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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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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1h
seems pretty bad
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 17h
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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Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 6h
OH THANK GOD.
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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 8h
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 · 29d
🐺🇪🇺 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 · 8h
"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 · 8h
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 · 1d
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 · 2d
Jane Goodall's final message from her last interview:
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 1d
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 · 2d
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 · 2d
Guthrie is a former UCP MLA. Worth a read.
Political statement by former UCP MLA.
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alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 2d
DO NOT VOTE FOR BETTER EDMONTON

The better Edmonton they want to build is for real estate developers, not people.
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Jeff Samsonow @jeffsamsonow.bsky.social · 2d
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 · 3d
-hearteyes-
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Melistress @melistress.bsky.social · 3d
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 · 3d
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
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Sarah @mommypedals.bsky.social · 3d
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 · 3d
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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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 4d
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
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Colleen Chanel (Colleen Toscano) @colleenchanel.bsky.social · 5d
This petition calls on Ottawa to enforce the Canada Health Act, attach strict transparency rules to federal transfers, and stop provinces from hiding the true costs of privatization.
Sign protect health care, education, and infrastructure from costly privatization.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca
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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · 4d
Goalz
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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d
Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other https://theonion.com/weird-relative-at-family-reunion-knows-how-everyone-rel-1819579336/
Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 4d
A new @alberta.ca oil pipeline would be a “multi-decade gamble” that assumes global oil demand won’t decline—despite cheaper alternatives and growing climate risks.

It’s a risk the private sector won’t take. ➡️
Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say
Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major…
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🎃 Leah says @leahincanada.bsky.social · 4d
Let's goooooo!

Is your name on the #ForeverCanada petition?!

Find a signing location near you. Tell your friends & family. We can do this!

CC: @lukaszukab.bsky.social

👉🏼 www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 6d
Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect
A yellow cardboard carton on a CVS shelf with brightly colored letters that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” and “statue of liberty chicken.” Inside the carton are hot pink, teal, and royal blue rubber chickens with googly eyes rendered like the Statue of Liberty, with their faces distressed and frozen in a shriek. They have tags around their necks that say “squeeze me to hear me scream”
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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 6d
Roses are red
Milk comes in a carton
Oxford Mail headline: Man digs up potato shaped like a rubber duck in Yarton (plus photo of potato with a large round ‘body, a smaller bit that looks like a head with an eye, and a knobble on the side of that which resembles a beak)
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Deb SCARE-ium @debmerriam.bsky.social · 6d
As a person concerned with climate change and politics; interested in (pre)historic human belief systems; and who sees the natural world as a source of wonder and delight and, yes, spirituality? The guys who think ‘pagan’ & ‘hippy’ an insult seem like incurious clods who need to touch grass.
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