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Sheryl Gervais

@sherylgervais.bsky.social
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Semi-retired Humanities teacher. Canada. Endless appetite for good reading. 📚 Sometimes I write interesting ☺️ bits to share. 
Living and playing in Treaty 7 Territory

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 10h
I think I found the problem… Not once in this social media PSA does it mention the only reason why there is a pedestrian safety issue with 300 collisions and 7 deaths is because of drivers. 🤔 Do drivers view this “share responsibility” message as a diminished need for them to change? 🤔
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My kind of Nation Building! For the people, disabled, elderly, you! "Our public health-care system is also our economic advantage. It’s our best competitive asset compared to our neighbours to the south — creating jobs, saving businesses money, and ensuring a healthier workforce that lives longer."
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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On #OrangeShirtDay paying respect to generations of my family and kin who went to St. Michael’s Residential School ~ 1931. Duck Lake, Sask ~ 1) Maggie Bird, 2) Mary Rose Naytowhow (My Kokum), 3) Ada Wolfe, 4) Philomene Peeteetuce, 5) Dorothy Eyahpaise, 6) Mary Anne Seesequasis, 7) Veronique
On #OrangeShirtDay paying respect to generations of my family and kin who went to St. Michael’s Residential School ~ 1931. Duck Lake, Sask ~ 1) Maggie Bird, 2) Mary Rose Naytowhow (My Kokum), 3) Ada Wolfe, 4) Philomene Peeteetuce, 5) Dorothy Eyahpaise, 6) Mary Anne Seesequasis, 7) Veronique Morrisette, 😎 Elizabeth Constant, 9) Irene Dunn, 10) Helen Ledous, 11) Anais Prosper, 12) Henritte Napope, 13) Florence Peeteetuce, 14) Jospehine Ledoux, 15) Florence Bird, 16) Mary Rose Seeseequasis, 17) Alice McDonald, 18) Nancy Gardipy, 19) Victoria Dunn, 20) Cecile Redwing, 21) Madeline Sutherland, 22) Grace Seesequasis, 23) - Badger, 24) --, 25) Mary Josephine Greyeyes, 26) Flora Greyeyes, 27) Helen Peeteetuce, 28) Antoinette Arcand, 29) Clemenie Arcand, 30) Francoise Wichikan, 31) Marie Redwing, 32) Gertrude Greyeyes, 33) Esther Greyeyes, 34) Annie Bear, 35) Stella Mike, 36) Clara Bird, 37) Edna Sauve, 38) Victoria Baldhead, 39) Gladys Meechett, 40) Alice Gamble, 41) Philomene Ichmakew, 42) Marie Therese Reentach, 43) Mary Anne Seeyapussum, 44) Marie Therese Paul, 45) Irene Prosper
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
En tout cas, joyeuse Journée franco-ontarienne à tout mon monde! On existe, on a notre propre langue et culture. J'nous adore!
Photo of the franco-ontarian flag
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026
DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world.
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Sheryl Gervais @sherylgervais.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Starting now. So looking forward to a great panel discussion.
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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Instead of subjecting Albertans to failed 'dual-practice' experiments, we need to listen to global evidence that shows preferential paid access = two-tier health care! ALL Albertans deserve equitable access to the care they need—regardless of their ability to pay for it. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Will Alberta's dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC News
As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...
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Janice Braden, Associate Member of EU @janicebraden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I agree with Mark: why are Canadians reading about this in the NYT?
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 24/09/2026
The new land-use plans — a mandatory step to figure out how to protect endangered caribou — have one goal above all, and it's not protecting caribou. It's doubling oil and gas production.
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Oil and gas ambitions outshone caribou protection in Alberta land-use planning: experts
Scientists, conservationists and legal experts say the plans, which were first mandated by the federal government in 2012 to protect woodland caribou, lack the modelling, recovery goals and science-ba...
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This should be illegal. It shouldn't be up to estates. Digital resurrection should be something people have to opt into when they're alive. It should require informed consent from the individuals themselves. If they died before that was an option, then digital resurrection is off the table. Forever.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Apartheid: "a policy of political, social, and economic discrimination against the non [ethnic] majority in the" state Democracy: "political, social, or economic equality : the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges."
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Independent Jewish Voices @ijvcanada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Read our full statement: www.ijvcanada.org/avi-lewis-yo...
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Avi Lewis’ Yom Kippur reflection speaks to Jews fighting for a better world
In advance of Yom Kippur, NDP leader Avi Lewis tweeted a brief reflection, naming that on a day when Jews are called to account for the year that has passed, “we failed to do our part to stop an ongoi...
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 23/09/2026
“Hajdu says there are times in negotiations when employers or unions refuse to bargain in good faith and instead wait for the government to intervene.” Pretty much every time the government has intervened it has been because the employers are doing this. Both sidesing it is so fucking dishonest.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 23/09/2026
Erica Ifill: Smith will need more than tears to mask latest separation dodge www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/23/s...
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Smith will need more than tears to mask latest separation dodge - The Hill Times
Those of us in this country with some level of discernment have seen through the Alberta premier’s remain-in-Canada act, and now she needs to pivot.
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@FrankeJames 🇨🇦 @frankejames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sadly, PM Carney has thrown out environmental policies to speed up approvals for oil pipelines and other major projects. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Facing criticism, Carney says he has a 'very clear mandate' to push through major economic changes | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government received a clear mandate from voters in the last general election — and in subsequent byelections — to "build Canada strong," and he's pressing ahead wit...
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 22/09/2026
Lori Turnbull: Even a popular prime minister needs to answer questions. But MPs need to resist the urge to turn another House sitting into yet another partisan circus. Canadians need real answers. The stakes could not be higher. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/21/p...
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https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/21/prime-minister-carney-governs-by-making-deals-where-does-that-leave-parliament/518509/
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
new @albertasvoice.ca website just dropped. Check it out! whatcouldweget.ca
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What Could We Get for $134 Million?
What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 22/09/2026
None of the reasons cited by Prime Minister Mark Carney for airport privatization hold up. So why is he doing it? DT Cochrane writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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There’s No Good Reason for Carney to Privatize Canada’s Airports | The Tyee
The plan would worsen labour conditions and make flying more expensive.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Blanchet, on Carney reportedly moving to weaken the right to strike: “I fear that it is one more token placed on the table in order to attract huge foreign businesses in Canada, telling them that there will be no more environmental regulations, much less work regulations, and things will be easy.”
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just admit it, Premier: the UCP is a separatist party.
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📷 Ian Charters @iwcharters.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've been photographing Fish & Chips for some years; initially, they appeared in the background of a shot of something else. Eventually, I realised they should just be photographed. I'm going to pull them altogether in a dedicated blog which I'll update regularly. thechippie.pagecord.com
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The Chippie
I have photographed Fish and Chip shops for some years and, initially, they were usually just part of the background of a photograph of something else....
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Carney’s war on workers would make the right to strike meaningless. Canadians elected a government that promised to defend the country from Trump and his politics. Now corporations are demanding limits on workers' rights. New from @christoaivalis.bsky.social: ricochet.media/labour/carne...
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Carney’s war on workers would make the right to strike meaningless
Canadians elected a government that promised to defend the country from Trump and his politics. Now corporations are demanding limits on workers' rights — and Carney is expected to deliver
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Of course not. Because it's not about separation. It's about creating artificial leverage from a position of weakness. These people have nothing. They come from nothing. So they create this problem. And now, they have importance, they have money, a purpose - to justify corporate policy,
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'Never giving up': Alberta separatist leaders say referendum vote won't end their fight | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith and her government expect next month's separation referendum to be the last word on the subject — but those fighting for an independent Alberta say no matter the outcome, the fi...
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let’s be clear: Question 10 is separation. The other nine are a slow walk toward it. These racist questions divide Albertans and scapegoats immigrants. It’s shameful. That’s not the Alberta we should be building. No to the nine. Yes to Canada. 🇨🇦 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Alberta’s shameless attempt to scapegoat immigrants
Opponents of secession have been vocal, but where are the people standing up for newcomers to the province?
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Gio Petti @giopetti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Once you start digging 10 stories down, 100 feet in the ground, you don’t know what the real cost is going to be” A clip from my documentary DUDE, WHERES MY BUS? available for free on YouTube. 🚏🚍 #ottawa #octranspo #publictransit
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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
May seem boring but public bathrooms are an important component of public joy infrastructure.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 19/09/2026
Putting a human face on the Smith government's xenophobic referendum questions is important. These are not about the immigration system. They are about immigrants - humans, workers, taxpayers, neighbours, family members. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Alberta’s shameless attempt to scapegoat immigrants
Opponents of secession have been vocal, but where are the people standing up for newcomers to the province?
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In this week’s opinion column, Senator Paula Simons writes about anti-separation Albertans who genuinely believe the best form of protest is to boycott the referendum. While she understands their motives, she warns that staying home will backfire. #ableg #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/simons-cant-...
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We Can’t Boycott Our Way Out of a Meaningless Referendum | By Paula Simons | Forward Weekly
Forward Weekly feature for September 20, 2026.
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Sheryl Gervais @sherylgervais.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
good to share. 10 language options. #AbPoli abreferendum.dignityforum.org?utm_source=i...
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The 2026 Alberta Referendum: the facts about all 10 questions — Dignity Forum
Alberta’s 2026 referendum asks voters whether temporary residents should face higher costs — or reduced access — for healthcare and education systems. Explore the facts before you vote on October 19.
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NDP @ndp.ca · 19/09/2026
A strike is by definition a labour disruption. Liberals are going after the right to strike.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 19/09/2026
The feds will roll out the “special mediator” and then say it’s not them doing the dirty work. This bill will be an attack on the fundamental right to strike and bargain collectively. Don’t trust Hajdu.
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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dr Jared Wesley on how to lose the referendum: Assume the polls are accurate & will hold. Think somebody else will volunteer & donate. Stay complacent & apathetic. Sit on your couch to wait for Oct 20. Get your Special Ballot before Sep 25th at Elections.ab.ca & skip the lines! #Alberta #yyc #yeg
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Elections Alberta | Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly responsible for delivering provincial elections, by-elections and referenda.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hopefully, this makes it a bit clearer as to why verifying content in the age of AI is becoming a complex and time-consuming process. And as gen AI models advance, we should expect existing verification processes to become even more complex and at times, fall short of providing a defintive answer.
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Sheryl Gervais @sherylgervais.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, this is a lovely discovery for a stationery super fan (me!)! Made in Québec from recycled materials. www.ciklo.design
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CIKLO
🌱 Découvrez le stylo ciklo, fabriqué au Québec à partir de plastique recyclé post-consommation
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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stop fighting kids in court and use the money to follow legal orders for ISC to stop discriminating against children www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Carney government files 3rd court challenge in First Nations child welfare complaint | CBC News
The Carney government has filed its third court challenge in a year as a longstanding fight with First Nations organizations over the future of their communities' child and family services continues. ...
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Everyone should have the right to clean drinking water, especially children, families and all individuals across Canada. Follow the link below to learn more about how to push back against Bill C-37 and uphold the right to clean water for all. (4/4)
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Protecting Water Rights for First Nations
Protect First Nations's Water Rights
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did you know, the Liberal government’s Bill C-37 is a return to Stephen Harper’s anti-Indigenous policies that fueled the Idle No More movement. Just like in the Conservatives’ Bill S-8, Bill C-37 was not developed in consultation with First Nations. (1/4)
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Canada should be looking outward, building stronger partnerships with Europe based on shared democratic values. Closer ties can mean more trade and cooperation, but they must also mean strong labour standards, workers’ rights and good jobs. Read my full statement here: www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-rea...
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NDP Reaction to Associate EU Membership Proposal
NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson made the following statement regarding Canada-EU talks:
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This poll was commissioned by a group THAT ALREADY OWNS PRIVATIZED AIRPORTS It's clearly a biased source
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Sheryl Gervais @sherylgervais.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So looking forward to this book!
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026
🔊 The US strike on a school in Iran, which killed around 120 children, is being considered a war crime by a UN fact-finding mission. Listen to the Reuters World News afternoon update to learn more reut.rs/4AeZp2M
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 18/09/2026
What if we were to treat affordable housing as economic infrastructure, competing with pipelines and ports? It’s a comparison that reflects housing’s actual importance to overall economic output and productivity, Ernest Lang writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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The Nation-Building Strategy Nobody Can Tariff | The Tyee
Why Mark Carney should get government far more involved in delivering affordable housing for Canadians.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a meaningless question. More efficiently than what? Than a non-profit with experience operating infrastructure? Than an investor with no experience operating infrastructure? Than a random person plucked off the street? It's a question that's so incomplete as to mean nothing.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 17/09/2026
A leaked document has made a big splash in Alberta, but the full details have not been made public — until now. The document lays out plans to overhaul Alberta’s natural gas pipelines in an effort boost oil and gas and support new AI data centres, via @drewanderson.bsky.social.
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Read the leaked plan to boost data centres, oil and gas in Alberta | The Narwhal
The document proposes dramatic changes to Alberta’s natural gas pipelines as part of a plan to boost oil and gas production and support new AI data centres
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/09/2026
The strongest point Lewis makes here is that Carney is “out on a limb here” No one asked voters if they wanted to privatize airports. No one was talking about this. It’s unclear Liberal MPs are even on board with this It feels like a random pet issue Carney is pushing on his own out of the blue
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 16/09/2026
With municipal elections coming up in several provinces this fall, what is actually on the line? A new starter pack.
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Starter Pack: Local Government
Municipalities are largely responsible for your health, safety and well-being.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 16/09/2026
NDP MP Gord Johns: Our health-care system should not be a patchwork where some Canadians can access the medicine they need while others are left behind. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/16/p...
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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here are my top 3 business ideas for September 2026. Please don't steal them and become a billionaire.
My Top 3 Business Ideas of the Month (September 2026)

1. Jean shorts that look exactly like normal jean shorts except they have zip pockets to prevent your coins from falling out when you're doing a cartwheel.

2. ZipRemind: a phone app that senses when you're about to do a cartwheel and reminds you to zip the pockets of your jean shorts beforehand.

3. Coin Vacuum: a device that picks up coins which have fallen out of your pocket when doing a cartwheel because I have no idea how to code so ZipRemind will almost certainly be a very unreliable app.
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