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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
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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2025 challenge for everyone (myself included):
- Have you read the entire thread before replying?
- Have you looked to see if other people have already replied with what you want to say?
- Are you thinking of "well, actually"-ing?
- Do you you and the person know each other well enough to say that?
- Have you read the entire thread before replying?
- Have you looked to see if other people have already replied with what you want to say?
- Are you thinking of "well, actually"-ing?
- Do you you and the person know each other well enough to say that?
Will be applying a new policy from here on out.
If you come into my mentions to tell me that [thing] isn't worth my attention or bringing it to the attention of others, I'm going to assume you're a bad actor and block you.
ESPECIALLY if you're an 8 follower account with primarily replies.
If you come into my mentions to tell me that [thing] isn't worth my attention or bringing it to the attention of others, I'm going to assume you're a bad actor and block you.
ESPECIALLY if you're an 8 follower account with primarily replies.
2026 challenge for everyone:
This year looks to be A LOT, so let's work on being kind and inclusive!
- Have you put alt text on that image? Yes, that one too.
- Have you enabled the alt-text reminder?
- How's your language use? Have you removed all the slurs?
Let's try to not exclude people.
This year looks to be A LOT, so let's work on being kind and inclusive!
- Have you put alt text on that image? Yes, that one too.
- Have you enabled the alt-text reminder?
- How's your language use? Have you removed all the slurs?
Let's try to not exclude people.
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DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
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I want people to understand Columbia Heights as a first ring suburb of working class Minnesotans. It has my favorite Palestinian grocery, one of the best Mexican ones, a huge Indian grocery store, an East Asian store I haven't tried yet because there are so many, and a Palestinian sweets store.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I want people to understand Columbia Heights as a first ring suburb of working class Minnesotans. It has my favorite Palestinian grocery, one of the best Mexican ones, a huge Indian grocery store, an East Asian store I haven't tried yet because there are so many, and a Palestinian sweets store.
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In Maine, masked federal agents stopped a car that contained a baby, and smashed a window. "Glass sprayed over the baby’s car seat." They took the baby's father who was driving, leaving the mother who does not have a driver's license alone in the car with the baby. On video:
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:14 PM
In Maine, masked federal agents stopped a car that contained a baby, and smashed a window. "Glass sprayed over the baby’s car seat." They took the baby's father who was driving, leaving the mother who does not have a driver's license alone in the car with the baby. On video:
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it reveals how incredibly backward Canada is even by Western standards. basically snapfrozen in the Mulroney–Reagan era or worse.
Imagine ELECTING a Doug Ford for fuck's sake, THREE TIMES.
bsky.app/profile/symb...
Imagine ELECTING a Doug Ford for fuck's sake, THREE TIMES.
bsky.app/profile/symb...
Canada is doomed unless it can jettison its reactionary garbage. All these shots were taken today. These pieces of shit broke Canada and their heirs—in many cases, even their actual children—are all still running the place.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 AM
it reveals how incredibly backward Canada is even by Western standards. basically snapfrozen in the Mulroney–Reagan era or worse.
Imagine ELECTING a Doug Ford for fuck's sake, THREE TIMES.
bsky.app/profile/symb...
Imagine ELECTING a Doug Ford for fuck's sake, THREE TIMES.
bsky.app/profile/symb...
Every fucking time I try to relax and return to a normal sleep cycle, the people trying to destroy the place I'm living show up again.
#yeg
#yeg
Beware #OldStrathcona #WhyteAve #QueenAlex people are out overnight trying to break into back yard sheds again.
(after 3am, it seems)
(after 3am, it seems)
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Every fucking time I try to relax and return to a normal sleep cycle, the people trying to destroy the place I'm living show up again.
#yeg
#yeg
Beware #OldStrathcona #WhyteAve #QueenAlex people are out overnight trying to break into back yard sheds again.
(after 3am, it seems)
(after 3am, it seems)
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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Danielle Smith: if you won’t sign the pledge sent to every Alberta MLA to support keeping Alberta in Canada…then you need to resign.
Choose.
#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian #Never51 @lukaszukab.bsky.social @coreyhogan.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social
Choose.
#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian #Never51 @lukaszukab.bsky.social @coreyhogan.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Danielle Smith: if you won’t sign the pledge sent to every Alberta MLA to support keeping Alberta in Canada…then you need to resign.
Choose.
#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian #Never51 @lukaszukab.bsky.social @coreyhogan.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social
Choose.
#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian #Never51 @lukaszukab.bsky.social @coreyhogan.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social
Beware #OldStrathcona #WhyteAve #QueenAlex people are out overnight trying to break into back yard sheds again.
(after 3am, it seems)
(after 3am, it seems)
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Beware #OldStrathcona #WhyteAve #QueenAlex people are out overnight trying to break into back yard sheds again.
(after 3am, it seems)
(after 3am, it seems)
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[weakly] you can't "deport" a citizen, that is definitionally abduction
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 AM
[weakly] you can't "deport" a citizen, that is definitionally abduction
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Concentration camps.
NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
W/ @sooophie.bsky.social
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W/ @sooophie.bsky.social
US Spends Millions on Warehouses in Historic Expansion of ICE Detention
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Concentration camps.
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people prob gonna get worked up about other stuff here but please understand: this is what hotel rooms were supposed to look like. we have lost our way
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
people prob gonna get worked up about other stuff here but please understand: this is what hotel rooms were supposed to look like. we have lost our way
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Kelly is not wrong.
Lead poisoning. I'm serious.
If it helps, Gen X is going to decline and die way quicker than the boomers and millennials. Again: lead poisoning.
If it helps, Gen X is going to decline and die way quicker than the boomers and millennials. Again: lead poisoning.
Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Kelly is not wrong.
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Once more for those in the back:
A sovereign Alberta within a united Canada
=
Being single within a marriage.
A sovereign Alberta within a united Canada
=
Being single within a marriage.
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Once more for those in the back:
A sovereign Alberta within a united Canada
=
Being single within a marriage.
A sovereign Alberta within a united Canada
=
Being single within a marriage.
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Any action movie that doesn't have a restaurant kitchen fight scene is not an action movie.
Very happy to see that action this brutal and creative is still being done in (checks notes) an Italian Film!!??
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Any action movie that doesn't have a restaurant kitchen fight scene is not an action movie.
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Still on sale, still $3.99 (for 4 more days!) and still one of the best things I've ever written -- a brief wild howl of injustice, revenge, and survivor's guilt! :)
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
And What Can We Offer You Tonight Audiobook on Libro.fm
In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed tells the story of Jewel, established courtesan in a luxurious H...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Still on sale, still $3.99 (for 4 more days!) and still one of the best things I've ever written -- a brief wild howl of injustice, revenge, and survivor's guilt! :)
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
Jesus fuck.
Weirdly free if you're a wealthy tourist and a man.
Weirdly free if you're a wealthy tourist and a man.
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Jesus fuck.
Weirdly free if you're a wealthy tourist and a man.
Weirdly free if you're a wealthy tourist and a man.
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as bad as things are I'm fine that this lady never became president and this underlines exactly what she would have pushed for in the US
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM
as bad as things are I'm fine that this lady never became president and this underlines exactly what she would have pushed for in the US
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ok thanks for confirming Adam Serwer’s piece was an exception to the rule and y’all remain firmly committed to fascism lite
We’re excited to announce that David Brooks is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. The Atlantic will be the home for all of his writing, and he will also host a new weekly video podcast that will launch later this spring. www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer
New home for his writing, and to launch a video podcast
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:23 AM
ok thanks for confirming Adam Serwer’s piece was an exception to the rule and y’all remain firmly committed to fascism lite
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how much are the liberals going up in the polls after this photo?
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 AM
how much are the liberals going up in the polls after this photo?
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On a fundamental level, I prefer living in the country where taxes pay for healthcare and the next season of Heated Rivalry instead invasions of Venezuela and massive ICE raids.
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 AM
On a fundamental level, I prefer living in the country where taxes pay for healthcare and the next season of Heated Rivalry instead invasions of Venezuela and massive ICE raids.
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It's a little jarring to move back to a country where the head of the government, Prime Minister Mark Carney, is genuinely very excited to talk about the super popular gay hockey show partially funded by Canadian taxpayers, while the US president threatens more tariffs on Canadian-made airplanes.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 AM
It's a little jarring to move back to a country where the head of the government, Prime Minister Mark Carney, is genuinely very excited to talk about the super popular gay hockey show partially funded by Canadian taxpayers, while the US president threatens more tariffs on Canadian-made airplanes.
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Know your labour laws.
In Ontario a 12-hour shift legally requires you to take two 30min lunches with no section of work outside of those being longer than five hours (ie, it is still illegal to have a single 1-hour lunch in the middle of 12hrs because you have 5.5hrs on each side)
In Ontario a 12-hour shift legally requires you to take two 30min lunches with no section of work outside of those being longer than five hours (ie, it is still illegal to have a single 1-hour lunch in the middle of 12hrs because you have 5.5hrs on each side)
It is depressing and brutal (but absolutely predictable) that tech bros are picking up the idea of 996 from Chinese work culture.
Don't fall for it. It's bad.
People die from overwork.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_wor...
Don't fall for it. It's bad.
People die from overwork.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_wor...
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Know your labour laws.
In Ontario a 12-hour shift legally requires you to take two 30min lunches with no section of work outside of those being longer than five hours (ie, it is still illegal to have a single 1-hour lunch in the middle of 12hrs because you have 5.5hrs on each side)
In Ontario a 12-hour shift legally requires you to take two 30min lunches with no section of work outside of those being longer than five hours (ie, it is still illegal to have a single 1-hour lunch in the middle of 12hrs because you have 5.5hrs on each side)
Eating an apple is too much for my brain today.
Crunch crunch cruch.
Crunch crunch cruch.
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Eating an apple is too much for my brain today.
Crunch crunch cruch.
Crunch crunch cruch.
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This is something - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta premier says she’s ruled out Kitimat, B.C., for proposed pipeline route | CBC News
Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the route to Kitimat would be “too complex," saying there are "too many channels to navigate."
www.cbc.ca
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is something - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...