FireBethFox
@firebethfox.bsky.social
Human muppet trying to be OK in late stage capitalism. From BC in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
I care about Anti-racism, Reconciliation, and Public Service. My ❤️ languages are questions, gifs, or introspection. Your results may vary.
#protecttranskids🏳️🌈
I care about Anti-racism, Reconciliation, and Public Service. My ❤️ languages are questions, gifs, or introspection. Your results may vary.
#protecttranskids🏳️🌈
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(Pets) Found pets currently in the care of Halifax Animal Services
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January 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
(Pets) Found pets currently in the care of Halifax Animal Services
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So Halifax it hurts
Our 2nd most-read piece of 2025 is by the forever funny @mikedrucker.bsky.social, and we have no idea what he was getting at here, but it seemed to have struck a nerve with many, many readers.
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So Halifax it hurts
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RIP 2025
2025-2025
2025-2025
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
RIP 2025
2025-2025
2025-2025
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Waiting with sister-in-law, her new husband and best man outside the venue just after their wedding. A woman passing by congratulated them, commented on her dress and then asked if she could help carry anything. It was Brooke Shields. This was in Halifax two months ago.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Waiting with sister-in-law, her new husband and best man outside the venue just after their wedding. A woman passing by congratulated them, commented on her dress and then asked if she could help carry anything. It was Brooke Shields. This was in Halifax two months ago.
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I didn't know that Halifax was a real place so I always thought that in the song Barrett's Privateers the lyric "I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier" was just referring to A Specific Type Of Pier
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I didn't know that Halifax was a real place so I always thought that in the song Barrett's Privateers the lyric "I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier" was just referring to A Specific Type Of Pier
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“The Librarians paints a rather dystopian picture of the state of affairs in America … if you are anything other than a white, straight, Christian, Republican man, you are seemingly viewed as being ‘less than.’ The Librarians does a good job demonstrating what it is like to be part of that other.”
Grant Frost: The Librarians documentary a cautionary tale for Canadians
In the current battle for our libraries, the concern seems to be that specific communities are being portrayed at all, writes Grant Frost.
www.saltwire.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“The Librarians paints a rather dystopian picture of the state of affairs in America … if you are anything other than a white, straight, Christian, Republican man, you are seemingly viewed as being ‘less than.’ The Librarians does a good job demonstrating what it is like to be part of that other.”
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Merry Christmas! Sharing some maps to plan any holiday travel. Roads most likely to become snow covered in western half of Maritimes today. Then a mostly fine stretch; although, the CB highlands seem likely to have some snow (not heavy) everyday :-).
A warm up then cool down Monday-Tuesday.
A warm up then cool down Monday-Tuesday.
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Merry Christmas! Sharing some maps to plan any holiday travel. Roads most likely to become snow covered in western half of Maritimes today. Then a mostly fine stretch; although, the CB highlands seem likely to have some snow (not heavy) everyday :-).
A warm up then cool down Monday-Tuesday.
A warm up then cool down Monday-Tuesday.
Underrated reply wins my Bluesky today
Perhaps it was a student pilot coming to terms with the fact they just don't have the knack.
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Underrated reply wins my Bluesky today
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Emily mistook a plow for a rival dragon and engaged in a territorial dispute. Crews are working to de-escalate the situation. I’m there telling accounting stories to lighten the mood. Expect delays. #NSStorm #PlowVsDragon
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Emily mistook a plow for a rival dragon and engaged in a territorial dispute. Crews are working to de-escalate the situation. I’m there telling accounting stories to lighten the mood. Expect delays. #NSStorm #PlowVsDragon
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Winter storm: snow begins in the west this aftn (4pm HFX).
Snow mixed with rain/ice along coasts. Heaviest snow inland/high ground NS & parts Kings PEI (15-30+cm). See pics for pattern; still uncertainty. Strong NE winds (outage risk).
Improves Wed aftn. A brief system Thurs night: icy roads.
Ugh.
Snow mixed with rain/ice along coasts. Heaviest snow inland/high ground NS & parts Kings PEI (15-30+cm). See pics for pattern; still uncertainty. Strong NE winds (outage risk).
Improves Wed aftn. A brief system Thurs night: icy roads.
Ugh.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Winter storm: snow begins in the west this aftn (4pm HFX).
Snow mixed with rain/ice along coasts. Heaviest snow inland/high ground NS & parts Kings PEI (15-30+cm). See pics for pattern; still uncertainty. Strong NE winds (outage risk).
Improves Wed aftn. A brief system Thurs night: icy roads.
Ugh.
Snow mixed with rain/ice along coasts. Heaviest snow inland/high ground NS & parts Kings PEI (15-30+cm). See pics for pattern; still uncertainty. Strong NE winds (outage risk).
Improves Wed aftn. A brief system Thurs night: icy roads.
Ugh.
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Hey Halifax, go clear the storm drains near your house!
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hey Halifax, go clear the storm drains near your house!
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DAY 1!!!! 🎅🏻
1 x @SalvatoresHfx pizza a month for a year!
A $360 value!
🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕
Every $5 donated = 1 entry to win entire calendar supporting @feednovascotia
More info 👉🏼AndyVent.ca
#FeedTheNeed
Buy tix at: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/feedn...
1 x @SalvatoresHfx pizza a month for a year!
A $360 value!
🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕
Every $5 donated = 1 entry to win entire calendar supporting @feednovascotia
More info 👉🏼AndyVent.ca
#FeedTheNeed
Buy tix at: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/feedn...
December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
DAY 1!!!! 🎅🏻
1 x @SalvatoresHfx pizza a month for a year!
A $360 value!
🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕
Every $5 donated = 1 entry to win entire calendar supporting @feednovascotia
More info 👉🏼AndyVent.ca
#FeedTheNeed
Buy tix at: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/feedn...
1 x @SalvatoresHfx pizza a month for a year!
A $360 value!
🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕🙌🏻🍕
Every $5 donated = 1 entry to win entire calendar supporting @feednovascotia
More info 👉🏼AndyVent.ca
#FeedTheNeed
Buy tix at: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/feedn...
Seems fun. Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Tragically Hip at Ottawa Civic Ctr circa 1995
Sarah McLachlan at Ottawa Civic Ctr 1997
54/40 at Barrymores 2001
Dave Matthews Band at Correl Center 2002
U2 on Magnetic Hill NB 2011
Tragically Hip at Ottawa Civic Ctr circa 1995
Sarah McLachlan at Ottawa Civic Ctr 1997
54/40 at Barrymores 2001
Dave Matthews Band at Correl Center 2002
U2 on Magnetic Hill NB 2011
Agreed!
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Treble Charger at USask homecoming caberet
Tragically Hip at Another Roadside Attraction
Weakerthans at Dewey's
Corb Lund at the Winspear
Michael Kaeshammer at the Yardbird
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Treble Charger at USask homecoming caberet
Tragically Hip at Another Roadside Attraction
Weakerthans at Dewey's
Corb Lund at the Winspear
Michael Kaeshammer at the Yardbird
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Seems fun. Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Tragically Hip at Ottawa Civic Ctr circa 1995
Sarah McLachlan at Ottawa Civic Ctr 1997
54/40 at Barrymores 2001
Dave Matthews Band at Correl Center 2002
U2 on Magnetic Hill NB 2011
Tragically Hip at Ottawa Civic Ctr circa 1995
Sarah McLachlan at Ottawa Civic Ctr 1997
54/40 at Barrymores 2001
Dave Matthews Band at Correl Center 2002
U2 on Magnetic Hill NB 2011
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
This is awesome!!!
Halifax doctor's donation helps north-end arts centre secure permanent home
RadStorm, a Gottingen Street hub for artists and musicians, is buying its building #Halifax #NovaScotia
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
RadStorm, a Gottingen Street hub for artists and musicians, is buying its building #Halifax #NovaScotia
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Halifax doctor's donation helps north-end arts centre secure permanent home | CBC News
A Halifax arts centre run as a collective that's grown into a regular home for everything from zine libraries and printmaking to live music is celebrating a substantial donation that's poised to suppo...
www.cbc.ca
May 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is awesome!!!
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Edith MacDonald-Brown was born in Africville, Halifax in 1886 - and she is believed to be the first documented Black female painter in Canada.
Over a century after her last painting, nine of her known works are now on display until April 26 banns.ca/projects/fro... @ MSVU Art Gallery in Halifax.
Over a century after her last painting, nine of her known works are now on display until April 26 banns.ca/projects/fro... @ MSVU Art Gallery in Halifax.
April 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Edith MacDonald-Brown was born in Africville, Halifax in 1886 - and she is believed to be the first documented Black female painter in Canada.
Over a century after her last painting, nine of her known works are now on display until April 26 banns.ca/projects/fro... @ MSVU Art Gallery in Halifax.
Over a century after her last painting, nine of her known works are now on display until April 26 banns.ca/projects/fro... @ MSVU Art Gallery in Halifax.
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@HfxRegPolice:
🚨Missing Person: Emma Jackson
Halifax Regional Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old youth from Dartmouth.
Emma Jackson was reported missing to police on March 2, 2025 and last seen on March 1 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Dartmouth.
🚨Missing Person: Emma Jackson
Halifax Regional Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old youth from Dartmouth.
Emma Jackson was reported missing to police on March 2, 2025 and last seen on March 1 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Dartmouth.
March 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
@HfxRegPolice:
🚨Missing Person: Emma Jackson
Halifax Regional Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old youth from Dartmouth.
Emma Jackson was reported missing to police on March 2, 2025 and last seen on March 1 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Dartmouth.
🚨Missing Person: Emma Jackson
Halifax Regional Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old youth from Dartmouth.
Emma Jackson was reported missing to police on March 2, 2025 and last seen on March 1 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Dartmouth.
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Add this case study from the Institute for Responsive Government to your weekend reading list!
It's a great example of what's possible when governments tackle service transformation the right way.
Read the full case study here: hubs.li/Q038LSR70
It's a great example of what's possible when governments tackle service transformation the right way.
Read the full case study here: hubs.li/Q038LSR70
Pennsylvania Red Tape Reduction: A Case Study - Institute for Responsive Government
hubs.li
February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Add this case study from the Institute for Responsive Government to your weekend reading list!
It's a great example of what's possible when governments tackle service transformation the right way.
Read the full case study here: hubs.li/Q038LSR70
It's a great example of what's possible when governments tackle service transformation the right way.
Read the full case study here: hubs.li/Q038LSR70
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A reminder in light of the recent news that an archived version of the 18F site - including their amazing guides - is here preserved.org.uk/18f.gsa.gov/... [as well as the Wayback Machine]
18F: Digital service delivery | Guides
preserved.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A reminder in light of the recent news that an archived version of the 18F site - including their amazing guides - is here preserved.org.uk/18f.gsa.gov/... [as well as the Wayback Machine]
If you want to gut state capacity (/ht @pahlkadot.bsky.social ) this would be an effective place to do heavy damage…
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you want to gut state capacity (/ht @pahlkadot.bsky.social ) this would be an effective place to do heavy damage…
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I learned so much from the gang at 18F when we were starting up CDS. Our earliest days I spent spelunking through their open repositories looking for things we could borrow or learn from. They were what we aspired to become, our civic tech lodestar. What a loss.
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I learned so much from the gang at 18F when we were starting up CDS. Our earliest days I spent spelunking through their open repositories looking for things we could borrow or learn from. They were what we aspired to become, our civic tech lodestar. What a loss.
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One of the biggest barriers to digital service transformation is budget separation.
It’s a cost item on a digital budget.
Which later results in savings in the service operation budget.
That’s a different team, unit or even organisation.
1/X
It’s a cost item on a digital budget.
Which later results in savings in the service operation budget.
That’s a different team, unit or even organisation.
1/X
February 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One of the biggest barriers to digital service transformation is budget separation.
It’s a cost item on a digital budget.
Which later results in savings in the service operation budget.
That’s a different team, unit or even organisation.
1/X
It’s a cost item on a digital budget.
Which later results in savings in the service operation budget.
That’s a different team, unit or even organisation.
1/X