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Audra 🇨🇦 Halfdansdottir
@intheprairie.bsky.social
Books, TV, & cheap wine.
Support animal to many.
No patience for bigots.
I swear a lot.
Treaty One Territory (Manitoba)
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I'm going to say this once. If I just followed you back, we've never interacted, and the first thing you do is message me, you will be blocked.
Having to wait months… or years to resolve disputes with CRA is ridiculous.

It took DAYS for me to reach a human at CRA just to report a death. Then you get a recording threatening to cut you off if you get angry on the call??

Slashing jobs is insanity & Ai is useless.
www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...
Taxpayers complain of long waits for the CRA to fix its errors, deliver refunds | CBC News
The Canada Revenue Agency is warning about processing delays for several key services involving Canadians’ tax returns. Some people stuck in the backlog say they're stressed and desperate for a resolu...
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Did you know in #Canada you can get a birth control prescription from Pharmacists in the following Provinces:

Newfoundland & Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia

In Ontario & Manitoba you need a doctors prescription
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Stompin' Tom Connors was a Canadian legend.
He wrote over 300 songs and released four dozen albums that focused on Canada's history, culture and places.
He was Canadian to the core.
This is his story.

🧵 1/12
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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What is it with companies insisting on adding functionality their users explicitly do not want?

Here, take the slop machine.
NO!
Okay, how about the privacy violator?
NO!
Ummm. what about paying a subscription fee??
OMG FUCK OFF!
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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🇬🇧 Ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have passed potentially confidential reports to Jeffrey Epstein while a UK trade envoy, according to US government files on the late US sex offender released last month.
➡️ u.afp.com/S2RL
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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😂
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I love this.
I honestly have very vivid memories of learning to skate as a wee one. Shuffling along with my right hand on the boards while Mom walked on the left side of me. It was that memorable.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Newcomers to Canada take skating lessons at camp in Headingley
Abenezer Massore has newfound respect and admiration for the Olympians who are lacing up to compete in Milano Cortina. The 15-year-old newcomer is no stranger to sports; he grew up swimming and playin...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Every single person in Minneapolis wears a whistle right now.

Every. Single. Person.
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Are there people that actually “rate” every purchase they make when a company hounds them via email? Who has time for this?
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I don't remember hearing about bus accidents like this before. And rolling? Never.
It was a school bus in Manitoba a few weeks ago, now this.
My first thought is... slow down.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Woman dead, 22 others injured after bus rolls over in northwestern Alberta: RCMP | CBC News
A woman is dead and 22 other people were taken to hospital with injuries of varying degrees, after a charter bus rolled over on a highway in northwestern Alberta Saturday night, RCMP said.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:

Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down

Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged

Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
It’s actually very frightening to fully realize there is a segment of the population who want their children to be
*uneducated*
(home schooled),
*pregnant as teens*
(control their access to healthcare),
and ultimately, under the control of others before they’ve even reached their 20’s.
…/2
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is honestly terrifying. Alberta is losing it.
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Thinking of my teen years, I knew girls who were on the pill without their parents knowledge because they were afraid to talk to their parents about it.
I would counsel saying, would you rather tell them they’re going to be grandparents?
The idea of “parents rights” his nonsense.
It's worth noting that according to the Charter, children have full human rights at birth, and that "parents rights" is a made up RWNJ term, not a legal one.
“Until this week, parents and guardians could only access the online personal health information of children under the age of 12.

The Alberta government has now extended that access up until a teenager turns 18.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
February 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Is this his granddaughter or a “paid escort”? I honestly want to know because the creep factor is off the fucking charts. I’m tired of just carrying on like this is normal.
Checking in on Mar-a-Lago tonight.
February 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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This powerful PSA from Epstein survivors will air during the Super Bowl. “Stand with us.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

[World Without Exploitation]
February 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I loved this album. Listened to this and “Impressed” on repeat.
The week ending February 8, 1986, teenage Texas singer/songwriter & guitarist Charlie Sexton earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his new wave-flavored “Beat’s So Lonely” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #38. It spent 10 weeks on the chart, peaking at #17. #CharlieSexton #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
Charlie Sexton - Beat's So Lonely
YouTube video by OneHitWondered
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February 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I have not paid attention to the Olympics in many years quite honestly. When did they start allowing lyrics in figure skating program music?
February 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Calm it cat. You're not Alan Rickman at the end of Die Hard.
February 8, 2026 at 10:40 AM
A helicopter is coming in to airlift an injured skier out. I don't watch Olympics closely, but I've never seen this
February 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Woke up at 3:00 am.
Gave up trying to sleep at 4:30.
Today is going to be stellar…
February 8, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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@karaswisher.bsky.social talks to Heated Rivalry's executive producers about how they kept production costs low on the hit series, which cost roughly $2.2 million per episode.

By comparison, Stranger Things season five episodes reportedly cost between $50 million & $60 million.

#HeatedRivalry
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM