Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦
@pamelabanting.bsky.social
The Anthropocene, multispecies studies, environmental literature, psychogeography, energy humanities, wildlife. See "Wild Faces," https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/issue/17/1
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This is good. Get a Kleenex before watching.
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How Easter Island's giant statues were transported remained unsolved for decades. Physics, morphological analysis and a comprehensive 3D map now show the moai, or statues, were "walked" upright across the landscape using principles of lateral oscillation. buff.ly/Lj0PMep
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Alberta municipalities missing out on millions from green energy projects.
#ableg #abpoli
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#ableg #abpoli
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November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Alberta municipalities missing out on millions from green energy projects.
#ableg #abpoli
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#ableg #abpoli
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Beautiful tribute by @DevinHeroux to a Canadian champion:
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her
#Curling #Canada #NovaScotia
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
#Curling #Canada #NovaScotia
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Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Beautiful tribute by @DevinHeroux to a Canadian champion:
Heh, Minister Loewen, Forestry and Parks, Alberta!
"In BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, a study by CREST and Stanford University found that bear-viewing tourism generated 12 times more revenue than trophy hunting, supporting 510 jobs compared to just 11 from hunting. Protecting one bear creates a renewable source of income for a community."
Our latest piece, ‘Rewilding the Economy: Can Ecotourism Reconnect People and Planet?’, discusses how shifting even a fraction of public funding away from extraction and toward ecosystem protection would yield enormous social and economic returns.
www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/news/rewildi...
www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/news/rewildi...
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Heh, Minister Loewen, Forestry and Parks, Alberta!
First real snowfall this season. The U, without fail, sends out its snow and ice warning, telling us “never run on icy ground” and “walk like a penguin.”
There hasn’t been a single syllable about Covid, vaccines or masks for at least 3 years, but don’t slip out there!
#liability
There hasn’t been a single syllable about Covid, vaccines or masks for at least 3 years, but don’t slip out there!
#liability
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
First real snowfall this season. The U, without fail, sends out its snow and ice warning, telling us “never run on icy ground” and “walk like a penguin.”
There hasn’t been a single syllable about Covid, vaccines or masks for at least 3 years, but don’t slip out there!
#liability
There hasn’t been a single syllable about Covid, vaccines or masks for at least 3 years, but don’t slip out there!
#liability
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The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
I came on here to say re: The Guardian article about audiobooks that narrators are characters or figures within a text, not actors standing in a sound studio reading books. They aren’t narrators; they’re readers.
It’s fine to enjoy listening to a book read aloud. But an audiobook is not the book.
It’s fine to enjoy listening to a book read aloud. But an audiobook is not the book.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I came on here to say re: The Guardian article about audiobooks that narrators are characters or figures within a text, not actors standing in a sound studio reading books. They aren’t narrators; they’re readers.
It’s fine to enjoy listening to a book read aloud. But an audiobook is not the book.
It’s fine to enjoy listening to a book read aloud. But an audiobook is not the book.
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This is what Hoekstra and PP want for Canada and Canadian women. Project 2025.
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is what Hoekstra and PP want for Canada and Canadian women. Project 2025.
Why is Hecate Strait so treacherously dangerous for ships?
.Andrew Scheer is an idiot (but I knew this years ago). The Hecate Strait is dangerous indeed - why? It’s SHALLOW. It was glaciated, it’s full of sand banks and bumps and all that sediment shifts all the time.
Aldo whales
Aldo whales
I’m no fan of Elizabeth May but she’s educating us on proposed projects
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Why is Hecate Strait so treacherously dangerous for ships?
Charisma, or in some places such as Alberta their anti-charisma.
"Representative democracies do not provide for expertise in governance as representatives are elected by land mass and time span, not system, and are usually elected for charisma, not expertise." I keep saying having a *favorite politician isn't the flex ppl think. #BindingChaos #HeatherMarsh
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Charisma, or in some places such as Alberta their anti-charisma.
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"Mice seem to assist pregnant females when they get into difficulty giving birth, with experienced mothers being the most helpful. This is thought to be the first official sighting of such assistance in non-primates, and so expands our knowledge of caregiving behaviours across the animal kingdom."
Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions give birth
Scientists have observed mice helping each other when they encounter difficulties during birth, prompting a rethink of caregiving among rodents and other animals
www.newscientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Mice seem to assist pregnant females when they get into difficulty giving birth, with experienced mothers being the most helpful. This is thought to be the first official sighting of such assistance in non-primates, and so expands our knowledge of caregiving behaviours across the animal kingdom."
The American Jamil Jivani?
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The American Jamil Jivani?
And in the province of Alberta we have both threats of anti-abortion legislation and new license plates in the offing.
Anti-abortion maniacs + tech + Ai = creepshow monitoring.
“The Border Patrol has defined its own criteria for which drivers’ behavior should be deemed suspicious…stopping people for anything from driving on backcountry roads, being in a rental car or making short trips to the border region... +
“The Border Patrol has defined its own criteria for which drivers’ behavior should be deemed suspicious…stopping people for anything from driving on backcountry roads, being in a rental car or making short trips to the border region... +
I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And in the province of Alberta we have both threats of anti-abortion legislation and new license plates in the offing.
What a bizarre and dangerous situation. Ornamental fire hydrants that don't actually work.
"What complicates the issue is the company that owns the nine fire hydrants in Swift Creek Estates doesn't believe they are actually to be used in the event of a fire."
Residents near Calgary sound alarm over fire hydrants that don't work | CBC News
A local water utility company is appealing an order to inspect and fix its fire hydrants in Rocky View County. Westridge Utilities Inc. says the hydrants are not meant to help fight fires. The county ...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
What a bizarre and dangerous situation. Ornamental fire hydrants that don't actually work.
I'm currently accepting applications from other provinces who might like me to move there..
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm currently accepting applications from other provinces who might like me to move there..
This sounds like a useful and important book, just published: www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance - Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure; Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance reveals how and why social movements have frustrated major pip...
www.ubcpress.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This sounds like a useful and important book, just published: www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
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Let's tell the truth about bear encounters and coexistence. If you've had a bear encounter this year, it was amazing and nothing happened, tell me about it. Email your story (3 sentences or less) and 1 photo to [email protected]. post it on your socials too and tag me and the Minister.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Let's tell the truth about bear encounters and coexistence. If you've had a bear encounter this year, it was amazing and nothing happened, tell me about it. Email your story (3 sentences or less) and 1 photo to [email protected]. post it on your socials too and tag me and the Minister.
The UCP is totally supportive of an industry that is destroying the liveability of the earth. But if a handful of pre-teen Albertans wants puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care, it’s the Notwithstanding Clause for them.
UCP introduces Bill 9; Protecting Alberta's Children (from accessing healthcare) Act
Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights.
#ableg #abpoli
Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights.
#ableg #abpoli
a girl with pink hair is sitting in a chair holding a key and says your rights have been revoked .
ALT: a girl with pink hair is sitting in a chair holding a key and says your rights have been revoked .
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November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The UCP is totally supportive of an industry that is destroying the liveability of the earth. But if a handful of pre-teen Albertans wants puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care, it’s the Notwithstanding Clause for them.
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Sound familiar, Alberta?
Coming soon to your driver's license.
Coming soon to your driver's license.
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sound familiar, Alberta?
Coming soon to your driver's license.
Coming soon to your driver's license.
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Wondering why the UCP is waiting until Wednesday to strip trans rights using the notwithstanding clause?
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Wondering why the UCP is waiting until Wednesday to strip trans rights using the notwithstanding clause?
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
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WOW, this Calgary Symposium on Climate looks AMAZING! Free to sign up & open to anyone to hear from Katharine Hayhoe and other local experts- Calgary case studies on saving money, cutting emissions & reducing climate risk at home, campus and work. Nov 17-21 ONLINE www.calgary.ca/environment/...
Calgary Climate Symposium
www.calgary.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW, this Calgary Symposium on Climate looks AMAZING! Free to sign up & open to anyone to hear from Katharine Hayhoe and other local experts- Calgary case studies on saving money, cutting emissions & reducing climate risk at home, campus and work. Nov 17-21 ONLINE www.calgary.ca/environment/...
This is extremely interesting, though it’s possible shiitake are already living their best lives and don’t want to get jobs and work in data processing centres.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is extremely interesting, though it’s possible shiitake are already living their best lives and don’t want to get jobs and work in data processing centres.
I just walked by the window, and I saw two pure white birds fly and land on a neighbour's roof. Not gulls. Not with the bulb-like body of a pigeon. More svelte.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I just walked by the window, and I saw two pure white birds fly and land on a neighbour's roof. Not gulls. Not with the bulb-like body of a pigeon. More svelte.