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
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This is good. Get a Kleenex before watching.
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Wise Canadian Stomping Tom said it best in this song 🎶 🫶🇨🇦
“Goodbye Jim & Jackie, goodbye John & May
We hate to see you leaving, bound for the USA
But if you don't believe your country should come before yourself
Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else”
Together we stand 💪& 🆓 🇨🇦 🕊️
“Goodbye Jim & Jackie, goodbye John & May
We hate to see you leaving, bound for the USA
But if you don't believe your country should come before yourself
Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else”
Together we stand 💪& 🆓 🇨🇦 🕊️
Stompin Tom Connors - Believe in your Country
YouTube video by Maureen Teresa Ward
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Wise Canadian Stomping Tom said it best in this song 🎶 🫶🇨🇦
“Goodbye Jim & Jackie, goodbye John & May
We hate to see you leaving, bound for the USA
But if you don't believe your country should come before yourself
Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else”
Together we stand 💪& 🆓 🇨🇦 🕊️
“Goodbye Jim & Jackie, goodbye John & May
We hate to see you leaving, bound for the USA
But if you don't believe your country should come before yourself
Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else”
Together we stand 💪& 🆓 🇨🇦 🕊️
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The Plant Initiative's free monthly e-newsletter for February 2026 is now available online at the link below, containing many events, resources, and opportunities related to the human-plant connection. Visit plantinitiative.org to subscribe. mailchi.mp/plantinitiat...
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The Plant Initiative's free monthly e-newsletter for February 2026 is now available online at the link below, containing many events, resources, and opportunities related to the human-plant connection. Visit plantinitiative.org to subscribe. mailchi.mp/plantinitiat...
I made honey-vanilla-lemonzest roasted fresh figs for the first time and served them over a scoop of Chapman's premium ice cream.
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I made honey-vanilla-lemonzest roasted fresh figs for the first time and served them over a scoop of Chapman's premium ice cream.
Roses are red
Shakespeare's dad was a glover
Your avian love connection
is the piping plover.
Shakespeare's dad was a glover
Your avian love connection
is the piping plover.
I found my feathered soulmate - check out this fun quiz to find yours! #birds #valentinesday projects.thenarwhal.ca/lovebirds-qu...
February 15, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Roses are red
Shakespeare's dad was a glover
Your avian love connection
is the piping plover.
Shakespeare's dad was a glover
Your avian love connection
is the piping plover.
Sweetpeas are red
Sweetpeas are violet
I hope you like me
And are not just on auto-pilot.
Happy Valentine's Day early evening version, 2026
Sweetpeas are violet
I hope you like me
And are not just on auto-pilot.
Happy Valentine's Day early evening version, 2026
February 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Sweetpeas are red
Sweetpeas are violet
I hope you like me
And are not just on auto-pilot.
Happy Valentine's Day early evening version, 2026
Sweetpeas are violet
I hope you like me
And are not just on auto-pilot.
Happy Valentine's Day early evening version, 2026
“[Defeated separatist politician] Mr. Collver turned his back on Saskatchewan. He moved to the United States, where he worked as a funeral director in Sun City, Ariz.” It is possible just to move, eh.
“It’s not that they are talking about independence; it’s that they are asking for American help. Ms. Smith’s obfuscation on the matter does not help. The separatists represent a looming threat to Canada – and that needs to be said, firmly and loudly.”
#Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Saskatchewan shows Alberta how to handle a separatist threat seeking U.S. support
A short-lived campaign in the 1980s saw politicians try to foment support for a union with the United States
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:51 AM
“[Defeated separatist politician] Mr. Collver turned his back on Saskatchewan. He moved to the United States, where he worked as a funeral director in Sun City, Ariz.” It is possible just to move, eh.
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Hey EDMONTON, let's have an Urgent Conversation about Health Care.
This isn't about politics or ideology... its about objective facts!
Is HC going in the right direction? What can we all do about it?
Please help spread the word:
www.friendsofmedicar...
This isn't about politics or ideology... its about objective facts!
Is HC going in the right direction? What can we all do about it?
Please help spread the word:
www.friendsofmedicar...
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Hey EDMONTON, let's have an Urgent Conversation about Health Care.
This isn't about politics or ideology... its about objective facts!
Is HC going in the right direction? What can we all do about it?
Please help spread the word:
www.friendsofmedicar...
This isn't about politics or ideology... its about objective facts!
Is HC going in the right direction? What can we all do about it?
Please help spread the word:
www.friendsofmedicar...
Louise Bernice Halfe / Sky Dancer has a new book of poems, memoir and essays coming out March 2, 2026, from U of Regina Press: uofrpress.ca/Books/W/wiht...
wîhtamawik / Tell Them
Cree poet and kêhtê-aya Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer chronicles her childhood in a cabin on reserve, through the Indian Residential School system, and into her reclamation of her nêhiyaw language...
uofrpress.ca
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Louise Bernice Halfe / Sky Dancer has a new book of poems, memoir and essays coming out March 2, 2026, from U of Regina Press: uofrpress.ca/Books/W/wiht...
Had a great visit with two other people wearing masks in London Drugs. It turned out the woman and I both taught, both English lit, and we are all from Friendly Manitoba, and the man’s dad grew up in the next town to my hometown. None of us have had COVID either. Same type masks too, Canada Strong.
February 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Had a great visit with two other people wearing masks in London Drugs. It turned out the woman and I both taught, both English lit, and we are all from Friendly Manitoba, and the man’s dad grew up in the next town to my hometown. None of us have had COVID either. Same type masks too, Canada Strong.
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We are hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Indigenous Environmental Governance and Management. Very excited for this position.
Please circulate widely among your networks:
www.sfu.ca/rem/about/em...
#academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Please circulate widely among your networks:
www.sfu.ca/rem/about/em...
#academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Faculty Positions
www.sfu.ca
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
We are hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Indigenous Environmental Governance and Management. Very excited for this position.
Please circulate widely among your networks:
www.sfu.ca/rem/about/em...
#academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Please circulate widely among your networks:
www.sfu.ca/rem/about/em...
#academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Great points ⬇️.
English isn't native to the Americas.
I don't remember Republicans wanting to investigate opera singers, K-Pop groups, or Celine Dion.
I don't remember Republicans wanting to investigate opera singers, K-Pop groups, or Celine Dion.
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Great points ⬇️.
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6 people have been killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Two were airlifted to hospital, a third victim died on the way to the hospital. 25 others have been hurt.
Horrific. Hoping everyone is safe and okay.
1 shooter dead after alert at secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.: RCMP | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
6 people have been killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Two were airlifted to hospital, a third victim died on the way to the hospital. 25 others have been hurt.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.
Decades ago when lit profs and others were building careers touting our new post colonial era, Stolo writer Lee Maracle wrote an essay in which she said that non-Indigenous CDNs were “still lurking about old forts” and not much had changed for Indigenous people.Rustad seems to be lurking. 1/2
‘First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,’ Rustad Tells Crowd | The Tyee
Conservative MLAs held a town hall to criticize DRIPA. Community members and Indigenous leaders pushed back.
thetyee.ca
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Decades ago when lit profs and others were building careers touting our new post colonial era, Stolo writer Lee Maracle wrote an essay in which she said that non-Indigenous CDNs were “still lurking about old forts” and not much had changed for Indigenous people.Rustad seems to be lurking. 1/2
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English-only California: the golden state with Spanish place names removed. First map I ever commissioned, to commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, whereby the US made Mexico give up its northern half, adding California and the Southwest to the Union.
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 AM
English-only California: the golden state with Spanish place names removed. First map I ever commissioned, to commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, whereby the US made Mexico give up its northern half, adding California and the Southwest to the Union.
Sitting on a bench in the last rays of the day with a young magpie pecking away on spruce tree cones just above my head.
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Sitting on a bench in the last rays of the day with a young magpie pecking away on spruce tree cones just above my head.
Are there any doctors in the Bluesky house?
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Are there any doctors in the Bluesky house?
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Health Canada is warning Canadians to check their medication after two lots of MAR-Amlodipine 5 mg tablets were recalled, as some bottles may contain the wrong drug. #RECALL #Canada
globalnews.ca/news/1165789...
globalnews.ca/news/1165789...
High blood pressure drug recalled over low blood pressure pill mix-up - National | Globalnews.ca
Health Canada is recalling two lots of MAR-Amlodipine after some bottles were found to contain midodrine, a medication used to treat low blood pressure.
globalnews.ca
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Health Canada is warning Canadians to check their medication after two lots of MAR-Amlodipine 5 mg tablets were recalled, as some bottles may contain the wrong drug. #RECALL #Canada
globalnews.ca/news/1165789...
globalnews.ca/news/1165789...
A few years ago the province of Saskatchewan put a bounty on coyotes……. They’ve been thigh high in #gophers ever since. And Alberta has held coyote-killing contests.
#strychnine 💡💡💡💡💡
#strychnine 💡💡💡💡💡
BEYOND LOCAL: Alberta ag minister urges feds to allow strychnine for gopher control
Alberta ag minister urges feds to allow strychnine for gopher control
A request from Alberta and Saskatchewan to allow emergency use of strychnine was denied by the federal government
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
A few years ago the province of Saskatchewan put a bounty on coyotes……. They’ve been thigh high in #gophers ever since. And Alberta has held coyote-killing contests.
#strychnine 💡💡💡💡💡
#strychnine 💡💡💡💡💡
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UCP reported planning to vote on publicly acknowledging separatist program – but not until after separation referendum! albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/ucp-... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
UCP reported planning to vote on publicly acknowledging separatist program – but not until after separation referendum! - Alberta Politics
A headline in Friday’s Calgary Herald asks: “Is the UCP still a pro-Canada party?” That’s one of those questions that, if you have to ask it, you already know the answer. Maybe you don’t want to belie...
albertapolitics.ca
February 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
UCP reported planning to vote on publicly acknowledging separatist program – but not until after separation referendum! albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/ucp-... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Are you concerned that Pierre Poilievre refuses to get national security clearance?
We are facing unprecedented level of threat from external forces and internal traitor groups.
Please sign this petition calling on all national leaders to put their nation first.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We are facing unprecedented level of threat from external forces and internal traitor groups.
Please sign this petition calling on all national leaders to put their nation first.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Are you concerned that Pierre Poilievre refuses to get national security clearance?
We are facing unprecedented level of threat from external forces and internal traitor groups.
Please sign this petition calling on all national leaders to put their nation first.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We are facing unprecedented level of threat from external forces and internal traitor groups.
Please sign this petition calling on all national leaders to put their nation first.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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@jukka235.bsky.social
A big call out and thanx to the Swedish
"Infectionists" 🔊🔊
At some point they ought to be called to account, perhaps?
Sadly, they are but the canary in everyone's coalmine. No country will be left behind in the race to chronic diseases and disabling Long C-19
A big call out and thanx to the Swedish
"Infectionists" 🔊🔊
At some point they ought to be called to account, perhaps?
Sadly, they are but the canary in everyone's coalmine. No country will be left behind in the race to chronic diseases and disabling Long C-19
Mortality in Sweden:
The good news: deaths are declining in most age groups >=15. At the same time, causes of death that started rising after 2019 are becoming increasingly dominant across all age groups <15. Most affected are 5-9 and 10-14 year olds.
1/x
The good news: deaths are declining in most age groups >=15. At the same time, causes of death that started rising after 2019 are becoming increasingly dominant across all age groups <15. Most affected are 5-9 and 10-14 year olds.
1/x
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
@jukka235.bsky.social
A big call out and thanx to the Swedish
"Infectionists" 🔊🔊
At some point they ought to be called to account, perhaps?
Sadly, they are but the canary in everyone's coalmine. No country will be left behind in the race to chronic diseases and disabling Long C-19
A big call out and thanx to the Swedish
"Infectionists" 🔊🔊
At some point they ought to be called to account, perhaps?
Sadly, they are but the canary in everyone's coalmine. No country will be left behind in the race to chronic diseases and disabling Long C-19
Signed.
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Signed.
So crazed that people who love guns are afraid of needles.
A risk to child health: confusion and concern over changes to US vaccine policy - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A risk to child health: confusion and concern over changes to US vaccine policy
The control of severe and life-threatening infectious diseases of childhood through
vaccination is one of the greatest triumphs of public health, with some 154 million
lives saved through global immun...
www.thelancet.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
So crazed that people who love guns are afraid of needles.