Nyn McAllister
@thepoetrix.bsky.social
She/her; 4th generation Alberta settler living in Moh’kins’tis - Calgary; PhD student at SFU SIAT; polar librarian & data curator at UC/AINA; poet, artist, & puppet nerd
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A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.
This is not normal.
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This is not normal.
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Alberta overhauls election laws to allow corporate donations, change referendum thresholds | CBC News
The Alberta government wants to bring back corporate and union political donations, eliminate vouching for a voter’s identity at election polling stations, and lower the threshold for recalls and refe...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Liberal government would make the broadcaster's funding statutory
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #Canada #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #Canada #cdnpoli
Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC | CBC News
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Liberal government would make the broadcaster's funding statutory
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #Canada #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #Canada #cdnpoli
Great list, but not complete, so do check for more! Frontenac House, Kids Can Press (children’s), and Inhabit are a few more!
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Great list, but not complete, so do check for more! Frontenac House, Kids Can Press (children’s), and Inhabit are a few more!
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BREAKING: In a reversal, all NOAA Research sites will now remain online with "no interruption in service," according to the agency. NOAA had previously moved to cancel the research division's cloud services contract.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
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Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
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US Weather Agency to Preserve Research Websites in Reversal
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency will preserve access to websites tied to its research division, after previously moving to cancel a cloud web services contract that supports many of its...
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April 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
BREAKING: In a reversal, all NOAA Research sites will now remain online with "no interruption in service," according to the agency. NOAA had previously moved to cancel the research division's cloud services contract.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
So, they’re tariffing penguins now? Cool, cool.
April 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So, they’re tariffing penguins now? Cool, cool.
Who feels safe?? Anyone???
So…um…who is doing the testing for multi drug resistant gonorrhea and resistant trichomonas ????
Labs at CDC investigating STD and hepatitis outbreaks have now been cut, as part of Secy Kennedy's layoffs
Specimens were still arriving from state health departments, with no one left on job from labs to handle them
"The outbreak detection is gone"
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Specimens were still arriving from state health departments, with no one left on job from labs to handle them
"The outbreak detection is gone"
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
April 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Who feels safe?? Anyone???
I mean, when even Poilievre disagrees with your conservative ass…
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I mean, when even Poilievre disagrees with your conservative ass…
Okay, the most people in the “west” have zero interest in seceding from Canada. STFU Manning. Honestly. Smith too. 🙄
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Okay, the most people in the “west” have zero interest in seceding from Canada. STFU Manning. Honestly. Smith too. 🙄
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If we can’t get rid of LaGrange, can we please make her a backbencher with no portfolio? FML.
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Braid: Government caves on popsicle ban for cancer kids, but admits nothing
The Alberta government decrees that kids in cancer treatment can't get treats like popsicles or juice boxes. Same new rules apply to ERs.
calgaryherald.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
If we can’t get rid of LaGrange, can we please make her a backbencher with no portfolio? FML.
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Oh my God. The email contains an implied threat that any student who doesn’t immediately leave might be sent to El Salvador.
/technically it says “countries other than their countries of origin,” but the context right now, given everything going on, makes the threat clear.
/technically it says “countries other than their countries of origin,” but the context right now, given everything going on, makes the threat clear.
March 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oh my God. The email contains an implied threat that any student who doesn’t immediately leave might be sent to El Salvador.
/technically it says “countries other than their countries of origin,” but the context right now, given everything going on, makes the threat clear.
/technically it says “countries other than their countries of origin,” but the context right now, given everything going on, makes the threat clear.
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Every single Democrat in Congress should be demanding the resignation of Waltz and Hegseth. Every single one.
This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay.
AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.
This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay.
AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.
March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Every single Democrat in Congress should be demanding the resignation of Waltz and Hegseth. Every single one.
This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay.
AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.
This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay.
AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.
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So not like Fonzie in Happy Days. And not figuratively either. Octopus jumps shark.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back
Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023
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March 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
So not like Fonzie in Happy Days. And not figuratively either. Octopus jumps shark.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🙌🙌🙌
~ "An Alberta Mom's Response to Danielle Smith's Meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney."
March 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🙌🙌🙌
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~I'm shocked!
March 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
~I'm shocked!
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Elbows up, Canada!
March 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Elbows up, Canada!
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~Nothing new here. We're subjected to this constantly by Poilievre and the Con premiers, especially Smith.
How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada
Falsehoods about the terms of U.S.-Canada trade aim to shift American public opinion
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How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada
Falsehoods about the terms of U.S.-Canada trade aim to shift American public opinion
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada | CBC News
The Trump administration has spread disinformation about the true terms of trade between the U.S. and Canada. While tariff rate quotas are rarely used, disinformation about them complicates negotiatio...
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March 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
~Nothing new here. We're subjected to this constantly by Poilievre and the Con premiers, especially Smith.
How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada
Falsehoods about the terms of U.S.-Canada trade aim to shift American public opinion
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada
Falsehoods about the terms of U.S.-Canada trade aim to shift American public opinion
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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It boggles the mind how Premier Smith can take a harder line stance against the prime minister of her own country than the president of an enemy nation.
If she's unsure who is the bigger threat, her advisors have failed all Albertans miserably.
If she's unsure who is the bigger threat, her advisors have failed all Albertans miserably.
March 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It boggles the mind how Premier Smith can take a harder line stance against the prime minister of her own country than the president of an enemy nation.
If she's unsure who is the bigger threat, her advisors have failed all Albertans miserably.
If she's unsure who is the bigger threat, her advisors have failed all Albertans miserably.
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AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word
March 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word
So, freedom of speech is totally out the window?
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So, freedom of speech is totally out the window?
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📢 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒. 📢
"We will put Canadians first, ensuring that our policies serve the interests of our people above all else."
— Pierre Poilievre, Feb 15, 2025, in his "Canada First" speech
🔴 BUT HIS VOTING RECORD TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY.
📢 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐎 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖!📢
"We will put Canadians first, ensuring that our policies serve the interests of our people above all else."
— Pierre Poilievre, Feb 15, 2025, in his "Canada First" speech
🔴 BUT HIS VOTING RECORD TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY.
📢 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐎 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖!📢
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
March 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Excited to go hang with puppets tonight! Arctic Tall Tales - part of the Festival of Animated Objects at Vertigo! #puppets #puppetfestival #festivalofanimatedobjects #arctic
March 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excited to go hang with puppets tonight! Arctic Tall Tales - part of the Festival of Animated Objects at Vertigo! #puppets #puppetfestival #festivalofanimatedobjects #arctic