Margaret Dumont 🇨🇦
@margaretdumont.bsky.social
🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🌻 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ | ELBOWS UP | Floridalberta, Canada | Team Canada
Enjoys a little vicious compliance.
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." MLK Jr.
Enjoys a little vicious compliance.
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." MLK Jr.
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Biden did a ton to force airlines to treat people better. he got little credit for it, and now Trump has reversed almost everything he did, and instead has decided to shame people for wearing shorts.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Biden did a ton to force airlines to treat people better. he got little credit for it, and now Trump has reversed almost everything he did, and instead has decided to shame people for wearing shorts.
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this is what neoliberalism is; fixing unjust structures is pointless and wrong since you are in control of your own destiny, which means that the way to fix air travel is to...dress up, rather than regulating greedy corporations.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
this is what neoliberalism is; fixing unjust structures is pointless and wrong since you are in control of your own destiny, which means that the way to fix air travel is to...dress up, rather than regulating greedy corporations.
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wrote about Sean Duffy telling everyone that the way to make flying better is to blame the guy next to you for not wearing a tie. Rather than, I don’t know, keeping in place Biden’s regulations that you get a payout if your flight is delayed. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sean-duffy...
Sean Duffy Serves Neoliberalism for Thanksgiving
It can’t fly and tastes terrible.
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
wrote about Sean Duffy telling everyone that the way to make flying better is to blame the guy next to you for not wearing a tie. Rather than, I don’t know, keeping in place Biden’s regulations that you get a payout if your flight is delayed. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sean-duffy...
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"If Duffy actually wanted to make Thanksgiving travel easier, he could have devoted his first year on the job to building up capacity—or at least to not gutting the regulations that force airlines to treat people with minimal decency. "
wrote about Sean Duffy telling everyone that the way to make flying better is to blame the guy next to you for not wearing a tie. Rather than, I don’t know, keeping in place Biden’s regulations that you get a payout if your flight is delayed. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sean-duffy...
Sean Duffy Serves Neoliberalism for Thanksgiving
It can’t fly and tastes terrible.
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"If Duffy actually wanted to make Thanksgiving travel easier, he could have devoted his first year on the job to building up capacity—or at least to not gutting the regulations that force airlines to treat people with minimal decency. "
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Todays CDC Summary of human H5 cases now has
7 cases identified through surveillance
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...
7 cases identified through surveillance
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Todays CDC Summary of human H5 cases now has
7 cases identified through surveillance
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...
7 cases identified through surveillance
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
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If you have an internet connection to download a pirated book, you can use that internet connection to borrow from a library collection.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you have an internet connection to download a pirated book, you can use that internet connection to borrow from a library collection.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
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The recent sharp rise in Black women's unemployment is striking, even as it has largely escaped notice.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The recent sharp rise in Black women's unemployment is striking, even as it has largely escaped notice.
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The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who proceeded with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/kri...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/kri...
Kristi Noem directed Venezuelans to be sent to El Salvador after federal judge ordered deportation planes turned around: DOJ
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem directed that hundreds of Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. in March be transferred to El Salvador, according to a new court filing.
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Justice Department acknowledged Tuesday that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who proceeded with the deportation of 100 Venezuelan men to a prison in El Salvador despite a judge’s order to keep them in U.S. custody.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/kri...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/kri...
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New data shows speeding is up in Edmonton in 2025- along with traffic fatalities.
One #yeg councillor says the province needs to reverse course on its photo radar ban- insisting its not a cash cow.
Should the province stay the course, or go in reverse?
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
One #yeg councillor says the province needs to reverse course on its photo radar ban- insisting its not a cash cow.
Should the province stay the course, or go in reverse?
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
How prepared are you for Christmas?
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · 2025-11-25 · 6m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New data shows speeding is up in Edmonton in 2025- along with traffic fatalities.
One #yeg councillor says the province needs to reverse course on its photo radar ban- insisting its not a cash cow.
Should the province stay the course, or go in reverse?
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
One #yeg councillor says the province needs to reverse course on its photo radar ban- insisting its not a cash cow.
Should the province stay the course, or go in reverse?
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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Definitely wanting to take it easier this morning after making it to the end of the big match amount last night. Thank you!
But, we did wake up to the news that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 is still out there publishing entire magazines every month. There's a new one this week. Its cover image is really something.
But, we did wake up to the news that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 is still out there publishing entire magazines every month. There's a new one this week. Its cover image is really something.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Definitely wanting to take it easier this morning after making it to the end of the big match amount last night. Thank you!
But, we did wake up to the news that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 is still out there publishing entire magazines every month. There's a new one this week. Its cover image is really something.
But, we did wake up to the news that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 is still out there publishing entire magazines every month. There's a new one this week. Its cover image is really something.
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The recent federal budget was an opportunity to ask Canada's wealthy seniors to make a few sacrifices int he name of intergenerational equity and nation-building.
We missed it. Again. And it only gets harder from here. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
We missed it. Again. And it only gets harder from here. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
We’re not ready for an aging population — and it's going to cost us
Canada's government budgets keep getting squeezed by our aging population. When are we going to do something about it?
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The recent federal budget was an opportunity to ask Canada's wealthy seniors to make a few sacrifices int he name of intergenerational equity and nation-building.
We missed it. Again. And it only gets harder from here. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
We missed it. Again. And it only gets harder from here. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
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And another update.
It’s been determined Jacobs has clinched FIRST PLACE and a spot in the best-of-three final.
There are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn’t finish first, including last stone draw.
It’s been determined Jacobs has clinched FIRST PLACE and a spot in the best-of-three final.
There are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn’t finish first, including last stone draw.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And another update.
It’s been determined Jacobs has clinched FIRST PLACE and a spot in the best-of-three final.
There are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn’t finish first, including last stone draw.
It’s been determined Jacobs has clinched FIRST PLACE and a spot in the best-of-three final.
There are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn’t finish first, including last stone draw.
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The FBI’s operations guidelines forbid initiating an investigation on the basis of First Amendment protected activity.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
FBI probes Democratic lawmakers who warned against 'illegal' military orders, Slotkin says
President Trump is using "the FBI against us" for telling military members they can defy "illegal" orders, Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Tuesday.
www.detroitnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The FBI’s operations guidelines forbid initiating an investigation on the basis of First Amendment protected activity.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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The cool spell begins. (And the latest on the snow outlook). Wednesday WxBlog: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #yegwx
Edmonton weather: Cool spell begins, snow looking more likely
The coldest air of the season is upon us and we’ll close November with a string of “colder-than-ave
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The cool spell begins. (And the latest on the snow outlook). Wednesday WxBlog: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #yegwx
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What voters will read this weekend at the grocery checkout. 🤡
@peoplemag.bsky.social
people.com/trump-calls-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social
people.com/trump-calls-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What voters will read this weekend at the grocery checkout. 🤡
@peoplemag.bsky.social
people.com/trump-calls-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social
people.com/trump-calls-...
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I will not be intimidated by threats from the President of the United States. PPP
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I will not be intimidated by threats from the President of the United States. PPP
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I like my electeds who stand up and fight and not quit mid-term.
I will not be intimidated by threats from the President of the United States. PPP
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like my electeds who stand up and fight and not quit mid-term.
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Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
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on the heels of the "piggy" incident. he's a piece of shit misogynist and sexual predator, and always has been. and people voted for him anyway.
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
on the heels of the "piggy" incident. he's a piece of shit misogynist and sexual predator, and always has been. and people voted for him anyway.
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And for the love of all that is sacred do not give in to the "we just need to move on and heal as a nation" bullshit. We'll heal when these fuckwits are held accountable.
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
And for the love of all that is sacred do not give in to the "we just need to move on and heal as a nation" bullshit. We'll heal when these fuckwits are held accountable.