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Gardener. From flack to florist. From PR to peonies. Still fluent in spin. I media scan, therefore I am. Mister Rogers/Mary Oliver stan. Born at 326 ppm. Old married broad. Mom. Dogs' person. Canadian. she/her #BlackLivesMatter #LFC #ElbowsUp

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muted light on rock outcrop and foliage

muted light on rock outcrop and foliage

Signs form a language, but not the one you think you know.

Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

20.02.2026 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Recap on Carney and Anand on #Iran:

1️⃣ They support the US and Israel's attacks.

2️⃣ For three days, πŸ¦—πŸ¦—πŸ¦— on international law.

3️⃣ Carney: actually, we support attacks "with regret" & it's prima facie illegal

4️⃣ We can't rule out Canada joining in.

Seriously: What will they say tomorrow?

05.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Appreciate the handful of public figures that continue to say true things. Diminishing crew but holding my sanity down so bless

05.03.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As key messages go, that's a super weird one. Was muddying the meaning the goal?

05.03.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The problem is that apparently he's used it with Canadian audiences too. He likes to use blood and soil together in a sentence.

05.03.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, just its use normalizes extremist rhetoric.

05.03.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No Canadian soldiers should be endangered for Benjamin Netanyahu's 40-year-old fantasy and the Epstein Files.

"One can never categorically rule out participation," Carney replied. "We will stand by our allies when it makes sense."

05.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
The Artist's Garden at Issy les Moulineaux

The Artist's Garden at Issy les Moulineaux

The Artist's Garden at Issy les Moulineaux, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16315

05.03.2026 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, found the same thing on dog walks today.

05.03.2026 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People are *praising* it? Oh wow. I'm a bit surprised that people don't know the reference.

05.03.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Did our PM actually use β€œblut und boden" in a sentence?

05.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The former politician to big bank vice-chair pipeline continues.

04.03.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of several basket weaving banners and placards on display at the student protests today at Queen's Park. #Onpoli

04.03.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am still laughing (darkly) at your "matryoshka dolls of nepo babies".

04.03.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what goddess do we need to pray to what Etsy witch do we need to hire to rid ourselves of this family of corrupt barnacles

04.03.2026 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa, Fuzzy, that's awful!! So sorry.

04.03.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pathological entitlement is a family trait.

04.03.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Grammarly Is Offering β€˜Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authorsβ€”Dead or Alive The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writersβ€”without their permission.

Grammarly's new AI tools necromance famous dead authors, and "humanize" copy to make it sound less robotic. But it also failed to detect obvious plagiarism when @milesklee.bsky.social tried it: www.wired.com/story/gramma...

04.03.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

"The biggest retirement challenge that no one talks about, in my experience, is finding purpose."

Yes, so much focus on financial planning and so little on 'life-planning'. If we haven't given thought, in detail, to what we want our daily life in retirement to look like, we haven't planned.

04.03.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That gender gap...

"Half of men (50%) support the military action named β€œOperation Epic Fury”, while 20% of women say the same. Two-thirds of past Conservative voters (64%) back the air strikes, compared to just 17% of past Liberals."

04.03.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mark Carney’s Iran reaction raises doubts about what he stands for In this dangerous world, Canada needs to see clearly what we are dealing with. But we also need to remember who we are.

Is it that he’s raising doubts about what he stands for, or we don’t want to acknowledge what he stands for?
Because from where I sit, his actions have been remarkably consistent: economic transactions above all other concerns and don’t ever do anything to upset the US.

04.03.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

"That should be the easiest question. You should be wanting to answer that question."

Noem does not, in fact, answer the question. She just repeatedly calls it 'garbage'. That's not an answer.

04.03.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a lie every bit as egregious as those that were used in an attempt to justify the Iraq war. Moreso in that even more people know it is untrue.

04.03.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

β€œRates right now nationally seem to be decreasing around 5%,” @donvinh.bsky.social said.

β€œAlberta seems to be lagging behind. Their rates are still higher, somewhere around 7% or so.”

What a surprise that the least flu vaccinated province is lagging. This is on the anti-vax Smith government.

04.03.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They keep coming like a horde of zombies.

04.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

[Screams inside my heart.]

04.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

How do I know I just had RSV? An at-home rapid antigen test.

How did my dogs' vet know she just had RSV? A rapid antigen test at her doctor's office.

Both of us have used this knowledge to protect elderly family members.

RATs should be more accessible than they are, for many reasons.

04.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wag the Dogs.

04.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you haven't already, consider subscribing to @thetyee.ca -- they do amazing work and I'm so grateful to them for partnering with me on this story!

04.03.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

100%. There is no consideration for disability or age.

I watched what happened last week with snow clearing in NYC in awe.

04.03.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0