Soulscode
@soulscode.bsky.social
Networking and automation geek, Gamer(computer and tabletop), late to the parenting game and general lay about.
Going to the grocery store first thing in the morning is kind of glorious, it's so quite.
When the reason you're up early enough to be at the grocery store that early is because the kiddo woke up at 0530 is less glorious.
#parentlife
When the reason you're up early enough to be at the grocery store that early is because the kiddo woke up at 0530 is less glorious.
#parentlife
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Going to the grocery store first thing in the morning is kind of glorious, it's so quite.
When the reason you're up early enough to be at the grocery store that early is because the kiddo woke up at 0530 is less glorious.
#parentlife
When the reason you're up early enough to be at the grocery store that early is because the kiddo woke up at 0530 is less glorious.
#parentlife
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I had a supportive spouse, a solid career and a workplace that gave me a foundation to swing from.
I also got very lucky and my books ended up in front of a lot of eyeballs looking for something like them.
The luck quotient to a creative career is huge.
I also got very lucky and my books ended up in front of a lot of eyeballs looking for something like them.
The luck quotient to a creative career is huge.
Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
Would-be/struggling writers can feel like losers or wannabes when they read about other writers writing "full time" or promo'ing their book in various exotic cities. And it's good to recognize that, yeah, sometimes there's another income (or a spouse is helping to pay the bills).
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I had a supportive spouse, a solid career and a workplace that gave me a foundation to swing from.
I also got very lucky and my books ended up in front of a lot of eyeballs looking for something like them.
The luck quotient to a creative career is huge.
I also got very lucky and my books ended up in front of a lot of eyeballs looking for something like them.
The luck quotient to a creative career is huge.
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
A(almost 4): Reindeer can't fly.
Wife: Santa's can.
A: They have rocket shoes!
Me: *just barely succeeds in not spraying coffee across the table*
The creative things this kid just blurts out.
#parentlife
Wife: Santa's can.
A: They have rocket shoes!
Me: *just barely succeeds in not spraying coffee across the table*
The creative things this kid just blurts out.
#parentlife
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A(almost 4): Reindeer can't fly.
Wife: Santa's can.
A: They have rocket shoes!
Me: *just barely succeeds in not spraying coffee across the table*
The creative things this kid just blurts out.
#parentlife
Wife: Santa's can.
A: They have rocket shoes!
Me: *just barely succeeds in not spraying coffee across the table*
The creative things this kid just blurts out.
#parentlife
Getting out the door with the kiddo is always a production. Sometimes a comedy, sometimes a tragedy.
Parent life is just one big Shakespearian play.
Parent life is just one big Shakespearian play.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Getting out the door with the kiddo is always a production. Sometimes a comedy, sometimes a tragedy.
Parent life is just one big Shakespearian play.
Parent life is just one big Shakespearian play.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Another treasonous Alberta delegation heads to Mar-a-Lago to negotiate Trump’s 51’st state fantasy and USA’s takeover of Canadian natural resources.
Please, register at Forever-Canadian.ca and donate to our effort to keep Alberta in Canada. #cdnpoli #AbLeg
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Please, register at Forever-Canadian.ca and donate to our effort to keep Alberta in Canada. #cdnpoli #AbLeg
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Another Alberta separatist leader is courting U.S. conservatives in Washington and Mar-a-Lago
The Republican Party of Alberta’s leader says he's meeting with U.S. officials to advocate for Alberta independence and strengthen ties.
nationalpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Another treasonous Alberta delegation heads to Mar-a-Lago to negotiate Trump’s 51’st state fantasy and USA’s takeover of Canadian natural resources.
Please, register at Forever-Canadian.ca and donate to our effort to keep Alberta in Canada. #cdnpoli #AbLeg
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Please, register at Forever-Canadian.ca and donate to our effort to keep Alberta in Canada. #cdnpoli #AbLeg
nationalpost.com/news/another...
2...
I never put a boombox on my shoulder(batteries were expensive yo!).
I don't think I've ever sent a postcard.
I never put a boombox on my shoulder(batteries were expensive yo!).
I don't think I've ever sent a postcard.
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I never put a boombox on my shoulder(batteries were expensive yo!).
I don't think I've ever sent a postcard.
I never put a boombox on my shoulder(batteries were expensive yo!).
I don't think I've ever sent a postcard.
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Seems reasonable. Our provincial government probably ran them out because they didn't want the competition.
Calgarians, can you confirm or deny?
I can’t really defend this on any level, but I think believing in vampires is more reasonable in some place in Canada compared to others. Believing in vampires if you live in Montreal is reasonable. There are no vampires in Calgary.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Seems reasonable. Our provincial government probably ran them out because they didn't want the competition.
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Unpacking the Alberta teachers' contract dispute, strike/lockout, back to work legislation and imposition of the notwithstanding clause, and the potential ramifications of this.
(AKA, mostly me rambling, sorry). A weekend listen for you. #AbLeg #AbEd
(AKA, mostly me rambling, sorry). A weekend listen for you. #AbLeg #AbEd
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October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
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“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” said Bruce Pardy, the exec director for Rights Probe, at a right-wing political conference in Calgary. 🚫🇨🇦 #abpoli
Alberta Separatist Pushes for End of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference | The Tyee
‘In a free Alberta, Aboriginal rights should not exist,’ argues We Unify panellist Bruce Pardy.
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” said Bruce Pardy, the exec director for Rights Probe, at a right-wing political conference in Calgary. 🚫🇨🇦 #abpoli
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What else you want to ditch, to be a truly free Alberta, Bruce? Finish the list
What about public education, abortion rights, environmental protection, consumer protection, labor rights, min wage, a social safety net, common sense gun control, LGBTQ rights, same sex marriage...
We see you, asshole
What about public education, abortion rights, environmental protection, consumer protection, labor rights, min wage, a social safety net, common sense gun control, LGBTQ rights, same sex marriage...
We see you, asshole
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What else you want to ditch, to be a truly free Alberta, Bruce? Finish the list
What about public education, abortion rights, environmental protection, consumer protection, labor rights, min wage, a social safety net, common sense gun control, LGBTQ rights, same sex marriage...
We see you, asshole
What about public education, abortion rights, environmental protection, consumer protection, labor rights, min wage, a social safety net, common sense gun control, LGBTQ rights, same sex marriage...
We see you, asshole
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October 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
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Overreach, anyone? #abpoli
Danielle Smith Brings Down the Hammer on Alberta’s Teachers | The Tyee
The government rams through a back-to-work law and removes their Charter rights.
thetyee.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Overreach, anyone? #abpoli
This is going to be such a shit show.
Bill 2 is tabled. MLAs will debate it tonight with the aim of passing it tonight. We’ll be watching. #AbLeg #AbEd
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is going to be such a shit show.
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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