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Theresa 🇨🇦

@resad.bsky.social

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Canadian, then Albertan in that order Retired healthcare professional, 13th generation Acadian Canadian. I post my art work here but also vent about AB politics because of the UCP. Sorry! I wish it wasn’t so. #YEG artist website: theresadonaldson.com

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · Nov 14

“Blessed are the weird people:
Poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours,
For they teach us to see the world through different eyes.”
Jacob Nordby

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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Mike Jaques (jayks) @jaques.dev · 1d

Amplifying for visibility. If you need to find out where to sign in person (requirement), there is an easy to use visual map of locations. Come on #Alberta, reject Danielle Smith's divisive tactics and tell her Alberta is part of #Canada , period! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpol

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 1d

Pope is a rockstar

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 21h

I am meeting so many #ForeverCanadian volunteers across our province. We are gathering signatures and getting closer to 300,000. If you can, please donate to keep Alberta in Canada at:

Forever-Canadian.ca

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

It blows my mind that a flat-earther thinks she would be the best choice for public school trustee.

#yeg #yegvote

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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 1d

Keep Portland weird!

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not going to lie, that very same phrase is in my head every time I fly.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Photo of a vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, the sculpture is sited on a wet looking shoreline by the sea under a sky with silver clouds and pale blue light

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

Just enjoying the warm weather and red and white Canadian flag against the bright yellow and blue. Sublime little moment in time. #ForeverCanadian #ABPoli #ABLeg

A sunny, cheerful view from a deck of bight yellow coloured leafs against an intense blue sky. On the deck rail is a Canadian flag draped across it. From the bench on the side a black cat is in silhouette, his black pointy ears alert to the sounds of the city.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 1d

I’m making a stand against Quebec’s vaccine policy. I booked a flu and Covid vaccine later this month as an eligible person and I’m going to make a scene if I’m charged for either.
#cdnpoli

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw someone angrily blustering on Facebook that if the scaremongers were right, 30% of people would have long covid by now!!! And welp…
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID

Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 1d

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 1d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Nobel Peace Prize day to all who celebrate! 🕊️

In a brilliant and well deserved move, an (1) antifa (2) Latina (3) woman, María Corina Machado, wins for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela.

María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

Good news for those of us left leaning folks.

Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 1d

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 1d

So many distractions to avoid any attention on a need for a public inquiry. #ABleg #ABpoli #CorruptCare #UCPCorruption #DanielleSmith #UCPayToPlay

I pray no one uncovers all the corruption

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1d

“The new research also ‘calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,’ Viswanathan says.”
#AbLeg #AbHealth

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
“COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who Anonymous is but I agree that quiet nations roar when pushed too far.

youtu.be/qtP-PSioQkk

Anonymous Reveals: The Day Canada Finally Said ‘Enough’ to Trump

YouTube video by Anonymous

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 2d

How can anyone look at the dashboard and think, “Sure, let’s reduce COVID vaccine uptake—and just deal with the fallout in hospitals”? #AxeTheVaxTax #ABleg #ABpoli

Respiratory virus dashboard-Alberta
www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 2d

Both exceptional choices for tourists from other parts of Canada.

Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous! but then there’s so many beautiful places in NS. Another favourite was Blomidon Provincial Park. Stunning. Unfortunately because of the drought during my visit I couldn’t hike through the trails.

Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, oops, lol. Risser’s beach!

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 2d

I travelled this route in August!Reeser’s beach was my favourite. I love bobbing in the waves. Nova Scotia beaches are beautiful. Our road trip went further down to Pubnico to check out the Acadian archives and Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse. #ElbowsUp #Canada

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

Ortiz was absolutely loving this sitting between AROD and Jeter

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