Larissa
@bisseemom.bsky.social
Albertan, mom to 2 emerging adults, like to have flour on my counter, dabbler in crafty stuff. Wants to see more joy in the world. Knows that there are injustices to fight. I don’t correct typeos
This move of the goal posts again should infuriate every Albertan
#weareAlbertan
#weareAlbertan
Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This move of the goal posts again should infuriate every Albertan
#weareAlbertan
#weareAlbertan
#WeareAlbertan I care to speak out against the party that is destroying my province - environmentally, economically and emotionally
Read Jared's article
Read Jared's article
2025 was the darkest for Alberta democracy.
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#WeareAlbertan I care to speak out against the party that is destroying my province - environmentally, economically and emotionally
Read Jared's article
Read Jared's article
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Canadian scientist here. I don't want this. I want you to fund our excellent early career scientists who do great work in Canada. Fund them properly and that will help 1000x more than recruiting handfuls of cherry picked bigwigs from Harvard, Stanford and MIT who will leave after a few years.
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Canadian scientist here. I don't want this. I want you to fund our excellent early career scientists who do great work in Canada. Fund them properly and that will help 1000x more than recruiting handfuls of cherry picked bigwigs from Harvard, Stanford and MIT who will leave after a few years.
This stay at home mom says "unchecked power is not normal"
People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms?
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This stay at home mom says "unchecked power is not normal"
Puzzles are a big red flag for AI. I love puzzles and it's getting harder to find a real photograph or piece of artwork. But it's worth taking the time to find one.
I just discovered that the jigsaw puzzle Mom and I have been working on is AI. The tells for me were the things in the lower right: the weirdly distorted ornaments, the blue yarn blob, and the... flutes? Nunchucks? I don't even know. Ran it through WasItAI and yup, it was. Super flipping depressing.
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Puzzles are a big red flag for AI. I love puzzles and it's getting harder to find a real photograph or piece of artwork. But it's worth taking the time to find one.
I hate having my initial feelings of joy being quickly overtaken by "wait, is this AI?" But can't get complacent in actually thinking critically.
I didn't see the AI dog video but in learning to up my AI radar for images and how to spot what's off (or to realize what I subconsciously picked up on when my brain flags it as fake), what I realized is, it reminds me of is a lesson from when I did a forensic psychology course several years ago.
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I hate having my initial feelings of joy being quickly overtaken by "wait, is this AI?" But can't get complacent in actually thinking critically.
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So that's the lesson that pops up for me with AI stuff--when evaluating now, I look at whatever the focus is NOT on.
This isn't to say AI won't eventually be good enough to smooth out everything, but right now it can't. The tells are outside what the video/image wants you to focus on.
This isn't to say AI won't eventually be good enough to smooth out everything, but right now it can't. The tells are outside what the video/image wants you to focus on.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So that's the lesson that pops up for me with AI stuff--when evaluating now, I look at whatever the focus is NOT on.
This isn't to say AI won't eventually be good enough to smooth out everything, but right now it can't. The tells are outside what the video/image wants you to focus on.
This isn't to say AI won't eventually be good enough to smooth out everything, but right now it can't. The tells are outside what the video/image wants you to focus on.
A very important read for Albertans and Canadians at large
If you read nothing else I write, read this.
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A very important read for Albertans and Canadians at large
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Coastal First Nations needs to always remember that, as the Alberta government and oil industry won't cleanup after their drilling activities within Alberta...
When a spill happens on the coast, Alberta will take zero responsibility cleaning it up as well.
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
When a spill happens on the coast, Alberta will take zero responsibility cleaning it up as well.
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
Alberta won’t use public money to clean up abandoned wells: energy minister
Alberta's energy minister says the government will not draw on the public purse to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells.
calgaryherald.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Coastal First Nations needs to always remember that, as the Alberta government and oil industry won't cleanup after their drilling activities within Alberta...
When a spill happens on the coast, Alberta will take zero responsibility cleaning it up as well.
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
When a spill happens on the coast, Alberta will take zero responsibility cleaning it up as well.
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
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Good thread is good:
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Good thread is good:
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We’re not opposed to TECHNOLOGY, we’re opposed to management using technology to exploit labour without any regard for the physical or emotional wellbeing of workers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We’re not opposed to TECHNOLOGY, we’re opposed to management using technology to exploit labour without any regard for the physical or emotional wellbeing of workers.
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Captain's log, star date 2512.01.
It is day 37 of black Friday. We have yet to discover when these words lost all meaning. There is growing concern that time became broken when boxing day leaked from containment and stretched first to seven days, and then advanced ahead of Christmas eve.
It is day 37 of black Friday. We have yet to discover when these words lost all meaning. There is growing concern that time became broken when boxing day leaked from containment and stretched first to seven days, and then advanced ahead of Christmas eve.
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Captain's log, star date 2512.01.
It is day 37 of black Friday. We have yet to discover when these words lost all meaning. There is growing concern that time became broken when boxing day leaked from containment and stretched first to seven days, and then advanced ahead of Christmas eve.
It is day 37 of black Friday. We have yet to discover when these words lost all meaning. There is growing concern that time became broken when boxing day leaked from containment and stretched first to seven days, and then advanced ahead of Christmas eve.
Which parents get parental rights? Such a frustrating question
Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy:
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...
Which Parents Get "Parental Rights?" In This Ohio School, It's Those Who Hate LGBTQ+ People
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District has segregated LGBTQ+ books in the high school library, among other acts of book censorship.
bookriot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Which parents get parental rights? Such a frustrating question
May there be a special place in hell for charlatans who prey on the ill and desperate.
American ALS patient died alone after paying $84K US in pursuit of healing at controversial Sask. facility | CBC News
A 70-year-old American ALS patient came to Saskatchewan chasing the promise of healing offered by the Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Center in Moose Jaw, Sask. But former Goodenowe employees say tha...
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
May there be a special place in hell for charlatans who prey on the ill and desperate.
@profanity.accountant Am I as potty mouthed as my husband claims?
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@profanity.accountant Am I as potty mouthed as my husband claims?
This is so important. This is a hill I choose to die on. Abortion is healthcare!
Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Abortion Rights in Canada are Under Attack
Forced-birth groups are testing their strategy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is so important. This is a hill I choose to die on. Abortion is healthcare!
"If you don't want to be recalled, don't be an asshole"
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"If you don't want to be recalled, don't be an asshole"
@feistywaters.com are you aware of someone tracking Canadian data?
I'm serious: someone could take up the task of tracking all of these Canadian library budget cuts. They're showing up as much as the American ones in my searching.
From two day's worth of searches, the next few messages.
From two day's worth of searches, the next few messages.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@feistywaters.com are you aware of someone tracking Canadian data?
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Great first day at the doors 🚪 in West Springs, the RecallNicolaides.ca canvass team is growing and needs your participation!
📣 If you live in Calgary-Bow, join the canvass team today: recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
#DumpsterFireResponseTeam #RecallNicolaides #ReclaimCalgaryBow #RecallThemAll
📣 If you live in Calgary-Bow, join the canvass team today: recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
#DumpsterFireResponseTeam #RecallNicolaides #ReclaimCalgaryBow #RecallThemAll
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Great first day at the doors 🚪 in West Springs, the RecallNicolaides.ca canvass team is growing and needs your participation!
📣 If you live in Calgary-Bow, join the canvass team today: recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
#DumpsterFireResponseTeam #RecallNicolaides #ReclaimCalgaryBow #RecallThemAll
📣 If you live in Calgary-Bow, join the canvass team today: recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
#DumpsterFireResponseTeam #RecallNicolaides #ReclaimCalgaryBow #RecallThemAll
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The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
To paraphrase a certain blowhard:
"He's a terrible person. Works for a terrible outlet. You guys lie all the time"
"He's a terrible person. Works for a terrible outlet. You guys lie all the time"
Hoekstra continues to be utterly terrible at his job as *checks notes* an ambassador of the United States.
Or, flipside: continues to be the living embodiment of why there is nation-wide contempt towards the US.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Or, flipside: continues to be the living embodiment of why there is nation-wide contempt towards the US.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Future of trade talks depends on Canada’s purchase of American fighter jets, U.S. ambassador says
Pete Hoekstra said it will not be easy to restart the now-stalled trade talks, and urged Canada to "harmonize" as much as possible with the U.S. on a range of
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
To paraphrase a certain blowhard:
"He's a terrible person. Works for a terrible outlet. You guys lie all the time"
"He's a terrible person. Works for a terrible outlet. You guys lie all the time"
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Sexual assault, femicide, domestic violence, etc. stories are all over the news these days and it can make us feel really overwhelmed and powerless.
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sexual assault, femicide, domestic violence, etc. stories are all over the news these days and it can make us feel really overwhelmed and powerless.
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
Might I suggest signing up to learn bystander intervention? It'll give you concrete tools to feel empowered. And it's free!
Join me:
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Nov 25 is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
linktr.ee
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nov 25 is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
Dec 6 is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.
Carve out 1 hour of your time on either of those days to learn how you can address gender based violence in your community!
If only their giving really made a positive impact on American lives
Our data, analyzed by @washingtonpost.com, shows giving from the 100 wealthiest Americans has risen 140x since 2000. In 2024 they accounted for 7.5% of federal election spending - $1 of every $13. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If only their giving really made a positive impact on American lives
"Since the election, there has been a systematic dismantling of (or threats to dismantle) almost every policy that would accelerate our energy transition to a climate-safe economy and society" What's up with this @mark-carney.bsky.social ?
It's the last day of COP30.
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Since the election, there has been a systematic dismantling of (or threats to dismantle) almost every policy that would accelerate our energy transition to a climate-safe economy and society" What's up with this @mark-carney.bsky.social ?