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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir

@intheprairie.bsky.social

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Books, TV, & cheap wine. Support animal to many. No patience for bigots. I swear a lot. Treaty One Territory (Manitoba)

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · Dec 13

I'm going to say this once. If I just followed you back, we've never interacted, and the first thing you do is message me, you will be blocked.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 12h

Goodnight.
🖼️ Maggie Vandewalle #31DaysofHalloween #Gothtober

Black cat with bat wings and stripy tail sat in tree under a full moon and night sky, painting.

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National Screen Institute - Canada @nsicanada.bsky.social · 12h

Manitoba Indigenous youth ages 18–22 interested in film and TV!

Apply now for NSI Intro to Production. This culturally grounded program blends online workshops and in-person production experience in Winnipeg.

Apply by Nov 6, 2025 at noon CT.

Learn more and apply at nsi-canada.ca/media_releas...

Promotional graphic for the “NSI Intro to Production – Manitoba Indigenous Youth Edition” program by the National Screen Institute. The text explains the program is for Indigenous youth aged 18–22 in Manitoba to explore film and TV careers by making a short film. The application deadline is November 6, 2025. On the right, a photo shows three people silhouetted in a production studio setting, surrounded by lights and equipment. Colorful geometric design elements frame the image.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 16h

Honestly, reading this I think I like Carney more.

Sounds like he can change his mind. That’s good.
In my life, I’ve known “impatient” men that get things done, & “nice” men that don’t…
And maybe I’m old but frankly, professionalism & a dress code for our govt reps should be the expectation….

Maclean’s Magazine @macleans.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Carney is smart, skilled and unreasonably accomplished. He’s also aggressive, impatient and famously short-tempered. To survive in Ottawa, he needs to learn to play with others. https://macleans.ca/politics/mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada/

Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca

His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent, thanks. I checked out the trailer and it looks perfect.

Gothic, ghosts & fashion. I'm in.

Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 17h

How have I never heard of this? Adding it to my Spooky Film watch list.

Voodoo Vintage @voodoovintage.bsky.social · 19h

It's Wicked Wednesday & time to admire some spooky fashion! Today we will spotlight the costumes & spooky aesthetic of what I consider to be one of the most visually beautiful horror films ever, the 2015 Gothic Horror Romance, "Crimson Peak".

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 20h

"Gary Filmon... personally profited from this action... He collected more than $1.4 million in director fees and compensation over 10 years, with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of shares."

Do I hold grudges? Why yes, yes I do.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Jun 2015: A cautionary tale of two telcos

At a time when the Ontario Liberal government is planning to privatize Hydro One and other provincial governments are also planning significant privatizations, it’s instructive to look back and...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 20h

"On Oct. 6, Sio Silica board member David Filmon — a son of former Tory premier Gary Filmon — sent a text to Cullen asking “Did we get it done today?”" 👀

Every time I try to deal with Bell, I curse Gary Filmon for privatizing MTS.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson, cabinet ministers fined for breaking ethics law

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has made history for a second time. The province’s first female premier became the first premier to be fined for breaking the conflict of interest law.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn't believe it. I was mesmerized & in tears & these idiots are going out for their smoke break. Still blows my mind.

Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

In highschool & I still remember being stunned at those who left for their lunch break rather than staying to see the end of the film.
Heathens.

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life."

🌹 #OTD in #Film #History 8 October 1968, #FrancoZeffirelli's adaptation of #WilliamShakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, starring #LeonardWhiting and #OliviaHussey, opened in 🇺🇸

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 1d

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

Not only does he look devoid of an actual human soul, he talks like a robot.

There is legitimately something psychotically wrong with him, trump, & so many in this regime.

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stevelambert.bsky.social @stevelambert.bsky.social · 1d

Article today (much more to come): Former premier Heather Stefanson has been fined $18k as the legislature approves an ethics commissioner’s report: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art... #mbpoli

Manitoba legislature approves $18,000 fine for former premier Heather Stefanson

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has been fined $18,000 for violating the province’s conflict of interest law.

www.ctvnews.ca

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 2d

Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) in Fog, Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel Valley, California

Photo: William Guion

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Cam Regier @camregier.bsky.social · 1d

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 1d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 1d

Wayne Mondok, Canadian (1961- ), Paint Brushes in Vase, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 in

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 1d

In the Distance, Andrea Kowch, 2022.
#art #oilpainting

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

I love the examples on the left. Though not sure if that one is a little straight razor... or a cleaver.
Still, all very dapper indeed.

Voodoo Vintage @voodoovintage.bsky.social · 1d

I tend to focus on Fashion that is traditionally Women's Fashion, but let's take a moment to delve into a bit of Men's Fashion, namely men's jewelry & accessories. Today's 🧵 is about Tie Bars/ Tie Clips / Tie Slides - by any name, they make a stylish man look especially dapper.

#FashionHistory

Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

Now we're getting down to brass tacks.

This is really about debt... and a grift, like everything the far right touches is.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News

After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...

www.cbc.ca

Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

I was coming here to say this exact thing. His eyes are completely soulless.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

The business model is both evil and genius.

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning! This week's theme is the River Thames.
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'Bridge in London' (1908) by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

(Private collection)

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

Even the birds seem angry this morning.

No doubt yelling at the family to get a move on after last night's frost.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 1d

LLMs out to gaslight authors about their own writing.

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 2d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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