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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 9h

And for those who are not disabled yet are still having trouble getting to the two polling stations, reach out to me and I'll help arrange a ride for you. Volunteers are standing by...

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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 2d

An important point re: access to voting. 👇
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☕️addictedBear-Roeteddy @roeteddy.bsky.social · 2d

Hey can you also mention for those that are disabled they can reach out to 311 to have someone come to their house so they can vote? I had no clue till I started researching the school trustees. ❤️

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 2d

Municipal Election Candidate Forum
October 9, 5 pm to 8 pm, U of L Zoo
Event done in partnership of U of L Students' Union, NDP Club, and Conservatives Club.
Each candidate will provide 2-minute introduction, followed by Q&A.
Please share. Place come if you can.

www.ulethbridge.ca/notice/event...

Municipal Election Candidate Forum | Notice Board

www.ulethbridge.ca

belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 5d

Happy World Teachers Day!
Thank you to all teachers & thank you to everyone who stands up for public education.

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 8d

Don't be like Calvin! Learn about the candidates in this year's municipal election. Attend forums and Meet & Greets. Watch our videos. Learn about our platforms. Ask questions. Vote and encourage your friends and family to vote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqu...

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 10d

I'm a local historian. Sewage systems are sexy.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 10d

I’m a socialist mayor. Sewage systems are sexy.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy.
• Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.s... • 4h I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 12d

One thing I have learned -- whenever someone attacks me for something I haven't done it's because they are either doing it themselves or would if they were in power (and can't imagine a politician not doing it). At least he's warning us of his plans.

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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 13d

Want to know more about candidates for City Hall? Check out these little 2-minute blurbs. #DemocracyMatters #YQL #Lethbridge

Kelti Baird, City Council Candidate - 2025 Lethbridge Election

YouTube video by CityofLethbridge

www.youtube.com

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 15d

Agents of Their Own Story: How Japanese Canadians in Lethbridge found their own way

www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

www.cbc.ca

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 27d

Sadly, I have to concur. And trying to understand where people are on different issues is becoming more difficult. How do we change this?

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · Aug 20

Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · Jul 11

Most definitely. Require at least one cup per question asked/activity done.

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · Jun 12

Awww!

Bobbi Elman @autismadvocate.co.uk · Jun 11

“Dog chases down ambulance that owner is being transported in. When EMS realise, they let the dog in.”

Love this 🥰❤️

#DogSky
#Reddit
r\NextF***ingLevel

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · Jun 9

Protesters instigating violence in Boston, March 5, 1770.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · May 19

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · Apr 10

The Potential Water Quality Concern presentation will start at 2 pm today. There will be a presentation by city staff and then the public would be able to provide their statement, ask questions, etc.

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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · Apr 9

I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · Apr 5

YES, I would support this. We know if people start voting young, they tend to vote throughout their lives and encouraging young voters can help with low voter turn-out. Further, students study elections and political systems and are incredibly well-informed and would take voting seriously.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Apr 2

Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory

Trump said he talked to Lee Iacocca, deceased, about his tariff plan

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · Apr 1

Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 1

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Mar 26

This is the biggest news of the last 24 hours—not the Signal Scandal.

Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.

Here we go.

Trump executive order boosts proof of citizenship requirements for voting in federal elections | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to boost proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration, which critics say could disenfranchise poor and older voters who don...

www.cnn.com

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DB (he/him/they) @bardwell.bsky.social · Mar 24

Yes. This.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 25

Trump is disappearing legal immigrants he claims are a threat — despite presenting no evidence.

What really happened is that many of these people spoke out against him.

Every institution or individual that surrenders to Trump’s tyranny, or fails to speak out, only invites more of it.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 24

I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 24

These guys inherited one of the most functional state apparatus in the history of the world and they are inhabiting it like a crack house.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

www.theatlantic.com

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