PrairieGirl 🇨🇦
@moosebemichelle.bsky.social
Still love vegetables and ghosty things.
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New account. The last one got too ragey.
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It's the season of hot, humid days broiling into billowing clouds which darken into storms.
This is from the other night's dry lightning display.
This is from the other night's dry lightning display.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's the season of hot, humid days broiling into billowing clouds which darken into storms.
This is from the other night's dry lightning display.
This is from the other night's dry lightning display.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
14 Alberta MLAs face recall petitions, mostly because they supported using the Notwithstanding clause and are seen to be avoiding their constituents.
This should be a strong signal to the AB government that their actions are unpopular.
This should be a strong signal to the AB government that their actions are unpopular.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
14 Alberta MLAs face recall petitions, mostly because they supported using the Notwithstanding clause and are seen to be avoiding their constituents.
This should be a strong signal to the AB government that their actions are unpopular.
This should be a strong signal to the AB government that their actions are unpopular.
Still sad about my car. I've been telling myself it's gone to a golden retriever farm because I prefer that image to the one where it's being stripped for parts.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Still sad about my car. I've been telling myself it's gone to a golden retriever farm because I prefer that image to the one where it's being stripped for parts.
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The year I cookied Thanksgiving dinner instead of cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The year I cookied Thanksgiving dinner instead of cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
Love to Hubs who is making the garage spacious and pretty for my new car.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Love to Hubs who is making the garage spacious and pretty for my new car.
Things have been crazy lately and I haven't had time to follow any Trump news, which is nice, because I kinda forgot that an angry turnip bought the house next door.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Things have been crazy lately and I haven't had time to follow any Trump news, which is nice, because I kinda forgot that an angry turnip bought the house next door.
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
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Tomorrow, the Auditor General will release his report into the UCP's Dynalife fiasco.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tomorrow, the Auditor General will release his report into the UCP's Dynalife fiasco.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
And for anyone who might say, it's just a car, or suggest I enjoy shopping for a new one, that car was the perfect car for me. She was a good car: always reliable, even in -40. I had just finished touching-up her rust spots. I'm heartbroken.
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
And for anyone who might say, it's just a car, or suggest I enjoy shopping for a new one, that car was the perfect car for me. She was a good car: always reliable, even in -40. I had just finished touching-up her rust spots. I'm heartbroken.
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"The government seems to be on a path of replicating the worst of the United States in terms of attacks on minority populations, in terms of calling into question the rule of law and in terms of not respecting evidence or science," Bennett Jensen said.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"The government seems to be on a path of replicating the worst of the United States in terms of attacks on minority populations, in terms of calling into question the rule of law and in terms of not respecting evidence or science," Bennett Jensen said.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Took my car in for repair today and I had not anticipated they'd wipe their hands, park it in the cemetery out back and offer me a ride home. This was not on my list of possibilities.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Took my car in for repair today and I had not anticipated they'd wipe their hands, park it in the cemetery out back and offer me a ride home. This was not on my list of possibilities.
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Western alienation is not inevitable.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Western alienation is not inevitable.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
It is what you get when millions of votes in the West elect almost no one and voters are told their communities do not count unless they back the winning side.
Proportional representation would take the heat out of the divide.
"After tomorrow, things will be back to normal" is something I've told myself at least once/week for 30 years and I'm getting the sense that some new thing getting in the way of other things IS what's normal.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"After tomorrow, things will be back to normal" is something I've told myself at least once/week for 30 years and I'm getting the sense that some new thing getting in the way of other things IS what's normal.
The last time I watched football was the infamous 13th man game. It broke me. Tonight, I will enjoy the snacks in another room thank you very much.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The last time I watched football was the infamous 13th man game. It broke me. Tonight, I will enjoy the snacks in another room thank you very much.
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I love people who love to cook. Y’all are God’s greatest gifts to Earth.
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I love people who love to cook. Y’all are God’s greatest gifts to Earth.
Still loving my They're Good Dogs Brent t-shirt. Congrats on 10 great years!
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Still loving my They're Good Dogs Brent t-shirt. Congrats on 10 great years!
Much as I appreciate my employer's offer to let me retire early with no penalty, I've done the math and it just doesn't work. Oh well, I enjoyed the dream while it lasted.
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Much as I appreciate my employer's offer to let me retire early with no penalty, I've done the math and it just doesn't work. Oh well, I enjoyed the dream while it lasted.
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Every day it’s meetings about emails, emails about meetings, spreadsheets of data, slides about the spreadsheets, execs chanting “AI” like they know what it means.
None of it matters. Nothing connects. Everyone’s exhausted.
I think I need to get off the hamster wheel.
None of it matters. Nothing connects. Everyone’s exhausted.
I think I need to get off the hamster wheel.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Every day it’s meetings about emails, emails about meetings, spreadsheets of data, slides about the spreadsheets, execs chanting “AI” like they know what it means.
None of it matters. Nothing connects. Everyone’s exhausted.
I think I need to get off the hamster wheel.
None of it matters. Nothing connects. Everyone’s exhausted.
I think I need to get off the hamster wheel.
I dream of cross-country rapid transit being an affordable option (like Europe and the UK) so that when the airlines say they want to charge us for every piece of luggage, we can say, "You do you, bro. I'll take the train."
The REM is essential infrastructure — an automated light metro system across Greater Montréal that will connect more and more of the city as it grows.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I dream of cross-country rapid transit being an affordable option (like Europe and the UK) so that when the airlines say they want to charge us for every piece of luggage, we can say, "You do you, bro. I'll take the train."
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Here's 1 of 2500+ photos I took last night. My camera is looking south south east. The aurora way brighter and faster last night compared to what I saw the previous night. This is just a teaser, as I have a lot of aurora content that is crunching on my computer now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Here's 1 of 2500+ photos I took last night. My camera is looking south south east. The aurora way brighter and faster last night compared to what I saw the previous night. This is just a teaser, as I have a lot of aurora content that is crunching on my computer now.
Smoked salmon for lunch because they say it's good for me, but what I really wanted was almost anything else.
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Smoked salmon for lunch because they say it's good for me, but what I really wanted was almost anything else.
I could be running errands but instead I'm at home, waiting for Hubs to get a break at work because I need to enter some health claims and I'm certain the website will insist on sending a code to his phone.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I could be running errands but instead I'm at home, waiting for Hubs to get a break at work because I need to enter some health claims and I'm certain the website will insist on sending a code to his phone.
Until this year, I'd heard the word "bespoke" twice. This year, it's everywhere. If there's a most overused word award, I'd like to nominate bespoke.
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Until this year, I'd heard the word "bespoke" twice. This year, it's everywhere. If there's a most overused word award, I'd like to nominate bespoke.
Watching the Remembrance Day service and a speaker is highlighting the differences today in Canadian and American defense strategy. I had not expected to hear that discussion and it's impactful.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Watching the Remembrance Day service and a speaker is highlighting the differences today in Canadian and American defense strategy. I had not expected to hear that discussion and it's impactful.