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Tim Haney

@timhaney.bsky.social

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Sociologist @ Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. Into the environment, disasters, cities, and science/knowledge. Also into permaculture, my loved ones, exercise, and any place that has warm weather and palm trees. www.timhaneyphd.com

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hey everyone, thanks for all the follows. Still figuring this thing out. Reminds me a lot of Twitter back in the day. Let's hope Bluesky is not discovered by all the bots, trolls, and Elon Musks.

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Jun 27

No. We must not stand for that. Citizenship is permanent and not dependent on a person’s belief system. The only cases were denaturalization should be considered is if it was revealed the person lied on their immigration documents. If not, then they’re a citizen for life.

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Jun 26

I work here!

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Jun 26

The walled city that is “Jackson” is actually Canmore, Alberta.

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Jun 26

Fun fact! Season 1 was filmed here in Calgary, Alberta. When they’re on (what was once) a university campus in Colorado— that was filmed here at MRU.

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Jun 12

My home country is no longer a democracy (to the extent it ever really was). It's impossible to fight back against fascism using the old rules and procedures. They don't apply anymore. Not sure when people will realize this.

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Jun 12

She can just decline. Or she can sit there and lie. There's no way to hold her, DJT, or anyone else accountable. Not sure when people will realize it is not a democracy anymore. The old rules don't apply.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · May 28

I am so deeply uninterested in AI. Just think of all the 🤩 stories that aren't being covered by journalists, the worthy projects that aren't being funded, the institutional challenges that aren't being addressed by uni administrators — bc their 👀 are all focused on this dumb product nobody asked for

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Jan 14

Another hour, another call for another conference about teaching with AI. I am so supremely annoyed and bored and 💔 by this reactionary obsession: what a waste of opportunity to think about infinitely more constructive, convivial, empowering, life-affirming and existentially consequential things

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 27

This is happening right now here in Alberta with government efforts to pull any books that mentions sex or sexuality. To do the “public engagement” they are distributing this survey. Have a look at how awful and slanted the questions are:

your.alberta.ca/school-libra...

School Library Materials (English) | Alberta Online Engagement

The Government of Alberta wants to hear from Albertans about age-appropriate materials in school libraries  To bring more transparency and oversight to the selection and management of school...

your.alberta.ca

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 23

Super hypocritical. Vance has called professors “the enemy”— yet it was his professor at Yale, Amy Chua, who mentored him and encouraged him to write his shitty book. He would not be where he is now without her and without Yale.

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 22

Someone better remind AI what snitches get.

Molly White @molly.wiki · May 22

welcome to the future, now your error-prone software can call the cops

(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)

Tweet by Sam Bowman
@sleepinyourhat
If it thinks you're doing something egregiously immoral, for example, like faking data in a pharmaceutical trial, it will use command-line tools to contact the press, contact regulators, try to lock you out of the relevant systems, or all of the above.

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 22

Someone better remind AI what snitches get.

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 16

Yes it is!!!!

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 16

Super happy and proud to report that my student, Connie Yu, has won the student paper competition at the @hazcenter.bsky.social at the University of Colorado! She’s the 4th @mountroyalu.bsky.social student to win it in 14 years— an impressive run for MRU disaster students! Congrats, Connie!

Natural Hazards Center @hazcenter.bsky.social · May 7

Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Student Paper Competition! These students impressed the judges with their originality, writing quality, and knowledge. We're so excited to welcome them to the Natural Hazards Workshop this summer: bit.ly/3YyaPxx

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 9

At shit-talking, yes.

At citations, I mean… you’re ahead by two. 😉

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 5

WTF!? How did you do that??? Glad I took a screen capture when I did! Geez...

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · May 5

My best friend and cherished coauthor, @kristenbarberphd.bsky.social and I often joke about living the same life, and having most everything in common. As evidence, I offer you our citation counts (15 years into our careers). Pretty wild, eh? #Twinning

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · Apr 25

Corporate leaders are obsessing over GDP per capita.

But, if you look at just about any number that would meaningfully tell you how well our economy is doing, Canada does better than the U.S.

@mendelmatt.bsky.social @jimstanford.bsky.social #alwayscanada #never51 #gdp #cdnpoli #cdnecon

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Apr 21

theconversation.com/the-monogamy...

The ‘monogamy superiority myth’: new research suggests unconventional relationships are just as satisfying

Many people assume monogamy is the gold standard but the secret to fulfilling relationships might not be about exclusivity at all.

theconversation.com

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Mar 29

Everyone must. I mean, look at the case of the white Canadian lady who was detained at the border entering the United States, put it in an ICE detention facility where she slept in a crowded cell on the floor, and released 12 days later with no explanation. Why would anyone visit the United States?

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Mar 28

Pretty much sums up MAGA — and really, America— in a nutshell: “I’m cool with all these drastic cuts to things I don’t understand or know about. If I don’t know about something, it must not be important.”

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Mar 6

They’re metric mice, so you only get 2/3 of a mouse. And also Francophone.

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · Mar 4

Must watch war speech by Justin Trudeau.

Few outside of Canada understand our combination of civility, empathy and steel in our spine - this speech explains all that.

Not a foul word spoken. Not one inch of retreat.

Long Live Canada
Vive Le Canada

#ElbowsUp

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f4...

FULL SPEECH | Trudeau outlines response to U.S. tariffs

YouTube video by CBC News

www.youtube.com

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Mar 4

Also when the loonie is low, it means your equity in your US home goes further in buying Canadian property. Even if you’re earning a bit less, you’ll save on housing.

Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Mar 4

Lots of mid/sr people would do better in the US than Canada— possibly including me. But there’s something to be said for planting your flag, living according to your principles, and leaving the US behind. As long as you earn enough to live on, it’s all good. I’d not go back for a $1 million salary.

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Tim Haney @timhaney.bsky.social · Mar 2

Jessica Kaufman needs to be held responsible for this. As much as the Trump White House is to blame, so are the minions who are willing to carry out his marching orders.