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Saskboy from Saskatchewan

@saskboy.bsky.social

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Former Twitter user. Human being, cyborg, mutant, zombie. Opposed to dying and the destruction of our habitable #climate. Yes, my first TwitterX account was nuked by copyright trolls, the last locked by censors. CANADA'S original Fentanyl Czar.

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · Nov 12

AN OLD GUY TYPES ON HIS COMPUTER:
"Back in my day, we didn't have Starter Packs. We had to follow everyone by hand. It took days, clicking uphill both ways."

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Heidi McDeathknelled @hmcd.bsky.social · 1h

The driveway into a megachurch

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

There are different levels... I've heard.

a painting of angels surrounding a light at the end

Alt: a painting of angels surrounding a light at the end

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

Not far off where I was going with this.

Regina's roads are literally paved where they are, due mostly to Dewdney's bad intentions. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but the roads in Regina are paved with bad intentions.

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

As you can see, Regina's roads are literally paved where they are, due mostly to Dewdney's bad intentions. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but the roads in Regina are paved with bad intentions.

#YQRcc

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

"The decision was very controversial. Dewdney, in addition to being a land surveyor and politician, was a land speculator."

He also was a figure behind the reserve system that subjugated First Nations people, removing their free access to the land and their culture. #TRC

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

"But in 1882, settlers did just that. Why? Because Lieutenant-Governor Edgar Dewdney selected the railroad’s path and placed the North West Territories’ new capital near land he owned."

That's a bad intention. Personal profit over other considerations.
#skpoli #yqrcc #YQR

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

www.regina.ca/about-regina...
"The land where #YQR now sits is part of the Treaty 4 area, est. in 1874. Prior to the treaty’s signing, Aboriginal people had followed the buffalo through the area. Regina’s lack of reliable water, shelter or trees made it a poor spot for a permanent settlement."

City of Regina | Regina History & Facts

Learn about the city's history by exploring the online City of Regina Archives or taking one of our many heritage walking tours.

www.regina.ca

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

I suggest that the roads in Regina are paved with bad intentions. Here's why:
Regina's location, the capital of Saskatchewan, is largely a factor of Mr. Dewdney using his considerable political influence in the 19th century to have Regina settlement built where he could profit off land ownership.

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 1h

You may have heard that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. If so, what is paved with *bad* intentions?

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David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 2d

BC is leading 🇨🇦 with major opportunities to deliver prosperity to all of Canada.

We have billions worth of private sector & First Nations led projects, that are ready to go and will create thousands of jobs.

Alberta’s fictional bitumen pipeline achieves none of these things.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 18h

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 5h

Good advice. 🤘

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 19h

Instead of praying, I'm going to remind people to get their flu shot, their COVID-19 shot (if they can get one), and wear a respirator in public to keep people like Dolly safe from deadly communicable diseases. Don't just pretend to care, show it with your day to day actions.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 4h

And while in hospital she'll be extra vulnerable to these diseases because most staff and nearly all visitors don't wear respirators.
A hospital killed my cousin with COVID-19 last year.

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 7h

He's worked for evil on the side, since at least the W Bush administration, when he coined Axis of Evil to invade Iraq and kill possibly a million people. He's an unconvicted monster.

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 8h

David Frum got busted writing speeches for an Israeli official that he was also covering in a profile piece

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David Frum, Douglas Murray Drafted Speeches For Israeli Official: Report

Three prominent conservative journalists secretly drafted speeches for an Israeli government official, according to a new report published by Drop Site News.

www.mediaite.com

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 8h

The Democratic Party does not care they're playing 2nd fiddle, and about to be pushed out of the band.

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 21h

Pritzker on Consider This earlier:

"There's some sort of dementia going on, and he just keeps repeating things from years gone by."

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 19h

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 8h

He already is nuts.

Use Alt Text.

Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, but I'm not saying anyone pulled a Pete Rose.

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 8h

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The Upside Down Canadian Flag at the 1992 World Series

Looking back at the 1992 World Series when the Canadian flag was famously flown upside down prior to the Blue Jays-Braves Game 2.

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ShivyM @shivym.bsky.social · 22h

At the Jays game, they have Canadian military hold the flag.
At the Yankees game...it's season ticket holders. 🤔
#bluejays 🇨🇦

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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 9h

That's because need someone who knows which side of the flag is up.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 11h

Piccini, who has final say over who receives money through the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund (SDF), was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of Michael Rudderham, a lobbyist & longtime friend of the minister, The Trillium can report based on well-placed sources & social media records. #OnPoli

Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund.

From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

www.thetrillium.ca

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 15h

"We call on all our governments & people to condemn Israel’s crime of illegally intercepting our flotilla... Our governments must end #Israel ’s illegal blockade and ongoing genocide of #Gaza."

Milad Crew Illegally Abducted by Israeli Military
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh9-...

#FreedomFlotilla

Milad Crew Illegally Abducted by Israeli Military

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

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