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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I am rereading Linda Hogan’s A History of Kindness (a 2020 poetry collection) and starting to long for a new book by her to be published soon. Any genre.
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I am rereading Linda Hogan’s A History of Kindness (a 2020 poetry collection) and starting to long for a new book by her to be published soon. Any genre.
Afternoon of some fauna.
January 18, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Afternoon of some fauna.
This is witty: open.substack.com/pub/johnfuge...
The World’s Tourists Are Swiping Left on Trump’s America
The GOP’s Guide to Scaring Off $12.5 Billion in Tourist Money
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January 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is witty: open.substack.com/pub/johnfuge...
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As a part of the Canada Impact+ Program, Carleton University in Ottawa is interested in recruiting Associate/Full Professors to apply in a number of areas related to democratic resilience, supply chains, cybersecurity for sovereignty, etc. carleton.ca/deputyprovos...
Associate/Full Professor and Canada Impact+ Research Chair - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)
About the Position Carleton University invites applications from outstanding researchers for Canada Impact+ Research Chairs at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The Canada Impact+ Research Chai...
carleton.ca
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
As a part of the Canada Impact+ Program, Carleton University in Ottawa is interested in recruiting Associate/Full Professors to apply in a number of areas related to democratic resilience, supply chains, cybersecurity for sovereignty, etc. carleton.ca/deputyprovos...
I’ve never heard one of those mythical apologies. I’d like to hear one sometime.
“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people,” said Sylvestre. “This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves.”
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Anti-racism watchdog fields complaint arising from immigration comments made at separatist town hall
he complainant said Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre made several inflammatory comments about immigrants during the town hall.
edmontonjournal.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I’ve never heard one of those mythical apologies. I’d like to hear one sometime.
Heartbreaking to read comments by those desperate to sign away their province (+ nation) because they want unspecified "change," they believe the premier's propaganda that Albertans pay equalization payments to Ottawa, that Alberta resources "are hidden behind red tape." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Long lineups in central Alberta to sign petition for province to leave Canada | CBC Accessibility
Large crowds of people lined up around the block outside a pair of packed community halls in central Alberta on Wednesday night, to attend town meetings focused on the idea of the province seeking ind...
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Heartbreaking to read comments by those desperate to sign away their province (+ nation) because they want unspecified "change," they believe the premier's propaganda that Albertans pay equalization payments to Ottawa, that Alberta resources "are hidden behind red tape." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The brilliant political cartoonist Michael de Adder.
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 AM
The brilliant political cartoonist Michael de Adder.
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
This sounds like a fascinating new book, particularly for westerners.
Ted Binnema shared "The Poetic Beauty of a Blackfoot Map" with the Champlain Society.
He notes: "Five maps drawn by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre peoples in 1801 and 1802 transformed my perceptions of the Great Plains."
https://bit.ly/48P5BTD
Learn about CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY: https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
He notes: "Five maps drawn by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre peoples in 1801 and 1802 transformed my perceptions of the Great Plains."
https://bit.ly/48P5BTD
Learn about CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY: https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
This sounds like a fascinating new book, particularly for westerners.
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Hey, #covidconscious people, we write for you/us too! Our second piece is about authors and #LongCovid, and Long Covid in literature. We have more #stillcoviding content to come, so please subscribe and check us out if you're interested #covidcautious
www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th...
www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th...
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Hey, #covidconscious people, we write for you/us too! Our second piece is about authors and #LongCovid, and Long Covid in literature. We have more #stillcoviding content to come, so please subscribe and check us out if you're interested #covidcautious
www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th...
www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th...
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The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
Ocean heat content increased by 23 billion trillion joules, which was around 39 times greater than global primary energy use this year. This is the largest rise in OHC since 2017; overall OHC has increased by over 500 zettajoules since the 1940s.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of:
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
- Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute
- operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history
- Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used
It seems odd that a self-proclaimed “Indigenous rights lawyer” would be campaigning for Alberta separation. Is he unaware of the Treaties? Strange.
“The first count alleges Rath “threatened” then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, former chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam & others with “criminal charges, including for murder, in an attempt to gain a benefit for a client.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta separatist lawyer threatened 'war crimes,' 'murder' charges over COVID vaccine, law society claims
Separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath is challenging claims he breached professional conduct rules by writing to government officials during the COVID-19 pandemic — but admits he used "overly aggressive" lan...
edmontonjournal.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
It seems odd that a self-proclaimed “Indigenous rights lawyer” would be campaigning for Alberta separation. Is he unaware of the Treaties? Strange.
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My 14yo tells me kids who use ChatGPT are referred to as "third-party thinkers"
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
My 14yo tells me kids who use ChatGPT are referred to as "third-party thinkers"
It's chinooking so the wind is gearing up. I threw my 2010 - 2018 issues of Canadian House and Home magazine into my recycle bin to hold it upright.
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
It's chinooking so the wind is gearing up. I threw my 2010 - 2018 issues of Canadian House and Home magazine into my recycle bin to hold it upright.
Attn Albertans: this short, clarifying and important thread about our healthcare systems at the moment:
Hey ABs:
Pt’s are literally dying in our ED WRs, and one of the biggest bottlenecks in our acute care system are the pts who are STRANDED in hospital - their acute care is complete but they cannot go home to independent living.
1/7
Pt’s are literally dying in our ED WRs, and one of the biggest bottlenecks in our acute care system are the pts who are STRANDED in hospital - their acute care is complete but they cannot go home to independent living.
1/7
January 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Attn Albertans: this short, clarifying and important thread about our healthcare systems at the moment:
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"The future economy is electric" - incisive article on why Canada needs to quickly pivot its focus from industries of the past to the industries of tomorrow vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: A 'Build Canada' plan for the 21st (not 20th) century
Opinion: As a clean energy powerhouse thanks to renewable energy and critical minerals, we could create hundreds of thousands of jobs
vancouversun.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
"The future economy is electric" - incisive article on why Canada needs to quickly pivot its focus from industries of the past to the industries of tomorrow vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
For a break from reading about human brutalities I looked up the Chapman’s ice cream website and under the flavour chocolate cake batter they write “One spoonful of this delectable treat will take you down memory lane to childhood days of licking the batter from the mixer beaters.” Nicely written!
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
For a break from reading about human brutalities I looked up the Chapman’s ice cream website and under the flavour chocolate cake batter they write “One spoonful of this delectable treat will take you down memory lane to childhood days of licking the batter from the mixer beaters.” Nicely written!
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Here’s a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
you.leadnow.ca
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Here’s a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
I’ve been retired for almost nine days, and as I’m reading a book I’m wondering “Shouldn’t I be underlining this passage?”
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I’ve been retired for almost nine days, and as I’m reading a book I’m wondering “Shouldn’t I be underlining this passage?”
I read an article in the local paper today about how hackers are hacking farmers’ automated milking systems and granaries’ drying systems to extort money from farmers.
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I read an article in the local paper today about how hackers are hacking farmers’ automated milking systems and granaries’ drying systems to extort money from farmers.
The brilliant Michael de Adder. This one is very affecting.
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The brilliant Michael de Adder. This one is very affecting.
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Add another one to the great big board of "Urban Planning Debates: Academic Research vs. Some Guy"
January 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Add another one to the great big board of "Urban Planning Debates: Academic Research vs. Some Guy"