Is the gratuity a straight up number or % of the grift? ๐ค
21.10.2025 23:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@tomasofthenorth.bsky.social
Ama ๐ท & writer. Poli Sci/History lover. Cook & ๐ท #GoPack, Wpg Jets; Jays. ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐๐โ๏ธ #FlashFiction is my jam. ๐จ๐ฆ F* every fascist CON out there. F* all AI. Shut Up and Write member since 2022. ๐ Here, near mountains - many ๐
Is the gratuity a straight up number or % of the grift? ๐ค
21.10.2025 23:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I approve of this message.
#FuckingScumbag
Best SFF of the year, Elbows Up edition!
Contains "The World in Our Hands" by Sophie Gazarian from FF#22, plus work by FF staffers @pbarmby.bsky.social and @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social, and lots of other incredible Canadian writers!
What's really strange about the spelling of Vancouver when it should be: C-A-L-G-A-R-Y.
No thanks required, fixed it for you.
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If y'all wanted your Whitehouse demo'd, you could've just got the Canadians to burn it down like last time. I mean, Trump has been threatening us an awful lot lately.๐ซ
20.10.2025 20:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I did all that on a long weekend in '84.
Good times.
That would be so awesome. make 'em famous.
20.10.2025 00:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The kids are alright.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kjz...
This band CRANKS!
19.10.2025 23:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Who plays the Doctor in a remake?
Pattison?
Holland?
Driver?
Inquiring minds need to know.
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And the receipts first - not the transfer of funds - show your work or fuck off, UCP - FTFO!
19.10.2025 22:25 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I visited Ireland in the spring of 2024 and on the flight home I googled 'emigration.'
If only I was ten years younger...
As much as Smith tried today to spin the childrenโs medication debacle as being the result of former premiers or leadership races or byelectionsโฆ
It was all her idea.
How do we know?
She said so.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Take my money, please!
19.10.2025 17:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just curious, but where did you take that shot? Reminds me of my trip last year to Ireland.
19.10.2025 17:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0He's maybe in terms of transition on industry, culture & finance that any PM in our history has to face, and that's including Laurier, King and Deifenbaker!
Little cocksucker 'Jeff from Calgary' is and would continue to a fucking disaster.
Pick a side, Canada, and get the fuck on board.
had to unfollow a few Canadians I thought were intelligent and interesting only to CONSTANTLY hear them bash the guy.
Is he perfect? Hell no.
is he getting shit done at a record pace? DAMN straight.
Real kitchen tables issues for these fuxkers of the UCP.
17.10.2025 03:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Old man yells at cloud
17.10.2025 02:39 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0BUT GRIEF IS A WALK ALONE Others can be there, and listen. But you will walk alone down your own path, at your own pace, with your sheared-off pain, your raw wounds, your broken heart, your denial, anger and bitter loss. You'll come to your own peace, hopefully... but it will be on your own, IN YOUR OWN TIME, IN YOUR OWN WAY. Out of ashes..
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12.10.2025 00:42 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0A mock greeting card styled as an official government communication from Alberta. On the left side of the open card is a fake invoice labeled โGovernment of Albertaโ with the provincial crest at the top. The address reads โAlberta Health, 10025 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1G.โ The heading says โINVOICE โ ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE,โ with details showing a charge of $100 for a COVID-19 vaccination administrative fee. A large red rubber stamp diagonally across the invoice reads โRETURN TO SENDERโ in bold block letters. Below, faint text clarifies โSAMPLE โ SATIRE / NOT OFFICIAL.โ On the right-hand side, a printed letter is addressed to โPremier Smith.โ The text reads: Dear Premier Smith, In April 2023, you made Health Care Guarantee, assuring Albertans that no one would ever have to pay out of pocket to see their doctor or receive the medical treatment they need โ no exceptions. I recently received a $100 administrative bill for a COVID-19 vaccine. In the spirit of your promise, I am therefore returning this bill to your office for correction. A Tax-Paying Albertan The card combines political satire and protest imagery, criticizing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for an alleged contradiction between a public healthcare promise and a supposed out-of-pocket vaccine fee. The โRETURN TO SENDERโ stamp symbolizes the senderโs rejection of the bill and their demand that the government honor its guarantee of no-cost healthcare. The overall tone is formal, ironic, and defiant, intended to highlight perceived inconsistency in provincial healthcare policy while emphasizing that the image is parody, not an authentic government document.
When politicians make guarantees, they must be held accountable. Albertans were promised no out-of-pocket costs for healthcare โ no exceptions. A $100 vaccine fee isnโt just a bill, itโs a broken promise. #Alberta #Accountability #HealthCare #AxeTheCaxTax #ABleg #ABpoli
14.10.2025 14:59 โ ๐ 46 ๐ 28 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2this province has over 400 MORE because our current gOveRnmeNt are demented christo fascist cunts.
Good luck 'Merica.
Yes - especially that fucking POS danie-boi mclean.
14.10.2025 00:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You probably already know abut David O'Keefe's book 'One Day in August" as it tells a ton about Fleming's role early in the war. A great read.
13.10.2025 20:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Painting of blue jay in Indigenous style.
Go Jays!
12.10.2025 20:47 โ ๐ 62 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0A pen and ink drawing. Panel One: A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room. A voice offstage says "You can't survive on books alone" The woman replies "Maybe I can!" Panel Two: "How?" asks the voice "I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman Panel Three: Caption: However The book is filled with yet more books. A skull sits on the chair. It says "I regret nothing!"
I've put a few new drawings up at
www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
There are also badges, prints and a zine at
www.tomgauld.com/shop
A three-circle Venn diagram titled โAlberta: When Ignoring It Is the Strategy.โ The circles represent โThe B.C. Ostrich Defenders,โ โMinister Lagrange (Measles),โ and โPremier Danielle Smith.โ The overlapping areas are labeled โDenial of Science,โ โThe Crisis Avoiders,โ and โThe Self-Graveling Pivot.โ At the intersectionโs center, an illustration of an ostrich with its head buried in the sand stands over a small sign reading โNothing to See Here.โ The diagram critiques political and public health denial and avoidance strategies in Alberta.
๐ชถ Albertaโs new motto: โIf you canโt fix it, bury your head in it!โ ๐ From science denial to crisis dodging, this Venn diagram says it all. Nothing to see hereโฆ except everything. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ
#AlbertaPolitics #DenialOfScience #OstrichLogic #NothingToSeeHere #ABleg #ABpoli #DanielleSmith #FireLaGrange
cheaper, too.
#FAFO
Fish or cut bait @mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social.
11.10.2025 19:44 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2Oh, that's calm thom to be sure, ๐ ๐ป
11.10.2025 22:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0