Mel Priestley

Freelance writer on wine, food, astrology, theatre, culture. Former alt-weekly editor. Inactive on Twitter - visit my blog for recent work.

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Boundaries Abound: The Meaning of Saturn in Astrology https://t.co/FhKgtUDmHV

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The Astrology of Pluto in Aquarius 2023 https://t.co/2v4JpIZRLI

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I'm (briefly) coming out of Twitter retirement to share this farewell post on my departure from wine writing: https://t.co/PqmX79KHbC. As you'll see on my blog, I'm an astrologer now! And I'm mostly just blogging on #astrology these days. #yegwine

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Checking in on Twitter again after several months. Holy shit things really got even worse here. It's almost like this platform is designed to trigger you in seconds and then keep triggering you as you doomscroll for hours. K bye!

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Just popping in with an update: I'm now doing astrology consultations, details are on my site. Oh and I just did a post on celebrity wines that I think is pretty fun. (TL;DR: Snoop Dogg's wine is bad.) #yegwine #astrology https://t.co/w4xtZ8GCLZ

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Goodbye Twitter: I'm leaving you. It's not me; it's definitely you. You are a toxic, partisan cesspool and I have wasted too much time and energy on you. I'll miss some of the memes tho.

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Alright, I stand corrected thanks to the City's clarification - apparently we are able to process all this stuff, SO I rescind my suggestion that this is fucking stupid.

We better not find out in a few years that this was all a lie (again).

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So #yeg residents will be separating our waste but it's not clear where the organics will go since our municipal composter was shut down last year and won't be replaced until at least 2025. Are we separating waste for 4 years but having it all ultimately go to the dump? #yegcc

[Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal]

Edmonton to have full source-separated waste collection by August, new carts begin rolling out to homes in March

#yeg #yegcc
https://t.co/zW840LSXPK

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I support waste streaming and composting. I compost most of my organic waste already in my backyard composters. But if the city is just going to dump all bins into the dump until our composting facility is back up to capacity, then rolling this out now is fucking stupid.

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@CityofEdmonton Thank you for confirming - what is the capacity of each facility? Will all food scraps and yard waste be processed, or only a portion?

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I'd like to see more clarity and transparency on exactly where #yeg's organic waste is going to go over the next few years, especially with our recent colossal failures in this area. #yegcc @doniveson

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This is a great story on #naturalwine that quietly pushes back against the more alienating parts of that movement. I am sad that these wines are not available in Alberta. #yegwine #wine https://t.co/idPoVle1tM

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My latest for Edify is a piece on predictions for wine trends in 2021. It's probably dumb to make any predictions about anything but hey! Why not. https://t.co/INTlUN0s2k #yegwine #wine #winetrends

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Why do all "date night" recipes contain mushrooms? Wait is it because mushrooms look like penises? #deepthoughts

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@hunkaaa I hope you enjoyed it!

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Here's my take on the #astrology of January. The new year starts off very busy! https://t.co/T5yWg68jN1 #horoscopes #spaceweather

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Natural wine: I like the philosophy but I have a hard time liking the actual wine. I reviewed the Koppitsch Perspektive Rot and reflected on a real weird wine tasting in my latest blog post: https://t.co/OooYi6XFQA #yegwine #naturalwine #wine #Austrianwine #winereview

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Fancy a little qvevri wine on Christmas Eve? Vazisubani Saperavi 2017 wine review: https://t.co/yTOXNqoU0S

#GeorgianWine #WineReview #Qvevri #NaturalWine

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Just sent off my last freelance story of 2020. Now it's time to catch up on blogging - I have like two dozen wine reviews to work through

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The #jupitersaturnconjunction is a big deal for everyone, but it's especially huge news in #astrology. I've got a beast of a post on 2021's space weather which is kicked off by today's conjunction. https://t.co/9YqVg9xF1J #greatconjunction #greatconjunction2020 #jupitersaturn