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Matthew M

@mabmd.bsky.social
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Avid reader, knowledge sponge, lifelong learner. Corgi dad 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🇬🇧

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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 7h
My dad has been living with terminal stage four pancreatic cancer since January of this year, and had a stroke last night. His ability to swallow has been impaired as well as some speech and steadiness. Prayers if you use them, hope if you’ve got it, positive thoughts if you can muster them. ⚓️
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Via @samwitwer.bsky.social over in the Bad Place.
Sam Witwer

He...keeps blinking "no"

Scene from the Star Trek episode "The Menagerie," but it's Mitch McConnell in the chair and not the radiation-scarred Christopher Pike.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
May it be so!
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@emmettmacfarlane.com Does anyone know why Thomas Pitfield has yet to be seated in the Senate? The other announced senators-designate are already in the Red Chamber...
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dad had an emotionally tough day yesterday, so I stopped in on my way after work. He has lost so much weight and appetite over the past couple months. Since his diagnosis in January, this process has felt like an hourglass of unknown size, dripping away. I think now the size is in clearer picture. 😞
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Learned yesterday that my father, currently in pancreatic cancer-instigated decline, doesn’t want a funeral or commemoration. I’m living in a cognitively dissonant space: my head gets it, but my heart aches.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The past several months, back to last July really, have been such a roller coaster for my family. My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer, but had a lumpectomy and radiation treatment in Dec/Jan so she’s now “cancer-free” but in that same time 1/3
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 20/02/2026
So Alberta is holding an anti-immigrant referendum to help create an excuse for why Danielle Smith is running multibillion dollar deficits? “Smith’s address comes one week before Finance Minister Nate Horner tables the 2026 provincial budget which is expected to have a multibillion-dollar deficit”
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces fall referendum on immigration, constitutional questions | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Surprise selfie this Wednesday
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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 17/12/2025
"Should I chain myself to a tree over this?" A resident in Dovercourt is threatening to because an infill development is being built in her cul-de-sac. But when we look at the numbers, the area's population has halved in the last 50 years, plenty of parking. So, probably not
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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 25/09/2025
Darren had an exceptional talent for egging people on, and convincing ordinary people to do extraordinary things. His greatest trick was convincing everyone that he was just an ordinary guy too. And he wasn't. He was exceptional. Join @yegbike.bsky.social tomorrow at Ezio park, 7-9.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 18/09/2025
By the way, when Pierre Poilievre promises to end funding to the CBC, his ends are the same as Trump's with Kimmel. Trump doesn't like jokes about him. Poilievre doesn't like sober news coverage.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Told ya. And this is why we're going to end up with a Conservative government. Liberal partisans rationalizing everything he does and telling progressives to keep quiet are a big part of this. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
We knew he was a blue Liberal. But Mark Carney is alienating progressive voters
The new PM's defiant tone doesn't always appear to match his actions.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Off to a two week holiday on Saturday. Visiting people and places in St Albans, London, Oxford, and Cardiff!
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Who could have imagined that two men who famously fuck people over and have public meltdowns about it would try to fuck each other over and have public meltdowns about it?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
@plagasse.bsky.social is the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne a confidence motion/vote in Canadian parliamentary tradition?
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I once again find myself in a situation where holds at the library are becoming ready at a clip outpacing my reading through my current reads. Looks like a couple ready by tomorrow and I’m not ready for them! They’re not light reads either. Oh well 🤷.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
My reading habits had a massive boost when I was able to let go of militant completionism. 12/10 sound advice.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Post dog
A Pembroke Welsh Corgi, light brown coloured (called “red” colour in breed standards), is sitting on a rug and looking upwards.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Repost with a pic and your age 3️⃣4️⃣
Photo of me, sitting down, wearing an apron
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 28/03/2025
Danielle Smith needs to be called out for what she is: a collaborator.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
@daveberta.bsky.social Hi! Just wanted to mention that I believe the surname of the NDP candidate in Lethbridge is misspelled... "Svoboda" vs "Svodoba"
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If you see this, post your favourite Pokémon
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a cartoon drawing of a blue and yellow pokemon on a table
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a blue and yellow pokemon on a table
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Call me old fashioned, but I don’t think provincial leaders should be working with hostile foreign govts to interfere in a federal election to get their preferred party elected whose “perspective would be very much in sync with, I think…the new direction in America” This is traitorous stuff.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
If you see this, do it! -name: Matthew -pronouns: He/him -height: 6' 2" -sexuality: Gay -sign: ♑️☀️/ ♓🌙 l ♐ ⬆️ -piercings: none -tattoos: none -fav color: 🟢 -fav drink: tea 🫖 -fav animal: 🦙 -mbti: ISFJ
Picture of me, white cis guy, with Nugget (my Pembroke Welsh Corgi) laying on my torso.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A reminder to myself to be gentle with myself today. Relishing the fact it’s the end of my work week, and very aware of the funeral this evening to say goodbye to a very dear friend and mentor.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I just found out that a good friend and mentor passed away on Thursday. She was 45. </3 Rest in eternal peace and delight, my friend.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Of your charity, friends, keep me in your prayers. Feeling a little unmoored, unsure, and drifting lately. 🙏🏻⚓️
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Rudderless; aimless; drifting
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JamesD'Pitch @jamesdpitch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
"The Gulf of Empathy," (11 x 15) watercolor, mixed media, pen and ink on paper.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Someone is tired from his spa visit
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Oh wow…. wow.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
One of my supervisors asked me how I was this morning when he got into the office. For shorthand reference, “alright” is shorthand for “full of existential dread”
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
It’s my birthday 🎂
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Me too Nugget, me too.
Nugget, a male Pembroke Welsh Corgi, naps on a fleece blanket decorated with images of other corgis in Christmas attire as Rudolphs and Santas.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
January is such a Monday of a month, but at least I can reframe the low energy into opportunity to rest and reflect. And read!
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
@cozyoats.bsky.social Happy New Year from Edmonton!
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year 🥳
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Dio amorevole, per la salvezza di tutti hai dato Gesù Cristo come luce a un mondo nelle tenebre: illuminaci, come hai fatto con tua figlia Lucia, con la luce di Cristo, affinché per i meriti della sua passione, possiamo essere condotti alla vita eterna
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
For several years now I’ve had a special place in my heart for Our Lady of Guadalupe. In a moment of great emotional, mental, and spiritual upheaval, there was a mutual calling out/back, and her presence and mantle were a great comfort. Nuestra Señora, Virgen de Guadalupe, ruega por nosotros. ⚓️
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.
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a cartoon woman is holding a rope and says you .
ALT: a cartoon woman is holding a rope and says you .
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Okay so TODAY the morning cup of coffee has made the heart race, but I feel no more alert or awake. Maybe when this coffee runs out I’ll just drop it entirely and live in the tea realm, it plays nicer.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Post your favourite sailor scout
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a cartoon of a girl with a crown on her head
ALT: a cartoon of a girl with a crown on her head
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Inspiration and Aspiration are twins who both have seemed to gone away for the time being. Nobody knows from where the wind blows, it’s true.
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Matthew M @mabmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Waking up with both a killer headache AND a snowfall warning in effect for this evening/tomorrow morning has not set my day up for success. 😣
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Aaron Paquette 🇨🇦 @apaquette.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
There is a broader discussion to be had here. Municipalities only have the authority and powers the Province dictates through legislation. In the case of EPS the City effectively has zero authority. Perhaps the service should fall under the appropriate order of govt for funding.
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Aaron Paquette 🇨🇦 @apaquette.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The Province should pay for the EPS budget with income tax dollars. EPS is NOT directed by City Council, and the Police Commission is under PROVINCIAL authority. (Police Act) Edmontonians pay for a service they do not oversee.
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