Sheila McKeage
@smckeage.bsky.social
Edmonton, Alberta. Wildlife biologist, art and nature lover. Think about politics more than I’d like to.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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@cougsta.bsky.social, this is our other little character on the barstool
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
@cougsta.bsky.social, this is our other little character on the barstool
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“Techno-populists are fighting for a dumber world, and they are winning. To oppose them, we need to build a new case not just for public funding but for the continued existence of the “public” itself.”
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
They Sold Out Big Bird, and They’ll Sell Out the Rest of Us Too | The Walrus
The spirit of uplift that gave us Sesame Street, the CBC, and public schools is under threat
thewalrus.ca
March 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“Techno-populists are fighting for a dumber world, and they are winning. To oppose them, we need to build a new case not just for public funding but for the continued existence of the “public” itself.”
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
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One question, one follow-up was a COVID invention. We couldn't scrum properly, so that's how govt ran phone press conferences.
Now govt uses it to limit reporters' ability to press officials. It is govt control over media. That's why I don't like the mic system. Bring back proper scrums.
Now govt uses it to limit reporters' ability to press officials. It is govt control over media. That's why I don't like the mic system. Bring back proper scrums.
February 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One question, one follow-up was a COVID invention. We couldn't scrum properly, so that's how govt ran phone press conferences.
Now govt uses it to limit reporters' ability to press officials. It is govt control over media. That's why I don't like the mic system. Bring back proper scrums.
Now govt uses it to limit reporters' ability to press officials. It is govt control over media. That's why I don't like the mic system. Bring back proper scrums.
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Week four on the picket lines with these education heroes. 💜
Educational support workers are still out fighting for the fair wages and respect they deserve.
It’s time for a deal.
Keep writing. Keep calling. Keep demanding better for these workers. And for our kids.
✊
Educational support workers are still out fighting for the fair wages and respect they deserve.
It’s time for a deal.
Keep writing. Keep calling. Keep demanding better for these workers. And for our kids.
✊
February 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Week four on the picket lines with these education heroes. 💜
Educational support workers are still out fighting for the fair wages and respect they deserve.
It’s time for a deal.
Keep writing. Keep calling. Keep demanding better for these workers. And for our kids.
✊
Educational support workers are still out fighting for the fair wages and respect they deserve.
It’s time for a deal.
Keep writing. Keep calling. Keep demanding better for these workers. And for our kids.
✊
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Tariffs, sure.
But also the Canadarm should extend its middle finger.
And we should officially add a "u" after every "o" in US place names on Canadian maps (New Yourk, Califournia, Washingtoun, Ouhiou, etc.)
But also the Canadarm should extend its middle finger.
And we should officially add a "u" after every "o" in US place names on Canadian maps (New Yourk, Califournia, Washingtoun, Ouhiou, etc.)
More than anything, what I'm looking for at 6pm ET in Canada's response to the Trump Tariffs, is creativity.
I want to see clearly that our government understands this is something more than a standard tit-for-tat trade war, and is willing to act accordingly.
I want to see clearly that our government understands this is something more than a standard tit-for-tat trade war, and is willing to act accordingly.
February 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tariffs, sure.
But also the Canadarm should extend its middle finger.
And we should officially add a "u" after every "o" in US place names on Canadian maps (New Yourk, Califournia, Washingtoun, Ouhiou, etc.)
But also the Canadarm should extend its middle finger.
And we should officially add a "u" after every "o" in US place names on Canadian maps (New Yourk, Califournia, Washingtoun, Ouhiou, etc.)
Happy New Year all, from Aldo (and fam).
January 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Happy New Year all, from Aldo (and fam).
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Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
December 29, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
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Don’t worry, Elmo. They insult you on other platforms, too!
December 27, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Don’t worry, Elmo. They insult you on other platforms, too!
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Okay, but in the Grinch’s defense, if I spent 53 years with neighbours that spent every Christmas morning blowing their who-whoopers, banging their gar-dinkers, beating their drum-dinkers and slamming their slew-slumpers, I’d be ready to snap too.
December 25, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Okay, but in the Grinch’s defense, if I spent 53 years with neighbours that spent every Christmas morning blowing their who-whoopers, banging their gar-dinkers, beating their drum-dinkers and slamming their slew-slumpers, I’d be ready to snap too.
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He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.
December 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.
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Oh NO! It doesn’t mean what you thinks. The curtains in the wings that hide you from the audience are called “legs” the real story is from vaudeville and if you got to go on that night you “broke” the leg - ie got to go past it to go onstage! It really IS good luck. The real meaning has gotten lost!
Maybe along with the skinning of cats and the killing of birds with stones we can once and for all also retire the "break a leg" expression before performances. Why is everything so grisly and weird
December 12, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Oh NO! It doesn’t mean what you thinks. The curtains in the wings that hide you from the audience are called “legs” the real story is from vaudeville and if you got to go on that night you “broke” the leg - ie got to go past it to go onstage! It really IS good luck. The real meaning has gotten lost!
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Dammit! The shrinkflation has hit my house! Classico pasta sauce jars shrink 50ml! AND! They've changed the lid. Old lid was standard for canning. Made it an eminently reusable jar. New lid uses the shit lip. This is a travesty!
December 9, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Dammit! The shrinkflation has hit my house! Classico pasta sauce jars shrink 50ml! AND! They've changed the lid. Old lid was standard for canning. Made it an eminently reusable jar. New lid uses the shit lip. This is a travesty!
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This one is pretty scary
Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel said he will prosecute and jail Americans who Trump deems “the enemy”: “We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media”
December 1, 2024 at 12:15 AM
This one is pretty scary
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A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other
November 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other
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H5N1 identified in raw milk sold in California www.forbes.com/sites/victor... @vickyyyf.bsky.social
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
November 25, 2024 at 4:18 AM
H5N1 identified in raw milk sold in California www.forbes.com/sites/victor... @vickyyyf.bsky.social
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Why can’t we have nice things like this in Alberta?
Manitobans can expect a crackdown on grocery store non-competition and initiatives to reduce surgical backlogs during the coming year.
Grocery-store competition, surgery backlogs, electricity rate freeze among NDP priorities in throne speech
Manitobans can expect a crackdown on grocery store non-competition and initiatives to reduce surgical backlogs during the coming year.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Why can’t we have nice things like this in Alberta?
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Absolutely stunned that Hulk Hogan passed over for AG
November 13, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Absolutely stunned that Hulk Hogan passed over for AG
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‘Heavenly shot’ captured by Clarence Jones in the Gitxsan Nation. Thanks for sharing!
We want to see your photos – email them to share@aptn.ca to be featured online and on APTN National News.
We want to see your photos – email them to share@aptn.ca to be featured online and on APTN National News.
November 13, 2024 at 10:56 PM
‘Heavenly shot’ captured by Clarence Jones in the Gitxsan Nation. Thanks for sharing!
We want to see your photos – email them to share@aptn.ca to be featured online and on APTN National News.
We want to see your photos – email them to share@aptn.ca to be featured online and on APTN National News.
Hello Bluesky friends!
a woman wearing a grey shirt that says alta battle angel
ALT: a woman wearing a grey shirt that says alta battle angel
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Hello Bluesky friends!