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@hpd9999.bsky.social
I'm from the 🇨🇦 Prairies. 🥰 Books, nature, art, music, global issues. Used to hike. Comme le disait Maman: "Vivre et laisser vivre." Français/Anglais. #TreatyOneTerritory.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.

It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.

The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Not too late to obtain your flu vaccine. Thank you.
#Alberta woman expecting baby hospitalized with influenza

At nearly eight months pregnant, Swain was hospitalized for nine days. She said doctors told her she had influenza A that led to pneumonia. She was dehydrated, had a collapsed lung and was partially septic.

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
‘Extremely painful’: Alberta woman expecting baby hospitalized with influenza
Earlier this month, the virus shut down the Swain family household in Airdrie, Alta. Charlotte Swain, who is expecting her second child, caught it the worst.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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We're absolutely loving these news stories today!

www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...
Boxing Day hunts set to vanish amid 'smokescreen' concerns
The UK Government is to consult on banning trail hunting
www.dailypost.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Ce texte transpartisan vise le « renversement de la charge de la preuve », en cas de contentieux entre un auteur et une entreprise d’IA, qui aspirent énormément de contenus sans payer de droits d’auteur aux ayants droit français.

➡️ https://go.publicsenat.fr/e4g
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Khanna: "The problem here is there are rich and powerful people who either engaged in this abuse, covered it up, or we're on this island. What the American people want to know is who are these people? Instead of holding them accountable, Pam Bondi is breaking the law."
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I am whoever. The multitude of ideas offered by the subjectivity of human thought does not exist in artificial intelligence. At some point, there will no longer be diversity of thought, or contribution from each human brain; there will only be the same set of ideas.
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Je suis quiconque. La multitude d'idées qu'offre la subjectivité de la pensée humaine n'existe pas chez l'intelligence artificielle. À un moment donné, il n'y aura plus de diversité de pensée, ou d'apport de chaque cerveau humain; il n'y aura que le même plateau d'idées.
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Happy #Solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Mist over the River Brathay
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Count"

#birds #owls
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Solstice Drive to St. Anthony
Christopher Pratt
2008
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The Stillness of Winter
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025
December 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Ukraine keeps defying the possible through tactics we have never seen before. We must keep putting pressure on Russia.
Speaking with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The BEER FOR BREAKFAST 2025 NEARLY SCIENTIFIC YEAR END TWO-FOUR
on CJUM 101.5 UMFM December 20th is now available for streaming/download at
umfm.com/programming/...
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Q: “Why do you think Trump is working so hard to stop the Epstein files from coming out?”

REPUBLICAN Rep. Massie: “These files implicate billionaires, friends of Trump, political donors — and Epstein had ties to 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 intelligence agencies.”
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Putin’s puppets.
Fascinating insights from @wsj.com re how Putin has manipulated Trump and Witkoff. U.S. billionaires who know nothing of Russia are easy marks for the wily former KGB officer. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Today's news for kids:

Dolphins are guiding Orcas to where the best fish are, but the fish are too big for the Dolphins to eat. The Orcas chomp the fish into smaller pieces when they eat it, and the Dolphins get to clean up the scraps.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Killer whales and dolphins may be helping each other hunt of B.C. coast: new report
HALIFAX – Scientists have found evidence that two unlikely collaborators — killer whales and dolphins — may be helping each other find and feast on salmon off the coast of British Columbia. Sara...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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With Chantal & Bruce away this week, it’s a special Good Talk to end 2025.

After 5 years as UN Ambassador, @bobbyrae48.bsky.social joins to talk Canada & politics. It’s a wide ranging discussion, so strap in.

🔊 on SXM Canada Talks, podcast platforms.

📺 on YouTube: youtu.be/zCLUJE02nfY
Good Talk -- It's a Bob Rae Day
YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Not the best early report from Epstein survivor Annie Farmer re: Epstein files release

Farmer: "I don't feel tremendously confident that everything will come out... there's been a lot of effort, money & time put into redactions. Not to protect victims, but to protect people in power"
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Busy Beaver"

#wildlife #beaver
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM