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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Filling out the "Need a Family Doctor" registry for my baby. Not sure to answer questions like "did you need help to complete this questionnaire" or "Do you rely on help from another person for things like grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning?"

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Was really bummed to hear a favourite podcaster give AI note-taking a heartfelt endorsement Is the convenience worth the knowledge that they’re definitely stealing your ideas?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Was out for a stroller nap this afternoon and told a driver “you shouldn’t be on your phone right now” Her response was “mind your own business” Excuse me, ma’am, but your distracted driving is absolutely my business when I’m about to step in front of your car WITH MY BABY

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

You don’t need to agree with every editorial to see the value in journalists willing to criticize those in power. If we’re not willing to pay for local independent journalism, then we only get to read what the oligarchs permit. There is a reason the super wealthy are buying up media outlets

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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Pedestrianization is often framed as transforming streets. In many cases, we're actually restoring them. We're reclaiming what's been lost: social connection, local commerce, civic life, and human-scale movement. Perhaps it's time to shift from street transformation to street restoration.

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Whatever other consequences, the Costco racist tirade loser faces, he is almost certainly going to lose his Costco membership as well extra level of stupidity to go off like that in a place where you need to scan an ID to enter. Even if he was there as a guest, I suspect they already know who he is

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We need a different sound for “there is a missing vulnerable person, please watch for them” and “there is a situation that is potentially life threatening to the general public” That emergency alert sound is hard to come down from I know I’m not the first person to say this

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

From what I remember, in 2024 Halifax was super into SailGP This year, we are not having it. Is it: 1. Houston continuing to support it while defunding community and arts organizations 2. General rage at billionaires as the world burns 3. Cancelled ferry trips 4. Something else?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Why on earth did I think it was such a good idea to get a farm share while home with my baby? When this little guy is hungry, toast is a luxury. I thought I would somehow have time to prep and cook vegetables!? I guess I just need to cook when the baby cooks

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I’d like to invite you to participate in the STOP TOUCHING MY BABY challenge To participate, when you’re out and about and see a cute baby in a stroller, you DON’T TOUCH Seriously. I get the temptation. My baby is squishy and adorable You’re a stranger. Even my dad had to sanitize his hands first

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

NSGov is cutting teaching positions, and trotting out the rationale that “spending has increased but student outcomes have not” Conservatives love this talking point, and they especially live to use it while going into negotiations (NSTU contract is up soon)

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

So far this morning my baby has managed to both pee my pants (while keeping his diaper clean) and spit up onto the back of his own head Talent

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Got our little guy dressed up for the Scritchy Raccone memorial this afternoon Had to rush home afterwards for a change and a feed, but it was encouraging to see the community getting together for safe streets and whimsy Halifax, you’re pretty great sometimes

Torso and legs of a baby wearing blue jeans and a blue onesie with a cute raccoon face

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

In a crowded waiting room at the IWK and less than 1/8 of the people here are masked (and some of those have them down under their chin) We can do better, folks. We’re in a room full of pregnant folks who face heightened risk from Covid Also, multiple ppl playing loud videos from their phones

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In the home stretch of nesting and trying to organize all of our baby stuff, but I am repeatedly undone by the tiny little sleepers Just the thought of tiny little fingers and toes... And how am I supposed to function when the anthropomorphic broccoli on the onesie is wearing GLASSES?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It's hard to explain, but to me, the NSian cuts to arts and culture carry echoes of Premier McNeil's comments about covid-era childcare being dealt with "organically" Like caregiving, the "soft" work of community building, place making, and storytelling is not viewed as worthy of investment

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I’ve gotta say, I am a big fan of NSian pharmacists being able to write prescriptions for minor ailments Booked the first appointment of the morning and was home with a prescription within an hour. So much better than playing walk-in roulette, and frees doctors up for more serious issues

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Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer @benjaminwrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“what HRM is planning to spend on bike lanes this coming year is less than the Mayor’s total office budget”. Councillor Sam Austin

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Trevor Bennett @tgabben.me · 23/02/2026

To put it mildly - I’m not impressed. I had hoped the mayor was finished grandstanding, posturing, and pitting himself against council, but apparently he’s still building his case for ’strong mayor’ powers by setting up losing fights so he can prove that council won’t work ‘with’ him.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This People in the suburbs are sooo sure that they are subsidizing our fancy city life, but it’s really the other way around It’s much more expensive to deliver services to lower density areas The cap ensures that renters and new home buyers pay more than their share

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

How about instead of eliminating Sunday and Holiday busses, council eliminates Sunday and Holiday plowing? Oh, people have places to go on Sundays, too? You don’t say… Yes I’m writing my councillor, but this is such a backwards suggestion that I’m annoyed I need to waste my time on it

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Riding the bus Sunday morning to get to work, and I just want to have words with the people in HRM who think Sunday/Holiday busses are somehow an extravagant luxury Or are they planning to scale it back, but think this will make the fare increase more palatable?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Very specific Nova Scotian issue Since OPOR, I am issued a plastic-y hospital bracelet at each of my OB appointments They show your full legal name and birth date, so I would normally shred it But it’s not paper, so if you care about sorting your recycling, it’s an extra layer of annoying

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It’s cold enough that my walk to the bus stop this morning was accompanied by a mental recitation of “the Cremation of Sam McGee” Learned it in elementary school, didn’t even know it was still in my brain twenty years later Stay warm, Halifax

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Pro of hitting my third trimester: baby will let me tolerate a small cup of coffee occasionally. It’s been a LONG six months without Con: little one won’t let me sleep for more than three hours, so I really need that caffeine They’re doing some truly impressive parkour off my internal organs

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Quinpool superstore has such deep contempt for its customer Like, each visit they seem to have gone out of their way to make something about the shopping experience worse

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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 31/12/2025

so much of the bike infrastructure debate is shaped by the presupposition that people who drive cars need their cars, whereas people who ride bikes don’t really need them

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Can we stop pretending that the US is a safe third country for migrants? I would also love to see media pushback on the word “illegal.” The IRB uses the term “irregular crossings,” which is much less dehumanizing Speaking about “illegal crossings” feels like a lazy adoption of American terms

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Halisky, I need help with a mystery I’m trying to identify and locate a type of candy my family always called “soap candy” (I’m positive that’s not it’s real name) They looks like large pastel wavy chocolate chips, and sort of melt away. They aren’t mint or chocolate

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If the construction of a new building blocks my sidewalk access for months at a time… I will harbour an irrational grumpiness towards that building even years after it is completed. Doubly so if it closed the sidewalks without adding crosswalks in a convenient location on BOTH sides

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Halisky There is a small pile of cute little Christmas trees leftover from the evergreen festival in the lot between the warehosue market and the maritime museum Also some garland and boughs if you want to get fancy

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

PSA (because the reminder popped up on my phone) If you have traditional Christmas/holiday recipes that require specific ingredients, buy them this week This one comes with a flashback to the year I went to 7 different grocery stores on Dec 23rd to find heavy cream

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Tiniest rant: a book of sheet music I use frequently in church is organized alphabetically by hymn tune It abbreviates Saint to St, but still alphabetizes as if it is not abbreviated There are SO MANY of hymn tunes named after saints

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Not a morning person at all, but Halifax is quiet and snowy as I wait for my bus and it’s absolutely magical I suddenly see the appeal

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Hey Halifax, Do you like singing Christmas Carols? December 18th at Fort Massey. Come request your favourite carol and we'll sing a verse or two of as many as we can fit into an hour, then head downstairs for cookies and hot chocolate.

Casual Carols. Dec 18 2025 at 7:00pm, Fort Massey United Church 5303 Tobin Street. All Are Welcome. Blurry photo of Christmas tree in the background

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

When does Whamageddon start? Last Christmas was playing at the Salvation Army kettle on Spring Garden road Nov 29 as I was passing by Am I already out?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

It is November 9th and I have not yet seen a poppy for sale while out and about this month. Do I frequent the wrong grocery stores or something? Halisky, where can I grab a poppy?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Kind pharmacist agreed to give me my Covid and flu shots *in the same arm* so I’ll be able to sleep on my side *not super recommended, since in the case of a reaction you can’t tell which one you’re reacting to, but I’ve had both before, so that was of less concern than being able to sleep

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Meanwhile, Sobeys and Aquaterra are pulling hundreds of millions of litres of water from wells in Colchester County which they sell as bottled water. For that water, the companies pay the province a total of $769 annually. That's not a typo. It's $769. (Exactly, $768.85.)

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Nova Scotia is practically giving away 'some of the purest water in Canada' - Halifax Examiner

Every year, two corporations withdraw hundreds of millions of litres of groundwater from wells in Colchester County. They bottle the water — which the companies market as “pristine” and “some of the p...

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Spent the afternoon at a the Gift of Life memorial honouring organ donors If you want to be an organ donor at the end of your life, make sure your family knows your wishes. Even if you’re young and healthy, have the conversation now If you have a chance to save a life, why wouldn’t you?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Listened to a group of children chant 6-7 for like 20 minutes straight while were working in the hall outside my classroom It’s probably the least annoying of the trends I’ve taught through (definitely don’t miss bottle flipping) but I don’t understand how this one is holding their interest…

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I want to crochet my first something that isn’t a Woobles Kit Not finding any suggested starting patterns especially inspiring Kind of want to skip that stage and just dive in over my head with a project I’m excited for…

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I want to go to the Farmers Market but I have two sleeping cats on me On a scale of terrible cat mom to unforgivable monster, where would I rank if I disturbed them?

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Not if Tim Houston has his way 😒

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

PSA for Halisky *In case you aren’t living in the rhythm of university student life If you need anything at Costco, IKEA, Canadian Tire, or Walmart… just don’t Not this weekend. Get your groceries on a week day if you can There’s an influx of new students coming in and they will be shopping

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Jen Tee @coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Tenant turnover means they can raise the rent more than the cap allows Because they only made 34 million squeezing extracting wealth from working class people The article really spells it all out without offering even a whisper of critique of the financialized housing market

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