Allyson
@allieawake.bsky.social
Screaming into the void.
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I’ve gotten to a point with doing Duolingo for chess that I no longer consider myself someone who is even mildly good at chess. And this happened way sooner than I would have hoped.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’ve gotten to a point with doing Duolingo for chess that I no longer consider myself someone who is even mildly good at chess. And this happened way sooner than I would have hoped.
Signing up for courses always seems like fun until you are spending the evening doing homework when you could otherwise be doing literally anything else.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Signing up for courses always seems like fun until you are spending the evening doing homework when you could otherwise be doing literally anything else.
I truly, truly thought Dick Cheney was already dead so the news this morning was somewhat confusing.
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I truly, truly thought Dick Cheney was already dead so the news this morning was somewhat confusing.
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Danielle Smith was a floor-crosser so…
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Danielle Smith was a floor-crosser so…
Did not one think to remind Carney that if he really needed to get some money back in the government’s pockets he could just tax the rich?
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Did not one think to remind Carney that if he really needed to get some money back in the government’s pockets he could just tax the rich?
It is amazing how quickly this government is adopting AI and cutting staff. Remember when they decided to try and modernize and automate payroll and cut staff using the Phoenix Pay System nine years ago and nearly half of the public service wasn’t paid properly and it cost billions to fix?
Ending the emissions cap, cutting tens of thousands of public sector jobs, but funding AI with $925 million. This is a joke
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It is amazing how quickly this government is adopting AI and cutting staff. Remember when they decided to try and modernize and automate payroll and cut staff using the Phoenix Pay System nine years ago and nearly half of the public service wasn’t paid properly and it cost billions to fix?
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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
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Canada budget update: A $2.7bn cut to international assistance over 5 years, or about 10-12% of the budget. Particularly focusing on global health, which is worrying because it's a core Canadian priority
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
What I'm looking for in the Canadian federal budget: Development
- Canada's budget for international stuff is complex. There's the International Assistance Envelope, OECD-measured ODA, plus stuff that falls under Canada's own Act. Plus provincial spending. They all overlap
- Canada's budget for international stuff is complex. There's the International Assistance Envelope, OECD-measured ODA, plus stuff that falls under Canada's own Act. Plus provincial spending. They all overlap
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Canada budget update: A $2.7bn cut to international assistance over 5 years, or about 10-12% of the budget. Particularly focusing on global health, which is worrying because it's a core Canadian priority
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
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I was a coms staffer at PSAC when the Harper government slashed the public service — a miserable time for everyone. All it led to was layoffs, followed by the fed govt hiring more temps and expensive consultants. And then eventually hiring back even more people. It takes humans to run a country 🤷♀️
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I was a coms staffer at PSAC when the Harper government slashed the public service — a miserable time for everyone. All it led to was layoffs, followed by the fed govt hiring more temps and expensive consultants. And then eventually hiring back even more people. It takes humans to run a country 🤷♀️
It would be really cool if my brain didn’t think it would be cool for me to wake up between 3 and 4 am at least one night a week.
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It would be really cool if my brain didn’t think it would be cool for me to wake up between 3 and 4 am at least one night a week.
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Teen Vogue rising after the 2016 election and dying after the 2024 election doesn't even feel like a metaphor as much as a microcosm of what is happening all over places that were once strong areas of resistance.
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Teen Vogue rising after the 2016 election and dying after the 2024 election doesn't even feel like a metaphor as much as a microcosm of what is happening all over places that were once strong areas of resistance.
We went to The Little Blue Coop mini Therapeutic Farm today in Gaetz Brook and it was truly the best. I didn’t know I would love a bunny so much.
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We went to The Little Blue Coop mini Therapeutic Farm today in Gaetz Brook and it was truly the best. I didn’t know I would love a bunny so much.
I don’t understand why there is so much spitting in baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I don’t understand why there is so much spitting in baseball.
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Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you
Last night @halifaxretales.bsky.social tried to explain baseball to me and it became very clear that it was a waste of both our time.
November 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Last night @halifaxretales.bsky.social tried to explain baseball to me and it became very clear that it was a waste of both our time.
I feel the need to tell anyone who is apprehensive about getting one that I had my first mammogram today and it was a lot less scary than I expected and didn’t hurt like I feared it would. Take the leap and book it if you have been putting it off like I did.
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I feel the need to tell anyone who is apprehensive about getting one that I had my first mammogram today and it was a lot less scary than I expected and didn’t hurt like I feared it would. Take the leap and book it if you have been putting it off like I did.
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Today is the Feast Day of St. Francis. The Prayer of St. Francis (Make Me a Channel of Your Peace) is one of my favorite prayers. It’s a great guidepost for how to be a Christian. And it’s 100% the opposite of the “Christian” nationalism we see in our country these days.
October 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today is the Feast Day of St. Francis. The Prayer of St. Francis (Make Me a Channel of Your Peace) is one of my favorite prayers. It’s a great guidepost for how to be a Christian. And it’s 100% the opposite of the “Christian” nationalism we see in our country these days.
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“And it’s unfortunate that this government has colluded and gave permission to these industry actors without our informed consent. That’s another law, the free informed prior consent you’re sidestepping, and all of your agreements.” - Michelle Paul, who lives on the Gold River Reserve
On Truth and Reconciliation Day, the Houston government prepares to criminalize Indigenous land protectors
reported by me
reported by me
On Truth and Reconciliation Day, the Houston government prepares to criminalize Indigenous land protectors - Halifax Examiner
"If that's what you're prepared to do, that's in effect, an act of beyond criminalization. It's an act of violence upon our people."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“And it’s unfortunate that this government has colluded and gave permission to these industry actors without our informed consent. That’s another law, the free informed prior consent you’re sidestepping, and all of your agreements.” - Michelle Paul, who lives on the Gold River Reserve
It is so gross how people on Reddit are so casually saying that if you go to a music festival you should just expect that you might be sexually assaulted. No one has the right to grope another person, no matter where they are.
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It is so gross how people on Reddit are so casually saying that if you go to a music festival you should just expect that you might be sexually assaulted. No one has the right to grope another person, no matter where they are.
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
The story of my life is that I love to put things in places that make sense at the time, never to be found again.
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The story of my life is that I love to put things in places that make sense at the time, never to be found again.
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I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
For years the union representing postal workers has been advocating for Canada Post to bring in postal banking, which would help save post offices & allow remote areas banking opportunities.This has the potential to be revenue generating. Instead they just make more cuts. www.cupw.ca/en/campaign/...
Postal Banking – A Bank for Everyone (Fact Sheet)
Postal banking is the provision of financial and banking services through a post office. It is not a new or radical idea. Postal banks already exist in many parts of the world where they are used to: ...
https://www.cupw.ca/en/campaign/resources/postal-banking-–-bank-everyone-fact-sheet
September 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
For years the union representing postal workers has been advocating for Canada Post to bring in postal banking, which would help save post offices & allow remote areas banking opportunities.This has the potential to be revenue generating. Instead they just make more cuts. www.cupw.ca/en/campaign/...
I genuinely cannot understand how it is still September and will be for five more days. I feel like it has been September for literally months at this point.
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I genuinely cannot understand how it is still September and will be for five more days. I feel like it has been September for literally months at this point.
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.