Justin
@decontaminate.bsky.social
Anarch-ish, soil contaminant scient-ish (with a focus on spill remediation and contaminant management in the Arctic). Musician.
A lot of things-ish. On the autism spectrum (not ish).
A lot of things-ish. On the autism spectrum (not ish).
This was never really about protecting girls. It's always been about excluding trans people, pushing them back into the shadows, making them an underclass.
Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
edmontonjournal.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This was never really about protecting girls. It's always been about excluding trans people, pushing them back into the shadows, making them an underclass.
There's been more outpouring of grief for one mediocre white man than for twenty thousand Palestinian children.
September 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
There's been more outpouring of grief for one mediocre white man than for twenty thousand Palestinian children.
Desperately chasing destructive projects only to have it all blow up in your face and cost you more is really on point for this government.
Coal company wins $142.8-million from Alberta government over policy flip-flop
Atrum Coal agreed to drop its lawsuit and surrender coal leases back to the government in exchange for cash
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Desperately chasing destructive projects only to have it all blow up in your face and cost you more is really on point for this government.
"We must be allowed to poison he people"
The Alberta and Ontario environment ministers sent a letter to the federal government, asking it to 'refrain' from reintroducing Bill C-61/
Alberta, Ontario don't want feds to reintroduce First Nations safe drinking water law
Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for First Nations.
www.aptnnews.ca
July 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"We must be allowed to poison he people"
This essay is profoundly, fascinatingly, stupid.
Despite it happening over and over, I am always caught off guard by the pro-AI crowd's fundamental failure to grasp creativity and art as concepts and processes.
Despite it happening over and over, I am always caught off guard by the pro-AI crowd's fundamental failure to grasp creativity and art as concepts and processes.
AI copyright anxiety will hold back creativity
Every original creation is an act of generative recombination. Why should the use of AI be held to a different standard?
www.technologyreview.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This essay is profoundly, fascinatingly, stupid.
Despite it happening over and over, I am always caught off guard by the pro-AI crowd's fundamental failure to grasp creativity and art as concepts and processes.
Despite it happening over and over, I am always caught off guard by the pro-AI crowd's fundamental failure to grasp creativity and art as concepts and processes.
They tried, and that really does matter. Often, success comes from just chucking everything at the wall in the hopes that something -anything - will stick.
The March to Gaza has been called off after a tumultuous weekend that saw Canadians detained and deported, passports taken, and more.
I spent my weekend speaking with a marcher, Canadian physician @yipengge.bsky.social, who was there for it all.
These people tried -- and that matters:
I spent my weekend speaking with a marcher, Canadian physician @yipengge.bsky.social, who was there for it all.
These people tried -- and that matters:
June 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
They tried, and that really does matter. Often, success comes from just chucking everything at the wall in the hopes that something -anything - will stick.
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I have a sense that human experience is not just undervalued, but almost wholly alien to many of these people.
"...They don’t want to plan their kids’ birthday parties. They don’t want to research things. They don’t value culture or art or beauty. They want to skip to the end, hit fast-forward on anything, because human struggle is for the poor or unworthy."
This three-parter was chicken soup for my soul
This three-parter was chicken soup for my soul
Part 3 of this week's Better Offline: I walk you through how The Era of the Business Idiot has led to a dramatic deceleration in innovation - and how the tech media must fight back against their ridiculous narratives to save Silicon Valley.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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linktr.ee/betteroffline
June 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I have a sense that human experience is not just undervalued, but almost wholly alien to many of these people.
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Albertans and @albertandp.ca continue to be clear:
No #Coal Mining on the Eastern Slopes
#shadowminister #environment #protectedareas #ableg #abpoli
No #Coal Mining on the Eastern Slopes
#shadowminister #environment #protectedareas #ableg #abpoli
Alberta premier faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy
FORT MACLEOD - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Albertans and @albertandp.ca continue to be clear:
No #Coal Mining on the Eastern Slopes
#shadowminister #environment #protectedareas #ableg #abpoli
No #Coal Mining on the Eastern Slopes
#shadowminister #environment #protectedareas #ableg #abpoli
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I spent the last few days reaching out to advocates, experts and the government about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new border bill, Bill C-2.
What I learned was…not reassuring.
In fact, advocates are warning it could create a framework for Trump-style mass deportations -- and more:
What I learned was…not reassuring.
In fact, advocates are warning it could create a framework for Trump-style mass deportations -- and more:
June 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I spent the last few days reaching out to advocates, experts and the government about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new border bill, Bill C-2.
What I learned was…not reassuring.
In fact, advocates are warning it could create a framework for Trump-style mass deportations -- and more:
What I learned was…not reassuring.
In fact, advocates are warning it could create a framework for Trump-style mass deportations -- and more:
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cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
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One of the same companies suing the provincial government over the coal exploration moratorium can't even be bothered to complete the most basic remediation. Imagine how this goes if they open large-scale mining operations...
An Australian Coal Speculator Flouts More Alberta Laws | The Tyee
Evolve Power, formerly Montem Resources, found guilty of contamination violations.
thetyee.ca
May 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
One of the same companies suing the provincial government over the coal exploration moratorium can't even be bothered to complete the most basic remediation. Imagine how this goes if they open large-scale mining operations...
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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🟧 Katherine Swampy has been nominated as the NDP candidate in Leduc-Wetaskiwin.
Swampy is a former Samson Cree Band Councillor and previously ran for the federal NDP in Edmonton Centre in 2019 and the Alberta NDP in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin in 2023.
Swampy is a former Samson Cree Band Councillor and previously ran for the federal NDP in Edmonton Centre in 2019 and the Alberta NDP in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin in 2023.
March 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🟧 Katherine Swampy has been nominated as the NDP candidate in Leduc-Wetaskiwin.
Swampy is a former Samson Cree Band Councillor and previously ran for the federal NDP in Edmonton Centre in 2019 and the Alberta NDP in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin in 2023.
Swampy is a former Samson Cree Band Councillor and previously ran for the federal NDP in Edmonton Centre in 2019 and the Alberta NDP in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin in 2023.
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#OtD 1 Apr 1982 oil company Exxon made a private report on CO2. It showed burning fossil fuels would cause global warming which may be irreversible and could be detectable by 1995. They then spent $31m to spread false propaganda claiming the opposite stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8039...
April 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#OtD 1 Apr 1982 oil company Exxon made a private report on CO2. It showed burning fossil fuels would cause global warming which may be irreversible and could be detectable by 1995. They then spent $31m to spread false propaganda claiming the opposite stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8039...
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edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
UCP funding of Charter Schools is up by 42%…funding 70% now. No other province funds Charter Schools at all.
On top of that, for the first time govt is BUILDING 9 new Charter Schools.
UCP - Destroying Public Education.
UCP funding of Charter Schools is up by 42%…funding 70% now. No other province funds Charter Schools at all.
On top of that, for the first time govt is BUILDING 9 new Charter Schools.
UCP - Destroying Public Education.
Opinion: No public money should build private schools in Alberta
Alberta accelerating private school construction at the expense of public school students
edmontonjournal.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
UCP funding of Charter Schools is up by 42%…funding 70% now. No other province funds Charter Schools at all.
On top of that, for the first time govt is BUILDING 9 new Charter Schools.
UCP - Destroying Public Education.
UCP funding of Charter Schools is up by 42%…funding 70% now. No other province funds Charter Schools at all.
On top of that, for the first time govt is BUILDING 9 new Charter Schools.
UCP - Destroying Public Education.
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Congratulations!
@cupescfp.bsky.social local 3484
on a remarkable victory that seemed unattainable just weeks ago. These brave workers, who are predominantly women and whom I am proud to call my colleagues, have put everything on the line to fight for the rights of all of us and our students.
@cupescfp.bsky.social local 3484
on a remarkable victory that seemed unattainable just weeks ago. These brave workers, who are predominantly women and whom I am proud to call my colleagues, have put everything on the line to fight for the rights of all of us and our students.
March 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Congratulations!
@cupescfp.bsky.social local 3484
on a remarkable victory that seemed unattainable just weeks ago. These brave workers, who are predominantly women and whom I am proud to call my colleagues, have put everything on the line to fight for the rights of all of us and our students.
@cupescfp.bsky.social local 3484
on a remarkable victory that seemed unattainable just weeks ago. These brave workers, who are predominantly women and whom I am proud to call my colleagues, have put everything on the line to fight for the rights of all of us and our students.
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It's not right.
It's not just.
It's not fair.
But we won't let the UCP get away with ignoring some of the hardest-working people in this province.
I’m proud to stand with them.
youtube.com/shorts/ne6oW...
It's not just.
It's not fair.
But we won't let the UCP get away with ignoring some of the hardest-working people in this province.
I’m proud to stand with them.
youtube.com/shorts/ne6oW...
I'm proud to stand with some of the hardest working people in Alberta!
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's not right.
It's not just.
It's not fair.
But we won't let the UCP get away with ignoring some of the hardest-working people in this province.
I’m proud to stand with them.
youtube.com/shorts/ne6oW...
It's not just.
It's not fair.
But we won't let the UCP get away with ignoring some of the hardest-working people in this province.
I’m proud to stand with them.
youtube.com/shorts/ne6oW...
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Today, people will demonstrate in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist at Columbia University. DHS has kidnapped him and revoked his green card.
Some demonstrators will be distributing this flier. You can print out copies here yourself:
crimethinc.com/zines/rememb...
Resist.
Some demonstrators will be distributing this flier. You can print out copies here yourself:
crimethinc.com/zines/rememb...
Resist.
March 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today, people will demonstrate in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist at Columbia University. DHS has kidnapped him and revoked his green card.
Some demonstrators will be distributing this flier. You can print out copies here yourself:
crimethinc.com/zines/rememb...
Resist.
Some demonstrators will be distributing this flier. You can print out copies here yourself:
crimethinc.com/zines/rememb...
Resist.
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For no reason in particular, found myself looking up what Jack London had to say about scabs. How did that go again? Oh yeah
March 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
For no reason in particular, found myself looking up what Jack London had to say about scabs. How did that go again? Oh yeah
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The premier should not attend this event, let alone speak at it.
🔴Prager is a well-known disinformation outlet.
🔴Shapiro is a well-known bigot.
🔴Florida is at the heart of our trade war with the United States.
This is a bad idea.
🔴Prager is a well-known disinformation outlet.
🔴Shapiro is a well-known bigot.
🔴Florida is at the heart of our trade war with the United States.
This is a bad idea.
March 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The premier should not attend this event, let alone speak at it.
🔴Prager is a well-known disinformation outlet.
🔴Shapiro is a well-known bigot.
🔴Florida is at the heart of our trade war with the United States.
This is a bad idea.
🔴Prager is a well-known disinformation outlet.
🔴Shapiro is a well-known bigot.
🔴Florida is at the heart of our trade war with the United States.
This is a bad idea.
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@billybragg.bsky.social 6000 Education workers in Alberta are striking because they love their jobs. They love helping kids, keeping schools safe, and making sure classrooms function. But they can’t keep doing it for poverty wages. Hiring scabs and refusing to Bargain in good faith .
March 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@billybragg.bsky.social 6000 Education workers in Alberta are striking because they love their jobs. They love helping kids, keeping schools safe, and making sure classrooms function. But they can’t keep doing it for poverty wages. Hiring scabs and refusing to Bargain in good faith .
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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
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Since leaving Twixxer, my reach has declined. Please spread the word if you are inclined: After two weekends of being preempted due to building maintenance, Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass is back live Sunday at 2 Mountain with two hours of the best of roots and 'grass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Since leaving Twixxer, my reach has declined. Please spread the word if you are inclined: After two weekends of being preempted due to building maintenance, Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass is back live Sunday at 2 Mountain with two hours of the best of roots and 'grass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social