CHARMAINEBLUESKYSOCIAL
@charf.bsky.social
Love to make things, sewing, rug hooking, avid reader, love the outdoors, share my home with Mike Heather and 2 cats who are the bosses.
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For Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar, a small butterfly elephant from last year! Paper mache, glass eyes, metal wire, painted with acrylics using a sand effect medium for a textured surface.
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
For Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar, a small butterfly elephant from last year! Paper mache, glass eyes, metal wire, painted with acrylics using a sand effect medium for a textured surface.
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I spoke up about Israel on the other site and quoted the Christian bible and was immediately flagged for hate. Yet we can endure residential school and genocide denialism on the daily on these sites. Yah, tell me how supremacy isn't winning. White people, you need to take a stand against your own🪶
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I spoke up about Israel on the other site and quoted the Christian bible and was immediately flagged for hate. Yet we can endure residential school and genocide denialism on the daily on these sites. Yah, tell me how supremacy isn't winning. White people, you need to take a stand against your own🪶
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Hey @andrewknack.bsky.social
This is an unacceptable breach of privacy & over reach from the police. This is not something we should ever be doing.
This is an unacceptable breach of privacy & over reach from the police. This is not something we should ever be doing.
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of faces
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hey @andrewknack.bsky.social
This is an unacceptable breach of privacy & over reach from the police. This is not something we should ever be doing.
This is an unacceptable breach of privacy & over reach from the police. This is not something we should ever be doing.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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I'm going to do another #artAdventCalendar post tonight because my last one had such a poor photo (only one i have of it)
Here's a soapstone carving I did in 2019 of a white breasted nuthatch.
Here's a soapstone carving I did in 2019 of a white breasted nuthatch.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I'm going to do another #artAdventCalendar post tonight because my last one had such a poor photo (only one i have of it)
Here's a soapstone carving I did in 2019 of a white breasted nuthatch.
Here's a soapstone carving I did in 2019 of a white breasted nuthatch.
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University of Sydney: Molecule that could cause COVID clotting key to new treatments
'In a surprising discovery, a "sticky molecule" that occurs naturally in our blood vessels could be both a culprit behind blood clots and organ failure during COVID & long COVID'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
'In a surprising discovery, a "sticky molecule" that occurs naturally in our blood vessels could be both a culprit behind blood clots and organ failure during COVID & long COVID'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
Molecule that could cause COVID clotting key to new treatments
In a surprising discovery, a "sticky molecule" that occurs naturally in our blood vessels could be both a culprit behind blood clots and organ failure during COVID and long COVID and the key to new tr...
medicalxpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
University of Sydney: Molecule that could cause COVID clotting key to new treatments
'In a surprising discovery, a "sticky molecule" that occurs naturally in our blood vessels could be both a culprit behind blood clots and organ failure during COVID & long COVID'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
'In a surprising discovery, a "sticky molecule" that occurs naturally in our blood vessels could be both a culprit behind blood clots and organ failure during COVID & long COVID'
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
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Hey everyone. This week I’m helping a single parent family from Calgary who reached out to me for help with $350 for a power bill and some groceries. This mother and 2 kids are having it hard before Xmas. Anything helps. I’ll post updates. Donate by PayPal or e-transfer [email protected]
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hey everyone. This week I’m helping a single parent family from Calgary who reached out to me for help with $350 for a power bill and some groceries. This mother and 2 kids are having it hard before Xmas. Anything helps. I’ll post updates. Donate by PayPal or e-transfer [email protected]
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3rd post in a great thread. But this one deserves a repost. This is just bad for the vast majority of Canadians, period. Never mind the attack on the climate. An attack on our pocket books.
Side note: carbon rebates gave a family of four an extra $1800 in their budget in 2024. In 2025, that dropped to zero.
So not only a dagger to the heart of climate action, but also a huge financial gift to rich polluters. 3/
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
So not only a dagger to the heart of climate action, but also a huge financial gift to rich polluters. 3/
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Canada Carbon Rebate amounts for 2024-25 - Canada.ca
In provinces that request it or do not have their own carbon pricing system that meets the federal benchmark, a federal fuel charge is put in place. Currently, the fuel charge applies in the provinces...
www.canada.ca
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
3rd post in a great thread. But this one deserves a repost. This is just bad for the vast majority of Canadians, period. Never mind the attack on the climate. An attack on our pocket books.
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This is Harper level destruction.
Mark Harper.
Mark Harper.
Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This is Harper level destruction.
Mark Harper.
Mark Harper.
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Alternate headline:
Today Canada bought $3.6 billion worth of bombs from the U.S.
What the hell are we doing?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today Canada bought $3.6 billion worth of bombs from the U.S.
What the hell are we doing?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Defence minister says 'we're good' to meet 2% NATO spending target by March | CBC News
Defence Minister David McGuinty assured MPs on Thursday that the federal government is on its way to meeting NATO's old, politically charged spending target of two per cent of GDP — just as the Wester...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Alternate headline:
Today Canada bought $3.6 billion worth of bombs from the U.S.
What the hell are we doing?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today Canada bought $3.6 billion worth of bombs from the U.S.
What the hell are we doing?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Land Back 🪶
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Land Back 🪶
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Who monitored the water used by O&G? Mining? Its all going to ensure there is no clean water for biological life at some point.
According to Agriculture and Agri Food Canada, 85 per cent of the country is classified between abnormally dry and extreme drought. So where will the water used by data centres for cooling come from? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
Who is minding the water data centres will use?
Around the world, scientists and environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the data centre industry.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Who monitored the water used by O&G? Mining? Its all going to ensure there is no clean water for biological life at some point.
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Big problem with EU et al. accepting our grains & pulses due to pesticide levels & discretionary use being lobbied by:
Liberals, Pest Management Regulatory Authority & CropLife.
EU wants to protect kids, Canada Lib/Cons not so much.
@gordjohns.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
Liberals, Pest Management Regulatory Authority & CropLife.
EU wants to protect kids, Canada Lib/Cons not so much.
@gordjohns.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
France recalls Canadian lentils as Carney weakens pesticide rules
Health risks exposed in a blockbuster French TV investigation about Canadian lentils have introduced new tensions between Carney's European trade ambitions and his government's proposal to eliminate a...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Big problem with EU et al. accepting our grains & pulses due to pesticide levels & discretionary use being lobbied by:
Liberals, Pest Management Regulatory Authority & CropLife.
EU wants to protect kids, Canada Lib/Cons not so much.
@gordjohns.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
Liberals, Pest Management Regulatory Authority & CropLife.
EU wants to protect kids, Canada Lib/Cons not so much.
@gordjohns.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/03/n...
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According to Agriculture and Agri Food Canada, 85 per cent of the country is classified between abnormally dry and extreme drought. So where will the water used by data centres for cooling come from? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
Who is minding the water data centres will use?
Around the world, scientists and environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the data centre industry.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
According to Agriculture and Agri Food Canada, 85 per cent of the country is classified between abnormally dry and extreme drought. So where will the water used by data centres for cooling come from? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Actual footage of Mark Carney this morning.
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Actual footage of Mark Carney this morning.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Allies better show up when the rcmp conduct illegal raids on reserves.
The AG of NS just sent a letter to all chiefs threatening to bring in the police to reserves.
The AG of NS just sent a letter to all chiefs threatening to bring in the police to reserves.
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Allies better show up when the rcmp conduct illegal raids on reserves.
The AG of NS just sent a letter to all chiefs threatening to bring in the police to reserves.
The AG of NS just sent a letter to all chiefs threatening to bring in the police to reserves.
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[stares with middle-aged female rage]
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/03/c...
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows.
Misdiagnoses. Blind spots. Worse outcomes for things we know how to treat.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
[stares with middle-aged female rage]
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#ArtAdventCalendar #WIPWednesday One of my current works-in-progress, a hand-hooked self-portrait applying things learnt in Cec Caswell’s “Funky Faces” and Meryl Cook’s “Chakra Colours” classes. Wool flannel, wool yarn, silk & satin ribbons, & tinsel (so far) on linen, with embroidery to come.
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar #WIPWednesday One of my current works-in-progress, a hand-hooked self-portrait applying things learnt in Cec Caswell’s “Funky Faces” and Meryl Cook’s “Chakra Colours” classes. Wool flannel, wool yarn, silk & satin ribbons, & tinsel (so far) on linen, with embroidery to come.
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Since I was chatting about hiking today, my very first inspiration for my first "real" paintings came from being in the backcountry of the Alberta & BC Rockies.
Glacier Lake
24×30 61×76cm
Oil on Canvas
1996
#ArtAdventCalendar
Glacier Lake
24×30 61×76cm
Oil on Canvas
1996
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Since I was chatting about hiking today, my very first inspiration for my first "real" paintings came from being in the backcountry of the Alberta & BC Rockies.
Glacier Lake
24×30 61×76cm
Oil on Canvas
1996
#ArtAdventCalendar
Glacier Lake
24×30 61×76cm
Oil on Canvas
1996
#ArtAdventCalendar
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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We've had somewhere around 1200 images posted for #ArtAdventCalendar in the first 3 days and I would guess that less than 50 have been posted without AltText.
Platform wide, AltText use is about 20% (apparently)
For AAC...about 96%
Over 450 artists leading the way. Fantastic job everyone.
Platform wide, AltText use is about 20% (apparently)
For AAC...about 96%
Over 450 artists leading the way. Fantastic job everyone.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We've had somewhere around 1200 images posted for #ArtAdventCalendar in the first 3 days and I would guess that less than 50 have been posted without AltText.
Platform wide, AltText use is about 20% (apparently)
For AAC...about 96%
Over 450 artists leading the way. Fantastic job everyone.
Platform wide, AltText use is about 20% (apparently)
For AAC...about 96%
Over 450 artists leading the way. Fantastic job everyone.
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Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar evening.
Once In A Lifetime 36 x66 91x167cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
A commission based on an actual photo
Once In A Lifetime 36 x66 91x167cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
A commission based on an actual photo
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar evening.
Once In A Lifetime 36 x66 91x167cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
A commission based on an actual photo
Once In A Lifetime 36 x66 91x167cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
A commission based on an actual photo