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Patchouli

@mjpatchouli.bsky.social
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Maritimer living on the Canadian prairies. Swimmer of oceans; reader of great books; grandma to three tiny girls who have my heart wrapped up in their greasy, grimy lil paws. Former writer/editor/comms. I tell good stories. Not into DMs tbh.

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Nabil Spinal @yoneji.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am Nabil — Software Engineer - a survivor from Gaza, now in Cairo and a devoted father of 3. Due to the Gaza war, I suffered a lumbar disc herniation in 4 vertebrae and a tumor in my spine. Needs surgery to survive complete paralysis Donate and Share ❤️ chuffed.org/project/urgent-Nabil-medical
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A significant chunk of the essays turned in by my last couple of undergrad classes stank of AI. So I'm also leaning away from papers more toward testing. It sucks. Everything sucks.
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 02/10/2026
Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick, who were convicted for weapons offences they committed during the Coutts blockade, have lost a court appeal that sought to reduce their six-and-a-half year sentences.
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Appeals dismissed for Coutts border blockade leaders convicted of mischief, weapons offences | CBC News
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeals of two leaders of the 2022 Coutts border blockade who were convicted of mischief and weapons offences.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Worth noting, as Macklemore was banned by NFL owners in what will be dubbed "fighting antisemitism", that Kanye, who - sold merch with swastikas - said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler - tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people" is currently on a multi-city tour of NFL stadiums
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maplemaps.bsky.social @maplemaps.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Every map search says where you live, work and sleep. For most Canadians, that map is American, and so is the company holding the answers. Maple Maps is the Canadian one. Built here, hosted in Montréal, Canadian-owned businesses marked with a leaf. No ads. No data sold. Ever. maplemaps.ca
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Maple Maps — Navigation made for Canada
Maple Maps is a navigation app built for Canada: live traffic and closures, a maple leaf on Canadian-owned businesses, English or French, and data that stays in Canada. The iPhone beta is open.
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Go faster, try harder, or lose the business. Folly to ignore the customers' desires when there's competition all around.
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God @thegodshow.com · 31/08/2026
The governor of Florida and his wife stole ten million dollars from a charity, but CNN would rather spend another week on blatant Islamophobic character assassination of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, because they work for MAGA billionaires.
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I've lived in three different provinces. I am Canadian first. And I really want the province I live in now, Sask, to fucking well show unity with the rest of Canada in the face of Trump's threats and I am pissed that Moe won't let us. Come on.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In Another Instalment of: “What She Said” Melanie Joly: "You know why French and English Canadians decided to eventually create that country of Canada? Because we didn't want to be part of the US." Her press conference this morning has been absolute fire 🔥 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I wish this family peace of mind. I would never get over anything even close to this.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 21/08/2026
"starting to feel bad for Natalie Harp" is a real problem and you should get treated for it
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
‘Lucky’, a man at the centre of a Dutch mystery, could be Canadian, police say In May of 2023, a man was admitted to an Amsterdam hospital. He had experienced a brain hemorrhage or stroke and was unable to communicate his identity or location. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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‘Lucky’, a man at the centre of a Dutch mystery, could be Canadian, police say
A man at the centre of a Dutch cold case mystery could be Canadian, officials say.
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Isn't this an opportunity for even more charity? Those that collect and sell the donated clothing could invite in various groups that really need clothing (people who sleep in shelters or camps or transition houses: let them in each week for free clothing, shoes, boots, coats - whatever is needed.
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... Via @jonnywakefield.bsky.social
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First Nation defeats legal challenge from Kevin O'Leary-backed data centre
An Alberta judge has shot down celebrity Kevin O'Leary's bid to throw out a legal challenge from a First Nation disputing a data centre.
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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There’s lots of dissent in Alberta, but in addition to the excellent points below, the UCP has managed to pack the constituency offices with loyalists who then decide the conservative candidate. Sleepwalking, non informed, reflexive (mostly rural) voters do the rest.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A thousand times yes. Do people think the PM can ground premiers? You voted your premier in. People in other levels of gov now have to work with your choice even if it's a different party. It can be dicey and nasty and awkward. Nevertheless: it's up to you to vote your premier out.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Quarterly GDP is expected to hit 3.4% next month. But tell me again, Poilievre, how we're in a "Liberal recession."
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Canadian economy set for best quarterly growth in more than three years
Canada's economy grew by a greater-than-expected 0.3% in May and looks set to turn in its best annualized quarterly performance for more than three years, official data indicated on Friday.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
News: The U.S. economy grew at a disappointing 1.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2026. Congratulations to @sarahbca.bsky.social for her “Bookmark this” comment last December when Howard Lutnick said 2Q of 2026 would be “amazing.” @atrupar.com
Lutnick: "Look for the second quarter of 2026 to be amazing."
SarahBCalif: "Bookmark this."
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SKELLYTON @pizzalawyer420.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
YOU WILL BELIEVE A DOG CAN READ YOUR MIND
Cookie the psychic dog car ad (you will believe a dog can read your mind)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/07/2026
BREAKING: The man who assassinated Melissa & Mark Hortman, and John & Yvette Hoffman, has been sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in prison. www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Minnesota man gets 2 life sentences for killing Democratic lawmaker and her husband | CNN
The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday, a little over a year after the political at...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NEW: Daniel Siad, the primary modeling scout and recruiter for Jeffrey Epstein, has been discovered dead in his home in Paris. Siad, himself, was also accused of raping young women. I’m gathering the latest and will report on my YouTube channel, Katie Phang News.
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/07/2026
Seen in Philadelphia.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”
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WIRED @wired.com · 14/07/2026
New York has become the first US state to enforce a data center moratorium, as governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today to pause construction for one year.
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New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium
“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"Explosive diarrhea" is a great metaphor for 2026 USA.
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Soul Ink 🌬💨 @lucyinthehemlock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
~Dragonfly wings ~Kelly Rebar, Photographer ~
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 15/06/2026
"Maine veterans showed up outside Senator Susan Collins' Portland office this weekend with 168 lunchboxes, one for each schoolgirl killed in the Minab school bombing, and 13 portraits memorializing the 13 American service members killed in the war in Iran." (From Common Defense)
Veterans with sign "No War With Iran. Cost so far: 87 Billion. 3468 LivesMan wearing Veterans Against Fascism t shirt putting a flower on a lunch box.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2026
VAN SUSTEREN: Who is our best friend in South America at this point KRISTI NOEM: We've worked so much with El Salvador ... Costa Rica has been fantastic (El Salvador and Costa Rica, dear reader, are not in South America)
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Bat Terror @mattthr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
In addition to being an environmentalist, apparently Steven Guilbeault is also a time traveler. How else could he be the "founding father" of Alberta separatism when it dates back to the 1980s, when he was still a child? #abpoli
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is factual. I'm in my Sixties and when at uni in the 80s, "Western Alienation" was always a recommended topic for history essays. It's been exploited since Alberta joined Canada: has nothing to do with Justin Trudeau as our PM. Just a whiny angry crowd. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle
Conservative politicians like Pierre Poilievre have spent the last decade nurturing the resentments of Albertans towards Ottawa. Now, they need to start challenging the grievances they've deliberately...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Yes, indeed it is.
Screenshot of a tweet from @DarrigoMelanie (Melanie D'Arrigo) on X.com reading: "Just a reminder that Stephen Miller's fake hair is gender affirming care." A side-by-side photo shows Miller with a visibly thinning hairline on the left and a fuller hairline on the right. Below is a quote-tweet from @StephenM (Stephen Miller) reading: "He's transitioning." with a link.
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
He is 💯 correct. Danielle Smith is no patriot. She’s a self interested, Machiavellian politico who is married to a twisted & absurd ideology (that has proven to be entirely destructive in practice), & panders to seppies because without them, she would’ve never won the leadership. #ableg #cdnpoli
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Feathered His Nest 🪺
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I love Saltscapes.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Local woman trapped in unmapped minefield she built in her backyard.
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Alberta separatists threaten to oust Premier Danielle Smith over referendum question | Globalnews.ca
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing mounting criticism over her failure to call a referendum on the province's independence, with some separatists now threatening her job.
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Definitely no more than a light smattering ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/05/2026
please clap
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 11/05/2026
Alberta's separatist leaders are musing openly about staging a coup to oust Danielle Smith and takeover the UCP:
Jeffrey Rath reposted NoApology:

"And this is why we all need our UCP memberships. If a leader does not serve the needs of their parties members, it's the members duty and responsibility to ensure a prompt replacement of the failed leader."
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
1 year post cellphone ban in #Quebec schools, here's how these students are adjusting 'I feel like that's made me learn a lot more than last year,' says student www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1 year post cellphone ban in Quebec schools, here's how these students are adjusting | CBC News
Back in late August, Lester B. Pearson High School student Adyson Miniaci didn't know what to expect during her final year of school with no cellphone. Months later, she says the cellphone ban resulte...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is not backing down. When the DOJ demanded the city drop its laws, he stood on the steps of City Hall and said, "Hell no." Read about the standoff: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/hawaii-jus...
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Call me naive; do what you like: I am not flying into any US city or on any US airline anytime soon.
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🇨🇦 Foreign actors are attempting to undermine Canadian interests by interfering in Alberta's separatist debate. Actors from #Russia and the US are attempting to promote separatist ideas in what researchers described as a threat to Canada's "democratic integrity". www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
US and Russia fuelling separatist debate in Canada, new report says
Researchers warn that foreign actors are meddling in the Alberta separatist movement in ways that threaten Canada’s "democratic integrity".
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Patchouli @mjpatchouli.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Sask has rolled over like a dear little lamb and we don't even have good water supplies. Nobody allowed to comment on it. No public education on it. Four Moe-appointed councillors got to vote on it when the real ones resigned. Fuckaduck, people. Regina should have a say, and we should be informed.
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