adrienne
@mermaidrienne.bsky.social
fat queer and tired✨ (they/them)
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If you allow Nova Scotia Power to make automatic withdrawals from your account, a couple thoughts: 1) Bless your soul. You are too pure for this world. 2) Revoke permission. Tout suite.
Nova Scotia Power billed customer $500 for a cottage that’s had power shut off for a year | CBC News
Eric Orde, 89, says the power bill for the cottage he’s owned outside of Annapolis Royal for 35 years is usually around $50 — not $500 — when it's not being used.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If you allow Nova Scotia Power to make automatic withdrawals from your account, a couple thoughts: 1) Bless your soul. You are too pure for this world. 2) Revoke permission. Tout suite.
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don’t know where to start? here are some brands that i like (+a vid of me wearin some, for a visual):
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
don’t know where to start? here are some brands that i like (+a vid of me wearin some, for a visual):
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
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I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
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more frog, again. seasonal frog
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
more frog, again. seasonal frog
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Since user fees discourage behavior we could put tolls on the bridges and charge for hospital parking to reduce congestion.
Province to Explore Solutions for Halifax Peninsula Traffic Congestion news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/12/1...
Province to Explore Solutions for Halifax Peninsula Traffic Congestion
news.novascotia.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Since user fees discourage behavior we could put tolls on the bridges and charge for hospital parking to reduce congestion.
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Night Snow
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Night Snow
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
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Winter is one of the best times to educate people about car-centric policies because when it's snowy you can clearly see how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. Even if you're not some activist, someone walking in winter can appreciate how much an unplowed sidewalk sucks.
This was a choice, not by the person walking but by the decision makers who refuse to prioritize them.
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Winter is one of the best times to educate people about car-centric policies because when it's snowy you can clearly see how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. Even if you're not some activist, someone walking in winter can appreciate how much an unplowed sidewalk sucks.
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Rawan has a really painful gum infection that she desperately needs treated if you can help ❤️
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rawan. Rawan is a studying to be a doctor in a medical laboratory . She had to stop because she couldn’t afford the fees. Her family is struggling including her siblings Mohammed, 25, Samer, 20, Abdulrahman, 18, Rahaf, 13 and Rafeef, 8.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Rawan has a really painful gum infection that she desperately needs treated if you can help ❤️
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it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
it does feel like an intense societal problem that the founder of palantir, the biggest survellience company, thinks like this
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Quick reminder: you have the right for your health information to be accurate & up to date under Nova Scotia’s Personal Health Information Act (PHIA).
If you can’t edit information directly, check the privacy policy. At minimum should be a contact who can direct requests.
If you can’t edit information directly, check the privacy policy. At minimum should be a contact who can direct requests.
Phew, if you're using the YourHealthNS app, the patient summary is worth a little check...
Mine reads like it's AI-generated, including hallucinations.
Mine reads like it's AI-generated, including hallucinations.
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Quick reminder: you have the right for your health information to be accurate & up to date under Nova Scotia’s Personal Health Information Act (PHIA).
If you can’t edit information directly, check the privacy policy. At minimum should be a contact who can direct requests.
If you can’t edit information directly, check the privacy policy. At minimum should be a contact who can direct requests.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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Our Request Program makes #masking more accessible. 😷 Help us continue this work by donating today. Your donation will be matched so your money will go further! 💙
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskingIsCaring
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskingIsCaring
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our Request Program makes #masking more accessible. 😷 Help us continue this work by donating today. Your donation will be matched so your money will go further! 💙
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskingIsCaring
donatemask.ca/fundraiser
#GivingTuesdayCa #Masks4All #MaskingIsCaring
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
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Spotify Wrapped, YouTube Recap, Amazon Delivered, Apple Replay, and other year-end summaries of what we listened to and watched on streaming platforms, is a reminder that our data is being harvested by corporations we pay to steal our data.
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Spotify Wrapped, YouTube Recap, Amazon Delivered, Apple Replay, and other year-end summaries of what we listened to and watched on streaming platforms, is a reminder that our data is being harvested by corporations we pay to steal our data.
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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We need to print a wallet sized version of this with HRM-related notes and give one to every member of Halifax Regional Council!!
It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We need to print a wallet sized version of this with HRM-related notes and give one to every member of Halifax Regional Council!!
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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For the record, the traffic diverter would have improved safety not only for cycling, but for pedestrians and drivers as well. The area has speeding issues on Harvard which would be prevented with this diverter. Safety, traffic easing, enhancing other forms of transportation. These are the benefits.
Well, Halifax's newest modal filter – an essential part of the Allan/Oak local street bikeway – lasted less than 24h before being torn out. #BikeHfx
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For the record, the traffic diverter would have improved safety not only for cycling, but for pedestrians and drivers as well. The area has speeding issues on Harvard which would be prevented with this diverter. Safety, traffic easing, enhancing other forms of transportation. These are the benefits.
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Not to be too dramatic but if this is true then the province has essentially stripped residents of the HRM of their power as vested in our municipal democracy.
Construction workers told me that the province intervened via the Department of Labour and had them remove the diverter. I haven't confirmed that info in any way however.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Not to be too dramatic but if this is true then the province has essentially stripped residents of the HRM of their power as vested in our municipal democracy.
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It’s the 70s forever in this fucking province. We’re never moving into the future.
Well, Halifax's newest modal filter – an essential part of the Allan/Oak local street bikeway – lasted less than 24h before being torn out. #BikeHfx
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s the 70s forever in this fucking province. We’re never moving into the future.
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New Point in Time count just dropped for Halifax.
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New Point in Time count just dropped for Halifax.
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