Jackie Seidel
@jackieseidel.bsky.social
😷 Born 322ppm 🌎 ❤️ Poetry. Bees. Bikes. Eco/Climate Justice. Contemplative ecology. UofCalgary Assoc Prof Curriculum/Learning. PhD. Tweets mine. She/Her
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Jackie Seidel
@jackieseidel.bsky.social
· Feb 15
The hole in the roof of the protective 'New Safe Confinement' containment shell over destroyed Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine after a Russian drone targeted it last night. #MSC2025
This is BAD. Many countries assisted with building the containment over reactor 4. Because Chernobyl is an existential threat. Canada donated over 66 million dollars. Building this was an example of extreme engineering. That a drone could do this to any nuclear facility has been a concern.
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Hi Folks, Been on a hiatus due to my dad passing away last week suddenly.. AHS V255 is out of 2025! Chaos..Chaos and even MORE Chaos.. Buckle Up.. LITERALLY! @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... #abhealth #abpoli #UCPCorruption.
a close up of a woman 's face with the words `` god almighty '' written on the bottom .
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the words `` god almighty '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hi Folks, Been on a hiatus due to my dad passing away last week suddenly.. AHS V255 is out of 2025! Chaos..Chaos and even MORE Chaos.. Buckle Up.. LITERALLY! @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... #abhealth #abpoli #UCPCorruption.
A UCP Minister calling their constituents motherf*uckers. And their staffers laughing.
Good thing Jason Kenney brought in that recall legislation.
Good thing Jason Kenney brought in that recall legislation.
An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when you call your MLA?
An errant voicemail gives us insight into how the UCP is handling the backlash against its use of the notwithstanding clause. They're not doing well.
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A UCP Minister calling their constituents motherf*uckers. And their staffers laughing.
Good thing Jason Kenney brought in that recall legislation.
Good thing Jason Kenney brought in that recall legislation.
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To Alice Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything
You were a hero to Asian Americans, drag queens and people with disabilities around the world. May you do what you wanna do as your chariot carries you over the rainbow.
by Maureen Dowd
You were a hero to Asian Americans, drag queens and people with disabilities around the world. May you do what you wanna do as your chariot carries you over the rainbow.
by Maureen Dowd
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I wrote this two years ago. Felt inspired to post it again today. Tomorrow, it may be more relevant than ever. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cdnpoli #Alberta @albertaviews.bsky.social
albertaviews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I wrote this two years ago. Felt inspired to post it again today. Tomorrow, it may be more relevant than ever. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cdnpoli #Alberta @albertaviews.bsky.social
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As a trans-owned bookstore, we're tired, y'all. I wish I had something poignant to say for Trans Awareness Week in the face of all these attacks, but I don't. I feel so much grief & anger. To my trans siblings, I love y'all. Anyway, read trans books, celebrate trans life, & protect one another.
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As a trans-owned bookstore, we're tired, y'all. I wish I had something poignant to say for Trans Awareness Week in the face of all these attacks, but I don't. I feel so much grief & anger. To my trans siblings, I love y'all. Anyway, read trans books, celebrate trans life, & protect one another.
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Another year, another Welsh town devastated by flooding.
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Another year, another Welsh town devastated by flooding.
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
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.@globalwitness.org reports that there are over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30.
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
Over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists attended COP30, says KBPO
Analysis reveals one in 25 of COP30 participants represent the fossil fuel industry, with over 1,600 lobbyists given access, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
globalwitness.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
.@globalwitness.org reports that there are over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30.
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
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It’s all the same fight & we lost SO much when we let them pretend the pandemic was over
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s all the same fight & we lost SO much when we let them pretend the pandemic was over
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May her memory be for a revolution. May it deepen our commitments. May her example sharpen our politics. May her life remind us that disability justice is a practice of transforming the world through collective care, accountability, creativity, defiance and imagination.
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
May her memory be for a revolution. May it deepen our commitments. May her example sharpen our politics. May her life remind us that disability justice is a practice of transforming the world through collective care, accountability, creativity, defiance and imagination.
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Alice was not only a brilliant disability justice activist—she was a cultural force, political strategist & builder of worlds. She showed how access is built through struggle, creative collaboration, interdependence, and principled refusal. She made the invisible labor of disabled life beautiful.
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Alice was not only a brilliant disability justice activist—she was a cultural force, political strategist & builder of worlds. She showed how access is built through struggle, creative collaboration, interdependence, and principled refusal. She made the invisible labor of disabled life beautiful.
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Shameful and outrageous
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shameful and outrageous
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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At least we have a second little moon* for a little while:
*not technically a moon because we can't have cool things.
*not technically a moon because we can't have cool things.
NASA confirms Earth now has two moons until 2083
Earth just got a new tag-along in space — a little asteroid named 2025 PN7. NASA confirmed this week that the rock, discovered by the University of Hawaii, is officially a “quasi-moon” — a rare type o...
www.yahoo.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At least we have a second little moon* for a little while:
*not technically a moon because we can't have cool things.
*not technically a moon because we can't have cool things.
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If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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“She explained how much Covid could hurt her & how vulnerable it felt to be unable to wear a mask to protect herself.
She was a perfect example of why other people need to wear masks even if they don’t personally think Covid will hurt them”
If you want to honour Alice Wong’s memory, please mask up
She was a perfect example of why other people need to wear masks even if they don’t personally think Covid will hurt them”
If you want to honour Alice Wong’s memory, please mask up
Thank You Alice Wong
Alice Wong has passed away and the disability community has lost a leader. I lost a mentor and a friend. The Disabled Ginger wouldn't exist without Alice and everything she taught me.
www.disabledginger.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“She explained how much Covid could hurt her & how vulnerable it felt to be unable to wear a mask to protect herself.
She was a perfect example of why other people need to wear masks even if they don’t personally think Covid will hurt them”
If you want to honour Alice Wong’s memory, please mask up
She was a perfect example of why other people need to wear masks even if they don’t personally think Covid will hurt them”
If you want to honour Alice Wong’s memory, please mask up
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Alice was very funny. She did NOT want anyone to feel badly about their body — in its disabilities, abilities, fatness, thinness, transness, queerness, horniness, speed, shape, color, gender, hunger or desire. She helped so many of us to feel less shame and more pleasure. What a blessing!!!
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Alice was very funny. She did NOT want anyone to feel badly about their body — in its disabilities, abilities, fatness, thinness, transness, queerness, horniness, speed, shape, color, gender, hunger or desire. She helped so many of us to feel less shame and more pleasure. What a blessing!!!
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When I visited her in SF in 2022, I was prepared to be masked, but we were able to sit outside. She served me cookies. I was nervous & said “I don’t want to eat in front of you when you can’t eat, also I am trying to lose weight” & she typed into her speech machine “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” 😂
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
When I visited her in SF in 2022, I was prepared to be masked, but we were able to sit outside. She served me cookies. I was nervous & said “I don’t want to eat in front of you when you can’t eat, also I am trying to lose weight” & she typed into her speech machine “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” 😂
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
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At the BCNDP Convention -
Eby’s biggest standing ovation so far comes for his pledge that a BCNDP govt will never - ever - override the right to bargain and negotiate using the notwithstanding clause.
Eby’s biggest standing ovation so far comes for his pledge that a BCNDP govt will never - ever - override the right to bargain and negotiate using the notwithstanding clause.
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
At the BCNDP Convention -
Eby’s biggest standing ovation so far comes for his pledge that a BCNDP govt will never - ever - override the right to bargain and negotiate using the notwithstanding clause.
Eby’s biggest standing ovation so far comes for his pledge that a BCNDP govt will never - ever - override the right to bargain and negotiate using the notwithstanding clause.
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This being the last post Alice made for herself makes me incredibly sad. We need more spaces for us. We need more places where voices like Alice’s are uplifted so that others can learn from the wisdom that needs to be shared.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This being the last post Alice made for herself makes me incredibly sad. We need more spaces for us. We need more places where voices like Alice’s are uplifted so that others can learn from the wisdom that needs to be shared.