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Addie Mac 🇨🇦

@addiemac.bsky.social
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Realistic optimist, fan of science. Opinions are my own 🤷‍♀️ In the midst of posts about news, politics & culture…expect cats & me thinking I’m funnier than I am. Emotional Support Canadian (ESC) 😊 sometimes use tough love. 🍁🇨🇦 Reposts ≠ endorsement

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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Some days incredible skies in Nova Scotia today.
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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 · 11/06/2026
Thank you 🥹
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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 · 04/06/2026
Sadly, that’s at least 3 years away. Just for our one regional library system that would look like a $1.9M GoFundMe 😕
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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The problem is a need for sustainable annual funding, not one-off emergency funding 😕
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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
AVRL lays it all out at valleylibrary.ca/faq/
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Branch Closures FAQ - Annapolis Valley Regional Library
Why are five branches closing?
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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
AVRL has released a great FAQ about all of this: valleylibrary.ca/faq/
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Branch Closures FAQ - Annapolis Valley Regional Library
Why are five branches closing?
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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
As someone born and raised there, but now gone from there, you are not wrong.
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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 · 22/05/2026
I sure has heck couldn’t, but existing billionaires certainly would.
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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I’m not married to $999,999,999 😁 I was just picking a number that the billionaire class couldn’t easily argue against.
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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
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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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thanks for reaching out - I shared my deets with you in response to your DM on Messenger.
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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I would love this piece as a wallpaper mural 😍
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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 · 15/03/2026
And sadly, some of those mistreated allies will fall all over themselves to do as he asks.
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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 · 11/03/2026
And why does it appear they all have their pants hemmed to the same length to allow equal ankle/sock exposure?! 😬
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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
I’d bump move UN up to the top of that list, but otherwise that’s spot on.
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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
I block the obviously fake or bots, and the nasty or willfully ignorant…but I usually give the willfully ignorant the opportunity to change their minds first. If they double down, buhbye. I mute the “heart in the right place” but seriously annoying people. I’ve blocked a lot in the past 24 hrs.
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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 · 04/01/2026
I think you have misunderstood my comments. I’m saying Anand’s statement is not tough enough on either criminal. She singles out Maduro but makes no mention of the illegal actions of the US. It’s not a difficult concept to hold in one’s mind that they are both criminals, but she has chosen not to.
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Addie Mac 🇨🇦 @addiemac.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
How did you reach the conclusion that I’m complicit?
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