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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Confirm your humanity at @pointsincase.com
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We Need to Be Absolutely Sure You’re Human
Select squares containing bicycles. Select all persons who have lost their lust for life but are putting on a brave face for their friends and loved ones.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Look, ma; I'm an author
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Forget-Me-Not Flowers and Author Ashley K Frantik | WonderBird Press
Ashley K Frantik returns to the Unhelpful Encyclopedia series with "Omnium Memento" in the Perilous Plants anthology. "Omnium Memento" - A n
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20/08/2026
Beaverton Breakdown: Every Canadian premier's demands in return for agreeing to restock American alcohol SUSAN HOLT, NB “15 minutes in a locked room with (U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete) Hoekstra, me, and a 2×4 made of New Brunswick lumber.” ROB LANTZ – PEI “Legalize lobster wine, you cowards.”
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Beaverton Breakdown: Every Canadian premier's demands in return for agreeing to restock American alcohol
Reports indicate Prime Minister Carney has asked Canadian premiers to remove their individual U.S. alcohol bans, as federal officials attempt to finalize a trade deal with the Trump administration. In...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our June has been rather rainy, but you know what they say; it's Smoke Season somewhere:
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Smoke Season Style: Your Capsule Wardrobe For Unpredictable Atmospheric Events
Essential layers for the modern catastrophe
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Summer is here and so are the goofy terms I've been making up to describe it, over at @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Did you know that 'semiquincentennial' is a real word with multiple synonyms? Now you do! I wrote something using all of them that you can read at @mcsweeneys.net
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Canada Sends Polite Regards to the United States on Its Semi-Quasi-Bisequi-Whateverennial
“We weren’t sure whether any gift we sent would be classified as a foreign import, a domestic transfer, or the opening move in a constitutional negotiation. ...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Look ma, I published a short horror story with a disgruntled studio executive
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 31/05/2026
New Canadian Content laws specify 55% of pop stars dated by former Prime Ministers must be Canadian
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New Canadian Content laws specify 55% of pop stars dated by former Prime Ministers must be Canadian
OTTAWA - A recent amendment to Canadian content laws has set a minimum quota for the celebrity partners of former Canadian Prime Ministers, requiring at least 55% of pop stars dated by retired PMs to ...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
...and then they swallowed the spider to catch the fly...
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ANALYSIS | Sinking trees into the Arctic Ocean could reduce carbon emissions. But is it worth it? | CBC Radio
A group of European scientists have recently proposed an idea to sink mature trees from the vast boreal forest in Canada, Alaska and Russia into the deep Arctic ocean, to store the carbon for centurie...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@danarama.bsky.social
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I write for these guys sometimes. You can too! They cannot stop you from submitting; you should do it!
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is illustrative, grotesque, and unfortunately not unexpected. Everyone who likes podcasts and the internet should email these chumps and complain. They didn't even award the people who developed Claude software. Fake awards for fake persons producing fake content. We live in the worst timeline.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Whereas Canadians everywhere say Poilievre should stfu already
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Poilievre says government should cancel Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail project | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government should cancel the high-speed rail project planned to link Toronto and Quebec City.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It's probably too late to do anything about this, but let's loudly complain to our elected officials about it anyway. Feels like a bad time to be mining resources for American interests
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Canada backs rare earth mine in Nunavik with close ties to Trump White House | CBC News
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175-million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely lin...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
If I may have a favourite in the current hellscape, it is this one. We must say it often and, one day, explain what we meant by it. The 'never forget' of this generation
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Ian McCausland @ianmccausland.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Public service says a pilot is best, residents say a pilot is best, the price of a pilot is way cheaper and the timeline is faster. AND YET the City council says no,. let's wait and do the permanent solution... in 2027. What could be the reason? #winnipeg www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
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Opinion: Putting the cart before the planning horse
It is rare to find a planning project in Winnipeg that generates as much passionate support as the proposal for infrastructure improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers on Wellington Crescent...
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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I gotta say. This moment was jarring. And just absolutely tasteless considering we’re talking about this because a 61 year old on a bike was killed by a 19 year old with a car.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I know we have made many valid jokes about the current US President's hair, but I'd like to remind my fellow Canadians of a domestic coiffure-pas to enjoy in these trying times. Behold this absolutely insane combover of René Lévesque c. 1976. #apartofourheritage
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Quick question does anyone know how to restore virtue to a decaying society
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
@pointsincase.com heeded my warning; préparez-vous, Valentine's is coming
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Valentine Preparedness Advisory and Emergency Response Protocol
Romantic pressure systems are likely to develop in the coming weeks and residents are encouraged to remain calm, plan ahead, and avoid unnecessary exposure.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A part of our heritage...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Huh, so I'm not the only one. It's so bad; I have never taken a cab as often as I have since they changed it up.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Part of me really wants to apply for this and just insist that Indeed says I'm a great candidate each time they try to talk to me in Punjabi
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
One of the only fun things on the internet anymore
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Jeope! @jeope.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of “eye contact” has me immediately thinking of songbird banding sessions I’ve sat in on at Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba. Every captured bird gives its own variation of stink-eye while data is collected. This yellow warbler is saying it’s got places to be – dammit. #birds
A brilliant yellow songbird stares directly at the camera. Only one of its eyes and some head and chest feathers are in crisp focus.
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Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is why it's very important to distinguish Tech Bro from BRO who knows Tech cause BRO done good here
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I wrote something funny over at @weeklyhumorist.bsky.social
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I, Carmen Sandiego, Do Not Endorse Theft of or From Venezuela – Weekly Humorist
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Reliving history is a lot less exciting than I thought it'd be as a kid
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Beautiful 10/10
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I do and don't understand how we allow this kind of facility and complicity. If the cognitive dissonance is going to shred my brain, you're coming with me. As a relatively ignorant American neighbour, I have seen three torture prisons unveiled in my life. How does this stop? I want it to stop.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I'm assuming @theonion.com hacked the CBC
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New plaques on Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' insult, mock former U.S. presidents | CBC News
President Donald Trump has affixed partisan plaques to the portraits of all U.S. commanders in chief, himself included, on his Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, describing Joe Biden as "sl...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Don't love devolving into a one-party state, however...
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Local man would be angrier about Liberal's undemocratic floor-crossing scheme if it wasn't so funny to imagine Poilievre's face
OTTAWA – Local voter Martin Kofman finds it appalling that the Liberals have clearly hatched a plan to obtain the majority government voters denied them by luring Conservative MPs to cross the floor, ...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The greatest heist of our generation; I can't wait for the dramatized limited series on Netflix
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Jellycats are a hot toy, not just because they're so popular. Charges laid after thousands were stolen | CBC News
A woman has been arrested and charged after thousands of dollars worth of stolen toys were recovered from a Guelph, Ont., residence.
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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We also welcome @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social with Together, Tomorrow, where an old puppet show isn't the only thing coming to an end
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Have you ever picked up an encyclopedia and thought 'this is too helpful and not nearly murderous enough?' If so, have I got an anthology for you. I am the Frantik on the cover, and within is my tale of a very frustrated narwhal.
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Murderfish: an Aquatic Anthology (Unhelpful Encyclopedia)
Murderfish: an Aquatic Anthology (Unhelpful Encyclopedia) - Kindle edition by Stoumbos, Mike Jack, La Ronn, Michael, Stein, Jake, Rey, Jena, Arther, Azure, Hodges, Larry, Hankins, David, Haskell, N. V., Fox, Shannon, Cole, Ryan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Murderfish: an Aquatic Anthology (Unhelpful Encyclopedia).
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
We do live in a simulation; we've reached the edge of the map and it's glitching out hard. That's why news headlines look like this now
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Sabrina Carpenter condemns Trump administration's use of lyrics after Franklin the turtle backlash | CBC News
Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of the beloved children's character Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration's use of their music and imagery to support its agenda.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 28/11/2025
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
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Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
HAMILTON, ON - Local residents this morning report driving past an excitingly long lineup and assuming it was for a blowout Black Friday sale, before realizing that it was just a regular queue for a b...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4... @openmedia.org
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Canada needs a monopoly buster!
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. https://openmedia.org/Competition4Cana...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The Muppets need to send someone another three ghosts
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Finally some serious coverage of the ostrich cull 😝
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Guess who's got a publication coming up?
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Someone please start playing Yakety Sax
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Crews in hazmat suits move in on ostriches at B.C. farm after top court dismisses appeal to save flock | CBC
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
At least it's not a big, beautiful bill 😝
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Liberals to table 'big, bold' federal budget Tuesday as Carney looks to put his stamp on government | CBC News
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will deliver the new Liberal government’s first budget Tuesday that will be full of what he calls “generational investments” to spur growth and help the co...
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
That I could have the unwavering confidence in myself as an unremarkable Conservative Party leader
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Poilievre confident he will survive upcoming leadership review | CBC News
Pierre Poilievre says he is confident he will stay on as Conservative Party leader and win the next federal election ahead of his mandatory leadership review at the end of January.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Reading this patriotic optimism while hearing that the upcoming federal budget vote could trigger an election less than a year after the last one. A classic Canadian display of unity. Go Jets.
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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are no kings and pronounced tlah ooguhweeyoohee
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This article was reposted from Treaty One territory on Anishaabe, Cree, and Anisininew lands, in the homeland of the Red River Métis.
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
#funbisonfacts
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Duchess of Winnipeg @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#onegreatcity
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Red River in Winnipeg about to have more bacteria, viruses than normal | CBC News
Treated wastewater that Winnipeg releases into the Red River will have more bacteria and viruses than normal starting Oct. 1, when the city will turn off its UV treatment to allow plant upgrades.
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