Janet Bartier
janetbartier.bsky.social
Janet Bartier
@janetbartier.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Canadian, writer
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Gabriele Münter,
Kochel, Snowy Landscape with Houses, 1909 #womensart
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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Japanese artist Narumi Takada's 2021 textile piece, "Stepping on Fresh Snow" with snow created using punch needle and straight/satin stitches for the boot and paw prints #Womensart
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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I'm thinking of all the poets silenced by tyranny throughout history, and how their poems last longer than any king.
January 8, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Reminder, that the next #TWSOchat is this Sunday, January 11th at 10:30am (PST) and the subject is: Techniques to Help You Focus on Your Writing. Join in on the chat with #TWS writers, alumni & mentors to refine your writing practice. Ask questions & share your experience #WritingCommunity #Writers
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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'A Railway Nocturn IV' by contemporary Polish painter Marta Zamarska #WomensArt
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Machine and hand embroidered lanscape artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #WomensArt
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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I know I'm not explaining my point very well right now lol but it's something I've been thinking about a lot. I actually had a conversation with a comrade about this just yesterday
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Would all of you blathering on about "invoking Article 5" please read this.
To explain further the stakes of Greenland--NATO's existence--I wrote a quick post saideman.blogspot.com/2026/01/gree...

To be clear, people have been questioning NATO's continued existence since the end of the cold war. But this is a huge threat to the alliance.
January 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Tara Roberts is a Black Woman Scuba Diver who works for National Geographic that goes deep into the ocean in search of lost slave ships.
Tara Roberts is surfacing human stories from the shipwrecks that killed enslaved Africans
The storyteller joins a team of African American divers on their worldwide quest to shed light on the untold history of the slave trade.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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The first full moon of 2026 is known as the #WolfMoon when the wolves howl with hunger.

Kiki Smith, Cathedral, 2012,
 jacquard tapestry #WomensArt
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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note to self: anger, anxiety, and depression are reasonable responses to this world. but keep doing the work anyway.
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Missing from this useful visualization of Trump's corruption is the reality that Trump's move away from prosecuting illicit finance, pardoning money launderers, and lightening ML requirements paves the way for him to make his money untraceable.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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"I don't know, I guess it's just one of those mysteries that can never be solved"
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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For the Year in Review.
December 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Northern Flickers are common and spectacular winter regulars. This nice male holds a hybrid secret - it shows traits of both yellow-shafted and re-shafted subspecies. I call these Calgary Flickers as most of our bird show these features! #YYC #birds
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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St. Sulpice Garden
Ethel Seath
1930
December 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Covered Bridge in Winter
Maud Lewis
c. 1967
December 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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“I am worn from warning. What is a warning, anyway, but a declaration of what you love and want to protect?

It’s not that my heart’s not in it. It’s that my heart is in everything.”

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners
The Miners
The men who would strip the future for parts.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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'Steampunk fairy' by US artist Sue Beatrice who creates sculptures and jewellery out of recycled watch parts #WomensArt ❄️
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Mary Delany (1700-1788), English artist used decoupage to make botanical 'Paper Mosaiks'.
Mistletoe, in certain folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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'Star' by US textile artist Susan Lenz, known for her melted felt 'stained glass' #WomensArt 🌟
December 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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You-know-who could still die in the next 10 days 🤞
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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I love finding treasures in alt text
We all know Neil’s mom briefly (and badly) ran the EPA under Reagan, but did you know he’s also related to the Colorado skiing clan that sells jackets like this to rich people.

Neat family.
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM