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Barbara McEwen

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She/Her A very tired environmental scientist that probably should have done something artsy. I love reading, fibre arts (crochet, tunisian crochet, knitting), painting, collecting art, all that good stuff. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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I am nervous having to wait so long to get one. So ridiculous.

30.09.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is very bad at Environment and Health too. Morale is zero for those of us with ethics and morals.

23.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I watch her all the time!

22.08.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Asian dad across the back fence makes some bbq chicken that smells sooo good. It has me very close to overcoming my introverted ways to try to become their new best friends.

20.08.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Masterpiece!

18.07.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A hardcover book sits on a gray ottoman. The book is titled Magritte The Treachery of Images Edited by Didier Ottinger. The cover features a painting of a brown pipe with cursive writing underneath in French stating Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

A hardcover book sits on a gray ottoman. The book is titled Magritte The Treachery of Images Edited by Didier Ottinger. The cover features a painting of a brown pipe with cursive writing underneath in French stating Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

Friday night reading. How can I love art so much while despising writing about art so much? Maybe Magritte would approve since my shoddy understanding is that he wanted to fight against the traditional view of words being above images?
#art #arthistory #surrealism #painting

05.07.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed but can we get someone to expedite the process? She really shouldn't have to experience any wait time considering she's a VIP and all.

04.07.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are my fellow Canadians also feeling oddly patriotic for it being Independence Day? I love ya Canada. Yeah you are messed up and have some serious baggage but at least I have hope we are heading in the right direction. Most of the time? Dark times.
#Canada #USA #politics #patrotism

04.07.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No returns, no refunds!

29.06.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, life is hard enough, why on earth would I want to make it harder for other people? Let people be who they are and love who they love.

27.06.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For sure, it's horrific.

31.05.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! Finally

30.05.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aren't the anti-vaxers home schooling anyways? Or at religious schools?

30.05.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former Alberta pastor sentenced to 5 years for sexual exploitation, making child pornography | CBC News Brad Dahr will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty this morning to sexual offences.

I've said it before & I'll say it again: if it was ever actually about #ProtectTheChildenℒ️ you'd be protesting churches, not libraries or drag shows. Creepos. #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

25.05.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1106    πŸ” 302    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 42

In Canada we were taught this horrible stuff happened (mostly in the US), it was bad, and phewf, thank God that's over and racism no longer exists! Broke my heart getting older and realizing we were lied to about all of it! Lied to to avoid feeling guilty while others suffer(ed) unsupported!

03.05.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

29.04.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4483    πŸ” 1006    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 70

Carney talking about humility! Be still my patriotic heart!

29.04.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always feel like a bit of a ninja going to vote in my riding. A pointless task but I'm stealthy about it. I wonder if the Cons can identify me among them?! I do love how little our election process has changed over time though. Same little pencils and paper ballots! Love it.

29.04.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear Canadian Voter,
We thank you, we appreciate you, and we absolutely love your way with words. Please do not apologize for delivering the unbridled truth.

29.04.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2132    πŸ” 432    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 14

Canada has a tough choice to make today. We have to vote between our current prime minister who is well respected and already helping our country through a very difficult period -or- a weirdly damp guy who wants to take away our rights and sell our country to another country.

28.04.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1725    πŸ” 298    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 22

What a freakin' relief! Thanks to all the Canadians that made sure the CPC didn't win. I could kiss every one of you that voted for Fanjoy!

29.04.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Woman describes treatment she received at a Pierre Poilievre rally in Saskatoon April 24.

Woman describes treatment she received at a Pierre Poilievre rally in Saskatoon April 24.

25.04.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Thank you Ann πŸ‘

#neverCONServative

22.04.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1633    πŸ” 459    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 37

Losing a parent is horrendous! Shouldn't I be too old to feel this helpless? I suppose I am a perfectly acceptable age for a nervous breakdown. Is there a proper way to go about that? Yelp! #Fuckcancer

22.04.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

22.04.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 31019    πŸ” 10646    πŸ’¬ 1392    πŸ“Œ 901
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Ughh, pretty terrible, fearmongering article. Metals are toxicants not toxins, the metals they found don't sound like they were over allowable limits (limits were not even clear), and 'lead safe mama' clearly has some conflicts of interest hawking her own products.

18.04.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh, that's too bad. Yeah, not helpful.

10.04.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. Having worked for the province and the feds I would expect they would have to provide something if asked, for transparency purposes, but maybe NSERC works differently? People had to ask though.

10.04.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone here is posting facts and using logic to explain why Pierre Polievre is awful and extremely dangerous but is anyone else terrified that all the facts and logic just won't matter? I'm not sure anyone is listening. Are we as different from Americans as we would like to think? #politics #CPC

05.04.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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