@lost_salmon

Mum, Humanities and ELA teacher, writer, editor,hapless northern gardener, hardbitten cyclist

 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined October 2012
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The Guardian
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I survived the Barbie-Oppenheimer double-bill and I don’t recommend it theguardian.com/film/2023/ju…

I survived the Barbie-Oppenheimer double bill and I don’t recommend it | Stuart Heritage

The internet has become transfixed with the idea of watching Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum comedy next to Christopher Nolan’s dark drama but it proved to be a nightmarish combo

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Tim Bousquet@Tim_Bousquet12 Jun 2023
Retired Halifax firefighter Paul Irving says he urged that the FireSmart program be adopted in 2004, but was ignored halifaxexaminer.ca/environme… by @dartjenhen

Retired Halifax firefighter Paul Irving says he urged that the FireSmart program be adopted in...

“I knew this day would come and unless there’s change, it’s going to come again.”  As wildfires raged through subdivisions in Tantallon, Hammonds Plains, and Bedford two weeks ago, retired Halifax...

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One of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to
Emily Hanford@ehanford6 Apr 2023
The Sold a Story podcast feed now has all four of our previous audio documentaries about reading. We have a special treat coming this Tuesday. It's something especially for kids. And then a bonus episode is coming in May! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Christopher Peak@CLPeak16 Apr 2023
NYT: “There is this urgency around the story, this unbelievable grief,” said @ehanford, a journalist at APM. Her podcast #SoldaStory detailed how stars of the literacy world & their publisher diverged from scientific research. It racked up ~5M downloads. nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/sc…
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Emily Hanford@ehanford13 Nov 2022
Our podcast, Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong, is available wherever you get your podcasts. features.apmreports.org/sold…
Emily Hanford@ehanford17 Oct 2022
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If you haven't heard the previous audio documentaries, you can catch up here: features.apmreports.org/read… What the Words Say podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… At a Loss for Words podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Hard Words podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Hard to Read podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 2/2
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⁦@CBCNews⁩ the past tense of swear is sworn. Might want to remind your editors. cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-b…

Lakehead University and women's basketball coach 'part ways' amid theft, athlete maltreatment...

Since the head coach of Lakehead University's women’s basketball team was abruptly pulled from the role early this season, CBC News has learned Jon Kreiner is facing theft and athlete maltreatment...

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Dear Teachers, As some of you may know, if you have any students in your class who identify as Christian, they may ask to be excused from school to observe the Christian holiday of “Christmas,” more popularly referred to as Yom Christmas or Nittel. 1/x
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Andy Bowers@evilpez424 Sep 2022
Gonna tell Tourists it’s Fiona related.
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Sweden Is Becoming Unbearable nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opini…

Opinion | Sweden Is Becoming Unbearable (Published 2022)

The idea of Sweden as a land of equal opportunity, safe from the plagues of extreme left or extreme right that haunt other countries, is gone.

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This is Oona Mae. You gave her a bath. In return, she has put a curse on you and your entire bloodline. 13/10
a very wet black dog glares at you from inside a white porcelain sink. she has one arm hooked around the edge of the basin and is wearing a truly menacing scowl on her face. the water is still running behind her. you should also be running.

ALT a very wet black dog glares at you from inside a white porcelain sink. she has one arm hooked around the edge of the basin and is wearing a truly menacing scowl on her face. the water is still running behind her. you should also be running.

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Dr. Tara Taylor@tara_taylor22 Feb 2022
I can vividly remember the nightmares I used to have about nuclear war.
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The whole world should be worried by the ‘siege of Ottawa’. This is about much more than a few anti-vaxx truckers | Arwa Mahdawi theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The whole world should be worried by the ‘siege of Ottawa’. This is about much more than a few...

How did this ‘grassroots’ rebellion paralyse the Canadian capital? With funding from the far right and a boost from Facebook misinformation, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

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@theAbeTrain hey! Really like Globle game that I just discovered. However, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic… were all identified as “invalid” country name guessed?!
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Today’s was really tough, and so many “invalid” countries including Bermuda, Antigua, Anguilla, St. Lucia, Guyana… @theAbeTrain
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Really want to use this in the classroom but can’t with so many errors
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Tim Houston: Nova Scotia Power Tariff for Solar Customers - Sign the Petition! chng.it/tCRfNWdd via @CdnChange
Solar industry says proposed Nova Scotia Power charge will devastate sector | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…

Solar industry says proposed Nova Scotia Power charge will devastate sector | CBC News

Nova Scotia Power wants to implement a 'system access charge' of $8 per kilowatt monthly on net metered installations.

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Costas Halavrezos@CWNH18 Dec 2021
Discuss. Suggest alternatives. This means you, heads of health departments.
Victoria Bekiempis@vicbekiempis18 Dec 2021
Online patient portals are a horrific barrier to access for persons who have difficulties using the internet for whatever reason, be it age, disability, lack of internet, etc. Like, who the hell thinks a system requiring 80 year olds to fill out PDFs is fair?
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Long suppressed and forcibly assimilated, Sámi people in Sweden get an apology 30 years in the...

An apology service this week marked a major step forward for reconciliation in Sweden, where the Indigenous Sámi people continue to fight for self-determination and recognition of past wrongs...

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