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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir

@intheprairie.bsky.social

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Books, TV, & cheap wine. Support animal to many. No patience for bigots. I swear a lot. Treaty One Territory (Manitoba)

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · Dec 13

I'm going to say this once. If I just followed you back, we've never interacted, and the first thing you do is message me, you will be blocked.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1m

Gathering today, and grateful. 🍁🥧🍂

a happy thanksgiving greeting card with pumpkins and corn

Alt: a happy thanksgiving greeting card with pumpkins and corn

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 12h

Oh my gosh, is this a throwback.
Perfect for Thanksgiving.
#pierogi
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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 1d

Royally perverted

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Slam @slamastack.bsky.social · 16h

Yesssss

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 15h

If I win the lottery I'll never tell but there will be signs www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/5...

5611 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 - 6 beds/3.5 baths

(MRED as Distributed by MLS Grid) For Sale: 6 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 5611 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 ∙ $1,950,000 ∙ MLS# 12491486 ∙ Nestled on a tree-lined cul-de-sac directly opposite Ray Elementary...

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 19h

We’ve gotten to witness a few things about these ICE agents… & really what it has shown us is how disorganized they are & how poorly supervised & trained they are… one of whom said “man I don’t even remember why I’m here anymore” & the other said “I don’t know either”so there’s a deep demoralization

Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 3d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 1d

Grandpa: I sent your grandma 57 handwritten love letters from the western front and she finally agreed to marry me when I returned from the war

Me: the computer told me to say "I had a good time last night" to this girl but it didn't work for some reason

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 20h

Heavy metal legend Rob Halford of Judas Priest gets his own McFarlane Toys action figure, arriving in August. The 6-inch "Metal God" collectible honors one of rock’s most iconic voices. zurl.co/P6OKK

Heavy Metal Icon Rob Halford Immortalized with New McFarlane Toys Action Figure - That Eric Alper

McFarlane Toys has unveiled a Rob Halford action figure, set to be released in August. Music Maniacs Metal Rob Halford (Judas Priest) immortalizes the “Metal God” as a detailed six-inch scale figure with “Music Maniacs”-themed window box packaging. Designed with up to 12 points of articulation for posing and play, the figure features a microphone […]

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Beach Buoy @12bbytheseaside.bsky.social · 22h

Had a lovely chat with the elderly man with an elderly greyhound.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 22h

This.
💯 All of this.

Once again @doubleemmartin.bsky.social nails it.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: As AI simulacra get ‘better,’ life sure to get worse

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Voodoo Vintage @voodoovintage.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, we lost a Fashion & Film ICON & the world got a little less cool & stylish. So, today's #FashionHistory🧵is a little tribute to the wonderful style & fantabulous fashion of the incomparable Diane Keaton.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

You can use AI.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

She burned their letters.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 1d

polcie raid on a gay pub, Strand, 1830

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

I don't remember hearing about them being in Winnipeg. If they came thru now I'd definitely go.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! 😄

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

In all my years there are two Winnipeg concerts I regret missing. One is The Police, the other is Pink Floyd.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Rick Steeves Fascism in Europe on PBS.

The greatest threat to democracy is propaganda.
It has always been propaganda.

When you can get people to believe nonsense, or live in fear, or hate the "other", fascism takes hold.
People turning on their neighbours, is fascism.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 1d

In this house, we believe:
- love is love
- science is real
- books are magic portals
- pants are always optional
- squirrels are little demons
- the forest accepts you as you are, and for who you will become

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Jeff Knox @mrjeffknox.bsky.social · 1d

#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - “shimmering boomerang”
October 12, 1989 — Winnipeg, Manitoba
1/12:20 a.m. A shift worker in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is returning home through a park when he sees a “shimmering boomerang” in the sky.

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll check it out.

Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

After decades with my guy, I can’t imagine dating again either, but this is good.

Friendship first is the way, as it was in the beginning…

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

FIRST PERSON | 'Are we dating?' After 30 years, I found out how little the world of romance has changed | CBC News

After his wife passed away, Pat Parrott settled into a life in which he thought his dating days were behind him. A chance encounter with a former co-worker led to a friendship, but he wondered if it w...

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

My introverted soul is going to need 3 days to recover from the last 2 days, but today was like a big hug.

Caught up with a lot of really good people that I have not seen in many years. And honestly, thank goodness for the extraverts that bring people together. ❤️

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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir @intheprairie.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t always agree with McLaughlin and have not forgotten his time with the Pallister govt, but I do agree with what he says here, and he now has me angrily reading the report by the MB Ethics Commissioner…

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Opinion: Politics and pride: an oft-interesting mix