion
The just-concluded public survey suggested strong public opposition to the project, according to a federal government official.
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Anishinabek Nation @anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires. We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: an7gc@anishinabek.ca
(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires.

We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: an7gc@anishinabek.ca
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Feeling helpless as you watch fires ravage the province? Me too. Please consider making a donation.
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Donate to the Canadian Wildfire Fund
As a donor, your contribution to the Canadian Wildfire Fund will enhance Canada’s readiness and response to the escalating wildfire risks and bolster resilience. Your support may be used to address pr...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 16/07/2026
1/ Trump is fuelling a new McCarthyism that is both delusional and dangerous. It’s clearly intended to crack down on Americans who are resisting his anti-democratic agenda. It’s also a serious escalation of violent authoritarianism from our next door neighbour.
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Canada attends Trump summit targeting left-wing extremism
Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending the high-level counterterrorism meeting.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 16/07/2026
"Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it."
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Steve Russell @steverussell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Good Morning Toronto! If you though the smoke from the wild fires in Northern Ontario would blow over by now,..., sorry! Sunrise over the Beaches shows the air quality will be just as bad today. #TheBigSmoke #airquality #Toronto
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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Lilian Radovac @lilianradovac.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This photo. Steve Russell, Toronto Star.
A swimmer observes the Toronto skyline through a dense fog of orange wildfire smoke.
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