Heather N
@hcnick.bsky.social
Canadian first, Albertan second. Progressive. Mom and caregiver to an adult daughter with severe disabilities.
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Happy Sinck Tuck!
It is often celebrated around the time of the Winter Solstice. Sinck Tuck marks the halfway point of the long Canadian winter in the Arctic.
This is its history!
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It is often celebrated around the time of the Winter Solstice. Sinck Tuck marks the halfway point of the long Canadian winter in the Arctic.
This is its history!
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December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Sinck Tuck!
It is often celebrated around the time of the Winter Solstice. Sinck Tuck marks the halfway point of the long Canadian winter in the Arctic.
This is its history!
🧵1/4
It is often celebrated around the time of the Winter Solstice. Sinck Tuck marks the halfway point of the long Canadian winter in the Arctic.
This is its history!
🧵1/4
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3/ Mrs. Leonard said she’d never forgotten that and wasn’t surprised I grew up to be a defender of women’s equality.
(Of course I didn’t mention that when I first chose the book I thought “Little Women” was about 4 girls who get shrunk to micro-sized so they can solve some kind of crime). 🤷♂️
(Of course I didn’t mention that when I first chose the book I thought “Little Women” was about 4 girls who get shrunk to micro-sized so they can solve some kind of crime). 🤷♂️
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
3/ Mrs. Leonard said she’d never forgotten that and wasn’t surprised I grew up to be a defender of women’s equality.
(Of course I didn’t mention that when I first chose the book I thought “Little Women” was about 4 girls who get shrunk to micro-sized so they can solve some kind of crime). 🤷♂️
(Of course I didn’t mention that when I first chose the book I thought “Little Women” was about 4 girls who get shrunk to micro-sized so they can solve some kind of crime). 🤷♂️
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Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel report has dropped and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/dani...
Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel report has dropped and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! - Alberta Politics
We paid $2 million for this? The report of Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! There’s no report, really, just a few recommendat...
albertapolitics.ca
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel report has dropped and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/dani...
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The last thing I want is for the welfare of the less fortunate be left to the charity of Albertans. What those fuckers post online, and it’s hateful & despicable.
Also: “We’ll give you some soup if you accept Jesus/The Great Pumpkin/Flying Spaghetti Monster as your saviour.”
Keep welfare secular!
Also: “We’ll give you some soup if you accept Jesus/The Great Pumpkin/Flying Spaghetti Monster as your saviour.”
Keep welfare secular!
"Progressive" - the belief that govt has a moral obligation to build, maintain, and steward public institutions for the common good, rather than burning them down in the name of "freedom" and profit.
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Opinion: Albertans' well-being shouldn't be left to charities
We do not need to "restore" the role of charity in basic health care and education.
edmontonjournal.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The last thing I want is for the welfare of the less fortunate be left to the charity of Albertans. What those fuckers post online, and it’s hateful & despicable.
Also: “We’ll give you some soup if you accept Jesus/The Great Pumpkin/Flying Spaghetti Monster as your saviour.”
Keep welfare secular!
Also: “We’ll give you some soup if you accept Jesus/The Great Pumpkin/Flying Spaghetti Monster as your saviour.”
Keep welfare secular!
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“This view is held by a vast majority of Albertans and Canadians”?!?! Is that right, Danielle?
I believe the VAST MAJORITY of Albertans and Canadians would very much like you to go to your vacation home in Panama and never, ever come back…like a bad smell.
I hate this person. HATE. HER.
I believe the VAST MAJORITY of Albertans and Canadians would very much like you to go to your vacation home in Panama and never, ever come back…like a bad smell.
I hate this person. HATE. HER.
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“This view is held by a vast majority of Albertans and Canadians”?!?! Is that right, Danielle?
I believe the VAST MAJORITY of Albertans and Canadians would very much like you to go to your vacation home in Panama and never, ever come back…like a bad smell.
I hate this person. HATE. HER.
I believe the VAST MAJORITY of Albertans and Canadians would very much like you to go to your vacation home in Panama and never, ever come back…like a bad smell.
I hate this person. HATE. HER.
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No, I don’t want to search with Gemini. I don’t want to edit with Copilot. I don’t want to ask ChatGPT, joke with Grok, or write with Siri AI. I’ll never create an image with Nano Banana and hell will freeze over before I use Claude to code.
I just want to use my ACTUAL HUMAN BRAIN.
I just want to use my ACTUAL HUMAN BRAIN.
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
No, I don’t want to search with Gemini. I don’t want to edit with Copilot. I don’t want to ask ChatGPT, joke with Grok, or write with Siri AI. I’ll never create an image with Nano Banana and hell will freeze over before I use Claude to code.
I just want to use my ACTUAL HUMAN BRAIN.
I just want to use my ACTUAL HUMAN BRAIN.
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The Royal Alex SCS closes today. This banner is a reminder that people still care about what happens to their neighbours.
December 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Royal Alex SCS closes today. This banner is a reminder that people still care about what happens to their neighbours.
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As Alberta heads into a possible "big snow event" tomorrow, a reminder that I've built weather alert bots for all the Environment Canada weather regions across the country. They are all in my Starter Pack.
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
As Alberta heads into a possible "big snow event" tomorrow, a reminder that I've built weather alert bots for all the Environment Canada weather regions across the country. They are all in my Starter Pack.
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James: I have a new follower who is following you.
Me: Oh?
James: St. Mary Magdalene? Really??? Someone is actually pretending to be Mary Magdalene????
Me: Do I pretend to be St. John the Baptist?
James: Huh? (Looks again) Oh. It’s a church. Yeah, that makes more sense.
Reader, I married him.
Me: Oh?
James: St. Mary Magdalene? Really??? Someone is actually pretending to be Mary Magdalene????
Me: Do I pretend to be St. John the Baptist?
James: Huh? (Looks again) Oh. It’s a church. Yeah, that makes more sense.
Reader, I married him.
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
James: I have a new follower who is following you.
Me: Oh?
James: St. Mary Magdalene? Really??? Someone is actually pretending to be Mary Magdalene????
Me: Do I pretend to be St. John the Baptist?
James: Huh? (Looks again) Oh. It’s a church. Yeah, that makes more sense.
Reader, I married him.
Me: Oh?
James: St. Mary Magdalene? Really??? Someone is actually pretending to be Mary Magdalene????
Me: Do I pretend to be St. John the Baptist?
James: Huh? (Looks again) Oh. It’s a church. Yeah, that makes more sense.
Reader, I married him.
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"I hate it here!"
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"I hate it here!"
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Every day, I get letters demanding that the federal govt or the GG or the LG “do something” to change or save Alberta. But the only people who can “fix” Alberta are Albertans. There is no magic constitutional genie. The responsibility is on all of us.
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Every day, I get letters demanding that the federal govt or the GG or the LG “do something” to change or save Alberta. But the only people who can “fix” Alberta are Albertans. There is no magic constitutional genie. The responsibility is on all of us.
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This is Levi. He encountered a forbidden stick while on his walk. Decided to go for it anyway. 13/10 (TT: levisgoldenworld)
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is Levi. He encountered a forbidden stick while on his walk. Decided to go for it anyway. 13/10 (TT: levisgoldenworld)
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I arrived home while #DailyChester was out for a walk. When he came home he could smell that I was there and was anxious to come find me, but had to wait for James to take his boots off. And that’s all he waits to have taken off him.
You can see his tail wagging excitedly in the mirror.
You can see his tail wagging excitedly in the mirror.
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I arrived home while #DailyChester was out for a walk. When he came home he could smell that I was there and was anxious to come find me, but had to wait for James to take his boots off. And that’s all he waits to have taken off him.
You can see his tail wagging excitedly in the mirror.
You can see his tail wagging excitedly in the mirror.
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The number of Canadians that want to flirt with “Fascism Lite”.
It’s where you are horrified by what is happening in the U.S. and loathe everything about Donald Trump….but think maybe the Canadian Conservative Party is on to something with their “war on woke” and should be given a chance.
It’s where you are horrified by what is happening in the U.S. and loathe everything about Donald Trump….but think maybe the Canadian Conservative Party is on to something with their “war on woke” and should be given a chance.
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The number of Canadians that want to flirt with “Fascism Lite”.
It’s where you are horrified by what is happening in the U.S. and loathe everything about Donald Trump….but think maybe the Canadian Conservative Party is on to something with their “war on woke” and should be given a chance.
It’s where you are horrified by what is happening in the U.S. and loathe everything about Donald Trump….but think maybe the Canadian Conservative Party is on to something with their “war on woke” and should be given a chance.
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Today is a dark day but our pledge to transgender and gender diverse people in every part of the province is this: we will never give up and we will never stop fighting for your rights. - Senator Kristopher Wells 2/2
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today is a dark day but our pledge to transgender and gender diverse people in every part of the province is this: we will never give up and we will never stop fighting for your rights. - Senator Kristopher Wells 2/2
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This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
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Dear MAGA:
You can goad Canadians with this “51st state” bullshit and get our goobers all frothy & aroused, and we’ll just roll our eyes.
But if you continue to fuck with Franklin, we *will* unleash the squadrons of cobra chickens.
Govern yourselves accordingly.
We’re not fucking around,
Canada
You can goad Canadians with this “51st state” bullshit and get our goobers all frothy & aroused, and we’ll just roll our eyes.
But if you continue to fuck with Franklin, we *will* unleash the squadrons of cobra chickens.
Govern yourselves accordingly.
We’re not fucking around,
Canada
December 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Dear MAGA:
You can goad Canadians with this “51st state” bullshit and get our goobers all frothy & aroused, and we’ll just roll our eyes.
But if you continue to fuck with Franklin, we *will* unleash the squadrons of cobra chickens.
Govern yourselves accordingly.
We’re not fucking around,
Canada
You can goad Canadians with this “51st state” bullshit and get our goobers all frothy & aroused, and we’ll just roll our eyes.
But if you continue to fuck with Franklin, we *will* unleash the squadrons of cobra chickens.
Govern yourselves accordingly.
We’re not fucking around,
Canada
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There's a lot of changes with our refocusing of healthcare and now our new two tier healthcare model.
So I issued a sole-source contract to author a book all Albertans, regardless of age or political stripe, will be able to read.
Perfect gift for the holidays!
#abpoli #abhealth
So I issued a sole-source contract to author a book all Albertans, regardless of age or political stripe, will be able to read.
Perfect gift for the holidays!
#abpoli #abhealth
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU NIMBY ASSHOLES!!!! I'm so sick of hearing these people complain about not being able to park on the street in front of their house like they own the public street or something. Build a driveway on your property if you want it so badly!!!! Bunch of piss babies.
#yeg #nimby
#yeg #nimby
'Hate what's happening': Five years after Edmonton made parking optional for infill, rage builds
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
'Hate what's happening': Five years after Edmonton made parking optional for infill, rage builds
Five years after council voted to make providing parking space optional for most infill, ire continues to build in affected neighbourhoods.
edmontonjournal.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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. @theglobeandmail.com accidently, and very funny, puts up the wrong photo in its online edition. We all need a laugh!
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
. @theglobeandmail.com accidently, and very funny, puts up the wrong photo in its online edition. We all need a laugh!
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Happy thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Happy thanksgiving
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Yikes. I must have been added to a list. Hello, new followers.
Be forewarned, I mostly mock and swear at our incompetent and corrupt provincial government in Alberta, which is basically the mafia if Fredo were Don. I call them Berta Nostra.
Be forewarned, I mostly mock and swear at our incompetent and corrupt provincial government in Alberta, which is basically the mafia if Fredo were Don. I call them Berta Nostra.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Yikes. I must have been added to a list. Hello, new followers.
Be forewarned, I mostly mock and swear at our incompetent and corrupt provincial government in Alberta, which is basically the mafia if Fredo were Don. I call them Berta Nostra.
Be forewarned, I mostly mock and swear at our incompetent and corrupt provincial government in Alberta, which is basically the mafia if Fredo were Don. I call them Berta Nostra.
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Have your say in the provincial government's survey for budget 2026. Make sure they feel compelled to hide the results of this one too. 😅
#ableg #abpoli
www.alberta.ca/budget-2026-...
#ableg #abpoli
www.alberta.ca/budget-2026-...
Budget 2026 survey
Albertans can share their thoughts on budget priorities as part of the province’s consultations on Budget 2026.
www.alberta.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Have your say in the provincial government's survey for budget 2026. Make sure they feel compelled to hide the results of this one too. 😅
#ableg #abpoli
www.alberta.ca/budget-2026-...
#ableg #abpoli
www.alberta.ca/budget-2026-...