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Award-winning writer & poet living in Alberta πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. Editor at ScribesMICRO. alisonmcbain.com

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Divorce and Abuse in the U.S.:Β Key Statistics and Trends - Operation Safe Escape Divorce and Abuse in the U.S.:Β Key Statistics and Trends National Statistics on Abuse-Related Divorce Recent research and surveys consistently show that a significant share of U.S. divorces involve do...

This also doesn't take abusive relationships into consideration. 48% of women say they divorce bc of domestic abuse (and probably the numbers are much higher than reported). That's not a situation you stay in to "make the marriage work."

safeescape.org/divorce-and-...

07.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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03.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't think Terminator was intended to be an instruction manual, but maybe I was wrong... 😳

25.02.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every American needs to watch this:

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The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Don’t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.

10.02.2026 06:32 πŸ‘ 8811 πŸ” 1993 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 48
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

09.02.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 16951 πŸ” 3744 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 163

Holy fuck.

03.02.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...

30.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 16485 πŸ” 2692 πŸ’¬ 1202 πŸ“Œ 697

LOL, we totally are. πŸ˜†

28.01.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

So he's old AND broke then, LOL.

I'd rather be the big cheese... if I'm aging like milk, that is.

28.01.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, here we are.

This is sickening and frightening that the whole world is gearing up for war against... America.

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Trump shares altered map of U.S. flag covering Canada, Greenland In a late-night post to his Truth Social platform, U.S. President Donald Trump published an altered image of the American flag superimposed over a map that includes Canada and Greenland.

Aaaand.. a few days after I posted about Trump's ambitions to take Canada after he takes Greenland...

It won't stop. Venezuela was the first test & no one stopped him. He sees his actions as having no consequences. Now he's going to escalate.

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

20.01.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

One of the best arguments about the AI bubble that I've read in a while... & what comes after. By Cory Doctorow.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

18.01.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sickening. My Japanese grandparents would be rolling over in their graves to see this law come back and be used against others.

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Here's a thought to keep my fellow Canadians up at night:

Trump is talking about annexing Greenland. The USA also recently bulked up its military presence in Alaska. He's repeatedly said he'll make Canada the 51st state, so surrounding Canada with the USA military seems... problematic for us. πŸ€”

14.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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11.01.2026 05:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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jack skellington from the nightmare before christmas ALT: jack skellington from the nightmare before christmas
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stars at last

dear mom,

I am a mother now.

a mother to a daughter,

a little girl like I once was.

and every day she proves I was never the problem.

stars at last dear mom, I am a mother now. a mother to a daughter, a little girl like I once was. and every day she proves I was never the problem.

Stars at Last collection of poetry by Jessica Jocelyn.

21.12.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 645 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 10

She needs to give HERSELF a great birthday present - a new boyfriend.

18.12.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Give all newborn babies library card automatically, top authors urge - BBC News Sir Philip Pullman and Richard Osman are among writers to back the proposal to boost literacy.

I love this idea. We should do it in Canada!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

17.12.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are failing our kids

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He has no respect for her and never will.

I'll jump on the "dump him" chorus in the comments. His attitude will never improve. He sounds like the type who will "trade up" when she "loses value" to him.

16.12.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My daughter loves Stranger Things & crocheted toys, so I made a demogorgon for her birthday. I think it turned out ok... what do you think?

12.12.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sophie Kinsella, author of β€˜Shopaholic’ novels, dead at 55 - National | Globalnews.ca Kinsella's books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and have been translated into dozens of languages.

RIP Sophie Kinsella. 😒

globalnews.ca/news/1157152...

10.12.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As Trump Threatens to Leave North American Deal, Supporters Urge Him to β€˜Do No Harm’

The increased tariffs against Canadian goods have been mitigated in part because of USMCA. With Trump's latest verbal attack on "unfair" North American trade partnerships, how likely is it Trump completely destroys USMCA as he's threatening to do?

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...

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Resonance Resonance: Harrison, Phillip L.: 9781990110252: Books - Amazon.ca

..the 3rd book in my #quantumsoul series #Resonance is now available!

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Subscribe to The Breakdown Speaking Truth to Power. Click to read The Breakdown, by Allison Gill, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

All my content is free because I'm a bad capitalist, but for those with the means, there's a black Friday discount to become a paid subscriber and support my work. If you sign up in the next week, you'll get 25% off for the life of your subscription. πŸ’™https://www.muellershewrote.com/blackfriday

29.11.2025 04:32 πŸ‘ 1995 πŸ” 454 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 13
What Causes rape!

drinking

short skirts

flirting

βœ… Rapist

What Causes rape! drinking short skirts flirting βœ… Rapist

Yup

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