Ann Petersen-Kane
@anniegirl.bsky.social
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I assume everyone is good faith in discussion but if you aren't, I will block your ass so fast. Canadian. Anti-adoption. Writer. Gamer. Family history enthusiast. Polinerd. Liberal/NDP depending. She/her
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anniegirl.bsky.social
Hey, #abpoli, did any of you get a call from the Alberta Govt tonight for the budget 2025 budget town hall with Horner? Cuz they had my number - for reasons that escape me.
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aaronputnam.bsky.social
I deleted a post of me in a frog suit with my 7-yr old daughter because a big account reposted, admonishing us for not being serious enough protestors (or something). I shouldn’t have included my daughter in the image, which was why I deleted it. But I was stunned by the condescension.
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docdarnell.bsky.social
Therapist: "You didn't ask to be a part of this family. They chose to adopt you...."

"But why do I feel like I constantly have to apologize for their decision?" 🥚

From the show 'Task' on HBO
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breakify.bsky.social
We're so screwed.

"Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications."
Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed
One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.
abcnews.go.com
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propublica.org
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.
How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
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golikehellmachine.com
agree with this wholeheartedly, though it isn’t limited to any ideological bent, being angry about the high price of burrito taxis was not strictly a partisan affair
dieworkwear.bsky.social
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion. HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though." HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves. The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.
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socksthewolf.com
Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
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meredithshiner.com
It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.
lauraolin.bsky.social
A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Well. Fuck. This unleashed it all. 😭

Gavin Creel singing Stephen Sondheim’s “What Can You Lose” from Dick Tracy.

“This is my favorite Sondheim song ever written,” Gavin says in the January 2011 video. “For me, in my heart, this is the greatest.”
Gavin Creel | What Can You Lose
YouTube video by BartonGMiami
youtu.be
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noraherold.bsky.social
Folks, the fight came to my neighborhood in Chicago this week. The community has been valiant. Their efforts have reduced the number of people taken, and yet, people have been taken. Help when and where you can.
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ssteingraber1.bsky.social
If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.

This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.

www.umass.edu/news/article...
UMass Amherst Researchers Create Nanoparticle Vaccine That Prevents Cancer in Mice | UMass Amherst
The vaccine also proves highly effective at preventing cancer’s deadly spread.
www.umass.edu
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
The villains in The Addams Family movies aren’t “Normal” people. They’re disingenuous ppl [hiding] the truth of themselves. …that that kind of behaviour gets equated w/ “normalcy” is [part] of the commentary. Tully AND Debbie would’ve been welcome, if they’d just been honest with & About themselves.
wolvendamien.bsky.social
Back on tumblr I wrote a whole thing about both Tully and Debbie would've been welcomed into the family if they'd only be truly, honestly, and completely themselves.
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velodus.bsky.social
That new Nike/Ken Griffey Jr. ad features a snippet of Bo Jackson running up the wall in 1990 and I think you could go all in if you wanted that this was the single coolest play in baseball history
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humblecore.bsky.social
Caitlin Clark really is the WNBA player for our current moment: white and full of personal grievances but otherwise “apolitical” and seemingly uninterested in any kind of solidarity
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chathamharrison.bsky.social
The average Bluesky politics poster is 38, none of us have presided over anything
dheerajchand.bsky.social
Probably the best evidence that “Bluesky-ism” or something like it exists is that the people who think like this have presided over decades of Democratic wipeout. Obama was a Mule-like anomaly. People hate smug upper class culture warriors and will not vote for them.
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lmarmon.bsky.social
Featured this week♻️

Humanity is experiencing its fastest-ever energy transformation, as the rapid rise of renewables outpaces the decades-long shifts from muscle, wood, coal, and oil—benefiting us all.

Click here to read more about the article▶️
Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun
Weaning ourselves off fossil fuels is glacially slow – isn’t it? This pessimistic narrative doesn’t stack up against evidence of very rapid change in the real world.
theconversation.com
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ladyemily.nebula.tv
Finding out that Jared Leto kept doing his method acting shit and insisted on staying in character on the set of Tron Ares and would only answer to the name of Ares is so funny, like making a big ass douche of yourself for the third Tron movie where you play “computer program that gains feelings”
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adapalmer.bsky.social
The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
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Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…
buff.ly
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epennysworth.bsky.social
Every bit of this mess that we’re currently enduring is because rich people need more money & they dgaf if you’re hungry or homeless or dead in order for them to get more money
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bc-coastal.bsky.social
How about a law prohibiting politicians from knowingly lying? That would be the best tool to shut PP up. Please sign this petition & repost it often.
Remember to check your email to complete your signature. The process takes less than a minute.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6679 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
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victinibcn.bsky.social
Portland councilwoman: You know I never thought that renown puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes but here we are…