Barbara 🇨🇦
@esk1904.bsky.social
Rider fan, Oiler fan, loves Disneyland, Liason, gardening and researching my family tree
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Parks Canada planned to delete a heritage website — but one proud Canadian hit 'Save'
Stephen Taylor read a CBC story about the closure and used A.I. to create a new site #Canada
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Stephen Taylor read a CBC story about the closure and used A.I. to create a new site #Canada
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parks Canada planned to delete a heritage website — but one proud Canadian hit 'Save' | CBC News
Parks Canada plans to decommission the Canadian Register of Historic Places website , a national searchable database of 13,500 listings, this spring.
www.cbc.ca
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Parks Canada planned to delete a heritage website — but one proud Canadian hit 'Save'
Stephen Taylor read a CBC story about the closure and used A.I. to create a new site #Canada
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Stephen Taylor read a CBC story about the closure and used A.I. to create a new site #Canada
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So excited to watch this!
The Muppet Show: this thrilling return is so great I can’t even count how many times I laughed
The Muppet Show: this thrilling return is so great I can’t even count how many times I laughed
Sabrina Carpenter fangirling Miss Piggy, Beaker losing his eyes … yes, Kermit and co are back for a trip down memory lane – and it’s a perfect, saucy joy
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
So excited to watch this!
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NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
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Nation could really use Catherine O'Hara to deal with passing of Catherine O'Hara
Nation could really use Catherine O'Hara to deal with passing of Catherine O'Hara
OTTAWA - Following the passing of screen and comedy legend Catherine O'Hara, nationwide reports indicate that the only thing Canadians could use to cheer them up from their grief is Catherine O'Hara.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Nation could really use Catherine O'Hara to deal with passing of Catherine O'Hara
Having so much trouble processing the news that Catherine O’Hara has died. So many amazing characters and so much wonderful work that will live on. I’m just so very very sad.
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Having so much trouble processing the news that Catherine O’Hara has died. So many amazing characters and so much wonderful work that will live on. I’m just so very very sad.
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"When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart"
- Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)
#CatherineOHara
- Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)
#CatherineOHara
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
"When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart"
- Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)
#CatherineOHara
- Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)
#CatherineOHara
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Let us not forget that Catherine O'Hara was hired for "Saturday Night Live," spent a week there, decided it sucked, quit, and went back to Canada to make more shows with her friends.
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Let us not forget that Catherine O'Hara was hired for "Saturday Night Live," spent a week there, decided it sucked, quit, and went back to Canada to make more shows with her friends.
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Oilers show up fashionably late and shift to super nova late. The fan base turned from bellicose to blissful in short order. What an amazing, baffling team.
lowetide.ca/2026/01/30/s...
lowetide.ca/2026/01/30/s...
Shock to the System
The Edmonton Oilers are hockey's ultimate high-wire act. Ceiling to floor, the possible outcome of any game or season involves the highest highs and lowest lows. Early in last night's game versus San ...
lowetide.ca
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Oilers show up fashionably late and shift to super nova late. The fan base turned from bellicose to blissful in short order. What an amazing, baffling team.
lowetide.ca/2026/01/30/s...
lowetide.ca/2026/01/30/s...
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This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
'They're trying to replace us': the conspiracy theories driving the man behind Alberta separatism
Mitch Sylvestre says the Canadian government is criminal, he has fears of a communist takeover and he's 'cured of federalism.' Arno Kopecky spoke with him about the allegations of coordination with US...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
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Why Zach Hyman remains such a key to Edmonton Oilers’ success
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
Why Zach Hyman remains such a key to Edmonton Oilers’ success
The difference in the Oilers with Hyman in and out of the lineup remains massive.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Why Zach Hyman remains such a key to Edmonton Oilers’ success
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
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Between @mark-carney.bsky.social's Heated Rivalry fandom and the impending Winter Olympics, you may be wondering, "When did a maple leaf first appear on Cdn sport uniforms?" I gotcha covered, and thinking about a Heated Rivalry spinoff featuring 19c cricketers... #cdnhist #vexillology #cdnpoli
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Between @mark-carney.bsky.social's Heated Rivalry fandom and the impending Winter Olympics, you may be wondering, "When did a maple leaf first appear on Cdn sport uniforms?" I gotcha covered, and thinking about a Heated Rivalry spinoff featuring 19c cricketers... #cdnhist #vexillology #cdnpoli
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“Robert dropped in, having written a typically acute lyric. I don’t know many artists who could write lyrics that were as funny, interesting, and sexy, and then sing them with such verve and power” #spinmag
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The Power Station's Cocaine-Fueled Chaos Left an ’80s Masterpiece Still Revered 40+ Years Later - SPIN
It began, like so many memorable music stories do, with a British icon and the younger upstart who loved his style. The icon was one Robert Bassist John Taylor and collaborator Guy Pratt remember the ...
duran.io
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
“Robert dropped in, having written a typically acute lyric. I don’t know many artists who could write lyrics that were as funny, interesting, and sexy, and then sing them with such verve and power” #spinmag
duran.io/3ZEVv1Z
duran.io/3ZEVv1Z
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Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
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Similarly, the point of "First They Came" is not "when they came for me, that's when it was bad."
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Similarly, the point of "First They Came" is not "when they came for me, that's when it was bad."
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
They point is everyone should oppose them when they first start coming for people, even if it's not anyone you know or like. Because if you don't, things usually get worse from there.
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The reason Anne Frank's story has resonated with so many people over so many years is not because circumstances have to be exactly the same as her's for anyone to care, but because anything remotely like it is wrong, and societies moving in that direction should oppose it well before they get there.
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The reason Anne Frank's story has resonated with so many people over so many years is not because circumstances have to be exactly the same as her's for anyone to care, but because anything remotely like it is wrong, and societies moving in that direction should oppose it well before they get there.
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Not to be overly-earnest on main, but I am heartened by the reaction I've had to this story.
Thank you for caring, and for your continued interest in this issue.
Thank you for caring, and for your continued interest in this issue.
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 28, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Not to be overly-earnest on main, but I am heartened by the reaction I've had to this story.
Thank you for caring, and for your continued interest in this issue.
Thank you for caring, and for your continued interest in this issue.
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A Gwich’in man from Inuvik was travelling w/ his wife & children from Costa Rica to Canada. Detained at airport while transiting through US. Had his passport, status card, etc. ICE agent who detained him stated that status card was worthless b/c “They hand them out like candy up there”
#indigenous
#indigenous
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www.cbc.ca
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
A Gwich’in man from Inuvik was travelling w/ his wife & children from Costa Rica to Canada. Detained at airport while transiting through US. Had his passport, status card, etc. ICE agent who detained him stated that status card was worthless b/c “They hand them out like candy up there”
#indigenous
#indigenous
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Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.
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Ilhan Omar, like so many people of Minnesota, has infinitely more courage than every single snivelling weasel in the Trump admin and ICE combined.
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Ilhan Omar, like so many people of Minnesota, has infinitely more courage than every single snivelling weasel in the Trump admin and ICE combined.
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ATTENTION CANADIAN FRIENDS
If you, like me, are appalled by Donald Trump’s war on the people of Minnesota, here is something meaningful you can do to help.
Did you know there are at least nine Canadian companies that have contracts to support ICE?
#Minnesota #AbolishICE #ArrestTrump
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If you, like me, are appalled by Donald Trump’s war on the people of Minnesota, here is something meaningful you can do to help.
Did you know there are at least nine Canadian companies that have contracts to support ICE?
#Minnesota #AbolishICE #ArrestTrump
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January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
ATTENTION CANADIAN FRIENDS
If you, like me, are appalled by Donald Trump’s war on the people of Minnesota, here is something meaningful you can do to help.
Did you know there are at least nine Canadian companies that have contracts to support ICE?
#Minnesota #AbolishICE #ArrestTrump
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If you, like me, are appalled by Donald Trump’s war on the people of Minnesota, here is something meaningful you can do to help.
Did you know there are at least nine Canadian companies that have contracts to support ICE?
#Minnesota #AbolishICE #ArrestTrump
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January 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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I have felt increasingly out of step with mainstream Judaism over the past several years, but I cannot imagine how you could work at a Holocaust Museum and envision your role in this way. I just cannot imagine.
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I have felt increasingly out of step with mainstream Judaism over the past several years, but I cannot imagine how you could work at a Holocaust Museum and envision your role in this way. I just cannot imagine.
Drove 5 hours to Edmonton for a specialist appointment for my husband than only took 5 minutes 🙄
Thank goodness we had decided to take in the Oilers game or I’d be seriously annoyed right now #GoOilers
Thank goodness we had decided to take in the Oilers game or I’d be seriously annoyed right now #GoOilers
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Drove 5 hours to Edmonton for a specialist appointment for my husband than only took 5 minutes 🙄
Thank goodness we had decided to take in the Oilers game or I’d be seriously annoyed right now #GoOilers
Thank goodness we had decided to take in the Oilers game or I’d be seriously annoyed right now #GoOilers
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ICE being disbanded or defunded isn't enough; I want the masks off and their names listed on a public website. I want to see them all be jobless, their lives bankrupt, and completely unemployable.
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
ICE being disbanded or defunded isn't enough; I want the masks off and their names listed on a public website. I want to see them all be jobless, their lives bankrupt, and completely unemployable.