Jen Tee
@coffeeandchamomile.bsky.social
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Musician, educator, lover of board games, cats, cozy novels, and cozy beverages
Musician, educator, lover of board games, cats, cozy novels, and cozy beverages
Quinpool superstore has such deep contempt for its customer
Like, each visit they seem to have gone out of their way to make something about the shopping experience worse
Like, each visit they seem to have gone out of their way to make something about the shopping experience worse
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Quinpool superstore has such deep contempt for its customer
Like, each visit they seem to have gone out of their way to make something about the shopping experience worse
Like, each visit they seem to have gone out of their way to make something about the shopping experience worse
Reposted by Jen Tee
so much of the bike infrastructure debate is shaped by the presupposition that people who drive cars need their cars, whereas people who ride bikes don’t really need them
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
so much of the bike infrastructure debate is shaped by the presupposition that people who drive cars need their cars, whereas people who ride bikes don’t really need them
Can we stop pretending that the US is a safe third country for migrants?
I would also love to see media pushback on the word “illegal.” The IRB uses the term “irregular crossings,” which is much less dehumanizing
Speaking about “illegal crossings” feels like a lazy adoption of American terms
I would also love to see media pushback on the word “illegal.” The IRB uses the term “irregular crossings,” which is much less dehumanizing
Speaking about “illegal crossings” feels like a lazy adoption of American terms
A group of 19 undocumented migrants of Haitian origin was arrested Thursday night near Havelock in Quebec’s Montérégie region.
RCMP confirmed that the group was apprehended after they illegally crossed from the United States into #Canada claiming asylum.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
RCMP confirmed that the group was apprehended after they illegally crossed from the United States into #Canada claiming asylum.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Group of undocumented migrants arrested in Quebec’s Montérégie
A group of 19 undocumented migrants of Haitian origin was arrested near Havelock in Quebec's Montérégie region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Can we stop pretending that the US is a safe third country for migrants?
I would also love to see media pushback on the word “illegal.” The IRB uses the term “irregular crossings,” which is much less dehumanizing
Speaking about “illegal crossings” feels like a lazy adoption of American terms
I would also love to see media pushback on the word “illegal.” The IRB uses the term “irregular crossings,” which is much less dehumanizing
Speaking about “illegal crossings” feels like a lazy adoption of American terms
Halisky, I need help with a mystery
I’m trying to identify and locate a type of candy my family always called “soap candy” (I’m positive that’s not it’s real name)
They looks like large pastel wavy chocolate chips, and sort of melt away. They aren’t mint or chocolate
I’m trying to identify and locate a type of candy my family always called “soap candy” (I’m positive that’s not it’s real name)
They looks like large pastel wavy chocolate chips, and sort of melt away. They aren’t mint or chocolate
December 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Halisky, I need help with a mystery
I’m trying to identify and locate a type of candy my family always called “soap candy” (I’m positive that’s not it’s real name)
They looks like large pastel wavy chocolate chips, and sort of melt away. They aren’t mint or chocolate
I’m trying to identify and locate a type of candy my family always called “soap candy” (I’m positive that’s not it’s real name)
They looks like large pastel wavy chocolate chips, and sort of melt away. They aren’t mint or chocolate
If the construction of a new building blocks my sidewalk access for months at a time…
I will harbour an irrational grumpiness towards that building even years after it is completed.
Doubly so if it closed the sidewalks without adding crosswalks in a convenient location on BOTH sides
I will harbour an irrational grumpiness towards that building even years after it is completed.
Doubly so if it closed the sidewalks without adding crosswalks in a convenient location on BOTH sides
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If the construction of a new building blocks my sidewalk access for months at a time…
I will harbour an irrational grumpiness towards that building even years after it is completed.
Doubly so if it closed the sidewalks without adding crosswalks in a convenient location on BOTH sides
I will harbour an irrational grumpiness towards that building even years after it is completed.
Doubly so if it closed the sidewalks without adding crosswalks in a convenient location on BOTH sides
Halisky
There is a small pile of cute little Christmas trees leftover from the evergreen festival in the lot between the warehosue market and the maritime museum
Also some garland and boughs if you want to get fancy
There is a small pile of cute little Christmas trees leftover from the evergreen festival in the lot between the warehosue market and the maritime museum
Also some garland and boughs if you want to get fancy
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Halisky
There is a small pile of cute little Christmas trees leftover from the evergreen festival in the lot between the warehosue market and the maritime museum
Also some garland and boughs if you want to get fancy
There is a small pile of cute little Christmas trees leftover from the evergreen festival in the lot between the warehosue market and the maritime museum
Also some garland and boughs if you want to get fancy
PSA (because the reminder popped up on my phone)
If you have traditional Christmas/holiday recipes that require specific ingredients, buy them this week
This one comes with a flashback to the year I went to 7 different grocery stores on Dec 23rd to find heavy cream
If you have traditional Christmas/holiday recipes that require specific ingredients, buy them this week
This one comes with a flashback to the year I went to 7 different grocery stores on Dec 23rd to find heavy cream
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
PSA (because the reminder popped up on my phone)
If you have traditional Christmas/holiday recipes that require specific ingredients, buy them this week
This one comes with a flashback to the year I went to 7 different grocery stores on Dec 23rd to find heavy cream
If you have traditional Christmas/holiday recipes that require specific ingredients, buy them this week
This one comes with a flashback to the year I went to 7 different grocery stores on Dec 23rd to find heavy cream
Reposted by Jen Tee
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Tiniest rant: a book of sheet music I use frequently in church is organized alphabetically by hymn tune
It abbreviates Saint to St, but still alphabetizes as if it is not abbreviated
There are SO MANY of hymn tunes named after saints
It abbreviates Saint to St, but still alphabetizes as if it is not abbreviated
There are SO MANY of hymn tunes named after saints
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tiniest rant: a book of sheet music I use frequently in church is organized alphabetically by hymn tune
It abbreviates Saint to St, but still alphabetizes as if it is not abbreviated
There are SO MANY of hymn tunes named after saints
It abbreviates Saint to St, but still alphabetizes as if it is not abbreviated
There are SO MANY of hymn tunes named after saints
Not a morning person at all, but Halifax is quiet and snowy as I wait for my bus and it’s absolutely magical
I suddenly see the appeal
I suddenly see the appeal
December 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Not a morning person at all, but Halifax is quiet and snowy as I wait for my bus and it’s absolutely magical
I suddenly see the appeal
I suddenly see the appeal
Hey Halifax,
Do you like singing Christmas Carols?
December 18th at Fort Massey. Come request your favourite carol and we'll sing a verse or two of as many as we can fit into an hour, then head downstairs for cookies and hot chocolate.
Do you like singing Christmas Carols?
December 18th at Fort Massey. Come request your favourite carol and we'll sing a verse or two of as many as we can fit into an hour, then head downstairs for cookies and hot chocolate.
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey Halifax,
Do you like singing Christmas Carols?
December 18th at Fort Massey. Come request your favourite carol and we'll sing a verse or two of as many as we can fit into an hour, then head downstairs for cookies and hot chocolate.
Do you like singing Christmas Carols?
December 18th at Fort Massey. Come request your favourite carol and we'll sing a verse or two of as many as we can fit into an hour, then head downstairs for cookies and hot chocolate.
When does Whamageddon start?
Last Christmas was playing at the Salvation Army kettle on Spring Garden road Nov 29 as I was passing by
Am I already out?
Last Christmas was playing at the Salvation Army kettle on Spring Garden road Nov 29 as I was passing by
Am I already out?
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
When does Whamageddon start?
Last Christmas was playing at the Salvation Army kettle on Spring Garden road Nov 29 as I was passing by
Am I already out?
Last Christmas was playing at the Salvation Army kettle on Spring Garden road Nov 29 as I was passing by
Am I already out?
It is November 9th and I have not yet seen a poppy for sale while out and about this month. Do I frequent the wrong grocery stores or something?
Halisky, where can I grab a poppy?
Halisky, where can I grab a poppy?
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It is November 9th and I have not yet seen a poppy for sale while out and about this month. Do I frequent the wrong grocery stores or something?
Halisky, where can I grab a poppy?
Halisky, where can I grab a poppy?
Kind pharmacist agreed to give me my Covid and flu shots *in the same arm* so I’ll be able to sleep on my side
*not super recommended, since in the case of a reaction you can’t tell which one you’re reacting to, but I’ve had both before, so that was of less concern than being able to sleep
*not super recommended, since in the case of a reaction you can’t tell which one you’re reacting to, but I’ve had both before, so that was of less concern than being able to sleep
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Kind pharmacist agreed to give me my Covid and flu shots *in the same arm* so I’ll be able to sleep on my side
*not super recommended, since in the case of a reaction you can’t tell which one you’re reacting to, but I’ve had both before, so that was of less concern than being able to sleep
*not super recommended, since in the case of a reaction you can’t tell which one you’re reacting to, but I’ve had both before, so that was of less concern than being able to sleep
Reposted by Jen Tee
Meanwhile, Sobeys and Aquaterra are pulling hundreds of millions of litres of water from wells in Colchester County which they sell as bottled water. For that water, the companies pay the province a total of $769 annually. That's not a typo. It's $769. (Exactly, $768.85.)
Nova Scotia is practically giving away 'some of the purest water in Canada' - Halifax Examiner
Every year, two corporations withdraw hundreds of millions of litres of groundwater from wells in Colchester County. They bottle the water — which the companies market as “pristine” and “some of the p...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Meanwhile, Sobeys and Aquaterra are pulling hundreds of millions of litres of water from wells in Colchester County which they sell as bottled water. For that water, the companies pay the province a total of $769 annually. That's not a typo. It's $769. (Exactly, $768.85.)
Spent the afternoon at a the Gift of Life memorial honouring organ donors
If you want to be an organ donor at the end of your life, make sure your family knows your wishes. Even if you’re young and healthy, have the conversation now
If you have a chance to save a life, why wouldn’t you?
If you want to be an organ donor at the end of your life, make sure your family knows your wishes. Even if you’re young and healthy, have the conversation now
If you have a chance to save a life, why wouldn’t you?
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Spent the afternoon at a the Gift of Life memorial honouring organ donors
If you want to be an organ donor at the end of your life, make sure your family knows your wishes. Even if you’re young and healthy, have the conversation now
If you have a chance to save a life, why wouldn’t you?
If you want to be an organ donor at the end of your life, make sure your family knows your wishes. Even if you’re young and healthy, have the conversation now
If you have a chance to save a life, why wouldn’t you?
Listened to a group of children chant 6-7 for like 20 minutes straight while were working in the hall outside my classroom
It’s probably the least annoying of the trends I’ve taught through (definitely don’t miss bottle flipping) but I don’t understand how this one is holding their interest…
It’s probably the least annoying of the trends I’ve taught through (definitely don’t miss bottle flipping) but I don’t understand how this one is holding their interest…
September 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Listened to a group of children chant 6-7 for like 20 minutes straight while were working in the hall outside my classroom
It’s probably the least annoying of the trends I’ve taught through (definitely don’t miss bottle flipping) but I don’t understand how this one is holding their interest…
It’s probably the least annoying of the trends I’ve taught through (definitely don’t miss bottle flipping) but I don’t understand how this one is holding their interest…
I want to crochet my first something that isn’t a Woobles Kit
Not finding any suggested starting patterns especially inspiring
Kind of want to skip that stage and just dive in over my head with a project I’m
excited for…
Not finding any suggested starting patterns especially inspiring
Kind of want to skip that stage and just dive in over my head with a project I’m
excited for…
September 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I want to crochet my first something that isn’t a Woobles Kit
Not finding any suggested starting patterns especially inspiring
Kind of want to skip that stage and just dive in over my head with a project I’m
excited for…
Not finding any suggested starting patterns especially inspiring
Kind of want to skip that stage and just dive in over my head with a project I’m
excited for…
I want to go to the Farmers Market but I have two sleeping cats on me
On a scale of terrible cat mom to unforgivable monster, where would I rank if I disturbed them?
On a scale of terrible cat mom to unforgivable monster, where would I rank if I disturbed them?
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I want to go to the Farmers Market but I have two sleeping cats on me
On a scale of terrible cat mom to unforgivable monster, where would I rank if I disturbed them?
On a scale of terrible cat mom to unforgivable monster, where would I rank if I disturbed them?
Not if Tim Houston has his way
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I keep saying "city halls are legally designed to be the most collaborative and least political form of government", and local politicians keep going "but what if that wasn't the case".
The controversies differ by municipality but the root causes tend to be remarkably similar.
The controversies differ by municipality but the root causes tend to be remarkably similar.
McElroy is bang on.
City councils are not parliaments, which are designed to be antagonistic. City councils are boards of governance. Different rules and standards apply.
City councils are not parliaments, which are designed to be antagonistic. City councils are boards of governance. Different rules and standards apply.
August 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not if Tim Houston has his way
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PSA for Halisky
*In case you aren’t living in the rhythm of university student life
If you need anything at Costco, IKEA, Canadian Tire, or Walmart… just don’t
Not this weekend. Get your groceries on a week day if you can
There’s an influx of new students coming in and they will be shopping
*In case you aren’t living in the rhythm of university student life
If you need anything at Costco, IKEA, Canadian Tire, or Walmart… just don’t
Not this weekend. Get your groceries on a week day if you can
There’s an influx of new students coming in and they will be shopping
August 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
PSA for Halisky
*In case you aren’t living in the rhythm of university student life
If you need anything at Costco, IKEA, Canadian Tire, or Walmart… just don’t
Not this weekend. Get your groceries on a week day if you can
There’s an influx of new students coming in and they will be shopping
*In case you aren’t living in the rhythm of university student life
If you need anything at Costco, IKEA, Canadian Tire, or Walmart… just don’t
Not this weekend. Get your groceries on a week day if you can
There’s an influx of new students coming in and they will be shopping
Reposted by Jen Tee
I was thinking about how Fillmore referred to civics-minded citizens as hobbyists, and it seems to me that he views municipal government as a leisure activity and being mayor is just a retirement project.
The mayor of Halifax when faced with…..the people of Halifax:
Fillmore ended the meeting and left the room.
August 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I was thinking about how Fillmore referred to civics-minded citizens as hobbyists, and it seems to me that he views municipal government as a leisure activity and being mayor is just a retirement project.
Tenant turnover means they can raise the rent more than the cap allows
Because they only made 34 million squeezing extracting wealth from working class people
The article really spells it all out without offering even a whisper of critique of the financialized housing market
Because they only made 34 million squeezing extracting wealth from working class people
The article really spells it all out without offering even a whisper of critique of the financialized housing market
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Amid signs of a slowing rental market, Halifax-based landlord Killam Apartment REIT is expecting increased turnover of apartments to new tenants will help offset slower rent growth in Atlantic Canada.
Amid signs of a slowing rental market, Halifax-based landlord Killam Apartment REIT is expecting increased turnover of apartments to new tenants will help offset slower rent growth in Atlantic Canada.
Large landlord expects tenant turnover will offset slower rent growth in Atlantic Canada | CBC News
Amid signs of a slowing rental market, Halifax-based landlord Killam Apartment REIT is expecting higher future turnover of apartments to new tenants will help offset slower rent growth in Atlantic Can...
www.cbc.ca
August 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tenant turnover means they can raise the rent more than the cap allows
Because they only made 34 million squeezing extracting wealth from working class people
The article really spells it all out without offering even a whisper of critique of the financialized housing market
Because they only made 34 million squeezing extracting wealth from working class people
The article really spells it all out without offering even a whisper of critique of the financialized housing market
Don’t trust AI with your health
Never trust the AI results in general, but especially when it directly tied to your well being (or that of a person you are caring for)
Never trust the AI results in general, but especially when it directly tied to your well being (or that of a person you are caring for)
In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.
August 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Don’t trust AI with your health
Never trust the AI results in general, but especially when it directly tied to your well being (or that of a person you are caring for)
Never trust the AI results in general, but especially when it directly tied to your well being (or that of a person you are caring for)
Researchers at Penn are looking at developing an mRNA vaccine for celiac disease
The MAHA movement might not be the greatest of the evils
of the US admin, but…
legitimizing these antivax anti-science folks will cause unnecessary deaths and suffering (already has with the raw milk nonsense)
The MAHA movement might not be the greatest of the evils
of the US admin, but…
legitimizing these antivax anti-science folks will cause unnecessary deaths and suffering (already has with the raw milk nonsense)
August 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Researchers at Penn are looking at developing an mRNA vaccine for celiac disease
The MAHA movement might not be the greatest of the evils
of the US admin, but…
legitimizing these antivax anti-science folks will cause unnecessary deaths and suffering (already has with the raw milk nonsense)
The MAHA movement might not be the greatest of the evils
of the US admin, but…
legitimizing these antivax anti-science folks will cause unnecessary deaths and suffering (already has with the raw milk nonsense)