Former writer. Current internet hag. Rural Canadian, scared of cows. Irreverent and irrelevant. She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mfcrhd3xq227 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcrhd3xq227https://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mfcr2o7bhs2lI wasn't going to watch men's Olympic hockey. But after yesterday's current events from the disgraceful AB premier & knowing Geriatric Joffrey was about to have a tariff tantrum, I thought I'd just watch a minute of the game for distraction. Finland about killed me. What a game. May they win bronze20 Feb 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcr2o7bhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mer4dzaulc2cI used to worry about spending too much time doomscrolling and if I would spend the remainder of my life with a device attached to my thumbs. Turns out, a daily menu of hatred, Trumpism, transphobia and ignorance was all I needed to never want to be online. https://media.tenor.com/2ioVT2bHHJwAAAAC/make-it-stop-catherine-ohara.gif?hh=498&ww=49813 Feb 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer4dzaulc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3memale5gfs25Can’t wait to see how much more she carves from the disabled. Maybe she will steal from children and seniors too. We know she won’t increase taxes on her buddies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3memale5gfs25https://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mekgfthnck2eI am horrified and stunned by the events at Tumbler Ridge, BC. My heart goes out to the entire community. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/active-shooter-alert-tumbler-ridge-secondary-school-bc-live-updates-9.708374011 Feb 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekgfthnck2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3megqyexskk2oMy husband is currently decommissioning a nuclear site and my mind boggles at the thought toxic waste was just dumped and not remediated. Dear gawd. This is a horrifying moment of our history that needs to be addressed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3megqyexskk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3me53b7u4ss2mI am busting my son out of his group home this weekend to force him to watch the new The Muppet Show with me because life is short and Miss Piggy is eternal and by golly, my children WILL know the magic of snarky ass puppets if it's the only thing I ever teach them. It is my time to shine.05 Feb 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me53b7u4ss2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3me2pxcxwc22fJust received a lovely letter from the Albertan government reminding me they will be stealing money from my disabled son because they believe 1901 dollars a month makes severely disabled people rich. The new seat for his wheelchair is almost 6000 dollars but hey; let’s not talk about that.04 Feb 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2pxcxwc22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdxyckgaz22oSitting in the parking lot trying to work up the energy to go grocery shopping, knowing that it’s going to cost a fortune and that I’m going to run into treasonous separatists. I dislike this timeline.03 Feb 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxyckgaz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdwrwazu7k2oI’m not sure if it was a deer, a moose, the world’s largest porcupine standing on a bunny & waving its arms, or Big Foot himself, but something was lurking in the forest when I took my dogs out for their nightly routine & freaked them out. I’m too young to die while my dogs pee & nature scares me. https://media.tenor.com/0lTELUI-Xs0AAAAC/discord-rules-scary.gif?hh=278&ww=49803 Feb 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdwrwazu7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdwfnhuh4c22Jean Chrétien will be my forever favourite prime minister. Stephen Harper will likely be one of my least favourites, forever.03 Feb 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdwfnhuh4c22https://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdnxklhqds2lI do not often feel verklempt over celebrities deaths. But the news of Catherine O'Hara's passing has really kicked me in the gut, in a way I did not expect. I expected her to live forever as an indomitable queen of comedy and as one of my Canadian icons ought to. Thank you Catherine. https://media.tenor.com/zqDuGjQ8FWsAAAAC/whatever-you-do-rock-onwards-and-upwards-moira.gif?hh=498&ww=49830 Jan 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnxklhqds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdlheql6dk25Yeah Smith, as an Albertan I would sure like to hear your unequivocal opinion on the matter. Quit hiding and tenderfooting the issue. Are you with Canadians or are you a separatist? Albertans would like to know. Speak up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlheql6dk25https://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdlfdrgocc25Fuck Albertan separatists and honestly, a big middle finger to anyone who lumps every Albertan in with those losers. I am, and always will be Canadian.29 Jan 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlfdrgocc25https://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdgfjo6ubk2kThinking of all those school aged kids who died for the 2A only to have the President of the United States of America declare "You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't." Thoughts and prayers to all the gun lovers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgfjo6ubk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdbfxfbo3s2lWhen I returned to university a few years ago during a midlife crisis, I took a lot of flack for choosing to study religion AND policing. Useless degrees, they said. But I wanted, NEEDED to know more about the systems used to oppress people & harm communities. I have yet to regret my choice.25 Jan 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbfxfbo3s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3mdb7u4rs522lI had a convo w/my husband about dealing w/pro-authoritarian & the growing # of separatists surrounding us. It’s rather like trying to bring antivaxxers to science. They reject facts & truths.They double down. The only solution is to carve them out & starve them of your time. Carve and starve.25 Jan 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdb7u4rs522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3md7vkdd7ac2dIt is overwhelming to be online today. As a Canadian, it feels terrible watching our American neighbours be gunned down and gaslighted by their government, the same govt that continues to threaten our country, and is idolized by AB separatists and maple MAGAts. It feels really heavy and scary.25 Jan 2026 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7vkdd7ac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3md77uamlks2gThe World Cup US location needs to be reconsidered immediately, no matter how many tickets have sold or how high demand is. It is not safe for participants nor spectators. FIFA needs to do the right thing and Infantino needs to show some damn leadership instead of the bootlicking he has done.24 Jan 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md77uamlks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3md755d3ubc2oAlex Pretti was a helper. His career was helping people. He spent his last moments on earth trying to help a woman. He was murdered for it and then called a domestic terrorist by the tyrants in office. I’m not American but I am enraged for them. Again.24 Jan 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md755d3ubc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3md74a6fibs2oOh good. More people with guns, protecting the establishment. What could go wrong. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3md74a6fibs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3m4lum5dw4k2vChildren funerals are one of life's saddest moments. Hug the kids in your life because there is no guarantee they'll live to adulthood. Bless the people who work so hard in the medical professional to try and get as many kids to adulthood as possible. They're all saints. Today was hard.01 Nov 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4lum5dw4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3m4gq6tu56c23It's sobering to see how your neighbours, family and friends react in today's political environment. It was one thing to watch them dismiss your health & safety during the pandemic; it's entirely another to know they're gleeful as they harm and strip your rights away and then mock your tears. https://media.tenor.com/k_OSnaqgYYwAAAAC/i-hate-this-place-paige-hurd.gif?hh=498&ww=49830 Oct 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gq6tu56c23https://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3m4bmi64o4c2aAs a born & raised Albertan & proud Canadian I am ping-ponging between raging at my prov govt & feeling sick knowing our fundamental rights & freedoms are being tossed aside for a political win. Canadians outside of Alberta: This will happen to you too. It's coming. This is the conservative playbook28 Oct 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bmi64o4c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tanis.bsky.social/post/3m3vx2huc6k2aReal life has kicked my arse these past two weeks. Real life as in dead kids, disease, disability, aging, worst life altering decisions. It has made politics, both Canadian and USian, unbearable and a harder pill to swallow than normal.24 Oct 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:rrlykp7mcsza7fmv3so4sinm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3vx2huc6k2a