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Annette Wierstra
@annettew.bsky.social
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Podcaster. Cat lover. Knitter. Watercolourist. Director of Agent of SMOOCH on the Incomparable network. Opinions are my own.
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We’ve recently lost the iconic Diane Keaton. Agents of SMOOCH wanted to do a special mission to honour her. We chose The First Wives Club with Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and some amazing power suits.
With @shelly.brisbin.net, Heather Berberet, and Micki Maynard.

www.theincomparable.com/smooch/136/
three women in white coats are dancing in a hallway .
Alt: Bette, Diane, and Goldie in white coats and suits are dancing their iconic dance to "You Don't Own Me."
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November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I love podcasting with @sgwong.com .
So I know I will love listening to her podcast.
Go subscribe to @multitudespodcast.bsky.social
sgwong.com Sandra is cheering you on! @sgwong.com · 17h
I made a thing! that plays music! with me introducing my new #podcast! @multitudespodcast.bsky.social !

#SmallJoys except they're actually BIG 😃 and coming soon to a podcast player near you ✨
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Agents of SMOOCH is back for the season of the Witch.
Happy Halloween agents!
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Of course it's an episode about a witch movie. It's Halloween!

Have a listen as @shelly.brisbin.net and I discuss The Witches of Eastwick (1987) with our ever-delightful Director @annettew.bsky.social, and find out what we mean by "The Sexy Part" 😉

#AgentsOfSmooch on @theincomparable.com
The Sexy Part (Agents of SMOOCH 135)
The Agents are back with a Halloween mission full of magic and glorious 80s hair. Join us for Witches of Eastwick with Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer with the devilish Jack Nicholson. Our cov...
www.theincomparable.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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When you've spend hours looking for your little black kitten...

. . . and then...

💙 🐾 💙
June 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I’m glad I gave myself a few days to process the #DoctorWho S2 finale before I wrote this for @denofgeek.bsky.social! (CONTAINS SPOILERS) www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-wh...
Doctor Who: Farewell to the Fifteenth Doctor
Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor was joyful, flirtatious, and… robbed? One fan explores the fallout from the Season Two finale. Spoilers.
www.denofgeek.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
annettew.bsky.social
Rewatching the 13th Doctor era and just got to the Haunting of Villa Diodati just as a thunderstorm rolls in.
May 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Davey is actively campaigning for separatism.

And he clearly wants the new republic of Alberta to be his own private Gilead.

Under his eye indeed.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
May 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Agents of SMOOCH Day! Today's mission to convince you to watch the most Canadian of mystery shows: Murdoch Mysteries. @amandaraeprescott.bsky.social and I give no mysteries away and hope you will be drawn into the world of #murdochmysteries
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/134/
The Artful Detective (Agents of SMOOCH 134)
This episode of Agents of SMOOCH is a spoiler-light mission to convince you to watch the most Canadian of mystery shows: Murdoch Mysteries. This series, set in the 1890s to 1910s, is 18 seasons long a...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Gameshows are the most chaotic fun with @glennf.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I have a weekly sketch date with my friend and we just hang and sip wine and sketch or paint whatever we feel like. Since I'm in my bird era I made a blue jay.
A chubby little blue jay sitting on a branch. Back of the bird and looking back towards us. Sitting on a branch. Painted in gouache.
May 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Edmonton picked the magpie as our bird which feels right. So tonight I painted a magpie.
A watercolour magpie on a fence. But it's a little squat but the colour is deeply satisfying so I call this one a win.
May 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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It's Monday and I'm already tired.
May 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Lovely to come back to this fun episode and revisit the opinions of a few of my favourite Austenheads re Sense snd Sensibility
annettew.bsky.social Annette Wierstra @annettew.bsky.social · May 9
@sgwong.com dubbed us Austenheads and I am going with it.
annettew.bsky.social Annette Wierstra @annettew.bsky.social · May 9
The Austenheads return. For today’s Agents of SMOOCH mission, it's Sense and Sensibility. A movie packed with stars, beautiful scenery, and romance…and a flatulent horse?
With @sgwong.com @shelly.brisbin.net @moiseschiu.bsky.social @amandaraeprescott.bsky.social
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/133/
May 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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amandaraeprescott.bsky.social
Have you caught up with the newest #DoctorWho ep “The Story and the Engine”? Read my with spoilers interview with screenwriter Inua Ellams on @denofgeek.bsky.social! www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-wh...
Doctor Who Writer Explains "The Story & The Engine" Inspirations and Ending
With episode spoilers, Doctor Who screenwriter Inua Ellams unpacks the inspirations behind his Lagos-set episode "The Story & The Engine."
www.denofgeek.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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This was very very fun, definitely recommend.
ritacoolbeans.bsky.social Rita A. Rubin 🌈🐉 @ritacoolbeans.bsky.social · Apr 15
A BALLAD FOR SLAYERS & MONSTERS IS FINALLY OUT!!

Thank you to everyone who has supported my ‘The Witcher meets Castlevania but make it sapphic’ book thus far 💜✨

Find yourself a copy here: books2read.com/u/4A0e6q
Two white hands holding the hardcover and paperback copies of A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters by Rita A. Rubin. Below them is text that reads ‘OUT NOW!’
May 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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My tree era will continue but I am also entering my bird era. I took yesterday off and painted birds that come to my bird feeder. The bird cam has helped me learn more about the bird ecosystem in my back yard. Both of these were here all winter.
The house sparrows are my most common visitors to my feeder. I would have thought they were two different birds but the male and female are quite distinct. He has some dramatic black spots and she is a nice stripey little brown bird. They are quite noisy and messy little critters. This is a good example of the room to grow my skills. I did improve this with a second pass. These are the house finches and I get excited every time we see that lorilliant red chest on the male. The female is another little brown bird with some different colour patterns from the sparrow. I had no idea we had such pretty birds in our yards. They are much tidier eaters at the bird feeder.
May 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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shelly.brisbin.net
I never imagined I could be fairly be called an Austen lhead, but I’ll take it.
May 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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@sgwong.com dubbed us Austenheads and I am going with it.
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The Austenheads return. For today’s Agents of SMOOCH mission, it's Sense and Sensibility. A movie packed with stars, beautiful scenery, and romance…and a flatulent horse?
With @sgwong.com @shelly.brisbin.net @moiseschiu.bsky.social @amandaraeprescott.bsky.social
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/133/
Always Be the Colonel Brandon (Agents of SMOOCH 133)
The Austenheads return. For today’s mission, we return to Austen with the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. This movie is packed with stars, beautiful scenery, and romance…and add in a flatule...
www.theincomparable.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
A brutally honest and heartbreaking answer from former Alberta CMOH Dr Mark Joffe when asked on measles…

“If the govt of Alberta actually wanted your opinion, what would you tell them to do today?”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
April 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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This is really important. Do NOT use the AI summaries at the top of google searches. Ignore them. This is especially important if you don't have any prior knowledge about the topic, but also a good general rule.

Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.
katie-drummond.bsky.social Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · Apr 24
Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.

www.wired.com/story/google...
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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sgwong.com
Lovelies, this epi was sheer joy to do and also, this happened:

@moiseschiu.bsky.social: [redacted]

Me: How dare you, sir!

Have a listen to find out why 😁
annettew.bsky.social Annette Wierstra @annettew.bsky.social · Apr 25
Agents of SMOOCH day!
We continue our Pride & Prejudice mission with the 2005 film. With @astrokatie.com, @sgwong.com, and @moiseschiu.bsky.social www.theincomparable.com/smooch/132/
Shoulders up photo of Elizabeth and Darcy touching heads and clasping hands.
April 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Agents of SMOOCH day!
We continue our Pride & Prejudice mission with the 2005 film. With @astrokatie.com, @sgwong.com, and @moiseschiu.bsky.social www.theincomparable.com/smooch/132/
Shoulders up photo of Elizabeth and Darcy touching heads and clasping hands.
April 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I got mini eggs for Easter but I want more mini eggs.
April 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM