Maid of Orleans
@maidoforleans.bsky.social
Please, it's been a long, hard year and I do not need pickle-stuffed latkes, or chicken nugget latkes, or hot dog latkes. And I sure as hell do not need deep fried cauliflower masquerading as a latke.
(But I will continue to eat my latkes with cheddar cheese).
(But I will continue to eat my latkes with cheddar cheese).
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Please, it's been a long, hard year and I do not need pickle-stuffed latkes, or chicken nugget latkes, or hot dog latkes. And I sure as hell do not need deep fried cauliflower masquerading as a latke.
(But I will continue to eat my latkes with cheddar cheese).
(But I will continue to eat my latkes with cheddar cheese).
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Alberta Justice Colin Feasby’s decision on a proposed referendum question affirmed it would violate Treaty Rights, Section 35 of the Constitution, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It's a decision the Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations is applauding.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280917
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280917
Alberta Judge rules referendum on separation unconstitutional
Justice Colin Feasby’s decision affirmed a referendum would violate Treaty Rights, Section 35 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
www.aptnnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Alberta Justice Colin Feasby’s decision on a proposed referendum question affirmed it would violate Treaty Rights, Section 35 of the Constitution, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It's a decision the Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations is applauding.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280917
www.aptnnews.ca?p=280917
The next time someone tells you Islam is incompatible with Western society and values, you can tell them that in Ontario, the local mosque was a stop in the village of Cumberland's annual Christmas market.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The next time someone tells you Islam is incompatible with Western society and values, you can tell them that in Ontario, the local mosque was a stop in the village of Cumberland's annual Christmas market.
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Why are tech billionaires buying land in Honduras and beyond? Tonight @jeyantvo.bsky.social talks to @jacobsilverman.com about his book "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," and the quest for tax-free, bespoke nations run by elites. | Producer: Mike Attenborough
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why are tech billionaires buying land in Honduras and beyond? Tonight @jeyantvo.bsky.social talks to @jacobsilverman.com about his book "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," and the quest for tax-free, bespoke nations run by elites. | Producer: Mike Attenborough
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A reminder that Franklin is a book character from Canadian author Paulette Bourgeois and Canadian illustrator Brenda Clark.
As a Canadian, Franklin would only be able to enlist if he already had a Green Card (PR).
As a Canadian, he would have the right of return to Canada if deported from the US.
As a Canadian, Franklin would only be able to enlist if he already had a Green Card (PR).
As a Canadian, he would have the right of return to Canada if deported from the US.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A reminder that Franklin is a book character from Canadian author Paulette Bourgeois and Canadian illustrator Brenda Clark.
As a Canadian, Franklin would only be able to enlist if he already had a Green Card (PR).
As a Canadian, he would have the right of return to Canada if deported from the US.
As a Canadian, Franklin would only be able to enlist if he already had a Green Card (PR).
As a Canadian, he would have the right of return to Canada if deported from the US.
It's that time of year again. So here is my annual PSA... If you are making "Christmas Crack" aka Saltine Cracker Toffee, this season, it's much, much better with matzah as the base cracker. (Plain matzah, not egg matzah, definitely not whole wheat or spelt).
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It's that time of year again. So here is my annual PSA... If you are making "Christmas Crack" aka Saltine Cracker Toffee, this season, it's much, much better with matzah as the base cracker. (Plain matzah, not egg matzah, definitely not whole wheat or spelt).
Humpback Whale
Minke Whale
Beluga
Wild Horses
Grey Wolf
But my lifetime dream is to find the elusive Ottawa River otters.
Minke Whale
Beluga
Wild Horses
Grey Wolf
But my lifetime dream is to find the elusive Ottawa River otters.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Beaver
Big Horn sheep
Pacific lamprey
Ant lion
Stone fly
Beaver
Big Horn sheep
Pacific lamprey
Ant lion
Stone fly
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Coyotes
Beavers
Raccoons
Tūī
Cougar
Coyotes
Beavers
Raccoons
Tūī
Cougar
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Humpback Whale
Minke Whale
Beluga
Wild Horses
Grey Wolf
But my lifetime dream is to find the elusive Ottawa River otters.
Minke Whale
Beluga
Wild Horses
Grey Wolf
But my lifetime dream is to find the elusive Ottawa River otters.
I have accidentally booked our family vacation to Vancouver during FIFA World Cup. (None of us care about soccer). What have I done to myself?
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have accidentally booked our family vacation to Vancouver during FIFA World Cup. (None of us care about soccer). What have I done to myself?
Lots of pie discourse on Bluesky I see
I will take the opportunity to stan for Canadian butter tarts 🇨🇦
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019...
I will take the opportunity to stan for Canadian butter tarts 🇨🇦
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019...
Butter Tarts (Published 2018)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I don't get how English evolved so that "Applesauce" is one word, but "Sour Cream" is two.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I don't get how English evolved so that "Applesauce" is one word, but "Sour Cream" is two.
I just saw an Instagram reel from a Mom about what she has to bring to her child's kindergarten Thanksgiving potluck.
And I want to acknowledgement that you poor American moms have to go from Thanksgiving straight into Christmas with absolutely no break in the invisible labour. Total bullshit.
And I want to acknowledgement that you poor American moms have to go from Thanksgiving straight into Christmas with absolutely no break in the invisible labour. Total bullshit.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I just saw an Instagram reel from a Mom about what she has to bring to her child's kindergarten Thanksgiving potluck.
And I want to acknowledgement that you poor American moms have to go from Thanksgiving straight into Christmas with absolutely no break in the invisible labour. Total bullshit.
And I want to acknowledgement that you poor American moms have to go from Thanksgiving straight into Christmas with absolutely no break in the invisible labour. Total bullshit.
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1. When it comes to Graham Platner, I don’t have skin in the game. I live in CT, not ME. The good people of that state will figure out for themselves whether he has the right stuff to be their next senator. Indeed, there’s a lot to sort through, including the story of his Nazi tattoo.
A Nazi tattoo can’t keep a good (white) man down
In asking for trust, Graham Platner isn’t invoking the solidarity of class.
www.editorialboard.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
1. When it comes to Graham Platner, I don’t have skin in the game. I live in CT, not ME. The good people of that state will figure out for themselves whether he has the right stuff to be their next senator. Indeed, there’s a lot to sort through, including the story of his Nazi tattoo.
A few years ago, someone said something very, very racist to a coworker during a large meeting. Everyone in the room was shocked, and then looked away embarrassed. I wasn't there, but the next day was having coffee with a guy who was, and he said, "I just wasn't prepared."
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A few years ago, someone said something very, very racist to a coworker during a large meeting. Everyone in the room was shocked, and then looked away embarrassed. I wasn't there, but the next day was having coffee with a guy who was, and he said, "I just wasn't prepared."
Re: Canada School Lunch Program
I have so many logistical questions. Unlike the US or other countries where school lunch has been a thing forever, Canadian elementary schools don't have kitchens. In fact, the one local elementary school that used to have one...
I have so many logistical questions. Unlike the US or other countries where school lunch has been a thing forever, Canadian elementary schools don't have kitchens. In fact, the one local elementary school that used to have one...
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Re: Canada School Lunch Program
I have so many logistical questions. Unlike the US or other countries where school lunch has been a thing forever, Canadian elementary schools don't have kitchens. In fact, the one local elementary school that used to have one...
I have so many logistical questions. Unlike the US or other countries where school lunch has been a thing forever, Canadian elementary schools don't have kitchens. In fact, the one local elementary school that used to have one...
This probably also applies to Ontario.
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This probably also applies to Ontario.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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This year's West Bank olive harvest will produce at most 10,000 tons of olives, less than a tenth of the decade's average, as severe drought combines with settler violence to prevent farmers from reaching their groves
@nirhasson.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
@nirhasson.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Drought and settler violence make 2025 West Bank olive harvest worst in living memory
This Year's Olive Harvest Will Not Exceed 10,000 Tons – Less Than a Tenth of the Average Over the Past Decade, According to the Palestinian Olive Council's Estimate. Unlike in Israel, Palestinian Oliv...
www.haaretz.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This year's West Bank olive harvest will produce at most 10,000 tons of olives, less than a tenth of the decade's average, as severe drought combines with settler violence to prevent farmers from reaching their groves
@nirhasson.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
@nirhasson.bsky.social
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Leave money on the table? Not in this economy
Hey #Canada, #LoblawsBreadPrice Fixing
#settlement for all #Canadian who bought bread over the years is eligible to claim without proof of purchase.
Simple online 3 ninute sign up
Do it just so you can #donate the GC to Foodbanks, Charities, shelters! So easy.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#settlement for all #Canadian who bought bread over the years is eligible to claim without proof of purchase.
Simple online 3 ninute sign up
Do it just so you can #donate the GC to Foodbanks, Charities, shelters! So easy.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
You could get at least $50 from the bread price-fixing settlement. But the deadline is coming up | CBC News
Your chance to get a piece of a $500-million class action settlement, following a years-long bread price fixing scheme will soon expire.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Leave money on the table? Not in this economy
Me: Hi, I'll take a falafel combo please.
Shawarma Guy: Rice, potato, pickles, salad...
Me: Tabbouleh, hummus, but just rice, no potatoes please.
Shawarma Guy (very solemnly): Ma'am it's very cold out today, so I'm giving you potatoes.
Shawarma Guy: Rice, potato, pickles, salad...
Me: Tabbouleh, hummus, but just rice, no potatoes please.
Shawarma Guy (very solemnly): Ma'am it's very cold out today, so I'm giving you potatoes.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Me: Hi, I'll take a falafel combo please.
Shawarma Guy: Rice, potato, pickles, salad...
Me: Tabbouleh, hummus, but just rice, no potatoes please.
Shawarma Guy (very solemnly): Ma'am it's very cold out today, so I'm giving you potatoes.
Shawarma Guy: Rice, potato, pickles, salad...
Me: Tabbouleh, hummus, but just rice, no potatoes please.
Shawarma Guy (very solemnly): Ma'am it's very cold out today, so I'm giving you potatoes.
I cannot quantify the immense sense of inner joy I get from not doing most Christmas stuff.
We're an "interfaith" family, and our official line is "It's Chanukah at our house, but Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's." But I just don't do any of the Christmas shit I hate...
We're an "interfaith" family, and our official line is "It's Chanukah at our house, but Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's." But I just don't do any of the Christmas shit I hate...
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I cannot quantify the immense sense of inner joy I get from not doing most Christmas stuff.
We're an "interfaith" family, and our official line is "It's Chanukah at our house, but Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's." But I just don't do any of the Christmas shit I hate...
We're an "interfaith" family, and our official line is "It's Chanukah at our house, but Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's." But I just don't do any of the Christmas shit I hate...
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People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.
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It is officially winter in Ottawa, Canada. A man in the neighbourhood started making this giant snowman in 2021 in support of front line health care workers (they’d stand outside cheering in the evenings). The tradition continues, rebuilt (from his heart kept in the freezer all summer) for Nov 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is officially winter in Ottawa, Canada. A man in the neighbourhood started making this giant snowman in 2021 in support of front line health care workers (they’d stand outside cheering in the evenings). The tradition continues, rebuilt (from his heart kept in the freezer all summer) for Nov 2025.
I would like to congratulate my husband for winning the Ottawa Snow Tire lottery. (Booked before Thanksgiving, installed yesterday. First snow today.)
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I would like to congratulate my husband for winning the Ottawa Snow Tire lottery. (Booked before Thanksgiving, installed yesterday. First snow today.)
Periodic reminder that for the price you paid for that can of soup you are putting in the donation box, your local food bank can buy 3-5 cans.
Also donating money is easier.
Also donating money is easier.
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Periodic reminder that for the price you paid for that can of soup you are putting in the donation box, your local food bank can buy 3-5 cans.
Also donating money is easier.
Also donating money is easier.
LOLz!
I'm still pretty much Team Ashton.
I'm still pretty much Team Ashton.
We ranked the NDP leadership candidates by how likely they are to disappoint you
We ranked the NDP leadership candidates by how likely they are to disappoint you
After Jagmeet Singh’s disastrous run of the NDP has shown, left wing politicians will always disappoint you.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
LOLz!
I'm still pretty much Team Ashton.
I'm still pretty much Team Ashton.