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the heightening engagement with politics lately is encouraging, as you cannot have a democracy without informed cititzens.

here is a reading list i believe may better equip one with the tools to navigate political discourse with clarity; deepening ones ability to be critically engaged

#politics #philosphy #criticaltheory

the heightening engagement with politics lately is encouraging, as you cannot have a democracy without informed cititzens.

here is a reading list i believe may better equip one with the tools to navigate political discourse with clarity; deepening ones ability to be critically engaged

#politics #philosphy #criticaltheory

this piece explores the Indigenous history of Niagara—from deep time land use, to trade, naming, treaties, and dispossession

it traces how our region functioned long before colonial systems reshaped land and economy, and why the past here isn’t finished with tourism and commercial promise

but can flourish from the seeds of togetherness and sustainability the land has sewn within

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disclaimer: i am not Indigenous and as a result my findings (though cited) are still drawn from published scholarship and documented records, not oral history. it cannot by any means replace the knowledge held by the communities whose ancestors shaped this land long before it was bordered or claimed

this piece explores the Indigenous history of Niagara—from deep time land use, to trade, naming, treaties, and dispossession

it traces how our region functioned long before colonial systems reshaped land and economy, and why the past here isn’t finished with tourism and commercial promise

but can flourish from the seeds of togetherness and sustainability the land has sewn within

______

disclaimer: i am not Indigenous and as a result my findings (though cited) are still drawn from published scholarship and documented records, not oral history. it cannot by any means replace the knowledge held by the communities whose ancestors shaped this land long before it was bordered or claimed

a season this old was never really about perfection

it was always about gathering whatever light we could find, sharing whatever warmth we had, and remembering each other in the dark.

in the longest night of the year, we learned to make our own brightness — and somehow, all this time later, we still do

when you look back far enough, the season unravels into a long chain of meanings older than the word ‘christmas’ itself

the solstice sits at the root — each tradition onward different in expression, but all answering the same turning of light, the same need to gather, the same instinct to keep hope warm

and somehow, that old ethic still holds. every culture, every era, every group found its own way to say the same thing: stay close, share warmth, trust the light will return

we’re no different now — our version is just louder, wrapped in LEDs, calendar sales and overstimulated cheer

beneath it, i do believe we are still doing what people have always done in the longest nights of the year: reaching for each other, trying to make a little brightness out of the dark

LINK IN BIO

a season this old was never really about perfection

it was always about gathering whatever light we could find, sharing whatever warmth we had, and remembering each other in the dark.

in the longest night of the year, we learned to make our own brightness — and somehow, all this time later, we still do

when you look back far enough, the season unravels into a long chain of meanings older than the word ‘christmas’ itself

the solstice sits at the root — each tradition onward different in expression, but all answering the same turning of light, the same need to gather, the same instinct to keep hope warm

and somehow, that old ethic still holds. every culture, every era, every group found its own way to say the same thing: stay close, share warmth, trust the light will return

we’re no different now — our version is just louder, wrapped in LEDs, calendar sales and overstimulated cheer

beneath it, i do believe we are still doing what people have always done in the longest nights of the year: reaching for each other, trying to make a little brightness out of the dark

LINK IN BIO

funny how a city that hosts millions can still have crumbling roads and the longest er waits in the province.

niagara doesn’t need a mini vegas — it needs its own wealth to finally stay home.

i love this place, but i’m tired of watching it give everything and get nothing back.

link in bio. piece on Doug Ford’s Destination Niagara “plan”

funny how a city that hosts millions can still have crumbling roads and the longest er waits in the province.

niagara doesn’t need a mini vegas — it needs its own wealth to finally stay home.

i love this place, but i’m tired of watching it give everything and get nothing back.

link in bio. piece on Doug Ford’s Destination Niagara “plan”

to feel deeply is to be human. to be human is to carry more than we ever admit.

here’s a love letter to the tenderness that makes us who we are.

i’m working on a critical analysis of empathy in the Ethic of our Being. i shortened the idea into a more digestible read that can help (firstly me lol) and my audience grasp some ideas before we jump into the deep end with their logic. stay tuned for the deeper piece that:

• draws on levinas, arendt, and butler alongside coulthard, simpson, and mbembe to show how our openness to others is both the root of our humanity and the beginning of our vulnerability

• traces how empathy becomes strained and unevenly distributed across colonial, racial, and political lines, echoing these thinkers’ shared insight that some bodies are asked to feel far more than others.

• ultimately, it argues that caring makes us more human, even as the world—shaped by the histories these theorists expose—turns that beautiful capacity into a burden no one was meant to carry alone

peace and love always, link in bio 🤍

to feel deeply is to be human. to be human is to carry more than we ever admit.

here’s a love letter to the tenderness that makes us who we are.

i’m working on a critical analysis of empathy in the Ethic of our Being. i shortened the idea into a more digestible read that can help (firstly me lol) and my audience grasp some ideas before we jump into the deep end with their logic. stay tuned for the deeper piece that:

• draws on levinas, arendt, and butler alongside coulthard, simpson, and mbembe to show how our openness to others is both the root of our humanity and the beginning of our vulnerability

• traces how empathy becomes strained and unevenly distributed across colonial, racial, and political lines, echoing these thinkers’ shared insight that some bodies are asked to feel far more than others.

• ultimately, it argues that caring makes us more human, even as the world—shaped by the histories these theorists expose—turns that beautiful capacity into a burden no one was meant to carry alone

peace and love always, link in bio 🤍

The wealth beneath Indigenous lands built Canada. The poison stayed behind. Our people displaced. The corporations got immunity. Taxpayers funded the cleanup.

• 2.5 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide peak annually; Sudbury
• 10 tonnes of mercury into Grassy Narrows waters
• 55 miles of radioactive river at Elliot Lake
• 60 chemical plants on Aamjiwnaang land

• $173+ million taxpayer dollars for Grassy Narrows cleanup (still incomplete)
• $33+ million for Sudbury regreening (only halfway done.
• Billions in corporate profits — Zero corporate liability.

And we called this progress.

Now in 2025, we are trying to do it all over again.

This time, it is pushing new pipelines through Coastal First Nations territory while Wet’suwet’en land defenders carry criminal records for protecting their own lands.

New blog post on the Canadian history that is colonial extraction and Indigenous dispossession—link in bio.

The wealth beneath Indigenous lands built Canada. The poison stayed behind. Our people displaced. The corporations got immunity. Taxpayers funded the cleanup.

• 2.5 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide peak annually; Sudbury
• 10 tonnes of mercury into Grassy Narrows waters
• 55 miles of radioactive river at Elliot Lake
• 60 chemical plants on Aamjiwnaang land

• $173+ million taxpayer dollars for Grassy Narrows cleanup (still incomplete)
• $33+ million for Sudbury regreening (only halfway done.
• Billions in corporate profits — Zero corporate liability.

And we called this progress.

Now in 2025, we are trying to do it all over again.

This time, it is pushing new pipelines through Coastal First Nations territory while Wet’suwet’en land defenders carry criminal records for protecting their own lands.

New blog post on the Canadian history that is colonial extraction and Indigenous dispossession—link in bio.

It’s starting to feel like we’re sharing the same spaces, but somehow drifting further apart than ever.

I don’t think we meant to lose each other, it just sort of happened.

Years of scrolling through algorithm-curated environments have trained us to meet profiles instead of people, to evaluate instead of encounter. The other person arrives pre-categorized through markers, processed as a bundle of attributes, approached as an object of utility within an already-mapped social field.

Even offline, we’re drifting into habits that keep us performing, guarded, and half-present.

This piece is about that shift: how platforms quietly rewire how we see, hear, and relate. Not just online, but in the room together. 
Not politics. Not tech critique.

Something deeper: what happens to our humanity when real presence becomes the rare exception instead of the norm.
 • Why does saying something honest feel like exposing a fault line? • Why does it feel risky just to let a thought sit unpolished for a second? • Why do conversations skim the surface even when both people swear they’re “being real”?

It’s not that we’ve become cold, it’s that we’ve been conditioned to perform instead of connect. To evaluate, not encounter. To look, not really see.

But every once in a while — a long talk, a quiet walk, a moment with no phones around; that sublime reflective moment — you feel it again: that sense of genuine connection.

It’s wild how rare that’s become.

LINK IN BIO 📝
——————
• This piece is a rather heavy read. It is a not-so-formal indepth critical analysis rooted in ontological philosophy.

If these ideas are of interest to you but some wording or theory is confusing, just give me a shout! We can talk about in a more digestible nature. Or I can post another rundown bridging some concepts.

We are all but mediums to pass knowledge onward. Peace and love. 🤍

#criticaltheory #existentialism #ontology #phenomenology #socialmedia

It’s starting to feel like we’re sharing the same spaces, but somehow drifting further apart than ever.

I don’t think we meant to lose each other, it just sort of happened.

Years of scrolling through algorithm-curated environments have trained us to meet profiles instead of people, to evaluate instead of encounter. The other person arrives pre-categorized through markers, processed as a bundle of attributes, approached as an object of utility within an already-mapped social field.

Even offline, we’re drifting into habits that keep us performing, guarded, and half-present.

This piece is about that shift: how platforms quietly rewire how we see, hear, and relate. Not just online, but in the room together. 
Not politics. Not tech critique.

Something deeper: what happens to our humanity when real presence becomes the rare exception instead of the norm.
 • Why does saying something honest feel like exposing a fault line? • Why does it feel risky just to let a thought sit unpolished for a second? • Why do conversations skim the surface even when both people swear they’re “being real”?

It’s not that we’ve become cold, it’s that we’ve been conditioned to perform instead of connect. To evaluate, not encounter. To look, not really see.

But every once in a while — a long talk, a quiet walk, a moment with no phones around; that sublime reflective moment — you feel it again: that sense of genuine connection.

It’s wild how rare that’s become.

LINK IN BIO 📝
——————
• This piece is a rather heavy read. It is a not-so-formal indepth critical analysis rooted in ontological philosophy.

If these ideas are of interest to you but some wording or theory is confusing, just give me a shout! We can talk about in a more digestible nature. Or I can post another rundown bridging some concepts.

We are all but mediums to pass knowledge onward. Peace and love. 🤍

#criticaltheory #existentialism #ontology #phenomenology #socialmedia

This Alberta–B.C. coastal export pipeline MOU is deliberately vague by design. There is no finalized route, port, or tanker spec yet. What exists is a political deal that assumes a Northern Gateway–style export system through the Great Bear Sea and Haida Gwaii region, which implies VLCC-scale tankers in some of the most sensitive Indigenous waters on the planet. On even the most generous assumptions, that means sinking roughly $20 billion over 30 years into an asset that only returns about $9–15 billion in public revenue while sacrificing far larger gains that same money could deliver in housing, clean water, climate resilience, and public infrastructure—a structurally net-negative investment.

Link in bio!

#albertabcpipeline #canada

This Alberta–B.C. coastal export pipeline MOU is deliberately vague by design. There is no finalized route, port, or tanker spec yet. What exists is a political deal that assumes a Northern Gateway–style export system through the Great Bear Sea and Haida Gwaii region, which implies VLCC-scale tankers in some of the most sensitive Indigenous waters on the planet. On even the most generous assumptions, that means sinking roughly $20 billion over 30 years into an asset that only returns about $9–15 billion in public revenue while sacrificing far larger gains that same money could deliver in housing, clean water, climate resilience, and public infrastructure—a structurally net-negative investment.

Link in bio!

#albertabcpipeline #canada

the snow beat us, but community still blooms!

instead of the clean up, i’m going to host the gathering at my home — opening my doors to the warmth of good conversation and community togetherness

bring what you can. 11am to 2pm!
at the very least bring open hands, open hearts n open ears

have art to sell or promote? any new music u makin? any crafts u been crafting? bring it all. everything. show it off. sell it. trade it. give it away.

we’ll sit n chat about the power of togetherness, positivity, peace, love — the power of more soul

there will be some larger talking points & prompts for them available. but i just want everyone to talk through their most genuine voices truly

this is just the beginning of a large chapter i am ever excited to begin unfolding, so join us as we write the first page. together.

i’ll have warm winter drinks, some snacks, some winter movies n music rollin behind our voices n laughter!

let’s start talking about the change we wish to see in our community 💙🗣️

#moresoul #wintergathering

the snow beat us, but community still blooms!

instead of the clean up, i’m going to host the gathering at my home — opening my doors to the warmth of good conversation and community togetherness

bring what you can. 11am to 2pm!
at the very least bring open hands, open hearts n open ears

have art to sell or promote? any new music u makin? any crafts u been crafting? bring it all. everything. show it off. sell it. trade it. give it away.

we’ll sit n chat about the power of togetherness, positivity, peace, love — the power of more soul

there will be some larger talking points & prompts for them available. but i just want everyone to talk through their most genuine voices truly

this is just the beginning of a large chapter i am ever excited to begin unfolding, so join us as we write the first page. together.

i’ll have warm winter drinks, some snacks, some winter movies n music rollin behind our voices n laughter!

let’s start talking about the change we wish to see in our community 💙🗣️

#moresoul #wintergathering

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