Melissa Martin
@doubleemmartin.bsky.social
Happy writing fun ball. Born and raised on Treaty One territory. Living back in Winnipeg, for now, but left my heart in Kyiv.
It was an honour, and a challenge, to try and distill the life and work of trailblazing legal scholar Karen Busby into one story. In the end, maybe it comes down to this: somehow, she always found the time, most of all to be kind. www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
Scholar, educator and author Karen Busby tirelessly fought for groundbreaking human rights and social justice changes
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For this month’s edition of One Day: we spent one day at the St. Norbert Farmer’s Market, seeing how so many stories come together to create one of Winnipeg’s most popular summer traditions bsky.app/profile/winn...
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 5d ago6:40 a.m.
By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”
People don’t appreciate enough that even during a war, under martial law and a government that doesn’t have to worry about elections anytime soon, Ukrainians have shown multiple times that protest works
Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦@reshetz.bsky.social · 2w agoSyrsky out. Ukrainian cardboard democracy tradition alive and well
Five years ago, growing up in a tiny village in Ukraine, Andrian Makhnachov could never have imagined he’d be TikTok-famous in Canada — then he came to the prairies (now Winnipeg!), embraced his new home + Indigenous culture, and found a deeper connection. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Student of the Prairie
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Phone call with my close friend in Kyiv. Me: “I had such a Ukrainian day in Winnipeg yesterday!” Him: “You ate borshch, drank vodka, and got bombed?”
Just so I have this straight: USA Today, you published an entire article about a guy liking social media posts regarding his wedding?
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 4w agoTravis Kelce, who married Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden, showed his enthusiasm for the nuptials by liking several posts from wedding guests.
Russia just hammered Kyiv with 19 ballistic and cruise missiles in under 10 minutes. This comes hot on the heels of a brutal multi-hour attack on July 2. Awful night. They are ramping intensity again.
not to flaunt my newfound wealth, but the CRA just informed me i have three uncashed GST cheques from 2000 through 2003 i can still claim
This @doubleemmartin.bsky.social opinion piece is bang on. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Harm-reduction efforts may often seem imperceptible — but it’s the only way to lasting change
To live in Winnipeg now is to become entirely too skilled at looking away from what we cannot bear to see: the tents, the tarps, the man lying face-down on the street.
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This is so good. Once again @doubleemmartin.bsky.social's words made me emotional. How Scott & Anne Oake turned their heartache into healing for others is incredible. They are an example of true class.
Melissa Martin@doubleemmartin.bsky.social · last mo.For the new edition of our One Day (in the life) series, we spent a day at the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, seeing firsthand how the facility has brought together a whole community for, and of, men recovering from addiction. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
For the new edition of our One Day (in the life) series, we spent a day at the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, seeing firsthand how the facility has brought together a whole community for, and of, men recovering from addiction. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Winnipeg's Bruce Oake Recovery Centre staff lead participants from darkness, despair of addiction
10:30 a.m. The Bruce Oake Recovery Centre is awash in summer light. Sun streams through the tall windows at the end of each hallway; through the glass walls of the group rooms, where the men here to r...
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Trump: i surrender Pundits: he surrendered Iran: isnt there someone you forgot to ask?
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo agoArticle 1 of the MoU requires the end of the war in Lebanon and the preservation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Therefore, as long as the US does not "rein in Israel," there is no justification for opening the Strait of Hormuz or continuing negotiations on additional issues.-Tasnim
The Dutch doing this in fuckin Dallas, Texas is very funny to me, an American who has seen Cowboys fans who represent one of the most valuable sports teams on earth never approach this level of enthusiasm this century.
for some context, this is one of Kievan Rus’ great monasteries. I’m speechless.
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2mo agoSmoke and flames rise from the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital
If anyone needs good news — Maya Gebala, who was shot in the head in Tumbler Ridge and barely survived a massive brain injury, is now alert, smiling, and demonstrating she understands and can respond to speech, as well as some fine motor skills. Incredible to see. www.facebook.com/share/r/1DJf...
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Kyiv is getting hit extremely hard tonight. Sixteen ballistics on the capital so far, likely more coming. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, an extremely precious historic Orthodox monastery complex, is on fire. t.me/kievreal1/12...
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monitor@monitor.bsky.social · 2mo ago‼️ Київ — спуск балістики! 16та
People are offering to order the workers pizza and they said they aren’t allowed
lol at the person on the feed who yelled “do you need a crowbar?”
58,000 people watching the livestream. Feels like we could get this to a million in the next hour. Would make a great headline.
LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens
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this is going to be a bigger crowd than trumps birthday parade with the squeaky tanks lol
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2mo ago99 minutes until the compliance deadline.
For much of the last four years Russian officials have semi-regularly gone on Twitter or their propaganda talk shows and issued thinly-veiled threats to nuke London or whatever, nice for Canada to finally be included
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2mo agoAttention, Canada! Russia thinks you are warmongers for standing with Ukraine. "All masks have been dropped, revealing the true nature of a state that is by no means peace-loving, but rather a warmonger," Zakharova said.
Okay, a lightning bolt just hit so close to me it was insanely loud, caused something outside to flash and spark and that absolutely triggered my missile PTSD
A thread. The other day, I happened to clock the little AI-written bio attached to my name. It announced, quite confidently, that I was married, not to my husband, but to his brother. Particularly amusing, since my BIL is a proud member of the LGBQT community. I love him, but I am NOT his type. 🧵
A baby porcupine is called a porcupette. You’re welcome.
