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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦

@cricketmh.bsky.social

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Reactive Rescue Bitch. Retired dogpark assassin (specialized in PTSD) She/Her/Spayed 🐾 Adored dog of GenX ICU fly girl. My block is worse than my bite. Alberta born, ‘berta intolerant. WTF 🇺🇸 👀 🧡*🖤❤️🤍💚*💙💛 🇨🇦🐾

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · Nov 12

We really fucking don’t.

John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · Nov 12

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 18m

Personally I think I should be rewarded for not reproducing myself.

Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 21m

We’ll need a pic if she’s game!

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 22m

Ok 1) that guy is adorable.
And 2) I did not know they terrorize bears?!? I was born here.
Magnificent beasts. 🥰🫎

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2h

Moose are the #1 deadliest animal in Canada! Polar Bears are #2.

For tourists that come to #Canada, they are NOT friendly, leave them be!

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🇨🇦 Ken Robinson: Proud/ NASTY CANADIAN in AB 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @kprobinson0155.bsky.social · 4h

Milestone.
Are you seeing this, Danielle Smith?

Care of Earth and People Ensure A Future World 🌎 @bpermaculture.bsky.social · 1d

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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James Cameron 🇨🇦 @lumin8.bsky.social · 2h

Zoomed in on the moon just now between Arris East and West towers across the street.
Calgary

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Peggy Blair @peggyblair.bsky.social · 30m

Hey self-published CDN mystery authors -- did you get a new book out this year? You may be eligible for the Toby Award? Check out the criteria at tobyaward.wordpress.com!

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Erin 🇨🇦 @spicyerin.bsky.social · 1h

The ONLY reason for a province to use the notwithstanding clause is if it’s about to trample on a group’s charter rights. Get rid of the fucking clause

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 2h

Shocker.

"Premiers of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia call on federal government to reconsider"

Human rights need to be inalienable, otherwise they are not rights.

Selek cha’Silek 🇨🇦 @selek437.bsky.social · 3h

No one should be able to wipe out rights with the not withstanding clause! It should be removed completely.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 29m

Yes. 🤫

Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 36m

It's so funny when somebody cancels plans and profusely apologizes. Don't apologize. This is everything I hoped for

Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 32m

Plus—full of cinnamon raisins!

thanos is wearing a helmet and holding his infinity gauntlet in his hand

Alt: thanos is wearing a helmet and holding his infinity gauntlet in his hand He is caffeinated, full of cinnamon raisin toast & ready to rumble.

media.tenor.com

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LakefrontDaisy1 🇨🇦❣️🇺🇦🍁 @lakefrontdaisy1.bsky.social · 2h

Pretty much the mood everywhere.

Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 5h

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 37m

I’m precise that way—thanks for noticing!

Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 38m

❤️🇨🇦❤️

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 1h

The Unity Bus keeps rolling throughout Alberta. When you see it, honk, or send a kiss to the driver 😃

www.facebook.com/share/r/17JV...

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 1h

The Morning Monty goes from window to window, catching the peeks of sun wherever he can find them today.

Fluffy gray tripod tabby upside down on a window perch. There’s been some sun off and on this morning, but it isn’t very consistent and it’s fading in favor of clouds.

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 41m

Good advice. 🤘

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 14h

Instead of praying, I'm going to remind people to get their flu shot, their COVID-19 shot (if they can get one), and wear a respirator in public to keep people like Dolly safe from deadly communicable diseases. Don't just pretend to care, show it with your day to day actions.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Canada vs. America

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 43m

Francis Poole signs are everywhere here too.

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 45m

Law & Order PP defends them.
So predictable.

Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 46m

Low voter turnout & apathy around municipal elections help #DavidParker and his evangelical #TakeBackAlberta crew to slither into your kids’ schools & education.
If you don’t want that, research your candidates & vote October 20.
TBA school trustee candidate in #SherwoodPark is Francis Poole.

Social conservative groups expand training for prospective Alberta school trustees
Groups say gender identity and sexual health policies have gone too far, want greater
representation on boards
Janet French • CBC News •
Posted: Aug 26, 2025 11:29 AM MDT | Last
Updated: September 12

Groups like Take Back Alberta have actively been courting and training grassroots members since the last municipal election in order to wrest control from trustees they see as too politically progressive around social issues such as
2SLGBTQ+ rights and parental control.
David Parker, executive director of Take Back
Alberta (TBA), pointed to low voter turnout and a high proportion of acclaimed school trustee
candidates as keys to their success in the Oct 20 Alberta municipal election.

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 5h

Critically insufficient 😂
In 💯 everything.

Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 5h

I do that too, especially when someone hadn’t posted in a while or been shifted out of my stream.
This doesn’t help.

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Lyndon @iamlyndon.bsky.social · 5h

I don't keep any lists of people on Bluesky that I interact with. Usually I'll just look them up in search.

Apparently something has changed, because when I look them up now, it comes up blank, like they don't exist.

Its weird & annoying.

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Jeff Day @thejeffday.bsky.social · 5h

Somehow I've become older and, suddenly, I understand why I've been enjoying the fifties more than I'd enjoyed the forties. It's the difference between August and October. There's just a crisper sparkle in autumn.
#photography #redwed #eastcoastkin #nature #age #water #wildlife #yeg #autumn

A muskrat in a creek passes a tree of red.

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Pete Hannah @member389.bsky.social · 17h

If anyone is deserving of prayers it's Dolly. She is proof that if you unite wealth and power with empathy and compassion you can do great things. Her philanthropy supports so many worthy charities along with her book and scholarship programs. 🙏🏻

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 16h

CALMAR, you are amazing!!! These #ForeverCanadian volunteers don’t give up. Great response in rural Alberta.

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