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Susan Portelance

@prairiescribe.bsky.social

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Writer, Editor and Instructor. Lover of poochies, music, movies, canoes and the outdoors. Frequently found with a book and a cup of tea. Neurodivergent (She/her) Winnipeg/Treaty One Territory 🇨🇦

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 8h

These napoleonic skeletons are the most original Halloween decorations I’ve seen this year.

Two skeletons dressed in French uniforms from the napoleonic era, surrounded by French flags and ‘stay out’ signs.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 9h

They actually love people getting jobs due to their identities, because throughout history most good jobs went to white guys regardless of competence.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 11h

The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 11h

The DEI debate comes to Canada. www.thestar.com/diversity-eq...

Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a

www.thestar.com

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 9h

Nice to see the Blue Jays have found their bats tonight.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 10h

Loved Too Late for Goodbyes.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 4d

“People who dislike Gen AI are just stuffy bores”

Bitch one of us actually knows how many fingers humans have and evidently it’s not ChatGPT

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Wendy Ad 🇨🇦🌈🐝 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🐾🐈🌻🇺🇦🍁🇦🇷 @muchogatos.bsky.social · 20h

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 14h

I would guess he’s in the middle of doing air quotes from the look of the picture.

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Troy Avevipart🍁 @privatevotary.bsky.social · 20h

Take the abstraction out of Poilievre's sloganeering — it hits different.

𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆.

𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆.

𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

They're saying it bluntly. It's up to each of us to choose to actually 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 it.

Pierce Poilievre
@PierrePoilievre

Sign here. End DEI.

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 14h

You’re always good, but this is one of your best.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20h

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

By now, foreign governments must have put their least effective and competent spies on the job of spying on us. It's just too easy.

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 1d

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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will buikema @willbuikema.bsky.social · 20h

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 18h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 15h

Look at that face!

Close up of the cutest border collie in the world, Beckett.

Susan Portelance @prairiescribe.bsky.social · 19h

I’d love to hear the rest of ChatGPT’s answers for this one.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

Trudeau is still living rent-free in the brains of the National Post's brass, clearly.

Justin Trudeau ‘just too vanilla’ for Katy Perry, says Canadian ‘super fan’ who voted Conservative
'To be honest with you, I think he kind of stole my thunder,' Braiden Palumbo said of the former PM

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 2d

Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo...

I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 1d

Well, that might help explain Joe Rogan and Theo Von, for a start

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...