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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Not my mat. I’m visiting Kentville for Pride, staying at the Yellow House on the Hill.

Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I'll be speaking in Halifax on Tuesday to Robert S. Wright's criminology class at Saint Mary's University, about how 2SLGBTQIA+ people – like African Canadians and Indigenous people – are constructed as criminal identities by systems of law enforcement.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

NEW!! After centuries of genocide and slavery, did you think we couldn't up our game? Try our latest product launch. It's to die for. See link in first comment, to remarks by Dr Cornel West.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I'll be part of a panel on local Queer history Tuesday night, 8 July at 6:30 on Zoom. Here is the link to register: smu-ca.zoom.us/.../register...

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I don't know enough to vouch for this Trans Lifeline, but if it is reputable, I'm sure it serves a critical purpose. The US number is (877) 565-8860. The Canada number is (877) 330-6366. Monday–Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM Pacific, 1 PM to 9 PM Eastern, 2 pm to 10 pm Atlantic. Comment if you know more.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Living here in America right now feels like that time. Stuck riding shotgun in a car with a drunk driver. – Chuck Wendig

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Their ambulance came under Israeli fire on the way to collect injured people from an earlier airstrike. 13 of the dead were in a convoy dispatched to retrieve the bodies of their colleagues. One was a UN employee. A Red Crescent paramedic is still missing. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say

Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I like the sound of this bottle in the US section of a Newfoundland liquor store.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Wondering whether to travel to the US? You may end up in a prison-like detention centre being treated like an animal. It happens to white Canadians with a passport. People of colour & those from less privileged countries face far worse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Trans women in men's prisons face dire and life-threatening circumstances. The US govt is murdering Trans people. Some Canadian conservatives support such policies. People I love would suffer and die under a Poilievre govt. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order

Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Mayflowers with buds ready to bloom when the weather warms.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We've got a new anthem! And you can dance to this one. With thanks to Gloria Gaynor. Lyrics Gord Moran; vocals Sonya Zaback; produced by Wayne McFaul www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...

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We Will Survive

YouTube video by Jesse McFaul

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The Honourable Mr Hees. He deliberately wore shirt collars one size two tight.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Trump's thugs escorted Zelenskyy out after a public shouting match. This is not good news, but better than signing over Ukraine's mineral resources to the US. Time for NATO-minUS to rally behind Ukraine, as Denmark's Mette Frederiksen has called for. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Ukraine ‘gambling with world war three’, Trump tells Zelenskyy in fiery meeting

Meeting between US president and Ukrainian leader degenerated into shouting match before being cut short

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Artist Kelly Mark died on 21 February. Each of her works – economical, playful and challenging – was a Zen koan manifested in an object or performance. Her company was as witty and stimulating as her art. She will be sorely missed. The art will endure. Photo: Exist, 2009. Ph: Steve Farmer.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Oh but cis men’s psychological security is so easily bruised. (To be clear, I identify as a sis man.) It grieves and alarms and enrages me to see the increased harassment and danger my Trans friends are being exposed to.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Earth First. Just met with people from 5 continents to monitor the ecosystems in which we live. Proud citizen of the most beautiful, miraculous planet in the known universe. Grateful to share it with my fellow humans and all other life forms. We have a lot to do. Now let's get to work. Photo ESA.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

12 There is no neutrality. Non-commitment is a betrayal of the responsibility we owe our fellow humans and the living world. Study history. Form discussion groups. Organise. Slava Ukraini! Black Lives Matter. Women, Life, Freedom! Free Palestine! Vive le Canada !

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

11 Keep your eyes on the prize; but prepare to get your hands and your principles dirty. We won't like all our coalition partners; may choose expediencies we had once ruled out. The task is to survive, enough of our principles intact to have a hope of rebuilding, better, a shattered world.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

10 Expel the US from NATO now: there are ample grounds. It threatens other members with military aggression, supports Russia against Ukraine and subverts democratic processes in member states. Rename and expand NATO to include Japan, South Korea, Australia, Ukraine, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, etc.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

9 Don't give the US time to further corrupt or destroy multi-national institutions. The General Assembly of the UN must suspend the Security Council and strip its permanent members of their veto power.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

8 Liberal democracies must re-arm. We must seek anti-fascist alliances where we can on every continent. Assume that a world war is beginning. It has. Do we have the means to win this fight? We do, because we must. The choices are to fight or to die. Ask Ukraine.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

7 The US piggy bank is smashed. Its military is in the hands of the enemy. The surviving liberal democracies must fill the gap: to fund UN programmes, defend Ukraine, deter Russian, Chinese and US aggressions. No truck, no trade with the US or Russia. Extreme caution with China.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

6 Prepare for the corruption or destruction of public-serving institutions: universities, museums, libraries, archives, responsible media. Secure independent communication channels. Act now to duplicate, smuggle out, hide and safeguard all critical records, research data, cultural artifacts.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

5 Don't pin hopes on the US judicial system or the mid-term elections. By all means, use any available instruments to delay the carnage and buy time for the resistance. But expect American democracy and the US constitution to be demolished before this summer.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

4 Trump is a frontman: he is not the power behind the coup. The tech bros, Project 2025 and their ideologues are the real threat. Beyond Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg lie Peter Thiel, Russel Vought, Curtis Yarvin, Kevin Roberts. Learn their names. They are running the world now.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

3 Trump cannnot be negotiated with. He is immune to diplomacy; he does not bargain. He may be tactically distracted or manipulated. Diplomacy is useful inasmuch as it gives him cover to retreat, but the only real options are to surrender to him or to defeat him.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

2 The Musk coup is more than a national coup. The tech oligarchy seeks to consolidate a global corporate totalitarian dictatorship. A fascist alliance whose power transcends national boundaries seeks to destroy democracy and reduce the nation state to an instrument of its power.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

1 This is not 1933 Germany. It's worse. The coup coincides with a civilisational crisis of climate change; it is nuclear armed. The USA is not a troublesome friend. Their government is our enemy, and seeks our destruction. The US is now the most dangerous nation in the world.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Twelve Basic Observations I am reposting this as a single thread. I am still learning the interface (I did very little on Twitter), and posted it here first as 12 separate posts.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Some mobilising energy to encourage our American friends. AOC was a waitress when she beat a major Democratic machine candidate with a $3 million kitty. You can see why when you hear her talk.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

They’re like a small sweet grape. The flesh is a similar consistency.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I've kept fuchsias for years – outside during summer, indoors during winter. They seem happy enough to bloom through all seasons. This past year, they've produced a lot of berries – which are edible, and quite delicious. I plan to eat this one after I've posted its picture.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) has long been a fearless champion for justice. Since the Trump/Musk takeover, he has emerged as one of Canada's most eloquent spokespeople. charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-yeats-t...

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ON YEATS, TRUMP & PUTIN

Dispatch from NATO, Brussels – Day 1

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The revolution may not be televised, but the collapse of civilisation will be posted on social media.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Two More 11 Keep your eyes on the prize; but prepare to get your hands and your principles dirty. We won't like all our coalition partners; may choose expediencies we had once ruled out. The task is to survive, enough of our principles intact to have a hope of rebuilding, better, a shattered world.

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Robin Metcalfe @robinmetcalfe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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