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Deb SCARE-ium

@debmerriam.bsky.social

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DebMerriam on all other SM. Ex-academic bluenoser in Treaty 6, past chair of the Local Good (YEG), fibre artist, solarpunk, earth-centred inclusive beliefs. She/they,🏳️‍⚧️parent, mom friend, trying to make a difference.

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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey pocket friends! Reintroduction: I’m an ex-biochemist from NS living in amiskwaciwaskahikan (Treaty 6, Canada). I’m interested in solar-punk, slow design & community-focused solutions to the climate crisis - and a textile artist. You may know me from The Local Good / Green Drinks YEG …

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Edmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · 1d

Even @economist.com gets it:
www.economist.com/internationa...

#yegbike

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · 1d

🤔Do you think our rivers and forests deserve to have their own legal standing in a court of law?

Let us know by taking this quick survey via our friends at @naturecanada.bsky.social:

naturecanada.ca/environmenta...

Environmental Perspectives Questionnaire - Nature Canada

Thank you for your participation. This survey is designed to gather your personal perspectives on the relationship between nature, society, and the legal system. Please answer the following question...

naturecanada.ca

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Erin 🇨🇦 @spicyerin.bsky.social · 1d

Missed the link.

Great site!

www.supportourstudents.ca/edmontonvote...

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Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · 1d

There’s no proven way to treat toxic oil sands wastewater adequately, so why is a provincial committee OK with dumping it into a major river?

We, alongside Indigenous leaders and other enviro + health groups reject this committee's plan and demand better.

albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...
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Joint News Release: Indigenous, environment and health groups reject inadequate industry-led recommendations for treat-and-release of tailings - Alberta Wilderness Association

On the two-year anniversary of Imperial Oil’s hidden toxic tailings leaks coming to light, communities and advocates downstream from the oil sands are pushing back against weak tailings treatment reco...

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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! My letter was about twice that length.

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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · 1d

Getting a series of passionate emails that don’t fit their survey format is not going to make the job of the public servant responsible for summarizing the response much easier. 🤷

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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · 1d

E-bikes can cut pollution & traffic congestion www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n... #ebikes #yyc #yeg

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion and costs — if cities take them seriously

E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet American cities remain committed to cars.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · 1d

The survey link is “no longer active” (wtf?), but there’s an email address where you can provide public input.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Schmutzie @schmutzie.com · 2d

As someone who has lost all the writing I published on sites I didn't own, DO THIS 👇

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2d

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

A timely excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, written by my friend Aaron Goggans, who has supported many frontline activists struggling with their mental health during moments of mass protest and upheaval. Thank you, @pempem.bsky.social for uplifting.

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

mentalhellth.xyz

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 3d

seems pretty bad

Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 3d

Let's check in and see how September temperatures have changed in the U.S. and Canada over the last 75 years. 🔥😢

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 3d

OH THANK GOD.

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 3d

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Annick Hus @annick-hus.bsky.social · Sep 9

🐺🇪🇺 How Europe Turned Against Its Wolves

1/ Once hailed as a conservation triumph, Europe’s wolf comeback (from ~12,000 in 2012 to +21,000 today) is now under attack. Politics, not science, is driving this rollback of protections.
www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-politics...

The Unravelling of a Success Story: How Politics Is Killing Europe’s Wolves

The EU’s fresh support for culling threatens wolves and bears and fails to ensure co-existence between humans and large predators.

www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience

A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

www.nature.com

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 4d

Sign the new House of Commons e-petition calling on the Government of Canada to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ people worldwide and reaffirm Canada’s role as a safe haven.

Thank you to MP Rob Oliphant for sponsoring this important petition.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Dream for America @dreamforamerica.bsky.social · 5d

Jane Goodall's final message from her last interview:

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 4d

China remains way ahead in clean energy growth, adding more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Dana Hudson @solarshades.club · Aug 25

I wrote about how climate change might be behind our acceptance of politicians that lie to us, chatbots that hallucinate, the general unravelling of consensus reality—and what we do about it.
www.solarshades.club/p/how-climat...

How Climate Broke Reality

We can't agree on what's true. Is it because the truth about the planet is too inconvenient?

www.solarshades.club

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 5d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Kurt Phillips (ARC Collective) @arccollective.bsky.social · 5d

Guthrie is a former UCP MLA. Worth a read.

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alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 5d

DO NOT VOTE FOR BETTER EDMONTON

The better Edmonton they want to build is for real estate developers, not people.

Jeff Samsonow @jeffsamsonow.bsky.social · 5d

A prologue to stories this week as Jan-July disclosures are made public ahead of election day (October 20). The cash is flowing to municipal parties. (or, at least one of them) pressprogress.ca/how-developm...

How the Development Industry Helped One Edmonton Mayoral Candidate Get a Head Start

Before nominations even opened, Tim Cartmell raised nearly half a million dollars, with roughly half coming from sources with apparent connections to real estate, construction and development

pressprogress.ca

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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · 6d

-hearteyes-

Melistress @melistress.bsky.social · 6d

A photo from the Leg today. I hope that Bluesky doesn’t crop it. It is a panoramic view of the teachers’ rally and the incredible show of support, including many other unions.

A panoramic view of many many protestors on a beautiful autumn World Teachers Day at the Alberta legislature. The sky is blue. Most protestors are in red.

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Bikeology Guild of Canada @bikeology.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent message in @mommypedals.bsky.social's latest video: women's bike use is the 'indicator species' for the quality of a city's urban design and policies.

#bikesky

Sarah @mommypedals.bsky.social · 6d

No women, no safety

Women on bikes are the indicator species of a city’s cycling health.

If you don’t see many of us, it’s not about lack of interest — it’s about safety.

Day 13 of the #carfreechallenge2025

#yegbike

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 6d

The jig is up for CCS and DAC.

oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

The Collapse of Confidence in Carbon Capture | OilPrice.com

Carbon Capture and Storage, once seen as a lifeline for the oil and gas industry, is facing mounting doubts as delays, high costs, and poor performance cast serious doubts on its future viability.

oilprice.com

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