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@irisblueskyris.bsky.social
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Examinerer. Lapsed Virgo. A lifetime in theatre prepared me for this. she/her

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
In case you're wondering, yes there are still "wait and see" Carney apologists in comments. Nothing is going to wake them up until after it's too late.
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Leo McKay Jr. @leomckayjr.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The rent on the Halifax townhouse I’m sharing for the summer has increased 53% in 3 years. It’s changed (renter) hands twice in that time, so that increase was legal. But… 53 percent in 3 years? People. That’s a scam. That’s a scam to drain money from ordinary people and enrich the wealthy.
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The amazing world of Japanese marine photographer Ryo Minemizu, Part 2/2. #photography #naturephotography #ocean #fish #plankton #marinephotography #mypicturethread Larval fish of Dendrochirus
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Iris @irisblueskyris.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Ever since we started this #Examinerbus campaign I've had this song stuck in my head. "Ain't no schoolbus! Ain't no streetcar! Ain't no subway car! It's ExaminerBus!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6i...
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THE SHUFFLE DEMONS - SPADINA BUS [HQ] (1986)
YouTube video by Retrontario
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Thank you for coming to my Tim Talk. Please subscribe. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/subscribe/
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Purchase a subscription - Halifax Examiner
The Halifax Examiner relies solely on the support of readers. By subscribing, you’ll be funding a strong, independent media voice in Nova Scotia. With a paid subscription you get access to our paywall...
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Nova Scotia's Policing Panic, Part 5: The Geography of a False Confession www.halifaxexaminer.ca/investigatio... /thread
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Part 5: The Geography of a False Confession - Halifax Examiner
This is a false confession. The RCMP concocted a fantastical story, but one so convoluted and with so many internal contradictions that it is impossible.
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Don't get me wrong, I have my own complaints about Trudeau, but maybe we should consider why Russia and the U.S. have been working so hard to sway opinion about his leadership 🤷
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dawnymock @dawnymock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Oh yeah.. this one :)
dawnymock cartoon self-portrait, holding out middle finger- pen is in place of finger.
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
More news from our profoundly Indigenous archive: Shit's fucked up, new report suggests walkingeaglenews.com/2020/07/09/s...
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Shit’s fucked up: report
The results of a groundbreaking new report released on Wednesday suggest that shit’s fucked up. “What we take from the data is that shit’s fucked up,” said lead author Solom…
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Planning a Covid safe book launch took months and THOUSANDS of my own dollars ensuring testing, outdoor space, far UV lights, and a litany of other precautions. Meanwhile u dumbfucks are out raw dogging the air and spewing ur disease laden breath all over ur elderly neighbors. We are not the same
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Ken @koolfonk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If you enjoy and want to support political cartoonists, this is a great starter pack to 'follow all' with! go.bsky.app/71g1tiJ
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
This is a very old tactic. I might be an old white cishet male, but the first time antivaxxers targeted me at work for my blogging was April 2005. I realize that I probably have suffered little from such attacks because of my privilege. sciencebasedmedicine.org/is-defending...
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Is defending science-based medicine worth it? | Science-Based Medicine
Pseudoscience, denialism, fake news, and disinformation about health are a bigger problem than ever, thanks to social media. As doctors and scientists join lay defenders of science on social media, wi
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
what really annoys me is that we don't have to wait until the wheels fall off [your preferred vehicle] before we actually improve the situation. (this applies broadly to everything right now.)
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 29/11/2024
Nova Scotia researchers develop new family of antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacterial ‘superbugs’ www.halifaxexaminer.ca/science/rese... by @dentremy.bsky.social
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Nova Scotia researchers develop new family of antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacterial 'superbugs' - Halifax Examiner
Researchers at Dalhousie University, the University of Toronto, and DeNovaMed Inc. used computer-aided drug design to develop a unique antibiotic family that targets an enzyme essential for bacterial ...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Saving the CBC isn't just about protecting your favourite program or personality. It's about preserving national unity -- and preventing Canada from being subject to a hostile foreign takeover. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/19/o...
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Saving the CBC is really about saving Canada
Pierre Poilievre reportedly has plans to slash the CBC's budget. That would be a disaster for national unity.
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Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I missed this earlier today. In an update this afternoon, Halifax Water acknowledged that “it should have notified customers about the interruption of fluoridation at both J. Douglas Kline (Pockwock Lake) and Lake Major water supply plants over the past several years.”
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 28/11/2024
in canada we call today yankee thanky
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Iris @irisblueskyris.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Shrugging is my only workout these days.
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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This made me snortle. Also, I am 12.
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Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
What are you doing for your community? Consider collecting items from our Holiday Wish List. Our drop-off space is open from @givingtuesday.bsky.social Dec 3 at The Rose, 5944 South Street, Halifax. Thanks for sharing. adsumforwomen.org/wish-list
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 29/10/2024
Good definition for a term thrown around often: "Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege." — Tommy Douglas
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Catherine in Chester @chestercat.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@squirrelmind.bsky.social
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Welcome to Walking Eagle News: Bluesky Edition: Journalism so deeply and profoundly Indigenous, our full-back tattoo of Sitting Bull has a full-back tattoo of Chief Joseph. (Wolf howls in distance)
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I was arguing with someone who had bullshit "facts," but then I thought, hey, why bother? So I blocked them. This Bluesky thing doesn't have to be like Twitter, and it isn't. That's a good thing.
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Canada needs a covid inquiry now New from @juliamwright.bsky.social @mark-ungrin.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social and myself link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Canada needs a national COVID-19 inquiry now - BMC Medicine
Background We are now in the fifth year of an ongoing pandemic, and Canada continues to experience significant surges of COVID-19 infections. In addition to the acute impacts of deaths and hospitaliza...
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Greg Saysso @gregsaysso.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
So, corporations deduct from taxable income, all of their annual operating costs - their premises, their heat & power - every expense related to their existence. Why can't humans?
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Ken Donnelly🇨🇦 @novaken.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I don't know enough about evolution to understand why turkeys adapted to become bacon.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The Forest Products Assoc. of Canada is spending big $ greenwashing destructive industrial forestry practises with its tedious “Forestry for the Future” PR. But contrary to industry claims, science shows forests left alone are best able to combat climate change www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...
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Contrary to industry claims, forests left alone are best able to combat climate change - Halifax Examiner
Authors of a recent study did a literature review and found the evidence shows Wabanaki-Acadian forests that are left alone store and sequester the most carbon.
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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 13/11/2024
Big corporations own a lot of Canadian Media Here's a Starter Pack of independent Canadian media outlets go.bsky.app/7ce9PDR Some of my favourites in here include @thenarwhal.ca @nationalobserver.bsky.social @canadaland.com @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social , @thehilltimes.bsky.social
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 14/11/2024
The Beaverton salutes The Onion for buying InfoWars. And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 13/11/2024
NDP releases $1 billion platform aimed at making life more affordable www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/e... By Jennifer Henderson
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NDP releases $1 billion platform aimed at making life more affordable - Halifax Examiner
The NDP’s platform release coincided with an announcement aimed at improving access to health care for women.
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Mike Wise @mikewise.ca · 13/11/2024
I wanted to see if Siri was any better in iOS 18.2, so I summoned it and asked “Surely it won’t rain today.” “No it won’t,” Siri replied. “And don’t call me Shirley.” That’s when I realized I left my iPhone in Airplane mode.
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Lorri Neilsen Glenn 🇨🇦 @lorri.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Any Halifax, Bedford, Sackville NS writers and readers out there? Come say hi at the Sunnyside Chapters/Indigo on Saturday Nov 16 between noon and two pm. Let’s chat about writing memoir/CNF, anything. 😊
Cover of hybrid memoir The Old Moon in Her Arms: Women I Have Known and Been
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Liz @stayathomecommie.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Do you know how much better sincere and cringey is than cynical and mean? Don’t be afraid to be embarrassing be afraid to be an asshole.
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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I encourage people to send even a short email to the Premier's office. I know that it probably won't result in any immediate action, but the greater numbers of emails sent to the office demonstrates that he doesn't have strong support for his public statement.
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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
George’s Music Room 3915 W. Roosevelt Rd Chicago
A watercolor painting of a two-story red brick building. A white sign with black and blue lettering spans the width of the building and reads “Georges Music” but the second half of the sign is missing or hanging loosely. A vertical sign reading “Georges” in red lettering juts out from the center of the building’s second story as well. The windows along the first floor and two windows on the second story are borders up with plywood. Graffiti covers the side of the building and overgrown plants encroach on the building and the sidewalk.
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Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
If you are a Halifax Examiner subscriber, I hope you will read this story about a mental health service provider which has shut its doors with no notice. I worked hard on this and am grateful to the people who spoke with me. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/health/crush...
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'Crushing': Sudden closure of Laing House leaves members adrift - Halifax Examiner
"If you’re running out of staff, it’s usually a sign that something else is wrong."
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Please stop marketing me products for “women on the go” — I’m ready for things for women on the stay. Women on the sit down. Women on the cozy bed with three beverages and strong wifi
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Halifax ReTales @halifaxretales.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
I am upset that every time the NDP announce a new candidate they aren't calling it a Chender Reveal Party
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Maike Osborne @maosbot.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
Reminder that if you are healthy you should gather health data so that if you do get Long Covid doctors will be more likely to believe you
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 28/10/2024
NDP leader calls out Tim Houston over ‘backroom deals’ www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p... By Jennifer Henderson
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NDP leader calls out  Tim Houston over ‘backroom deals' - Halifax Examiner
Claudia Chender agrees transitional care facilities are badly needed, but said the manner in which Premier Tim Houston’s government has gone about procuring them in West Bedford is all wrong.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
If you're writing about declining health, drop in cognition, rapid rise in disability, etc, and you don't even consider the hypothesis that it could be due to a virus that is known to do those things and continues to infect nearly everyone repeatedly, your article will be absurd.
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Iris @irisblueskyris.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Tonight might be chilly enough to start up the fireplace channel.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Top 10: Memorable Examiner photos www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social with help from @irisblueskyris.bsky.social and @dentremy.bsky.social
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Top 10: Memorable Examiner photos - Halifax Examiner
A list worth more than 10,000 words.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 03/07/2024
New report examines what Nova Scotia municipalities could look like www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/new-r... By @dentremy.bsky.social
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New report examines what Nova Scotia municipalities could look like - Halifax Examiner
The ‘Building Inclusive Communities: A Policy Agenda for Nova Scotia Municipalities that Leaves No One Behind,’ report was published Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Sco...
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