Steph W
@stepnstop.bsky.social
earthling | PhD | gardener | knitter | mom | #ClimateActionNow | #CleanTheAir | #CovidIsNotOver | #StopTheGenocide | she/her | Treaty 7
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Also getting a first look at the bill (we get advanced info under embargo but not the actual text):
The notwithstanding clause would allow the govt to override the Charter, the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.
You may recall UCP members pushed hard to bolster the BoR.
The notwithstanding clause would allow the govt to override the Charter, the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.
You may recall UCP members pushed hard to bolster the BoR.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Also getting a first look at the bill (we get advanced info under embargo but not the actual text):
The notwithstanding clause would allow the govt to override the Charter, the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.
You may recall UCP members pushed hard to bolster the BoR.
The notwithstanding clause would allow the govt to override the Charter, the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.
You may recall UCP members pushed hard to bolster the BoR.
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WE ARE HIRING FOR TWO POSITIONS!
1) A part-time Communications Lead (job description here: buff.ly/dhifVoP)
2) A part-time Consumer Protection Lead (job description here: buff.ly/gdMxHQR)
Email your cover letter and resume to Heather MacKenzie at executive.director@solaralberta.ca.
1) A part-time Communications Lead (job description here: buff.ly/dhifVoP)
2) A part-time Consumer Protection Lead (job description here: buff.ly/gdMxHQR)
Email your cover letter and resume to Heather MacKenzie at executive.director@solaralberta.ca.
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
WE ARE HIRING FOR TWO POSITIONS!
1) A part-time Communications Lead (job description here: buff.ly/dhifVoP)
2) A part-time Consumer Protection Lead (job description here: buff.ly/gdMxHQR)
Email your cover letter and resume to Heather MacKenzie at executive.director@solaralberta.ca.
1) A part-time Communications Lead (job description here: buff.ly/dhifVoP)
2) A part-time Consumer Protection Lead (job description here: buff.ly/gdMxHQR)
Email your cover letter and resume to Heather MacKenzie at executive.director@solaralberta.ca.
Question for #yycbike
My child’s high school only has one small bike rack and it’s always full. What are the best ways for encouraging a school to add more bike racks? Are you aware of any grants that I can help them apply for to add more? 🙏
My child’s high school only has one small bike rack and it’s always full. What are the best ways for encouraging a school to add more bike racks? Are you aware of any grants that I can help them apply for to add more? 🙏
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Question for #yycbike
My child’s high school only has one small bike rack and it’s always full. What are the best ways for encouraging a school to add more bike racks? Are you aware of any grants that I can help them apply for to add more? 🙏
My child’s high school only has one small bike rack and it’s always full. What are the best ways for encouraging a school to add more bike racks? Are you aware of any grants that I can help them apply for to add more? 🙏
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025
Severe:
Very high: AB BC NL
High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK
Moderate:
About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Severe:
Very high: AB BC NL
High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK
Moderate:
About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
September 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025
Severe:
Very high: AB BC NL
High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK
Moderate:
About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Severe:
Very high: AB BC NL
High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK
Moderate:
About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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The UCP in Alberta have quietly announced a ban on covid vaccination for most kids under 12, please report on this and do anything you can to stop it.
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
COVID-19 info for Albertans
Learn about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself and your family.
www.alberta.ca
August 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The UCP in Alberta have quietly announced a ban on covid vaccination for most kids under 12, please report on this and do anything you can to stop it.
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
They have revised to a two phase rollout, neither of which make kids without severe medical eligible for vaccination.
www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...
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If I can wear an N95 mask while helping fire-proof a house in 25+ degree heat during the fire crisis in @govnl.bsky.social , then as healthcare providers we have ZERO excuse to not wear them (thereby protecting patients) in air-conditioned comfort in healthcare settings.
@thewhn.bsky.social
@thewhn.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If I can wear an N95 mask while helping fire-proof a house in 25+ degree heat during the fire crisis in @govnl.bsky.social , then as healthcare providers we have ZERO excuse to not wear them (thereby protecting patients) in air-conditioned comfort in healthcare settings.
@thewhn.bsky.social
@thewhn.bsky.social
A pretty decent Sunday night garden haul:
August 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A pretty decent Sunday night garden haul:
My crochet kid made me a Lowly Worm. 😍
May 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
My crochet kid made me a Lowly Worm. 😍
I’m increasingly of the opinion that people need to renew their driver’s test (provincial rules) once in a while. This morning, I pulled over to the right curb and stopped to allow 2 fire trucks to pass. The woman behind me was blaring her horn and waving her hand that I should be driving. 🙄
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’m increasingly of the opinion that people need to renew their driver’s test (provincial rules) once in a while. This morning, I pulled over to the right curb and stopped to allow 2 fire trucks to pass. The woman behind me was blaring her horn and waving her hand that I should be driving. 🙄
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
My annual reminder to plant a haskap berry bush (or a few!) in your #YYC yard. It’s one of the earliest bushes to flower and provides food for the queen 🐝 ! At any one time, there are 4-6 queen bumbles in my haskap. And the berries are delicious in late June. Apparently, the ladybugs also like it.
April 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My annual reminder to plant a haskap berry bush (or a few!) in your #YYC yard. It’s one of the earliest bushes to flower and provides food for the queen 🐝 ! At any one time, there are 4-6 queen bumbles in my haskap. And the berries are delicious in late June. Apparently, the ladybugs also like it.
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Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-canad...
Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights
A letter to my fellow Canadians
vajenda.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-canad...
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🧵Confirmation via a friend: Starbucks will forbid employees from masking without a medical note.
Giant US-based MAGAcorp known for union-busting, actively preventing workers from protecting themselves and the public from known workplace health hazards?
Starbucks wants you infected.
👉 #Sickbucks 👈
Giant US-based MAGAcorp known for union-busting, actively preventing workers from protecting themselves and the public from known workplace health hazards?
Starbucks wants you infected.
👉 #Sickbucks 👈
April 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🧵Confirmation via a friend: Starbucks will forbid employees from masking without a medical note.
Giant US-based MAGAcorp known for union-busting, actively preventing workers from protecting themselves and the public from known workplace health hazards?
Starbucks wants you infected.
👉 #Sickbucks 👈
Giant US-based MAGAcorp known for union-busting, actively preventing workers from protecting themselves and the public from known workplace health hazards?
Starbucks wants you infected.
👉 #Sickbucks 👈
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Nuclear “largely irrelevant” amid booming solar: Top expert - The Klaxon
Find out more: theklaxon.com.au/nuclear-la...
#ClimateAction
Nuclear “largely irrelevant” amid booming solar: Top expert - The Klaxon
Find out more: theklaxon.com.au/nuclear-la...
#ClimateAction
Nuclear “largely irrelevant” amid booming solar: Top expert - The Klaxon
Nuclear energy is "largely irrelevant" with the nation already on the fast track to 100% renewables, says ANU Professor Andrew Blakers.
theklaxon.com.au
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Nuclear “largely irrelevant” amid booming solar: Top expert - The Klaxon
Find out more: theklaxon.com.au/nuclear-la...
#ClimateAction
Nuclear “largely irrelevant” amid booming solar: Top expert - The Klaxon
Find out more: theklaxon.com.au/nuclear-la...
#ClimateAction
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I wish politicians prioritized talking truths instead of saying whatever will get them re-elected.
This piece from Policy Horizons seems to offer up some hard truths. The sooner we acknowledge reality of our situation the sooner we can change course horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/1...
This piece from Policy Horizons seems to offer up some hard truths. The sooner we acknowledge reality of our situation the sooner we can change course horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/1...
April 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I wish politicians prioritized talking truths instead of saying whatever will get them re-elected.
This piece from Policy Horizons seems to offer up some hard truths. The sooner we acknowledge reality of our situation the sooner we can change course horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/1...
This piece from Policy Horizons seems to offer up some hard truths. The sooner we acknowledge reality of our situation the sooner we can change course horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2025/01/1...
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Splash Into Spring With Our #RainBarrel Fundraiser!
Looking for an easy way to conserve water, reduce runoff, and save on your water bill? Join the Calgary Climate Hub’s Rain Barrel Fundraiser and make a difference!
Details HERE rainbarrel.ca/calgaryclimatehub
#yyc #ClimateAction #Conservation
Looking for an easy way to conserve water, reduce runoff, and save on your water bill? Join the Calgary Climate Hub’s Rain Barrel Fundraiser and make a difference!
Details HERE rainbarrel.ca/calgaryclimatehub
#yyc #ClimateAction #Conservation
April 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Splash Into Spring With Our #RainBarrel Fundraiser!
Looking for an easy way to conserve water, reduce runoff, and save on your water bill? Join the Calgary Climate Hub’s Rain Barrel Fundraiser and make a difference!
Details HERE rainbarrel.ca/calgaryclimatehub
#yyc #ClimateAction #Conservation
Looking for an easy way to conserve water, reduce runoff, and save on your water bill? Join the Calgary Climate Hub’s Rain Barrel Fundraiser and make a difference!
Details HERE rainbarrel.ca/calgaryclimatehub
#yyc #ClimateAction #Conservation
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more money for the CBC is a good thing and acting like anyone needs to know were a paltry 150 million comes from is ridiculous.
April 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
more money for the CBC is a good thing and acting like anyone needs to know were a paltry 150 million comes from is ridiculous.
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I’ve long been a fan of @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s Twenty Lessons on Tyranny. As attacks on the judiciary and the rule of law escalate in the U.S. — as people are disappeared by ICE agents for expressing their views — it’s past time #cdnpoli got acquainted.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’ve long been a fan of @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s Twenty Lessons on Tyranny. As attacks on the judiciary and the rule of law escalate in the U.S. — as people are disappeared by ICE agents for expressing their views — it’s past time #cdnpoli got acquainted.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Oh Damn! The Atlantic published the texts!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Oh Damn! The Atlantic published the texts!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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did you know that when europeans asked the Rapanui (Easter Islanders) how the moai (giant heads) got to the shores they would always say that they walked. people assumed it was a metaphor.
so it was a mystery, Rapa Nui never had the wheel, the moai weigh up to 88 tons, how were they moved?
so it was a mystery, Rapa Nui never had the wheel, the moai weigh up to 88 tons, how were they moved?
March 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
did you know that when europeans asked the Rapanui (Easter Islanders) how the moai (giant heads) got to the shores they would always say that they walked. people assumed it was a metaphor.
so it was a mystery, Rapa Nui never had the wheel, the moai weigh up to 88 tons, how were they moved?
so it was a mystery, Rapa Nui never had the wheel, the moai weigh up to 88 tons, how were they moved?
Just checked and 4 of my books and publications were included. 🤬
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Just checked and 4 of my books and publications were included. 🤬
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You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
March 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You all know I love the inspirational power of a great “before & after” street or place transformation. Here’s a before, middle and after transformation, showing the temporary and then permanent changes. The evolution of a school street in Bratislava, Slovakia, HT @holz-bau.bsky.social. Very smart.
March 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My kids tell me their schools are so dirty that the floors are slippery. I’d like CBE (and UCP) to end this madness and pay support workers a living wage.
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My kids tell me their schools are so dirty that the floors are slippery. I’d like CBE (and UCP) to end this madness and pay support workers a living wage.