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Tanya McGinnity

@tanyamcginnity.bsky.social
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Death-positive Buddhist into pugs, good books, and punk rock. Pronouns She/Her

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Oh my God, this is adorable.
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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · 26/06/2026
Om Malik was a great tech blogger when tech was fun. 1966–2026.
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Om Malik, 1966-2026
Om Malik was a great tech blogger in the times when tech was fun. "Blogging is not about opinion but it is about viewing the world in a certain way…
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
for a sec i thought this was some kind of mash-up and i experienced the purest form of existential bliss
paddington 4, escape from NY
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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 13/04/2026
The main reason why I will never publish a thing on Substack* is because I don't want my image to be associated with a platform that promotes rapists and hosts literal Nazis I will happily use @offprint.app and @leaflet.pub instead
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Jennifer X. Pumpkins 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
an inspiration for us all. she got out.
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Tanya McGinnity @tanyamcginnity.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I let my @ndp.ca membership lapse for a bit but signed up because I believe in and am energized by @avilewis.ca Deadline to join is today. act.lewisforleader.ca/become-an-nd...
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Join the NDP to Vote for Avi
Become a member of the NDP! Members can vote in the party's leadership race to elect a new leader.
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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LA Star @lastar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Paul Bunyan sez FUCK ICE.
An illustration of Paul Bunyan, the giant American mythic lumberjack, giving one ICE agent a wedgie, and punting another with a shoe. Another ICE agent has just slipped and eaten shit on the ground, without anyone’s help. The text reads PAUL BUNYAN SEZ FUCK ICE.
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
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Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 05/01/2026
We have entered a new era of threats to Canadian sovereignty. Old alliances will not save us. Safeguarding our freedom and our democracy is up to us. To that end, you are invited to a virtual town hall discussion of civil defence on Thursday, Jan 22nd, at 8pm Eastern. RSVP here: bit.ly/cd_meeting
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Exploring Civil Defence. In an increasingly dangerous world, it pays to be prepared. Join a conversation exploring what a civil defence network is, why it matters, and how Canadians can start to build one. Date: Thursday, Jan 22. Time: 8pm EST/5pm PST. Hosted by Tim Ellis, more guests to be announced. RSVP: bit.ly/cd_meeting

Above the text, a Canadian maple leaf logo is emblazoned on the outline of a shield shape.
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 04/01/2026
Many of you have called or texted to ask my thoughts on the rapidly developing situation in #Venezuela I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/ REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!
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The Long Road Ahead For Venezuela
Welcome to a special edition of Double Click Newsletter. The following are broad thoughts and analysis of the recent events in Caracas, Venezuela. For full disclosure, the author, now a U.S. Citizen a...
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Tanya McGinnity @tanyamcginnity.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Shout of the Union
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Tanya McGinnity @tanyamcginnity.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I had absolutely no idea about this story. Wow.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 05/11/2025
Reposting my favorite Mamdani campaign video in case anyone is curious about why he won: his love of NYC and New Yorkers is front and center. And his video team was spectacular. youtu.be/Q5e6ihnji-M
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Why we walked the length of Manhattan
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Tanya McGinnity @tanyamcginnity.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Please sign and share this petition if you believe Quebecers should have the choice for a #naturalburial in a shroud. It boggles my mind that many Muslims and Jewish people are denied this option since #Quebec is the only province with rules against this practice. www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/exprimez-...
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Pétition : Demande visant à permettre l'enterrement en linceul - Assemblée nationale du Québec
Ouvrir
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Watch to the end 😭
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.
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2025, So Far
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...
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steph m. @stephmoney.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Need to migrate your newsletter for some reason? We will do this for you for FREE 💙
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Brendan Kelly @brendanfromndg.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I have a book coming out in October on our beloved Montreal Canadiens and their complex complexed relationship with their home province. It is called, Habs Nation: A People's History of the Montreal Canadiens. You can pre-order the book here: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/ha...
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HABS NATION - Baraka Books
Habs Nation is the story of how hockey's most winning team has always skated hand-in-hand with the people of Quebec and won 24 Stanley Cups.
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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 04/07/2025
It is lost if you think of it as a binary battle with win or lose outcomes Its not lost if you try to imagine lessening the harm we do to ourselves, and the species of plants and surviving animals that will continue on after we have extinguished our current reality Life is bigger than our lifetime
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Veena Gokhale @veenago.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hello, My 3rd work of fiction, Annapurna's Bounty, Indian Food Legends Retold, was released in Canada on June 3 and will come to the US on July 1. It's an inspiring retelling of diverse food legends from India, paired with delicious recipes! And it's getting noticed: www.veenago.com/media/
Annapurna's Bounty cover
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Ed Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now the definitive source for evidence-based vaccine recommendations in North America. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Statements and publications - Canada.ca
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) makes recommendations for the use of vaccines currently or newly approved for use in humans in Canada, including the identification of groups at ...
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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Looking for some great socially engaged Buddhists on Bluesky? Check out my Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/AUbMndt #Buddhist #meditation #engagedbuddhism
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Gander Social @gandersocial.ca · 22/04/2025
After a long bit of toiling, we're proud to announce the launch of Gander Social—a project to bring a new kind of social to Canadians. Canadian owned and hosted, a feed you control, privacy-first, consent-based, respectful by default. Join the Early Access program: gandersocial.ca
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Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I just want to be liberated one day from having to hear anymore about US politics.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 19/11/2024
If you like the work we do at Techdirt, this is a great way to support it, as proceeds from the campaign will be used to fund our continued reporting, at a time when that's more necessary than ever. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...
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One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game
A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform
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The Game Bakers @thegamebakers.com · 04/03/2025
Check out the Women's Day Sale on Steam! Our games Furi (-50%) and Squids (-85%) are on sale, and Cairn and Haven were selected to participate, along with many other fantastic games made by women led teams!
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman, 2025
Amazon vehicle brags “I’m electric boogie woogie woogie”
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I miss the world in which this was commonplace knowledge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...
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Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
YouTube video by International School History
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 20/02/2025
As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump falsely claimed “fraud” to attempt to steal the 2020 election from the people—he failed. Now, he’s falsely claiming “fraud” to steal the government from the people—he’s succeeding. The analysis below proves Trump’s DOGE is ideologically targeted, meant to consolidate exec power.👏 Adam.
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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · 25/04/2023
👋🏿 We're excited to be on Bluesky! There doesn't seem to be a reading community here yet, so let's start one. If you're a reader, introduce yourself!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The last few years have taught us that no one is coming to save us. The good news? We’ve realized we don’t need to wait—we’re building community, showing up for one another, and cultivating joy. Read my reflections, now free from behind the paywall: www.altrightdelete.news/p/be-the-hel...
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Be the Helpers
Approaching Trump 2.0 with a different mindset
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024
Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
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Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024
Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
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Melissa Nadia Viviana @thebeatphilosopher.com · 14/11/2024
Are you interested in discussing the deeper meaning of life? Comment below and I'll add you to my Philosophy starter pack. Both casual and professional seekers welcome. go.bsky.app/3VU9eMb
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/11/2024
Y'all, @naomiaklein.bsky.social is here. You know, the GOOD Naomi. Essential follow.
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Patti Digh @pattidigh.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Reading now.
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 10/11/2024
one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
A Probably Incomplete List of Bluesky User Safety Mechanisms

Protecting your posts
• disabling replies on your posts
• limiting replies on your posts to people you follow, mention, or include in specific lists
• disabling quote posting on your posts
• detaching your post from someone else's quote
• changing the above interaction settings even after a post is sent hiding replies to your posts for yourself or for everyone
• self-labeling your media for adult or graphic content to protect other users
• limiting account visibility only to logged in users
• note: this is not 100% enforceable but all major bluesky clients and apps support it

Limiting your interaction
• blocking users from seeing or interacting with your posts
• if you block after an interaction, they vaporize
• if they've replied already, the entire thread below their reply is cauterized for everyone, floating in space detached from your post
• note: your blocks are publicly visible via 3rd party apps
• muting users to remove them from your notis and feeds, and hide them in replies
• note: your mutes are private
• muting or blocking entire moderation lists of users
• note: inclusion in a list is public via third party apps. muting a list is private, blocks via a list are public
• subscribing to other people's mod lists
• note: your subscription is private, muting & blocking work the same
• subscribing to labelers (moderation services) from bluesky or third parties
o decide whether to show, warn, or hide posts that have been labeled in each category
• report content that should be labeled to bluesky and/or third parties labelers
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 10/11/2024
Repeating psychological terrorism across networks means you are amplifying psychological terrorism, full stop. Describe, link out, whatever, but I am begging you to stop reposting these fucking losers’ graffiti all over every surface as a way of handling your feelings.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 06/11/2024
For people in Canada (especially Quebec), my website has a detailed list of mental health resources if you need that today: brockdishart.com/mental-healt... #MentalHealth
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Mental health resources - Brock Dishart
A comprehensive resource list for 2SLGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other individuals seeking help for mental or physical wellbeing in Canada.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
This is a good check-in from Billy Wimsatt at the Movement Voter Project. I imagine it speaks for many of us.
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Worst Election Ever… now what do we do? - Movement Voter Project
Please read these raw reflections from MVP Executive Director, Billy Wimsatt. Here is what we know for certain: Trump will try to move us backwards. We will do everything in our power to stop him.
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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
As the executive director of a small non profit anti racism organization, I really hope that people transfer the energy they are putting into the election into local groups and campaigns post election. Your energy is needed long after Election Day.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
my soundcloud is check out HOW WOMEN MADE MUSIC: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music! so many great writers (I have an essay about the Detroit Cobras! @anniezaleski.bsky.social on Gaga! Ann Powers has the intro! edited by @alisonf.bsky.social ! bookshop.org/a/22613/9780...
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How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music a book by Alison Fensterstock, Inc National Public Radio, and Ann Powers
Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music--from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dol...
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
An 85 page Government Accountability Office report shows that Black girls face more discipline and more severe punishments in public schools for the same behavior than girls from other racial backgrounds. Dem. congressional members including Mass. Rep. Ayanna Pressley requested the study. #BlackSky
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Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school
The Government Accountability Office found that Black girls received nearly half of the most severe punishments, like expulsion, even though they represent only 15% of girls in public schools.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
Some folks have reached out about wanting to make a donation in Steve's name somewhere, and I think the best possible thing you could do in his memory is drive the GOP into the dustbin of history by beating them up and down the ballot. He reposted this thread recently, so maybe start here.
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