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/
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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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.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
This is the most pusillanimous and craven thing I’ve ever seen in Jeff Bezos’ @washingtonpost.com, and that’s quite the high bar. Glad my subscription expires next month. @nytimes.com all the way.
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is the most pusillanimous and craven thing I’ve ever seen in Jeff Bezos’ @washingtonpost.com, and that’s quite the high bar. Glad my subscription expires next month. @nytimes.com all the way.
Okay this is even more ominous than usual: an unnamed “private donor” gave Trump $130 million to pay the military. So who do the soldiers who work for now?
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
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October 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Okay this is even more ominous than usual: an unnamed “private donor” gave Trump $130 million to pay the military. So who do the soldiers who work for now?
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.
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...
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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.
@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.
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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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September 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
@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...
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Many things to recoil from following Kirk shooting, including the (apparent) expectation in some quarters that Americans in public eye shd perform grief at Kirk's death - which is v different from just not being a gleeful jerk. Coercive theatre of emotion = bad news for democracy & public sphere.
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Many things to recoil from following Kirk shooting, including the (apparent) expectation in some quarters that Americans in public eye shd perform grief at Kirk's death - which is v different from just not being a gleeful jerk. Coercive theatre of emotion = bad news for democracy & public sphere.
#Edmonton #yegdt needs many things (safe transit, public toilets, any signs of life downtown) & a giant sports playpen for the wealthy is none of them. Why did #yegcc throw >$100 million at it? @AshleyASalvador just lost my municipal vote for supporting this giveaway. globalnews.ca/news/1135140...
Edmonton city council approves $400M deal to build event park, village at Ice District - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The majority of Edmonton city council approved the $400 million master agreement plan after contentious deliberations on Monday. The vote came down 9 to 4.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#Edmonton #yegdt needs many things (safe transit, public toilets, any signs of life downtown) & a giant sports playpen for the wealthy is none of them. Why did #yegcc throw >$100 million at it? @AshleyASalvador just lost my municipal vote for supporting this giveaway. globalnews.ca/news/1135140...
The anti #transgender nonsense in #alberta just keeps pounding away. Here’s why I think the latest gender-verification requirements for girls are #Handmaid’sTale bad. It’s a grand time to be a sociologist.
#abpoli #bill29 #schools
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#abpoli #bill29 #schools
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Yes, It Really Is Like The Handmaid’s Tale
Yes, Alberta really is like The Handmaid’s Tale and here is why. In the forty years since Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985, it’s become a cultural touchstone for describing po…
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August 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The anti #transgender nonsense in #alberta just keeps pounding away. Here’s why I think the latest gender-verification requirements for girls are #Handmaid’sTale bad. It’s a grand time to be a sociologist.
#abpoli #bill29 #schools
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#abpoli #bill29 #schools
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Half-Light is one of four finalists for @abbookpub.bsky.social’s Regional Book of the Year! Winner announced at big fancy gala on September 18.
Shortlisted for Regional Book of the Year, @ualbertapress.bsky.social's HALF-LIGHT is an important meditation on middle age, the meaning of life, the climate catastrophe, and what it means to “go west”. #ABPubShortlist #ABbooks
August 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Half-Light is one of four finalists for @abbookpub.bsky.social’s Regional Book of the Year! Winner announced at big fancy gala on September 18.
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Today @mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I are featured in the @thetyee.ca to discuss the mistake employers are making by mandating workers back to the office.
Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies.
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
Back-to-Office Orders Are Destructive and Unnecessary | The Tyee
For no reason, employers are risking a disease surge, hurting parents and setting back equity.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today @mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I are featured in the @thetyee.ca to discuss the mistake employers are making by mandating workers back to the office.
The #AirCanada strike puts Canadian workers’ rights into focus - we show how everyone benefits when workers have the right to take sick leave & access workplace flexibility policies. Mandatory back-to-office rules create more problems than they solve.
🧵Doug Ford and major Canadian employers have been busy implementing blanket return-to-office policies that unions oppose. In the @theconversation.com , @mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I show how these policies harm workers and contribute to our multiple ongoing public health crises.
As back-to-school season approaches, Canadian employers are making a mistake by mandating workers back to the office
Remote-work flexibility has supported workplace equity helped limit outbreaks of respiratory infections. Back-to-offices mandates could erase those gains, especially with lowered vaccination rates.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The #AirCanada strike puts Canadian workers’ rights into focus - we show how everyone benefits when workers have the right to take sick leave & access workplace flexibility policies. Mandatory back-to-office rules create more problems than they solve.
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🧵Why are seasonal childhood vaccination rates falling after the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic despite a mass increase of viral illness?
@mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I add some new understanding to this in our new paper published in The Sociological Quarterly
@mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I add some new understanding to this in our new paper published in The Sociological Quarterly
August 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🧵Why are seasonal childhood vaccination rates falling after the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic despite a mass increase of viral illness?
@mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I add some new understanding to this in our new paper published in The Sociological Quarterly
@mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I add some new understanding to this in our new paper published in The Sociological Quarterly
#Vaccination & social trust in #Alberta: new research from @mmaroto.bsky.social @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social & me. #Measles outbreaks make this especially timely. @picardonhealth.bsky.social of interest to your readers?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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August 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#Vaccination & social trust in #Alberta: new research from @mmaroto.bsky.social @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social & me. #Measles outbreaks make this especially timely. @picardonhealth.bsky.social of interest to your readers?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Exactly.
Shit @rusty.todayintabs.com nailed it www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
July 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Exactly.
Southern Saskatchewan at the peak of a wet summer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Southern Saskatchewan at the peak of a wet summer.
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Canada is facing rising infectious disease rates — and US cuts to CDC data are making it harder to track and respond. Experts warn this could impair pandemic readiness and fuel health misinformation across the border. Read more. @amykaler.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
US Cuts Injure Canada’s Infectious Disease Surveillance
Are cuts to US health and research budgets a chronicle of a Canadian communicable disease crisis foretold?
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July 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Canada is facing rising infectious disease rates — and US cuts to CDC data are making it harder to track and respond. Experts warn this could impair pandemic readiness and fuel health misinformation across the border. Read more. @amykaler.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
