Tamra 🇨🇦 she/her/mama bear
@tealynn.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Love will drown out the hate
Be kind
Mama Bear 🐻
Dog & Cat Mum 🐶🐶🐱
Tunisian crocheter
Food is my love language
Toronto Blue Jays fan
Mask wearer for health & community care
Covid Competent 😷
#CleanTheAir
#CovidIsntOver
#WearAMask
#SaltingTheVibes
Be kind
Mama Bear 🐻
Dog & Cat Mum 🐶🐶🐱
Tunisian crocheter
Food is my love language
Toronto Blue Jays fan
Mask wearer for health & community care
Covid Competent 😷
#CleanTheAir
#CovidIsntOver
#WearAMask
#SaltingTheVibes
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Financially secure retirees are speaking out. Meet Stephanie, a retired physician and mother of 3 who believes Canada's Old Age Security system needs reform. She doesn't want or need her payments and thinks reform is badly needed. Stephanie urges us all to "think beyond ourselves".
Canadians want to fix Old Age Security: Stephanie urges us to think beyond ourselves.
In a show of intergenerational solidarity, a growing number of Canadian seniors are telling Generation Squeeze that they are willing to give up their Old Age Security (OAS) benefit if it means diverting the funds to those in need: Seniors living in poverty and younger Canadians suffering through a crisis of affordability. There are 10 parts to our series: Canadians want to fix Old Age Security. In this tenth episode Stephanie, a retired physician and mother of three in Victoria admits she didn’t have to struggle “the way younger generation are struggling now” and suggests we should all “think beyond ourselves” when we consider how government budgets should prioritize the needs of its citizens. Stephanie thinks the Generation Squeeze plan to fix OAS is a win-win! OAS is 75 years out of date. Its 1950s design is dragging down today’s budget, and letting down seniors and young people alike. 75%...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Financially secure retirees are speaking out. Meet Stephanie, a retired physician and mother of 3 who believes Canada's Old Age Security system needs reform. She doesn't want or need her payments and thinks reform is badly needed. Stephanie urges us all to "think beyond ourselves".
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🧵You’re invited to the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas – a series of free virtual events designed to bring Covid Conscious folks together for the holidays for celebration, connection, and community!
Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🧵You’re invited to the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas – a series of free virtual events designed to bring Covid Conscious folks together for the holidays for celebration, connection, and community!
Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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It is NOT NORMAL to get reinfected over and over with a new virus. Can we please get some GD clean air in public places and for the love of god can we normalize masking already!!!! Just WTAF everyone
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It is NOT NORMAL to get reinfected over and over with a new virus. Can we please get some GD clean air in public places and for the love of god can we normalize masking already!!!! Just WTAF everyone
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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We still see room for improvement in the budget. Let's start by fixing Old Age Security! Financially secure seniors are still getting payments while 400,000 seniors live in poverty and while we badly need more funding for housing!!! action.gensqueeze.ca/fix_oas
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We still see room for improvement in the budget. Let's start by fixing Old Age Security! Financially secure seniors are still getting payments while 400,000 seniors live in poverty and while we badly need more funding for housing!!! action.gensqueeze.ca/fix_oas
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It's not like we were born with an innate understanding of N95 masks and airborne transmission. Many of us put in the intellectual effort to understand it, starting in 2020. You don't need a medical degree to understand this stuff. It has been explained, and explained, and explained.
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's not like we were born with an innate understanding of N95 masks and airborne transmission. Many of us put in the intellectual effort to understand it, starting in 2020. You don't need a medical degree to understand this stuff. It has been explained, and explained, and explained.
A delightful, whimsical thread about Claire 🥰
Look, about the ghost.
We haven't actually registered an apparition / cold spot / odd noise in this house.
(Unless you count a few customers asking the name of the white cat. Our cats are orange and tortoiseshell...?)
So we usually disappoint ghost hunters.
That said...
Her name is Claire.
🧵
We haven't actually registered an apparition / cold spot / odd noise in this house.
(Unless you count a few customers asking the name of the white cat. Our cats are orange and tortoiseshell...?)
So we usually disappoint ghost hunters.
That said...
Her name is Claire.
🧵
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A delightful, whimsical thread about Claire 🥰
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Saying it again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Saying it again.
My addition: treating offenders better than the victims
What are four hallmarks of purity culture that also neatly align with how pedophiles think? Wow, I'm so glad you asked.
1). Sexualizing children constantly
2). Romanticizing the father/daughter relationship
3). Believing heterosexuality needs to be taught
4). Treating children like little adults
1). Sexualizing children constantly
2). Romanticizing the father/daughter relationship
3). Believing heterosexuality needs to be taught
4). Treating children like little adults
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My addition: treating offenders better than the victims
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Excuse my language, but fucking anti vaxxers who have no compassion or empathy for others caused this. Listen to Science not the keyboard warriors who think they know more than doctors.
#Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/c...
#Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/c...
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
TORONTO — The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country has officially lost its measles elimination status, which it had held since 1998. The federal agency says the Pan American Health Organiza...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excuse my language, but fucking anti vaxxers who have no compassion or empathy for others caused this. Listen to Science not the keyboard warriors who think they know more than doctors.
#Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/c...
#Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/c...
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Local woman wakes up, is wondering if anyone has 2 free or low cost tickets to Sigur Ros in Edmonton tonight for local woman and her husband, makes oatmeal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Local woman wakes up, is wondering if anyone has 2 free or low cost tickets to Sigur Ros in Edmonton tonight for local woman and her husband, makes oatmeal.
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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Safe people know how to handle hearing "no" without losing their sh*t & pivoting to emotional abuse.
No exceptions.
No exceptions.
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Safe people know how to handle hearing "no" without losing their sh*t & pivoting to emotional abuse.
No exceptions.
No exceptions.
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Timeline cleanse. Big, goofy smiles incoming.
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Timeline cleanse. Big, goofy smiles incoming.
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I find that statement “kids are germiest“ utterly infuriating.
Children are meant to be cared for by adults.
If they have excess quantities of “germs” it’s our fault for not giving them healthier environments to grow up in.
They are kept in overcrowded, under-ventilated, under funded 💩 holes.
Children are meant to be cared for by adults.
If they have excess quantities of “germs” it’s our fault for not giving them healthier environments to grow up in.
They are kept in overcrowded, under-ventilated, under funded 💩 holes.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I find that statement “kids are germiest“ utterly infuriating.
Children are meant to be cared for by adults.
If they have excess quantities of “germs” it’s our fault for not giving them healthier environments to grow up in.
They are kept in overcrowded, under-ventilated, under funded 💩 holes.
Children are meant to be cared for by adults.
If they have excess quantities of “germs” it’s our fault for not giving them healthier environments to grow up in.
They are kept in overcrowded, under-ventilated, under funded 💩 holes.
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If you are rich, like Million$ plus… and you’re not doing a damn thing to help others, especially right now, you should be ashamed of yourself. And your hell loop is gonna be a doozy.
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If you are rich, like Million$ plus… and you’re not doing a damn thing to help others, especially right now, you should be ashamed of yourself. And your hell loop is gonna be a doozy.
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This seems like it deserves more attention.
A young Tory MP's name gets mentioned as someone ready to cross the floor. He goes to ground and then suddenly announces he is stepping down.
Young MPs just don't quit politics unless someone dumped a political horse head in the bed.
#cutthroatontherideau
#carneyneedsjust1
Young MPs just don't quit politics unless someone dumped a political horse head in the bed.
#cutthroatontherideau
#carneyneedsjust1
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This seems like it deserves more attention.
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Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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I imagine Carter, RBG, Lewis, Hortman are smiling down on us all tonight. 💙
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I imagine Carter, RBG, Lewis, Hortman are smiling down on us all tonight. 💙
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The elephant in the room: Canada's deficit is projected to be $78.3 billion this year, and $56.6 billion by 2029. Buried in this red ink lies the same structural tension that has haunted Ottawa for decades: growth in spending tied to age. #cdnpoli #budget2025
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The elephant in the room: Canada's deficit is projected to be $78.3 billion this year, and $56.6 billion by 2029. Buried in this red ink lies the same structural tension that has haunted Ottawa for decades: growth in spending tied to age. #cdnpoli #budget2025
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Do you feel like the only one who still wears a mask at home in 2025 when people are still sick? Well guess what? You're in good company - thank you, Christina Applegate!
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Do you feel like the only one who still wears a mask at home in 2025 when people are still sick? Well guess what? You're in good company - thank you, Christina Applegate!
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Canadians be aware! #Canada
Man billed $1,500 for vehicle he didn't own, insurer says he still has to pay
Legal loophole means sellers can be held responsible for vehicles after they've sold them
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Man billed $1,500 for vehicle he didn't own, insurer says he still has to pay
Legal loophole means sellers can be held responsible for vehicles after they've sold them
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www.cbc.ca/news/go-publ...
Sold your car? You could still be on the hook for the new owner’s bills | CBC News
A retired truck driver in B.C. is on the hook for a bill connected to a vehicle he no longer owns after the buyer failed to register the sale. A legal expert says the case exposes a gap in vehicle tra...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Canadians be aware! #Canada
Man billed $1,500 for vehicle he didn't own, insurer says he still has to pay
Legal loophole means sellers can be held responsible for vehicles after they've sold them
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/go-publ...
Man billed $1,500 for vehicle he didn't own, insurer says he still has to pay
Legal loophole means sellers can be held responsible for vehicles after they've sold them
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/go-publ...
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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What an awesome journey. It didn't work out in the end, and that's ok.
Most of the world is full of gloom, but this was a bright spot that brought people together in all kinds of ways.
Thank you #BlueJays!!
Most of the world is full of gloom, but this was a bright spot that brought people together in all kinds of ways.
Thank you #BlueJays!!
a blue jays mascot on a baseball field
ALT: a blue jays mascot on a baseball field
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November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
What an awesome journey. It didn't work out in the end, and that's ok.
Most of the world is full of gloom, but this was a bright spot that brought people together in all kinds of ways.
Thank you #BlueJays!!
Most of the world is full of gloom, but this was a bright spot that brought people together in all kinds of ways.
Thank you #BlueJays!!
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Holidays can be especially hard for Covid Conscious folks. Let's make this year different.
12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!
Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!
12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!
Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Holidays can be especially hard for Covid Conscious folks. Let's make this year different.
12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!
Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!
12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!
Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!