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J. Karen Parker

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Data wrangler and mom in Edmonton. #opendata and #yegbike geek. She/her.

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I was *this* close to getting the Merrily soundtrack out of my head (I’ve been a bit obsessed since seeing the pro-shot a couple weeks ago) and then @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social had to go and sing Old Friends at his show last night!

19.12.2025 04:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get your fucking flu shot!!!!!!!!!!!

18.12.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

He’s lucky Safeway is open until 10pm. I won’t be making cupcakes but I will be buying something

17.12.2025 04:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My 8-year-old to me at 9pm tonight: β€œRemember those mini Oreo cupcakes you made for my birthday? Can you make them for my class potluck tomorrow?”

17.12.2025 04:42 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My kids are good with a bit of ice (they have studded tires and there’s no shortage of spots to practice here in December. Lol) but due to some melt and freeze that happened last week there are an excessive number of icy ruts right now in the protected bike lanes.

08.12.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The bike lanes are treacherous here today so for the first time ever I made the kids walk and take transit to school. There was much whining about having to leave the house 15 minutes earlier than usual and lots of β€œI would have been FINE to bike πŸ™„β€ from the teen.

08.12.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Now I want to do a trip like this every year. Time to start saving for next year. πŸ˜‚

28.11.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I spent four days in NYC last week seeing 8 shows. I didn’t love the idea of going to the US, but New York was just as excellent as ever and all the theatre I saw was incredible. I’m glad I went!

28.11.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d feel less great about my $55 if they had given me a seat at the back of the balcony. πŸ˜‚ This one is pretty excellent. (Intermission now)

12.11.2025 04:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CAD! Went for it and ended up with a great seat. Show’s about to start.

12.11.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I won Lucky Seat for tomorrow! Is it worth $55? I’m on the fence.

10.11.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here

02.11.2025 03:41 πŸ‘ 4657 πŸ” 540 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 52
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How Canada is doing

02.11.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

There’s always the radio!

02.11.2025 01:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dearest 90s kids who were deeply into alt-rock, today is Gavin Rossdale's 60th birthday.

Just in case you weren't feeling old enough.

31.10.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

wait, there have been only 2 World Series games that went to 18 innings and Brad Paisley sang at both of them???
Kimberly, come get your man

28.10.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It JUST ended. 😭😴

28.10.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s okay, Jays. You’ll get β€˜em in game four, which starts ten minutes from now.

28.10.2025 06:53 πŸ‘ 2284 πŸ” 261 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 6
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it's cool to see that this game's starting pitcher is still hanging in there

28.10.2025 06:32 πŸ‘ 5959 πŸ” 583 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 40

THE ORGANIST IS PLAYING NEVERENDING STORY

28.10.2025 06:45 πŸ‘ 1643 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 21

If we’re measuring in minutes watched, the one month of sportsnet I bought to watch the World Series is already really good value.

28.10.2025 06:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It feels like Twitter in the old days!

28.10.2025 06:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Vlad jr as a kid

Vlad jr as a kid

When this game started, this was Vlad Jr.

28.10.2025 06:32 πŸ‘ 578 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Literally just texted a friend β€œI need to go to sleep but… sunk cost fallacy.”

28.10.2025 05:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve progressed from watching the baseball game to being held hostage by the baseball game.

28.10.2025 04:44 πŸ‘ 1712 πŸ” 294 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 12

I was a huge Jays fan in my early teens (the last time they were in the World Series) but after the strike I stopped following baseball very closely. Turns out the game has changed a lot in 32 years!

28.10.2025 05:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just a last minute bandwagoner but I cannot handle this! πŸ˜‚

28.10.2025 04:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.10.2025 03:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The 90s nostalgia is strong this week. The Blue Jays are in the World Series, and I’ve been listening to a newly released Andrew Lloyd Webber cast album on repeat. It’s like I’m 15 again!

26.10.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0