Bjork once called me cool. Author. Anarchist. Activist. Journalist. In Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Slate, Salon and more.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined July 2008
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Thanks! Perhaps my single greatest moment of validation. xitter.cf/bjork/status/997319006
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If Canada could actually interfere in US elections, I guarantee Trump would never have been elected in the first fucking place.
We all knew he was an asshole.
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A @COPEVancouver volunteer was responsible for capturing the skunk! Amazing work.
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No one in the U.S. has ever taken home less money because a raise put them in a new tax bracket.
My last raise, I took home less than I was before the raise . Cause I “entered a new tax bracket”.
Fuck this shit.
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Meet MAGAts Samantha Pelrine and Daniel Forand. This Plymouth, Massachusetts, couple used their positions of trust to allegedly run a house of horrors. Pelrine was a Plymouth Police officer and Forand operated Pilgrim Pest Professionals, a local family run extermination business he founded in 2021. Together, they are accused of weaponizing the foster care system against a child placed in their care.
The brutal reality of the allegations came to light in March 2026. A former foster child, who entered their home in 2018 at just 14 years old, went to the Massachusetts State Police to report seven years of systematic abuse. Investigators state that Forand began sexually assaulting the teenager in 2019, and Pelrine later actively joined in and initiated the sexual exploitation. The severe abuse allegedly continued until 2025.
The hammer fell in September 2026 when a Plymouth County grand jury issued a massive criminal indictment. Forand was arrested and hit with 20 total counts, including Aggravated Rape of a Child, Indecent Assault and Battery, and Assault and Battery. Pelrine was indicted on 3 counts of Aggravated Rape of a Child and 2 counts of Rape of a Child.
Following their arraignments in Plymouth Superior Court, Forand was held on a $25,000 cash bail while Pelrine was released on $10,000 cash bail. Pelrine has since been suspended by the state POST commission, and investigations revealed Forand's business had previously been banned from local schools and police headquarters due to his volatile behavior. They have pleaded not guilty.
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"I helped pull my fellow soldiers out of the vehicle and gave them medical assistance, even though I needed assistance too"
Toonies needed for the Wild Hornets-@toonie_tuesday fundraiser for the elite 77th Airmobile Brigade
Their crew barely survived an enemy drone attack but lost their vehicle
Please join us to get these heroes a new pickup needed to rotate troops and bring supplies on the Kupiansk front
Thanks to the Toonie Tuesday crew and community for supporting this powerful unit!
Fierce When Provoked. Unstoppable When Supported.
The 3rd Airmobile Battalion is an active combat unit of the 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade ("Naddnipryanska"), part of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. The brigade consists of four core airmobile battalions, an artillery group, a tank company, a sniper company, and specialized elements like the "Rubaka" attack drone unit. Active along the Kupyansk–Borova front in Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts (operating around areas like Kruhliakivka, Zahryzove, Pishchane, and the Oskil River) through 2024–2026.
Their truck was destroyed, and we will be working with the @wilendhornets to get them back on the road. Please take a moment to watch the video below and hear directly from one of the soldiers affected. You'll see what's left of their vehicle and learn why replacing it matters so much.
Tooniacs, we hope you'll join us tomorrow as we come together for these warriors and help provide the mobility they need to continue their missions.
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This is EXACTLY what Brad BradFORD will do. #DougFordIsCORRUPT #DougFordIsMAGA
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Ken Russell's direction towards Jarman for designing the convent being to stay faithful to Huxley's description of Sister Jeanne's exorcism as "a rape in a public bathroom"
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#OtD 21 Oct 1929 anarchist, feminist, sci-fi and fantasy novelist Ursula K. Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California. We have made available some of her little-known works in our online store. Check them out here: shop.workingclasshistory.com…
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This is Maragareta's financial agent. #bcpoli
Another week, another violent attack in downtown Vancouver.
Last night, a man was attacked with a hammer at 2:00AM during a suspected robbery.
After 9 years of NDP disorder, headlines like this are the norm. They shouldn’t be.
Thank you @VancouverPD for the quick arrests.
The @Conservative_BC plan, Safe Streets for BC, will hire 250 more police officers for crime hotspots, add 50 Crown prosecutors, expand court capacity, and publicly track repeat offending & bail compliance – so our justice system is accountable for results.
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I went to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and I liked that on the Egyptian wing they had a plaque mentioning how the western collectors throughout history depersonalized the bodies of the deceased and how important it was to remember that they were not a “mummy object”, but someone who was once alive and who had their own life and the importance of preserving their memory.
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I saw a post on Reddit that said, “When you walk through a museum, you’re not just looking at art. You’re moving through centuries of people trying to explain love, grief, power, beauty, and belonging.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a museum described so beautifully.
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Dockworkers across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas are set to strike on October 30th against imperialist wars.
They plan to shut down 100 ports to demand better wages and an end to their workplaces being used to transport bombs.
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Lock some people up.
BREAKING: A judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading consumers about their data privacy. cbsn.ws/4z27Nlh
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Imagine getting mad that people are on the street, but then also getting mad when they get housing.
Just say the quiet part out loud Jim, you do it all the time anyways.
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the most vicious harassment i and my loved ones have ever received came in the days after Rowling targeted me personally, posting uncensored images of my account to her millions of followers calling me a man in a dress. i had just turned 21, and had less than $100 in my account
J.K. Rowling has published a new essay defending her views on the trans community and calling out trans activism in the 21st century for being "elitist."
"My views haven't changed... what to me represents no change at all in my political or ideological outlook has, in recent years, seen me and women like me subject not only to criticism but also to death threats. This is because we oppose the current, dominant strain of trans activism, which holds that a man who declares himself a woman is, literally, a woman, and is therefore entitled to be treated as a woman in all contexts..."
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