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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.” Thich Nhat Hanh

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Apparently I need a grammar checker before I post. Too many “with a”s

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Classic ADHD overshare with a solid dose of a correlation being mistaken for causation, with an infusion of intolerance. Nice response to it. Think that many people on the internet could use that kind of feature popping up before they post.

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did mine the other day. I’ve worked at elections before but I decided that I wasn’t going to participate in the sh*show this time. It’s going to be messy.

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The 'Nature Neuroscience' paper is here; makes me wonder what kind of neuroscience discovery would be better than 'the brain is actually two organs' to get into 'Nature' 🧪🧠 #FundScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain - Nature Neuroscience

This study shows that the brain arises from two distinct progenitors: one forms the forebrain and midbrain, whereas the other generates the hindbrain. These insights enable the generation of human hin...

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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Earlier this month, I had the honour of walking in Calgary’s Pride Parade as your Mayor. I thought about the kid I once was, who struggled to believe he had a future. I never thought it would lead here. We must keep working to make Calgary a city where everyone is safe and belongs.

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Finished another hat recently. I should probably do a picture of the hats I made. Maybe later, when I’ve unused most of this particular yarn.

A crochet hat with a little crochet flower on the brim

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Detaching that post was totally worth it. I don’t know where someone simply stating family facts and expressing their opinion of what happened becomes whatever he said. I don’t see it. It’s just facts and opinions, not incitement to violence or anything.

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

😂 Jolene thought it was a toy and tried to put it away! Oh they must have had fun!

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

That’s amazing! Good on you to save those kitties.

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Claire had some itchy eyebrows and took off all her hairs she looks a bit peculiar with white above her eyes. Vet is monitoring her. She still cuddles like a champ. #cat #caturday #blackcats #CatsOfBluesky

A black cat laying on a bed looking at the camera

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Updated the profile picture to reflect the change in cat ownership. Who owns who, hmm? Made a note to pick some photos to print out because memories are important. Aaaand now my lap is occupied. Who owns who, eh? Who owns who… #cats #CatsOfBluesky

A cat napping on a lap of the photographer

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Well this cactus thinks it’s spring. Now if the weather would cooperate… *sigh*

A flowering Christmas Cactus sitting on a table by the window

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The Most Abstract of Concepts @abstractconcept.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Yesterday's painting bloomed as much as bleh, so I bloomed harder with rainbow colors. Finally decent cells that didn't get pulled out of shape. #Art #Abstract Art #Painting #RainbowBloom

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Sep 11, 2023) The James Webb Space Telescope has identified carbon dioxide and methane in K2-18 b's atmosphere, suggesting potential habitability, along with a hint of dimethyl sulfide, possibly indicating biological activity. flic.kr/p/2p2nVkS

Graph titled 'Exoplanet K2-18 b: Atmosphere Composition' showing spectra data indicating the presence of methane, carbon dioxide, and dimethyl sulfide. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Nikku Madhusudhan (IoA)

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

That moment when you realize something that used to trigger you doesn’t anymore is precious. Enjoy it.

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Still alive, just busy. I’m giving more likes than words these days.

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A.Minor @brightmomentsvt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I baroque it #KaleidoSaturday

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I realize this is an algorithm manipulation video (I mean, he literally says it is), but also fuck the YouTube algorithm this is hilarious. So do what he says (that means listening three times). It's actually funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDz...

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this video only makes sense if you watch it 3 times

YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing

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Lena (they/them) 🩷💛🩵 @petalsketch.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

listen, girls need pockets because we need a place to put cool rocks and shit

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Mmm. Maybe I should take the time to make my own pizza from scratch. Its the toppings thing, getting to put as much pineapple as I want on it, along with whatever else. Maybe even paired with homemade pork meatballs.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Something is not less bad if it happened to you, than if it happened to someone else. YOU deserve the same compassion & support that you'd extend to someone you love if the exact same thing that happened to you, happened to them.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It is not your fault that you were conditioned to believe that the truth can be poisonous or dangerous if spoken out loud. That's an artifact of having been coerced into keeping secrets as the price of "safety."

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Finished a #crochet double spiral chunky hat from some discontinued metallic yarn I had in my stash

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our programming is not our fault. Most of us don't even realize it's there-- until we do. Reformatting our mental & emotional hard drive takes the time it takes, & requires us to be more self-aware than we were ever taught to be. Give yourself grace. This sh*t's hard.

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Donkey Snort 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @donkeysnort.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I had to have one of my cats put down this morning due to kidney failure last night. It's the worst part of pet ownership. But not letting them suffer is the last act of love you can do for them.

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Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @swarpat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Oh boy if they are whining about delicious canadian pizza toppings i think they would melt down if I waved my weird canned No Name Six Bean Blend salad and rice concoction under their noses.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

One of the most common experiences of trauma survivors is that we've felt like we're a frustrating mystery to ourselves our whole lives-- & we've been made to feel ashamed for not understanding or being able to "control" our feelings & choices. That is: for being human.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"Taking responsibility" for our trauma recovery is not about "growing up" because we'll be "in trouble" if we don't. Bleh. It's about getting realistic about what we do & don't control, inside & outside of us. It's about feeling grounded & empowered-- not stressed & exhausted.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Sustainable trauma recovery asks us to be unflinchingly realistic about media & entertainment that will retraumatize us without adding to our understanding of the world. Remember that "they" want us hooked, scared, & outraged as much or more than they want us informed.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Spoiler: abusive people & institutions will get angry & retaliatory when you don't give them the obedience, fear, &/or forgiveness they feel entitled to. Yes, their anger can be realistically dangerous & consequential-- which calls for a plan, not a surrender.

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Carotte Masquée @cybercarotte.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Looking for some advice from artists, if any should happen to come across this... What would you recommend as a set of coloured pencils for a teenager who is trying to get better at drawing by hand? There's so many kinds and things I know nothing about, I wanna help her but feel super clueless.

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Brymo @brymo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Bumblebee with pollen ball comes in for a landing on a Pride of Madeira #photography #art, #macrophotography #flowers #bees

Macro photograph of a bumblebee with a pollen ball on it’s back legs coming in for a landing on a Pride of Madeira flower

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