Mae Dae 🇨🇦
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Helper | 👵 | reader | 🇨🇦 | pacifist in an old school sense | systems thinker | connector | education | health
Doesn’t think an easy life is a better life.
Settler on unceded territories of the Coast Salish.
Doesn’t think an easy life is a better life.
Settler on unceded territories of the Coast Salish.
Love thy neighbour as you love yourself.
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Love thy neighbour as you love yourself.
Speaking up is a Quaker responsibility. An excellent essay by Ayishat Akambi contained the insight that self silencing removes “critiques grounded in care” leaving critique to those who will ground it in contempt.
September 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Speaking up is a Quaker responsibility. An excellent essay by Ayishat Akambi contained the insight that self silencing removes “critiques grounded in care” leaving critique to those who will ground it in contempt.
My mom is a retired home ec. Teacher in Canada. She has this treasure still in her possession- nutrient info on Walrus, seal, porcupine, polar bear and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1sw-3...
September 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My mom is a retired home ec. Teacher in Canada. She has this treasure still in her possession- nutrient info on Walrus, seal, porcupine, polar bear and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1sw-3...
Happily choosing cringe most of the time.
July 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Happily choosing cringe most of the time.
I had quite the moment at the Web Summit in Vancouver.
May 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I had quite the moment at the Web Summit in Vancouver.
When making budget choices, increasing taxes on the top 1% has an outsized positive impact on GDP, second only to reducing healthcare costs.
May 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When making budget choices, increasing taxes on the top 1% has an outsized positive impact on GDP, second only to reducing healthcare costs.
Libertarians be like…
April 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Libertarians be like…
By contrast US $ by function
April 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
By contrast US $ by function
Let’s connect Defense, Coast Guard + Border $.
Seems like 🇨🇦is getting the proportion right.
Shows recent funding projections (not actuals).
Let’s hope that our health, education, social entitlements and public services remain in balance.
$ = local, prov, fed
#canpoli #elbowsup
#never51st
Seems like 🇨🇦is getting the proportion right.
Shows recent funding projections (not actuals).
Let’s hope that our health, education, social entitlements and public services remain in balance.
$ = local, prov, fed
#canpoli #elbowsup
#never51st
April 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Let’s connect Defense, Coast Guard + Border $.
Seems like 🇨🇦is getting the proportion right.
Shows recent funding projections (not actuals).
Let’s hope that our health, education, social entitlements and public services remain in balance.
$ = local, prov, fed
#canpoli #elbowsup
#never51st
Seems like 🇨🇦is getting the proportion right.
Shows recent funding projections (not actuals).
Let’s hope that our health, education, social entitlements and public services remain in balance.
$ = local, prov, fed
#canpoli #elbowsup
#never51st
Not just the National Post
March 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Not just the National Post
Not just the Toronto Sun:
March 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Not just the Toronto Sun:
Vaccination matters. It is one of the greatest advances in modern medicine. All of my children are here. I am here. We are vaccinated.
February 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Vaccination matters. It is one of the greatest advances in modern medicine. All of my children are here. I am here. We are vaccinated.
In the history of ever…
February 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In the history of ever…
In 2018, our former PM Stephen Harper (Conservative) was a Trump endorser. Now, he’s pushing back: “Canada subsidizes the US… maybe we should he selling our <energy> to other people.”
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In 2018, our former PM Stephen Harper (Conservative) was a Trump endorser. Now, he’s pushing back: “Canada subsidizes the US… maybe we should he selling our <energy> to other people.”
Dummies Raising Goats by @madpelletier.bsky.social was a just what the doctor ordered to mend a sore heart - read in Geist 128
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Dummies Raising Goats by @madpelletier.bsky.social was a just what the doctor ordered to mend a sore heart - read in Geist 128
Where are the #YVR folks perhaps @miss604.com could help- I am looking for local CSAs that are signing up folks for the spring and summer that deliver or drop in East Van.
January 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Where are the #YVR folks perhaps @miss604.com could help- I am looking for local CSAs that are signing up folks for the spring and summer that deliver or drop in East Van.
Replace “the economy” with “rich people’s yacht money”
January 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Replace “the economy” with “rich people’s yacht money”
Don’t do resolutions- just double down on what you are already doing successfully!
For me, that’s riding my ebike a gajillion kms more than my old bike.
It’s making 95% of my meals vs eating out.
It’s doing weights sometimes.
It’s hosting family suppers on Sunday.
It’s buying zilch in January.
For me, that’s riding my ebike a gajillion kms more than my old bike.
It’s making 95% of my meals vs eating out.
It’s doing weights sometimes.
It’s hosting family suppers on Sunday.
It’s buying zilch in January.
January 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Don’t do resolutions- just double down on what you are already doing successfully!
For me, that’s riding my ebike a gajillion kms more than my old bike.
It’s making 95% of my meals vs eating out.
It’s doing weights sometimes.
It’s hosting family suppers on Sunday.
It’s buying zilch in January.
For me, that’s riding my ebike a gajillion kms more than my old bike.
It’s making 95% of my meals vs eating out.
It’s doing weights sometimes.
It’s hosting family suppers on Sunday.
It’s buying zilch in January.
Today, I spent some time reading about Haiti and the proliferation of gangs; the connections between sexual violence (rape was not illegal until ‘05); abortion is still illegal. The strain on women 💔💔 is brutal.
My heart goes out to Haitians: there are 20,000 active gang members & gang turf wars.
My heart goes out to Haitians: there are 20,000 active gang members & gang turf wars.
December 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Today, I spent some time reading about Haiti and the proliferation of gangs; the connections between sexual violence (rape was not illegal until ‘05); abortion is still illegal. The strain on women 💔💔 is brutal.
My heart goes out to Haitians: there are 20,000 active gang members & gang turf wars.
My heart goes out to Haitians: there are 20,000 active gang members & gang turf wars.
Jim Shoenbill gets it. #darkchristmas
December 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Jim Shoenbill gets it. #darkchristmas
Paul Wells has an image of Chrystia Freeland that rings too true, on CBC news.
@cbc-news.bsky.social
@inklesspw.bsky.social
@cbc-news.bsky.social
@inklesspw.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Paul Wells has an image of Chrystia Freeland that rings too true, on CBC news.
@cbc-news.bsky.social
@inklesspw.bsky.social
@cbc-news.bsky.social
@inklesspw.bsky.social
Ten Quaker Groups leave X FWCC, QCEA, Quakers in Britain, Ireland, The Friend Magazine, Woodbrooke, Pendle Hill and so on… CFSC maybe check your sharing widget :)
@cfscquakers.bsky.social
#quakers
@cfscquakers.bsky.social
#quakers
December 17, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Ten Quaker Groups leave X FWCC, QCEA, Quakers in Britain, Ireland, The Friend Magazine, Woodbrooke, Pendle Hill and so on… CFSC maybe check your sharing widget :)
@cfscquakers.bsky.social
#quakers
@cfscquakers.bsky.social
#quakers
For example, in addition to Buy Nothing January, I may do Buy Nothing October.
I may vow to do “replacement only” for things.
I will likely give up meat entirely …again, and fail again… that’s OK.
Simple is not ornately earnest or perfect: earnest striving turns simplicity into austerity.
I may vow to do “replacement only” for things.
I will likely give up meat entirely …again, and fail again… that’s OK.
Simple is not ornately earnest or perfect: earnest striving turns simplicity into austerity.
December 17, 2024 at 12:24 AM
For example, in addition to Buy Nothing January, I may do Buy Nothing October.
I may vow to do “replacement only” for things.
I will likely give up meat entirely …again, and fail again… that’s OK.
Simple is not ornately earnest or perfect: earnest striving turns simplicity into austerity.
I may vow to do “replacement only” for things.
I will likely give up meat entirely …again, and fail again… that’s OK.
Simple is not ornately earnest or perfect: earnest striving turns simplicity into austerity.