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
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.
Okay, this is one of the rare times that you have the read the comments. The video is outstanding and explains the gut-brain connection very well.
And the comments are *glorious* folks. GLORIOUS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h3Y...
And the comments are *glorious* folks. GLORIOUS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h3Y...
How Your Gut Bacteria Controls Your Mood
YouTube video by Dr. Tracey Marks
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Okay, this is one of the rare times that you have the read the comments. The video is outstanding and explains the gut-brain connection very well.
And the comments are *glorious* folks. GLORIOUS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h3Y...
And the comments are *glorious* folks. GLORIOUS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h3Y...
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some always popular posts here is someone going "guys stop posting so many bad things" and every time I'm like "skill issue. mine is pristine over here." I don't need a timeline cleanse because mine is clean 💅🏾
February 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
some always popular posts here is someone going "guys stop posting so many bad things" and every time I'm like "skill issue. mine is pristine over here." I don't need a timeline cleanse because mine is clean 💅🏾
In going through the replies, it's clear a lot of people truly do not understand how to use mute words, mute account, and/or block account.
Also, if you are triggered by everyday life, I recommend staying out of the discover tab. 🤷♀️
(don't send hate to this user or the people in the replies)
Also, if you are triggered by everyday life, I recommend staying out of the discover tab. 🤷♀️
(don't send hate to this user or the people in the replies)
I don't know what Bluesky thinks "show less like this" means, but it doesn't show less like that.
February 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
In going through the replies, it's clear a lot of people truly do not understand how to use mute words, mute account, and/or block account.
Also, if you are triggered by everyday life, I recommend staying out of the discover tab. 🤷♀️
(don't send hate to this user or the people in the replies)
Also, if you are triggered by everyday life, I recommend staying out of the discover tab. 🤷♀️
(don't send hate to this user or the people in the replies)
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The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
Rahaeli is not exaggerating here at all! I was getting replies to months old posts about a *current* post and could not figure out what they were doing.
They were looking for an open post so that they could give me a reply.
Please touch grass. PLEASE.
They were looking for an open post so that they could give me a reply.
Please touch grass. PLEASE.
And yeah, what Krista said: people will follow me just to demand why I have posts set to followers only, comb through my replies tab looking for places where I replied to an OP who doesn't reply-gate (thus hassling both me AND the OP), make a top level post of their own and tag me, etc etc.
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Rahaeli is not exaggerating here at all! I was getting replies to months old posts about a *current* post and could not figure out what they were doing.
They were looking for an open post so that they could give me a reply.
Please touch grass. PLEASE.
They were looking for an open post so that they could give me a reply.
Please touch grass. PLEASE.
Just 50 hours to go on this!
If we hit 105 backers, my dogs will get peanut butter pancake sandwiches.
Would you deny Luna and Jersey snacks?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
If we hit 105 backers, my dogs will get peanut butter pancake sandwiches.
Would you deny Luna and Jersey snacks?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
February 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Just 50 hours to go on this!
If we hit 105 backers, my dogs will get peanut butter pancake sandwiches.
Would you deny Luna and Jersey snacks?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
If we hit 105 backers, my dogs will get peanut butter pancake sandwiches.
Would you deny Luna and Jersey snacks?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
@craigschaeferbooks.com I just finished The locust Job, and I swear Daniel can't do anything without making everything fifteen times worse.
It's his gift.
It's his gift.
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 AM
@craigschaeferbooks.com I just finished The locust Job, and I swear Daniel can't do anything without making everything fifteen times worse.
It's his gift.
It's his gift.
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Now the clay is leather hard, burnished it smooth.
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Now the clay is leather hard, burnished it smooth.
*tapping the sign for the second time today, despite how I have barely been on bluesky today*
I want to show you this because several of you have, frankly, used a very "welcome to your first day on Earth" tone with me to tell me to simply limit who replies to my posts.
This is what happens when I limit my replies.
I'm including Bree's reply simply because she sums up the issue perfectly.
This is what happens when I limit my replies.
I'm including Bree's reply simply because she sums up the issue perfectly.
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM
*tapping the sign for the second time today, despite how I have barely been on bluesky today*
IF SOMEONE HAS THEIR REPLIES TURNED OFF DO NOT TAG OR DM THEM WITH YOUR REPLY
Even if you are doing it to compliment them!
THEY TURNED THEM OFF FOR A REASON.
Even if you are doing it to compliment them!
THEY TURNED THEM OFF FOR A REASON.
February 15, 2026 at 3:28 AM
IF SOMEONE HAS THEIR REPLIES TURNED OFF DO NOT TAG OR DM THEM WITH YOUR REPLY
Even if you are doing it to compliment them!
THEY TURNED THEM OFF FOR A REASON.
Even if you are doing it to compliment them!
THEY TURNED THEM OFF FOR A REASON.
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We started on Valentine's Day 2020, so it is fitting we end on Valentine's Day 2026. Thanks to everyone who participated and everyone who listened. We leave you with lots of memories and recommendations. My heart was full.
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/142/
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/142/
Final Love Fest (Agents of SMOOCH 142)
Welcome to our last mission to say goodbye to the Agency. It seems fitting that we do this on Valentine’s Day, exactly six years after we started. We’ve gathered a collection of Agents to reminisce ab...
www.theincomparable.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
We started on Valentine's Day 2020, so it is fitting we end on Valentine's Day 2026. Thanks to everyone who participated and everyone who listened. We leave you with lots of memories and recommendations. My heart was full.
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/142/
www.theincomparable.com/smooch/142/
I have 11 pages left of this watercolour paper I don't like, so using it to test some colour blends
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I have 11 pages left of this watercolour paper I don't like, so using it to test some colour blends
I want to show you this because several of you have, frankly, used a very "welcome to your first day on Earth" tone with me to tell me to simply limit who replies to my posts.
This is what happens when I limit my replies.
I'm including Bree's reply simply because she sums up the issue perfectly.
This is what happens when I limit my replies.
I'm including Bree's reply simply because she sums up the issue perfectly.
February 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I want to show you this because several of you have, frankly, used a very "welcome to your first day on Earth" tone with me to tell me to simply limit who replies to my posts.
This is what happens when I limit my replies.
I'm including Bree's reply simply because she sums up the issue perfectly.
This is what happens when I limit my replies.
I'm including Bree's reply simply because she sums up the issue perfectly.
I would probably be more comfortable telling people to go die in a fire more often than I currently do 🤷♀️
Hey artist/creator/writer/etc people: if tomorrow you were guaranteed a very comfortable living the rest of your life, how would that affect your relationship to social media?
February 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I would probably be more comfortable telling people to go die in a fire more often than I currently do 🤷♀️
Waiting for the pharmacy to open so that I can call in for my refill, since obviously I would put it off until the very last moment.
February 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Waiting for the pharmacy to open so that I can call in for my refill, since obviously I would put it off until the very last moment.