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Crystal N. 🍁

@raeburn7.bsky.social
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Nature based psychotherapy, with a niche in spiritual trauma. Also MA in conflict studies. Non-science brain with lots of science interests. Regeneration, sustainability, ethics and love for geography.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
No, Mark Carney isn't just like Stephen Harper on climate and the environment, as some have argued lately. But he's not like Justin Trudeau either. That's a good thing, as far as climate policy is concerned. Today's announcement proves it. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/o...
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On climate, Mark Carney is no Stephen Harper
The prime minister is relaxing environmental regulations, reducing the industrial carbon price and talking up the importance of pipelines. He's also doing more to implement durable and lasting climate...
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I can‘t figure out why, but I have never seen news stories about how oil rigs hurt whales. Only wind farms do that. And only solar panels have a recycling problem. Gas stations are fine.
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalised at alarming rates, AI systems scrape traditional knowledge without consent, while Indigenous women face escalating rates of violence, crises that Indigenous leaders confronted this week at the UN. www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/25/i...
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Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge
UNPFII highlights crises: killings and Indigenous land defenders, AI-driven data exploitation, and severe violence against Indigenous women; calls for rights and data sovereignty.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Pope is from Chicago and the antithesis to much of white Christian conservative gospel is Black influenced / Liberation theology . The history of American resistance for most of America has been anti racism/ sexism led by Black theology They’re saying the pope sounds Black
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Abusive systems are built not on the powerful but on the scapegoats, And right now everyone is trying to go back and position themselves as the “victims” not the losers So they don’t have to admit There weren’t losers Just warnings they did not heed And for a lot of that time that was me
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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Here's another image from my walk through the woods a week ago to photograph new green. I tried the Orton Effect in #Lightroom attempting to get that dreamy glowing look. Not sure if I achieved it but I'll be trying it again. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #OrtonEffect #spring
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Imma say this one more time Purposely trying to remove another’s agency is malice Purposely trying to “control the narrative” about others is manipulative Doing it at scale is premeditated And yes “everyone does it” THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE
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Hiro Ohta @xlix.me · 09/04/2026
Sometimes, what matters most is not the light or the dark, but the in-between moment.
PHOTO by James Wheeler. A vivid sunset ignites the sky with streaks of lavender, coral, and gold, casting their hues across a blanket of scattered clouds. Below, a perfectly still lake mirrors the dramatic canvas above, creating a seamless reflection of color and light. A narrow strip of land with silhouetted trees and distant mountains separates sky from water, anchoring the surreal scene in quiet solitude.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Ok … this appears to be a super helpful direction change?
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It's migration season! Monarch butterflies travel over 4,000 km to winter in Mexico's stunning oyamel forests. Witness the beauty of nature's incredible journey.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!
A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA
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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Today is #ForestFriday, one of my favorite themes. I've posted similar images of this scene. We stood in knee deep water and made long exposures in this flooded oak hammock in early morning light. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #longexposure #nature #trees #artphotography #oaktrees
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So much to answer for …
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trump knows if there is a heaven, he won’t be going. He has said it openly. He seems to have accepted that he was put on this earth to wreak havoc. A lot of really scary people see themselves as equalizing on the earth. You have the Saints and you have the Devils … and they accept their role.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I actually the the little spark of joy …
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
And reminder if Birthright goes .. they WILL go for Tribal Sovereignty
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Work is picking up after the health crisis of last year. Trying to stay politically current, and have a general sense of what is happening in my country/community. But ALSO, the composting worms I bought at the local market, have survived and are making a home in my cupboard.
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Absolutely INSANE twilight aurora just now from my driveway in North Pole, Alaska. Incredible motion and color, one of the best of the season. Watch until the end, wow!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/03/2026
Before the rallies. Before the White House. Before the lies became policy — there were decades of smaller lies. Who IS Donald Trump, really? Where did the corruption start? I went back to the beginning. The results are alarming. 🧵 PART ONE is live on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Going Deeper: The Corruption of Donald Trump
Part I - The Early Years
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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. -Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (19 Mar 1891-1974)
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/03/2026
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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Today, debris from a Russian drone was found under the monument on the Square of Independence. Russians tried to destroy the place where two revolutions started, as Ukrainians gathered to fight for their freedom.
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NEWSFLASH: Kyiv’s Maidan Square Hit with Drone Debris
Today, Russia struck the Maidan Square — a place every Ukrainian associates with the fight for freedom.
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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
India has a once-in-a-century opportunity to become a global energy superpower. Not because of oil or gas. Because of solar, wind, storage, and hydrogen. A $1T India New Energy Transition Fund could turn energy imports into energy exports. 🧵
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Will anyone stand up to Ford? My airport column makes a rare appearance on the front page of the Toronto Star today. Local democracy steamrolled. Backroom decisions. Liberals acquiescing. Feckless & weak establishment carrying his water. Fait accompli? Read here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 10/03/2026
Take our "4/5" single-stair prototype building and put it on two 33'x122 lots. Mid block or corner. 18 elevator accessible homes, where every home has windows on 3 sides. Light, Air, and a Social Stair
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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hold on here folks. Sweden has taken a 5-3 lead on Canada after stealing three in the 7th end. We’re now in the final end. Canada has hammer and something brewing. Great finish coming up at the Paralympics.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
What is this?!
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Well and … also heresy of the highest order. I mean I am not big on anything being heresy. But if you say you are a Christian, and you believe in the Trinity and Jesus is God … well then … this is indeed heresy.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This is a thought provoking article; pretty basic summary, and it’s not a feel good read.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The real damage comes years later, with elevated cancer rates, leukemia clusters, respiratory disease, cardiovascular failure, neurological damage, reproductive issues. This is chemical warfare, with delayed carnage. Worse than radiation sickness. I am ashamed to be American today. 2/2
Would it have been so much worse if it had been a nuke? Consider the fact that birth deficiencies and rates of leukemia and cancer in Iraq, post 2003- invasion, are worse than what was observed in Hiroshima. In Japan, rates of leukemia rose by 660% in the years following the bomb. In Falluja, it increased by 2,200%. The toxicity of war has never been greater, and we are in no way reckoning with
the scope of the horror that's been unleashed.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
And … how would she describe Donald Trump? Kash Patel? Borgino? Hegseth?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Takes a deep breathe. There is a reason that many people who grew up in the evangelical world, are terrified of end times. I repeat to anyone, if you hasten or look forward to “end times”, thinking you will likely be raptured out … you are a gross human being. Evil
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So, any other news yesterday? Anything important?
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David Trueman @davidwtrueman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Tim Bousquet captures the destruction well:
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But that’s not all. Together with gutting government itself, yesterday we got details of the Houston government’s defunding of a broad range of universities, civil service groups, and arts programs.

We published the entire list of cuts here.

These are the groups that make a society worthwhile. They provide needed supports for people facing crises and need. They advance science and lead us to better understand ourselves. They keep us healthy and intellectually active. They help us express our culture and have fun.

The creation and building of these groups was 50 years in the making. They’ve helped Nova Scotia define itself, brought us together.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ok, so not a fan of huge ships navigating the islands of BC, but if they are electric tankers, then at least it won’t be oils spill. As long as the panels can be, and will be, easily retrieved if there is an accident?
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/02/2026
It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school. They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.
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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Canada needs to invest in nature! 2026 is a critical year for nature. Nine in ten Canadians see our natural heritage as the most important symbol of national identity. Tell the Prime Minister that nature matters to you! act.naturecanada.ca/page/184356/...
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Call to protect nature!
I’ve just taken a strong stand for nature… Now it’s your turn! Join me in writing Prime Minister Mark Carney to demand investments for Canadian nature. Join me!
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Well this won’t age well. But to be honest, Gretzky woulda fit right in.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It’s never been a conspiracy. Actual credible sources, has shown documented information. Trump himself admits to being a sexual predator. His enjoyment of being able to go into the change room with young women while they are naked. “grab em by the p… “ sounds painful, shocking and violent.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/02/2026
Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We really don’t. Did I just see Gretzky say he was friends’ with Presidents, but was still a Canadian. Dude. Remember when your Dad used to give you shit for wearing suits that cost $10k? Reminded you what a good suit cost in Canada? Yeah from Canadians … might want to remember that moment eh?
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Oh my God.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Someone referred to this video as scenes from “Cokeback Mountain.” Now I can’t unsee that
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Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Interestingly, by providing electricity during peak demand, this will better balance the electricity grid, and allow more renewables to be used. www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
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Ireland's first four-hour battery storage system launched
Statkraft, the largest producer of renewable energy in Europe, has launched Ireland's first ever four-hour grid-scale Battery Energy Storage System beside its windfarm at Cushaling in Co Offaly.
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Crystal N. 🍁 @raeburn7.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Big news. My daughter and her partner are volunteer fire fighters in interior BC. Things are starting to change, and it really needed to happen. Like quickly.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Hilarious
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Add another 🇺🇸 citizen to ICE’s kill list. Ruben Ray Martinez (23) www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-fa...
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“van Rootselaar’s posts, alarmed employees at OpenAI [who] interpreted her writings as an indication of potential real-world violence, and urged leaders to alert C’d’n law enforcement about her behavior. OpenAI leaders ultimately decided not to contact authorities.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago
The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.
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