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volts.wtf
Way back in 2018 I did a walking tour of Vancouver with @brenttoderian.bsky.social and he explained how that city overcame this problem. You need family-sized units & also, crucially, *good urban schools*.
Young families typically leave cities for the suburbs. Here’s how to keep them downtown.
Urbanist Brent Toderian explains how Vancouver held onto its families.
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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ehyshka.bsky.social
Re-upping this as daily temps are set to plunge in Edmonton. Zero frostbite amputations is an achievable goal we all can work towards. City Council and the Government of Alberta can lead here by overhauling their winter emergency response efforts #yegcc #ableg

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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bigclimate.bsky.social
There is ZERO chance a new pipeline doesn't contribute to #ClimateChange. Literally ZERO. That's not refutable. You have to outright ignore #Scope3 (the product's end use) let alone all that #CarbonCapture boondoggle nonsense.

#MarkCarney won't tell Canadians the truth.

#cdnpoli #ClimateChange
nationalobserver.com Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 5d
Following Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's refusal to say whether or not a new pipeline would contribute to climate change yesterday, that makes two major figures in Carney's government who have been unsure about the environmental impact of a new pipeline to export oil to be burned overseas.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“the fact is Northback’s Grassy Mountain coal mine will be an open pit mine, even though Smith promised Albertans it won’t be.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

open.substack.com/pub/bradlafo...
BREAKING: Big Aussie Coal *is* Going to Strip Mine the Alberta Rockies After All
“When it comes to coal mining, people do not want to see mountaintop removal,” she said.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"

My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)

The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?

Because Greta is right ..
A quote by Greta Thunberg stating that, "The one thing we need more than hope is actoin. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere." It's in white font on a blue sky background with puffy white clouds.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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mikelaskey.bsky.social
I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your theological game.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14d
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“Cheers & applause erupted from the audience in the Rocky View County council chamber on Tuesday after councillors voted 6-1 to reject a plan for an AI data centre complex, citing concerns about its proposed location & potential impacts”

#abpoli #ableg

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta wants to become an AI data centre hub, but this rural county just rejected a big proposal | CBC News
A proposed data centre complex just northeast of Calgary in Rocky View County was rejected by council 6-1 after residents voiced concerns about its location on farmland and uncertainty around its futu...
www.cbc.ca
September 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“The decision to override Charter rights fails this test.”

The Anglican, Lutheran and United Churches in Alberta have written to Danielle Smith condemning her use of the notwithstanding clause to punch down on the vulnerable Albertans.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.

Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
An image of two activists wearing long trains reading "end the fossil fuel era" and "phase out fossil fuels" with banners above them reading "stop Amazon oil" and "1.5oC under threat: time to act."
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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lukaszukab.bsky.social
Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦

Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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electricbluesfan.bsky.social
6/6 The labour federation is urging Albertans to sign up and "be part of the 3.5 per cent solution!"

"Let’s get ready to resist!"

RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!

Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
Ready to Resist
If Danielle Smith and her UCP government strip teachers of their constitutionally protected right to strike and bargain collectively, it will be the last straw. This is a government that is: This is…
afl.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
kevingt.bsky.social
A part of our heritage
The Winnipeg General Strike | CMHR
It all happened in Winnipeg, Manitoba 100 years ago in one of the most well‐known and significant labour strikes in Canadian history: the Winnipeg General Strike.
humanrights.ca
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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famousartthief.bsky.social
said it forever and i’ll say it again for you guys in the cheap seats, it’s cool to be nice. being a huge dork is punk rock in its own way. be the full sized candy bars house at halloween. return the shopping carts. pick up that little piece of trash on the sidewalk. it’s cool to be mister rogers.
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Oct 19
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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elisewang.bsky.social
For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.
richraho.bsky.social Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Oct 11
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
I don't pay taxes just so that the Zucks and Musks of the world can use it to burn down the world.

The sooner national governments stop bailing out the plagiarism-ecocide industry with money better spent on schools, healthcare, and public services, the better.
October 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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irisvanrooij.bsky.social
“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”

collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...
The infrastructure of meaninglessness
Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which...
collectivefutures.blog
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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drempel.bsky.social
If American evangelicals were actually biblical literalists, ICE wouldn’t exist.
Matthew 25 | NRSV the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me. " Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 3 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?' 40 And the king will answer them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me. Matthew 25 | NRSV family, you did it to me? E a Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. 4 Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' 45 Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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sarahebond.bsky.social
Dictionaries: The original LLM is still the best LLM.
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Oct 1
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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heartforward.bsky.social
Danielle Smith's 4-year contract for Bruce (Spanky) McAllister to belittle Albertans is $737,000 in salary and $88,000 in pension benefits, for a total of $825,000 paid to do what he did at public forums.
It's a disgrace.
#ableg
Danielle Smith's 4-year contract for Bruce McAllister to belittle Albertans is $737,000 in salary and $88,000 in pension benefits, for a total of $825,000 paid to do what he did at public forums. It's a disgrace. #ableg
October 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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vox-magica.bsky.social
petition for law schools to start hiring bible profs with expertise in hermeneutics.

interpreting texts is an exercise of power - something clarence clearly understands, btw. but all of us need to clock how appeals to “originalism” (and walk backs like these) are exercises of power too.
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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claytoncubitt.bsky.social
Good morning to the men who are doing the work of dismantling the toxic structures installed in them by violence!
The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem. bell hooks, The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, 2004
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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lauragmitchell.com
I’m beyond bored with forced car dependency.

Forced car dependency is bad and we really need to interrogate & fix it.

Designing our cities around cars is unsafe, expensive, bad for the climate & our own health.

We can do better.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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chowleen.bsky.social
One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
September 22, 2024 at 11:07 AM