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For anyone who wants to write to NP about this article, here are contacts that I am pretty sure are correct: Author: ygoldstein@postmedia.com Opinions Editor: bmah@postmedia.com Editor-in-Chief: rroberts@postmedia.com

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 9h

Oh I very much think this is antisemitism.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 9h

Since 2023, I think I have contacted the editors at NP about 10 times about deeply antisemitic articles they've published. Look like I will have to write another one...

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 9h

"Political violence for thee, not for me." - Those people, presumably.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 28/09/2026

“What do you call it when governments take deliberate steps to make voting more difficult? “Voter suppression — and it’s alive and well in Quebec.” #polqc

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 16h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 16h

BC has the opportunity to elect a govt that can make real change in regular people's lives. I hope people get familiar with the BC Green Party this election.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 30/09/2026

Fuck these guys, fraternities, Cornell, lowlife scum on X, all these loser ass men.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 30/09/2026

I pay $165 CAD in Quebec (and I think AUD and CAD are at par right now) 😭😭😭😭

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 30/09/2026

Et c'etait que l'année dernière qu'il a coupé $550 millions du budget du département des pêches et océans... #CADpoli #CDNpoli #Environnement

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Men are the root cause of pretty much everything bad btw.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

I love that you can call up companies and ask for replacement parts instead of having to throw something out. Just got a new air fryer basket and vacuum crevice tool to replace broken parts. Much cheaper and less wasteful than buying a whole new appliance.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

It's so good!!! And I am almost done reading the trilogy series too.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Jesse Brown's X-rotted conspiracy-rattles brain enters the chat...

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Overall, access to COVID vaccines has been more difficult in Canada than the US. From my own experience getting COVID vaccines in Quebec, I have never seen pre-filled ones (for mRNA). It could be that we don't allow pre-filled but I'm not sure just guessing.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Nationalism always has and always will take the people on a hard right turn.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

This is what doctors are telling patients in QC. We have a tiered system here for vaccines which may be different from ON. Pharmacies order free vaccines through govt and the paid ones through private distributors so pharmacy has to manage the cost (very difficult to get appts here because of it).

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

For QC, you still need to find a pharmacist willing to purchase it and they will want to have at least 10 people confirmed to be getting it. So it's a longshot... But at least it's possible now.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Slightly lower (about the same) % of voter turnout in advance polls compared to 2022 election. Please get out and VOTE next Monday on election day!!! #electionQC #polQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

This used to be the easiest way to travel to my grandparents' home in Huntsville. Happy to hear the Northlander will be coming back! Central and northern Ontario need better transit!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

And for anyone interested in the English factor... The only words I saw were hand-written and they were: - IN - OUT - STOP #polQC #ElectionQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

All that above was just to prepare ppl who are going to vote for what it might be like and the answer is, not great... But still vote!!! One positive note: our democracy isn't perfect but I'm glad to live in a place where we have so many political parties and candidates to choose from! #electionQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Also someone made a comment about the party I was about to vote for while waiting in line and was laughing at this party and like isn't it a common sense rule that you don't talk politics at a polling station???

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

I have voted in two federal elections, one provincial, and one municipal since moving to QC and this was the first time I was asked to remove my mask to vote. Heads up for any #CovidConscious folks. #electionQC #polQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

They were very intense about their no phone rule but didn't seem to care about the crowding and tripping LOL

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

It took 50 mins and several people were angry. The employees really didn't seem like they expected anyone to come today and were really disorganized with crowding, tripping, fire safety issues. #polQC #electionQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 28/09/2026

Long lines at the advance voting station in my area this eve, but at least people are out voting! #electionsQC

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Disgusting, desperate behaviour from Bradford here. Please share and support the incredible folks at the National Observer!

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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD.

Threads post from @protextor

“I'd kill for my daughter."

OK. Will you risk social inconvenience by calling out your peers loudly and to their face? Or is that bare minimum real-life scenario scarier than your hypothetical one? 1/2

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 28/09/2026

I suffered through this while waiting for #BB28 to start.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/09/2026

another day, another bit of evidence that the scientists who willingly hand over proprietary information to AI firms may experience some consequences

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values. Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 27/09/2026

Eastern Canada is jealous of you.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 27/09/2026

Seeing Chiquita Mère like one of the leftist influencer account's posts about hating on queer disabled ppl was not what I wanted to see tonight but also doesn't surprise me because she was already not masking in like 2021 when most ppl were. 😭😭😭

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Assuming Anglos are anti-sovereignty is silly and I hate being told what my views are based on my mothertongue. Chances are my vote will be for a party that is MORE left than QS anyway!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Nothing more annoying this election as an Anglo than being told I'm not voting QS because I don't want a referendum. I am pro-sovereignty!!! I am not voting QS because my local QS MNA has been useless when I contact him with issues & because QS wants to maintain CAQ education cuts!!! #polQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Flooding the zone is mentioned! The strategy Carney has expressed his admiration for and is obviously putting into practice now!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

This was such an interesting episode of CBC Ideas in their series on fascism. It details how comparison is useful, should be allowed, but to also identify what is new and different in our current fascism. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

I didn't expect to see Montreal as San Francisco when I turned on Unabomber.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Assuming Anglos are anti-sovereignty is silly and I hate being told what my views are based on my mothertongue. Chances are my vote will be for a party that is MORE left than QS anyway!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

See the subreddit for the TV show Silo for plenty of examples of this.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Calling any crochet peeps, I’m new to crochet and I can’t find a clear answer on Google 😭 Can someone pls explain what the “Rnd 10” means when it says to work in the flp (that’s front loop only) of rnd 7? Like do I just randomly grab the front loops from round 7 as I go? Helpppp

Crochet pattern reads:

Rnd 9: With C2, ch 1, [sc in next 2 sts, inc, sc in next 2 sts] 3 times - 18 sts.
Rnd 10: Ch 1, working in flp of Rnd 7, [sc in next st, inc, sc in next st] 6 times;
join - 24 sts.
Rnd 11: Ch 1, [sc in next 3 sts, inc] 6 times; join - 30 sts.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Is this what they mean when they say we need AI literacy???

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Bonne journée des Franco-ontarien.n.e.s! Et SVP, si la francophonie du RoC vous tenez à cœur, portez plainte à l'ombudsman de l'Ontario à propos du déménagement du campus Glendon!!! #ONfr

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

There's no liberation without disabled liberation! Fight ableism, fight fascism!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

WE ARE BEING MANIPULATED TO FIGHT EACH OTHER!!! It is so obvious that disabled people are the current target of intentionally contentious discourse because disabled people have always been a target of fascists because nobody cares about (or even worse, actively despise) disabled people!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

All the leftist influencer activists showing their asses this week. If solidarity only extends as far as you and your problems, it's not solidarity.

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