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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Some days incredible skies in Nova Scotia today.

Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The @alwhittletheatre.bsky.social is showing Party Girl (a library movie!) as a fundraiser for AVRL on July 12th with support from Tidal Training Club, Raging Crow Distillery, and Open Secrets Independent Booksellers Here’s the link to the Facebook event: facebook.com/events/s/par...

Screenshot of an event being held at the Al Whittle Theatre. The screenshot is a still from the movie Party Girl with details about airing the movie as a the fundraiser for the Annapolis Valley Regional Library.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I’ve always been inclined to question authority 😊

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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli

A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has issued a response to the comments made by Danielle Smith’s executive director Bruce McAllister. And while pointing out that he should be fired, they are only asking for the respect of a public apology. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If you care about AVRL, read the article. Read the thread by the person who shared the article. Please.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Happy Caturday 😺 In this world of conflict, strife, and baffling chaos, Paisley Pooh and I are enjoying the simplicity of a warm breeze out on the catio.

Photo of a chubby woman in Terra cotta coloured pants with her legs crossed and feet up on a stool. A small calico cat is cuddled up next to her legs on the foot stool.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Questions about closures to Annapolis Valley Regional Libraries in Nova Scotia? AVRL has you covered: valleylibrary.ca/faq/

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A good discussion on social media and communications training for elected officials, the lack of uniformity in democratic access from one municipality to another, how video live-streaming is used to support transparency and accessibility, and the harassment elected officials can face.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’d like for the writer to be wrong 😕 But, the chilling effect is painfully real and creates a huge risk of the misuse of the Code of Conduct. It might have started out with good intentions, but as with a lot of things, it has unexpected consequences. open.substack.com/pub/thebeens...

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Sometimes it seems like my City councilor is not totally on my side

It's not just you or your town. Municipal government is failing badly. Here's why.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

OK then, if a difference is what he wants, tax billionaires at 90% for every dollar they earn over $999,999,999. I’ll guarantee that will make a difference to the teachers in Queens and every where else in the world. There is no logical reason for billionaires to exist.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Excellent piece on what has happened, and what might happen next.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The toothpaste is already out of the tube: “Previous generations inherited…systems for determining what was real…Gen Z inherited something fundamentally different: an information ecosystem where truth is increasingly shaped socially, emotionally, algorithmically, and now synthetically through AI.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2026

Mark Carney: "Many of our former strengths, built on our close ties to the US, have become weaknesses. The US has changed. That's their right. And we're responding ... we're deepening our partnerships with our closest allies, including the EU, the Nordic countries, and Australia."

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Weird feelings about the King visiting the US. The cognitive dissonance is just wild. Why is the King celebrating the 250th anniversary of Britain losing both a war and a colony? How can he reconcile this after disowning his own brother re Epstein? How does the BBC (or others) not question this?

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Lying lier lies…no surprise there 🤷‍♀️ I wish we’d have no need for fact checks because we had laws that prevent politicians from lying to the public.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

My world got smaller today. All the political BS I’m usually focused on faded away as we had to say goodbye to this amazing creature. After a breakfast of vanilla ice cream, Auntie Em saw her vet one last time. Everyone in the room cried with us as she went back to the stars from whence she came.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Have to admit, given the state of the world (and my home province in Canada) I’m not feeling very celebratory with respect to International Women’s Day 😕🤷‍♀️

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

There are 56 Commonwealth nations including Canada, Australia, and India which combined have a population of 1.54 billion people. Yet the folks of the @ukparliament.parliament.uk fall all over themselves to declare the US their closest ally. Watching UK gov. grovel before the US is disheartening.

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Liz LeClair (she/her) @lizleclairhfx.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

We have choices in Nova Scotia. We can choose hope or fear. We can choose abundance or scarcity. We can choose community over cliques. We can choose who we allow to represent us in government. This is not my premier. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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N.S. premier booed at African Heritage Month gala as budget cuts spark upset | CBC News

Tim Houston was booed as he delivered remarks at the African Heritage Month gala in Halifax on Saturday night. Houston's government delivered a budget last week that includes cuts to programs aimed at...

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I’ve got nothing to add to this…except I’ve noticed.

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“Anyone notice how civil rights became "DEI" and got framed as "racist" against white people, women's rights became "feminism" and got framed as oppressive to men, "freedom of religion" became "religious liberty" so Christian nationalists can act like they're somehow the victims, help became "entitlement" so billionaires can convince you to hate the poor, a fetus became an "unborn child", immigrants became "illegals”, and protesters became "domestic terrorists"?”

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Quelle surprise ! 🙄🤦‍♀️

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Are you concerned that Pierre Poilievre refuses to get national security clearance? We are facing unprecedented level of threat from external forces and internal traitor groups. Please sign this petition calling on all national leaders to put their nation first. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7148 - Petitions

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I left Alberta a long time ago, but I was born and raised there. I completely agree with the Chief, too!

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

My heart feels for the the city and state leaders, but begging Trump to pull out is not enough. You have a police department, you have a state patrol, you have a National Guard - activate them and arrest ICE members terrorizing your community. Watching and begging just ends with more deaths.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

And remind me who actually pays tariffs again 🤔🫠

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This plan couldn’t be more morally bankrupt unless they were building a holiday resort on the site of a WWII concentration camp. So glad Canada had refused the $1B “Board of Peace” invite even before the temper-tantrumy disinvite came via social media. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Screenshot of BBC article entitled: US unveils plans for ‘New Gaza’ with skyscrapers

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

He understands that by any measurement to date, it’s a very small number of Albertans who want to seperate, and even fewer of those who want to be Americans…doesn’t he?! I mean we’re OK with shipping them there, I guess…but they’re not bringing anything with them when they immigrate 🤷‍♀️ 👋

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'We should let them come down into the U.S.': Trump cabinet member weighs in on Alberta separatism | CBC News

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented Thursday on the separatist movement in Alberta — making him the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration to weigh in on the province's politic...

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A lesson in how to say 'the Emperor has no clothes' without ever saying the emperor's name. Feeling very proud...but very nervous...to be Canadian at this point in history. www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...

A screenshot from YouTube of Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at the World Economic Forum.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This is why I’ve been harping on the need for much stronger condemnations of the illegal US/Venezuela actions. Non-specific condemnations like @mark-carney.bsky.social and @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu made is why Trump is expanding his threats. Now is not the time to go all Neville Chamberlain on us.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Canada isn’t on this list…but I do not believe for one second that it is off his list in general. He just knows that threatening Canada would risk a much harsher international response than he’s seen thus far. Which is shameful - the US should not be threatening ANY country’s sovereignty. Period.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Every day, a new grotesque action by the US government is exposed.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Disappointed @mark-carney.bsky.social took all day to make a statement and then didn’t unequivocally call out the illegality of the US actions. I am glad that he spoke out about Maduro and he centred the Venezuelan people in his statement. For me, without calling out US, makes it feel a bit weak.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Mark Warner, top Democrat on the USA's senate intelligence committee, with a well-reasoned factual statement on the invasion of Venezuela…

“Our Constitution places the gravest decisions about the use of military force in the hands of Congress for a reason. Using military force to enact regime change demands the closest scrutiny, precisely because the consequences do not end with the initial strike.

“If the United States asserts the right to use military force to invade and capture foreign leaders it accuses of criminal conduct, what prevents China from claiming the same authority over Taiwan’s leadership? What stops Vladimir Putin from asserting similar justification to abduct Ukraine’s president? Once this line is crossed, the rules that restrain global chaos begin to collapse, and authoritarian regimes will be the first to exploit it.

“None of this absolves Maduro. He is a corrupt authoritarian who has repressed his people, stolen elections, imprisoned political opponents, and presided over a humanitarian catastrophe that has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee. The Venezuelan people deserve democratic leadership, and the United States and the international community should have done far more, years ago, to press for a peaceful transition after Maduro lost a vote of his own citizens. But recognizing Maduro’s crimes does not give any president the authority to ignore the Constitution.

“The hypocrisy underlying this decision is especially glaring. This same president recently pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in a U.S. court on serious drug trafficking charges, including conspiring with narcotics traffickers while in office. Yet now, the administration claims that similar allegations justify the use of military force against another sovereign nation. You cannot credibly argue that drug trafficking charges demand invasion in one case, while issuing a pardon in another.

“America’s strength comes from our commitment to the rule of law, democratic norms, and constitutional restraint. When we abandon those principles, even in the name of confronting bad actors, we weaken our credibility, endanger global stability, and invite abuses of power that will long outlast any single presidency.”

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’ve been in a long discussion this morning with someone who supports Ukraine but also believes it’s OK for the US to invade other sovereign nations. I can’t wrap my head around that. I agree wholeheartedly with Will Hutton’s statement.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m beginning to fear that the silence of @mark-carney.bsky.social this morning on the illegal Venezuela attack is because somehow Canada is complicit with the US violation of international law. I really hope he’s just slept in…but the silence is not a good look for Canada 😕

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next. charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

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Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada

Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This!! Any approval of the US actions against Venezuela (no matter how much of a criminal Maduro is) is approval of the US doing this anywhere they feel like.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed. Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen. Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Same people celebrating Donald Trump invading Venezuela would be celebrating Adolf Hitler invading Czechoslovakia. And believe me it is exactly the same, next is Poland (Greenland), and then France (Canada).

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

If anyone thinks the US isn’t testing the waters with Venezuela for future actions elsewhere, you simply have not been paying attention. Maduro is a criminal. Trump, in authorizing this strike against Venezuela, is now no different than Maduro. Neither have any respect for the rule of law.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Canadians pay attention to what is happening in Venezuela. I’m not saying VE’s political situation is the same as #cdnpoli (Maduro is a criminal) but what is the same is what the US wants. Unfettered access to oil, critical minerals, and subservience. US has overthrown a gov to get those things.

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

If Trump is successful at annexing Greenland that will mean the US effectively surrounds Canada on three sides…what do you suppose happens after Greenland falls 😳 #CDNpoli

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Toronto: not an igloo in sight Population (GTA): 6.4M, 4th largest city in N.A. Ranked one of the safest cities in N.A. even though it is considered the most multi-cultural city in the world where 160 different languages are spoken. Tolerance is our superpower. Let’s Go #BlueJays #Canada

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Look at what’s brewing in Canada?! 😳

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