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Emily McEwan
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Gaelic/Gàidhlig in Nova Scotia. Publisher at BradanPress.bsky.social. Author. Blogger at Gaelic.co. Recovering academic. Haligonian. Settler in Mi'kma'ki. She/her/i/ise/i-fhéin. 🍁
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And to think they could have just recycled this one
August 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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So much to say and so little time, but I read a few pages aloud from 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗵 and we had a great chat along with Gillebride MacIlleMhaoil, John Norman from the Gaelic Books Council, and Finlay MacLennan from Western Isles Libraries. 2/🧵
June 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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It was lovely to be back on "Naoi du Deich" this morning with Cathy Bhàn NicDhòmhnaill talking about translated Gaelic children's books, including our brand-new 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗹, the translation of Teddy Is Ready by Cape Breton author/illustrator Joanne MacDonald! 1/🧵
June 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Indeed carrying a foreign flag is not illegal. The NYC Tartan Day Parade has entered the chat. (And yeah.)
June 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Not a gif, but solidarity from Halifax
May 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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The designer in me wants to rotate the photo 1-2 degrees counterclockwise to straighten up my bookshelves 😁 But they caught me on a good hair day!
A Facebook thumbnail screenshot. In the left half is a photo of a white woman with glasses and brown curly hair. She holds two books, one in Gaelic and one in English. In the right half of the screenshot, the URL, title, and first few sentences of an article read as follows: "SUSTAINABLENS.CA / Gael force: Keeping Scottish roots alive in Nova Scotia / Nova Scotia Journal of... / Once suppressed, the Gaelic language and culture in Nova Scotia are experiencing a resurgence, driven by passionate individuals, educational initiatives and community efforts. For many, the face of Gaelic culture in Nova Scotia is ceilidhs, bagpipes, and..."
May 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Meme by Some Ecards dot com: A woman sits in an armchair with her head buried in her arms in despair. The caption says “Why do they want dinner every single night?”
May 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Actually you are in luck with Small Claims Court: www.courts.ns.ca/courts/small...
Screenshot from a webpage about the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court: “Though lawyers frequently appear before the Small Claims Court to present claims and defence on behalf of their clients, it is not necessary for those appearing before the Court to be represented by a lawyer. In fact, the less formal nature of the Small Claims Court is conducive to claimants (those making claims) and defendants (those responding to claims) representing themselves.” Source: https://www.courts.ns.ca/courts/small-claims-court
May 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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On Wed Apr 30 mid-morning my United flight out of Newark ended up 15th in a long queue of jets waiting to take off. Have rarely seen anything like it. 😬
May 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Driving home over the MacKay Bridge. A view of Tufts Cover power station, the Narrows, and the MacDonald Bridge. Nice evening. (I usually don't get to take videos like this since I'm usually the one driving!) #halifax #novascotia
April 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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He really is. He’s so un-charismatic that his party has been running ads that don’t even feature him for the final 2 weeks of the campaign period. Instead they ran one with the last Con PM who is apparently more appealing? Ad screenshot:
April 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Would love to hear Hagan defend Vance’s conversion to Catholicism as a “raw Ulster Scots” trait! 🤣
April 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Gave a quote to Scot. poli editor at The Times re Vance’s fake “Scots-Irish” identity claim. My full criticism was more scathing ofc but we need to help chip away at the racist nonsense anyway. Told them I was informed & inspired by Terra Vance & @brianhalpin.bsky.social. Listen to Appalachians!
Photo of JD Vance superimposed on a paper Scottish saltire torn into pieces. Newspaper article headline screenshot reads: Is JD Vance a ‘Scots-Irish hillbilly’ at heart? DNA evidence casts doubt. / The vice-president is facing accusations from experts that his claim to belong to what he sees as a marginalised white ethnic group is false.” Daniel Sanderson, Scottish Political Editor Saturday April 19 2025, 6.00pm BST, The Sunday Times. “To understand me, you must understand that I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart,” wrote JD Vance in his acclaimed memoir.” Excerpt of article from The Sunday Times: …”Tracing family history tends to be a very unreliable art, the further back in time we go,“ Dr Esther Mijers, senior lecturer in Scottish history at the University of Edinburgh, said. “It relies on the survival of records, which get lost for a variety of reasons, or often weren’t even there to begin with. Moreover, names get mangled or changed on purpose, and often so do the details of where one came from.“ Regardless of the truth of his ancestry, the reality is that Vance is “100% American“, according to Emily McEwan, a Scottish Gaelic author and anthropologist. She said that an “incredible mix and diversity of peoples” had formed the Appalachian culture to which Vance claims to belong, rather than any single group. “Vance is projecting romanticised cultural values onto ‘the Scots-Irish’ that could really belong to any ethnic group in Appalachia. He’s just cherry-picked that group to serve a political narrative. “As an anthropologist, I would say that it’s a fundamentally human trait to tell stories about who we are and where we came from. And all genealogy is inherently political.“
April 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Listened to spouse’s copy!
April 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Screenshot straight off YouTube:
April 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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McAuliffe was chosen as 1st for the new NASA Teacher in Space program & she was supposed to teach us LIVE lessons from space on PBS. That was FOR SCHOOLS and FOR US as (GenX) U.S. students. Max engagement WAS the goal. So it’s wild to accuse GenXers of false memories & wrongly making it abt us. 🤦🏻‍♀️
April 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Selling my late mother-in-law’s Kraft peanut butter teddy bear jar in HRM. Classic Canadiana out of a Nova Scotian kitchen 💚🧸
April 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Context of Jan. 29, 2022 (source: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...)
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Felt a great sense of betrayal when I found out. We were loyal customers. But I cannot support the Convoy AND I don't want to be near purposely unvaxed ppl. But, I also have a small biz. So I just let my friends & fam know.
Receipts: www.facebook.com/EvansFreshSe...
April 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Ceist mhath…sin luchd na Beurla… (#gàidhlig)
April 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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*imported
Screenshot text from syngenta.ca website: “The US-China trade war during Trump’s first term as president had a significant impact on the soybean market. As the largest importer of US soybeans, China’s 25% tariff led to a sharp decline in US exports to China, causing soybean prices to plummet. The trade war also encouraged China to seek alternative sources and boost domestic production, reducing its reliance on US soybeans even after partial trade agreements. Although the Phase One trade deal in early 2020 temporarily boosted US exports to China, the market remained volatile due to geopolitical tensions and changing global supply chains.”
April 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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It was France’s Minister for Europe & Foreign Affairs who said it about Europe. And yes our PM has said the US is no longer Canada’s ally. It’s over already.
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Turning port on Starboard Drive, haha only in Halifax (I’m not driving). Nice night! 🏭
Screenshot of Apple Maps showing a left turn onto Larry Uteck Blvd and then a left turn onto Starboard Drive. Photo from the Bedford Highway across the Bedford Basin at sunset.
April 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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They would get an awful shock with regard to healthcare. If you apply the US national average, 41% of them would end up with medical debt.
Screenshot from Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: Despite over 90% of the United States population having some form of health insurance, medical debt remains a persistent problem. For people and families with limited assets, even a relatively small unexpected medical expense can be unaffordable. For people with significant medical needs, medical debt may build up over time. People living with cancer, for example, have higher levels of debt than individuals who have never had cancer. High deductibles and other forms of cost sharing can contribute to individuals receiving medical bills that they are unable to pay, despite being insured. KFF polling shows that people with medical debt report cutting spending on food, clothing, and other household items, spending down their savings to pay for medical bills, borrowing money from friends or family members, or taking on additional debts. (The KFF polling found that 41% of adults have health care debt according to a broader definition, which includes health care debt on credit cards or owed to family members.) https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/the-burden-of-medical-debt-in-the-united-states/
April 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Reminds me of David Sedaris’s metaphor for undecided US voters in 2016:
Screenshot of a quote by David Sedaris: “On Undecided Voter​s: "To put them in perspective, I think​ of being​ on an airplane.​ The flight attendant comes​ down the aisle​ with her food cart and, eventually,​ parks​ it beside my seat.​ “Can I inter​est you in the chick​en?​” she asks.​ “Or would​ you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke​n glass​ in it?” To be undecided in this elect​ion is to pause​ for a moment and then ask how the chick​en is cooked.” —David Sedaris
April 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM