BethMcK
@bethmckinley.bsky.social
Canadian, celiac, outgoing intravert, mostly harmless.
I WAS through with making seasonal treats, then someone gifted me 9 eggs, so .... peppermint meringues.
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I WAS through with making seasonal treats, then someone gifted me 9 eggs, so .... peppermint meringues.
Ok, so maybe I made one more gluten-free seasonal delight ... millionaire's shortbread; shortbread, lightly salted caramel, chocolate. Cut into small squares because they are that rich.
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ok, so maybe I made one more gluten-free seasonal delight ... millionaire's shortbread; shortbread, lightly salted caramel, chocolate. Cut into small squares because they are that rich.
Last of my Christmas baking, gluten-free cranberry pecan tarts. Used Kinnickinnics tart shells because making gluten-free tart shells is too big of a pain in the neck.
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Last of my Christmas baking, gluten-free cranberry pecan tarts. Used Kinnickinnics tart shells because making gluten-free tart shells is too big of a pain in the neck.
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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
Gluten-free gingerbread house, doing it's best to stay up.
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gluten-free gingerbread house, doing it's best to stay up.
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This May Offend Some People... But It Needs To Be Said
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This May Offend Some People... But It Needs To Be Said
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Also worth noting here are the replies to this of people who've had a similar belief trajectory, I find them quite heartening
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Also worth noting here are the replies to this of people who've had a similar belief trajectory, I find them quite heartening
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
And meanwhile in Alberta, someone seems to have told Dani that the Notwithstanding Clause is a Get of of Jail free card. Sigh.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
And meanwhile in Alberta, someone seems to have told Dani that the Notwithstanding Clause is a Get of of Jail free card. Sigh.
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The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.
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The cravenest. 👇🏼😡
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The cravenest. 👇🏼😡
Giving something new a try, perhaps. Signed up for early access.
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Giving something new a try, perhaps. Signed up for early access.
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They’re not even hiding the corruption anymore.
#daniellesmith
#firetheucp
#recall
youtube.com/watch?v=jwvS...
#daniellesmith
#firetheucp
#recall
youtube.com/watch?v=jwvS...
You just have to laugh #daniellesmith #ucp #corruptcare #alberta
YouTube video by Lisab0923
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
They’re not even hiding the corruption anymore.
#daniellesmith
#firetheucp
#recall
youtube.com/watch?v=jwvS...
#daniellesmith
#firetheucp
#recall
youtube.com/watch?v=jwvS...
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“Permanent Standard Time (not springing ahead in March) could prevent 300,000 cases of stroke per year and lower nationwide prevalence of obesity by 2.6 million.” #DitchDST
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“Permanent Standard Time (not springing ahead in March) could prevent 300,000 cases of stroke per year and lower nationwide prevalence of obesity by 2.6 million.” #DitchDST
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Let's be clear about what happened today.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Let's be clear about what happened today.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
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🎵Things Might Get Better🎵
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🎵Things Might Get Better🎵
I thought, that must be wrong, only being able to book next year's vaccines until Dec. 15 this year? But went in the Alberta Govt website and yup, their own banner says can only book 2026/27 from Sept. 29 to Dec. 15 of this year. The Alberta govenment is really trying to get us all sick.
October 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I thought, that must be wrong, only being able to book next year's vaccines until Dec. 15 this year? But went in the Alberta Govt website and yup, their own banner says can only book 2026/27 from Sept. 29 to Dec. 15 of this year. The Alberta govenment is really trying to get us all sick.
Seen on a recent walk. Not sure what the plant is, but was about 4 inches across, so not a dandelion.
October 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Seen on a recent walk. Not sure what the plant is, but was about 4 inches across, so not a dandelion.
Lost another one of the good guys. RIP Jane Goodall. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News
Jane Goodall, the world-famous primatologist, activist and environmentalist whose discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed what it means to be human, has died at 91.
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lost another one of the good guys. RIP Jane Goodall. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
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I know there’s a lot going on with *gestures to everything* but as of today, October 1st:
🚩Alberta officially has the LOWEST minimum wage in Canada
🚩AISH recipients in social housing will pay hundreds more in rent
Cruel UCP choices are making life more expensive.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
🚩Alberta officially has the LOWEST minimum wage in Canada
🚩AISH recipients in social housing will pay hundreds more in rent
Cruel UCP choices are making life more expensive.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I know there’s a lot going on with *gestures to everything* but as of today, October 1st:
🚩Alberta officially has the LOWEST minimum wage in Canada
🚩AISH recipients in social housing will pay hundreds more in rent
Cruel UCP choices are making life more expensive.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
🚩Alberta officially has the LOWEST minimum wage in Canada
🚩AISH recipients in social housing will pay hundreds more in rent
Cruel UCP choices are making life more expensive.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Did you know that on October 1, Alberta will have the lowest minimum wage across Canada?
Even the conservatives in Saskatchewan are raising their minimum wage.
Danielle Smith and the UCP refuse to support workers.
They won’t raise the minimum wage, but we will.
Better is possible, Alberta.
Even the conservatives in Saskatchewan are raising their minimum wage.
Danielle Smith and the UCP refuse to support workers.
They won’t raise the minimum wage, but we will.
Better is possible, Alberta.
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did you know that on October 1, Alberta will have the lowest minimum wage across Canada?
Even the conservatives in Saskatchewan are raising their minimum wage.
Danielle Smith and the UCP refuse to support workers.
They won’t raise the minimum wage, but we will.
Better is possible, Alberta.
Even the conservatives in Saskatchewan are raising their minimum wage.
Danielle Smith and the UCP refuse to support workers.
They won’t raise the minimum wage, but we will.
Better is possible, Alberta.
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Free speech in the US died today: this was its 9/11.
History has thrust a task upon the peace-loving.
History has thrust a task upon the peace-loving.
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Free speech in the US died today: this was its 9/11.
History has thrust a task upon the peace-loving.
History has thrust a task upon the peace-loving.
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Good morning! 🪶
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Good morning! 🪶