Trish Macklin
@pamack.bsky.social
I love my books. And my armchair. And my garden. That's where I belong. That's home.
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Operation Total Recall is a website with information on how to start and track the recall process for every MLA that voted in favour of Bill 2. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Anyone else not able to get a call through to the Premier's office? Just an auto hangup after the tinned "office of Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta" message.
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Anyone else not able to get a call through to the Premier's office? Just an auto hangup after the tinned "office of Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta" message.
Hens and Chicks flowers make me happy. And evidently does the same for the bee. Or so I would infer from its focus.
July 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Hens and Chicks flowers make me happy. And evidently does the same for the bee. Or so I would infer from its focus.
Strawberries PLUS a gorgeous flower? Yes, please.
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Strawberries PLUS a gorgeous flower? Yes, please.
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French PM François Bayrou announces a bill on proportional representation.
If passed, France would join the vast majority of European democracies, including the EU Parliament, in using PR.
With closer ties to Europe popular in Canada, it's time we followed suit.
#cdnpoli
If passed, France would join the vast majority of European democracies, including the EU Parliament, in using PR.
With closer ties to Europe popular in Canada, it's time we followed suit.
#cdnpoli
May 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
French PM François Bayrou announces a bill on proportional representation.
If passed, France would join the vast majority of European democracies, including the EU Parliament, in using PR.
With closer ties to Europe popular in Canada, it's time we followed suit.
#cdnpoli
If passed, France would join the vast majority of European democracies, including the EU Parliament, in using PR.
With closer ties to Europe popular in Canada, it's time we followed suit.
#cdnpoli
This gorgeous and unreal flower is at the Ottawa experimental farm in the tropical house. No idea what it is
March 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This gorgeous and unreal flower is at the Ottawa experimental farm in the tropical house. No idea what it is
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March 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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‼️🚨 #Norway #Ukraine
Norway fuel giant 'refuses to fill US submarines' after Trump-Zelensky clash
Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will no longer help the US Navy.
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
Norway fuel giant 'refuses to fill US submarines' after Trump-Zelensky clash
Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will no longer help the US Navy.
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
Norway fuel giant 'refuses to fill US submarines' after Trump-Zelensky clash
Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will no longer help the US Navy.
www.express.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Just a reminder, again, that Canada imports about $2B worth of human vaccines each year, 51% of which come from the U.S. We export just $675M. Belgium is our next largest international supplier at $593M.
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Just a reminder, again, that Canada imports about $2B worth of human vaccines each year, 51% of which come from the U.S. We export just $675M. Belgium is our next largest international supplier at $593M.
This was....not to be repeated. Got good pledges, though, raising funds through the push up challenge for @cmhanationalacsm.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This was....not to be repeated. Got good pledges, though, raising funds through the push up challenge for @cmhanationalacsm.bsky.social
Today's pledge challenge was to do a min 10 pushups with a coffee cup balanced on my back. I did 12.
Join the fun! Send in a pledge and give me a challenge: I will post the evidence. www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/...
Join the fun! Send in a pledge and give me a challenge: I will post the evidence. www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/...
February 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today's pledge challenge was to do a min 10 pushups with a coffee cup balanced on my back. I did 12.
Join the fun! Send in a pledge and give me a challenge: I will post the evidence. www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/...
Join the fun! Send in a pledge and give me a challenge: I will post the evidence. www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/...
Day one of CMHA push ups complete, along with the challenge given me by a donor. Send in a donation www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/trishmacklin/the-push-up-challenge and DM me your challenge: I will post the evidence on social media!
February 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Day one of CMHA push ups complete, along with the challenge given me by a donor. Send in a donation www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/trishmacklin/the-push-up-challenge and DM me your challenge: I will post the evidence on social media!
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February 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This is an article that all Canadian and American friends must read.
Donald Trump has broken a bond between the nations.
From here on in, everything is changed.
vancouversun.com/news/opinion...
Donald Trump has broken a bond between the nations.
From here on in, everything is changed.
vancouversun.com/news/opinion...
Opinion: Farewell to my American friends. It's over.
Pete McMartin: Where there was once admiration, there is now a firm and angry resolve. Read more.
vancouversun.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is an article that all Canadian and American friends must read.
Donald Trump has broken a bond between the nations.
From here on in, everything is changed.
vancouversun.com/news/opinion...
Donald Trump has broken a bond between the nations.
From here on in, everything is changed.
vancouversun.com/news/opinion...
Starting Feb 11, I'm doing The Push-Up Challenge (2000 in 11 days) to push for better mental health in CA. You can push for better mental health too by donating to my fundraiser for CMHA Alberta: www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/trishmacklin/the-push-up-challenge Any donation is appreciated!
The Push-Up Challenge | Le Défi push-up
I am taking on The Push-Up Challenge to raise funds for mental health. Funds raised will help CMHA support mental illness recovery and foster positive mental health outcomes in Canada. You can donate ...
www.thepushupchallenge.ca
February 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Starting Feb 11, I'm doing The Push-Up Challenge (2000 in 11 days) to push for better mental health in CA. You can push for better mental health too by donating to my fundraiser for CMHA Alberta: www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/trishmacklin/the-push-up-challenge Any donation is appreciated!
Or you were an unrealistic idealist. Economic equivalent of climate change: despite increasing evidence of the problem, it is ignored.
"Workers in counties where a Walmart opened experienced a greater decline in earnings than they made up for with cost savings, leaving them worse off overall."
"Workers in counties where a Walmart opened experienced a greater decline in earnings than they made up for with cost savings, leaving them worse off overall."
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Or you were an unrealistic idealist. Economic equivalent of climate change: despite increasing evidence of the problem, it is ignored.
"Workers in counties where a Walmart opened experienced a greater decline in earnings than they made up for with cost savings, leaving them worse off overall."
"Workers in counties where a Walmart opened experienced a greater decline in earnings than they made up for with cost savings, leaving them worse off overall."
Top feature of working from home: you can cry at work without having to go to the bathroom to do so.
January 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Top feature of working from home: you can cry at work without having to go to the bathroom to do so.
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“eight men and women who rely on the society's emergency shelter rushed in to help within seconds of the blast.”
While the province takes an approach to homelessness that’s wholly insufficient, these vulnerable Albertans saved lives.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
While the province takes an approach to homelessness that’s wholly insufficient, these vulnerable Albertans saved lives.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Heroes' lauded for helping 5 workers injured in explosion at Red Deer bus depot | CBC News
When an explosion rattled downtown Red Deer on Thursday afternoon, injuring five workers at a bus depot, some of the city's most vulnerable residents were the first on the scene.
www.cbc.ca
January 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“eight men and women who rely on the society's emergency shelter rushed in to help within seconds of the blast.”
While the province takes an approach to homelessness that’s wholly insufficient, these vulnerable Albertans saved lives.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
While the province takes an approach to homelessness that’s wholly insufficient, these vulnerable Albertans saved lives.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...