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Mimi Williams
@mimiprobably.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Worker. Fighter. Sister. Daughter. Mom.

Boss and Emma are my dogs.
I ran out of N95s and didn't have time to go out before the game started, so hopefully, this surgical mask with a PM2.5 filter inserted will help with all the wildfire smoke. #LightsUpLetsGo #SportsingOnMyPatio #MaskUp
June 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The way casinos let you self-exile; I have reached that time of year that I need this, but for greenhouses. #yegGarden
June 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Congratulations to my friend @stephaniemclean.bsky.social on her appointment as Secretary of State for Seniors. She's going to do great!
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
National Nursing Week (May 12-18) recognizes and celebrates each and every nurse who works so hard to keep us healthy and safe. Thank you! #NationalNursingWeek #ABHealth
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wherein DJC reports that the government of Alberta has applied to lock out employees of the provincial public service in the event of a breakdown in contract negotiations. #ABPoli #ABLabour

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Danielle Smith tries in ‘Alberta Next’ video address to bluff her way out of a bad hand she dealt herself - Alberta Politics
After dealing herself a weak hand by making assumptions that turned out to be disastrously wrong, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sat down for her weirdly timed mid-afternoon video address to the provi...
albertapolitics.ca
May 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If hockey teams were like Alberta conservatives, they would threaten to leave the NHL if they didn't win the Stanley Cup.

As a Habs fan, I am able to congratulate the Leafs, and cheer for the Oilers & the Jets (in this metaphoric stretch) because I am not an asshole. #CdnPoli
May 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It's 25° outside, so we're obviously gonna need two tvs on the back deck. #GoJays #GoHabs #yegwx
April 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Offspring#1. Raised right.
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I probably wrote this after I learned that Prince had died.

Still true, nine years later. 💜
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Introduced this afternoon, Bill 49 creates a crown corporation to deliver policing in Alberta and will move 600 sheriffs from direct government employment to this new entity. #ABLeg #ABLabour

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Edmonton: Local News, Weather & Traffic Updates
Get the latest stories shaping the city of Edmonton, Alberta, directly from our expert journalists on the ground.
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April 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
May 1st is a day for workers to celebrate our achievements and commit to our continued struggle for better working conditions.

Except in Alberta, where a bunch of angry white dudes who can't spell "constitutional" are organizing a rally for independence. 🙄 #ABPoli #CdnPoli
April 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Get me to God's Country*

*God's Country might not be when Tesla stock drops below $200, but you can see it from there, probably.
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“It highlights that there is a problem, because if one person is willing to say it... how many others also agree with them?”

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How Transport Canada’s Education on Residential Schools Went So Wrong | The Tyee
An Indigenous education program for employees revealed racism within the department.
thetyee.ca
April 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today, we celebrate trans & non-binary people and raise awareness of the increasingly frightening discrimination they face every day.
#ITDOV
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Parking is available for free to the public on the south side of the facility, and overflow parking exists in the neighbouring parkade." #ABPoli
March 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On Sunday, Mar 23/97, 10,000 Safeway workers struck across the province.

UFCW 401 members at Safeway (and Superstore) are still fighting for fairness.

Find out more here 👇
faircheckout.ca/#SignUp

#ABLabour #CanLab
Join the fight against grocery greed | Fair Checkout
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March 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I just called her #MAGAHari™ on The Twitters. Please clap.

#CdnPoli #ABPoli
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Everyone has a side to pick in the elimination of racial discrimination.

Which side are you on?
March 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Fun Trivia Fact: Mark Carney will be the second Canadian Prime Minister in history to hold a PhD. The first (and, so far, only) one was William Lyon Mackenzie King. #CdnPoli
March 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It's the time of year that I have to remember to change the time on my watch and caution myself not to get my hopes up for the Blue Jays.
March 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Supremes have concluded that a spending limit on third-party political advertising violates the right to vote.

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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc. - SCC Cases
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March 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today is the final Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) Grassy Mountain Mine hearing.

Concerned citizens fighting the destruction of the Eastern Slopes are holding a gathering outside the AER at 11:15 AM.

Join if you can!

250 - 5th Street SW, Calgary
#SaveOurSlopes #ABPoli
March 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"We began to simply reward those who reproduced the most and left the intelligent to become an endangered species," says the narrator at the beginning of this incredibly prescient 2006 documentary.
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I had always assumed humans would just keep getting smarter. I'm not sure why I thought this since I saw the original Planet of the Apes as a very young child.
February 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Those who opposed free trade 40 years ago have, by and large, been proven correct by its long-term consequences."

www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...
Time To Think Beyond ‘Worthless’ Free Trade Agreements: Economists
“Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement?”
www.readthemaple.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM