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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 3h

I let my teenage boys have 1 minute a day of screen time on X, which they mostly use to troll me by reading the most outrageous comments they can find in that time. It is disturbing how much dysfunction they can find so quickly.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 3h

I like to think it couldn’t recognize your face because of the happy dance. 🕺 congrats!

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 3h

Sometimes I wish I could post Live Photos. Pompom was doing an excited pitter-patter - that was just the moment he slowed down enough to stop being blurry!

LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t let your guard down! We in Alberta are learning just how quickly a science-based health service can be dismantled.

LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 1d

The beautiful interspecies truce when a pancake appears…
#cockatiel #budgie

Two budgies and four cockatiels standing around a bowl with a pancake.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 3d

Earl learned it from Spritzer, who learned it from Honey, who learned it from overhearing the koo-kee song which I haven’t played for at least a year. The songs I actually try to teach him? nah.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 3d

It is so sweet how seriously they take guard duty!

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 4d

I had to take a video to see what these birds were up to on top of my head. Earl doesn’t sing and do flirty heart wings for his sister Ginger (that’s good) but he does for his mother Lemon (that’s bad) although Lemon will bite him for it (that’s good).

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 4d

My tiels will look at me like that if I *don’t* give them peas. Although they’re pea snobs and they only like the sweet baby peas.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 4d

That’s awesome. Cockatiels are the best!

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a #ForeverCanadian canvasser because Alberta’s story isn’t just separatist headlines. I want more Canadians to see that despite our disagreements, Alberta’s heart belongs to #Canada. The warm and hopeful vibes I experienced while canvassing today convinced me of that more than ever! 🇨🇦

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 4d

Haha, that’s a much more positive way of looking at it!

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 6d

That time I couldn’t get Skittle into her cage before my video conference so I threw sheets on her perches to startle her out of the room. Oh, to be as bold and determined as a 34 gram #budgie. She landed on my head at least 20 times during the meeting. I was mortified.

A spiral perch, hanging from the ceiling in front of the window, is covered by a brightly coloured sheet. This does not stop the precocious budgie with a “fight me” face from somehow landing on the sheet and clinging to it.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 7d

A bad migraine took me out the other day. My husband sent me this photo later. 💛 my flock. Honey’s in guard position at my face, and Lemon is in her traditional spot on my foot. Yes, I woke up covered in bird poop.
#cockatiel

Five cockatiels perched on their human, who is lying on a couch covered in a blanket.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 14d

Confession: our birds have a permanent zone on our kitchen table where we leave them fresh veggies to munch on throughout the day. Their favourite treat is live lettuce. So many little holes.
#cockatiel

A cockatiel (Earl) nibbling on a head of living butter lettuce.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 15d

Aww, I’d melt! Beautiful.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 15d

Yes! They’ve been besties since they hatched. They get along with their big brother Spritzer, but he’s closer to me.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 15d

I think they know. They cuddle the same way as they did when they could first stand, and their behaviour is never flirty with each other, just affectionate.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 16d

The cute bird:dystopia ratio is just not high enough today. I’m throwing a picture of Earl and Ginger into the void and going offline to play a dystopian cat game. #cockatiel

Two cockatiel siblings mutually grooming on the arm of a chair, looking blissful.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 18d

Twist to disconnect.
#cockatiel

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 20d

They’re so observant and clever! Definitely underrated.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 20d

Skittle can mimic a PERFECT Lemon alarm call. She uses it to call the cockatiels upstairs to their cage when she decides it’s bedtime, or to startle the flock into panic flights around the room while she looks down on the chaos like an Olympic god. #budgie

A tiny but mighty budgie, staring straight down at you from the blade of a ceiling fan because she thinks she’s better than you.

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 21d

Yes, in Canada. It’s uncomfortable but I’m sure there are lots of people who can’t absorb those kinds of increases at all.

LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 22d

I tell him it’ll give him a tummy ache, but he really, really does…

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LisaPizza @plutopizza.bsky.social · 22d

I just gave my teenager a heads up that he’ll need to get a part time job at the grocery store if he keeps eating this much. I kid, of course, but our budget is 50% higher than 2019, between inflation and “second dinner.”

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