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Jane Roberts

@redjane67.bsky.social
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Urban dwelling Canadian. 40 years working in IT and not done yet. Still curious about my world. Passionate about sustainable living. Looking for clues at the scene of the crime. Ask me about Kawartha Commons Cohousing. She/her

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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 58m
The average age in these assisted living facilities is 85 yo (83 for LTC) That means the tsunami of the boomers is mostly still independent. They haven't hit this housing sector yet and it's already in crisis. Peak will hit in 20 years.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 1h
Too much stout. Not enough chocolate.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 1h
We all know you can't get into LTC for love nor money. So this place has created a nice niche for themselves. It's so expensive that ppl leave after a short time because they can't afford it. But there's a endless soorce of ppl waiting to get into less expensive places who are desperate.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 1h
My mother is now in what has to be the most expensive assisted living residence in the GTA. I've been over there a few times now and am beginning to understand why she could get in there on short notice even though it's a small residence.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 1h
Chocolate beer. How bad could it be?
Gold rimmed TTC glass half full of beer beside the can that reads "Bobcaygeon choloate stout"
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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 1h
I hope more Torontonians understand this about Olivia Chow 👇🏼
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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 13h
Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière
Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 1h
I think it's so cool that Canada has a Premier named "Canoe".
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 3h
Sold
Real estate SOLD sign
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 11h
I'm gonna say it. I think at least part of the reason he's running neck in neck with Olivia is racism and misogyny. "A white guy is better than a non-white woman"
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 11h
Keep these coming please.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 22h
That's it. That's my theory. Of course it's strongly influenced by being brought up by one of those 1950's nurses who would roll her eyes at my Dad's home remedies and when they were dating she told him not to spit on the sidewalk because that's how TB was spread.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 22h
Contrast that to today's 30-somethings. 1-2% have nursing training. Only 50% have a partner who they could educate/influence and they also have fewer siblings. So now only ~5% of the population has the training or is closely related to someone who does. No more critical mass.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 22h
I believe that this education gave us a critical mass if science based knowledge re disease in the community as the percentage of the pop that either had the training or were married to or a sibling of a trained nurse added up to ~40% of the child bearing cohort.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 22h
In the 1950's between 10 -20% of the females graduating high school enrolled in nurse training which high a high component of public health training. Plus they would get to see first hand the horrific toll of measles, mumps, polio,TB, etc.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 22h
AI helped me get to the actual numbers quickly so I could test out my theory about the decline in common sense public health knowledge in the general population since my mother graduated from nursing school in the 1950's.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 22h
I keep telling you...Canadian Tire has EVERYTHING you need. www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/fox-4...
canadiantire.ca
General PDP Template
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So far umbrella was the hardest one.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Well fuck. Wordle 1,938 X/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My gear shifting callous is almost gone. Can still see it in the right light, but I really can't feel it anymore.
Open palm of my hand on a black and gray check placemat. Tell me where my gear shifting callous is.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's actually really really bad to NOT be an expert in things you're opposed to. That's how you end up sounding like Markwayne Mullin, calling everything you don't like Communism because you have a conception Communism is bad even though you don't have any idea what it actually is.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lovely thread.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@CethanLeahy

Me: oh wow, this shop has everything my heart desires!

Spooky shopkeeper: yes, I will warn you... every item comes with a price.

Me: yes, I know how shops work

kittydesade

Spooky Shopkeeper: The price may be more than you expect to pay.

Me: Yes, I know how US taxes work, too.

del3141

Shopkeeper, increasingly exasperated: I'm trying to tell you that I'm evil and offering these wares with no regard for the harm they will do!

Me, also increasingly exasperated: I know what capitalism is too goddammit
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
jeez can ya keep it down out there, some of us are trying to sleep
orange cat peeking his head out behind a blanket looking half asleep
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Almost 10:30 pm and I still have last night's nightmare lingering around in my brain. I was pissed off enough at the things my idiot wasband does in the daylight. I didn't need extra stuff to be pissed off about that he only does in my dreams.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ok, but I thought my 3rd and forth guesses were pretty darn good. Wordle 1,935 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The first dsy of the rest of your life.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think you missed my tongue-in -cheek tone, Jesse. ;)
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh, no! Look what the dishwasher did to my Tupperware.
Overhead shot of two Tupperware bowls. Upper one is orange and round. Lower light blue one is now kinda egg shaped.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The system working as designed for a multi-party system. Would you prefer coalition gov'ts that fall every 8-10 months? Or perhaps a two party systen? (Oh, the horror)
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My mother's doctor only let her get the vaccine after she got shingles for the THIRD time.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
☹️ Bummer.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
TFW your BIL asks for a fork at his fav lunchtime sushi restaurant..and you don't. I couldn't call myself a real Torontonian if I couldn't eat with chop sticks.
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Beautiful view of Toronto from Youngstown, NY looking across LAKE ONTARIO (Video: @nadineashelyk/Instagram)
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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#OTD October 4, 1957, USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite the Globe and Mail the next day juxtaposes the RUSSIA LAUNCHES FIRST SATELLITE story with a picture of the Avro Arrow, which had just been rolled out in Malton the same day #space #sputnik #AvroArrow
Toronto Globe and Mail front page, October 5 1957

i remember this -- i was eight
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Bernie Michalik @berniemichalik.ca · 04/10/2026
Toronto transit transitioning.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Too many people are so detached from democracy and the world outside their Ring cameras. Having a candidate actually at your door where you can ask them questions is an opportunity not a threat.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
SMH.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Was too much to hope for that I'd get this in 2. Wordle 1,933 4/6 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Squee! I just said hi to Mr. Made in Canada ( Rick Mercer) walking along The Danforth.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Random thought re teaching high school math: They should use slide rules when teaching logarithms.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A librarian would know.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
LOL GPS never has the good gossip.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You are popular.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Naloxone in the glove box. That's how I roll.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Had to work for this one. Wordle 1,932 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You had your Mom's directions that included "If you get to Harvey's, you've gone too far" only to get into an argument when you are navigator to your spouse who is looking for a Harvey's restaurant because he's never met your uncle Harvey and would not know his house.
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Jane Roberts @redjane67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I remember driving around Toronto highways with a map across the steering wheel franticly trying to get to a job interview at a location I'd never been to before. And that was after stUdying the map and planning the route ahead of time. Those big green signs help a lot BTW.
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Permanent DST would not give us “an extra hour of daylight”. It would deprive essential morning sunlight from millions of Americans, for months on end. 👉 Tell the president and Congress to restore permanent Standard Time instead, for balanced light all year!
Photos from around the country in each time zone showing winter mornings on Standard Time (sunlit) versus Daylight Saving Time (dark).
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