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Karen

@sandkastle.bsky.social
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🇨🇦Just me, a Gen X’er with severe adhd in YEG, tryna make sense of WTF is going on right now. My hoodie pic in profile says pretty much all you need to know about what side I’m on. Looking for kindred spirits to build community in the sh#tstorm🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉🇺🇦🇸🇩🕊️😷💉🦮🐈🐢✊🏻🧬

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resist4harris.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I have membership cards going out this week! raise your hand if you need one?
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Mark Hennessy-Barrett @markhb.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Sounds like he should have been cutting back on his substance use, not our federal government.
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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
'Absolute nonsense': Columnist slams GOP over bill to ban 'playing dress-up' in schools www.rawstory.com/texas-furrie...
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'Absolute nonsense': Columnist slams GOP over bill to ban 'playing dress-up' in schools
Texas Republicans are pushing a bill that would prohibit "non-human behaviors" in school — and it would effectively create a regime prohibiting kids from playing dress-up or just pretending in ways ki...
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Jan Pylko @jpylko.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Margaret Atwood says she cannot remember another time ‘when words themselves have felt under such threat’ - The Guardian💙✋🌊
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lorymar @lorymar.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Share this ⬇️⬇️
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/03/2025
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US Israel has cut off humanitarian supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas into accepting a change in the ceasefire agreement to allow…
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1 @bigoneeagle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#BoycottWashingtonPost #BoycottAmazon
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
9 myths and facts about unions www.iuoe.org/join-iuoe/my...
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Myths and Facts About Unions
Myths and Facts About Unions and unions give workers a voice
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Not wrong!!!
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Tina Says #VoteOutTheCorruption @trcfwtt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Dear MSM, Want to know who knows what trump is doing is illegal? The repubs trying to change the law to make it legal. @joyannreid.bsky.social knows. #Impoundment #ProjectHell2025 www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/...
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House Republicans push plan to hand Trump their budgetary power
Several House Republicans went on the record to explain how they want to shift control over the federal budget from Congress to the president.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 23/01/2025
It's happening here. "How American Institutions Failed to Meet the Moment" www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...
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How American Institutions Failed to Meet the Moment
The Constitution provides tools with which to defend against a demagogue. But political elites have refused to use them.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Good lord, I’m actually missing Jason Kenney!! 😩 #abpoli #albertasky #notoucp
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a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and asking what is happening ?
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Kennedy is making good on his promise
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Here is the source www.protectourcare.org/fact-sheet-r...
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FACT SHEET: RFK Jr.’s Plans To Defund, Slash Jobs and Undermine the National Institutes of Health Would Be Disastrous For Americans — Protect Our Care
RFK Jr. Has Vowed to Fire and Prosecute Hundreds of NIH And FDA Employees and Pause All Research On Drug Development And Infectious Disease It’s no secret Donald Trump’s nomination...
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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Not polling data but useful to gauge public interest.
Google Trends in the past 7 days. Blue is Mark Carney,  red is Poilievre,  and yellow is Freeland.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/01/2025
Told ya. They're going after veterans' benefits.
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AB Resistance @abresistance.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Danielle Smith is throwing the rest of Canada under the bus. open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
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Smith runs interference for Trump, undermining Canada's tariff deterrence
Premier Smith is seeking a side-deal with Trump in which he excludes oil from tariffs in exchange for her weakening Canada’s threat of retaliation.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“The tribunal's decision, published last week, found the actions of the 911 operator were hurtful and seemed to "callously" disregard and minimize Panas's concerns.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/tra...
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Transgender Albertan says tribunal ruling will lead to justice for LGBTQ+ community
EDMONTON - Alberta's human rights tribunal has dismissed a gender discrimination complaint against an Edmonton 911 operator, but the LGBTQ+ advocate who lodged it expects the ruling will lead to
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Nothin’ good and even less for Albertans and Canadians. youtu.be/DYCF8RNf7kM
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What The Hell Is Danielle Smith Doing?
YouTube video by Steve Boots
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Robb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Watch this space. Laws that make polluters pay for climate disasters are taking off worldwide. In California, I hope policymakers see the damage wrought by climate change, understand the role of oil and gas + proceed accordingly. @cape-acme.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters
Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against it
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Let's Gooo! techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b...
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Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Well, well, well - butter my TimBit and block the bridges, it’s time to whip out the half-baked manifestos and maple syrup covered tailgates and have ourselves another FreEduMB lovin’ reckoning on karaoke night! Yeeehaaawww!! #ConvoyCowboyClinkers
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer.

The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Sadly, we all know the answers to these questions 🫤🇺🇸
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Indivisible Ventura @indivisiblevent.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
For those of you who haven’t encountered this guy yet, his videos are great educational antidotes to Christian nationalists and their pick-and-choose method of misinterpreting the Bible for wealth and power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOb...
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You’ve already negotiated with the Bible
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
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New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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M LeMont @mistersalesman @mistersalesman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Adolf Hitler went to prison in 1924 for the Beer Hall Putsch—did 9 months, got out early for 'good behavior,' and by 1934, he was a full-blown dictator. Now America’s got a felon—adjudicated rapist as president. Coincidence? No. It’s history screaming, ‘You idiots didn’t learn a damn thing!’ —GCG
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Hey #AlbertaSky - how’s your morning going?! 🤮
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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Well_i_wasnt_expecting_that @thecanadianecho.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
#AxeTheTax
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 10/01/2025
Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social - no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses - no goals for hiring women and minorities
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The 13th Amendment allows for modern day SLAVE LABOR. They risking their lives for pennies.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Another masterful water drop from Canadian aerial firefighters in California. Thank you, Canada!
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Jennifer, NEVER Vote CPC 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✡️ @northyorkblonde.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
First bread and now meat. Loblaws have been scamming consumers for years. CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat search.app/sosXoG75PRmA...
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CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat | CBC News
The problem of grocers selling underweighted meat and overcharging customers is prevalent and ongoing, a CBC News investigation has found.
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Cara Ramsey @cairenntairisu.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false. www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
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New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/01/2025
It’s Sunday, so let’s share the good word: If churches want to play politics, they can pay taxes like the rest of us. God doesn’t need a tax break, but millionaire pastors sure seem to love one.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.
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Mike Kegil @mikekegil.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I stand by this.
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Dr. Hello Bonjour @hellobonjour.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Boom! That is one heck of a slam. This guy has obviously had enough of anti-vaxxers.
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Jo D @j-sonearmyonce.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
albertaviews.ca/masking-fear/ Great piece by Senator Paula Simons. #CovidIsIAirborne #MaskUp #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Masking Fear - Wearing a Mask -Alberta Views
“I just want to thank you,” the woman says. “I want to thank you for wearing a mask.” Her voice echoes in my ears.
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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 02/01/2025
The GOP has released their 12 priority bills. Under the new House rules: it calls for a separate consideration of 12 bills under a closed rule with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their respective designees. They are listed ⬇️
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grandmaof6.bsky.social @grandmaof6.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
So women can’t use their birth certificates as proof of citizenship to vote? There’s reason 1002 for keeping your maiden name ladies. Send that message to republicans in congress, those old dudes are all for the 1950‘S version of marriage. Ya know taking your husbands name..welp F that now
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Karen @sandkastle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year! #SundaysWithAlice
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