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Tzaddi

@tzaddimade.bsky.social

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Artist (often mixed media blackout poetry), #dailycreativity since 2017 Quiet cheerleader for kind + awesome people. Doing my best to be in solidarity. We get free together. She/Her. Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

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Tzaddi @tzaddimade.bsky.social · Jan 10

New followers: if I haven't followed you back, please feel free to tell me something about yourself — I'll check out your feed and/or recognize our connection from other places. 🙃

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Fish With a Knife @fishwithaknife.bsky.social · 9d

Friendly reminder that I take #artcommissions and that I have a Ko-fi. Feel free to message me to talk prices before you even think about throwing money at me
ko-fi.com/fishwithakni...

Fish With A Knife's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see Fish With A Knife's commission menu.

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Fish With a Knife @fishwithaknife.bsky.social · 28d

Slapping down some #art commissions and hoping for the best here. See me on Ko-fi or just send me a message here so we can talk about it~ ko-fi.com/fishwithakni...

Price sheet for sketches, ranging from fairly rough with support lines, to fully colored. Each stage depicts a waist-up drawing of the same avian humanoid that resembles a cross between a hawk and a crow wearing a sleeveless robe or tunic. The fully colored version has feathers similar to that of a black-eared kite, which are a rusty brown with white feathers mixed in around the head and face. The tunic is a powder blue with a dark blue obi without a visible knot. Stage one is listed as "Rough $10 USD". Stage two is somewhat more refined but still has rough lines and is listed as "Cleaned $15 USD". Stage three has more clean bold lines with clear details and is listed "Refined $30 USD". Stage 4 is the fully colored version with shading and colored details, listed as "Full Color $$50 USD".

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · Jun 24

Prime Minister Carney’s 1st 100 days, a must-watch video by the Breach. It is 6 minutes so I can’t post the whole thing, #cdnpoli

🔗: vm.tiktok.com/ZMS98KQHm/

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · Jun 24

Note to freelancers: I'm open to pitches for @nationalobserver.com! We pay pretty well, and we're flexible with timelines for assigned stories. I don't need a long pitch — think 2 paragraphs — but please give an idea of what your story is.

Some recently published freelance pieces:

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alison says reinstate Link! @alisonborealis.bsky.social · Jun 6

So... every single weather warning on this map except the grey in the southwest corner of BC (early season +30C heat) and the yellow in Nova Scotia in the south east on the map (severe storm watch) is about wildfire smoke.

#CdnPoli #CdnWx #Wildfire

A map of northern north america overlaid with the Environment Canada weather warnings for June 6 at 2:30pm MDT.

There's a patch of southwestern BC from Vancouver Island to the Okanagan interior coloured grey.
A huge stretch of the provinces is coloured red through northern BC, northern Alberta, Northern Saskatchewan, Northern and central-eastern Manitoba, Western Ontario, and north-central Quebec with serious air quality warnings.
Parts of northern BC, northern Alberta, northern Ontario, southern Ontario including Toronto and Ottawa, southern Quebec including Montreal, and the Atlantic Provinces (New Brunswick and Labrador in particular) are coloured grey with air quality warnings.

A small patch of Nova Scotia in the south-east of Canada on the Atlantic ocean is coloured yellow with a severe thunderstorm watch.

All these air quality warnings are due to wildfire smoke.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Jun 6

A UBC student has raised $3,000 to make a billboard that says “Abortion is safe, normal and common” to counter the anti-abortion billboard messaging that peppers the Okanagan region.

But she’s stumped on where to post her message. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. 🪧

Kelowna Companies Won’t Run Pro-Choice Billboards | The Tyee

The crowdfunded campaign aims to counter anti-abortion billboards in the region.

thetyee.ca

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · Jun 2

While RFK Jr. is fighting against fluoride in drinking water, the city of Calgary in Canada already made that mistake and is bringing it back this month. Back in 2011, Calgary voted to remove flouride, but childhood cavities rose and 10 years later in 2021, 62% of voters asked to bring it back.

Fluoride to be reintroduced in Calgary water starting next month | CBC News

Fluoride will be reintroduced in Calgary’s drinking water starting June 30, about three-and-a-half years after Calgarians voted in favour of fluoridation in the October 2021 municipal election.

www.cbc.ca

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hard to think of a clear depiction of climate politics in Canada than provincial premiers calling for more pipelines and deregulation of oil and gas development as climate-amplified wildfires rage in their own provinces. #cdnpoli

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Jun 2

Premiers united in belief that the best way to stand up to Trump is doing what they’ve always wanted to do anyways

Premiers united in belief that the best way to stand up to Trump is doing what they've always wanted to do anyways

SASKATOON – As they gather with PM Mark Carney for the meeting of First Ministers, the Premiers of Canada’s provinces are steadfast in their belief that the best way to oppose Donald Trump’s tariffs a...

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Tzaddi @tzaddimade.bsky.social · Jun 3

“First Ministers recognized the devastating impact the toxic illegal drug supply is having on Canadian communities…”
Continues on to a law & order response, no mention of the social supports needed to solve this crisis.

Tzaddi @tzaddimade.bsky.social · Jun 3

“First Ministers agreed that Canada must work urgently to get Canadian natural resources and commodities to domestic and international markets, such as critical minerals and decarbonized Canadian oil and gas by pipelines…”
Decarbonized oil and gas? What the…

Tzaddi @tzaddimade.bsky.social · Jun 3

First Ministers’ statement on building a strong Canadian economy and advancing major projects

“First Ministers expressed their deep concern regarding the wildfire situations across Canada, including in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and pledged to continue to provide assistance and suppo...

www.pm.gc.ca

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Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · Jun 2

Here's the moment MPP Sol Mamakwa for Kiiwetinoong was removed from the legislature. He was removed for saying the Premier is telling "untruths" about First Nations and Bill 5. "That is the truth,” he replied when he was asked to withdraw his comments.

Bill 5 must be scrapped.

#onpoli #bill5

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Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦 @kaicable.bsky.social · May 24

If tougher prison sentences and more cops reduced violent crime, then U.S. cities would be the safest in the world — they are not.

#cdnpoli #canada

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

How Carney Can Actually Reduce Violent Crime | The Tyee

Instead of overreliance on policing and incarceration, Canada’s new PM should lead with these proven and effective actions.

thetyee.ca

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · May 24

Canada achieved #measles elimination status in 1998. Now, it could lose it. Canada has more measles cases right now than any other country in the Americas, by Alison Northcott www.cbc.ca/news/health/....

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · May 20

“People do drugs, especially young people. The least we can do is equip them with harm-reduction tools.

Because if there is a chilling lesson to retain from Sidney’s tragic story, it’s this: it could just as easily have been your kid in that dorm room.”

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: We need to better equip young people to deal with toxic-drug overdoses

A B.C. coroner’s inquest makes sensible recommendations that should have already been in place to address a crisis that disproportionately affects young adults

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · May 20

B.C. has launched a special committee on electoral reform.

Twenty years ago, the BC Citizens’ Assembly made a bold recommendation. Antony Hodgson explains. #bcpoli

A Fresh Opportunity to Get Elections Right | The Tyee

BC has launched a special committee on electoral reform. Twenty years ago, the BC Citizens’ Assembly made a bold recommendation.

thetyee.ca

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · May 20

Young men hard to reach about impaired driving risk, MADD says after deadly Toronto crash. Man, 19, faces a dozen charges after deadly crash on Highway 401 kills siblings aged 15, 13 and 6, by Sara Jabakhanji www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca ##alcohol #DUI

Impaired driving messaging needs to reach young men, says MADD Canada CEO, following deadly Toronto crash | CBC News

The head of MADD Canada says it's important for key messaging in preventing impaired driving to reach young men, as a 19-year-old man faces a dozen charges, including multiple counts of impaired drivi...

www.cbc.ca

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · May 20

Until MSM talks about the International Democracy Union & their membership, past & present, democracies around the globe will continue to be threatened by far-right fascism
They fact that only small, independent outlets even admit they're real is troubling
#cdnpoli
#USpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. Canada Is Being Tested | The Tyee

How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian populism is being employed here and around the world.

thetyee.ca

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · May 20

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says it was unaware, until informed by The Tyee, that Dr. Roger Hodkinson continued to publicly make statements that were “inconsistent with accepted public health medicine guidelines.”

@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli

Sanctioned for Misinformation, This Doctor Keeps Spreading It | The Tyee

Roger Hodkinson admitted to professional misconduct. But persists in broadcasting falsities about vaccines.

thetyee.ca

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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · May 20

Léger Alberta poll: "Indicate how much you support or oppose the following proposals: Alberta becoming a U.S. state."

🔴80% Oppose
🟢17% Support

[Léger, May 9-12, 2025, n=1,000] ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/leger-two-...

Léger: Two-Thirds of Alberta Voters Reject Separatism

New data shows most Albertans still reject independence, despite sharp discontent with Ottawa.

www.338canada.ca

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · May 20

Mark Carney on Bill C-69… and the Harper/Poilievre Government failures. #cdnpoli

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · May 18

Carney’s new cabinet committee on quality of life and well-being to focus on social issues

Cabinet committees are at the will of the prime minister, give insight into the government’s key priorities

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · May 19

With measles making a resurgence, efforts are under way to educate doctors who’ve never seen it in person

A generation of Canadian physicians have only ever encountered the virus, which can sometimes be hard to recognize at first, in textbooks

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · May 19

Danielle Smith’s greatest trick? Convincing Albertans that sovereignty matters more than ER closures and dismantled public services.

Time to look past the smoke and mirrors. #AlbertaPolitics #ABpoli #CDNpoli

youtube.com/shorts/Fy4hi...

Danielle Smith’s greatest trick? Convincing Albertans that sovereignty drama matters more than ER

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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