Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
@risamcdonell.bsky.social
Canadian, public school music educator, and mom.
GO CANADA! 🇨🇦⚽️
(and boo FIFA 👎)
(and boo FIFA 👎)
June 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
GO CANADA! 🇨🇦⚽️
(and boo FIFA 👎)
(and boo FIFA 👎)
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
You have not truly lived until you have been to a middle school orchestra concert. There's like 60 kids here playing various stringed instruments all on a different page. I love it.
June 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
You have not truly lived until you have been to a middle school orchestra concert. There's like 60 kids here playing various stringed instruments all on a different page. I love it.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Bless these people!
This is how protests should be done, Americans!
Spontaneously and without permission.
This is how protests should be done, Americans!
Spontaneously and without permission.
Albania is erupting for the second consecutive day in angry mass protests against the Kushner land seizure deal worth $4 billion.
June 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Bless these people!
This is how protests should be done, Americans!
Spontaneously and without permission.
This is how protests should be done, Americans!
Spontaneously and without permission.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
This is the most corrupt administration in American history.
June 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is the most corrupt administration in American history.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.
June 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Tech executives are warning that AI could lead to “a level of wealth concentration that will break society.”
Those are their words.
I won’t accept that future.
Those are their words.
I won’t accept that future.
June 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Tech executives are warning that AI could lead to “a level of wealth concentration that will break society.”
Those are their words.
I won’t accept that future.
Those are their words.
I won’t accept that future.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
I just saw The Mandalorian And Grogu, and regardless of my opinions about it, this father/child duo was very cute to see
May 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I just saw The Mandalorian And Grogu, and regardless of my opinions about it, this father/child duo was very cute to see
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Destany Pete researched an Indigenous chokecherry recipe and achieved promising “in vitro” results on cancer cells. Her science project gained international recognition for combining traditional knowledge with modern laboratory experimentation.
May 9, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Destany Pete researched an Indigenous chokecherry recipe and achieved promising “in vitro” results on cancer cells. Her science project gained international recognition for combining traditional knowledge with modern laboratory experimentation.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.
April 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Look at the women at NASA.
They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.
And they are doing it all with joy.👇
They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.
And they are doing it all with joy.👇
April 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Look at the women at NASA.
They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.
And they are doing it all with joy.👇
They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.
And they are doing it all with joy.👇
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .
April 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
April 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
For those who don’t already: Take time to listen to music and do nothing else. Don’t scroll your phone, don’t text, don’t flip through a book. Just sit there and listen. Maybe even close your eyes. You might be surprised what a beautiful and therapeutic experience it can be.
March 30, 2026 at 4:48 AM
For those who don’t already: Take time to listen to music and do nothing else. Don’t scroll your phone, don’t text, don’t flip through a book. Just sit there and listen. Maybe even close your eyes. You might be surprised what a beautiful and therapeutic experience it can be.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying.
This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you.
In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.
This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you.
In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.
March 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying.
This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you.
In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.
This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you.
In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.
Successive Canadian Prime Ministers have not wanted spend money on 24 Sussex Drive, the official home, because they don’t want to be siren as spending money on a vanity project. Prime Minister Mark Carney currently lives in a two-story brick “cottage.”
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
3 options to replace 'inadequate' prime minister housing
An internal memo obtained by CBC News reveals that Rideau Cottage, the residence for past and the current prime minister, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to the government’s own...
www.cbc.ca
March 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Successive Canadian Prime Ministers have not wanted spend money on 24 Sussex Drive, the official home, because they don’t want to be siren as spending money on a vanity project. Prime Minister Mark Carney currently lives in a two-story brick “cottage.”
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
If young men channeled all their anger away from guns and back into lyrics in a recording studio, there would be a rock/metal industry renaissance we haven’t seen in decades.
March 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If young men channeled all their anger away from guns and back into lyrics in a recording studio, there would be a rock/metal industry renaissance we haven’t seen in decades.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Leak the Epstein Files already. End this global nightmare. Save lives. Enact actual justice for survivors and victims.
March 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Leak the Epstein Files already. End this global nightmare. Save lives. Enact actual justice for survivors and victims.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
If you need the real news watch CBC or BBC. They correct every Trump lie. Which is pretty much everything he says.
March 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
If you need the real news watch CBC or BBC. They correct every Trump lie. Which is pretty much everything he says.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 Canada's Mark Arendz collected his 14th career Paralympic medal while teammate Brittany Hudak earned her fourth in Wednesday's cross-country skiing races at Milano Cortina.
#Paralympics
#TeamCanada
www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...
#Paralympics
#TeamCanada
www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...
Canada's Hudak, Arendz each claim bronze in cross-country skiing at Milano-Cortina Paralympics | CBC Sports
Canada's Mark Arendz collected his 14th career Paralympic medal while teammate Brittany Hudak earned her fourth during Wednesday's cross-country events at the Milano-Cortina Games.
www.cbc.ca
March 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
🇨🇦 Canada's Mark Arendz collected his 14th career Paralympic medal while teammate Brittany Hudak earned her fourth in Wednesday's cross-country skiing races at Milano Cortina.
#Paralympics
#TeamCanada
www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...
#Paralympics
#TeamCanada
www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
🇨🇦 WHAT A START! Team Canada secures 3 MEDALS and 2 BIG WINS on Day 1 of #MilanoCortina2026!
Medals:
🥈 Kalle Eriksson & Sierra Smith (Guide) (Para Alpine)
🥈 Natalie Wilkie (Para Biathlon)
🥉 Kurt Oatway (Para Alpine)
The podium streak starts NOW.
Medals:
🥈 Kalle Eriksson & Sierra Smith (Guide) (Para Alpine)
🥈 Natalie Wilkie (Para Biathlon)
🥉 Kurt Oatway (Para Alpine)
The podium streak starts NOW.
March 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
🇨🇦 WHAT A START! Team Canada secures 3 MEDALS and 2 BIG WINS on Day 1 of #MilanoCortina2026!
Medals:
🥈 Kalle Eriksson & Sierra Smith (Guide) (Para Alpine)
🥈 Natalie Wilkie (Para Biathlon)
🥉 Kurt Oatway (Para Alpine)
The podium streak starts NOW.
Medals:
🥈 Kalle Eriksson & Sierra Smith (Guide) (Para Alpine)
🥈 Natalie Wilkie (Para Biathlon)
🥉 Kurt Oatway (Para Alpine)
The podium streak starts NOW.
Reposted by Risa McDonell 🇨🇦
Scottish Opera offers hugely discounted tickets to people under the age of 26. In fact most of the theatres here do, usually for around £10. Which means you could see a whole live show for less than the cost of a ticket to one of Timothee Chalamet’s films. Just saying.
March 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Scottish Opera offers hugely discounted tickets to people under the age of 26. In fact most of the theatres here do, usually for around £10. Which means you could see a whole live show for less than the cost of a ticket to one of Timothee Chalamet’s films. Just saying.