Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I really wish Don Davis was staying on as the leader of the NDP. He has done such a good job and is such a good speaker. 050
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I just finished watching The Newsroom for the first time, and I truly cannot believe I have never seen this series until now. It was absolutely amazing. 220
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I do not understand how it is allowed that printer companies can make it so knock off ink won’t work. It feels very corrupt. 011
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I would really love to know why my brain doesn’t feel the need to sleep past 5:30 on a weekday anymore no matter how late I fall asleep. 160
Reposted by AllysonCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I drove around for hours, I drove around for days, I drove around for months and years and never went no place Jack Bishop c. 2020 120952
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Today I went to work with pain that truly would take so many people down and out. But after more than 25 years of it, it is all too normal to me. Like anyone with endometriosis, getting treatment has been almost impossible. Thankful for @claudiachenderns.bsky.social speaking on this. 2224
Reposted by AllysonAng 🫶🎄🇨🇦🌻 #halisky @girlinacathouse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Why do we taxpayers spend roughly $1M per year so 32 MLAs can keep apartments in Halifax? The house only sits an average of 30 days/year (8-10 in fall, 20ish in spring). 32 apartments, plus tenant insurance, plus phone/internet for said apartment seems like a lot. 6197
Reposted by AllysonAng 🫶🎄🇨🇦🌻 #halisky @girlinacathouse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026He’s also not sorry. 2142
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I have posted more on Facebook since this budget than I have in many years combined. It is honestly so hard to share information now and that seems to be the only platform people I know consistently use. I wish there was a better way but I feel like we are becoming more fragmented. 020
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre posted that despite the backtracking by Houston yesterday, some of their programs have still had their funding cut. I’d love to see a list of what is not getting funding to help people stop giving Tim credit for this reversal. 1117
Reposted by AllysonGhoul Friday 👻 @girlfriday.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Mobile Food Market update; While 20% may not seem like a lot - it has a huge impact on this incredibly essential service. 21611
Reposted by AllysonRaccoon in the sky @seebo429.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Tim Houston saying that it's like COVID times is just...ugh. Buddy, you dug this hole. One shovel load at a time. This didn't sneak up on you. There's no dire timeline where you have to make panicked cuts to programs. Frig off ya dolt. 47612
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Knowing how hard our MLAs are working right now, it actually was really special to see five @novascotiandp.bsky.social MLAs at the rally today, coming out to watch and even being in the crowd. I am truly thankful for all their work right now and always. 072
Reposted by AllysonSunil Sarwal @sunilsarwal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Did you just hear Tim Houston's comments? Remember folks, if you oppose the arts cuts, you don't care about young couples who just bought a house. Man, I thought politicians were supposed to be good at lying. 4308
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Since the government announced free CCA tuition in 2023, anyone who accepts that offer in Nova Scotia in public or private colleges signs an agreement to work in long term care in the province for two years after they graduate. How will that work with cutting nursing home staff by 3% yearly? 180
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Literally every single day this budget becomes worse and worse and it is so exhausting, infuriating and nonsensical. I don’t even know how to handle it anymore. This province is being dismantled a man who doesn’t care about almost anyone in it. 0258
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Cutting nursing home staffing budgets by 3% a year for four years in a province that needs people working in long term care so badly that they will pay their tuition for the CCA program makes absolutely no sense. 0103
Reposted by AllysonTerri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 09/03/2026FamilySOS lost 100% of their provincial funding, funding they used for their Family Support Program. 8/10 families using this program were referred by CPS, the NS justice system, the IWK, or SchoolsPlus. This government seems to have no idea what they’re doing. 83715
Reposted by AllysonLiz LeClair (she/her) @lizleclairhfx.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I am on a call with 40+ organizations and community members discussing the budget cuts. One thing is very clear — this budget is distinctly racist, misogynist, ableist, and hateful. If this government passed this budget they have decided they are ok harming the most vulnerable #nspoli 33512
Reposted by AllysonMarit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026In 1921, they told Agnes Macphail her nomination was a mistake. That she should step aside and let a man do the job. She refused. She became the first woman elected to Canada's House of Commons. She helped build the movement that became the New Democratic Party. (1/2) 3478106
Reposted by AllysonNova Scotia NDP @novascotiandp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The Houston government is cutting funding to women's health research when it's clear we need more research into women’s bodies, symptoms, and experiences — not less. That's why we introduced a Bill for a Women's Health Strategy — to make sure people get the care they need. 174
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 06/03/2026If Tim Houston wants to give credit to the NSNDP for having 2000 engaged and concerned citizens showing up to protest him, I think we should just take it. 190
Reposted by Allysonhfxgirl @hfxgirl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026"Ugh, who needs the arts" politicians say, as they drive home to listen to music while cooking supper, then watch their favorite movie and read a book before bed. 25716
Reposted by AllysonAlison @alisonburnis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Add $10 to everyone's tax bill and give me a fully funded library. 0154
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I love Mancini making this point. Our libraries are so important and deserve to be funded. 0104
Reposted by AllysonPoppy Balser @poppybalser.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Great to see this view from above of part of the crowd protesting cuts to arts funding (and to so much more) The arts in NS are responsible for more jobs than fishing, agriculture and forestry combined. Arts workers are workers with jobs who pay taxes just like other workers. #nspoli 03112
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Today my phone decided to stop working out of no where and I have now discovered it is REALLY important to save your Apple ID password somewhere or it can literally take weeks to reset it. So now I have a new phone but zero apps or contact information for who knows how longmedia.tenor.coma close up of a woman making a funny face with her hands in the air .ALT: a close up of a woman making a funny face with her hands in the air . 100
Reposted by AllysonChristine @neluuna.bsky.social · 05/03/2026But they cut funding from DASC. They cut funding from disabled adult day programs. 12210
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The weekend doesn’t really make you feel ready for the week ahead when every piece of news seems to make it more clear that absolutely everything is horrible and frightening. 080
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Every Mumford and Sons song sounds exactly the same. I don’t understand. 200
Reposted by AllysonKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Today is Disability Day of Mourning. People with disabilities are far more likely to be trapped in abusive relationships. To be killed. To be assaulted. We’re forced into legislated poverty & made to be dependent on people who don’t always have our best interests at heart. 5309121
Reposted by AllysonArdath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Fun fact: bridge toll removal and 1% HST reduction cost us appx $300 million. All of the devastating cuts in the current budget? $300 million. Is your 1% HST cut worth the loss of tourism, arts & culture, educational quality and wildlife conservation in NS? 513172
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Cuts are happening to so many vital areas at once which is a great way to spread out our anger and make it so people get overwhelmed and miss pieces of all the awful things Tim Houston is doing. It feels so nefarious. 1183
Reposted by AllysonJean Laroche @nsnewsh0und.bsky.social · 28/02/2026A premier with the largest majority in Nova Scotia’s history treats reporters as opposition members. These availabilities are strictly timed and he’d rather argue than answer questions. This is not being open and accountable to Nova Scotians. 28635
Reposted by AllysonHannah, but ghostly @hannahr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I want every single reporter, every pundit, every advocate, every EVERYONE to point out the cost of the bridge toll removal and 1% HST cut. Every time someone asks you about the budget. Every time a politician has a microphone in their face. In the Legislature. 09041
Reposted by AllysonArdath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The Houston gov’t lost more than $300 million in revenue annually by cutting bridge tolls and 1% from HST. They also spent more than $6 billion outside of budget processes over the last few years. Now they cut two of our biggest economic sectors (tourism and arts and culture) to deal with deficit? 24626
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This headline is misleading as the college has been mandated to cut staff by 3% a year for four years as part of the cuts Houston has put on the broader public service, as well as cutting the operating grant. 052
Reposted by AllysonHelen Pinsent @heleninwords.bsky.social · 26/02/2026People who fight tooth and nail for ever lower taxes either don’t understand or wilfully ignore the plain fact that shared money accomplishes more. 152
Reposted by Allysonking's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 26/02/2026i’m tired, boss 38328
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 26/02/2026It really feels like a “will the last one left please turn off the lights” type budget year in this province. 1102
Reposted by AllysonDerek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 24/02/2026They had enough room in the budget to get rid of bridge and highway tolls but can’t afford bus passes for kids? 68739
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I so badly want to move back to Newfoundland, but then I see pictures of their snow and I realize that if I can’t handle what’s happening here in Halifax, I’d legit go crazy there. 170
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 23/02/2026It is one thing to run a deficit if the province is gaining something from it. But can you think of anything that has truly benefited you in the last few years that the province has done? The small savings I’ve gotten from HST and the bridge isn’t enough to feel worth it. 150
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 23/02/2026People always act the like PCs are fiscally conservative and the NDP will spend money like crazy, yet Dexter became premier during one of the worst economic periods and managed to bring in a surplus by the end of year four while still growing the economy. 1123
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 22/02/2026As a woman over 40, tik tok has convinced me that if I’m not obsessed with movement and protein perimenopause will get inside me like a demon and turn my bones and joints into dust. 210
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Forcing myself to get off my cozy, wonderful couch and go for a stupid walk for my stupid brain and stupid joints and try and keep focused on stupid mobility while the stupid sun is out. 090
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Everyone is talking so casual about someone having their teeth knocked out. 000
Allyson @allieawake.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Ok what player is going to call their secret boyfriend down from the stands and kiss them on the ice? 180
