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Hope Smithers
@alisonhope.bsky.social
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Hostage negotiator, atheist, aspiring gardener, born at 319 ppm, cohost @RaptorQueensPod.bsky.social
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About the sticks....Nellie would like a word.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Ha! This game was a low water mark for fucking frauds. Cavs beat a bunch of 10 day and two way Raptors and bench is mean mugging. Fans acting like it's the Finals.
Screenshot of Raps/Cavs game from 2021. 45 pt blowout. Toronto's roster decimated by covid. Headline should read Cavs rout G League team"
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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This is Nellie's favourite place. Lots of squirrels. She is so excited that she is shaking.
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Traveling stick...4 km.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Today's walk...mild November
#DogsOfBluesky
Black German Shepherd Otto, 3.5 years old in foreground. Nellie, long haired Sable, 10.5 years old, behind
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Watched the BKN/WAS game on Sunday (clearly I'm a masochist). Such a visually unappealing court and the uniforms were no better.
Pic of bland NBA court and bland team unfiroms...Washington and Brooklyn.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Reminds me of this gem. Can't make this shit up
Conservative MP used the image of murdered CAF member Nathan Cirillo for a Thanksgiving ham giveaway.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Raptors at 1830 then Blue Jays....contingency plan.
Sign at our front door in seasonal orange. Dear Ghosta Goblins Princesses Minions and Scarecrows We see you but we can't get to the door. You may each have three treats. This is the honour system. If you arrive and there is no candy, somebody before you was greedy and dishonest. Ps your costume is great
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Calling out bullshitand giving zero fucks.
Letter to my MPP complaining about Dougie Ford's expansion of penned hunting.
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Brandon Ingram while the Raptors figure it out.
Bugatti parked beside a trailer.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Reppin.
Toronto Blue Jays flag affixed to a beige garage door. Tropical plants languishing in front of door.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Chores done. Waiting for the game
Nellie in the background, Otto on the bed. Both walked, tired.
October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Somebody at the dog park today asked me if Otto is a Husky.
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Are you kidding me?
Black German Shepherd sitting behind a water bucket on vivid green grass.
October 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Every time I see this stupid sign, it infuriates me. Everyone except the unhoused, Brown and Black people and the mentally ill. One late night, I'm gonna grab a sharpie and add a couple of words..."Bernardo?" "Picton?" Must be nice to be so fucking naive.
Prob intended to be inspirational, this sign on the side of a house in a high traffic area shows the photo of a pregnant woman with the message "everyone happens for a reason."
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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IMHO, it's just lip service. Dougie is outsourcing contracts to American firms. How people believe this guy is beyond me.
Screenshot of CityNews piece about Ontario signing a contract with an American firm. In August. 2025.
September 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Aside from a poorly considered beige sofa, this is pretty cute.
Black German Shepherd sleeping on a beige soft. Head is on a pillow. Stretched out.
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Wow! Caryopteris...I love this little shrub. Great for pollinators
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Stunningly beautiful blue Caryopteris. One of many bumblebees visible upper middle.
September 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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@ahol888.bsky.social checking out alt Immaculate Grid type sites. Came across this today. WTAF?
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Waiting intently for....watermelon
Two German Shepherds waiting not for a chunk of meat but for a chunk of watermelon. They love it!
August 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Otto and his pal Kai
Two German Shepherds taking a break in the shade on a hot day...Otto is foreground, shiny black. Kai, long-haired aka fluffy behind. Friend's climbing wall in background.
August 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Some of the slop AI being served up on google...some kinda "journalism" about MJ being the all time leading scorer if he had continued playing. "Article" references Austin Rivers but had a pic of Austin Reeves.
AI slop being peddled as journalism. Quotes Austin Rivers with a pic of Austin Reeves. FFS.
August 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Piece of shit Doug Ford postures about saving dogs from research/experiments yet is quietly expanding the senseless cruelty of penned hunting. THIS Ontarioan is not stupid.
Screenshot of a CBC article about Doug Ford "hunting down" scientists who use dogs and cats in medical studies. Dougie neglects to mention that he is expanding access to the barbaric "hobbby" of penned hunting. Just like it sounds...wild coyote, foxes or rabbits in an enclosure. Hunting dogs then released and tear said wild defenseless animal apart...alive.
August 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Publicly available sched of sitting for the Ontario Legislature. Lazy fuck Doug Ford will attend how many of those 51 days?
Parliamentary calendar for the Ontario Legislature indicating 51 days of sitting...out of 365.
August 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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It's a jungle here. Got in my car at 0530 on Mon -- temp 27°.
Lush green tropicals thriving in the hot humid Ontario summer.
August 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM