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Jackie Seidel

@jackieseidel.bsky.social

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😷 Born 322ppm 🌎 ❤️ Poetry. Bees. Bikes. Eco/Climate Justice. Contemplative ecology. UofCalgary Assoc Prof Curriculum/Learning. PhD. Tweets mine. She/Her

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · Feb 15

This is BAD. Many countries assisted with building the containment over reactor 4. Because Chernobyl is an existential threat. Canada donated over 66 million dollars. Building this was an example of extreme engineering. That a drone could do this to any nuclear facility has been a concern.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · Feb 14

The hole in the roof of the protective 'New Safe Confinement' containment shell over destroyed Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine after a Russian drone targeted it last night. #MSC2025

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3h

Health #P.E.I. taking 'very aggressive approach' to recruiting more staff, CEO tells committee
Melanie Fraser says province's increase in number of doctors leads the country

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Health P.E.I. taking 'very aggressive approach' to recruiting more staff, CEO tells committee | CBC News

Health P.E.I. says it has increased its physician workforce by 10 per cent over the past two years, with the total number of doctors across all specialties up from 292 to 320.

www.cbc.ca

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 3h

Love this.👇

"There’s a huge opportunity to promote art and health."

Creative hobbies could slow brain ageing at the molecular level www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com

Creative hobbies could slow brain ageing at the molecular level

To keep the mind young, dance the tango.

www.nature.com

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

Yes some of them have 1.5 hrs travel (bus and train).

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 10h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe I’m boring….

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lol 😂 yes 8 am

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 13h

My classroom this morning at one minute after start time.

I wondered if I should just start teaching my own self…. 😂

Then students started trickling their weary selves in … 🥹

A large rectangular long university classroom with ten sets of four desks and chairs and white boards on one wall. It is totally empty. Not one student.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Combustion is the past, electricity is the future, pass it on.

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 13h

If they are out alone in the cold and can't make it home, they will just hunker down wherever until the sun warms them up enough to be able to fly. That's probably what happened here. It looks a little stiff and just getting going. I'm glad it was able to fly & still live a bit more.

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 13h

i'm not the best at Bumble identification, but I think so?
They're beautiful. It's late in the season for them to be out & about & alive. The newly mated queens are finding their hibernation holes. The rest are dying. Bumbles are well adapted to cold temps. They can live at the Arctic Circle! ⬇️

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🌎𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚒 @heidicatlady.bsky.social · 1d

Science under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez PublicAffairs (2025)

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?

An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.

www.nature.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Like the Tories, the Labour government is trying to drive down the number of people who qualify for disability benefits by insisting there has been an epidemic of “overdiagnosis”: a favourite theme of the BBC and the junktanks of Tufton Street. Never mind the science: what outcome do we want?

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds familiar

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: As Linda McMahon guts the Dept. of Education, she’s operated in what she calls “a parallel universe” to radically shift how future kids will learn -- seeking to dismantle the public school system in favor of private and Christian schools or homeschooling.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID.

“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social · 1d

This year’s @BCFerrys Hallowe’en costume!

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1d

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 3d

I saw a post get ratioed earlier because it assumes that fascism only exists once state power is completely consolidated and I imagine a lot of people are dunking on it but I just want to share two recent resources:

1. This Movement Memos episode with Shane Burley: truthout.org/audio/how-to...

How to Fight Fascism in a Captured State

A union exists whenever a group of people work together to solve a problem they couldn’t alone, says Shane Burley.

truthout.org

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 3d

And 2. The Fascism Barometer, a podcast and host of other resources about understanding and tracking the advances of fascism: www.fascismbarometer.org

The Fascism Barometer | Podcast and Learning Hub hosted by Ejeris Dixon

www.fascismbarometer.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

I'm taking a few days off from here. I want to share some opportunities.

1. FTP's Banned Books Week Event is on 10/9 and it will be good: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Banned Books Week: I Did It, You Can Too!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This Banned Books Week, join For The People: A Leftist Library Project to explore how YOU can take real, specific, and immediate actions in your own community to strengthen and expand public libraries...

us02web.zoom.us

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CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 2d

We are starting to see coverage with much more context surrounding the raid at 7500 South Shore Drive in Chicago.

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

I talked with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social about immigration raids and the violent repression of protesters in Chicago, the administration’s war on free speech and the organized left, and lessons from our upcoming book, Read This When Things Fall Apart.

Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship

“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.

truthout.org

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