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Stuart Somerville ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

@stuthefarmer.bsky.social

Farmer on the dusty prairie; a dad; a bagpiper; a school teacher; a yeoman; a Luddite; a Ukrainian-Catholic Celt. Possibly a Viking. Trying to live in a good way. Treaty 6 and 7.

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22.10.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was just sent a photo of the middle child sparring with a world champion kick-boxer.

Itโ€™s very cool.

Iโ€™m also super-wary of what portal this is going to open upโ€ฆ

22.10.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iodine would probably make the chicken taste funny anyway.

22.10.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More likely from eating lots of corn.

And some breeds of chicken are more yellow than others.

21.10.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, ๐Ÿ“ธ via @RoysEnergy

21.10.2025 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2635    ๐Ÿ” 545    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Bryce Canyon NP, Utah

#RockinTuesday #NationalParks #BryceCanyon #Utah #EastCoastKin #BlueSky #blueskyphotography #photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #sunset #hiking

21.10.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 210    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Voting in rural Alberta municipal elections is purely an exercise in determining who you think will make things the least awful.

21.10.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It could never be a fair fight anyway, with the poor South Saxons forced to fight both the Kentish Men and the Men of Kent.

19.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah. Itโ€™s truly bizarre. But I think their entire logic is that, if they break things badly enough, people will accept their extreme solutions.

19.10.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But if thereโ€™s even a hint of blame being placed on fossil fuels and climate change, theyโ€™ll do anything to deny it.

19.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It doesnโ€™t seem especially practical to me.

It would probably be hard-wearing, but itโ€™s not the sort of thing that needs to be!

19.10.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s bizarre how hard some people will work to deny the existence of ongoing drought!

And unfortunately, thereโ€™s a(n) (anecdotal) correlation between conservativeness and dismissal of drought.

19.10.2025 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All they know how to do is alienate and destroy.

19.10.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of a large, bright lime-green sign with handwritten text that reads: "TRUMP LIKES STORE-BOUGHT FLOUR TORTILLAS

A photo of a large, bright lime-green sign with handwritten text that reads: "TRUMP LIKES STORE-BOUGHT FLOUR TORTILLAS

LOL this sign #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loathe this government with the burning hatred of a thousand suns.

18.10.2025 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a kilt that Iโ€™ve never worn.

Some friends gave it to me.

It was purchased for the husband but was always too big for him.

They brought it saying that itโ€™s unspeakably large but maybe it will fit me.

Iโ€™ve never brought myself to try it on.

I donโ€™t really want it to fit.

18.10.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s understandable. Itโ€™s a big stretch without much variation.

17.10.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, Alberta would probably make sense to someone from Finland. Just imagine the True Finns running things and thatโ€™s more or less what itโ€™s like.

16.10.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A bird leg sitting on top of a lichen-crusted fencepost.

A bird leg sitting on top of a lichen-crusted fencepost.

Signs of life and death on the fenceline.

16.10.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It seems the UCP have no intention of actually negotiating with the ATA- theyโ€™ll just legislate them back to work when itโ€™s convenient.

Much democracy. Very small government.

15.10.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d like to start the day with a gigantic Fuck You to the Government of Alberta and Swim Alberta for insisting that we declare our six-year-oldโ€™s gender at birth to take part in swim meets.

Youโ€™re a mob of cowardly, bigoted numpties.

15.10.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe Pope from Chicago quoted Hannah Arendt on fascism, who herself long taught at University of Chicagoโ€˜s Committee on Social Thought,โ€ is an amazing true sentence.

13.10.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 660    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Irony is not deadโ€ฆ

13.10.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee MAGAโ€™s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canadaโ€™s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

I began writing this story with a naive question in mind: What do we lose when public education is privatized? A lot, actually.

By following the MAGA playbook, the UCPโ€™s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.

13.10.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 165    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Just found out that a girl I taught died in a car accident a few days ago.

That makes four of my former students gone: two in car accidents; one by firearm; one by alcohol poisoning.

14.10.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ll delete the post then as itโ€™s not meant to demoralize.

14.10.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(The fact that the ATA doesnโ€™t picket is probably a bigger problem, though. Itโ€™s giving up the opportunity to build up the will to fight and win.)

14.10.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, no praises Columbus and looks good doing it.

But geez, something about an Irish-Swedish-Canadian guy doing it seems especially boneheaded.

14.10.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a close up of a cartoon character 's fist with a pink building in the background ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's fist with a pink building in the background

When you see high school friends posting praise for Christopher Columbusโ€ฆ

14.10.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We still use some tillage on our farm, so weโ€™re never going to have as big a problem as some people do.

But really, as long as people keep using short rotations and glyphosate for everything, weโ€™ll just see more and more weeds like this.

13.10.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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