Tanis Miller 🍁
@tanis.bsky.social
Former writer. Current internet hag. Rural Canadian, scared of cows. Looking to escape the Bad Place. Irreverently irrelevant.
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Children funerals are one of life's saddest moments.
Hug the kids in your life because there is no guarantee they'll live to adulthood. Bless the people who work so hard in the medical professional to try and get as many kids to adulthood as possible. They're all saints.
Today was hard.
Hug the kids in your life because there is no guarantee they'll live to adulthood. Bless the people who work so hard in the medical professional to try and get as many kids to adulthood as possible. They're all saints.
Today was hard.
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Children funerals are one of life's saddest moments.
Hug the kids in your life because there is no guarantee they'll live to adulthood. Bless the people who work so hard in the medical professional to try and get as many kids to adulthood as possible. They're all saints.
Today was hard.
Hug the kids in your life because there is no guarantee they'll live to adulthood. Bless the people who work so hard in the medical professional to try and get as many kids to adulthood as possible. They're all saints.
Today was hard.
It's sobering to see how your neighbours, family and friends react in today's political environment. It was one thing to watch them dismiss your health & safety during the pandemic; it's entirely another to know they're gleeful as they harm and strip your rights away and then mock your tears.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's sobering to see how your neighbours, family and friends react in today's political environment. It was one thing to watch them dismiss your health & safety during the pandemic; it's entirely another to know they're gleeful as they harm and strip your rights away and then mock your tears.
As a born & raised Albertan & proud Canadian I am ping-ponging between raging at my prov govt & feeling sick knowing our fundamental rights & freedoms are being tossed aside for a political win. Canadians outside of Alberta: This will happen to you too. It's coming. This is the conservative playbook
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As a born & raised Albertan & proud Canadian I am ping-ponging between raging at my prov govt & feeling sick knowing our fundamental rights & freedoms are being tossed aside for a political win. Canadians outside of Alberta: This will happen to you too. It's coming. This is the conservative playbook
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It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
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make journalism great again
October 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
make journalism great again
Real life has kicked my arse these past two weeks.
Real life as in dead kids, disease, disability, aging, worst life altering decisions.
It has made politics, both Canadian and USian, unbearable and a harder pill to swallow than normal.
Real life as in dead kids, disease, disability, aging, worst life altering decisions.
It has made politics, both Canadian and USian, unbearable and a harder pill to swallow than normal.
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Real life has kicked my arse these past two weeks.
Real life as in dead kids, disease, disability, aging, worst life altering decisions.
It has made politics, both Canadian and USian, unbearable and a harder pill to swallow than normal.
Real life as in dead kids, disease, disability, aging, worst life altering decisions.
It has made politics, both Canadian and USian, unbearable and a harder pill to swallow than normal.
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Here we go.
Alberta Teachers' Association say they are going on Monday, but add they have resumed exploratory conversations with the province.
Alberta Teachers' Association say they are going on Monday, but add they have resumed exploratory conversations with the province.
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here we go.
Alberta Teachers' Association say they are going on Monday, but add they have resumed exploratory conversations with the province.
Alberta Teachers' Association say they are going on Monday, but add they have resumed exploratory conversations with the province.
The joy I feel looking at a bright blue sky against a forest of yellow and orange and red leaves is undescribable. It's almost enough to erase the horrors of reality we all muck about it.
Almost.
Almost.
October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The joy I feel looking at a bright blue sky against a forest of yellow and orange and red leaves is undescribable. It's almost enough to erase the horrors of reality we all muck about it.
Almost.
Almost.
I had two skin biopsies done yesterday, leaving me with 8 stitches. A full day of dealing with a tiny terrorist with grabby hands, I'm down to six stitches.
Take care of your skin, people. Maybe don't agree to watch angry babies afterwards, or at least until the freezing comes out.
Take care of your skin, people. Maybe don't agree to watch angry babies afterwards, or at least until the freezing comes out.
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I had two skin biopsies done yesterday, leaving me with 8 stitches. A full day of dealing with a tiny terrorist with grabby hands, I'm down to six stitches.
Take care of your skin, people. Maybe don't agree to watch angry babies afterwards, or at least until the freezing comes out.
Take care of your skin, people. Maybe don't agree to watch angry babies afterwards, or at least until the freezing comes out.
Late night kim-chi may have been a poor choice for my middle-aged stomach that grew up on predominantly bland unflavoured povo white people food.
Worth it tho.
Worth it tho.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Late night kim-chi may have been a poor choice for my middle-aged stomach that grew up on predominantly bland unflavoured povo white people food.
Worth it tho.
Worth it tho.
I will add, I went to the school to address my concerns about this discrimination and was blown off. I may indeed, be one of less than a handful who are even aware of the implications of this policy and its harm. It felt a little gaslight-y, and very dystopian.
But this shit matters.
But this shit matters.
September 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I will add, I went to the school to address my concerns about this discrimination and was blown off. I may indeed, be one of less than a handful who are even aware of the implications of this policy and its harm. It felt a little gaslight-y, and very dystopian.
But this shit matters.
But this shit matters.
I may be laying down my whistle & ending my journey as a volunteer (girls) basketball coach because I cannot stomach any participation in eroding women's rights. I will remind people, trans kids are STILL just KIDS.
This is literally some dystopian shit. Flagrantly contrary to the Charter, but also just plainly immoral backwater garbage. Danielle Smith has no business running a lemonade stand, let alone a province. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
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September 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I may be laying down my whistle & ending my journey as a volunteer (girls) basketball coach because I cannot stomach any participation in eroding women's rights. I will remind people, trans kids are STILL just KIDS.
An enormous Great Grey owl just flew out of the woods and landed on my grass about 30 meters from me and stared at me.
It held my gaze for what felt like an eternity and then unfurled its wings and flew in front and away from me.
This, after spending all day honouring deceased children.
It held my gaze for what felt like an eternity and then unfurled its wings and flew in front and away from me.
This, after spending all day honouring deceased children.
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September 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
An enormous Great Grey owl just flew out of the woods and landed on my grass about 30 meters from me and stared at me.
It held my gaze for what felt like an eternity and then unfurled its wings and flew in front and away from me.
This, after spending all day honouring deceased children.
It held my gaze for what felt like an eternity and then unfurled its wings and flew in front and away from me.
This, after spending all day honouring deceased children.
I've spent HOURS emailing and calling members of the AB government to address the upcoming changes to AISH that will kick ALL severely disabled people off the program until they prove they can't work or are actively dying, and I've received ONE form letter in response to my efforts.
I just CANNOT.
I just CANNOT.
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September 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I've spent HOURS emailing and calling members of the AB government to address the upcoming changes to AISH that will kick ALL severely disabled people off the program until they prove they can't work or are actively dying, and I've received ONE form letter in response to my efforts.
I just CANNOT.
I just CANNOT.
I’ve spent hours writing my MLA, the premier, and various cabinet ministers about: the AISH changes, vaccine access, gender declarations for little girls to play sports, Alberta separation and more.
This Ab government is chewing up my time and my energy and harming all of us along the way.
This Ab government is chewing up my time and my energy and harming all of us along the way.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I’ve spent hours writing my MLA, the premier, and various cabinet ministers about: the AISH changes, vaccine access, gender declarations for little girls to play sports, Alberta separation and more.
This Ab government is chewing up my time and my energy and harming all of us along the way.
This Ab government is chewing up my time and my energy and harming all of us along the way.
And I would like to remind Albertans, and Canadians, that the AISH (assured income for the severly handicapped) is a program for people with SEVERE disabilities, usually permanent lifelong injuries. These people have ALREADY had to jump through medical hoops to PROVE and justify their eligibility.
September 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And I would like to remind Albertans, and Canadians, that the AISH (assured income for the severly handicapped) is a program for people with SEVERE disabilities, usually permanent lifelong injuries. These people have ALREADY had to jump through medical hoops to PROVE and justify their eligibility.
Attended the Premier Council's town hall for the AISH changes the Ab government is ramming down severely disabled throats & became increasingly more incensed. This govt is unconcerned with the harm they create or the devastation of forcing SEVERELY disabled people into further poverty.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Attended the Premier Council's town hall for the AISH changes the Ab government is ramming down severely disabled throats & became increasingly more incensed. This govt is unconcerned with the harm they create or the devastation of forcing SEVERELY disabled people into further poverty.
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Vaccines save lives.
September 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Vaccines save lives.
Things I'm raging about: corruption the AB govt has (allegedly) engaged in; the restriction of access to medical services incl. vaccinations; the reduction of my severely disabled son's monthly income by $200; the school book ban or how girls 12-17 are being targeted in sports. THANK U UCP voters.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Things I'm raging about: corruption the AB govt has (allegedly) engaged in; the restriction of access to medical services incl. vaccinations; the reduction of my severely disabled son's monthly income by $200; the school book ban or how girls 12-17 are being targeted in sports. THANK U UCP voters.
I knew today would be rough out here in Battleriver-Crowfoot for progressives like myself; but when I saw the handwritten sign “thank you BR-C voters” stuck to a giant Poilievre sign, it felt a bit soul crushing.
I do not understand why people keep voting against their own interests.
I do not understand why people keep voting against their own interests.
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I knew today would be rough out here in Battleriver-Crowfoot for progressives like myself; but when I saw the handwritten sign “thank you BR-C voters” stuck to a giant Poilievre sign, it felt a bit soul crushing.
I do not understand why people keep voting against their own interests.
I do not understand why people keep voting against their own interests.
Voted in the by-election today. SO MANY voters in the polling station in the middle of the day. Our constituency is dedicated to making progressives weep. But I'm going to hang onto the hope that Poilievre loses.
August 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Voted in the by-election today. SO MANY voters in the polling station in the middle of the day. Our constituency is dedicated to making progressives weep. But I'm going to hang onto the hope that Poilievre loses.
America just keeps getting great...
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
www.npr.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
America just keeps getting great...
What a day. I had to actually start a fire in my wood stove because the house temperature dropped to 16 degrees with all the rain, oh, and the dictator of Russia made the President of the United States look like a chump in front of the entire world.
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August 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
What a day. I had to actually start a fire in my wood stove because the house temperature dropped to 16 degrees with all the rain, oh, and the dictator of Russia made the President of the United States look like a chump in front of the entire world.
WHAT THE F*CK, I do not like this timeline.
August 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
WHAT THE F*CK, I do not like this timeline.