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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...

I can hear little clicks inside my dream.
Night drips its silver tap
down the back.
At 4 A.M. I wake. Thinking

of the man who
left in September.
His name was Law.

My face in the bathroom mirror
has white streaks down it.
I rinse the face and return to bed.
Tomorrow I am going to visit my mother.

Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ask any politician posting about their awareness of mental illness what they're doing to make existing treatments accessible and to devise better ones.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just realized it's Mental Illness Awareness Week. My darling, awareness without rights-respecting support I can do without.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Periodic reminder that if those aghast at the idea of people with severe mental illness supported mental health care, we'd have way fewer mentally ill people wanting to die.

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Brendan Kennedy @bkstar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This decision was only made public in a Friday night edition of CodeNews, a government newsletter about changes to the building code for industry stakeholders. Critics fear it could clear the way for triple-bunking to become a permanent fixture of provincial jails. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

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The Ford government quietly changed its building code, clearing the way for more triple-bunking in Ontario’s overcrowded jails

Ontario quietly eliminated minimum sleep-area rules for jails, clearing the way for triple-bunking in overcrowded facilities.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In this respect and others, the library saves me from myself: I'll borrow ambitiously, read what I can and return when I can no longer bear the "Overdue Items" emails. (But I waffle on whether to keep a heartbreak list of unread books.)

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Toronto: Early voting starts today, runs through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Local government has arguably a greater direct impact on your life than other levels. myvote.toronto.ca/home

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He was arrested for searching how to replace a Game Boy battery. The offence: making me feel old.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Supportive housing models have been shown through evidence to work since the 90s. And yet.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

People with high needs are often called "frequent flyers," "hard to reach" or "hard to house." Andrew Boozary is reaching them. And housing them.

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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 06/10/2026

Advanced voting for the 2026 municipal elections begins today! Follow our in-depth coverage of the races in Toronto, Brampton, and Mississauga. thelocal.to/vote-2026/ And sign up for our free newsletter to get the latest news right in your inbox. thelocal.to/subscribe/

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Fall 2026

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'd love to see the Canadian data you're looking at. Rents fell in some small college towns but I haven't seen a causal link.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We also have a federal government (two PMs' worth) that slashed immigration, blaming migrants for a housing shortage and a strained health care system.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Plus, voting is basically the sexiest thing you can do. As an expert in sexy I can say this.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Toronto: Early voting starts today, runs through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Local government has arguably a greater direct impact on your life than other levels. myvote.toronto.ca/home

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I donned boots with today's skirt, and shuddered.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shorts are easier to pull off than skirts in blustery wind. But also I am a wuss about cold.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Would this have been better to realize when I got dressed this morning? Maybe.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I hate to say this but I think bare legs season is over.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ontario cities are run by cars in trenchcoats.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We documented 40 cases of LGBT migrants who were deported by the US to third countries in Africa that either criminalize same-sex relations or have been described by the State Department as hostile to LGBT people. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Trump's deportation push forces dozens of LGBT migrants onto hostile terrain

Two years ago, a mob assaulted Abdou Latifou and threatened to kill him after he was seen kissing the man he loved.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The province that brought measles back (yes, Ontario helped) is making it harder for kids to get COVID and flu shots.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've started wishing I were a robot at these "are you human" junctures in part because that would probably address the paralytic self-doubt but also because people would nod sagely when I made absurd utterances.

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026

Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.

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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cool when a police press release about a fatal hit and run pre-emptively offers up a handy defence to the driver www.tps.ca/media-centre...

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Where is my Pulitzer for not bugging people on a Friday late afternoon

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026

The execution team went through at least seven needles trying to find a vein suitable for delivering doses of a lethal drug to Tennessee inmate Christa Pike, her lawyers said. Medical experts explain the possibilities of how she survived.

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How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?

A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Still a reaction to US policies. Still a situation whose resolution lies with the US government.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

con: Got an unhelpful written response back. pro: It's in Garamond!

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oxfam Canada is hiring a Chief of Staff at their Ottawa office (hybrid) It's a full time, executive position with a salary range of $110,000 - $130,000

oxfamcanada.bamboohr.com

Chief of Staff

Internal/External Posting Notice Title: Chief of Staff Department: Executive Director's Office Status: ...

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