Yet Water Was 🇨🇦
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Poet (Brussels Review, Merion West, Pictura, Poets.ca & more), community acupuncturist in #YYJ. Add alt-text to images if you want me to follow you.
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· Apr 22
Poem in Your Pocket Day 2025 - League of Canadian Poets
Held in the last two weeks of National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day is an international movement that encourages people to center poetry within their daily interactions.
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As part of @canadianpoets.bsky.social Poem In Your Pocket 2025 Collection, I printed my poem onto postcards! Want a hand-signed postcard mailed to you? DM me your mailing address! I will *immediately* delete your address after putting it on your postcard. #Poetry #Writing
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Came home to a CLOUD of Bushtits! I've never seen them at my feeder before!
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Came home to a CLOUD of Bushtits! I've never seen them at my feeder before!
Sometimes the best part of your day is a perfect cracker-to-soup ratio, and that's ok.
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sometimes the best part of your day is a perfect cracker-to-soup ratio, and that's ok.
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Your moment of Zen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Your moment of Zen.
Cowichan Lake was a mood today.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Cowichan Lake was a mood today.
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Recognizing and honouring our Indigenous community that have served our country. 🪶 #LestWeForget #NationalIndigenousVeteransDay #Thankyou
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Recognizing and honouring our Indigenous community that have served our country. 🪶 #LestWeForget #NationalIndigenousVeteransDay #Thankyou
Guys, I've been holding my hand up for a high-five since yesterday. Don't leave me hanging!
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Guys, I've been holding my hand up for a high-five since yesterday. Don't leave me hanging!
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The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
Lies, damn lies, and Fraser Institute studies
Maybe they didn't expect anyone to fact check their work. I did it anyways.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
A SLAPP suit without merit, I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
Defend Canadian Journalism – Donate Form
Support Our Journalism Defence Fund PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in recent Canadian history. A former star candidate for ...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A SLAPP suit without merit, I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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please don't cut flights out of new york how are those 1 million losers supposed to leave here
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
please don't cut flights out of new york how are those 1 million losers supposed to leave here
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Very honoured to have received four Canadian Podcast Award nominations!
Best Society and Culture
Best Production
Best Host
Best Documentary
Fellow podcasters, I would very much appreciate votes! Voting ends Nov. 22 👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
Best Society and Culture
Best Production
Best Host
Best Documentary
Fellow podcasters, I would very much appreciate votes! Voting ends Nov. 22 👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Very honoured to have received four Canadian Podcast Award nominations!
Best Society and Culture
Best Production
Best Host
Best Documentary
Fellow podcasters, I would very much appreciate votes! Voting ends Nov. 22 👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
Best Society and Culture
Best Production
Best Host
Best Documentary
Fellow podcasters, I would very much appreciate votes! Voting ends Nov. 22 👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
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Many of my bird shots are from my backyard, here’s a wet Goldfinch at a feeder, and a Goldfinch with a sunflower seed in it’s mouth from our garden #BirdoftheDay #lunchtime #BOTD #EastCoastKin
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Many of my bird shots are from my backyard, here’s a wet Goldfinch at a feeder, and a Goldfinch with a sunflower seed in it’s mouth from our garden #BirdoftheDay #lunchtime #BOTD #EastCoastKin
Northern Mockingbird stands sentinel above the season’s last green leaves, Frederick County, MD, early November 2025.
#birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin
#birds 🪶 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Come join me on Substack!
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Writing #Poet
Come join me on Substack!
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Writing #Poet
The Space Between A Dirty Sock
and The Sunset (Smaller Than You’d Think)
from the archives...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Come join me on Substack!
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Writing #Poet
Come join me on Substack!
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Writing #Poet
I don't know where else to share this: Jeff Buckley's album "Grace" is heartbreaking and perfect. I will die on this hill.
#JeffBuckley #Music #GreatMusic #GoodMusic
#JeffBuckley #Music #GreatMusic #GoodMusic
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I don't know where else to share this: Jeff Buckley's album "Grace" is heartbreaking and perfect. I will die on this hill.
#JeffBuckley #Music #GreatMusic #GoodMusic
#JeffBuckley #Music #GreatMusic #GoodMusic
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November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Rosemarie gets a repost for the beautiful pic, but more because of the alt-text.
Why are so few photographers adding alt-text?
#UseAltText
Why are so few photographers adding alt-text?
#UseAltText
A swing in front of sunlit house with dappled sunlight and shadows in our neighborhood for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #EastCoastKin #photography
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Rosemarie gets a repost for the beautiful pic, but more because of the alt-text.
Why are so few photographers adding alt-text?
#UseAltText
Why are so few photographers adding alt-text?
#UseAltText
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On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On the ballot today:
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50
This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
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for all the healers
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
for all the healers
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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I would love it if you joined me on Substack - always free to hang out with me.
#Poetry #Writing #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
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#Poetry #Writing #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
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The Curious Economics of Reading William Stafford on Dallas Road While the Sun Hangs Over the Distant Bowl of Mountains
originally published by Pictura Journal
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November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I would love it if you joined me on Substack - always free to hang out with me.
#Poetry #Writing #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
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#Poetry #Writing #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
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