ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"I don’t want to be protected. I just want patriarchy to stop protecting and enabling men and male violence. I don’t want to be protected. I want to be free." ❤️👇 031
Reposted by ATPClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the Heroic Protector Fantasy is rarely of real use to women, it's just wish fulfillment about male posturing and it frequently exacerbates violence it's also much easier to imagine yourself kicking the ass of an obviously villainous stranger than to to actually intervene where you have influence 21394193
Reposted by ATPRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blanchet, on Carney reportedly moving to weaken the right to strike: “I fear that it is one more token placed on the table in order to attract huge foreign businesses in Canada, telling them that there will be no more environmental regulations, much less work regulations, and things will be easy.” 220858
Reposted by ATPEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/ 271621360
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“First Nations will continue to demand justice, respect, and the fulfillment of the Crown’s constitutional and treaty obligations to the original relationship. Trust must be built before any investment can be made in our territories,” 010
Reposted by ATPHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Our response to the ban on trade with illegal settlements and a call for Canada to do more to support human rights in Palestine. www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-res...ndp.caNDP response to the ban on trade with illegal settlementsNDP Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson issued the following statement: 315748
Reposted by ATPPicard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Picard management tip: Regardless of what time travelers tell you, the future hasn't been written yet. 118145
Reposted by ATPAlexa Gilmour @alexagilmour.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is not ok, and to dismiss this shocking behaviour speaks to the premier's deeply entrenched misogyny and patriarchal attitude that continue to excuse and normalize the targeting and intimidation of women in public life. 022
Reposted by ATPJason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 12/08/2026No newsroom needs a board to ensure editorial independence. Editorial independence only arises one way: the editorial side of the outlet makes a list of demands in a contract and their bosses sign it. That's it! Anytime you hear of the creation of a special board to ensure it, remember: it's fake! 06217
Reposted by ATPAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/08/2026There’s another epidemic we’re doing nothing about. If we don’t bust some myths, it’s going to get worse. Abuse is still cloaked in shame and fear; we must shine light on it and bring it out into the open, by @lizrenzetti.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.comthestar.comElizabeth Renzetti: There’s another epidemic we’re doing nothing about. If we don’t bust some myths, it’s going to get worseAbuse is still cloaked in shame and fear; we must shine light on it and bring it out into the open 04316
Reposted by ATPThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/07/2026In Nepal, HIV outreach workers left jobless by U.S. foreign aid cuts turn to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.bit.lySex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to surviveAfter the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs. 1017699
Reposted by ATPHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A year after shutting down USAID, the human cost is impossible to ignore. Millions are paying the price through hunger, poverty & preventable disease. The world is less safe, healthy, & stable. Canada should be stepping up, not cutting international development. ricochet.media/internationa...ricochet.mediaOne year after Trump’s aid cuts, the world’s poorest people are paying the priceA collapse in foreign assistance by wealthy countries has put millions of lives at risk. Canada, despite its global reputation, has followed a similar retreat from poverty reduction and human rights 15418
Reposted by ATPOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 27/06/2026In a sane world there would be International Arrest Warrants naming every Oil, Gas & Coal billionaire for climate crimes against humanity 162662802
Reposted by ATPMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/06/2026washingtonian.com/2026/06/13/k...washingtonian.comKennedy Center Sign Frenzy Misses the Point - WashingtonianThe Trump sign was bad. It's not the main issue. 15712
Reposted by ATPThe Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 10/06/2026For the $380 million it costs to host six World Cup games you could build 20 new community centres across the city, almost one in every ward. thelocal.to/fifa-world-c...thelocal.toAn Illustrated Guide to the FIFA World Cup in Toronto | The LocalHow many private jets could this pay for? Seven illustrations to make sense of the costs and payoffs of hosting the World Cup. 1104
Reposted by ATPRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence. 4035481245
Reposted by ATPSteven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Canada part of global retreat on foreign aid: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...theglobeandmail.comWealthy countries, including Canada, cut foreign aidOECD says 2025 marked historic decline in aid as countries face economic strain 12719
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comShellene Drakes-Tull: I’m struggling and you may be, too. Here is what we need to do to lift us all upCommunity is creating spaces where everyone feels welcome and, when we see people suffering, we step in to help. Community doesn’t happen by accident. It’s created with intention and purpose. 000
Reposted by ATPRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Gift article. Very much worth your time: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is the Formula That Defeated Orban. It Would Defeat Trump, Too. 14234991610
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"It is especially urgent that Canada act, given the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the closure of USAID – two actions that are already having devastating consequences for global health." 000
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Another story that show how the drastic cuts to global humanitarian aid are devastating millions of lives. All of the talk about "system reform" or "unlocking private capital" feels meaningless in the face of such unbearable suffering. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...nytimes.comCatastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places 000
Reposted by ATPJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 29/04/2026"Because the operational definition of “nation-building” embedded in $25 billion of sovereign wealth fund capital and $6 billion of workforce strategy is steel-toed, hard-hatted, male-coded, and extractive." 42814
Reposted by ATPThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 25/04/2026But Rubio’s talking points says no one has died.pbs.orgUganda sees spike in disease-related deaths after elimination of USAIDIn 2025, the Trump administration dissolved the $40 billion U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Days later, an exemption for "life-saving humanitarian assistance" was issued. But what... 24521
Reposted by ATPJonathan Bohan @jonathanbohan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026New Tom Waits with Massive Attack. Devastating. youtu.be/L-57FrioeuE?...youtu.beMassive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the GroundYouTube video by Massive Attack 05229
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Still cannot believe that USAID was taken down by this bunch of absolute losers. May the ghosts of the people they murdered haunt them forever. 000
Reposted by ATPBirds of a feather 🏳️⚧️ @robinyourgrave.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee 187251838431
Reposted by ATPelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The difference between these two is racism 771682250
Reposted by ATPStand Up America @standupamerica.com · 28/03/2026Headed out to a No Kings protest today? Know your rights before you go and share with your friends and family attending! 6276162
Reposted by ATPCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 07/03/2026“Everything we can save is worth saving. Everything we can do is worth doing. We’ve already lost a lot, but we don’t have to lose everything. We don’t have to surrender.” 💯 - @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...nytimes.comRebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here 12519143
Reposted by ATPMichelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 03/03/2026Thanks so much to the (MIS)Treated podcast and @namshine.bsky.social for hosting this very important and timely conversation!youtu.beWhy is it so hard to get care for the menopause transition? | (MIS)TreatedYouTube video by TVO Today 155
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 02/03/2026“It’s an abandonment of a long-standing element of our foreign policy.” 000
Reposted by ATPPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 01/03/2026What good can you do today? What trouble can you cause? What suffering can you ease? What needs to exist, and can you help build it? 126283
Reposted by ATPRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/02/2026"Without feminism, the sequence of events that led to Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest would never have happened. It’s a reminder that feminism is powerful and important and even transformative, which is why there’s so much pushback..." 171927480
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 20/02/2026"But you also need to understand — and this is equally important — that we’ve already won. The reward is right now, this minute, this moment. " 000
Reposted by ATPThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 12/02/2026“The fact that this tragic event in #TumblerRidge immediately inspired calls for restrictions on gender-affirming care and trans rights at large in Canada should raise huge alarm bells for trans people and our allies.”thetyee.caAs Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The TyeeNo good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story. 614661
Reposted by ATPZeteo @zeteo.com · 12/02/2026"Why Is the World Silent When the Gaza Genocide Is Not Over?" @dianabuttu.bsky.social on how Israel continues to kill, starve, and imprison Palestinians as the world remains distracted by the words ‘peace’ and ‘process’ and ‘boards’ and ‘plans.’ READ: zeteo.com/p/why-is-the...zeteo.comWhy Is the World Silent When the Gaza Genocide Is Not Over?Diana Buttu on how Israel continues to kill, starve, and imprison Palestinians as the world remains distracted by the words ‘peace’ and ‘process’ and ‘boards’ and ‘plans.’ 813461
Reposted by ATPMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I’m furious at AI because it steals our work, consumes vast resources and produces mediocrity, but along the way it also traumatises the people - mainly in the developing world - who are paid a pittance to train it. Theft, abuse, environmental destruction, all to make rich men richer. Burn it all.theguardian.com‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AIWomen in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies 318582
Reposted by ATPLiz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 05/02/2026The Frank Stronach trial will soon start. I wrote about how to actually help survivors of sexual violence: through paths outside the courtroom, and by not cutting off their funding www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comElizabeth Renzetti: High-profile names like Frank Stronach get all the attention. But this is how to really help victims find justiceAlternatives to trials may better serve victims of sexual violence. 1163
Reposted by ATPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes. Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us. 332539683
Reposted by ATPNPR @npr.org · 11/01/2026A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.n.prInside a Gaza medical clinic at risk of shutting down after an Israeli banA recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise. 27380219
Reposted by ATP🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 10/01/2026To paraphrase Margaret Atwood…”men are afraid that women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will kill them” 121320304
Reposted by ATPThe Lancet @thelancet.com · 02/01/2026More than 1 billion women and children were exposed to violence worldwide in 2023. On our first cover of 2026, a Comment highlights the urgent need for preventive measures to address this crucial public health priority and save lives. Read this & more: spkl.io/63322Alsfi 13525
Reposted by ATP🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 08/12/2025If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers* *not all men** **but most of them 582579371
Reposted by ATPDenise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025So happy my girl @supriya.bsky.social is out here opinionating again: "When Canada walks away from feminist policy, it abandons a key driver of poverty and strife. And when Canada appears to bow to bro-signalling ... it has joined the league of polite misogyny." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comSupriya Dwivedi: Mark Carney is giving in to the brosFighting poverty and violence around the world means embracing feminist ideas. 413056
Reposted by ATPKate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 27/11/2025Anyway there's an NDP leadership debate tonight and hooboy if there were ever a time for the NDP to offer up some alternatives, this is it 719643
Reposted by ATPAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/11/2025"The 'ceasefire' is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." — #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911aje.ioNo, there is no ceasefire in GazaIsrael’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover. 10447287
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Fascinating story and a good reminder of why, in the age of AI-fueled grift, if it sounds a bit too good to be true, then dig deeper... 120
ATP @permanentnomad.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Transgender Awareness Week is a time to protect, advocate for, celebrate, uplift, understand, and honor our trans community. ❤️ open.substack.com/pub/thosener...open.substack.comWhat is Transgender Awareness Week?Transgender Awareness Week is a time to protect, advocate for, celebrate, uplift, understand, and honor our trans community. 020
Reposted by ATPKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expressionThe Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. 301239509158