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Theresa 🇨🇦

@resad.bsky.social

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Canadian, then Albertan in that order Retired healthcare professional, 13th generation Acadian Canadian. I post my art work here but also vent about AB politics because of the UCP. Sorry! I wish it wasn’t so. #YEG artist website: theresadonaldson.com

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · Nov 14

“Blessed are the weird people:
Poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours,
For they teach us to see the world through different eyes.”
Jacob Nordby

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Musicbaum @musicbaum.bsky.social · 10h

The #Alberta Education Minister says " #teachers have to make trade offs" in the labour dispute. It's not the teachers he's "trading off." It's the #students. #Dipshit.
#ableg #yyc #yeg #albertateachersstrike

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you. I’m going to hang on to this during times of doubt.

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 11h

Ooh I like that description. Thanks!

Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 11h

Hey Dani, how about listening and learning from the experts for a change. Free Covid vaccines save our healthcare system $$$ mucho money. #ABPoli #ABLeg #CdnPoli

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 12h

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 11h

Kind words! Thank you 😊

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 15h

I decided I’ve been remiss not posting enough art. Politics have momentarily surpassed my true joy in life. From my Dragonfly series - My Soul Yearns, 12” x 9”, oil on panel. This series entwines the dragonfly with the figure to evoke themes of growth, healing & resilience. #Art #OilPainting

Against a dark background, a young women leans into the painting towards a larger than life orange and purple dragonfly flying towards her. The women, her mouth ever so slightly open, has her arm stretched out with a cupped hand, to welcome the strength and resilience that the dragonfly seems to offer. Purple and orange expressive brushstrokes swirl around both of them creating movement and mystery.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18h

Canada vs. America

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 21h

Weird how they put all their efforts into using technology to replace human creativity and art and then say creative arts degrees are useless.

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Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 2d

We blundered into a lot of problems because we were so impressed by the potential upsides of something that we didn't pay enough attention to the perils.

But that's not the case here. The perils are so obvious and the upsides so minuscule.

We are doing this because it feels inevitable. That's it.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 16h

Sending positive outcomes

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 18h

Yum!

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venilia13.bsky.social @venilia13.bsky.social · 2d

#AxeTheVaxTax #ABleg #ABpoli

Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 2d

There will be more demand on our health care system because the AB Government has put up roadblocks to getting a Covid Vaccine. More demand on the system from more sick people that ripples and affects all areas of acute care. #AxeTheVaxTax #ABleg #ABpoli The admin fee is a burden on families.

Public Health Principles vs Alberta's Covid Vaccine Policy

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this is an unexpected twist under Smith’s new laws. Clever move, turning her own policy meant to support the separatists and her base against her. I doubt the UCP thought this one through to its logical conclusion. She’s opened up a real can of worms. #UCPFail #ABPoli #Resistance

Marcus Riedner 🇨🇦 @daraddishman.bsky.social · 1d

Just gonna leave this here:

www.elections.ab.ca/new-citizen-...

#abpoli #ableg #fucktheucp

New Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued - Elections Alberta

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a citizen initiative proposal application and has determined it meets the requirements of section 2(3) of the Citizen Initiat...

www.elections.ab.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

B.C. Premier David Eby is clearly beyond frustrated with Danielle Smith's pipeline dreams threatening the B.C. economy.

In a fiery statement, he called her out directly stating...

"This is not the Danielle Smith show!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

The careful selection of the word is genius. Something on the service complimentary but in depth transformation to a worse outcome.

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

I’m glad you like it.

Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a portrait artist always up for a challenge. A photo caught my attention that @feistywaters.com posted. With Jen’s permission, I attempted to capture her ‘Mona Lisa’ smile. How’d I do? It was great fun to paint. A few things were thrown in the background for artist license. #Art #PortraitArtist

An oil painting of a women wearing a lavender t-shirt that says Oatmeal Socialist across the front. She has a smile that suggests she is full of mischief. She has tattoos on her arms. She stands in a park and behind her is a sculpture found in Edmonton that is an organic shape in purples, pinks, blues, and yellow-greens to match the greens in the foliage around it.

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AlbertaPitbull 🇨🇦 @albertapitbull.bsky.social · 1d

Smith is to blame. Plain and simple.
#abpoli #ableg

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

‘Outbreak in Alberta was preventable’: AMA president criticizes province’s handling of measles outbreak, premier defends it

The new president of the Alberta Medical Association shared some sharp criticisms on social media Friday of the way the province has managed the measles outbreak.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn in #yeg

Orange and yellow leaves fall on a street that recedes into the distance.

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DKGray @therealdkgray.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how wearing masks during a pandemic contagion was too much, but wearing them to beat up brown people is just fine.

I thought they interfered with heavy breathing.

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Bookgirl64 @bookgirl64.bsky.social · 2d

"Get your security clearance!" seems to be the Canadian version of "Release the Epstein files!".

It is the only thing we want from Pierre Poilievre, and he is scared to death of the consequences.

#NeverVoteConservative

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SoundsKugle 🐝🌅 @soundskugle.bsky.social · 2d

#Medsky 🇨🇦🌍

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

Politics, lies, fearmongering, community pressure...

"The thing about viruses is they punish complacency; the costs always surface."

#VaccinesWork! #ScienceMatters!

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus

A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

thewalrus.ca

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 2d

💔♥️

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Adam L @lauretig.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a Stairway to Heaven, but a Highway to Hell. This implies Heaven is a walkable community, and Hell is a congested interstate.

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Theresa 🇨🇦 @resad.bsky.social · 2d

18,000 strong in Edmonton, many many more stood in protest across the province. We support our teachers and public education. #UCPFail #ABPoli #CdnPoli

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2d

THIS IS ALBERTA!!! You can't see many because of the buildings and trees. Smith has pissed off NORMAL Albertans with her radical extremist policies & attacks on services like education & healthcare. The teachers go on strike today with other unions pledging support. The people are rising! #cdnpoli

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