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Amy Kaler

@amykaler.bsky.social

Writer, sociology professor, Canadian, feminist, internationalist. Concerns: public health, cats, gender, political culture, essays, place-knowledge, religion, survival on hot planet. More here: https://northofhere1.wordpress.com/

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Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Throwing this out to ether in hope of clarification: What options will voters have? -Yes [to whole 2-part qn] vs No [to whole 2-part qn]. This makes no sense bc qn contains contradiction. -Stay in Canada vs Initiate binding ref'm (forced choice btn two alternatives). #alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli

FutureProofCanada🇨🇦🇨🇦@futureproof25.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The referendum Q now proposed by Smith in #Alberta is ridiculous. You cannot ask a double barrelled Q where two opposing Qs are being asked: to stay OR leave! This is lazy and confusing. Hire a social scientist! Do this right, dammit. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"The Round Table was just a lot of people telling jokes and telling each other how good they were. Just a bunch of loudmouths showing off, ... There was no truth in anything they said. It was the terrible day of the wisecrack, so there didn't have to be any truth". (Dorothy Parker, 1956 interview).

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I am so so so tired of the infantile performative demands for “respect” emitted by Republicans. I learned a long time ago that respect can’t be ordered, it can only be earned; and that if you haven’t earned it you won’t get it by insisting that people put on a performance of subordination.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7mo ago

Facing bipartisan anger over the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi went on the attack in a House hearing on Wednesday, refusing to apologize to survivors who were in the room and instead demanding that Democrats apologize to President Trump. See the key moments. trib.al/ak3sSOH

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NO ONE AT UALBERTA: ABSOLUTELY NO ONE AT UALBERTA: PRESIDENT OF UALBERTA: We must get rid of EDI because outcomes > acronyms & bold excellence striding into the future & it might make the UCP like us! Sometimes I’m proud of where I work; other times not so much. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

U of A looks to remove EDI from hiring policy | CBC News

The University of Alberta is proposing to eliminate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy, a year after the school initially said it was moving away from the term.

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Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“The bulk of the work was performed by faculty and their department heads, who altered hundreds of syllabi. Deans forwarded 54 courses to the president & provost for final review. The president granted 48 exceptions”. I’d love to hear abt dept heads & deans who said screw this, I will not comply.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org · 7mo ago

New: Texas A&M University announced Friday that it is eliminating its women’s and gender studies degree program.

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Whether or not journalists ever achieve a gotcha moment where a DHS goon says on a hot mic “yes we are Nazis”, these posts & memes move the visual Overton window, licensing other right-wing groups to use more and more ethnic nationalism images. It’s aesthetics creep.

Deborah Blum@deborahb.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My first thought was, well, obviously. But there's real insights in this story, including the back and forth between journalists and DHS. (gift article)

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Everybody’s sick (again). Hospitals are buckling (again). But Albertans aren’t getting the shots that could change the game. Why not? #abhealth #abpoli #influenza #vaccination #covid #sociology

Andrea DeKeseredy@andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🧵The flu is everywhere and our hospitals are overwhelmed with viral illness patients. At the same time, seasonal vaccination rates are declining in Canada. For The Conversation @amykaler.bsky.social @mmaroto.bsky.social and I wrote about why this is happening and what we need to do differently.

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is a #yeg complaint abt juxtaposition of bloated affluence & crappy public services in #edmonton. Sitting in stalled bus stuck behind delivery truck for high-end furniture which is wedged in snow. Another bus stuck in front of us. Giant SUVs zooming past, passengers gawking at plebs on buses.

Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 10mo ago

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Good reminder, relevant to #abpoli, that the right doesn’t have much of a track record on “compromising” on their aversion to trans people existing (unless you count “they should not exist” as a compromise position). Centrist and left can’t just cede a little bit of ground and hope for detente.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 11mo ago

I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...

Amy Kaler@amykaler.bsky.social · 12mo ago

@aircanada.bsky.social Here I am complaining on X and Facebook bc you cancelled my flight on Aug 17, promised to refund me in 5-7 business days, & deflected/ghosted me when I tried the normal customer support channels. You own this problem, you need to make it right. x.com/amykaler/sta...

Amy Kaler on X: "@AirCanada: you owe me a refund & public complaints are the only way to get it done. A thread: On August 17 you cancelled my YEG-YUL itinerary. Cancellation email said: …" / X

@AirCanada: you owe me a refund & public complaints are the only way to get it done. A thread: On August 17 you cancelled my YEG-YUL itinerary. Cancellation email said: …

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