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Karena Garvik

@karenagarvik.bsky.social
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Saskatchewanian. 🌾 Bunny mom. Political and democracy enthusiast. Nordophile. Professional overthinker. Insatiably curious. ||📍Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Senior officials in Saskatchewan's ministry of agriculture used the province's political clout against federal and international environmental rules on behalf of the pesticide industry, Canada's National Observer has found. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/06/n...
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Saskatchewan officials 'mouthpiece' for pesticide industry, documents show
Saskatchewan officials were acting as "more than lobbyists — they're the mouthpiece for industry," said Mary Lou McDonald, a lawyer and founder of Safe Food Matters. "I used to think that with regulat...
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Maybe someone in Alberta can gimme a timeline on when you all might be willing to accept that everything - EVERYTHING - Danielle Smith is doing right now is about the AHS scandal. ALL. OF. IT. Yes, THAT is how bad this scandal is. Accept it & pass it on. #ableg
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Smith has touched off a firestorm! Today Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation called for all resource exploration to cease, citing First Nations responsibility to the crown under treaty and questioning who Smith was exploring for. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/05/2025
Ladies and gentlethings... We got 'em 🥲
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WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy | CNN Business
Weight Watchers, the 61-year-old program that revolutionized dieting for millions of Americans, has filed for bankruptcy.
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Andrew Stevens @astevens81.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I think Saskatchewan needs to follow the Vatican's approach to announcing new leadership. It would be more honest. When the Co-op Refinery flare stake ignites, you know the oil industry has chosen a new Premier.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
“Today we stand united. We’re not going anywhere. And if you feel that you have problems with First Nations, YOU could leave.”
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
*Raps in Eminem* Guess who’s back, back again? Scheer’s back, to con you, friend
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much? Why do we expect them to survive on a disability benefit that keeps them below poverty line - especially when being chronically ill drives expenses up? A former “friend” explained it ti me & showed me how entrenched ableism is 🧵
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
As oil is tanking I want to remind #abpoli & #saskpoli that when normal Canadians advocate for a green transition, we never ever mean at the expense of Albertans or Saskatchewanians. We mean let’s build a green future with you leading it, and profiting from it instead of oil billionaires.
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Dr. Adam Ogieglo @aogieglo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Anonymous donation to the Sask Party last year. $25k from a numbered Alberta Corporation. No problem? Not under our outdated wild west political donation laws.
Section of Annual fiscal returns including donations and contributions for 2024 for the Sask Party showing a $25,000 donation from 840545 Alberta Ltd.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Pierre Poilievre in a nutshell. If ever there was a case to drain the swamp...
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Jim Clifford @jimclifford.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A pelican fishing at the Saskatoon weir.
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Rev Barb @revbarb.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
We always knew Conservatives heads on the prairies would start exploding if the Liberals won another mandate. There's no excuse to do a convoy, so now it's separatism.
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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
It would cost millions to rebuild/refurbish 24 Sussex Drive, but I bet the carpeting wouldn’t cost $280,000.
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Evan @evanyqr.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Something something liberals are divisive. Sure Kevin.
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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
13 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. 90 fires to date this fire season. Early fire season start, windy day coming.
wfm.gov.sk.ca
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Jon Bowie @jonbowie.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Heading into the Saskatchewan Landing
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Media-shy Poilievre is running to lead a small rural town, and as someone from a small rural town I can tell you that he is NOT ready for the level of gossip that spreads there. You can avoid reporters, but you can't avoid Loose Lips Linda at the local roller rink, Pierre
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I suspect there’s a not insignificant number of Alberta separatists who think they’re actually going to Bugs Bunny the province from the rest of Canada.
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a cartoon of bugs bunny holding a saw in his hand
ALT: a cartoon of bugs bunny holding a saw in his hand
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams & debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth.
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Finland teaches media literacy to fight fake news and disinformation
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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ThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
modems screaming at us in the 90s was a warning and we didn't take it
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Pierre Poilievre’s by-election campaign slogan: Cowboy Boots, Not Suits
The Simpsons’ character Milhouse, dressed as a cowboy, kneeling on one knee. Made into a meme by adding the text: “COWBOY BOOTS, NOT SUITS.”
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Julie (unprofessional) @juliebalt.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It begins.
Post by navneet alang @navalang

and lo, now begins the season of sweat, in which we are merely sentient puddles, expelling moisture on one another as a rare few -- awful, terrible people --beam at each other and exclaim "isn't this weather wonderful?!"

7:12 PM

01 May 18


navneet alang @navalang.

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i know, i know, you love summer. well, congratulations on being attractive.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 03/05/2025
The guy on the bottom has health coverage
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Dr. Adam Ogieglo @aogieglo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I was in the room and glad to see my colleagues asking tough questions about the new Urgent Care Clinics being planned around the province. The health minister did not adequately answer the questions asked of him. globalnews.ca/news/1116217...
globalnews.ca
Saskatchewan’s front-line physicians press ministers for action, answers | Globalnews.ca
Saskatchewan doctors pressed provincial health ministers for answers on staffing, outdated tech, and called for more say in how care is delivered across the province.
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Just imagine the situation is reversed and instead of Poilievre, it’s an unelected Carney running in the forthcoming by-election; the sheer amount of outrage it would elicit would be felt by the penguins of Heard Island. And it’s all but certain there would be a second Freedom Convoy.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The 45th general election refuses to be over. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Liberal minority back up to 169 after Elections Canada validates close Ontario race | CBC News
Elections Canada's validation process has revealed a second closely contested riding's winner has changed after Monday's preliminary result — this time from the Conservatives to the Liberals.
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Regular Ruffles chips (with spinach dip) and Brisk iced tea. One bag of chips, one drink. What are you choosing?
A bag of regular Ruffles chips.A can of Brisk iced tea.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I'm like a house plant. Just like a house plant, if the house temperature isn't just perfect, I will die.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands. Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
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Proconsul 🇨🇦 @proconsul.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Just finished marking my ballot with a pencil in Saskatoon-University. Thanks to the polling stn staff and vols, it was easy peasy lemon squeezy and I was in and out in 5 min. A bit disappointed I didn’t get an “I voted” sticker, but if a non-PP gov is elected, it’ll make up for it a hundredfold.
Photo of a circular yellow VOTE sign with a black directional arrow pointing left. The word VOTE appears six times along the inside border. The sign is posted on a red and white painted brick wall.
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Happy election day to those who celebrate! Make good choices, Canadians, or you shall incur the silent judgement and/or suffer the wrath of my perpetually pissed off bunny.
A small, black, tan, and white bunny rabbit that looks as though she’s scowling.
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 27/04/2025
“There is no dignity in rationing insulin, skipping surgeries, or in dying young of preventable causes. There is no justice in allowing profiteers to turn your illness into their opportunity.“ Jarring read from @codeblackamerica.bsky.social:
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Monday, April 28th is Election Day in Canada 🇨🇦 Please people VOTE, and let’s not f**k it up! #FederalElection #Canada
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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Late campaign leader visits to Saskatoon suggest its 3 ridings are in play: “‘If you’re the leader of the Conservative Party…& you…campaign in Saskatchewan in the final days…that’s not a good sign’”. Carney will again stop in #yxe Sunday, the last day before the election.
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Where the major federal party leaders are spending the final days of the election campaign
Poilievre took a trip to a traditionally Conservative stronghold, Carney has made stops in the Lower Mainland, and both Singh and May have spent a lot of time on home turf
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Janice Braden, Associate Member of EU @janicebraden.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Mark Carney is coming back to Saskatoon on Sunday morning. The numbers look very promising to flip seats if progressives line up behind a Liberal candidate. #yxe
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Provincially it used to be NDP. Until Grant Devine fucked it up and NDP had to try to fix it. www.ckom.com/2025/04/23/f...
ckom.com
From red to blue: How Saskatchewan became a Conservative stronghold
The province has long been considered one of the most reliably conservative provinces in Canada, but Saskatchewan’s political identity has shifted dramatically over the last century.
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Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m not going to get my hopes up because *gestures at 2024 Saskatchewan provincial election polling projections*, but it would certainly be delicious if this were to transpire. … *Tents fingers à la Mr Burns*
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#GoodMoriningFromSaskatoon where I'm celebrating 6 months of (almost) daily photos from my walk to work. October to April brings big changes to this little scene
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Breakdown of #AdvancedVoting ballots cast in #Canada by Province or Territory #FederalElection Advanced Voting Ontario - 2,792,881 Quebec - 1,595,591 British Columbia - 1,104,151 Alberta - 815,131 Saskatchewan - 206,754 Manitoba - 229,379 Nova Scotia - 210,030
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
THERE IS NO PLAN TO FIX ANYTHING
BECAUSE THE
PLAN WAS TO (PROFIT
BY) DESTROY(ING) EVERYTHING.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life
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Stephano Barberis 🍁 @hellostephano.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Wow. What a bombshell. Watch this new video of Peterson with Rogan aligning himself and Poilievre with Trump and their side, and how powerful of an enemy Carney is to them. This should be used as a Liberal ad ASAP. If you ever had any doubt what side Poilievre is on, let it be crystal clear now.
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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Finally got my hands on a copy of Pierre's policy book. Not sure why everyone's talking about it. It's just a new cover on Harper's playbook.
A book showing a young man working on a car engine with the title "Everything I don't like is caused by immigrants. A book for basic dickheads."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/04/2025
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
theguardian.com
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
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