J Gwendie
@gwendiem.bsky.social
Passionate about LGBTQ2S+, climate change, environmental crises; Indigenous progress (Cree Kokum). Majority of my time on these. Love hitting the hills to "go sane."
"AI is a powerful & disruptive technology. It has a great deal of potential, but this potential comes paired with SERIOUS risks for First Nations. This paper lays out the nature of AI technology, the proposed regulations that could govern it, & the consequences of AI for First Nations in Ontario."
Jisgang Collison 🦅@jisgang.bsky.social · 4d agoSo wonderful, so true! May your writings reach the young, Mangeshig!
Windspeaker.com@windspeaker.bsky.social · 4d ago“…kids are like sponges and they absorb so much knowledge and information. If they're introduced at a younger age, they'll be able to pick up languages easier as they get older.” #Indigenous #FirstNations #language #children #books
Core aspect of most Indigenous beliefs! ❤️
Good News Community@good-news-community.mastodon.cosmicnation.co.ap.brid.gy · 4d agoFor Brazil’s Xokleng people, protecting a sacred tree is also about protecting language, traditions, and cultural identity. It’s a powerful reminder that conserving nature can also help preserve the knowledge and heritage that have grown alongside it for generations. Read more […]
BREAKING: The Annexation Papers. What Trump/Lutnick Actually Demanded From Canada Behind Closed Doors, Why It Was Never A Trade Deal, And Why He’s About To Enter The Find-Out Portion Of The Program deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: The Annexation Papers. What Trump/Lutnick Actually Demanded From Canada Behind Closed Doors, Why It Was Never A Trade Deal, And Why He’s About To Enter The Find-Out Portion Of The Program
The snapback clause was the least offensive thing in that document. The verified list of American demands reads like articles of surrender. Now Carney is going to punch him in the mouth.
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shorturl.at/x7hsy 🎉👏❤️Baltimore has cut homicides to record low (60 so far vs 220 in 2022) thru a multi-pronged approach: data-driven Group Violence Reduction Strategy, credible-messenger intervention programs & aggressive prosecution of illegal gun possession! Keep going!
shorturl.at/lamx2 Since 2018, Saskatchewan & Alberta's provincial governments have passed legislation targeting trans and gender diverse youth. Conservative politicians blame marginalized communities for economic instability & shirk responsibility onto group with very little power.
Statistics Canada numbers show Canadians becoming less accepting of gender diversity | CBC News
Experts say confusion, fear and politicians using gender diverse people as scapegoats could be behind the shifting attitudes.
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shorturl.at/G1H1v Athabasca & Slave/Peace Major River Basins combined by UCP. In receiving river, inter-basin transfers introduces pests, parasites, invasive species, & infectious diseases, in donor river reduced flows negatively impact water quality & availability for communities & aquatic habitat
News Release: Government of Alberta amended Water Act despite public feedback - Alberta Wilderness Association
Engagement records reveal further inconsistencies between the public feedback provided and the amendments ultimately made, with the government introducing changes largely favoured by a few participating industries and sectors over the wishes of the public they are meant to serve.
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shorturl.at/aHt5m "Locals had been watching the rapid expansion of the snaking network of hoses, used for fracking, laying across fields, drawing water from nearby creeks and rivers. And what happens to that water? For the most part, it’s gone forever — buried deep where the oil or gas used to be."
Billions of litres lost to fracking in Alberta | The Narwhal
Oil and gas companies are sucking rivers dry in drought-stricken Alberta. Prairies reporter Drew Anderson visited local farmers and ranchers who are fed up
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The $100 Billion Discount: How America Fleeced Canada’s Energy Sector for Decades — And Why We’re Done Playing Nice deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-100-bi...
The $100 Billion Discount: How America Fleeced Canada’s Energy Sector for Decades — And Why We’re Done Playing Nice
Five days until the tariff cliff. Ottawa isn’t blinking. Here’s why.
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shorturl.at/JNWup Major fraudulent company hasn't sequestered clients' CO2 and NOT Even its OWN! See protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/t...
Climeworks establishes Canadian headquarters in Calgary
New base at Calgary’s Energy Transition Centre supports carbon removal scale‑up and cold‑weather testing
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shorturl.at/PiyO4 2025 - Not only does Climeworks not capture any of its customers emissions – for which it charges £800/tonne of CO2 – it doesn’t even capture the emissions from its OWN operations!! Total & highly remunerative SCAM!
The Climeworks Scam: My gullible idiocy confirmed
Friends, I wrote about Climeworks in September 2024 (link), and asked the question “Am I a gullible idiot?”. I asked the question because over several years I had paid Climeworks…
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shorturl.at/YWFzW Loblaw scams you - Most of the produce does NOT have details of the originating country! They are likely trying to sell more produce by avoiding the anti-US buying pattern of Canadians saying "NO!" to buying US!
Trying to buy Canadian at the grocery store? Loblaw removes signage from produce aisles
Some Metro Vancouver shoppers say it’s become harder to tell where their fruits and vegetables come from.
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shorturl.at/shXKQ Loewen expanded cougar hunting, changes to black bear hunting regulations, removal of some trapping limits & allows approved hunters to kill grizzly bears involved in human-wildlife conflicts. Loewen owned Red Willow Outfitters, put with family while he is UCP Minister.
Canmore wildlife conservationist questions call not to investigate Alberta parks minister
“I think it’s a logical step to look at the decisions this minister has made and think that this is a continued bias towards a specific group of hunters, trappers and guide outfitters.”
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reasonstobecheerful.world/france-medic... "30% of population lives in a medical desert, i.e. millions of citizens. In medical deserts, if you have a serious problem, you can only go to the hospital. Sometimes people are less likely to go to the hospital, and they pay the price.”
Traveling Doctors Are Filling the Gaps in Rural France
By sending doctors to small-town clinics for just one week at a time, Médecins Solidaires is helping to remedy the country’s “medical deserts.”
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shorturl.at/pMEPO Coral reefs are sensitive: They require long-term monitoring, maintenance & stewardship. Restoration structures need upkeep. Coral nurseries need tending. Data must be collected year on year. Building pathways into marine conservation creates opportunities for economic participatn
The 'Sisterhood' Protecting Indonesia's Coral Reefs
On the tiny island of Gili Air, a unique marine conservation course opens up career pathways for women while revitalizing reefs.
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"New research found separatism discourse being targeted online by Russian & US players. 'Russian content farms have been pushing pro-separatist content into online communities and using Canadians to ‘launder’ those messages by sharing such material on their social media feeds.'”
shorturl.at/Mpp1v UCP "Government skipped participating in the 150th anniversary commemoration of the signing of Treaty 6. Joey Pete, the grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, told reporters that the lack of representation from the UCP government 'says a lot.'”
‘Respect us’: Chief calls out Alberta government for missing treaty anniversary event
An Alberta chief is calling for more respect from the provincial government after its Indigenous relations minister missed a marquee event marking the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6.
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shorturl.at/H5rVL "Given the desperate tone of your nine-minute sales pitch, it’s pretty obvious you’re stuck with a thorny political problem that is squarely of your own making. 39 different data projects needing 20,000 MW of electricity, 2x provincial demand. People are pissed."
Lights! Camera! Action! Roll the Data Centre Sell Job! | The Tyee
Notes on Premier Smith’s video attempt to reassure Albertans that AI tycoons are everybody’s friends.
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shorturl.at/Roqo9 Permafrost thaw increases threat of landslides, incl ground that holds cliffs in place an& d could send enough land into bay to trigger a so-called “impulse wave”: a wall of water that could be as much as 15 metres high if it were to hit Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
A looming disaster threatens to drown one of Canada's northernmost communities
A team of coastal flooding experts are studying the risk presented by impulse waves and how communities could respond.
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shorturl.at/5Ewse "Total renewables capacity in Finland exceeded 10 GW during H1, with wind power capacity reaching 9,535 MW. Klaara Tapper, Advocacy Manager at Renewables Finland: 'As soon as numerous electricity-hungry industrial investments move forward, so does the demand for renewable energy'"
Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1 - pv magazine Global
Finland more than doubled its installed utility-scale solar capacity during the first six months of the year with the commissioning of eight solar plants larger than 1 MW.
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www.pembina.org/pub/no-well-... Annual methane emissions from orphan wells in Alberta and B.C. may exceed 30 kilotonnes of methane, equal to the emissions from consuming over 320 million litres of gasoline or over 1.7 million barrels of oil. Time to impose an escalating inactive well fee!
No Well Left Behind | Pembina Institute
Alberta faces a growing orphan well crisis that poses significant risks to the environment and to the provincial economy. Orphan wells are non-operating oil and gas wells with no responsible owner. Th...
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shorturl.at/NrRqj Repeal of Electric Vehicle Availability Standard limits Canadians' access to affordable EVs and puts Canada's 75% EV sales target out of reach. Carney committed to having 75% of new vehicle sales be electric by 2035 & has now blown that target sky-high!
EV policy repeal puts affordable vehicles further out of reach for Canadians | Pembina Institute
TORONTO — ADAM THORN, clean growth director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s decision to repeal the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard...
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shorturl.at/6uMDU "Funded from a successful class-action lawsuit against the Government of Canada by survivors of the LGBT Purge—a systematic campaign targeting LGBTQ2S+ members of the RCMP, public service and military"
What you need to know about Canada’s new LGBTQ2S+ national monument | Xtra Magazine
Called “Thunderhead,” the monument in Ottawa is funded by the LGBT Purge class-action lawsuit
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BREAKING: Trump Tried To Slip A “Snapback” Provision Into Canada Deal. Carney Caught It. Told Trump To F*** Off. Now Trump Is Threatening Military Force. deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Trump Tried To Slip A “Snapback” Provision Into Canada Deal. Carney Caught It. Told Trump To F*** Off. Now Trump Is Threatening Military Force.
Canada put a bullet in trade relations with Trump Yesterday after a last minute change that would allow Trump to tariff us anytime. Carney is poised to retaliate BIGLY Trump wants to go to war.
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