Dawn Smith
@saffyre9.bsky.social
Digital marketer, hippie at heart, introvert and HSP. She/her. 🇨🇦
Pro-🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🍉🐋
Pro-🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🍉🐋
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Reposted by Dawn Smith
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Let kids create. Let it take time. Let it be messy and not "perfect". Let them experiment w/different media & techniques. Let them discover something wonderful within themselves. Encourage them to have patience w/ themselves as they learn.
The rewards will be enormous, for the kids & for our world.
The rewards will be enormous, for the kids & for our world.
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Let kids create. Let it take time. Let it be messy and not "perfect". Let them experiment w/different media & techniques. Let them discover something wonderful within themselves. Encourage them to have patience w/ themselves as they learn.
The rewards will be enormous, for the kids & for our world.
The rewards will be enormous, for the kids & for our world.
As I sit here comfortably on my couch with a hot coffee, in a fuzzy sweater, under a fuzzy blanket, I'm regretting my decision to sign up for a yoga class this morning. I really don't want to go outside.
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As I sit here comfortably on my couch with a hot coffee, in a fuzzy sweater, under a fuzzy blanket, I'm regretting my decision to sign up for a yoga class this morning. I really don't want to go outside.
Right before the holiday travel season. What could go wrong? 🫠
Thousands of flights facing disruption as Airbus says 6,000 planes need software upgrade trib.al/wZVxIy3
Thousands of flights facing disruption as Airbus says 6,000 planes need software upgrade
Passengers on multiple airlines could face delays this weekend
inews.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Right before the holiday travel season. What could go wrong? 🫠
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
I took tomorrow afternoon off to burn some vacation time, knowing full well I'll still have to work at some point over the weekend.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I took tomorrow afternoon off to burn some vacation time, knowing full well I'll still have to work at some point over the weekend.
Dear ecomm website managers: I'm going to purchase from whichever website gives me the ability to filter by the features that are related to the product I'm purchasing.
I don't care about the "gender" of a sleeping bag. I do care about the temperature range it's suitable for.
I don't care about the "gender" of a sleeping bag. I do care about the temperature range it's suitable for.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Dear ecomm website managers: I'm going to purchase from whichever website gives me the ability to filter by the features that are related to the product I'm purchasing.
I don't care about the "gender" of a sleeping bag. I do care about the temperature range it's suitable for.
I don't care about the "gender" of a sleeping bag. I do care about the temperature range it's suitable for.
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Yeah, hell no on this one. Shopify's CEO has openly supported the US's tariff pressure on Canada and wants to build our own DOGE. Theres nothing groundbreaking about Shopify's tech. We shouldn't be trying to build DOGE, we should be trying to build our own digital services group like 18F.
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yeah, hell no on this one. Shopify's CEO has openly supported the US's tariff pressure on Canada and wants to build our own DOGE. Theres nothing groundbreaking about Shopify's tech. We shouldn't be trying to build DOGE, we should be trying to build our own digital services group like 18F.
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Life expectancy. That's probably an important metric.
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Life expectancy. That's probably an important metric.
My snow removal company just told me I could pay them via *cheque* sent in the *mail*.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My snow removal company just told me I could pay them via *cheque* sent in the *mail*.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
My latest corporate pet peeve: sales reps dropping a calendar invite that you don't respond to, but then they still expect you to show up.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My latest corporate pet peeve: sales reps dropping a calendar invite that you don't respond to, but then they still expect you to show up.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
Daily question to myself: What am I anxious about now? Or did I just have too much coffee?
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Daily question to myself: What am I anxious about now? Or did I just have too much coffee?
Reposted by Dawn Smith
This is headline whiplash.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is headline whiplash.
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Canadians should travel outside of North America more often
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Canadians should travel outside of North America more often
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
As someone who's had precancerous cells removed from their cervix (twice!), this is highly disappointing. Those two surgeries were the most physically painful events in my life, and I'm required to have follow up for life.
Get vaxxed FFS.
Get vaxxed FFS.
So, here’s another deadly disease that’s easily prevented by vaccination.
Simply put, anti-vaxx sentiment and its exponents are killing people.
🤔🧐😖
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Simply put, anti-vaxx sentiment and its exponents are killing people.
🤔🧐😖
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada was on track to eliminate cervical cancer. Now doctors are alarmed by what they are seeing
New figures from Canadian Cancer Society confirm a troubling trend. “It’s frustrating to see this happen for a cancer that is completely preventable.”
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As someone who's had precancerous cells removed from their cervix (twice!), this is highly disappointing. Those two surgeries were the most physically painful events in my life, and I'm required to have follow up for life.
Get vaxxed FFS.
Get vaxxed FFS.
A tree came down in my driveway in a windstorm this morning (missed the car!), and I'm currently torn between "this is why I bought the cordless sawzall" and "maybe I should just call my uncle to deal with this".
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A tree came down in my driveway in a windstorm this morning (missed the car!), and I'm currently torn between "this is why I bought the cordless sawzall" and "maybe I should just call my uncle to deal with this".
Narrator: We will not
One study estimated that “334 thousand COVID-19 infections are attributable to meatpacking plants in the U.S. with associated mortality and morbidity costs totaling more than $11.2 billion” (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...)
I hope we do a better job protecting workers in the next pandemic
I hope we do a better job protecting workers in the next pandemic
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Narrator: We will not
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water - Environmental Defence
Statement by Rebecca Kolarich, Water Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
environmentaldefence.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
I picked up 3 months worth of mail from my ex and realized I nearly missed a rescheduled medical appointment, that they chose to only notify me about by snail mail. The letter was dated *during* the postal strike. Madness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I picked up 3 months worth of mail from my ex and realized I nearly missed a rescheduled medical appointment, that they chose to only notify me about by snail mail. The letter was dated *during* the postal strike. Madness.
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
Reposted by Dawn Smith
a crossing guard being killed by a driver the day before we yank speed cameras out of school zones is super on the nose
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
a crossing guard being killed by a driver the day before we yank speed cameras out of school zones is super on the nose
Reposted by Dawn Smith
Today's word is...
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today's word is...
Text from my BFF who's an IPAC nurse in LTC: "Got some in my fridge." Covid shot girls night this weekend? 😂
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
I'm scheduled to get flu & covid shots tomorrow afternoon, but my covid shot was just cancelled due to "supply issues", which honestly sounds about right for how Ontario is managing the spread of this disease.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Text from my BFF who's an IPAC nurse in LTC: "Got some in my fridge." Covid shot girls night this weekend? 😂
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
I'm scheduled to get flu & covid shots tomorrow afternoon, but my covid shot was just cancelled due to "supply issues", which honestly sounds about right for how Ontario is managing the spread of this disease.
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm scheduled to get flu & covid shots tomorrow afternoon, but my covid shot was just cancelled due to "supply issues", which honestly sounds about right for how Ontario is managing the spread of this disease.