Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦
@pamelabanting.bsky.social
The Anthropocene, multispecies studies, environmental literature, psychogeography, energy humanities, wildlife. See "Wild Faces," https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/issue/17/1
Pinned
This is good. Get a Kleenex before watching.
I opened the door to test whether the outside temp matched the weather app and saw a bald eagle circling over my house. I went to Calgary and by chance found the butter-tart ice cream I’d been on the lookout for for months. On the way home saw two hunting coyotes. +6 so I went for a walk. Good day!
December 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I opened the door to test whether the outside temp matched the weather app and saw a bald eagle circling over my house. I went to Calgary and by chance found the butter-tart ice cream I’d been on the lookout for for months. On the way home saw two hunting coyotes. +6 so I went for a walk. Good day!
I found Chapman’s butter tart ice cream! Calgary Co-op @ Rocky Ridge. Opposite the frozen perogies case at the end of the frozen vegetables freezer. #yyc If you’re looking at the perogies, the butter tart ice cream is right behind your back. Might be with the other ice creams too. Don’t know.
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I found Chapman’s butter tart ice cream! Calgary Co-op @ Rocky Ridge. Opposite the frozen perogies case at the end of the frozen vegetables freezer. #yyc If you’re looking at the perogies, the butter tart ice cream is right behind your back. Might be with the other ice creams too. Don’t know.
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[We] call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Initiate the constitutional amendment process under Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982, to formally recognize universal access to healthcare and education as constitutionally protected rights for all Canadians;
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
1. Initiate the constitutional amendment process under Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982, to formally recognize universal access to healthcare and education as constitutionally protected rights for all Canadians;
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
[We] call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Initiate the constitutional amendment process under Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982, to formally recognize universal access to healthcare and education as constitutionally protected rights for all Canadians;
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
1. Initiate the constitutional amendment process under Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982, to formally recognize universal access to healthcare and education as constitutionally protected rights for all Canadians;
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Alberta under Danielle Smith and the UCP: Best province for disease: flu, measles, TB, and STDs.
December 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Alberta under Danielle Smith and the UCP: Best province for disease: flu, measles, TB, and STDs.
WindWaterSolar is @ScienceMagazine breakthrough of the year
In 2025, "renewable energy, most of it from sunlight itself or from wind...overtook conventional energy on multiple fronts"
www.science.org/content/arti...
Country transition rates
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
In 2025, "renewable energy, most of it from sunlight itself or from wind...overtook conventional energy on multiple fronts"
www.science.org/content/arti...
Country transition rates
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Rogers with Shaw has billed me for “Xfinity,”which I don’t have and don’t want, and just sent a message telling me to subscribe to it. Also I don’t have a tv. Am I in for an epic battle to try to preserve the $89/month plan I have? Or shop some other company?
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Rogers with Shaw has billed me for “Xfinity,”which I don’t have and don’t want, and just sent a message telling me to subscribe to it. Also I don’t have a tv. Am I in for an epic battle to try to preserve the $89/month plan I have? Or shop some other company?
This novel is brilliant.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion
A Cumbrian wind is the central character in this hugely ambitious, millennia-spanning novel, which was 20 years in the making
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This novel is brilliant.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Easy-peasy. I donated this morning.
Want the NDP to win the next election in Alberta (could be this year)? Kick some money their way, and get a tax credit.
December 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Easy-peasy. I donated this morning.
I miss PM Justin Trudeau’s Xmas card with good pictures of his family. Just clip art cards from the Liberal Party this year and no card from the current PM.
December 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I miss PM Justin Trudeau’s Xmas card with good pictures of his family. Just clip art cards from the Liberal Party this year and no card from the current PM.
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In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology
www.sfu.ca
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
In December I taught my last class, marked my last term work and today I marked my last exam. Ever. Retiring Dec 31. Hard to encompass what it might mean.
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In December I taught my last class, marked my last term work and today I marked my last exam. Ever. Retiring Dec 31. Hard to encompass what it might mean.
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🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
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Strongly agree. Here's my review from last May: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Here’s an Inconvenient Truth: Disease Is in the Air | The Tyee
We ignored the science of airborne transmission for a century. Carl Zimmer tells us why.
thetyee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strongly agree. Here's my review from last May: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
A squirrel is out at -25 C, -29 with windchill, unusual, and s/he’s got her tail wrapped along her spine to keep warm. They stripped the tamarack of cones long ago. She moved to the chokecherry and ate the one remaining berry.
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A squirrel is out at -25 C, -29 with windchill, unusual, and s/he’s got her tail wrapped along her spine to keep warm. They stripped the tamarack of cones long ago. She moved to the chokecherry and ate the one remaining berry.
Reposted by Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦
It’s nearly Christmas.
I can’t wait to give the gift of holding power to account for shitty decisions.
Subscribe and donate to:
@thenarwhal.ca
@thetyee.ca
@nationalobserver.com
@ricochetmedia.bsky.social
@breachmedia.ca
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@pressprogress.ca
@theijf.org
I can’t wait to give the gift of holding power to account for shitty decisions.
Subscribe and donate to:
@thenarwhal.ca
@thetyee.ca
@nationalobserver.com
@ricochetmedia.bsky.social
@breachmedia.ca
@readthemaple.bsky.social
@pressprogress.ca
@theijf.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s nearly Christmas.
I can’t wait to give the gift of holding power to account for shitty decisions.
Subscribe and donate to:
@thenarwhal.ca
@thetyee.ca
@nationalobserver.com
@ricochetmedia.bsky.social
@breachmedia.ca
@readthemaple.bsky.social
@pressprogress.ca
@theijf.org
I can’t wait to give the gift of holding power to account for shitty decisions.
Subscribe and donate to:
@thenarwhal.ca
@thetyee.ca
@nationalobserver.com
@ricochetmedia.bsky.social
@breachmedia.ca
@readthemaple.bsky.social
@pressprogress.ca
@theijf.org
"The premier’s vision is to plunder [ #Alberta ] with abandon, sell off our infrastructure and resources to for-profit businesses, and leave our future well-being to chance and charity."
When they trot out the "little string of pearls," look out! It's a bad sign.
When they trot out the "little string of pearls," look out! It's a bad sign.
"Progressive" - the belief that govt has a moral obligation to build, maintain, and steward public institutions for the common good, rather than burning them down in the name of "freedom" and profit.
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Opinion: Albertans' well-being shouldn't be left to charities
We do not need to "restore" the role of charity in basic health care and education.
edmontonjournal.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"The premier’s vision is to plunder [ #Alberta ] with abandon, sell off our infrastructure and resources to for-profit businesses, and leave our future well-being to chance and charity."
When they trot out the "little string of pearls," look out! It's a bad sign.
When they trot out the "little string of pearls," look out! It's a bad sign.
Just started reading Helm, by Sarah Hall, as my students write their final exam. Loving it so far, p. 17.
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just started reading Helm, by Sarah Hall, as my students write their final exam. Loving it so far, p. 17.
Healthcare in #Alberta at this very moment under the UCP govt of Danielle Smith:
Uhm.. There are no words.. AHS report is a mess.. 13 OBGYN Closures/Diversions, GROWING list of COVID/Influenza Outbreaks.. 6 Sites with Acute care bed closures...8 ER's closed.. 7 OR's closed.. @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social Sorry!
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... #UCPCorruption #ABHealth #abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... #UCPCorruption #ABHealth #abpoli
AHS Update V264 of 2025! 2025-12-16
13 OBGYN Closures/Diversions, Just under a dozen ER Closures, 6 Sites with Acute care bed closures, 7 Operating/Surgical Closures.. Just another day in the Alberta Healthcare crisis!
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Healthcare in #Alberta at this very moment under the UCP govt of Danielle Smith:
How will AI strengthen Ottawa’s electricity grid? By providing mega amounts of plagiarized electricity?
Canada is investing in a smarter, more resilient electricity grid.💡
Through a $6 million federal investment, Hydro Ottawa will pilot AI-enabled solutions to strengthen Ottawa’s electricity grid while empowering consumers and supporting a clean energy future.
Through a $6 million federal investment, Hydro Ottawa will pilot AI-enabled solutions to strengthen Ottawa’s electricity grid while empowering consumers and supporting a clean energy future.
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
How will AI strengthen Ottawa’s electricity grid? By providing mega amounts of plagiarized electricity?
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From the DM’s…
So patients are discharged from hospitals to seniors homes that can’t support them to free up space in hospitals…
But they go back to the ER because those facilities can’t support them.
The UCP haven’t solved healthcare…
They’ve created a mobius strip.
So patients are discharged from hospitals to seniors homes that can’t support them to free up space in hospitals…
But they go back to the ER because those facilities can’t support them.
The UCP haven’t solved healthcare…
They’ve created a mobius strip.
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
From the DM’s…
So patients are discharged from hospitals to seniors homes that can’t support them to free up space in hospitals…
But they go back to the ER because those facilities can’t support them.
The UCP haven’t solved healthcare…
They’ve created a mobius strip.
So patients are discharged from hospitals to seniors homes that can’t support them to free up space in hospitals…
But they go back to the ER because those facilities can’t support them.
The UCP haven’t solved healthcare…
They’ve created a mobius strip.
Reposted by Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦
The flu continues to wreak havoc across the northern hemisphere. In Canada, we've had at least two dozen deaths so far, including among small children, over a handful of days. Here are some things you need to know:
Thread [1/12]
Thread [1/12]
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The flu continues to wreak havoc across the northern hemisphere. In Canada, we've had at least two dozen deaths so far, including among small children, over a handful of days. Here are some things you need to know:
Thread [1/12]
Thread [1/12]
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NDP MP Heather McPherson calls on Prime Minister Carney to void the unconstitutional Alberta law stripping Canadian's rights by using disallowance, to defend the Charter & protect trans kids. Also, to end all health care transfers to Alberta that fund private for-profit companies. #abpoli #cdnpoli
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Read this short interview, and then fill out the quiz below:
If Alberta were to separate from Canada, how long would it be before it was the "51st state" of the US?
a) 25 years
b) 10 years
c) 5 years
d) 11 minutes
e) 0 minutes flat. It would be baked into the contract.
archive.is/2025.12.13-1...
If Alberta were to separate from Canada, how long would it be before it was the "51st state" of the US?
a) 25 years
b) 10 years
c) 5 years
d) 11 minutes
e) 0 minutes flat. It would be baked into the contract.
archive.is/2025.12.13-1...
archive.is
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Read this short interview, and then fill out the quiz below:
If Alberta were to separate from Canada, how long would it be before it was the "51st state" of the US?
a) 25 years
b) 10 years
c) 5 years
d) 11 minutes
e) 0 minutes flat. It would be baked into the contract.
archive.is/2025.12.13-1...
If Alberta were to separate from Canada, how long would it be before it was the "51st state" of the US?
a) 25 years
b) 10 years
c) 5 years
d) 11 minutes
e) 0 minutes flat. It would be baked into the contract.
archive.is/2025.12.13-1...
This story of dam removal and salmon returning is simply amazing.
“Wld 🐟 that famously home to their birth streams swiftly find a stretch of river that had been foreclosed for more than a century? The answer, decisively, was yes. By Oct, fall-run Chinook had already passed the former site of the Iron Gate Dam; by Nov,… dozens… had migrated as far upriver as OR.”
A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb
Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...
emergencemagazine.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This story of dam removal and salmon returning is simply amazing.