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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 1m

Oh thanks Suzanne! ...I was just listening to CBC radio yesterday morning and they had a call in about this subject here in NB...yes! That's the word...I couldn't remember it 👍Hard to tell on the picture about the eyes....usually albino are a result of inbreeding aren't they?

Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 7m

Only in Canada you say?

“You could find a fish in your yard, and a good friend of ours a few years ago found one in the eavestroughing of his house,” Ahlstrom said.

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'Scared the heck out of me': Falling fish smashes Sask. woman's windshield | CBC News

Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects. But that’s what happened to Marie Ahlstrom when she w...

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 42m

Was it a victory or was it defeat? Cars made in North America are just too expensive. Cost of labour is too high. Maybe it's time to admit we are out foxed by Chinas beautiful low cost EV's. Time to make a deal with China? It will be painful yes...but practical

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump’s trade war nets a major victory over Canadian auto industry

Carmaker Stellantis is shifting thousands of jobs and investing billions in U.S.-side production, punching a hole in Canada’s trade talk strategy.

www.politico.com

Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 1h

Interesting to see such a positive change on the X
platform...serious move for accountability

sammyguru.com/x-profile-fe...

X Plans New Profile Features to Show Location and Username History

As part of this experiment, X will now show the country an account is based in, such as the US, UK, or India.

sammyguru.com

Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks...I just read that Emperor penguins nest on ice...always something new to learn...can't keep up! 👍🇨🇦

Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

The rebuilding of Gaza should not involve America because all the contracts would go to Trump and family (and friends)...that's the plan

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'Worse than starting from scratch': how big is the task of rebuilding Gaza?

BBC Verify investigates the damage done by two years of war, which could take $70bn and decades to repair.

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

We might not like it but they have the right to decide. America is rapidly losing that right. Maybe the liberals should think about it before it goes any further🤔

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 12h

Why are seal pups so insufferably adorable? Here's a young Harbour Seal perpetuating the stereotype, from my #pelagic birding tour near Grand Manan Island in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#mammals #seal #marinelife #nature #photography

A young (adolescent?) seal pup with short brown fur is on its belly on a rocky ledge covered with dark green and brown rockweed (seaweed). It is facing the camera and is adorable.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 11h

The albino squirrel in #Halifax is doing well. #NovaScotia #wildlife

An all white squirrel with a white fluffy tail and red eyes on the top of a large boulder in an urban park.

An all white squirrel with a white fluffy tail and red eyes runs along the top of rocks in a park.

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

I think albino creatures have red eyes...the ones with brown eyes are different...lol...I can't remember what they are called🙃👍

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

What aren't they supposed to do? Nest on ice? Just curious 👍😊

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

Clostridium butyricum is found in butter and dairy products....things we have all been told are not good for us

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

Don't worry...if anything happens to me...my daughter is taking them...she didn't want me to be alone this winter. That was the deal😊

Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 2h

Academics leave America to come to Canada because of budget cuts! Welcome! 👍🇨🇦...

france 24 academics share.google/mAzwvwEvNlfx...

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 3h

Lol...I'm 80...odds are she won't change for me in time to see it . She's a sweet little cat...I adopted her and her 4 month old kitten from a barn situation. I still can't pick up the kitten and it's been 2 weeks. It's ok though...it's just nice to have them here...the house is happier🙃

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 3h

This is little Asia...half feral she won't look you in the eye. She has a savage secret. When she steps outside she is a mighty hunter for her size. Living in the country we have many little critters trying to get inside to escape the cold and snow...NOT THIS YEAR

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 4h

Hegseth is preparing the American troops for war...it's probably a good thing
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

Hegseth orders that all defense personnel review his speech to top military brass on fitness, standards | CNN Politics

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed US military leaders to verify that every member of the department watched the speech he delivered at an unusual gathering of senior officers in Quantico, VA...

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 10h

"Low-dose radiation therapy has long been used in European countries such as Germany and Spain to treat joint pain, where it is widely accepted"
Good news for thousands of people with painful osteoarthritis

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

This European treatment for joint pain just passed a major scientific test

Korean researchers found that low-dose radiation therapy eased knee pain and improved movement in people with mild to moderate osteoarthritis. The treatment, far weaker than cancer radiation, showed r...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 16h

Fox News? Looks like MAGA might be waking up

Fox News And Broadcast Networks Reject Pentagon Press Policy share.google/Cy58Jor8L8so...

Major Broadcast Networks, Fox News And CNN Issue Joint Statement Declining To Sign On To More Restrictive Pentagon Press Policy

UPDATED: The major broadcast networks, along with Fox News and CNN, issued a joint statement opposing the Pentagon‘s new restrictions on press access to the complex, concluding that it is “without pre...

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 16h

American military secretly leaves it's dirty nuclear garbage buried in the depths of Greenland's heart. Thousands of gallons of nuclear waste found under the ice and snow

www.popularmechanics.com/science/a690...

NASA Found a Secret Military Base Buried 100 Feet Deep in Greenland’s Ice Shelf

The base is abandoned, but the U.S. Army left some waste behind.

www.popularmechanics.com

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 17h

It isn't the trade war driving investors into gold...it's uneasiness caused by the threat of war. Trump has aggravated and stirred the international scene and doesn't care about the consequences...they are making him famous...like he says " I'm the only important one"

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bullish on bullion: Trade war anxiety driving Canadians to gobble up gold | CBC News

"When we see fear in the market, we see people go to safe havens," one gold dealer says.

www.cbc.ca

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Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 17h

Carney has to stop begging Trump for deals!...Do something outrageous...America is NOT our friend

Linda Hazlett🇨🇦 @lindahazlett.bsky.social · 17h

Time for Canada to cut a deal with China for the beautiful EV's we need desperately for everyday Canadians...also it will work for the Canola farmers...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Canadian jobs ‘sacrificed on Trump’s altar’ as Stellantis announces US investment

Mark Carney says automaker’s move to inject $13bn into US is ‘direct consequence’ of Donald Trump’s tariffs

www.theguardian.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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