Chloë Lum
@compulsiveobserver.bsky.social
Installation artist. Perfume fanatic. Chronically ill. Concordia University PhD student(disability studies + performance studies + practice-based research.) Ex jammer, current failure. She/her Montréaler in Edmonton. https://linktr.ee/ChloeLum
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Chloë Lum
@compulsiveobserver.bsky.social
· Nov 14
New folks following me from starter packs, hi! Unfollow if you find me boring. I’m a chronically ill middled-aged grad student & artist in Edmonton. I’m not famous & I’m not especially funny. I don’t have a newsletter but I might post about sickness, vegan snacks, prog rock, or performance art.
Most of my students are very, very good. Even the weaker writers usually have smart, substantial things to say. That means I have minimal experience grading and giving feedback on bad work. Each time I do it, I feel sick to my stomach and full of guilt.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Most of my students are very, very good. Even the weaker writers usually have smart, substantial things to say. That means I have minimal experience grading and giving feedback on bad work. Each time I do it, I feel sick to my stomach and full of guilt.
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Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
What a surprise, Carney’s most enthusiastic supporters are the people least familiar with what he is doing. His empty sloganeering is working on a whole lot of people apparently.
Cult of personality.
"Among those with a positive view of Mark Carney, just 16% were very familiar with the budget contents. Yet this group offered some of the most supportive responses across every measure tested."
abacusdata.ca/canadians-re...
"Among those with a positive view of Mark Carney, just 16% were very familiar with the budget contents. Yet this group offered some of the most supportive responses across every measure tested."
abacusdata.ca/canadians-re...
Canadians React to Budget 2025: Split Views, Muddled Message, and a Test of Trust in Carney’s Leadership - Abacus Data
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abacusdata.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What a surprise, Carney’s most enthusiastic supporters are the people least familiar with what he is doing. His empty sloganeering is working on a whole lot of people apparently.
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Academics should read this, it's both about (bad!!) journalism and how we engage—it reminds me of a situation a couple years back when a number of anthropologists refused to talk to the Atlantic (and many to the Times).
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Academics should read this, it's both about (bad!!) journalism and how we engage—it reminds me of a situation a couple years back when a number of anthropologists refused to talk to the Atlantic (and many to the Times).
I get at least 1/4 of my serotonin from Cornell Labs.
Cornell Lab's All About Birds has introduced a new video series: "Bird in the Spotlight." Each short, ~2-minute video features a North American bird and provides tips on how to ID the bird (bird calls, appearance of males and females, habitat, nest, etc.): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #birds
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I get at least 1/4 of my serotonin from Cornell Labs.
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Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Decoding the Major Projects Office, the centrepiece of Carney’s nation-building plans
MPO’s creation reflects PM’s belief that government and its agencies need to better and more swiftly row in the same direction
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
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It’s great when you buy a vintage brass bed frame on marketplace, and not for super cheap, only to learn mid-assembly that that an internal bolt is completely stripped. It’s even better when you have already put your old, structurally sound, dissembled bed frame out in the snow to bring to the dump.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
It’s great when you buy a vintage brass bed frame on marketplace, and not for super cheap, only to learn mid-assembly that that an internal bolt is completely stripped. It’s even better when you have already put your old, structurally sound, dissembled bed frame out in the snow to bring to the dump.
Totally woozy from my vaccinations so we ordered banh mi and onion cake. Feeling very excited.
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Totally woozy from my vaccinations so we ordered banh mi and onion cake. Feeling very excited.
Fellow Albertans, the UCP has made getting a COVID vaccine needless stressful and complicated. Today, while getting my flu shot I asked the pharmacist if he had COVID vaccines. He did, I got my shot with no wait or fuss and my insurance covered it 100%.
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Fellow Albertans, the UCP has made getting a COVID vaccine needless stressful and complicated. Today, while getting my flu shot I asked the pharmacist if he had COVID vaccines. He did, I got my shot with no wait or fuss and my insurance covered it 100%.
Anti-bike lane sentiment is totally irrational, it’s people imagining a person they don’t like who bikes and getting mad at them.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anti-bike lane sentiment is totally irrational, it’s people imagining a person they don’t like who bikes and getting mad at them.
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While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
In my bean quest to eat more beans of more varieties, prepared more way. Yesterday made jumbo limas simmered in a spicy, chunky tomato sauce served on a bed of crispy air fried polenta with a side of sautéed rapinni. It was quite good though I’d make it spicier next time.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In my bean quest to eat more beans of more varieties, prepared more way. Yesterday made jumbo limas simmered in a spicy, chunky tomato sauce served on a bed of crispy air fried polenta with a side of sautéed rapinni. It was quite good though I’d make it spicier next time.
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Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
Opinion: Edmonton doesn't have to be the frostbite capital of the world
Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable - together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.
edmontonjournal.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
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A lot of people give AI a hard time for always getting things wrong, but they’re ignoring that it also makes people racist and insane while poisoning the air
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A lot of people give AI a hard time for always getting things wrong, but they’re ignoring that it also makes people racist and insane while poisoning the air
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this story is horrifying and universities NEED to accept that ChatGPT is actively harmful
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
this story is horrifying and universities NEED to accept that ChatGPT is actively harmful
Nothing says ‘nation building’ quite like austerity.
Get Ready for Harper-Style Public Service Cuts, Says Analyst thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Get Ready for Harper-Style Public Service Cuts, Says Analyst | The Tyee
Budget 2025 proposes cutting 40,000 government jobs.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nothing says ‘nation building’ quite like austerity.
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
Absolutely ridiculous moderation.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Absolutely ridiculous moderation.
Our stereo amp needs servicing and the local place has a backlog of 6-8 weeks. I might just break with not having records in the darkest time of the year.
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Our stereo amp needs servicing and the local place has a backlog of 6-8 weeks. I might just break with not having records in the darkest time of the year.
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Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
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Call for Chapter Proposals for Disability Justice in Libraries. deadline December 1, 2025
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CFP
Call for Chapter Proposals for Disability Justice in Libraries This call for chapter proposals is an invitation for abstract submissions for Disability Justice in Libraries, an anthology examining t...
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Call for Chapter Proposals for Disability Justice in Libraries. deadline December 1, 2025
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
openmedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
This *and* they better grow thicker skins because many of us actually expect our politicians to work for us. To do great things, not to simply be the lesser evil.
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This *and* they better grow thicker skins because many of us actually expect our politicians to work for us. To do great things, not to simply be the lesser evil.