Deirdre Maultsaid
@deirdmault.bsky.social
Educator, Writer, Poet, Queer, Nature lover, she/ her 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
DERIVATIONS is here: lukebradford.xyz/derivations It's a set of centos, with lines from: “Another Day” by @cteicher.bsky.social “History” by @camillerankine.bsky.social “White Box (notes)” by @afteriwasdead.bsky.social “Winter: Helmcken Falls” by @deirdmault.bsky.social and 107 more poems.
Derivations
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Advocates, experts warn against vilifying trans people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting
Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
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The response to the #TumblerRidgeShooting from far-right media, online commentators and even an elected official in Canada is another dark example of how pervasive anti-trans misinformation has become, even in Canada. Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee
No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.
thetyee.ca
a good read and good reminder “The focus should be on mourning, not weaponizing.”
The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 6mo agoThe response to the #TumblerRidgeShooting from far-right media, online commentators and even an elected official in Canada is another dark example of how pervasive anti-trans misinformation has become, even in Canada. Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
In some ways, #TumblerRidge appears almost too perfect to be true. But the heartache brought to the small northern B.C. community on Tuesday is only too real. @amandafollett.bsky.social writes.
A Love Letter to Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee
The northern community faces some of its darkest days ahead, but is famously resilient.
thetyee.ca
Thank you to frazzledlit.com @frazzledlit.bsky.social For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy". Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
Frazzled Lit | Substack
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I published, with many other writers, a tribute to trees: Worth More Standing caitlinpress.com/Books/W/Wort... Congratulations to all
I published a research article on Open Pedagogy and Care: irrodl.org/index.php/ir... Congratulations to Michelle Harrison, co-author with me. @michelleharrison.bsky.social
Anatomy is not destiny. If people could look within and undo their dangerous gender essentialist attitudes. Change! Be better! Protect human rights for all. I see you non binary people! I see you trans people. I see you fungi with your glorious 23,000 genders. Carry on. Thrive .
I published an Open Education Cases on Social Justice written by students, which I edited. kpu.pressbooks.pub/social-issue...
Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion – 2nd Edition – Simple Book PublishingShare on Twit...
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With Trans Rights Under Attack, Advocates Prep for the Election via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
With Trans Rights Under Attack, Advocates Prep for the Election | The Tyee
‘We're giving folks a way to speak up, to take action, to chat with their neighbours.’
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Canada: true north strong and...fierce. Love you.
We can’t stay here/ in the septic mud forts/ their cynicism/ brutalist flanks/ crumbling ports/ for weapons/ Wait, is that blood/ is that your broken heart?/ Get out. Get out!/ flee/ find love like a wide, green river/ rushing/ easy, easy/ "Wear a flower in your hair"/ they used to say. #poetry
Hope to connect with *Canadian* educators, creative writers, LGBTQ folks and.... international educators, writers, LGBTQ folks.
AI censors LGBTQ content. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The lost data: how AI systems censor LGBTQ+ content in the name of safety - Nature Computational Science
Many AI companies implement safety systems to protect users from offensive or inaccurate content. Though well intentioned, these filters can exacerbate existing inequalities, and data shows that they ...
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#New: Incompetence or worse? John Rustad and the BC Conservatives set out their education plans Sunday. And then changed them hours later. Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024 #bcpoli
Incompetence or Worse? The Case of the Conservatives’ Education Platform | The Tyee
Rustad’s party set out their education plans Sunday. And then changed them hours later.
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“There was a time when I believed that here, in my home of British Columbia, I could live my truth without fear. The past two weeks have shattered that belief. “The weight of this realization wears on me, and I pen this lament with profound sorrow.”
Is There Hope for Trans People in BC? | The Tyee
I believed I could live my truth without fear. This election is changing my mind.
thetyee.ca
Poem today in League of Canadian Poets: Poetry Pause poets.ca/pink-fur-pur...
"Pink Fur Purr" by Deirdre Maultsaid - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Pink Fur Purr" by Deirdre Maultsaid.
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Como muchos otros, abandoné Twitter porque no se ajusta a mis valores. No hace falta hablar de ello, por favor. Me uní a Instagram. Tenemos que usar Instagram en nuestros móviles. Qué inaccesible es eso.
Like many others, I left Twitter as it doesn't align with my values. Don't need to talk about, please. Joined Instagram. We have to use Instagram on our mobile. How *inaccessible* is that.