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Last Seen Profiles
Nipissing First Nation Chief
@Chief_S_McLeod
, who told the AFN to never play a video of Poilievre ahead of residential school survivors in 2022, had this to say about his address to the assembly:
“You don’t come into our assembly and call us ‘our Indigenous People.’”
#cdnpoli
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Just after Jeremy Skibicki was found guilty, Cambria Harris, daughter of Morgan Harris, said this about Poilievre not mentioning missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in his address to the AFN:
“If he’s gonna put those boots on he better start walkin’ em.”
#cdnpoli
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Julia Romano wants to get one thing straight: although her brother is the lights-out pitcher for the
@BlueJays
, she's the famous one in the Romano family.
Well, if you ask her, she’s a “full-time famous person and a part-time lawyer.”
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New
#StarTracks
! With music from…
📀
@maggierogers
📀
@Beyonce
📀
@fireboydml
📀
@MakayaMcCraven
+ more!
By
@rdassaly
,
@DemarJGrant
,
@hereisae
+ me 🖍
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Some news… (!!!)
I’m joining
@CdnPressPoli
on July 10 to cover two incredibly important beats on the hill: Indigenous and gender issues.
This also means I’m leaving
@TorontoStar
on July 5 — a place that has given me so much room to grow, and one full of people I love.
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New year, new job!
I’m so excited to start at
@TorontoStar
as one of their year-long interns today, and I’m honoured to be in the same role as so many great journalists before me.
Reach me at apassafiume
@torstar
.ca ✨🗞
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Another update:
Cait Alexander is demanding an apology from Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld
She described the antics of the committee, and Vandenbeld, as “abusive,” and accused the Liberal of trying to use her trauma for political gain.
#cdnpoli
UPDATED STORY: Two witnesses stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting Wednesday, after Liberals tried to steer a planned discussion about violence against women towards the topic of abortion rights.
#cdnpoli
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Some (small) news from me:
I’m joining the city desk at the
@TorontoStar
after some time on the audience/digital side!
I look forward to writing more about equity and culture, and I would love to hear what stories you think deserve more attention.
DMs are open! 🗞
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After nights of crying and taking naps for an hour before writing again, the story I wrote with
@jaminlmike
is alive.
It was a labour of love, and I’m honoured to share my family’s story and the stories of young Indigenous leaders taking TO by storm.
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Some ~news~ this morning (not as big as Friday’s) BUT…
I’m back at the
@TorontoStar
⚡️
Very excited to join the Star’s new Express Desk and reunite with the digital team I’ve come to love during my time as a one-year 📰
Catch me again at apassafiume
@thestar
.ca ✨
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Some ~news~
Yesterday was my last day with the
@TorontoStar
The past year has challenged me in ways I didn’t expect and allowed me to see what I’m capable of doing when strong, supportive and understanding editors and colleagues are on my team. I’m so grateful.
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Hey Twitter! Today is my first day interning at the
@globeandmail
as a national news reporter!
If you have any news tips, let me know 📰
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If this is my last personal news tweet on this platform, so be it: I’m joining the
@TorontoStar
’s health team!
Excited to join this talented group and report on the issues affecting healthcare in the province, but also the stories y’all think deserve attention, too. Reach out!
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I cover gender/Indigenous issues and I am Italian/Anishinaabe
If you have any tips/story ideas, my email is in my bio :)
@CTVNews
@alespassafiume
She covers ‘gender’
Imagine being native and selling out to state funded media
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And I may have accidentally made her cry…
A year ago, Jules was working as a corporate lawyer on Bay Street and was being reprimanded for creating content on the side. Now, she’s… famous.
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Bb’s first award nom! Thank you
@caj
❤️
And thanks to the
@TorontoStar
for giving me the space to write stories that are important to me.
Emerging Indigenous journalist finalists:
🏆
@brittany_guyot
, APTN Investigates
🏆
@_JennFrancis
, CBC Indigenous
🏆Matteo Cimellaro, National Observer
🏆
@AngeMAmato
, Canadian Press
🏆
@alespassafiume
, Toronto Star
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Kate Spade is under fire for ‘cultural appropriation’ for their Sunday Stripe Organza Midi Skirt, with people accusing the brand of stealing the design from an Indigenous artist.
“I understand why a lot of our people would be upset,” one designer told me.
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Two witnesses stormed out of the Status of Women committee meeting today after Liberals tried to steer the planned discussion away from violence against women toward abortion.
#cdnpoli
with more to come:
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How many of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action has Canada completed in 2023?
Zero, finds
@Yellowhead_
At this rate, the 94 calls to action will be complete in 2081 — 16 more years than they predicted in the last report
#cdnpoli
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My first article for the
@globeandmail
is out!
I spoke with the
@ab_vax
crew about their efforts to get more Albertans vaccinated in the race toward herd immunity.
Check it out 💉🦠
Two Alberta women are using social media to help people get a vaccine shot
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“If King Charles is willing to accept this inheritance and all its privileges, then he also needs to accept the genocidal actions that were necessary for them to gain that wealth and privilege.” -
@MOHAWKEMOTIONS
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Cynthia Macgillvray, an ODSP client, was sitting on a bench in front of No Frills Tuesday while another customer offered her contacts for food-share organizations.
This, as Statistics Canada announced the food inflation rate has soared to a 41-year high.
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Some students are carrying signs saying “masks keep everyone safe” and “safer schools 22”
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I’m now part of the “I avoided COVID for two years just to get it in July 2022” crowd 🫠
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Some more student-led chants calling for mask mandates, increased gov’t transparency, more COVID testing and safety in schools
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I chatted with the most famous person in Toronto this week, AKA @/julesthelawyer on
@TikTokCanada
, about her kids (two sphinx cats), being spotted in public in typical celebrity fashion, and her “feminist household” (and laughed the entire time).
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When they learned that Ontario’s plans to address climate change would not prevent catastrophe, they organized, marched in the street and demanded to be heard.
When that didn’t work, they decided to take the province to court.
/
@MarcoOved
@TorontoStar
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Two years into the pandemic and I’m still amazed at the misinformation people share on their Instagram stories
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This rug is the best purchase I’ve ever made. I love you
@IKEACanada
And on that note: I’m finally settled into my new place in Ottawa, and I’m stoked to start at
@CanadianPress
tomorrow!
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This is my new cat, Frankie, and you should expect me to post about her 900 times a day 😽
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“There’s going to be a village behind every Black student and their families” this upcoming school year, said Moya Teklu, executive director and general counsel at
@BLAC_Ontario
. “We’re levelling the playing field.”
Here’s how.
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Very busy here on the road near Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s office in King City. Cars honking, signs waving, chanting… chanting.
#cupestrike
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Lost my first award beside my first mentor and I wouldn’t have it any other way ❤️
Thanks for a fun, chaotic, excellent etc weekend
@caj
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Hey! We're here at Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute for the Ontario Students for COVID Safety walkout.
Live updates to come at 11 when students are expected to walk out:
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“This compensation recognizes the serious harms First Nations, children, youth, and families suffered including unnecessary family separations and the denial of life saving and life wellness services,” said
@cblackst
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“I hate coming here,” she said. “You get in there and (food is) double the price.”
“Near the end of the month, you don’t even know where your next meal is going to come from. I don’t know how much longer people are going to last on the income they have.”
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.
@TorontoStar
is hiring for its *paid* one-year internship program — you know, the one that gave so many journalists their start (myself included)
Applications are due Friday at 6 p.m. Happy to answer any questions folks might have about the Star/the job!
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Whenever I sat at my desk, my Anishinaabemowin workbooks, the relics of dropped Zoom language classes, stared at me in disappointment as they collected dust.
Then I found The Language podcast:
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If you’re experiencing a crisis or see someone who is in downtown west,
@2SPFN
wants you to think twice about calling 911.
Try calling 211 instead.
Instead of being connected with police, you’ll reach a new Indigenous-led crisis response team.
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Hi. Welcome to my first tweet as a verified person who has no business being verified
Thank u
@Twitter
🥳
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Been to a
@BlueJays
game lately? You may have heard people chant @/julesthelawyer when her brother takes the mound.
“He’s like, ‘Literally every single day when I’m in the bullpen, someone is yelling at me that I'm @/julesthelawyers’s brother.’”
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Thinking about this story idea I wrote down at 4 a.m. during the pandemic in 2021, likely half asleep:
“ehat r the animals up yo”
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators blocked access to the AGO where PM Trudeau was scheduled to host a reception for Italian PM Giorgia Meloni this p.m.
#cdnpoli
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An Indigenous music and arts festival is ready to take over Yonge-Dundas Square this weekend with
@LoganStaats
,
@_aysanabee_
, Northern Cree + more
Here’s more about Ziigwan:
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“I had a rush of emotion. I felt it in my heart,” said Saugeen First Nation Chief Conrad Ritchie about learning of the landmark decision.
“We have something now that our ancestors and everybody has been fighting for over the last 170 years.”
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Chants picking up again for the
#cupestrike
outside Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s constituency office in King City.
“When I say lying, you say Lecce!”
“Hey hey, ho ho, Ford and Lecce gotta go!”
Reminder
@TorontoStar
has live coverage:
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In my internship interview for the
@globeandmail
,
@JournoMaddie
said, “journalism is a team sport, even if only one person gets a byline.” During my time at The Globe, I realized how true this was. So, it’s time to thank the team for the last six weeks.
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Education support staff are “more important than the government portrays them,” said one mother of three.
“They’re the voice on the other end of the phone when I would call in the mornings and say, ‘I need help.’”
Parents on the
#cupestrike
⬇️
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Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch Red Dress Alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis.
#cdnpoli
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Spent my weekend making a new ribbon skirt for 2S powwow, and it’s lookin’ cute as heck 🌈
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Spent the past few days working on this lil quilt/picnic blanket 🐝
Major thank you to the grandmas on YouTube for creating the most beginner-friendly tutorials 🫡
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On Tuesday, Statistics Canada announced the food inflation rate had soared to a 41-year high, with Canadians paying 10.9% more than they did a year ago, even though the general rate of inflation is edging a bit lower at 7%.
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Scotiabank Arena? Nah, this is Harry’s House.
@Harry_Styles
fans have been hanging around (and, at some points, camping) outside the venue since Saturday night to secure a spot at the coveted barricade for
#HSLOT
🕺
📸: Andrew Francis Wallace/
@TorontoStar
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Today, I’m officially a 2x
@westernuFIMS
grad, and ~apparently~ I’m a master of journalism and comms
@WesternUMMJC
.
Congrats to everyone convocating today! 💜🎓
#WesternClassof2021
#MMJC6FeetApart
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UPDATED STORY: Two witnesses stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting Wednesday, after Liberals tried to steer a planned discussion about violence against women towards the topic of abortion rights.
#cdnpoli
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Cait Alexander, who heads advocacy group End Violence Everywhere, had just shared her personal story of abuse suffered at the hands of an ex-boyfriend.
She and another witness left the hearing during continued squabbling among MPs, whom she accused of acting like children.
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Emma Jamed, a Grade 10 student, says the province isn’t protecting students the way they should be.
Reporting cases should be a top priority and mask mandates in schools should be in place for at least 2 more weeks, she said.
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Was chatting with a beekeeper last night and he asked me which podcasts I listen to. I told him, then he said, “you listening to only news podcasts is like me only listening to podcasts about bees,” so now I’m in a crisis
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Students have started walking out, most chatting near the front of the school
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In May, I spent a week at Niizh Manidook Hide Camp — a Two Spirit hide-tanning camp in aptly-named ‘Bucktown,’ or Delaware Nation at Moraviantown.
Here’s my account of it, and some reflections:
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Leaving you all with this photo of my Nonna trying on a VR headset for the first time today
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Protest is over, but here are some more student voices:
Edison Kong, a Grade 11 student, said without cases being reported in schools, parents and students aren’t aware of outbreaks that can affect them.
Masks should be in place “a bit more,” he said.
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Since she began posting videos on her TikTok account, @/julesthelawyer, in 2020 — mainly to add some life and laughter back into her days during the COVID-19 pandemic — she’s amassed more than 100,000 followers and 5.6 million likes.
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This internship set me up in ways I couldn’t imagine. It is so important, as is
@TorontoStar
@JesseBrown
Happy to report the Star brought back the paid (always) internship program several years ago. We've just welcomed 10 journalists to the year-long program, and six student journalists to the storied "radio room" (also paid, always) program.
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Got a little antsy not writing about bugs since my time at
@TheSpec
so
@SincerelyPriya
+
@karonliu
gave me some room to do it for the
@TorontoStar
’s food section 👀
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Service Employees International Union Healthcare members outside Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s office in solidarity with
@CUPEOntario
workers.
“Respect us, protect us!”
@TorontoStar
live updates file here:
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11:22 p.m., still no new national chief. But we have phones and selfies and (no) coffee
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If you’re reading this thread and you’re thinking, “Wow! I really wanna read more of her work! And what is this wacky sense of humour?” and you’re looking for freelancers or a new reporter to join your team, reach out!
’Til then, catch me on a well-needed craft break 🧶🧵🪡🧣
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What ever happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ‘most important’ relationship with Indigenous Peoples?
I spoke with half a dozen leaders — including the Indigenous services minister — about that relationship and what comes next:
#cdnpoli
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If the AFN is the Olympics,
@CBCOlivia
@BrettForester
@Kanhehsiio
@CreesonAPTN
@KerrySlack_APTN
and everyone at the media table gets a gold medal for managing to impressively cover three huge stories today, plus the happenings of the assembly itself.
(Plus! two other days)
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The amount of toys I’ve bought my kitten since bringing her home: 📈
Her interest in those toys over time: 📉
Her preference to play with literal garbage, bags and pens: 📈
At least she’s getting cuter every day 🥳
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Featuring the incredible creative vision and photography of Paige Taylor White, who had the idea of “Indigenizing colonial spaces.”
As the photos rolled in, and as I saw her work her magic behind the lens, I knew they would impact others as much as they impacted me.
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According to
@Yellowhead_
’s new Status Update on Reconciliation, Canada won’t meet all 94 Calls to Action from the TRC until 2065.
Here’s how Canada fared this year, with more to come from me today:
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From TTC Metropasses to the CN Tower: 11 Toronto sightings featured in Pixar’s
#TurningRed
✍️
@madiwongg
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When the Pope delivered his apology to residential school survivors, Terra Roy was in the bush tanning hides with a dozen other Indigenous youth in North Bay.
“Put your phones down,” Roy told those watching. “You’re living your ancestors’ wildest dreams.”
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My New Year’s resolution is to stop using the word “chat” in interview requests
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I love talking to older relatives about my job because they refer to it as “journaling” and I think they imagine me sitting with a little notebook doodling all day, writing little notes, etc
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Last week,
@joannachiu
and I chased Canadian health authorities for data about Strep A cases as three kids here died post infection.
(Spoiler: It wasn’t easy nor fruitful)
After three years of COVID, why doesn’t Canada have better health data?
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Inflation is at its highest level since 1991, hitting 6.7% in March, as the price of food and gas ballooned.
So is it time to switch to a discount supermarket?
@TorontoStar
’s
@ClarrieF
went shopping at three stores to find out 🤨
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Neil Hetherington, CEO of Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank, reported there has been a 50% increase in food bank visits since January, and around 182,000 visits per month.
The organization predicts they’ll serve around 240,000 people per month next year.
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People are showing up in suits to watch the new Minions movie and I am so confused 🥲
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Was very fun — and at one point very emotional — to join
@WesternUMMJC
’s
#mmjcupd8tes
cohort as a guest lecturer today to chat about ethics for their class about reporting on Indigenous communities.
@Romayne4
your course is in good hands with Percy steering the ship!
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In September,
@jaminlmike
,
@SincerelyPriya
,
@fkelly25
and I wanted to write something for the NDTRC, but we didn’t want it to be a story where people recounted trauma for non-Indigenous audiences to consume.
We did just that, and I’m so proud of our work
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Hayley Yap says she feels like academics are taking priority over student health.
And while the pandemic seems to be slowing down, they don’t know when the next big wave will be, she said.
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Finished off my masters on a random Friday night at home… the same way I finished my undergrad last year. Cheers to every virtual student who has made it work, and thank you to
@WesternUMMJC
for the past year.
#MMJC6FeetApart
🎥
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Every year
@kierstwilliams
steps up her homemade Christmas gift game.
This year? Strawberry earrings and a birchbark basket made with porcupine quills and sweetgrass 🍓
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Patiently waiting for the day when I can write a story and not have people reply with the most racist comments
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Would ya look at that! Four years of
@westernuFIMS
’s MIT is coming in handy (ty John Reed):
I wrote about the most disturbing, scary, cute and, well, traumatizing episodes of
@blackmirror
ahead of the sixth season to be released in June.
Good luck 🤳
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