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Kelly McGahey
@kellymcgahey.bsky.social
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Diversity. Inclusion. Health, housing, food and dignity for all. Looking for a distraction from (waves hands) all this.
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Woot! Would like to see language re UV light to #CleanTheAir but this is the right direction.
Section of the guidelines that recognize COVID as airborne and recommends ventilation, filtration and HEPA air cleaners as risk reduction measures.
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Don’t let children get COVID. Vaccinate. Mask up. Stay home when ill. Clean the air.

#Health #PublicHealth

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Details from the article - evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multi system effects and highlights the need to vaccinate younger populations and improve prevention and care.
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Happy Canada Day!

#CanadaSky
A dock jutting out into a lake with a view of green treed banks across the water. At the end of the dock is a flagpole flying the Canadian flag.
July 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Look what I got from Odd Bunch! Would have been tossed out, but got it delivered right to my door instead.
#OddBunch #CanadaSky
#BuyCanadian
A box of fruit and vegetables including oranges, pears, avocados, tomatoes and peppers.
June 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Done! Beautiful day to vote in Ottawa.

#Vote #CanadaSky #CdnPoli #Election25
A yellow sign with black print and a maple leaf logo saying Elections Canada and VOTE with a directional arrow underneath.
April 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Independent bookstore shoutout - it’s a lovely shop to visit, but if you can’t make it in person the Book Nook in Perth, Ontario is online as well.

#BookSky #CanadaSky #Bookstore

thebooknookperth.com
The outside of the shop with a large window decorated for the holidays with a tree and toys and books. The old fashioned store sign above the window says The Book Nook and Other Treasures written in black on a pale yellow background.
April 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Arright that’s enough now.
Tree branches covered in snow.
April 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Hey @aircanada.bsky.social a couple of quick and easy ways to help your brand right now.
1. Get active over here on @bsky.app and dump the other wankers, esp for support, and
2. Prioritize and boost Cdn vendors in your points plan.
You’re welcome.
#AirCanada
#CanadaSky
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Inactive Air Canada profile on this app referring people to the oligarch’s apps for support.
March 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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We #StandWithUkraine

#CdnPoli
#CanadaSky
A blue and yellow post that says “I stand with Ukraine”
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Always a little thrill to exercise my right.
#Vote
#OntarioElection
A yellow sign outside a polling station describing eligibility to vote in Ontario. 18 years or older Canadian citizen Resident of Ontario
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Here we go!!
An epic battle indeed!

#CanadaSky
#TeamCanada
Canada and US hockey players at the puck drop. With the closed caption reading “Let’s get ready for an epic battle.”
February 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Admittedly it’s a while since I had them, but it’s my recollection that Old Dutch barbecue chips are the only barbecue chips that still taste like barbecue chips and not like candy.
At any rate, they make good chips.

#OldDutch
#tariffs
#CanadaSky
A 2- pack box of Old Dutch Bar-B-Q potato chips with red and yellow banners across the top and bottom.
February 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Here’s a picture of a wolf from right outside where we’re visiting.
A silver and grey coloured wolf standing in the snow at night seeming to look directly at the camera.
January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 3

#WolfHall
A book cover with a background of what might be a very old red door with a white flower in the centre had white lettering for the title Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. A caption across the top reads: Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize
December 23, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 2
#TheNameOfTheRose
Book cover with a skull motif across the top and then an illustration of monks kneeling before a seated man in robes with the caption The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco in white lettering
December 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
kellymcgahey.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 1
A book cover with rows of coloured circles in which the title Super Sad True Love Story are repeated. Gary Shteyngart’s name is written in black across the bottom.
December 22, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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RIP, Kreskin.
A book jacket with the title The Amazing Kreskin and a photo of him with his hands in doing magic pose.
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 AM
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We seriously need Orville Peck on this platform…
A screenshot from Spotify showing Orville Peck as my top artist of the year.
December 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Hanging with the PM at the Sustainable Finance Forum in Ottawa, as you do.
#PrimeMinisterTrudeau
#SustainableFinance
PM Trudeau sitting on a stage being interviewed by Ryan Turnbull.
November 28, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Very pleased to be hearing @anatosaurus.bsky.social speaking on “Refuge from our Rhetoric” at the Canadian Council for Refugees. #Refugees #Disinformation #Commnucation #Media #Journalism
A crowded conference room - at the front is a large screen with an image of thermometers and a woman presenter.
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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A large black planter with a whimsical painting of two people with hearts for torsos and bright exaggerated features about to kiss. There’s a bit of bright yellow sun in the upper right corner. The planter holds a large bunch of small pink begonias.
November 21, 2024 at 2:50 AM