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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I could try to convince my parents to live my childhood dream of living in West Edmonton Mall! But yeah, Edmonton is a lot better urbanism-wise than it used to be... but still SO car dependant. And when I say car, I actually mean truck. Because basically no one in Alberta drives a regular car now...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Very pleased that the LRT is now being extended there! And mall shopping generally is a lot less popular than in WEM's heyday and it's getting emptier. I agree it would be brilliant to turn that land over to housing. Housing for older people would be great with the mall so accessible!

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sunbirds very forgivable. But as much as I'm loathe to admit this as a Londoner with no car who buys everything second-hand, I spent every boxing day at West Edmonton Mall from about 2001-2011 and there definitely was not enough parking! I cried! I watched fights break out!

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Already a ton of Americans who have summer homes in Nova Scotia and such, though I think most of them are actually just from a little bit south of the border.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, I guess it's a matter of where you consider yourself living. If you've spent your whole life in Texas, and you go to Cape Cod all summer, that really is the reverse of a snowbird. And I suspect that will become more common?

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(or urban dictionary is making up things that don't really exist which is relatively common... but still!)

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But urban dictionary says they're a thing! So your fuck-up taught me something new! :)

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Curious to hear @jonnelledge.bsky.social use the term 'sunbirds' in his new book. In Canada, I've only ever heard 'snowbirds' for people going south for the winter but apparently 'sunbirds' are people doing this in the opposite direction according to urban dictionary? Fascinating.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

While one of my favourite quotes about my home nation is Naomi's Klein's 'Canadian smugness is a powerful drug', all these EU/Canada memes have reminded me what a privilege it is to come from a country that people just generally feel so positive towards.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A side issue, but the thing that is always cited is “gas prices” and — I know I always say it — but we won’t make any global progress on climate change until Americans get used to paying *a lot more* for petrol. Have you looked at British petrol prices any time recently? Now double them.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Both Russian and pro-Trump U.S. actors are amplifying and spreading misinformation about Alberta separatism in the hope of fraying Canadian unity and sowing distrust.” An overt attack on Canadian sovereignty, meant specifically to manipulate Canadians. That’s what’s fuelling Alberta separation.

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Russia and U.S. amplifying Alberta separatist narratives to stoke division, distrust: report | CBC News

Moscow has long tried to meddle in foreign elections. What's newer is Canada's neighbour overtly trying to influence and fan flames of referendum bid, warns a new report on foreign interference.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oh, that thing where they're giving a bunch of work experience places instead of actually employing people... good job Sainsbury's! 🙄

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Not entirely relevant here, but is he cosplaying as Sainsbury's employee in this picture?

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Maybe I read The Power Broker too recently, but I am hoping that someone, somewhere is writing some fan(?) fiction in which Robert Moses and Zohran Mamdani exist at the same time. Can you imagine the disdain Moses would have? Take him down, Zohran.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My younger self feels extremely called out by this!

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

When someone is described as "often controversial, never boring" in 2026 it just means: full nazi but also part of the establishment.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

One of your sisters and I did teacher training together, and as an only child I remember having fascinating discussions at the time about what these differences looked like and, to this day, it's the saddest thing to me about not having siblings – the lack of collective memories!

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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.

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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I've been trying to hand-pollinate my pumpkin plant because it's not producing any fruit but it turns out it's also only producing male flowers so I'm really just pushing homosexuality on it but it continues to produce male flowers so clearly it likes it.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I see the Thanksgiving release because American marketing is always, "after thanksgiving it's Christmas" but yeah, the streaming at Christmas bit makes sense. But the theatre spelling makes no sense because even if they're just going "Brits know when thanksgiving is" they'd still say cinemas...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Could be a Canadian poster? That would use the 'theatre' and Thanksgiving, but then it would be coming out in early October which doesn't make any sense...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

There was an album for Amnesty International of Dylan covers that came out maybe a decade or two ago that was SO GOOD. It was a three or four part album and I loved every song on it. Need to go back to listening to that!

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

And from my experience at Dal, it seemed like most people not from the Maritimes just went there because they had a family member who had, they wanted to get away from where they were from, or they heard it was a fun place to go. I never had a conversation with anyone about ranking...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I grew up in the suburbs of Edmonton and didn't even know universities WERE ranked. The guidance counsellor had never heard of Dalhousie when I said I wanted to go there because it was just assumed everyone would attend U of A or MacEwan. Particularly out west, people just go to the commuter one!

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Keir Starmer’s speech on nudity apps encapsulates much of Labour’s MPs frustration with him. “Ultimatums” rather than action. Talk big, act small. Perhaps you then eventually do act big but not without losing an awful lot of goodwill in the process.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It's hard to tell in this photo... have you also put William Morris stick-on wallpaper on a coffee table. Because, if so, I have done the same with the exact same wallpaper...

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Marcus Payne @nowtro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It’s all kicking off in Richmond.

TGJones in Richmond. The name has been crossed out and replaced with WHSmith (its former name) by a disgruntled graffiti artist.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/05/2026

Cannot 👏 emphasize 👏 this 👏 enough

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I asked my British partner "Did you have Dickie Dee men as kids?" and he was extremely concerned about what went on in Canada, but we went on a deep dive into them and they're a cool history and also so unexpected in places like suburban Alberta!

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Nicholas Cage is READY for this!

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

As an act of mayoral solidarity, perhaps Sadiq could post one of these to Andy.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This feels incredibly relatable and incredibly infuriating!

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This is very much "hard mode" for specific demographics. Disney and Empire Strikes Back are the only things on that list I'd qualify with, but there are about 20 rom coms I think I've seen that many times?

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Livingstone vs Thatcher knew no bounds.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Sorry – I haven't checked my bus-enthusiast instagram in a LONG time. I still love buses but it's something I've moved away from as I've had a lot more on. But happy to chat about buses!!

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I was about to comment how out-of-context the quote was. It really feels like it was added so no one could call them racist...

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Immigration enforcement is far from new, but it has got worse under Labour. There's always a significant degree of racial profiling in raids, along with a routine failure to protect victims of exploitation and modern slavery, favouring Instesd to penalise them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE

They’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are t...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Before it opened when they were giving tours of it, I remember them explaining that the art was inspired by the station being placed where the edge of a glacier had been but I also remember thinking, "Okay but I still don't really get it...".

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

the Greens keep saying the kinds of things that people who vote Labour agree with and Labour keep calling it dangerous extremism, and I’m not sure you could plan a better voter alienation strategy

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Is kibble not a word used in the UK? I've never had a pet here so never really thought about it...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Happy Birthday!! It's my birthday too!!

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Kate @katesonanadventure.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

THIS FRIDAY… If you’re a woman who loves railways and wants to make friends with other women who love railways, come and join us this Friday at Kings Cross. Please share this with all the lady rail enthusiasts you know. Even if you can’t make it yourself. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1972849450...

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I LOVE a supermarket!! But I also totally get why they're so overwhelming to people.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Okay, but I do think only an autistic person would list a supermarket as "their happy place". We're love or hate with supermarkets. Neurotypicals only occupy middle ground there. 😂

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

As a London musical theatre fan, the mincefluencers are a force to be reckoned with. There's people who have seen it 100+ times – my meagre 4 is nothing! But I'm glad to see the devoted fandom has come to America as well – it's totally deserved.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This is what we call "Facebook weather" because it's too scared to go to London, for zero logical reason.

bbc graphic showing heavy weather hitting a good chunk of England and Wales, except London for some reason.

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Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The railway enthusiast world is so bloody small!!! 😂 😂

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