Nadine Anderson
@nadinefanderson.bsky.social
UM-Dearborn librarian, McGill and UAlberta alum, Sask raised, 🧳🏃🏽♀️🥾🇨🇦🇺🇦
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Parliament’s Elf On The Shelf turns out to be Pierre Poilievre in a little scarf
Parliament's Elf On The Shelf turns out to be Pierre Poilievre in a little scarf
OTTAWA - Shockwaves spread throughout the House this week when staffers realized that the vaguely threatening elf watching their every move was actually the leader of the Opposition in a festive winte...
thebeaverton.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Parliament’s Elf On The Shelf turns out to be Pierre Poilievre in a little scarf
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I wrote about Rob Reiner:
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
Rob Reiner Was Good
The beloved director was better than most at making classic movies, Hollywood careers, and California policy change.
www.vulture.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I wrote about Rob Reiner:
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...
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Me while decorating the tree: I should put the Christmas ornaments a couple feet off the ground so the cats can’t get them.
The cat:
The cat:
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Me while decorating the tree: I should put the Christmas ornaments a couple feet off the ground so the cats can’t get them.
The cat:
The cat:
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6 long winter coats that say “I’m definitely wearing pajamas under here”
6 long winter coats that say "I'm definitely wearing pajamas under here"
Winter is full of small joys – like sipping hot chocolate by the fire, looking at twinkly Christmas lights, and stomping all over snow forts that children spent hours building. But the absolute best t...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
6 long winter coats that say “I’m definitely wearing pajamas under here”
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Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
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There's little that's more relatable than watching someone in a bookstore negotiate with themselves over a fat stack of books
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There's little that's more relatable than watching someone in a bookstore negotiate with themselves over a fat stack of books
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And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
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Happy #AmazingRace finale day! Phil Keoghan gives me his thoughts on how much #BigBrother strategy translated to the race, as well as his takes on Kyland and Taylor's Express Pass drama and Adam's diabetes story: parade.com/tv/phil-keog...
Phil Keoghan Reveals Why 'Big Brother' Stars Struggled More Than Expected on 'The Amazing Race 38' (Exclusive)
From Kyland and Taylor's Express Pass decision to Adam Abdin's diabetes story, the host breaks down some of the highlights from Season 38.
parade.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy #AmazingRace finale day! Phil Keoghan gives me his thoughts on how much #BigBrother strategy translated to the race, as well as his takes on Kyland and Taylor's Express Pass drama and Adam's diabetes story: parade.com/tv/phil-keog...
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Today is Human Rights Day. What a cruel and ghoulish thing to do.
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to pass bill affecting transgender citizens
Laws include policing names and pronouns in school and banning transgender girls from participating in amateur female sports
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today is Human Rights Day. What a cruel and ghoulish thing to do.
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"There are no more free public spaces!"
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
And! Your public library most likely offers access to the major newspapers. You can just login & check out the day's stories (or past ones) for free.
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"There are no more free public spaces!"
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
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Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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The Polytechnique massacre wasn't just a mass shooting — it was a mass femicide. The gunman explicitly targeted women and blamed feminists for the troubles in his life. We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Polytechnique massacre wasn't just a mass shooting — it was a mass femicide. The gunman explicitly targeted women and blamed feminists for the troubles in his life. We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
Don’t you dare forget their names.
#December6
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Dec 6, National Day of Remembrance + Action on #ViolenceAgainstWomen. #EcolePolytechnique
35 yrs later, broadcaster Francine Pelletier:
"I think that is very significant that it was women's liberation he was after. And that's what we are seeing now as well."
www.cbc.ca/news/fifthes...
Journalist who was on Polytechnique murderer's kill list describes moment she found out she was a target | CBC News
Two days after the École Polytechnique massacre, journalist Francine Pelletier learned she and 18 other women were on the gunman's hit list because it was published in the newspaper she worked for.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Dec 6, National Day of Remembrance + Action on #ViolenceAgainstWomen. #EcolePolytechnique
35 yrs later, broadcaster Francine Pelletier:
"I think that is very significant that it was women's liberation he was after. And that's what we are seeing now as well."
www.cbc.ca/news/fifthes...
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Historians unearth the pagan roots of Cyber Monday, reveal its origin in the ancient festival of CompuServehain
Historians unearth the pagan roots of Cyber Monday and its origin in the ancient festival of CompuServehain
"Cyber Monday has a storied history that stretches back to the beginning of human memory, some time in the mid-1980s.”
www.thebeaverton.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Historians unearth the pagan roots of Cyber Monday, reveal its origin in the ancient festival of CompuServehain
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Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
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Ursula von der Leyen:
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ursula von der Leyen:
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
These are core European principles moving forward:
◾️Ukraine's territory and sovereignty must be respected.
◾️Only Ukraine, as a sovereign country, can make decisions regarding its armed forces.
◾️The choice of their destiny is in their own hands.
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It is not an American plan for peace.
It is a Russian plan for complete Ukrainian surrender, which #Putin is allowing his tame lapdog #Trump to pretend is his, in order to make it appear fair and equitable.
It is neither.
#SlavaUkraini
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
It is a Russian plan for complete Ukrainian surrender, which #Putin is allowing his tame lapdog #Trump to pretend is his, in order to make it appear fair and equitable.
It is neither.
#SlavaUkraini
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin backs US plan for ending Ukraine war as Trump gives Kyiv deadline to accept
President Zelensky says Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, as the White House pushes its plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It is not an American plan for peace.
It is a Russian plan for complete Ukrainian surrender, which #Putin is allowing his tame lapdog #Trump to pretend is his, in order to make it appear fair and equitable.
It is neither.
#SlavaUkraini
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
It is a Russian plan for complete Ukrainian surrender, which #Putin is allowing his tame lapdog #Trump to pretend is his, in order to make it appear fair and equitable.
It is neither.
#SlavaUkraini
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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today or maybe some other day this month marks two full years of doing my newsletter
wrote a little bit about how it's going and a little about gyros and got you a special blogiversary discount to celebrate
type-click-type.ghost.io/happy-two-ye...
wrote a little bit about how it's going and a little about gyros and got you a special blogiversary discount to celebrate
type-click-type.ghost.io/happy-two-ye...
Happy Two-Year Blogiversary
Read to the bottom for a special celebratory offer.
type-click-type.ghost.io
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
today or maybe some other day this month marks two full years of doing my newsletter
wrote a little bit about how it's going and a little about gyros and got you a special blogiversary discount to celebrate
type-click-type.ghost.io/happy-two-ye...
wrote a little bit about how it's going and a little about gyros and got you a special blogiversary discount to celebrate
type-click-type.ghost.io/happy-two-ye...
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Okay but hear me out:
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay but hear me out:
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
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170-168, House approves government's budgetary policy.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
170-168, House approves government's budgetary policy.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
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"These automations, I mean as much as the companies think that they work, they don't, because all they're doing is frustrating people,"
This! This!! This!!!
Customer Service is dead.
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
This! This!! This!!!
Customer Service is dead.
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
Is anyone there? Why patience is wearing thin as customer service becomes more automated | CBC Radio
Few things in life are more annoying than being told to be patient. But that’s exactly the message companies are giving to customers waiting on hold to get in touch with customer service.
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"These automations, I mean as much as the companies think that they work, they don't, because all they're doing is frustrating people,"
This! This!! This!!!
Customer Service is dead.
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
This! This!! This!!!
Customer Service is dead.
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
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GREEN MAGIC IN WINNIPEG
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won their 5th Grey Cup in franchise history.
I’m so thrilled for my home province. It’s more than a football game in Saskatchewan. And we’ll be celebrating this one for a long time.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won their 5th Grey Cup in franchise history.
I’m so thrilled for my home province. It’s more than a football game in Saskatchewan. And we’ll be celebrating this one for a long time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
GREEN MAGIC IN WINNIPEG
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won their 5th Grey Cup in franchise history.
I’m so thrilled for my home province. It’s more than a football game in Saskatchewan. And we’ll be celebrating this one for a long time.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won their 5th Grey Cup in franchise history.
I’m so thrilled for my home province. It’s more than a football game in Saskatchewan. And we’ll be celebrating this one for a long time.