Wendy Jackson

Wendy Jackson

@wljackson.bsky.social

Retired Ontario educator and life long learner. Travel, books, theatre. Left leaning dog lover. Don’t post much but I listen well. I worry a lot.

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Few, if any, Canadian commentators are as adept at debunking the Alberta perpetual grievance complex as Max

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social

The separatists are going to lose today’s vote. But if Alberta’s political class doesn’t stop feeding and inflaming their bottomless sense of grievance and victimhood, we’ll all end up losing in the end. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

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Yes, I’m Ukrainian🇺🇦 Yes, I can speak russian. No, that doesn’t make me russian. Yes, I’m from Donbas. No, we didn’t ask to be “liberated” Yes, I love Ukraine. No, that doesn’t make me a Nazi. Yes, I still smile. No, that doesn’t mean I’m okay.

Agreed - this has to stop - he is nuts.

Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social

At what point does the CBC take responsibility for airing fair right hooey? This guy is always crazy when they put him on the air, and yet they keep putting him on the air.

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This is what I tell people from outside of Alberta: you notice how these people have failed after all this time to produce a single presentable standard-bearer? It’s because they have nobody presentable—this is not a broad-based movement. It is a congregation of our most egregious kooks.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

Alberta separatist leader Mitch Sylvestre starts railing against the “new world order and globalism” on CBC News Network’s live broadcast just now

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One of the worst consequences of this referendum is that conspiracy addled maniacs who most people would ignore and actively avoid are platformed and made to feel important, further perpetuating their fantasies and grievance-fueled delusions.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

Alberta separatist leader Mitch Sylvestre starts railing against the “new world order and globalism” on CBC News Network’s live broadcast just now

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When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Electoral Reform is absolutely key to preserving democratic institutions in the age of misinformation and AI.

Great CBC article on how first-past-the-post has distorted Quebec's democracy. The PQ, QS, and PCQ all committed to electoral reform during the election campaign. Now is the time to make that happen. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Thys ys a refuge. Thys ys a quiet shore. Thys ys a forest full of lost songs. Thys ys a hope machine. Thys ys a treasurye of languages. Thys ys a beacon for wanderers. Thys ys a workshop for the broken heart. Thys ys wher we meet across tyme and space. Thys ys wher dreames begin. Thys ys a library.

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Congratulations to lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize. Few have devoted their lives to justice, peace and human dignity like she did.

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Ich sing as it doth rayne, Ich sing as it doth rayne - What a merveilous feelinge! Ich am mirthful agayne. Ich laughe loude at cloudes That glowere above, The sonne yn myne herte Ich am redy for love.

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The wordes of Elric of Melniboné, "How the weake hate weaknesse," are alwayes yn myne eares these dayes when Ich wacche the speeches of those who clayme to have powere.

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"And the sign says long-haired freaky people need not apply..." I just aged myself.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

This…this…a thousand times this!

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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We have had mobile phones long enough now that it’s a time for an Idiot Tax (actual fine in local currency) for people whose phones ring during concerts, plays etc

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Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Continuing what I started with more effort than ever.

Willy Skinner@willygrant.bsky.social

In light of everything happening with Trump and the ongoing trade tensions, I’m making a conscious effort to BUY CANADIAN. But sometimes it’s not always obvious what products, brands and services are actually Canadian. So let’s help each other out. Drop your recommendations in the comments!