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Allison

@allison-1.bsky.social
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🇨🇦🇬🇧Retired lawyer, business owner, mum, wife. Reader, gardener, sewer, walker, traveler, dancer, bagpiper. Always more to learn. Love my 15 minute city and grateful to be resident on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən people.

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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
bsky.app/profile/time...
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Why is there some US sheriff(?) pictured in the thumbnail here @theguardian.com ?
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
No, it's not.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Finally! Took too long to right the ship on this!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Like just about everything else, presumably we are going to have to start aligning ourselves with the Europeans and other allies? They generally have more robust safety standards and progressive policies than the US anyways, so that's probably good.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Loved it!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Monterey
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
40 minutes. Was there at 9 am. Line about 3x as long when I left.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Voted this am. Busy!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I was at my polling station at 9 am on the dot, and about 30 people were ahead of me. Took 40 minutes to get through. Lineup was 3x as long by the time I left.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Advance voting open this weekend! It was busy. Got there at 9 am on the dot, and there were about 30 people already in line ahead of me when they opened. Took me 40 minutes to get through. Make sure you leave enough time in case you run into the same. Most importantly though, go VOTE!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Shocked, not shocked. Vote appropriately!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Well, I predicted 8 years ago that the USA was headed for civil war. Sadly, I'd still be prepared to put money on it.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
That was a chuckle.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Look, we’ve all had a girlfriend who’s been there. Here's some advice: 1: Don’t date a walking red flag 2: Don’t vote for Pierre Poilievre youtu.be/16izj-bcT1E
youtu.be
Hey Girl
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Yes, but it would be nice to have one. Less complicated when I get to the polling place.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Has this been shared more widely, and not just on social media? Seems like info North Island voters (and beyond) would like to know!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
To the US specifically . . .
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"May even be" desirable to restore America's standing with trade partners? I can think of at least 3 VERY important trade partners for whom there is no doubt.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Still don't have our cards! Hopefully Monday. Need to vote early.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I wonder what that page is up to now? I forgot about this!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Another Canadian to be proud of - @deadder.bsky.social - so sharp, such talent. 👍
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Beautiful
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Good for you! It can be done, through a combination of good fortune (as you acknowlege) and discipline, and yes, you should celebrate.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Sadly.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
😳
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Wow. I thought it might be high, but those numbers shock me. Thanks for the reply(s).
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Fair enough if you prefer not to answer the specifics, but I'm curious, as a non-USian, what you pay per annum for these?
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Anyone who is surprised by this has not been paying attention.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thanks. Agreed!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
What are some alternatives? Are any likely to be seriously considered/implemented? TY
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Great! Wonderful! Congratulations! But please, someone explain to me how this not just a performative exercise and how this will rein in the descent of the US into a fascist dictatorship? Honest question, answers welcome! TYIA.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
google.com
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Exactly. Not totally familiar with the procedures, but can't they compell Goldberg to produce it? (Then send him into witness protection . . . 🤔)
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Realizing he (almost) backed the wrong horse?
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
DDDDDDDDDD!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Wow. Nice to see, especially since that area is pretty darn red.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Basically, what Canada is doing. NEVER 51st!!!
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A good read. Also applies to those USians who still haven't seen the truth of what is happening in their own country.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 15/03/2025
This photo of Mark Carney and Tom Hanks on “Epstein Island” is going viral. The photo is completely fake. Fake photos insinuating Canada’s new prime minister is linked to crimes of sexual abuse are going viral on Elon Musk’s X
pressprogress.ca
This Photo of Mark Carney and Tom Hanks on “Epstein Island” is Going Viral. The Photo is Completely Fake.
Fake photos insinuating Canada’s new prime minister is linked to crimes of sexual abuse are going viral on Elon Musk’s X
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yes. Scary.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Walz definitely seems to be positioning himself that way, and Buttigieg would be an excellent running mate, but 2026 is a long way off in this present dystopian timeline. Even harder to bet on the US having a free and fair presidential election in 2028.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This demonstrates just one of the cultural differences between the US (ME!!! 😠) and Canada (WE 😊) that underlies our almost total opposition to the ridiculous 51st state nonsense.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
While we are waking up to yet further threats of ANNEXATION. Get your f***ing house in order! The cries of "woe is me" from USians fall on deaf ears of those who are threatened with war and DO NOT want to join you.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Yep. You are alone. Says it all.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Totally agree. 😆
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Yes, to not changing the clocks, but it should be permanent standard time: jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/...
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Permanent standard time is the optimal choice for health and safety: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
The period of the year from spring to fall, when clocks in most parts of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time, is called daylight saving time, and its beginning and ending dates a...
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Disney tickets are outrageous these days! Glad to see him walk the walk.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Exactly.
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Allison @allison-1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Dear USA - you are already living in the latter! Signed, the rest of the free world.
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