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Erin

@erinlovesyoga.bsky.social

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Purple-haired intersectional feminist cat lady of your dreams. She/her/they. Living on Treaty 6 territory. #yeg

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · May 16

QOTD: "The only thing better than riding your bike to work is riding your bike someplace else." - some dude at the bike racks this morning

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 4h

"What does my vest say? Does it say somethin cool? I bet it says somethin cool."

German shepherd in a field wearing a bright yellow safety jacket/vest that says PLEASE IGNORE ME

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

This Halloween I’m going as the scariest thing of all, emotional intimacy!!! ha ha just kidding I’m prion disease

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 1d

Sad that I will miss the Cranksgiving ride tomorrow but happy to be hanging out with my mom.

Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 1d

And while they're at it, could they tell us what you are when you are anti-anti-fascist? Just say it out loud. We're waiting.

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Paths for People @pathsforpeople.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s make conversations about bike lanes a little easier this Thanksgiving 🦃 #mythbusting #vote #yegcc
This municipal election vote for candidates that invest in a strong multi-modal city!

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

(watching a population vigorously oppose subsidizing the welfare state while also maintaining one of the world’s largest prison systems) these are people who love to be free

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

there are breads that i enjoy making myself — any quickbread, sourdough boules and batards, flatbreads, biscuits etc. — but you’ll never catch me making a baguette or croissant at home. i live a short bike ride from three boulangeries!

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3d

a big thing i learned about myself during covid is that i just want to buy a goddamned baguette from the store or the bakery, i literally never want to make the damned thing myself

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

Right back at you ❤️

Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

This, and also: Adoption & IVF are two very different paths to parenthood, and not everyone wants to, or is able to, or has any obligation to, experience both of them.

People sure do love giving unsolicited advice & opinions to folks experiencing infertility.

(Also a woman who went through IVF.)

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

A timely excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, written by my friend Aaron Goggans, who has supported many frontline activists struggling with their mental health during moments of mass protest and upheaval. Thank you, @pempem.bsky.social for uplifting.

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

mentalhellth.xyz

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

If you think campaign financing of UCP-connected candidates is bad, just wait until you see who's being supported by THE UNDEAD ☠️🧟‍♂️

rowingrabbit.bsky.social @rowingrabbit.bsky.social · 3d

🍁 Advance polls are open for municipal voting 🗳️ (Seems like @michaeljanz.bsky.social is getting some otherworldly assistance 😉) Get out there, #yeg!!

front yard skeleton wearing a Vote for Michael Janz sign in Edmonton

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

Oh I think I might need this

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 3d

RELAX.

The @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social T-Shirt shop is now open with this and two other designs to start with.

Happy to have collaborated with TBL on these and really awesome that $5 from every shirt goes to a great org. bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com

Person eating a white t shirt that says Relax, I’ll just be a minute. Image of a bike in front of two cars with person walking into shop

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

Me. I am celebrating. 🍂

I love the crisp mornings. Going for a bike ride without being drenched in sweat. Spending time outdoors without feeling like the sun is trying to exterminate me.

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Fall weather to all who celebrate.

Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

Look, as long as the world doesn't start to resemble In This Twilight, I'll be able to keep it together 😂😭😨☢️

Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

"Hypnotic sound of sirens echoing through the street
The cocking of the rifles, the marching of the feet
You see your world on fire, don't try to act surprised
We did just what you told us
Lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies"

Still from above video: black and white surveillance feed screen reading "Censored for your protection. US Bureau of Morality One Nation Under God"

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 3d

I'm back to the news cycle reminding me of songs from Year Zero again. 🙃

"I got my propaganda, I got revisionism
I got my violence in hi-def ultra-realism
All a part of this great nation
I got my fist, I got my plan, I got survivalism"

youtu.be/FvVDlbzsKR4?...

Nine Inch Nails: "Survivalism" Official Music Video (Uncut) [4K Upscale] - Year Zero, 2007

YouTube video by Rob Sheridan

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

They arrested Rosa Luxemburg!

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 5d

STOP YOUR SCROLLING

THIS IS A SNIFF INSPECTION POINT

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cageyratfish FREE LINK, YOU COWARDS 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 5d

How long has it been since someone did a Corny Joke Thread on here? Wanna start one? i'll go first

cageyratfish FREE LINK, YOU COWARDS 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 5d

did you hear about the streaker in church last sunday?

No, what happened?

They caught him by the organ

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 5d

Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic).

But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 5d

which then begs the question of why you want flying cars instead of whatever mass transportation equivalent you imagine

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 5d

"Conservative lawmakers are confident the new bill will easily pass in the UCP controlled Legislature, but they may be in for a longer battle than they realize.

According to one source, the other side already has a counter attack waiting in the wings: the number 5,318,008."

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 5d

Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools

CALGARY — With the province's teachers on strike, Danielle Smith’s UCP government has tabled new legislation banning the use of the number 58,008, in order to “protect Alberta’s most precious resource...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 5d

Anyhow the funicular elevator was working as of 8 am but the funicular itself was stuck at the top, and the convention center funicular/elevator is out of order. 🙃

Erin @erinlovesyoga.bsky.social · 5d

Just in case you were thinking about taking your bike on the escalator at the convention center: Don't. 😂

(I didn't actually fall, but came close enough that my watch definitely thought so!)

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