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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

@carolkroeger.bsky.social
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Writer, Reader, Maker of Meals, Ex-American, Current Canadian, Newfie roots, ABC voter, HoH, Cat Caretaker, Garden Mismanager, She/Her

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 2h
As a psychologist, I endorse this. (Not sure what’s going on with Edwin and Kayla tho.)
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5h
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 2h
I've talked about this before, but it is very hard when you see how moral red lines are drawn, and the complete gutting of trans people's civil rights is entirely within an accepted norm and barely remarked upon even by many progressives.
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 2h
Like it's also not just even transphobia being legitimised - it's direct discrimination, a breach of trans people's human rights being the law of the land. An entire group of people's who's very ability to function in society removed
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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 13h
#SayNoToTheNine
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 14h
For heaven’s sake, if your ballot is sitting on your kitchen table or bedroom dresser, MAIL IT IN! Mail it in tonight. With your ID included. Or half a million Albertans made find themselves disenfranchised. And that could tip the balance.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 16h
more business owners need to be like this
Coldstuff Ice-cream • Follow

I swear to God. STOP YELLING AT MY FUCKING EMPLOYEES. They are children. This job, for most of them is their first. They are going to make mistakes. They aren't in charge of anything. This can all be fixed with a smile and a polite attitude. It's ice cream for crying out loud. Grow up and act your age.
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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 22h
Wasn’t able to secure any review code for HELLRAISER unfortunately. But I found this amazing FB clip of Doug Bradley doing a Scouse Pinhead and now I’m crying from laughter. He’s amazing. (Source: YMH Podcast.)
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 19h
Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying
Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.
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KM Apothecary @apothcarysees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When I saw Ghost, the Pacific Giant octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific she was entering senescence and slowing down. I captured her color with airbrush, so now she has a portrait.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ok, here it is. The Panicked Aster. So relatable #SpookyNature #BloomScrolling 🌿
A cluster of white flowers with thin petals and yellow centers. The two flowers facing the camera have little scared emoji faces on them.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Incredible diorama of 1997 NYC: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
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Kathleen Neeley @kathleenneeley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Peeling
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I think about MLK. He said this thing I always think about -- 'If your coalition is not uncomfortable, it's not big enough.' A lot of people wonder why I'm having this conversation with you. It's because there are people out there who I want to have a conversation with."
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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Meet my newest fabric art creation: Thundercloud Cuckoo the Neolithic Bird Statue. I designed and hand-sewed him, and I first created this style of bird in a dream a few months ago. Thundercloud enjoys appearing to people in their dreams. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
Here's a lovely photo of Thundercloud. He's a fabric art bird. He's a mottled dark and light gray, sort of like granite. He's a roundish bird with two tiny wings and a little face in the center of his body. He has two light gray eyes of slightly different sizes and an open light gray beak. There's green fur in the background.Here's another lovely photo of Thundercloud where he's resting on my palm.
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‘stina is a spooky spectral one 👻🧛🧟‍♀️🐈‍⬛🦇🎃🧟 @stinapag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is really lovely. And infuriating.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Atelopus barbotini the purple pink toads: #AGoodPlace
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ceej @ceej.online · 05/10/2026
we don't have time for another plague apocalypse. we already did that. we're on to robot apocalypse now, try to catch up. next in line is fungal apocalypse. please consult the schedule
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🇨🇦🍁weaseman 🍁🇨🇦 @weaseman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
National Post needs to be banned from Canada. nationalpost.com/opinion/joel...
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Joel Kotkin: Hating Trump is natural. Destroying Canada's future to get back at him is borderline insane
Trump isn't forever. Running into the arms of the economically stagnant EU  and China doesn't make sense
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Dr. Barry Torch @barrytorch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I will always feel weird doing self promotion, but my latest article has been officially published in "Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Reforme," titled "Jockeying for Printed Reputation: Giovanni Bussi and the Apuleius of 1469." jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re...
A screenshot of a journal article page titled “Jockeying for Printed Reputation: Giovanni Bussi and the Apuleius of 1469,” by Barry Torch, with an abstract in English and Italian, followed by the section heading “Premise” and the opening paragraph. The page is from Renaissance and Reformation, Winter 2026.
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
MEANWHILE, in Canada, meet Brady Rogers, the reluctant politician who's fed up and thinks he can do better. His sign says "I barely want to do this." His website says, "I guess I'm running for Kelowna city council." His business? Recycling plastic into cool things.
lawn sign with a grumpy man in a "DADLIFE" sweatshirt and the sign says "I barely want to do this" with his name and campaignHi, I’m Brady.
Do I enjoy politics? No.

Do I know what I’m doing? No.

But am I qualified? Also no. 

I was born in Williams Lake and raised in Kelowna since I was 10. These are the streets I biked every day, the cars I threw crab apples at (sorry), and the parks I played in. Seeing this city grow has been cool, but with growth has come a whole new spectrum of challenges. Running for council is the last thing I saw myself doing this year. I don’t like meetings, I don’t like having to be certain places at certain times, and I’m allergic to stuffy offices. But unfortunately, I happen to like Kelowna, and think I can help do some good.I guess I’m running for Kelowna city council.
Support the campaignI graduated from UBCO in 2015ish (long story) and worked for 4 years as a robotic automation engineer. As cool as the job was, it was soulless, and I wanted to use my abilities for more than just helping huge companies save money. 

Since 2019, I’ve been building The Rogerie.
Starting as a farmers market booth beside the mall, my wife and I began turning plastic waste into new products in our laundry room. Seven painful years later, and we have a pretty awesome shop downtown by Sprout (come check it out!) where you’ll find me just about every day.
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Matthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Want to track what's going on with Canada's agreements with middle powers and democratic allies around the world? The Shield Institute, the Gloves Off podcast and @scpartners.bsky.social are updating our Variable Geometry map every day (almost every day?). Check it out. variablegeometry.ca
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Tracking Canada's Agreements
An interactive global map of Canada's recent international agreements, updated live.
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Also, pretty clear HBO Max is using AI to translate its show descriptions into UK English, because look what they call John Candy…
HBO
8th ANNUAL YOUNG COMEDIANS’ SHOW

1983

John Sweets introduces HBO viewers to comedy's class of
1983.
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403 FORBIDDEN @joshgrant.online · 03/10/2026
I’ve got some time, so here’s a thread about this painting, its story and why it’s one of the greatest Canadian modern art stories 🧵
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Jennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.
A small digger trying its hardest to dig out the Ever Given ship that has run aground. It says, “Structural Problem” on the giant Ever Given and, “Making different personal choices” on the tiny digger.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 03/10/2026
Live look at a few things we’re working on. Vote for prioritization at roadmap.mapquest.com. Link in bio 💚
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Conservation of Anger Momentum @primarylupine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Geese are containers of all the spite, meanness, and hate taken from Canadians, transferred to them in the annual Emotional Conflux, a week after Moose-hatching season ends. The energy radiates from the CN Tower, across the ionosphere, and into geese around the globe.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 03/10/2026
I implore all cis people to read this.
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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent personal essay that teases out the new film’s potential dimensions. Survival horror as an addict’s push-pull for hoarding and splurging precious resources.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You got it. I got it. Danielle Smith’s big book of political propaganda, paid for with $4M of your tax dollars, telling you how to vote in her $200M referendum. But no opinion on separation… You deserve better. Vote to REMAIN and NO to Danielle’s other nine. youtu.be/4uMimyMZ6pg?... #abpoli
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Danielle’s Big Book of Political Propaganda
YouTube video by David Shepherd
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i've thought about this probably once a month for the past few years
atlantic cover

 
Your Child Says she's trans. she wants hormone and surgery. she's 13. by jesse singal 

buried in the top right corner is We're Not Prepared For The Next Pandemic. 

the issue is from 2019 we're not prepared for the next pandemic top right corner of the magazine cover, small print
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Dennis Pitt @dennispitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026...
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Does anyone understand what he means by this? How does the price guard and cap work? And what do they have to do with the gas tax?
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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/
Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls.
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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*THIRTY-FIVE CENTS* The province says this bump will add $728 per year to a full time worker - but that’s only if you work 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks AND it’s before any taxes are taken out. This is bullshit.
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Ontario minimum wage just increased by 35 cents but advocates say it's not enough | CBC News
The Ontario government is increasing the minimum wage from $17.60 to $17.95 an hour on Thursday but advocates say the 35 cent increase is not enough for workers to make ends meet.
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🇨🇦 Art Covey 🇨🇦 @artcovey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OH REALLY
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Your city could embrace a patio/street seating culture if it really wanted to. You don’t have to be like Paris to do better, you just have to WANT to do better. Between now and next summer, your city could put in place everything it needs to transform streets as people-places. So do you want to?
Street filled with cafe seating in Paris.
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Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is something I've been complaining about with Disney Studios in particular for about the last 10 years, but all of the animation is way too literal. It feels very informed by video game animation.
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the coolest girl around and I want to be her friend so bad
Girl Scouts a profile pic of a bb goth in a Girl Scout vestgirlscouts What happens when a pet owner doesn't have the information they need to properly care for a reptile?
Gold Award Girl Scout Sicilia saw how a lack of education could impact reptiles and local ecosystems, so she took action. For her #gsGoldAward project, she created educational videos focused on proper bearded dragon care and shared what she learned with younger Girl Scouts through presentations on responsible pet ownership.
By making reliable care information more accessible, Sicilia created a resource that can continue helping reptile owners make informed choices long after her project. *t
Via: @girlscoutssierranevada
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Isitjustme @shotze3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stop purchasing anything u.s.
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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The city's failure to increase the number of pools as the city grows means two companies in Orléans have built their own pools just to teach kids to swim. Registration issues are the symptom. Insufficient investment in pools is due to extremely low taxes. Set a higher tax cap target.
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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The province with HUGE solar and wind power potential, is instead focusing its efforts on the most expensive and risky power going.
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Premier Scott Moe goes big on nuclear with plans to explore 2 large nuclear reactors in northwest Sask. | CBC News
Saskatchewan says it wants to have a large nuclear reactor online by 2042. It has also narrowed down the location of further study for its construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) to the Rafferty...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
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Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
BRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges...
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