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@alisonborealis.bsky.social
posts too much ecol/biologist in climate change settler. knitter 🧶. antiracist. chronically ill. #yeg Edmonton Alberta Treaty 6 Canada born @ 340ppm CO2 #BiInSci Wildfire resources: https://bsky.app/profile/alisonborealis.bsky.social/post/3lqep5ttvnt25
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Now time for some King Cobb Steelie... And maybe getting a task or two done chez moi. youtu.be/8QxTqtH4S3s?...
King Cobb Steelie - Below The Stars
YouTube video by taraxlee
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Dug out some of my vast collection of mid 00s (Canadian) music cds and am currently trapped in nostalgia and forgotten memories while listening to Sarah Harmer's You Were Here. Please enjoy my fave song. youtu.be/hyMONDo3zNc?...
Potential for numerous lightning-caused fire starts in BC in the next few days. Saturday, in particular, looks scary. Forecasted Duff Moisture Code for Saturday - the higher the code the drier the fuel (red areas receptive to fire starts). Lightning density forecast for Saturday also below.
this is truly motivating me to use inshallah even more than I already do after all it’s the faster and more fun way to say “if the good lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise,” speaking as someone with Southern roots.
starting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”
I don't know what other towns use as a test sound for tsunami sirens, but it would be so hilarious if somebody out their actually licensed an excerpt from Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" to test theirs
Yeah, when the sirens were first put up here, they held a contest in the local schools to pick a good test sound!
Creating child sex abuse materials is a crime. It does not matter if they used AI to do it. Possessing said material is also a crime. So too is distributing it. Meta's entire leadership team should be prosecuted for these crimes, and Meta itself should be dissolved. No one will miss it.
Over the last nine months, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of minors alongside sexually suggestive statements, according to details of the ads shared with WIRED.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
wired.com
We are going to need entirely new government departments just to investigate all of the money trails and separatist schemes of this referendum.
Separatist Site Offers Donors a Piece of the ‘Republic of Alberta’ | The Tyee
For a $1,000 contribution, a consortium seems to promise land and citizenship opportunities. ‘Unethical,’ says an expert.
thetyee.ca
Look it's absolutely TERRIBLE and you just HATE to see MAGA tearing themselves apart but wait nope never mind, carry on.
Ok. I understand and support the Albertans who want to leave this conservative-separatist nightmare... BUT this is OUR HOME TOO. When we leave, they win even more. Do you believe in solidarity with the Indigenous people who also call this place home? Do you believe in fighting for what you love?
Dug out some of my vast collection of mid 00s (Canadian) music cds and am currently trapped in nostalgia and forgotten memories while listening to Sarah Harmer's You Were Here. Please enjoy my fave song. youtu.be/hyMONDo3zNc?...
Sarah Harmer | Lodestar | CBC Music
YouTube video by CBC Music
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I've had next to no sleep and am very grumpy today so I'm trying to stay off of things that get me interacting with people, but it is DIFFICULT!
omg that is SO COOL! Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in Earth's atmosphere are responsible for one of my favourite species of clouds! (photo of K-H clouds over Duval, Australia: GRAHAMUK/Wikimedia)
This is the highest-resolution view of the surface of the Sun. Ever. Taken by the NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, features as small as 19 km across can be resolved. The wispy things are magnetic field boundaries formed by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. The island of Ireland for scale.
“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says police should focus on violent crimes, not free speech, in response to a recent Edmonton Police Service video encouraging Albertans to report hate.” edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
This can also apply to artists. Stuck on a painting? Try a different medium or draw or grab some clay
Yet another update: Understand that I'm not telling you to give up your computer. I'm just saying that there are options when it comes to composing text. The different methods use different parts of your brain, so switching between them can be a good way to get past writers block.
This post by @dshepyeg.bsky.social is brilliant, although I'm annoyed he had to do it to address the ongoing absurdity of the Alberta government. Article from the @edmontonjournal.com: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... Please report hate crimes & hate incidents to the police and #StopHateAB. ✊🏾
Premier Danielle Smith criticizes Edmonton police for video on hate reporting
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says police should be focused on addressing violent crime not policing free speech.
edmontonjournal.com
In today’s edition of “The UCP Are A Bad Boss,” Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis comes out against…police? Two Ministers & the Premier are calling out EPS for trying to support communities facing increasing levels of hate, online & IRL. Because the UCP always put politics before people. #abpoli
What the fuck!
The Regina City Jamia Masjid will have to apply every week for a noise abatement permit to broadcast their call-to-prayer: www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic... Meanwhile… church bells enjoy a complete exemption from the noise abatement bylaw. #yqrcc
Alberta ministry facing workplace safety charges in firefighter's 2024 death (Jasper)
Alberta ministry facing workplace safety charges in firefighter's 2024 death - Alberta News
Alberta's government is facing workplace safety related charges in the death of a firefighter who was struck by a tree about two years ago while tackling the massive wildfire in Jasper National Park.
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Excellent work by @ucalgary.bsky.social researchers. ♀️🩺
5 Ways to Improve Gynecologic Care and Women's Health Outcomes in Canada: 1) Formally recognize gynecology as a core surgical specialty 2) Resize clinical equipment & space for female docs 3) Close the gender pay gap in surgery 4) Engage with family docs 5) Increase public awareness & advocacy
Canada’s last peach breeder is growing fruit for the future #Ontario In Ontario’s Niagara region, scientist Jay Subramanian is designing a peach that will help reduce food waste, allow workers to avoid heat waves — and still taste delicious thenarwhal.ca/ontario-peac...
He's protecting Ontario peaches from climate change | The Narwhal
In Niagara, fruit breeder Jay Subramanian is designing a peach that will reduce food waste, allow workers to avoid heat waves — and taste delicious
thenarwhal.ca
My go-to cool fact to drop at a party has been that the most common form of communication on Earth is bioluminescence, where squishy life forms flash and sparkle at one another in the sea. And then half way through this interview I learned Du Preez CAME UP WITH THAT FACT. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee
Some creatures that ‘survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions’ might not make it if we go ahead.
thetyee.ca