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Researching women in #folklore & comparative #myth INFJ 🇨🇦 owned by 3 cats 🌸 #amwriting * No DM's thx

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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
They're not fond of kindness or sharing, either.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yeah, and look at what happened to him. I can only hope for a similar outcome. #sorrynotsorry
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Too bad she wasn't speaking about the orange fascist.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Corporations and multi-nationals. Lucky us. We get to foot the bill and reap nothing.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Please stop with the ridiculous slogans. Sounds like something pp would come up with. Ick.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It's nothing more than a subsidy for Loblaws.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Along with: Two-tiered #healthcare Subsidizing #oil & gas industry Bypassing #environmental and Indigenous consultation Tighter #immigration and border controls Expansion of policing and military Doesn't sound very #Liberal to me. #cdnpoli
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Translation: Trickle down economics that benefit no taxpayers, ever. And, that "Canada Strong" bit sounds like something Poilievre would come up with. Stop with the empty slogans already.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Was that so we could afford to further subsidize the oil and gas industry over renewable energy? #askingforafriend #cdnpoli #grift
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He should run as a republican. Would fit right in.
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
From the medieval ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ - 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 326r @MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #humour #humor #medieval #manuscripts
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A chip off the ol' stump. 😉
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Above and beyond mere sports cheating, it might be worth mentioning how he & Epstein raped women & girls who said NO, or had no say in the matter whatsoever. #FIFA
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just watch... He's going to put his fucking name on the White House.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Cognitive bias and greed.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada - Diverting resources from the public purse to private & corporate hands. Taxpayer support for fossil fuel redirects vital resources away from priorities that benefit us all: #healthcare, clean energy & education. #cdnpoli environmentaldefence.ca/report/canad...
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FAQ: Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada - Environmental Defence
Canada gives billions every year to support the oil and gas industry. Learn more.
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Mama Doubleyoo 🍁🇨🇦 #NastyCanadianWoman🏒💪 @mamadoubleyoo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nature-killing, sound polluting #DataCenters & oil piplines - @mark-carney.bsky.social you've guaranteed Libs won't EARN my #VOTE in the next elxn. You're selling Canadians, my sons & grandkids future out - the #Environment be damned! You might as well be a CONservative. So much for #ElbowsUP!😒
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Same here. It reminds me of a slogan Poillievre would say. 👎
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Send a Letter: Demand Transparency from AI Data Centres Alberta and Canada have stated that multiple Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres will not be subject to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) this is irresponsible & unacceptable! #AbPoli #AbLeg #NoGasForAI #CdnPoli #Climate
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Send a Letter: Demand Transparency from AI Data Centres - Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta and Canada have stated that multiple Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres will not be subject to Environmental Impact...
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Prior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” This week, he... greased the skids for a suite of LNG projects and a new million barrel-per-day oil pipeline to the West Coast. @chrishatch.bsky.social mailchi.mp/nationalobse... #bcpoli #cdnpoli
Screen shot of article with title "Carney's case for more carbon" and an image of Carney on youtube with the caption I want to be clear on this point. The changes we have made will meant that our emissions will
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm sure your wealth tech bros are thrilled. We taxpayers can pay for it all, and they can reap the profits. #oligarchs #capitalism #corporategreed thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Carney Under the Sway of the Broligarchs | The Tyee
Build Canada’s advocates are wealthy, aggressively pro-tech and piling up wins in Ottawa. First in a series.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And yet the high-speed internet connections (& cell phones) in Eastern rural Ontario amount to nothing better than dial-up. All talk, no action. I'd like to tell you that as someone who voted for you, I'm now experiencing buyer remorse, Mr. Carney. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada falling behind on connecting rural areas to high-speed internet: report | CBC News
Rural and remote areas are falling behind cities on high-speed internet access, Canada's auditor general says in a new report tabled Monday. The report warns the connectivity gap could lead to equalit...
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
How about some infrastructure building, like better internet connections in rural areas? But, I suppose the oil and gas industry has better inroads with the PMO than the majority of tax paying Canadians... #cdnpoli #taxpayers
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Brookfield’s website boasts of “owning the backbone of the global economy.” By keeping his shares while PM, Carney could have a conflict on nearly every major policy decision affecting energy, transportation & infrastructure, including airport privatization www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #cdnpoli
thestar.com
Mark Carney sidelined from at least 17 government deliberations because of corporate conflicts
The revelation is contained in letters that the Privy Council Office sent to a parliamentary committee that probed the ‘screens’ that Carney set up last year to protect himself from conflicts of inter...
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albertagirl67 🇨🇦🇺🇦👊🐧🔥 @albertagirl67.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Time to acknowledge we do not have a Capitalist Free Enterprise economic system. It is Corporate Socialism & has pretty well always been. What is now called the Epstein Class was smarter in the past as they would at least throw some bread crumbs our way after taking our bread #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Let the corporations "BUILD" those pipeline then, ffs!!! They & their shareholders the ones who benefit, not us actual taxpayers who are forced to foot the bill. "Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor" "privatize profits and socialize risks" #cdnpoli #corporategreed #oil #grift
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Heat waves, wildfires, & flooding endanger Canadian lives to the point of disrupting #Canada Day - We want climate action from you, not publicly funded pipelines with that traitor from Alberta. 😡 #cdnpoli #climatechange thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Inside Carney’s Pipeline Deal with Alberta and BC | The Tyee
Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions to bring oil through BC’s Lower Mainland.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 04/07/2026
Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved
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Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved
"Things are tough right now. And as the saying goes, ‘when the going gets tough, quit doing the hard stuff and just cling to what kind of worked in the past.'"
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Knowledge Network @knowledge.ca · 27/04/2026
Journey around the planet as spring awakens the natural world, bringing with it a blossoming of new life and new challenges. Wild Spring Watch free on knowledge.ca #knowledgenetwork #springvibes #animals #blossoming #wildlife #nature #babyanimals #wildspring
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
More proof showing why putting politicians on pedestals is always a bad idea.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
He's more than clueless or arrogant. He's a psychopath.
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Folklore of Scotland @folklorescotland.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In my native Ayrshire and adopted Cumbrian dialects, 'tod' is fox. In lore, fox carries a magic pearl that brings good luck to whomever finds it more: Folklore of the Lake District by Stephen G. Rae folklorepress.co.uk art: Spry Fox by Maryana Kniazevych #FairytaleTuesday
In my native Ayrshire and adopted Cumbrian dialects, 'tod' is fox. In lore, fox carries a magic pearl that brings good luck to whomever finds it

more: Folklore of the Lake District by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk

art: Spry Fox by Maryana Kniazevych #FairytaleTuesday
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Legend tells that the cunning fox, wishing to move more quietly, turned to the mischievous fairy folk for help. They fashioned a flower of soft, bell-shaped blooms to slip over his paws, muffling each step. From this, it is said, foxgloves took their name. #FairytaleTuesday
Close-up of vivid pink foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) in bloom, their bell-shaped flowers speckled within and beaded with raindrops; a tall central spike rises against a softly blurred background of purple and green garden flowers.
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Wild Urban Priestess @wildurbanpriestess.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
May 3rd - A Journey with Goddess. Maia - one of the Pleiades and Greek goddess of growth. Maia is associated with springtime, fertility, the fruitful flourishing of life. She lives in the mountains, far from people. The older I get, the more this seems like a great life choice 😉 #WitchSky
Artwork of Maia, greek goddess of growth. Her brown hair is pinned up. She has light pink and coral coloured flowers in her hair. Artwork of pink.roses is on the background
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Country Farm Arthur Lismer 1916
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Karen Sloan @karsloan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A little patch of blue in the garden is a welcome site! 💙 Scottish folklore states that b/c they're a favourite flower of the fairies it's bad luck to pick bluebells & take them indoors. #fairy #folklore #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardensky
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Well yes, named as newspapers for the purpose of this thread really. I'd include the Toronto sun in your list, too.
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GorgonGoddess_The @avngmedusa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
off I fly 🦉🔥🧹
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The Folklore of Warwickshire @warksfolklore.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A witch ghost for #PhantomsFriday what with it just having been #WalpurgisNacht The ghost of Betty, a reputed witch, was reported to sit on the churchyard wall of St Gregory’s, Tredington, smoking a pipe. In life, she would sit on top of a willow tree in Honington slowly putting on her stockings
Side view of St Gregory's church, Tredington complete with massive spire which can be seen for miles around
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Phil Hine @philh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excellent essay by Allan Johnson exploring mail-order occultism in the early 20th century. publicdomainreview.org/essay/magic-...
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Magic by Return of Post: How Mail Order Delivered the Occult
What allowed occultism to blossom in the United States at the turn of the 20th century? Linotype machines, cheap pulp paper, and newly improved postal networks. Allan Johnson investigates the forgotte...
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Hilary R Sparkes @hilaryrsparkes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Dandelion clocks looking like an army of spirit orbs.
Field full of dandelions and flecked with buttercups
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Sad to see my country at #20 but not surprising b/c Post Media is owned by an American hedgefund with close ties to Republican party and Trump. #cdnpoli #journalism #canada #media dominionreview.ca/postmedia-an...
dominionreview.ca
Postmedia And The American Hedge Fund Takeover Of Canada's Newspapers | Dominion Review
Vancouver is a city of three million people, with two major newspapers: the Vancouver Sun and the Province. Both are owned by Postmedia, which is itself maj ...
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Reporters Without Borders release the 2026 World Press Freedom Index The U.S. didn’t make the top 50 & dropped under +ru^^p 1. Norway 2. Netherlands 3. Estonia 4. Denmark 5. Sweden 6. Finland 7. Ireland 8. Switzerland 9. Luxembourg 10. Portugal 14. Germany 18. UK & 20. Canada rsf.org/en/index
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Index
RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...
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The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
“This fascinating and formidably well-researched book has completely changed my view of fairies.” Thank you to Ian Bradley for this terrific review of ‘Fairies: A History’ in @churchtimes.bsky.social: www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
churchtimes.co.uk
Book review: Fairies: A history by Francis Young
Ian Bradley revises his understanding of fairies
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The Folklore of Warwickshire @warksfolklore.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Late Spring reading sorted: The Green Issue of @helleborezine.bsky.social
Hellebore Green Issue on black starry background with glass bauble toadstool tealight holder.
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Hagazussa in Glasgow @hagazussainglasgow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Philippe Vachier's tarot from 1639, republished by Yves Renaud of Tarot de Marseille Heritage. Oldest surviving complete tarot from Marseille. Notable for its use of purple colour, instead of the dark blue popular later, which we are more familiar with today #TarotTuesday #TarotSky #HistoricalTarot
From left to right, the Moon card, 2 of Cups (with the cartier's inscription), and the Queen of Cups The Knight of CupsThe card backs with a black on white cruciform design, the Tower, Temperance, Chariot, and 9 of Cups cards
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"The Book of Divination", a Lubok print from the collection of Dmitriĭ Aleksandrovich Rovinskiĭ (1824-1895). See more highlights from the collection here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d…
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Takes a mobster to know 86 is a term the mob uses. In djt's case, I guess we're talking about the Russian mob.
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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yup. A deadly combination of willful ignorance, greed, & selfish entitlement.
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