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Childless dog lady, 🏳️‍🌈ally, rural leftie, fat-fingered typo queen, Forever Canadian🍁

I may be old and forgetful, but at least I’m not old and forgetful
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HoofRat🇨🇦 @hoofrat.bsky.social · Jun 23
Another day bouncing manically between “what fresh hell is this?” and “ooooooh, puppies!”.
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ab-garden-girl.bsky.social
Lunar New Year, Solar Eclipse, ShroveTuesday, Mardi Gras are all being celebrated today, however it’s also Random Acts of Kindness Day and that’s something I think we can all celebrate.
February 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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canadianinalberta.bsky.social
It's always the same with these idiots who scream "Freedom"
They want the freedom to oppress us
They do NOT want freedom for all
#ableg #abpoli
February 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
Spotted during this morning’s walk. 15-25cm forecast over the next couple of days, so stocks should be nicely replenished.☃️
February 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
Ooohkay, so I’m failing to see the upside to Alberta Separatism?

#🇨🇦Canada
#ForeverCanadian

youtu.be/I-3gj5g-7PA?...
The Cost of Alberta Separatism
YouTube video by The Plain Bagel
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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deepgreendesign.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Black History Month 🇨🇦

Black Canadian Artists:

5 Black Canadian artists whose names should be known alongside the Group of Seven

www.cbc.ca/arts/5-black...

#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026 #CdnPoli
5 Black Canadian artists whose names should be known alongside the Group of Seven | CBC Arts
A list of great Black Canadian artists as chosen by the artists appearing in Here We Are Here, the ROM's show about Black Canadian contemporary art.
www.cbc.ca
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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ithx1138.bsky.social
⬛️🟥🟨🟩🇨🇦
Honouring
CHEYENNE SUNDANCE
Canada's🇨🇦Next Generation
of Farm Business Owners &
Trailblazing Entrepreneur
farmersfootprint.us/cheyenne-sun...

youtu.be/rPrhbkp5g9k

www.metrolinx.com/en/discover/...

#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
After leasing farm plots since 2019 as Cheyenne bought a farm in August of 2024 located in Mount, Forest Ontario. We are currently cultivating 2 acres of cut-flowers, tender fruit, herbs, vegetables as well as raising small livestock. Cheyenne has co-founded Sundance Commons a agricultural non-profit that provides land access, training, mentorship, equipment, market access and more for no cost to new farmers. Through the five incubator farms the Commons manage, farmers who face barriers to agriculture now have a place to grow their new farm businesses
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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ithx1138.bsky.social
⬛️🟥🟨🟩🇨🇦
Honouring
JAMES WESLEY HILL
"Canada🇨🇦JIM" helped lead
700-800 African Americans
Escape Slavery by 1865
jwh.hdsb.ca/about-jwh/wh...

youtu.be/SNUxbLywOpw

www.oakvillehistory.org/content/pdfs...

#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
The Underground Railroad secretly transported fugitive slaves from the southern United States across the border to freedom in Canada. From 1820 to 1865, thousands of African-American slaves escaped into Canada. Although Oakville was a small terminus for the Underground Railroad, hundreds of African-Americans came to this area, including Maryland-born James Wesley Hill, also known as 'Canada Jim'. After crossing the border in a packing box, Hill settled on a farm in Oakville. He helped many slaves who followed by giving them work on his strawberry farm, helping make Oakville the one-time strawberry industry capital of Canada. Hill became an agent for the Underground Railroad, returning to the United States several times over the next few years and leading an estimated 700-800 African Americans back to Oakville. He became known as 'Canada Jim' for his escapades. Hill built a house which still stands today at 457 Maple Grove Dr. Hill's memory is honoured in Montgomery County, Marylan
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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ithx1138.bsky.social
⬛️🟥🟨🟩🇨🇦
Honouring
JAQUELINE DWYER, MES
& NOEL LIVINGSTON
Founders of Toronto 🇨🇦
Black Farmers Collective

blackfarmersto.wixsite.com/tbcfg/our-st...

thenarwhal.ca/ontario-blac...

agriculture.canada.ca/en/agri-info...

#blackhistorymonth
#blackbrilliance
#BHMcanada
#BHM2026
#canada
CO-FOUNDERS JACQUELINE DWYER AND NOEL LIVINGSTON STAND INSIDE THE TORONTO BLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE GREENHOUSE Nestled in this expansive green space is the Toronto Black Farmers and Food Growers Collective, which is fighting for food justice by teaching its members how to farm. For the past decade, co-founder Jacqueline Dwyer and other collective members have fed local residents by empowering racialized farmers
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
I seem to have developed a vasovagal response in moments of high stress, which is unpleasant, annoying and extremely embarrassing. Where was all this swooning when I was young and Brontë-obsessed? Old gray-haired ladies falling down and going boom are not the stuff of romance.
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
For #terrierTuesday, a throwback to Bean’s first Canadian Christmas in 2020, tearing up the couch in her new parka❄️
#DogsofBluesky
#Blueskydogs
#rescuedog
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
While playing our usual morning game of keepaway with Bean’s favourite toy, my husband accidentally threw it behind a loaded bookshelf.
While we frantically search for a yardstick, Bean is in mourning😢

#DogsofBluesky
#Blueskydogs
#sadterrier
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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mostlytrue.bsky.social
The world cannot afford billionaires.
February 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
hoofrat.bsky.social
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February 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
hoofrat.bsky.social
For #TerrierTuesday, in tribute to Canadian icon Catherine O’Hara, here is Bean’s favourite song. Love to all of the funny, feisty, stubborn, adorable, irreplaceable terriers of Bluesky.
#DogsofBluesky

youtu.be/fKWP-PcEwyY?...
Best in Show
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Rewind
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February 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
hoofrat.bsky.social
Trying out my new sprout/microgreen grower under Wilbur’s watchful eye. The perforations in the seed tray area bit too large for the smaller seeds, unfortunately. I wonder if lining the tray with a coffee filter would work for my next “crop”?🌱
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
Let’s not forget what happened to Quebec’s economy when separation became a real threat.
ryanjespersen.bsky.social Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen.bsky.social · 20d
Separation talk is hurting Alberta businesses.

Alberta Chambers of Commerce CEO Shauna Feth says uncertainty is the enemy of investment...

👀 FULL: rtrj.info/012826ACC

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/012826

Take the Hot Button Issue Survey: rtrj.info/ACCHotButton...

youtu.be/afvrNOnhHfY?... #ableg #abpoli
Alberta Chambers: Separation Talk Hurting Businesses
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
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January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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johnb13.bsky.social
Yet another must read for Canadians, especially those in Alberta. The Alberta separatists and Trumps MAGA folks just can’t see the world is moving to renewables and their dependency on oil is a fools path.

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/o...
India is leapfrogging into clean energy. Alberta's separatists should pay attention
Sorry, separatists: Oil isn't going to make an independent Alberta great again. If anything, it might be its undoing.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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lukaszukab.bsky.social
“Canadian lawyer leads movement to have Alberta join the U.S.”

Here, in Alberta, they want you to believe that it’s about independence, not about becoming the 51’st state.

In the USA, on Fox News, they tell the truth.

Register at Forever-Canadian.ca to stop this treason.
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
hoofrat.bsky.social
“Normal. Inevitable.”

#RIPAlexPretti

youtu.be/oU7LOpQFOPQ?...
Terror in America.
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
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January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
One last munch on Reggie The Heffalump while Dad suits up for their morning walk.

#TerrerTuesday
#DogsofBluesky
#Blueskydogs
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
Bean‘s favourite Christmas lick mat has been a welcome distraction while the weather’s been too cold for long walks.
#terrier
#dogsofBluesky
#Blueskydogs
#peanutbutter
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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astrokatie.com
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
hoofrat.bsky.social
Do potato buns count as a vegetable? Asking for a carb-obsessed friend .
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM