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ShadowStoat 🇨🇦
@aquashadow.bsky.social
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Photographer, Magic 🍄 Lover, 🏴‍☠️ Pirate of the North Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 CANADIAN, 🏔️ Mountain Schlub 🌸 Intentionally Anonymous 🩵 Aqua is the best colour.
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Good evening and goodnight from the land of weather and soaring rock 🪄🪄✨🏔️
Three Sisters mountains, moody sky, Canmore, Alberta
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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In the front of the house, we have a tree that is STUNNING for about three weeks in the late spring. I love it, and how it looks with the sky.
The deep pink blooms of an ornamental crab apple tree against a blue sky in late spring.
May 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The snow and wind really came for our little group up on a ridge today.
Four people on a mountain ridge under a moody sky dropping snow down the valley
May 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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I’ve been training with a weighted pack, and this day a few weeks ago was a trip up Lady Mac, Canmore. Trying to get that fitness level up Up UP!
A view of Three Sisters at Canmore from the slopes of Mt Lady MacDonald across the valley. Blue skies, a little snow on the higher sections of mountains in the distance.
May 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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April 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Spring continues to attempt to get sprung. Snow falls many days, and keeps the peaks frosty. It’s beautiful 🌷
The Ehagay Nakoda massif at Canmore, Alberta. Treaty 7 territory. Blue sky above with just a few clouds.
April 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Sometimes, as now, I’m stuck in the house on account of elk in the yard. This one scared the bejeezus out of me when I looked up from my coffee to see it right out the front door. Startled, I was.

It’s calving season, so avoiding the new moms is importent right now.
April 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Screenshot from FB @altnps.bsky.social

This is beyond disturbing.
DOGE has quietly transformed into something far more sinister — not a system for streamlining government, but one designed for surveillance, control, and targeting. And no one’s talking about it. So we’re going to spill the tea. From the beginning, DOGE’s true mission has been about data — collecting massive amounts of personal information on Americans. Now, that data is being turned against immigrants. At the center of this effort is Antonio Gracias, a longtime Elon Musk confidante. Though he holds no official government position, Gracias is leading a specialized DOGE task force focused on immigration. His team has embedded engineers and staff across nearly every corner of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). But it doesn’t stop there. DOGE operatives have also been quietly placed inside other federal agencies like the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services — agencies that store some of the most sensitive personal data in the country, including on immigrants. DOGE engineers now working inside DHS include Kyle Schutt, Edward Coristine (nicknamed “Big Balls”), Mark Elez, Aram Moghaddassi, and Payton Rehling. They’ve built the technical foundation behind a sweeping plan to revoke, cancel visas, and rewire the entire asylum process. One of the most disturbing aspects of this plan? Flagging immigrants as “deceased” in the Social Security system — effectively canceling their SSNs. Without a valid Social Security number, it becomes nearly impossible to open a bank account, get a job, or even apply for a loan. The goal? Make life so difficult that people “self-deport.” And if you’re marked as dead in the Social Security system, good luck fixing it. There’s virtually no path back — it’s a bureaucratic black hole. You might ask: why do immigrants, asylum seekers, or refugees even have Social Security numbers? Because anyone authorized to work in the U.S. legally is issued one. It’s not just for citizens. It’s essential for participating in modern life — jobs, housing, banking, taxes. Without it, you’re locked out of society. Last week, this plan was finalized in a high-level White House meeting that included DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Antonio Gracias, senior DOGE operatives, and top administration officials. In recent weeks, the administration has moved aggressively to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants and international students — many of whom have been living and working in the U.S. legally for years. At the core of this crackdown? Data. DOGE has access to your SSN, your income, your political donations — and more. What was once sold as a tool for “government efficiency” has become something else entirely: a weaponized surveillance machine. And if you think this ends with immigrants, think again. Antonio Gracias has already used DOGE’s access to Social Security and state-level data to push voter fraud narratives during past elections. The system is in place. The precedent has been set. And average Americans should be concerned.
April 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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These might be poplar trees. Not birch, but friends with birch. I’m sure I am forgetting a type of tree that’s friends with them. And they could be that.

I’m going to spend a lot of time in my home mountains with the trees since markets are in A fib. 🫀
Vertical pano of trees Horizontal pano of trees
April 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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I went for a little fitness building hike, just 13lbs in my pack, plenty of elevation gain. 3 hours. It was enough.
April 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Oh he flipped it RED alright.
F🇨🇦K that guy.
Cartoon by Legalized Comics - Trump holding male of Canada, proud most provinces are showing as red, not knowing that reds are the good guys, blues are the wanna be fascists and right wing nut jobs. Photo of investments that have lost over $35,000 since the US installed this malignant narcissist.
April 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Cartoon meme of bearded man in plaid in front of a forest and a bus. Caption says: CANADA we won’t throw you into an El Salvadorian Gulag without due process!
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Sharing this meme I stole even though it’s completely unrelated to my main point.
My main point today: the best thing about BlueSky for me so far is randomly encountering posts and people I USED TO follow about a decade ago on the bird, which I just got tired of and wandered off. #ZombieProfile
I just heard someone refer to the Bible as "The Goat Herder's Guide to the Galaxy" and I will now forever be using this term. (Txt meme, white print on green background)
April 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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From the Rocky Mountain Outlook, Mach 27, 2025
Town of Banff looking at buy Canadian policy CATHY ELLIS BANFF - The Town of Banff is looking at prioritizing the purchase of Canadian-made goods as a show of solidarity with Canadians amid U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war and threats against Canadian sovereignty. Council directed administration to return by the end of June with proposed amendments to council's purchasing policy to prioritize Canadian-made materials, parts, and products in all municipal purchases whenever feasible. "I think it's important for us to recognize the picture of standing in solidarity with the rest of our coun trymen and supporting (Canadian) businesses," said … Christensen, who along with Coun. Hugh Pettigrew brought the notice of motion The Town of Banff's current purchasing policy does not explicitly prioritize Canadian-made goods, which the notice of motion says may result in missed opportunities to support domestic businesses, reduce carbon footprints, and secure reliable supply chains. … The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) supports the direction of buying Canadian. "Amid the current economic tensions between Canada and the United States and a potential tariff war, the prosperity of our communities now and into the future is critical," states the notice of motion. … "Given the times we're in and this sense of national pride that's really kind of bubbled up over the past little while, I do find it really interesting that we're not as blatant in this community, and at the end of the day, Banff is a very iconic Canadian destination," he said. "When people come here, they come here in large part because it is Canada and it struck me that we don't really do a particularly good job of really emphasizing that. We are in times right now where we should be encouraging who we are, which I don't think we've done historically." Pettigrew agreed: "Unless there's some planning issues, I would encourage the same to show our pride as Canadians."
March 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Goodnight, BlueSky friends 💕
Mountains at Canmore, pink / magenta clouds
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Good evening, and good night, friends 💕 from Canmore
Three sisters (mountains) as the sun sets with some nice clouds, Canmore Alberta
March 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Good morning and happy coffee time to all who celebrate. The sky from the front step was beautiful today 💗
March 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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A little walk around town with weight in my pack 🌞
Ha Ling peak at Canmore, AB on the right, cloudy sky with a bright spot where the sun is. It’s lightly snowing. Up there is where my pics from the other day are from.
March 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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A big walk on a small mountain because I can
Mountains and snow from up high Mountains and snow from up high Mountains and snow from up high
March 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Sunrise in La Ventana from where we stayed 🌞 just amazing
March 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Mexico was gorgeous.
A glad with aperol spritz, a beach, and the baja vibes sign above a Dancefloor seen through the glass. Eggs, bacon, sausage, sourdough bread, beans, goat cheese, roasted tomatoes: breakfast at Pólvora at La Ventana, BCS La Tuna beach, sunset Sunrise looking away from the water towards town, dramatic clouds extending from the distance, fanning out towards the viewer.
March 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Like good Canadians, we are vacationing in beautiful Mexico 🌞
Muy tranquilo 🥂
Rock painted with Trail / Sendero in Mexico Our shadows on the beach in Mexico 🇲🇽 A cow wandering through town in Mexico Cactus and stars at night in Mexico
March 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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What horribly worded questions. Written by angry high school kids, no doubt.
Sample screen and fake email in reply to Heritage Foundation stupid poll
February 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Out for a little walk in #Banff with the ladies today
Image of semi frozen Spray River, the Banff Springs hotel (looks like a castle) big mountains, and a moody, cloudy sky
February 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Ok, I had to screenshot this EPIC THING from insta, but a full Wayne and Garth “ We’re not WORTHY!!!” To whoever the hell did this. If it’s real, I love it. Even if it’s not a real hack, I love the idea. Fking hilarious.
Purported to be an AI generated video sent to US government screens depicting trump sucking the toes of Elons bare feet. Possibly in the Oval Office, not sure. Not sure if this is 100% a thing that really happened, but I super hope it did. Hilarious in every way. SHADENFREUDE level 1000.
February 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM