Melanee Thomas
@melomas.bsky.social
Feminist, former farm kid, cat connoisseur. I do political science sometimes. she/they
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Alberta records first measles death -- an infant -- since outbreak www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
Alberta records first measles death since outbreak
Premature baby who contracted disease in utero has died, first death associated with provincial outbreak of nearly 2,000 cases
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October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Alberta records first measles death -- an infant -- since outbreak www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
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I was today days old when I learned that a major use of restrictive covenants in Calgary (and elsewhere) was maintaining “community character” by prohibiting specific races from buying in a neighborhood and I feel naive but also why is this not part of the news stories?
Started seeing these signs pop up in some fancier neighbourhoods. Thoughts: 1. Restricting how your land can be used will hurt your land value down the line. 2. You want to fight homes for more people in a housing crisis? 3. Remember what restrictive covenants were originally for (racism). #yyc
July 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I was today days old when I learned that a major use of restrictive covenants in Calgary (and elsewhere) was maintaining “community character” by prohibiting specific races from buying in a neighborhood and I feel naive but also why is this not part of the news stories?
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"The evidence shows that singling out health care for gender diverse youth and making it subject to government control will cause irreparable harm to gender diverse youth by reinforcing the discrimination and prejudice that they are already subjected to.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 👏
Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill | CBC News
Judgement puts on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.
www.cbc.ca
June 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The evidence shows that singling out health care for gender diverse youth and making it subject to government control will cause irreparable harm to gender diverse youth by reinforcing the discrimination and prejudice that they are already subjected to.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 👏
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This is an amazing moment. We will see how much the government wants to make trans kids suffer if they continue to fight this decision in any form or fashion. We will also have a metric for their cruelty. #ableg #abpoli #transrightsarehumanrights
BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
June 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is an amazing moment. We will see how much the government wants to make trans kids suffer if they continue to fight this decision in any form or fashion. We will also have a metric for their cruelty. #ableg #abpoli #transrightsarehumanrights
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The authoritarian assault on higher education claims its second victim after Columbia - a coercive attack on academic freedom that deepens the threat to democracy and the rule of law www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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June 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The authoritarian assault on higher education claims its second victim after Columbia - a coercive attack on academic freedom that deepens the threat to democracy and the rule of law www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.
Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
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Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
CALGARY — Whether Alberta should withhold social services from immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to consult ...
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June 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.
"An enterprising opposition party (ahem!) might ... launch a parallel ... exercise, focused on what we here in Alberta might do to improve our economy, our standard of living, our health, our public services, our environment, and our sense of community." #abpoli
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Less Ottawa, More Alberta
What Alberta needs next
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June 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"An enterprising opposition party (ahem!) might ... launch a parallel ... exercise, focused on what we here in Alberta might do to improve our economy, our standard of living, our health, our public services, our environment, and our sense of community." #abpoli
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Okay Alberta. This is your moment. Each time something egregiously racist happens in this province y'all say, "oh, this isn't who we are...". Now is the time to prove it. Show up at every town hall. Answer every horrible survey question. Get up, stand up. Protest. Do not normalize this ugliness. ✊🏾
Despite what the Premier said today, sure seems like the panel knows exactly what it plans to workshop this summer.
From @mattscace.bsky.social today: Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From @mattscace.bsky.social today: Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
CALGARY - Whether Alberta should withhold social services from immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to
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June 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Okay Alberta. This is your moment. Each time something egregiously racist happens in this province y'all say, "oh, this isn't who we are...". Now is the time to prove it. Show up at every town hall. Answer every horrible survey question. Get up, stand up. Protest. Do not normalize this ugliness. ✊🏾
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
The June 2025 issue of P&G is out now! The issue features new research on pandemic leadership, the "anti-woke academy" and feminist institutionalism among others, as well as a Critical Perspectives collection on the 2024 🇺🇸 election.
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The June 2025 issue of P&G is out now! The issue features new research on pandemic leadership, the "anti-woke academy" and feminist institutionalism among others, as well as a Critical Perspectives collection on the 2024 🇺🇸 election.
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Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Politics & Gender
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June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
The June 2025 issue of P&G is out now! The issue features new research on pandemic leadership, the "anti-woke academy" and feminist institutionalism among others, as well as a Critical Perspectives collection on the 2024 🇺🇸 election.
buff.ly/AlU5N7h
The June 2025 issue of P&G is out now! The issue features new research on pandemic leadership, the "anti-woke academy" and feminist institutionalism among others, as well as a Critical Perspectives collection on the 2024 🇺🇸 election.
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🧵 This is a big story and I’m not seeing it get around so take a sec with me here.
Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/
Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/
News from me today: Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
Even so, Alberta judge upholding an order from privacy commissioners to stop US company from scraping pics for facial recognition database
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
Even so, Alberta judge upholding an order from privacy commissioners to stop US company from scraping pics for facial recognition database
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
EDMONTON - Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🧵 This is a big story and I’m not seeing it get around so take a sec with me here.
Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/
Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Alberta isn’t culturally distinct, but we sure are cruelly distinct.
May 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Alberta isn’t culturally distinct, but we sure are cruelly distinct.
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Alberta is violating its own freedom of information laws by using illegitimate reasons to withhold records, watchdog finds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
Alberta government violated freedom of information laws, information watchdog finds
Investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner concludes province is ‘non-compliant’ with access to information law
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Alberta is violating its own freedom of information laws by using illegitimate reasons to withhold records, watchdog finds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
I keep coming to the same conclusion, and I'm sorry for it.
I don't get why someone would strive to get ahold of leadership, only to then destroy the thing they ostensibly lead. But I suspect the Premier and I have very different values.
I don't get why someone would strive to get ahold of leadership, only to then destroy the thing they ostensibly lead. But I suspect the Premier and I have very different values.
I'm often asked: What motivates Danielle Smith to do the radical things she does?
After all, many of her actions fly in the face of public opinion, the constitution, conservative ideology, and her own public commitments.
I used to equivocate.
I'm about ready to call it.🧵
After all, many of her actions fly in the face of public opinion, the constitution, conservative ideology, and her own public commitments.
I used to equivocate.
I'm about ready to call it.🧵
May 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I keep coming to the same conclusion, and I'm sorry for it.
I don't get why someone would strive to get ahold of leadership, only to then destroy the thing they ostensibly lead. But I suspect the Premier and I have very different values.
I don't get why someone would strive to get ahold of leadership, only to then destroy the thing they ostensibly lead. But I suspect the Premier and I have very different values.
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🚨 New in Nature Human Behavior! 🚨
Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.
Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.
👇1/n
Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.
Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.
👇1/n
April 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨 New in Nature Human Behavior! 🚨
Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.
Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.
👇1/n
Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.
Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.
👇1/n
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Advance vote in Calgary, Edmonton and the rest of Alberta.
Colour scheme is consistent across all three maps:
• Purple = more votes than Alberta average
• Rust = fewer votes than Alberta average
Colour scheme is consistent across all three maps:
• Purple = more votes than Alberta average
• Rust = fewer votes than Alberta average
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Advance vote in Calgary, Edmonton and the rest of Alberta.
Colour scheme is consistent across all three maps:
• Purple = more votes than Alberta average
• Rust = fewer votes than Alberta average
Colour scheme is consistent across all three maps:
• Purple = more votes than Alberta average
• Rust = fewer votes than Alberta average
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New NYT/Siena Poll:
—Trump's approval rating is 42% vs. 54% disapprove
—59% of voters think Trump's 2nd term in office is "scary"
—54% say Trump is "exceeding the powers available to him"
—Trump has negative approval in all policy areas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
—Trump's approval rating is 42% vs. 54% disapprove
—59% of voters think Trump's 2nd term in office is "scary"
—54% say Trump is "exceeding the powers available to him"
—Trump has negative approval in all policy areas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
New NYT/Siena Poll:
—Trump's approval rating is 42% vs. 54% disapprove
—59% of voters think Trump's 2nd term in office is "scary"
—54% say Trump is "exceeding the powers available to him"
—Trump has negative approval in all policy areas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
—Trump's approval rating is 42% vs. 54% disapprove
—59% of voters think Trump's 2nd term in office is "scary"
—54% say Trump is "exceeding the powers available to him"
—Trump has negative approval in all policy areas
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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I am now very specifically pissed I can’t travel to the US because it means I will never see what very well may be the best version of my favourite play, ever ever ever.
Dude, bogus
Dude, bogus
April 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I am now very specifically pissed I can’t travel to the US because it means I will never see what very well may be the best version of my favourite play, ever ever ever.
Dude, bogus
Dude, bogus
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#OpenAccess from the latest issue of
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Voice Through Text, Tradition and Community - cup.org/3XFKoFG
"Employing autoethnography to examine two sets of texts, I present an understanding of voice politics"
@genevievefuji.bsky.social
#FirstView
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Voice Through Text, Tradition and Community - cup.org/3XFKoFG
"Employing autoethnography to examine two sets of texts, I present an understanding of voice politics"
@genevievefuji.bsky.social
#FirstView
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#OpenAccess from the latest issue of
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social
Voice Through Text, Tradition and Community - cup.org/3XFKoFG
"Employing autoethnography to examine two sets of texts, I present an understanding of voice politics"
@genevievefuji.bsky.social
#FirstView
@cjps-rcsp.bsky.social
Voice Through Text, Tradition and Community - cup.org/3XFKoFG
"Employing autoethnography to examine two sets of texts, I present an understanding of voice politics"
@genevievefuji.bsky.social
#FirstView
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New report from ACWS finds nearly 32,000 people were turned away from Alberta shelter's due to a lack of space last year, with 40% of them being children.
That's a new provincial record.
#yeg #yyc #ableg
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That's a new provincial record.
#yeg #yyc #ableg
acws.ca/strength-in-...
Strength in Numbers 2024 - Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters
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April 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New report from ACWS finds nearly 32,000 people were turned away from Alberta shelter's due to a lack of space last year, with 40% of them being children.
That's a new provincial record.
#yeg #yyc #ableg
acws.ca/strength-in-...
That's a new provincial record.
#yeg #yyc #ableg
acws.ca/strength-in-...
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I spent months (and thousands of The Narwhal's dollars) digging into who actually owns the many small companies which the Alberta Energy Regulator says aren't paying their orphan well levies or minimum cleanup quotas. Some of the names might surprise you. #ableg thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilp...
The prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies | The Narwhal
A former prime minister, a major philanthropist and a host of developers emerge from a tangled web of corporate ownership in the oilpatch
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March 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I spent months (and thousands of The Narwhal's dollars) digging into who actually owns the many small companies which the Alberta Energy Regulator says aren't paying their orphan well levies or minimum cleanup quotas. Some of the names might surprise you. #ableg thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilp...
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Statement from Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO.
March 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Statement from Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO.
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Women have always been prominent scholars within far-right studies. From pioneers like Kathy Blee & Nonna Mayer to groundbreakers like Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Sarah de Lange, Daphne Halikiopoulou & Caterina Froio, to new stars like Léonie de Jonge, Gefjon Off & Lisa Zanotti. #nomanels
March 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Women have always been prominent scholars within far-right studies. From pioneers like Kathy Blee & Nonna Mayer to groundbreakers like Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Sarah de Lange, Daphne Halikiopoulou & Caterina Froio, to new stars like Léonie de Jonge, Gefjon Off & Lisa Zanotti. #nomanels
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OK this ad is actually very good lmaoooo
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Vote to Save the CBC
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March 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
OK this ad is actually very good lmaoooo
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