Dawn Smith
@saffyre9.bsky.social
Digital marketer, hippie at heart, introvert and HSP. She/her. 🇨🇦
Pro-🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🍉🐋
Pro-🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🍉🐋
Well I didn't expect that to actually work!
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well I didn't expect that to actually work!
The budget drops the effective tax rate for manufacturing to 0.4%. Yes, it will bring investment and some jobs ~and also~ the rest of us will not benefit from that investment because they're going to be paying next to nothing in taxes.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The budget drops the effective tax rate for manufacturing to 0.4%. Yes, it will bring investment and some jobs ~and also~ the rest of us will not benefit from that investment because they're going to be paying next to nothing in taxes.
* through hoops, ugh.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
* through hoops, ugh.
15 minutes listening to the waves sometimes feels more restorative than 8 hours of sleep
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
15 minutes listening to the waves sometimes feels more restorative than 8 hours of sleep
Prost! from KW Oktoberfest
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Prost! from KW Oktoberfest
Google Sheets AI-generated suggestion. WTF is the average of a phone number?
#AISlop #enshitification
#AISlop #enshitification
September 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Google Sheets AI-generated suggestion. WTF is the average of a phone number?
#AISlop #enshitification
#AISlop #enshitification
Looks like it's going to miss Toronto. I'm near Goderich right now and it was supposed to hit us straight on, but they're not calling for any rain here at all anymore.
August 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Looks like it's going to miss Toronto. I'm near Goderich right now and it was supposed to hit us straight on, but they're not calling for any rain here at all anymore.
Lake Huron golden hour
August 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Lake Huron golden hour
LOL wut? I post like once every 3 months to a friends-only list, or occasionally comment on posts in the Celiac Canada group. I do not, by any means, reach "many people".
August 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
LOL wut? I post like once every 3 months to a friends-only list, or occasionally comment on posts in the Celiac Canada group. I do not, by any means, reach "many people".
Cheaper, faster, and less destruction to the environment?
Ford be like...
Ford be like...
August 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cheaper, faster, and less destruction to the environment?
Ford be like...
Ford be like...
Fun fact: The US is the only country in the world where McDonald's fries aren't gluten free, ~because~ they're so processed. 🙃 This is the ingredient list for US McDonald's fries, whereas everywhere else McDonald's fries are just potatoes, oil and salt.
![Ingredients for French Fries from the US McDonald's website:
French Fries
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. *natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients.
Contains: Wheat, Milk.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gea3rf3qn2dyaji22zhyegej/bafkreibtq22hvetkbtvmozruzzd45kzxsc64x4zocv5kfbvuhwnrv6dq3q@jpeg)
August 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Fun fact: The US is the only country in the world where McDonald's fries aren't gluten free, ~because~ they're so processed. 🙃 This is the ingredient list for US McDonald's fries, whereas everywhere else McDonald's fries are just potatoes, oil and salt.
Before and after of the fridge in my new house today. I cannot explain how much tidying that up improved my day.
August 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Before and after of the fridge in my new house today. I cannot explain how much tidying that up improved my day.
Well thank fuck I'm up to date on my tetanus.
Also note: Birkenstock soles are easily pierced.
Also note: Birkenstock soles are easily pierced.
August 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Well thank fuck I'm up to date on my tetanus.
Also note: Birkenstock soles are easily pierced.
Also note: Birkenstock soles are easily pierced.
Sounds perfect, actually
July 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sounds perfect, actually
Mmm, I wouldn't. Most of our media is US-owned. 🙃
The PostMedia network is 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, and PostMedia owns The National Post, The Financial Post, and 130 local papers.
The PostMedia network is 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, and PostMedia owns The National Post, The Financial Post, and 130 local papers.
July 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mmm, I wouldn't. Most of our media is US-owned. 🙃
The PostMedia network is 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, and PostMedia owns The National Post, The Financial Post, and 130 local papers.
The PostMedia network is 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, and PostMedia owns The National Post, The Financial Post, and 130 local papers.
Double rainbow, what does it mean? 🌈🌈
July 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Double rainbow, what does it mean? 🌈🌈
I don't often eat seafood*, but when I do it's gluten-free fish & chips from Annie's Seafood in Stratford.
* Due to the plastic waste, bottom trawling, overfishing, etc.
* Due to the plastic waste, bottom trawling, overfishing, etc.
June 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I don't often eat seafood*, but when I do it's gluten-free fish & chips from Annie's Seafood in Stratford.
* Due to the plastic waste, bottom trawling, overfishing, etc.
* Due to the plastic waste, bottom trawling, overfishing, etc.
Is this what you want, Canada? Do you want them opening *your* mail? Because we can't pretend this will only extend to the "bad guys".
June 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Is this what you want, Canada? Do you want them opening *your* mail? Because we can't pretend this will only extend to the "bad guys".
My biggest pet peeve is UIs designed by developers.
What the eff kind of date format is 99-99-9999?!?! Why is there no date picker?
What the eff kind of date format is 99-99-9999?!?! Why is there no date picker?
May 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My biggest pet peeve is UIs designed by developers.
What the eff kind of date format is 99-99-9999?!?! Why is there no date picker?
What the eff kind of date format is 99-99-9999?!?! Why is there no date picker?
A friend is in Kyiv right now, and sent this screenshot from the alert app last night. It was a stressful night waiting for messages that they were safe.
May 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A friend is in Kyiv right now, and sent this screenshot from the alert app last night. It was a stressful night waiting for messages that they were safe.
It's probably difficult for a journalist to converse with someone who thinks they're in a video game
![Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for Dialogue tree, stating:
A dialogue tree, or conversation tree, is a gameplay mechanic that is used throughout many adventure games[1] (including action-adventure games[2]) and role-playing video games.[3] When interacting with a non-player character, the player is given a choice of what to say and makes subsequent choices until the conversation ends.[3] Certain video game genres, such as visual novels and dating sims, revolve almost entirely around these character interactions and branching dialogues.[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gea3rf3qn2dyaji22zhyegej/bafkreicgzyv7wfbrwabkl4jgzpvbprme2v2t7yg3yrziqkgx4xc4madi3m@jpeg)
May 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's probably difficult for a journalist to converse with someone who thinks they're in a video game