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Melissa (she/her)

@melibee44.bsky.social
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Fat lady + cat lady. I talk about mental health and have OCD, ADHD, and Bipolar. Be prepared for some Alberta (🇨🇦) politics. Opinions my own & so on. 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Amiskwaciwâskahikan #GoOilers!

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 16h
Pro-Canada voters: we have identified more than 1.15 million of us across Alberta. Let's make sure every vote counts by getting everyone we know out to the polls. Make your plan to vote today at savecanada.albertandp.ca 🇨🇦
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 19h
I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
While Danielle Smith puts her political interests first, the Alberta NDP is fighting for democracy, defending fair elections, and bringing Albertans together to save Canada. 🇨🇦 youtube.com/shorts/9DXEF...
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Alberta's NDP fight for democracy
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: I obtained screenshots of some of the proposed resolutions UCP members are ranking in the lead up to November’s convention. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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SCOOP: UCP mulls trans bathroom ban, abortion, secession debates at 2026 AGM
These policy resolutions were proposed by party members. Not all of them will necessarily make it to the convention floor in November.
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 06/10/2026
At a moment when we need everyone focused on saving Canada, the UCP is letting down Albertans again. The Alberta NDP is putting ALL our focus and resources into saving Canada. What is the UCP doing?
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Kyle Campbell @kylecampbellyyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
After being sworn in as MLA for Calgary-Shaw, I signed the pledge to defend Canada. As a proud fourth-generation Canadian, I firmly oppose separatism. My ancestors fought for freedom and Canada in WWII; we carry that legacy on. Albertans deserve to know where their MLA stands.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please share this with every "send a message" Alberta voter in your life. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
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Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh?
Vote to stay and send Washington the right message. Namely, don’t fuck with us.
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 05/10/2026
This October, it’s up to each of us to save Canada. Learn more and make your voting plan today at savecanada.albertandp.ca. 🇨🇦
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Life-changing French toast hack. In case I ever get to eat wheat again. Dissolve cinnamon in vanilla, because it dissolves in alcohol but not eggs/milk. 🍽️🍜
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Cinnamon is insoluable in water, but soluable in alcohol. So when making French toast, first put a tablespoon or so of vanilla extract in a bow, then add a tablespoon of cinnamon, and stir. The cinnamon will dissolve into the alcohol, and you can then add it to the eggs and milk, and you won't have clumps of cinnamon floating aroun and the toast will be seasoned better. - #IGFacts
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Debbie Iron Bow @ironbow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is not a celebration. It is a day of mourning. It is not a holiday for us. It is a day of reflection and pain. We do not ask for 'Canada' to be in pain with us, the empathies are not for us. We ask to be allowed to grieve without being asked for the bone of our children. We want to be allowed
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The main Truth and Reconciliation Day ceremony on Parliament Hill begins with the Eagle River Singers. (The national broadcast will start in 5 minutes.) #cdnpoli #yow #Canada #Ottawa
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am touched, as I always am, by the courage of First Nations people and all Indigenous people. Indigenous people have been harmed by the mistakes of Canada more than anybody else, and yet no one has stood stronger in favour of fighting for this country.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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You Can’t Beat the Truth | The Tyee
A Hereditary Chief shares what his grandfather taught him about reconciliation.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 30/09/2026
Local woman wakes up, wishes Canadians a contemplative National Day of Truth and Reconciliation full of learning and not being a jerk, makes oatmeal.
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I also love when she curls her paw under, like this.
A closeup of a black and white tuxie cat from the side. Her little white paw is tucked under her front leg while she sits on a black surface. Some toe beans are showing from the side.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026
So it’s more important than ever for every one of us to uphold the truth, stand with residential school survivors, and continue to share their stories.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026
As the late Honourable Murray Sinclair reminded us, “there can be no reconciliation without truth.” But today, the bravely, painfully told truth of residential schools has become a primary target for hate movements, as we saw on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation can be difficult. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone you trust. Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 (24/7) Hope for Wellness: 1-855-242-3310 or online.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love the way she sits on flat surfaces. I've never seen another cat sit this way so often. #CatSky
A shiny black and white tuxie cat on a black card table. She's mostly plack with white toes and a white chin. She's looking at the camera. Her front paws are wide apart and hanging over the edge of the table.
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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LIVE! *NEW* AHS V069 of 2026 is now up and posted! More fuckery right across AHS! frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v069-o... #abhealth #ableg #medtwitter #BlueSkyMed #UCPCorruption #Saynotothenine #ForeverCanadian @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
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AHS V069 of 2026! Does anyone at the UCP Care? No probably not!
*NEW* AHS Update V069 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,436 Days, since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” Respiratory season kicks off with a spike in cas...
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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Things are not going well for the UCP. They just lost a by-election in a formerly safe seat, Danielle Smith has the highest disapproval of any Premier & their poll numbers are dropping hard. Albertans are tired of corruption & chaos, so what’s a populist Premier to do? Rig the game. #ableg
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Bad + Bitchy Podcast @badandbitchy.com · 29/09/2026
"The Canadian government is backsliding on its funding commitments for achieving the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ (MMIWG) Calls for Justice, according to a new report." www.albertanativenews.com/new-funding-...
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New funding for MMIWG Calls for Justice projected to be cut in half: CCPA report - Alberta Native News
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  (ANNews) – The Canadian government is backsliding on its funding commitments for achieving the National Inquiry into Missing...
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Bad + Bitchy Podcast @badandbitchy.com · 29/09/2026
Pierre Poilievre has said nothing about the white supremacist group, Second Sons, showing up to intimidate people on Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve 3 days before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. He has courted the residential school denialism vote and laundered it into mainstream politics
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Martin Grasdal 🍁 @mgrasdal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fact, not opinion. Some are merely less predatory than others, but they are all exploitative and exist to extract wealth by means of the pleasure that dopamine creates. biologyinsights.com/how-gambling...
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How Gambling Affects the Brain: Dopamine and Addiction
Gambling triggers dopamine surges similar to drug use, and over time can reshape the brain. Here’s what the science says about how addiction develops.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My opinion is they are all predatory.
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grrrrrr
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agreed. I'm in!
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 28/09/2026
We've also pulled all three stories on this out from behind the paywall.
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Tim Querengesser @timquerengesser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Norquest turned what could have been yet another surface pit into a mini park. More of this and more honesty about barriers preventing it, please.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Read this in the context of the UCP's current scapegoating of immigrants. Alberta's Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Erin 🇨🇦 @spicyerin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a good sign. If you didn’t request a special ballot, please make a plan to vote. There will be early voting opportunities, or show up on October 19. NO TO THE NINE, STAY IN CANADA
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 28/09/2026
When I was a kid I had these Ninja Turtle action figures that you could pull a special strip through and they'd say lines programmed into the strips. Pretty neat. Anyway, they had a bigger repertoire than he does.
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Nathan Ip @nathanip.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Alberta NDP is calling for a pause on new approvals until strong rules are in place to protect our water, land, power grid and communities. Check out our plan: AlbertaNDPcaucus.ca/aidatacentres #abpoli #abtech /2
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AI Data Centres Blueprint
A plan that includes protections and economic prosperity for all Albertans
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Nathan Ip @nathanip.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Danielle Smith and the UCP didn’t bother consulting Albertans before rolling out the red carpet for foreign billionaires to build massive AI data centres. Now, Albertans are raising serious concerns. And the UCP still doesn’t have a plan to address them. 🤯 /1
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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#cats
Text conversation:

Do you want to join my religion?

What's your religion?

Pic of white cat standing on its hind legs with a sheaf of wheat being waved in front of it

I'm interested
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 28/09/2026
The people at the returning office couldn't find my ballot for 10 minutes*. They said no one does anything the same way and it's a real mess due to lack of training & staff. "Good for you for choosing to do this early" *They'd filed my ballot under J instead of B.
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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The referendum is “costing almost 3x more than a general election and some of these questions unfairly target an incredibly small percentage of the population who can neither vote nor have democratic representation.” —Deirdre Mitchell-Maclean #Canada #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ableg
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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says — The Globe and Mail
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA WILL NOW BE PWHL WOMENS HOCKEY “longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time Professional Women’s Hockey League games on Saturday nights“ CBC News #Sheshed
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Toronto Six Players Celebrate on Ice
ALT: Toronto Six Players Celebrate on Ice
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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦 @bastsbest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
LOVE THIS!!!!
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François-Nicolas Robinne @fnrobinne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Temporary workers don't come to AB just to live off provincial and federal benefits while waiting doing nothing. I was temporary for 7 years, and I was an active part of AB's economy, directly contributing to the Canadian social safety net. Immigrants keep making the province what it is today!
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elections Alberta has its final tally. EA says it received approximately 658,000 requests for special mail-in ballots for next month's referendum. www.brandonsun.com/national/202...
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More ballot requests received in Alberta referendum than last provincial election
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta says it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last provincial election.
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think the government and military *should* be opposed to fascism globalnews.ca/news/1168850...
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Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.ca
Federal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military.
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) says around nine people die in Canadian hospitals each day from harm caused by alcohol. Daily hospitalizations for alcohol number 280, compared to 84 for opioids, it says."
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alcohol is Canada’s biggest drug problem. So why aren’t people getting help? Those who struggle with alcohol aren’t getting treatment backed by science, doctors say, by Liz Hoath www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur... via @cbcnews.ca
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Alcohol is Canada’s biggest drug problem. So why aren’t people getting help? | CBC Radio
Research shows alcohol causes more harm overall than any other drug in Canada. Some doctors and other advocates say people struggling with alcohol aren’t getting treatment options that are backed by s...
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When doctors finally started treating my brother's underlying issues, he recovered. Same with my dad, treating his depression, which was the problem, helped him. But the years lost and cost to everyone around them can't be repaired.
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Multicoloured toe beans! #CatSky
A black and white tuxie cat laying on a turquoise blanket, between some legs underneath. She has her head propped up against the left leg a d her back paws up on it. One paw is displaying perfect pink and black toe beans
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 28/09/2026
Local woman wakes up, rejects the premise of Monday, makes oatmeal.
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can confirm
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