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Jeannine St. Amand

@jeanninestamand.bsky.social
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inspired by nature, driven by curiosity, interested in governance, living in New Brunswick (Canada), believing in the strength of weak ties

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026
History has shown that a world operating without the rule of law is unjust, unwise and inhumane. The judges – those who guard the thin red line between order and chaos – are therefore highly deserving of our praise.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026
At a time of existential challenges – including more wars and conflicts than the world has seen in a long time – international law is no longer just a supplement to peace and security. It is an absolute necessity. #NobelPeacePrize
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
UK author and politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86 reut.rs/4AKtck5
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UK author and politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
Jeffrey Archer, the best-selling British novelist and former politician who ​was jailed for lying in a ‌high-profile libel case, has died aged 86, his publisher HarperCollins said on Monday.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Can say the same of cities here too.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 03/10/2026
LIVE NOW! MS NOW will serve as the livestream destination for Power to the People, featuring performances by Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen & more. WATCH NOW at ms.now/powertothepeople
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Wanting To Act As One Is Not Enough
History Matters: A view from the trenches of what the Atlantic Economic Panel recommends for the region
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why must the acorn fall apart as soon as I pick it up?.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not 9/11, not covid-19, but an ignoramus… www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Truck carrying supplies to isolated N.B. island blocked by U.S. customs
Vehicle turned back at border crossing as U.S. bans of Canadian alcohol and other goods take effect
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great conversation on The Herle Burly earlier this week. youtu.be/J2RZkXI-rLM?...
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Scaramucci: All the Wrong Moves that led to Trump & Why Carney leads the West | The Herle Burly
YouTube video by Air Quotes Media
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the St. John River so low at Maugerville, nor the hardwoods so colourful this early in autumn. Hmmm.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From Daniel Dale: "I started fact-checking Donald Trump 10 years ago this month. Here are 15 thoughts on the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered by the media: www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm starting to get quite specific, relevant pitches from writers with gmail addresses and links to a couple of online publications, but that are kind of dubious in this way. It's a shame because it means it's harder for genuine new writers to get looked at amid the dross.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Starting the disco vibe early this Friday afternoon… youtu.be/nGKolBh0H34?...
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Wave To America
YouTube video by Soft Cell - Topic
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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The bleaker the GOP midterm outlook gets, the more urgently the administration will move to enact their worst policies.
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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Do see this.
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Steven Clark @thefwordnb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How are we going to build these massive infrastructure projects when Fredericton can't even complete a small playground within an extra year of the original deadline
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“I get an inbound [email] every day asking, ‘Can you get me into this meeting or that,’ and I’m just a small fry,” Frank McKenna says of the inaugural Canada Investment Summit. www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
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Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
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FogTownBoy @fogtownboy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is nuts. Can we please bring back the editors, proofreaders, and double-checkers? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‘Where’s Newfoundland?’ ask shocked residents looking at Hilroy exercise books | CBC News
As a new school year approaches, parents and students are out buying new school supplies — but one classroom staple has people in Newfoundland and Labrador demanding answers.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Holt her cabinet should be embarrassed. This is the low hanging fruit FFS. Fix it!! "This shouldn't be happening ... that's on the premiers when they hear about this foolishness that happens in the bureaucracy below us to have the courage to stamp it out," he said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Big markup on Nova Scotia mead for New Brunswick Renaissance fair highlights trade barriers | CBC News
A week before a Nova Scotia meadery was going to sell almost 600 wine-size bottles of mead to a New Brunswick Renaissance fair, the 100-plus per cent markup fees charged by New Brunswick's liquor regu...
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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
How this works: - The implicit default region for Google Maps JavaScript API is the United States - You can fix it by adding `&region=CA` to the call I checked with chrome devtools, that's the fix.
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I think it was @catelli.bsky.social who said that Canada Post should be directed to develop a public email system for Canada, assigning emails to all residents. Paid by taxes plus fees for premium services. Strikes me as both technically and politically feasible. Now would be a good time.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Precisely! Today’s must read (gifted)… www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/851ba5a...
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Stupidity is an infinitely renewable resource with this U.S. administration
From trade tensions to renaming Lake Ontario, the latest moves add to a pattern of chaos and needless distraction
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Until I listened to this magnificent podcast a few years ago, I didn’t truly grasp the legend and legacy of Dolly Parton. May her memory be for a blessing, at a moment when her country could desperately use one.
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Dolly Parton's America
Music History Podcast · Series · In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, hist...
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Cheryl C 🇨🇦 @carleysue.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🇨🇦🇨🇦BUY CANADIAN🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Interesting approach ~ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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We are looking for CBC ambassadors in New Brunswick! | CBC
CBC ambassadors represent CBC on-site at various community events, sponsorships and partnerships, and live broadcasts of CBC radio and television shows. Apply to work with the communications, marketin...
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McGill University @mcgill.ca · 13/08/2026
McGill study demonstrates that restricting short-term rentals improves housing affordability: mcgill.ca/x/52C Location de courte durée : les restrictions améliorent l’abordabilité du logement : mcgill.ca/x/52t
Three miniature model houses with brightly colored roofs are placed on stacks of coins of varying heights. The houses are arranged from left to right on a reflective surface, with blurred blue and gray tones in the background. The image visually represents housing costs, property values, or real estate investment growth.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
correlation is not causation correlation is not causation CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION *sigh*
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So we have a new fledgling political party called “New Brunswick NOW”, sometimes NB NOW. They are attempting to grow from a Facebook discussion group to a real political party. I wonder if they’ll make it to 2028?
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is good news. But I do wish we’d take less of a drip-drip approach and just ‘git r done’ on some of these prioritized initiatives.
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Rob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This map posted by my MLA is just as bad as Bill Oliver’s speech. How hard is it to find a map of New Brunswick online?
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Lineups at @nsgov.bsky.social Cobequid Pass toll booths are ridiculous. I cannot believe the @susanholtnb.bsky.social government is wanting to slow down traffic by importing this interprovincial trade barrier, and waste of everybody’s time, into New Brunswick. Drop the toll idea @govnb.bsky.social
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There are many good pull quotes in this piece on politics in New Brunswick from Louis Leger. This is one I experienced personally. open.substack.com/pub/sidewalk...
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New Brunswick Politics Isn't Volatile; Its Arithmetic
Canada's only bilingual province is called hard to govern. But the centre that decides its elections has no language, and it fires anyone who forgets.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Let’s turn this into a teaching opportunity - MLA Oliver (and a few others who appear to be using AI) can tour NB high schools with DM Donaghy to discuss the future of discourse, as well as the perils of living in an online world.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very good, though depressing, episode: substack.com/@thebulwark/...
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The Bulwark (@thebulwark)
At a little-noticed conference on political violence a couple of weeks ago, Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller employed the dehumanizing rhetoric of the Soviets and Nazi mastermind Joseph Goebbels to atta...
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I was luckier than usual.
Screen capture of SMUSH score today.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Useful apple.news/AY2qLldE3RQe...
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Wave goodbye: How to properly dispose of a worn Canadian flag — National Post
Whatever flag you intend to hoist next, there’s a proper way to dispose of that tired Maple Leaf. According to guidance on the Department of Canadian Heritage website, a Canadian flag should be taken ...
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A mystery, wrapped in an enigma - I’m enjoying Lavigne’s cover of Ironic.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It is clear that none of these people have actually been in a forest. 🙄
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
How did you celebrate National Ice Cream Day? (Sussex Chocolate Honeycomb)
A dish of ice cream - flavour is chocolate honeycomb made in New Brunswick by Sussex Ice Cream.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 19/07/2026
Arrest them to the answer of the law
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
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Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This story keeps evolving. The term dereliction of duty comes to mind.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I will think about this haunting piece for a long time. Thank you to all involved.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cool!
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Still figuring this game out, but so far, so fun. Check it out at hankgreen.com/smush
Screenshot of score from SMUSH - a new game for me.
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
These are the days we pine for. Mid twenties, gentle breezes. Breathe deeply.
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AJ Hamilton 🇨🇦 @aj-hamilton.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Thank you boys ⚽ I am very proud and loved it all 🇨🇦
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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
never before have i watched this much soccer football
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