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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

update:filed a petition to the UN Human Rights Committee and received interim measures telling Canada to defer removal. CBSA has agreed to do so. Ridiculous that this had to go all the way to the UNHRC for any govt actor to respond - but removal is cancelled, now there's time to try to retain status

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is at almost 900 signatures! help us get to 1000! Roman's removal is scheduled for September 25. We are doing everything possible via legal routes, but we need the support.

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Toronto carpenter faces deportation after 30 years in Canada - A Toronto carpenter who spent 30 years living in Canada faces deportation as his lawyer says he was unfairly caught by refugee laws. Jon Woodward reports.

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Toronto carpenter faces deportation after 30 years in Canada

A Toronto carpenter who spent 30 years living in Canada faces deportation as his lawyer says he was unfairly caught by refugee laws. Jon Woodward reports.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our client has lived here for almost 30 yrs as a PR. He is waiting on a hearing at the FCA about the constitutionality of the legislation that led to the loss of his permanent residence status. We are now trying to stop his removal. Pls sign the petition & write to the minster: shorturl.at/mt00j

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Sign the Petition

Stop Roman’s Removal!

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Watched Amadeus yesterday (so fun) and All That Jazz today (incredible), I love movies again.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

been reading Anna Karenina for the first time this summer...I love it

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Embarrassing to me that I root for England

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

fifa sucks, america sucks, but the World Cup rules..I just love the truly global sport!

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

bringing back my site :) www.roxanaparsa.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A great run of reading recently: My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley (obsessed), Gilead (a reread, always great), American Pastoral (my first Philip Roth! loved it, want to do more), and now reading Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 23/04/2026

The frustration and anger that radiates off of Reed -- rightly so -- is truly an indictment of why money and fame supersedes victims.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

thankfully I didn't do this yet!

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Is it finally time to put away my winter coat? Don't tempt me

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

finally got to see this a few weeks ago, and it was really excellent and moving and it's so cool to see it getting justified praise

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

on a quest to reignite some fluency in French - I have high comprehension/reading, but speaking and proper grammar have disappeared - I can't let all my years of french school go to waste!

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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We didn't deserve this day.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My family in Iran has had very sporadic internet access the past month, so communication has been in spurts. They always say they're fine - one time even did a video call on apartment roof to show the home shaking and bombs in the background - while we sit here and watch and tell them to go inside.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

“a whole civilization will die tonight” is actually sickening, disgusting world and country that has allowed this, and canada no better for standing alongside as it continues

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

really recommend reading Naghmeh Sohrabi's substack, where she has been translating perspectives and experiences from inside Iran truethings.naghmehs.com/p/power-plan...

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Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, All Wrapped Up in One, in Iran

A beautiful letter from Zahra in Tehran as she waits for Tuesday

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Reza H. Akbari @rezahakbari.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

American and Israeli missiles hit Sharif University in Tehran tonight. Often called #Iran’s MIT, the institution has been home to some of the country’s best and brightest minds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since 1966. 1/2

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

decided to be on a quest to re-gain some fluency in French but I don't want to pay for classes at the moment, how can I actually accomplish this

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

what can you even say anymore..

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Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The electric outage in Tehran is quite serious. I can count at least 5 hospitals in the area that seems to be currently in the blacked out zone. www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...

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Power cuts in Tehran after energy infrastructure hit, Iran says, as industrial complex on fire in Israel

Tehran says it is

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I hated Project Hail Mary as it turns out that saccharine corny sci-fi is one of my least favourite types of movies (see also, everything everywhere all at once)

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the idea of going through an online checkout on my phone feels wrong

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

my haftsin is putting to good use all the little bowls I've made in pottery classes

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“The hour of the barbarian is at hand. The modern barbarian. The American hour. Violence, excess, waste, mercantilism, bluff, conformism, stupidity, vulgarity, disorder.” Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I have family in Tehran, my parents grew up there, the footage coming out is so so horrifying.

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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

For anyone unsettled by the threads of violence unspooling around the world, looking for steps forward, esp in the Canadian context, please join this: Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here: uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495

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Technical Collaborators: Canada's Tech-Facilitated Complicity with ICE and Beyond

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Zoom (Virtual) - Link to be shared prior to event Registration is required....

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

so jarring to go from twitter where all I'm seeing is about iran, to here...

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We cannot ask survivors to speak out about sexual violence while simultaneously punishing them for it. We cannot hold survivors responsible for their own justice while refusing to give it to them. We cannot expect survivors to come forward while making it impossible for them to do so.

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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Dan Rohde @danrohde.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This 👇

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

internet blackout still going in Iran

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Maryam Jamshidi @msjamshidi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

First of two posts - this one for those members of my pro-Palestine family who continuously frames events in Iran in terms of Israel’s machinations. The situation in Iran is far more complicated. Focusing only on Israel misses that complexity and is frankly insulting and unfair

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

my problem with my bsky feed is that it's sooo deeply american

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Iran has been under a complete blackout for 132 hours now, which means 6 days of no one being able to communicate with their loved ones while the state kills thousands of protestors.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Popping on here to say solidarity with Iranians forever. They have been under a communication blackout for 4 days now, but the stories emerging are horrific. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Iran protests: Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown across country

The BBC has received eyewitness accounts of security forces attacking anti-government protesters across the country.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

spending my evenings this week painting christmas cards and I can't stop!

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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Horrific: Doctors Without Borders is suspending medical work in Gaza City due to Israel's violence, including airstrikes & tanks less than 1KM from their facilities. Comes same day Netanyahu used his UN speech to scold dozens of nations for accusing him of committing war crimes.

The intense Israeli forces offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at risk.
• The unacceptable level of risk has led us to reluctantly decide to suspend our lifesaving activities in Gaza City.
• Israeli authorities must immediately guarantee unhindered access and security for humanitarian organisations operating in Gaza City.
GAZA - The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend vital medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation. The situation includes continued airstrikes and advancing tanks less than one kilometre from our healthcare facilities. The escalating attacks from Israeli forces have created an unacceptable level of risk for our staff, forcing us to suspend lifesaving medical activities.
"We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces," says Jacob Granger, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Gaza. "This is the last thing we wanted, as the needs in Gaza City are enormous, with the most vulnerable people - infants in neo-natal care, those with severe injuries and life-threatening illnesses - unable to move and in grave danger."
While large numbers of people have fled south due to evacuation orders, there are still hundreds of thousands of pople in Gaza City, who are unable to leave and have no other option but to stay. Those who are able to leave face an impossible choice: either remain in Gaza City under intense military operations and the deterioration of law and order, or abandon what's left of their houses, their belongings, and their memories, to move to areas where humanitarian conditions are rapidly collapsing.

At the same time, partially functional hospitals across the Strip are overwhelmed due to severe shortages of staff, supplies, and fuel. Patients also face enormous obstacles reaching care, often arriving late and in critical condition.
Last week alone, and despite the mounting offensive, our clinics in Gaza City carried out over 3,640 consultations and treated 1,655 people with malnutrition. We have also treated patients with severe trauma injuries, burns, as well as pregnant women and others requiring ongoing medical care who are unable to leave the city. This shows the scale of medical needs. Although we have been forced to suspend our activities in Gaza City, we aim to continue supporting key services in Ministry of Health facilities, including Al-Helou and Al-Shifa hospitals, while they continue to function.
Access to and the provision of safe drinking water, food, shelter and care is increasingly restricted. People in Gaza City have been repeatedly and relentlessly bombed. They are exhausted and are being deliberately deprived of the essentials needed to survive.
We call for an immediate halt to the violence and concrete measures at the necessary scale to protect civilians. Israeli authorities must immediately guarantee unhindered access and security for humanitarian organisations operating in Gaza City, and acceptable conditions for the safe and sustained delivery of medical care and humanitarian aid, conditions that are clearly not in place today.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Learning from Professor Gearty was a highlight of my LLM. He was the best kind of academic - brilliant and principled, while also generous and warm, always willing to extend time to students. So sad to hear this.

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Roxana Parsa @roxanaparsa.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

kloubakov & hockey canada coming out the same day...bad day for women and the law

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