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Lee-Anne Poole

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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If you work in arts/culture in Canada and want to provide some feedback on the government’s very well-funded initiatives trying to convince you to adopt AI, check out this survey! 🔥 🤖 🔥
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 07/07/2026
We’ve disappeared the pandemic, but its fallout is still with us Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
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We've disappeared the pandemic, but its fallout is still with us - Halifax Examiner
'Green means go, yellow means go like hell' is not a slogan for a functioning society.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
There are long-term care workers picketing across Nova Scotia and Cumberland libraries staff unionized. Tim Houston doesn’t respect lower-paid workers who really keep province running.
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Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This Saturday! I’ll be tabling at the Halifax Zine Explosion, April 18th, 10-16h at All Nations Church (2535 Robie St.). Come find me at the corn table 🌽 🤠 and grab some nsfw classics like…
Poster for the Halifax Zine explosion, April 18 10am - 4pm, 2535 Robie Street. It shows a drawing of lil guy detonating a cascade of red and blue electrical waves, suggests bringing cash, and notes there will be HEPA filtration and masks provided.
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I just took action with @canadiansorg, NS Arts Coalition, and NS Student Strike' Budget Vote Pledge. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/ns-bud...
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NS Budget Vote Pledge
The budget for 2026-2027 put forward by Premier Tim Houston is bad for Nova Scotians. It introduces devastating cuts to arts and culture, education, mental health, climate action, as well as critical ...
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David Lewis @uniondesign.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Province House IS OUR HOUSE. Banning us speaks volumes about our democracy.
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Restricting viewers to this process for the safely of our elected officials? Why? With your feet up and your awesome score of Tetris - the MLAs seemed a little too comfortable to me.
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I worry for our collective phone addiction. Most of our MLAs were on their phones most of the time. As I tried to listen to the speakers I was so distracted by the general disrespect of the room I found myself imagining many of our MLAs as children in fancy clothes.
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
doodling (some giant scribbles of bold checkmarks), chewing gum with their mouth open, putting feet up on an absent colleagues chair. Snapping a finger to signal to have water brought to them (presumably being catered to like that so they can remain engaged and focused on what’s going on).
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
scrolling social media, putting a comment on someone’s pic of mountains, one MLA played Tetris on the cellphone most of the time I watched, passing heart shaped cookies around, constantly whispering to each other (was it important and necessary work every time?!)
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I was shocked to see how most of the MLAs couldn’t even pretend to look engaged in what their colleagues were saying. Most on their phones. With screen bright and visible to me. I know we all use phones now for work. But I sat and saw MLAs texting,
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
have all our bags scanned by security, I had a multitool on my keychain that they kept at the entrance for me. I walked through a metal detector. Then when I went into the main room I had multiple security make sure I knew the rules and confirm I didn’t have a water bottle in my bag.
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I went to legislature today to listen. I was surprised by a lot, but never once did I notice members of the public doing anything to make this change make sense… rules were followed and security was present. We had to show ID to get in.
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Public access to N.S. Legislature limited because 'emotions are high' after budget cuts | CBC News
Move comes a day after a group questioned African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Twila Grosse in Province House about cuts to a scholarship program for Black and African Nova Scotian students.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
There are hundreds of signs hung to the fence outside Province House. Here's a sampling.
Signs read:
Should the cuts pass we the undersigned pledge to BOO TIM HOUSTON and his complicit stooges loudly at every opportunity [signed by hundreds]
Culture is critical Signs read:
Ministers please: there's still time to do the right thing.
Tim: Maud would be devastated
Make it make sense not cents
We're the only thing keeping Halifax Hip and interestingSigns read:
Without NS Art we wouldn't have Heated Rivalry
Roses are red, violets are blue, defund the arts [f note] youSigns read:
Don't cut NS Culture
Reverse the cuts
Nova Scotia is nothing without arts culture
Doug Ford Simps
Art Saves Lives
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 27/02/2026
An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A MacDonald By Sherri Borden Colley
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An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A MacDonald - Halifax Examiner
Your actions in the form of these budget cuts are mean and hateful and tell African Nova Scotians that we do not matter in the eyes of your government.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 25/02/2026
Here’s the full list of the Houston government’s grant cuts to organizations. Tell us what you think. By @timbousquet.bsky.social
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Here's the full list of the Houston government's grant cuts to organizations. Tell us what you think. - Halifax Examiner
The Houston government has cut $309 million from grants it gives to community organizations and universities. You can read the entire 13-page list of cuts here. The Halifax Examiner would like to hear...
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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Nova Scotia austerity budget eliminates publishing fund. In a press release from the AMPA reacting to the news, Nimbus Publishing manager Terrilee Bulger called the move “drastic and devastating.” quillandquire.com/omni/nova-sc...
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Nova Scotia austerity budget eliminates publishing fund - Quill and Quire
The Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association said Wednesday that publishers in the province received letters on Feb. 24 from the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage informing the...
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Ecology Action Centre @ecologyaction.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📣 Shoulder to Shoulder Rally - Tuesday March 3, 12 p.m. at the N.S. Legislature! 📣 In Nov, hundreds of people from communities across Mi'kma'ki/NS came out for the Shoulder to Shoulder rally to call on the Houston government to respect Treaty Rights and democratic processes.
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Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
What's behind the debanking of adult industry/SWers in 🇨🇦? 🏦 ❌ 🌽 ❌ ☂️ ❌ 🏦 New report out from @internetmaggie.com and me! We review banking infrastructure/policies & offer recommendations to support financial inclusion for all: www.valeriewebber.com/adult-indust... www.internetmaggie.com/debanking
Screen cap of a light blue report cover with black text that reads 'Account Closed Without Notice: Debanking adult industry workers in Canada.'
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Warming up for #hourlycomicsday on Feb 8 and moving my #dailyart doodles with @littlefoible.bsky.social from Insta to here.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I’m re-upping this because this cause is so important
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It’s that time of year and I am once again selling the grapevine wreaths I've been making! If you like to start decorating early, I'm taking orders now and any orders made before Nov 10th can be delivered on Nov 12th - 16th. $40 each 🎄🎄DM to book
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Mayworks Kjipuktuk-Halifax @mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#Solidarity with striking members of @cupe3912.bsky.social ✊🏼
Mayworks Artistic Director with CUPE 3912 president on picket line.Mayworks Artistic Director with CUPE 3912 member on picket line.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
AI = fascism Yesterday, @tjheffernan.bsky.social echoed some of my own thoughts about AI. I have more to say about this. 1/thread
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Welcome to Big Tech, corporate-owned chatbots, and the totalitarian fantasy of AI gurus - Halifax Examiner
Sam Altman notes that GenAI blurs the border between the authentic and the artificial, and this is the point: democracy cannot function without truth, reality, expertise, and facts, and the AI industr...
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Grateful for @suegoyette.bsky.social
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Greta Thunberg in Greece: I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
AI is fascism Morning File by me
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AI is fascism - Halifax Examiner
Eventually, fascism runs its course, just as the AI hype machine will. It's just a question of how much damage will be done before it's over.
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Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Save the date! 🗓️ Oct 2, 12-2pm EST 💳 🎮 🍆 💻 👾 🫦 Panel on payment processors, deplatforming, and sexual censorship in games w/ @jeanketterling.bsky.social @acvalens.net @kenzitronic.bsky.social Ashley Guajardo Caroline Bem & myself - info and registration here: irdl.info.yorku.ca/event/smc-pa...
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Sex, Money, and Censorship: Battles Over the Deplatforming of Sexual Expression in Games (2025-10-02)
In July 2025, following a campaign by the Australian anti-pornography organization Collective Shout and ensuing pressure from payment processors including Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and Stripe, videogam...
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Still waiting for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore to say something, *anything*, about their earlier jump to blame Palestinians for this.
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Drew @4484.cool · 28/03/2025
Reminder
"A computer can never be spiteful or horny
Therefore a computer must never make art"
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Final performance of How To Knit at the Halifax Fringe tonight, 8:30pm at The Bus Stop Theatre. www.halifaxfringefestival.ca
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Wayves Magazine @wayvesmagazine.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In March, long time Halifax actor, writer, organizer and activist Hugo Dann was honoured with a Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Award - his second. Here's the presentation by Lee-Anne Poole, and a call for friends and colleagues to visit and tell stories. wayves.ca/hugo-dann-me...
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Hugo Dann receives Merritt Award | Wayves Magazine
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
thank you to @wayvesmagazine.bsky.social for helping to celebrate Hugo Dann. I was honoured to presentt him with The Theatre NS Legacy award and here are those words, presentstion, & song (we milked it! As i recommend you do with any moment worth milking!) www.wayves.ca/hugo-dann-me...
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Hugo Dann receives Merritt Award | Wayves Magazine
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Good @danielmacivor.ca
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Save the date! Join @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social and me on June 18th to talk sex work writing, celebrate the anthology Sex Work Today, and launch my new zine about the early days of camming 💃🏼 ⚡️ 📹 At Venus Envy Halifax/online: venusenvy.ca/collections/...
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Sex Work A-Z: A discussion on sex work in academic writing, performance and zines
Join us for the launch and celebration of two new works: the anthology, Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the Twenty-First Century, and Cam Girls Wanted, a zine-memoir about webcamming in the early to m...
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Opening tonight
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Talking About Laughter Amid A ‘Horrendous Cocktail of Emotions' in Casey & Diana - The Way I See It Theatre & Music Blog
Casey & Diana opens on Friday April 25th, 2025 at Neptune Theatre’s Scotiabank Studio Theatre. The play, written by Canadian playwright Nick Green, was originally commissioned by the Stratford Festiva...
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Can’t wait! Congratulations
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I don’t know how to use this app yet… but I’m going to dive in and post post post, cause I truly wanna delete the others and have somewhere else to be. Look at my chickens!
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Lovely!! I’ll pop one in the mail on Monday.
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Lee-Anne Poole @pooledriveprivate.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Want one?! Send me your address and I’ll mail you one.
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