Krista D. Ball: Canada's Grumpy Potato
@kristadb1.bsky.social
Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
Krista's motto: don't let the randos steal your joy. She posts on reddit: she's been called worse by better than you.
kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.
Krista's motto: don't let the randos steal your joy. She posts on reddit: she's been called worse by better than you.
kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.
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"Men made me very angry." - Goodreads
Read my historical fantasy - an exploration of grief, guilt, and one woman's search for internal peace. Also ghosts.
Complete series.
AMI books2read.com/u/bwqara
AGR books2read.com/u/mZKZzB
SoW books2read.com/u/38V7Ma
ALC books2read.com/u/mKXvDV
Read my historical fantasy - an exploration of grief, guilt, and one woman's search for internal peace. Also ghosts.
Complete series.
AMI books2read.com/u/bwqara
AGR books2read.com/u/mZKZzB
SoW books2read.com/u/38V7Ma
ALC books2read.com/u/mKXvDV
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I still think it's funny to have yellow snow warnings. 🤭
February 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I still think it's funny to have yellow snow warnings. 🤭
Following me to insult me gets you blocked.
I post my art practices, even if they are meh or sometimes ruined messes, so that people can see what learning looks like. Too often, we only see curated perfection.
(I don't need hugs & emotional support; I'm simply explaining how things work here)
I post my art practices, even if they are meh or sometimes ruined messes, so that people can see what learning looks like. Too often, we only see curated perfection.
(I don't need hugs & emotional support; I'm simply explaining how things work here)
February 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Following me to insult me gets you blocked.
I post my art practices, even if they are meh or sometimes ruined messes, so that people can see what learning looks like. Too often, we only see curated perfection.
(I don't need hugs & emotional support; I'm simply explaining how things work here)
I post my art practices, even if they are meh or sometimes ruined messes, so that people can see what learning looks like. Too often, we only see curated perfection.
(I don't need hugs & emotional support; I'm simply explaining how things work here)
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Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.
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We're home, they did what I wanted and provided she doesn't get worse, we can see my regular vet on Tuesday. She's had fluids and now I have to try to get her to eat. 😭
February 16, 2026 at 4:41 AM
We're home, they did what I wanted and provided she doesn't get worse, we can see my regular vet on Tuesday. She's had fluids and now I have to try to get her to eat. 😭
I tried practicing drawing people.
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I tried practicing drawing people.
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Also my neighbour wants everyone to know that I’m a crazy person wearing ankle socks and sneakers in winter.
February 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Also my neighbour wants everyone to know that I’m a crazy person wearing ankle socks and sneakers in winter.
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Sweden is about to bug hotel rooms
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Sweden is about to bug hotel rooms
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Canada's reign of terror is coming to an end
February 16, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Canada's reign of terror is coming to an end
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Oh, waugh. If anybody can help the house of chaos kitties... 💗
Hey folks! @skyladawn.ca is at the emergency vet clinic with the fourth emergency in four months.
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Oh, waugh. If anybody can help the house of chaos kitties... 💗
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Me Day 1 of Olympics: Okay so they gotta jump far on skis? Hah, they look like flying squirrels!
Me now: Well, she passed the K-Line, and the gate compensation is gonna get her some points, but I don’t know if it’ll be enough to make up for the lack of a Telemark landing.
Me now: Well, she passed the K-Line, and the gate compensation is gonna get her some points, but I don’t know if it’ll be enough to make up for the lack of a Telemark landing.
February 16, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Me Day 1 of Olympics: Okay so they gotta jump far on skis? Hah, they look like flying squirrels!
Me now: Well, she passed the K-Line, and the gate compensation is gonna get her some points, but I don’t know if it’ll be enough to make up for the lack of a Telemark landing.
Me now: Well, she passed the K-Line, and the gate compensation is gonna get her some points, but I don’t know if it’ll be enough to make up for the lack of a Telemark landing.
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Charlotte Higgins' Tracey Emin interview is predictably tremendous. we are so lucky we still have her.
"Most of all... she regrets... too much partying; not enough time devoted to the thing at the centre of her life: art."
Yes. That's what one always regrets.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
"Most of all... she regrets... too much partying; not enough time devoted to the thing at the centre of her life: art."
Yes. That's what one always regrets.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Charlotte Higgins' Tracey Emin interview is predictably tremendous. we are so lucky we still have her.
"Most of all... she regrets... too much partying; not enough time devoted to the thing at the centre of her life: art."
Yes. That's what one always regrets.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
"Most of all... she regrets... too much partying; not enough time devoted to the thing at the centre of her life: art."
Yes. That's what one always regrets.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I've not done much art in the past year for various reasons, so obviously now that I my art room finally accessible again, I am immediately upset and annoyed that my art isn't where it was a year ago EVEN THOUGH no one expects to be able to run the same if they give up running for a year
AND YET
AND YET
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I've not done much art in the past year for various reasons, so obviously now that I my art room finally accessible again, I am immediately upset and annoyed that my art isn't where it was a year ago EVEN THOUGH no one expects to be able to run the same if they give up running for a year
AND YET
AND YET
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Please check out this thread on how to help @skyladawn.ca, a person I adore and admire so much. She's at the emergency vet with another cat emergency, and this is not going to be inexpensive. Any help financial assistance we can provide will help.
Hey folks! @skyladawn.ca is at the emergency vet clinic with the fourth emergency in four months.
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
February 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Please check out this thread on how to help @skyladawn.ca, a person I adore and admire so much. She's at the emergency vet with another cat emergency, and this is not going to be inexpensive. Any help financial assistance we can provide will help.
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REID: "The President of the United States is a colicky baby. And now Mark Carney and the whole country has to face that constant decision: Do we pick him up and walk him around and make soothing sounds? Or do we let him lay in his crib and cry it out?"
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
REID: "The President of the United States is a colicky baby. And now Mark Carney and the whole country has to face that constant decision: Do we pick him up and walk him around and make soothing sounds? Or do we let him lay in his crib and cry it out?"
Tumbler Ridge survivor's condition still critical but improving
YouTube video by CityNews
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Yes I bought another @skyladawn.ca premade cover but I have a title and a tagline and everything this time.
What's that? Have I written the book for it yet? Do I even have time to write the book for it? Those are, frankly, rude questions and I won't be answering them.
What's that? Have I written the book for it yet? Do I even have time to write the book for it? Those are, frankly, rude questions and I won't be answering them.
February 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Yes I bought another @skyladawn.ca premade cover but I have a title and a tagline and everything this time.
What's that? Have I written the book for it yet? Do I even have time to write the book for it? Those are, frankly, rude questions and I won't be answering them.
What's that? Have I written the book for it yet? Do I even have time to write the book for it? Those are, frankly, rude questions and I won't be answering them.
THEY JUST HIT 105 BACKERS!!!
TIME FOR PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.
TIME FOR PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.
February 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
THEY JUST HIT 105 BACKERS!!!
TIME FOR PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.
TIME FOR PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.
I am glad that Jason Kenney has repeatedly, throughout his career, defended the racism that gets ties to criticisms of the TFW program given his original involvement in it (and, honestly, the racists are why we can never have constructive dialogue to help fix the program)
And the source for those tweets?
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney.
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Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I am glad that Jason Kenney has repeatedly, throughout his career, defended the racism that gets ties to criticisms of the TFW program given his original involvement in it (and, honestly, the racists are why we can never have constructive dialogue to help fix the program)
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Hey folks! @skyladawn.ca is at the emergency vet clinic with the fourth emergency in four months.
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
February 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Hey folks! @skyladawn.ca is at the emergency vet clinic with the fourth emergency in four months.
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
I found this to be a fantastic post (and explanation) about that red hat fundraiser in the US, as well as some of the anger involved from a few sides. The comments are super interesting, too, as they cover the counter arguments to the main rant.
www.reddit.com/r/BitchEatin...
www.reddit.com/r/BitchEatin...
From the BitchEatingCrafters community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the BitchEatingCrafters community
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February 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I found this to be a fantastic post (and explanation) about that red hat fundraiser in the US, as well as some of the anger involved from a few sides. The comments are super interesting, too, as they cover the counter arguments to the main rant.
www.reddit.com/r/BitchEatin...
www.reddit.com/r/BitchEatin...
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The 3-Day Weekend Stretch Goal Surge continues, we might have to send out for more tea to keep it fueled. $344 to reach the first Stretch Goal of adding an additional 4-6 authors to the anthology. www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... Continued thanks bearing with us for these signal boost posts.
Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity
A Hard SF anthology of stories involving tea or coffee, stars, and gravity.
www.kickstarter.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The 3-Day Weekend Stretch Goal Surge continues, we might have to send out for more tea to keep it fueled. $344 to reach the first Stretch Goal of adding an additional 4-6 authors to the anthology. www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... Continued thanks bearing with us for these signal boost posts.
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The Case for Alberta Staying in Canada open.substack.com/pub/duanebra...
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Case for Alberta Staying in Canada open.substack.com/pub/duanebra...
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I’ll show you mine, since you showed me yours! albertaviews.ca/the-case-for...
The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views
I’m calling on us to do something un-Canadian: and stand up for the country we love—and reject the idea of a sovereign Alberta
albertaviews.ca
February 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I’ll show you mine, since you showed me yours! albertaviews.ca/the-case-for...
Hey folks! @skyladawn.ca is at the emergency vet clinic with the fourth emergency in four months.
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
February 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Hey folks! @skyladawn.ca is at the emergency vet clinic with the fourth emergency in four months.
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
This appointment is probably going to cost ~$500 so I'd like us to try to cover as much of it as possible. This is going to be a thread on how to help.
1/?
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All set up at Phantom of the Attic Comics on S. Craig St. in Pittsburgh. Stop by 12-5.
February 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
All set up at Phantom of the Attic Comics on S. Craig St. in Pittsburgh. Stop by 12-5.