Jocelyn 🌿
@borealj.bsky.social
Progressive in the Wild Alberta Boreal 🇨🇦 Nature addict. Educator.
Mom. Linguist.
BComm. Planet before Profit.
Mom. Linguist.
BComm. Planet before Profit.
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10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
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8. But it might not require Nazi terror for Europe to revert to default mode. We seem perfectly happy to vote or drift our way back to it. As the US might already have done.
Once you vote for an autocrat, you might find it extremely hard to reverse the decision.
Once you vote for an autocrat, you might find it extremely hard to reverse the decision.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
8. But it might not require Nazi terror for Europe to revert to default mode. We seem perfectly happy to vote or drift our way back to it. As the US might already have done.
Once you vote for an autocrat, you might find it extremely hard to reverse the decision.
Once you vote for an autocrat, you might find it extremely hard to reverse the decision.
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Battle River-Crowfoot, are you feeling the love?
Are you prospering now beyond your imagination?
What's your MP doing for you?
Have you seen him in his constituency office?
Even once since the by-election?
#cdnpoli
Are you prospering now beyond your imagination?
What's your MP doing for you?
Have you seen him in his constituency office?
Even once since the by-election?
#cdnpoli
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Battle River-Crowfoot, are you feeling the love?
Are you prospering now beyond your imagination?
What's your MP doing for you?
Have you seen him in his constituency office?
Even once since the by-election?
#cdnpoli
Are you prospering now beyond your imagination?
What's your MP doing for you?
Have you seen him in his constituency office?
Even once since the by-election?
#cdnpoli
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Signs of Fascism.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Signs of Fascism.
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ICYMI - If you live in Alberta, get vaccinated, don't get in an accident, don't go to the hospital. The healthcare system is a mess as flu/Covid season starts.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ICYMI - If you live in Alberta, get vaccinated, don't get in an accident, don't go to the hospital. The healthcare system is a mess as flu/Covid season starts.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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After you take the below actions to protect the Rockies, take a moment to share this with anyone you know in Brooks-Medicine Hat: recalldaniellesmith.ca
#abpoli #firetheucp
#abpoli #firetheucp
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
After you take the below actions to protect the Rockies, take a moment to share this with anyone you know in Brooks-Medicine Hat: recalldaniellesmith.ca
#abpoli #firetheucp
#abpoli #firetheucp
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
Lucky!
$110 in Alberta.
Means my family of 4 probably won’t be protected this season
$110 in Alberta.
Means my family of 4 probably won’t be protected this season
If you live in Ontario, we're privileged to still have free access to flu vaccines & Covid boosters.
Get them! I just did!
Immunocompromised/high risk can go now & everyone else can book now for appointments after Oct 28!
Get them ASAP & you'll help make the holiday season safer for everyone 💪🏻
Get them! I just did!
Immunocompromised/high risk can go now & everyone else can book now for appointments after Oct 28!
Get them ASAP & you'll help make the holiday season safer for everyone 💪🏻
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Lucky!
$110 in Alberta.
Means my family of 4 probably won’t be protected this season
$110 in Alberta.
Means my family of 4 probably won’t be protected this season
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“If someone was walking along the streets spraying poisonous fumes into people’s faces, they’d be arrested and probably locked up. But if you spray those fumes into people’s faces using a car, it’s somehow legal.”
-Tyre Extinguishers rep in @thewaroncars.bsky.social ‘Life After Cars’ book.
-Tyre Extinguishers rep in @thewaroncars.bsky.social ‘Life After Cars’ book.
October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“If someone was walking along the streets spraying poisonous fumes into people’s faces, they’d be arrested and probably locked up. But if you spray those fumes into people’s faces using a car, it’s somehow legal.”
-Tyre Extinguishers rep in @thewaroncars.bsky.social ‘Life After Cars’ book.
-Tyre Extinguishers rep in @thewaroncars.bsky.social ‘Life After Cars’ book.
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Wyant’s report shows so much bad happening under Premier’s watch - and still the Premier’s chief of staff intervened on behalf of somebody who clearly was in conflict and maybe acting illegally…
But key thing not to forget: Premier and Minister fired the whistleblower
1/6
But key thing not to forget: Premier and Minister fired the whistleblower
1/6
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Wyant’s report shows so much bad happening under Premier’s watch - and still the Premier’s chief of staff intervened on behalf of somebody who clearly was in conflict and maybe acting illegally…
But key thing not to forget: Premier and Minister fired the whistleblower
1/6
But key thing not to forget: Premier and Minister fired the whistleblower
1/6
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From the DM’s…
If a sign of a healthy thriving organization after it has been disintegrated by a premier is an inability to maintain executive level staff…
AHS is doing great!
Otherwise…
Dani’s having a harder and harder time finding people to steer ships into icebergs…
If a sign of a healthy thriving organization after it has been disintegrated by a premier is an inability to maintain executive level staff…
AHS is doing great!
Otherwise…
Dani’s having a harder and harder time finding people to steer ships into icebergs…
October 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
From the DM’s…
If a sign of a healthy thriving organization after it has been disintegrated by a premier is an inability to maintain executive level staff…
AHS is doing great!
Otherwise…
Dani’s having a harder and harder time finding people to steer ships into icebergs…
If a sign of a healthy thriving organization after it has been disintegrated by a premier is an inability to maintain executive level staff…
AHS is doing great!
Otherwise…
Dani’s having a harder and harder time finding people to steer ships into icebergs…
11th pedestrian fatality THIS YEAR on Calgary roads. Living in North Anerican cities is increasingly dangerous www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
3 fatal pedestrian collisions in 24-hour span in Calgary | CBC News
In the last 24 hours, three pedestrians have been killed in what Calgary police are calling "entirely preventable" collisions.
www.cbc.ca
October 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
11th pedestrian fatality THIS YEAR on Calgary roads. Living in North Anerican cities is increasingly dangerous www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta’s teachers are on strike. Each passing day is another day the government refuses to fund classrooms properly.
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Alberta’s teachers are on strike. Each passing day is another day the government refuses to fund classrooms properly.
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The cuts, chaos, and corruption continues.
The UCP told us that we would see a draft report of the Corrupt Care investigation on May 30th. Then they said June, then September, then October 15th.
Well, that day has come and gone.
We have been calling for a fully independent public inquiry.
The UCP told us that we would see a draft report of the Corrupt Care investigation on May 30th. Then they said June, then September, then October 15th.
Well, that day has come and gone.
We have been calling for a fully independent public inquiry.
October 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The cuts, chaos, and corruption continues.
The UCP told us that we would see a draft report of the Corrupt Care investigation on May 30th. Then they said June, then September, then October 15th.
Well, that day has come and gone.
We have been calling for a fully independent public inquiry.
The UCP told us that we would see a draft report of the Corrupt Care investigation on May 30th. Then they said June, then September, then October 15th.
Well, that day has come and gone.
We have been calling for a fully independent public inquiry.
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Canada's economy is growing, but that growth is driven by “socially useless” industries. Banks and landlords account for 15% and 20% of GDP growth, respectively, making real estate speculation the single largest driver of growth in Canada—larger than manufacturing, retail, or oil and gas.
Canadians are on year three of a people’s recession
The disconnect between big economic indicators and Canadians’ day-to-day experience is a gap our political leaders seem unable or unwilling to bridge. Indeed, parliamentarians have gotten in the habit...
canadiandimension.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Canada's economy is growing, but that growth is driven by “socially useless” industries. Banks and landlords account for 15% and 20% of GDP growth, respectively, making real estate speculation the single largest driver of growth in Canada—larger than manufacturing, retail, or oil and gas.
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
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Blushingly, we ask that you share our first foray into the world of microblogging?🚲😌
#bikesky
#urbanism+
#yegbike
#yycbike
#WomenRideBikes
@bikesky.social @bikeminds.bsky.social @yegbike.bsky.social @letsbikethereyeg.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
bikeology.substack.com/p/we-are-fie...
#bikesky
#urbanism+
#yegbike
#yycbike
#WomenRideBikes
@bikesky.social @bikeminds.bsky.social @yegbike.bsky.social @letsbikethereyeg.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
bikeology.substack.com/p/we-are-fie...
September 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Blushingly, we ask that you share our first foray into the world of microblogging?🚲😌
#bikesky
#urbanism+
#yegbike
#yycbike
#WomenRideBikes
@bikesky.social @bikeminds.bsky.social @yegbike.bsky.social @letsbikethereyeg.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
bikeology.substack.com/p/we-are-fie...
#bikesky
#urbanism+
#yegbike
#yycbike
#WomenRideBikes
@bikesky.social @bikeminds.bsky.social @yegbike.bsky.social @letsbikethereyeg.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
bikeology.substack.com/p/we-are-fie...
The geese migrating are deafening over the quiet woods this morning 🥰
October 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The geese migrating are deafening over the quiet woods this morning 🥰
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Heartbreaking.
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News
Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...
www.cbc.ca
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Heartbreaking.
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A standard feature on most low-floor trams I saw in #Zürich : the fold-down extensions that allow for easy boarding for people in wheelchairs and with strollers.
As with so many things here: What the world should be, #Switzerland already is.
As with so many things here: What the world should be, #Switzerland already is.
September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A standard feature on most low-floor trams I saw in #Zürich : the fold-down extensions that allow for easy boarding for people in wheelchairs and with strollers.
As with so many things here: What the world should be, #Switzerland already is.
As with so many things here: What the world should be, #Switzerland already is.
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About 3.2% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $55.4M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $55.4M.
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
About 3.2% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $55.4M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $55.4M.