Tracy
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Tracy
@tlschimpf.bsky.social
Somewhat cranky (and getting more so daily), fully vaccinated, ex certified organic farmer, settler, semi-retired procurement specialist, weaver, she/her
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s difficult to understand just how hateful the current US administration is.
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social

Hundreds of workers vote to leave CLAC

This is the largest exodus from the Christian Labour Association of Canada in Canadian history.

albertaworker.ca/news/hundred...
Hundreds of workers vote to leave CLAC
This is the largest exodus from the Christian Labour Association of Canada in Canadian history.
albertaworker.ca
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is the most bizarre one yet...
REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD

Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.

Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Send this piece of shit home.
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Tobacco giants knew their products caused cancer.

Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.

Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors

Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.

Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I’m no fan of Elizabeth May but she’s educating us on proposed projects
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Tyson Foods to close major US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle reut.rs/44kxeB1
Tyson Foods to close major US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle
Tyson Foods will close a major beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees in January after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday.
reut.rs
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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ICYMI: Me on Alberta's Bill 9, which invokes the notwithstanding clause to force through three pieces of anti-trans legislation.

xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.

Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Sweden keeps sweetening the deal!! #Canada

The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Swedish manufacturer says 10,000 new jobs could soon come to Canada
The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says ten thousand manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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That reminded me of a favorite quote from Lester Pearson, a former Canadian Prime Minister and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
December 28, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
December 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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I’ve never had a time in my life that I wished so much that we had the strength, determination, and the morals and ethics of the WW2 generation.

Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier?
Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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In @nytopinion

A photographer spent 15 years documenting the life of an impoverished family in rural America.

This is what she witnessed.
Opinion | The Pressure of Poverty in Appalachia
A photographer spends 15 years documenting an Appalachian family and the constant pressure of poverty in their lives.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Meanwhile, in British Columbia...
✅ Are you a healthcare worker considering building a new life in Canada, help is one click away: HealthcareInfusion.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Keep reading and remembering.
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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JFC .....

Let me move some money around so I can take my vacation in the States.....

....holy hell, NO....

signed,
all of 🟥🍁🟥

Still not buying any food [aka groceries, new word, apparently] or Made in America products. Over 9-months now, and counting....
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
November 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM