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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 2d

CANADIANS!! The official petition started by a member of Parliament to fight back against payment processors' censorship of legal content is only open for a few more days. Make sure you've signed it: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 1d

It’s absolutely hilarious that no one gives a shit that, ooo, we’re testing the players’ bloodwork. People are more annoyed that normal people’s-who could have serious medical conditions-bloodwork has been delayed because someone decided that they were better than everyone else and paid for it. 2/2

Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 1d

I think I figured out how to explain why a two-tier healthcare system is bad in a way that makes sense to people. Let’s say a med lab has a contract to do a sports team’s pre-season bloodwork. Their stuff gets bumped to the front of the line to get processed first, because the team paid for it. 1/2

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 2d

I was aware of a version of this cost markup thread from multiple ethical sustainable Canadian fashion brands’ social media posts. I have still had people telling me that it was “unreasonable” to expect people to pay $198 CAD for an ethical pair of pants when a mid-level pair of pants costs $90 CAD.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 2d

My best friend made a meme of my younger cat with this exact phrasing on it because it’s true, lmao.

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 4d

He’s actually super nice in real life. I met him at a convention once. And Eve Myles and John Barrowman. (I didn’t like Ianto enough to meet the actor but my friend and I went to the memorial in Cardiff. 🙈)

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 5d

Have you looked at KulturKaufhaus? I can’t look it up right now because the server is freaking out and dropping, but it might be worth taking a look. www.kulturkaufhaus.de

Bücher, Musik & Noten im KulturKaufhaus entdecken - Dussmann - Das Kulturkaufhaus

Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus: Bücher, Musik, Musiknoten, Filme im Onlineshop. Kuratiert von fachkundigen Mitarbeiter:innen. Vor Ort Veranstaltungen. Click & Collect.

www.kulturkaufhaus.de

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 6d

I applied for the comms job and got rejected without an interview. I was like, okay, sure. 🤷‍♀️ At the time but now I’m like, that might have been a good thing… (I’m now just in a fight at my current workplace with certain people who don’t even know it’s a fight yet.)

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 6d

I would sometimes put people on hold for 10 minutes just to make sure that someone on my end understood what was happening before I transferred them, and I was usually thanked because I closed the fucking loop for them.

Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 8d

The fact that it’s the MP for Edmonton-Strathcona that started the petition makes me happy because she knows what’s up in Alberta.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 9d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 8d

The premier attends Trump events but we will do our best even if it means shutting down the healthcare system because part of it went on strike!

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 8d

Alberta is strongly conservative-leaning and the premier frequently attends Trump events. 🙃 The teachers already went on strike and are getting locked out until at least October 23, and I think the med lab part of the healthcare system is still preparing to strike because the offer is garbage.

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 8d

The provincial government is a shit show when it comes to healthcare (is there still 8+ scandals involving the healthcare system happening right now? I’ve lost track) and want to make it privatized like the US because that would apparently be more efficient. 🙄

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 10d

I listened to Taylor Swift’s new album, and it made me want to go listen to Sabrina Carpenter, Miley Cyrus, and Chappell Roan instead after it was done. I don’t know if that was the intention.

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