Laurie Adkin, Ph.D.
@laurieadkin.bsky.social
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Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Ecology and Democracy, climate policy in Canada and Alberta, populist far right, political ecology of higher education
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They spend millions on constructing lies, then disseminating them.
dropsitenews.com
“The alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.”

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phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
“Our leaders don’t make decisions in our interests unless we have the people power that’s needed to actually hold them accountable,” said Meintzer. “We have to be the reason that they feel the heat.” therockies.life/town-hall-ra... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG #CleanUpYourMess
Town Hall Rallies Albertans Against Province’s Plan to Stick Families With Oil Well Cleanup Bill
Over 160 people participated in the event, which called on the UCP to rethink its Mature Assets Strategy.
therockies.life
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csldf.org
While climate scientists have been under attack for years, they are facing an increasing onslaught of politically motivated attacks in the current "post-truth" political environment. Check out our Pocket Guide to Handling Political Harassment & Legal Intimidation: www.csldf.org/resource/poc...
A Pocket Guide for Scientists: Handling Political Harassment and Legal Intimidation - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
We produced this guide to educate scientists about the legal risks they may face from politically-motivated attacks.
www.csldf.org
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zanath.bsky.social
"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.
atrupar.com
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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giuliomattioli.bsky.social
Important new study by the @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social team in @nature.com finding that "the richest 20% of nations, with 15% of the global population, contribute more than 40% of annual ecological overshoot" doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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globalnet21.bsky.social
Thousands join biggest-ever UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution

The biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over environmental pollution in the country has been filed at the High Court.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit
Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.
www.bbc.co.uk
laurieadkin.bsky.social
'That speaking truth to power is only permitted until someone powerful objects?'
Excellent questions. 2/
@thegateway.bsky.social @ualbertalaw.bsky.social @univcan.ca @aasua.bsky.social
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'If a law professor can be removed from the classroom for engaging in legitimate public critique, what message does that send to . . . the broader academic community? That reputational management now outweighs principles?' 1/ edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
@ualberta.bsky.social
Opinion: U of A's response to Charlie Kirk comments erodes academic freedom
This case cannot be separated from the broader landscape of academic freedom currently under strain in Canada and beyond.
edmontonjournal.com
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environmentalpol.bsky.social
New article!

Cassandra from the far right: how the German and Austrian populist radical right links climate skepticism with economic issues by Till Hilmar / @tillhilmar.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
ABSTRACT
This article asks how two populist radical right parties, the German AfD and the Austrian FPÖ, communicate about climate on Twitter/X. Analyzing a corpus of 6,254 tweets, it pays special attention to a relatively underresearched aspect of climate communication by these actors: the way they reference the economy – in what I call ‘economic signification’ – in their discourse on climate. I distinguish four narratives promoted by them, climate policies threaten the economy as a whole; they unfairly burden specific ‘deserving’ groups; climate actors pursue hidden economic agendas; and they act on misguided assumptions and lack economic competence. By combining response and process skepticism, these narratives refract a broader vision of social order, allowing these parties to present themselves as a ‘voice of reason’ in the climate debate. Economic signification allows the far right to speak in the ‘realist’, warning mode, decrying the alleged economic ‘irrationality’ of mainstream parties.
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lorak.bsky.social
The Gaza aid flotilla was using SpaceX's Starlink for comms - and in this interview, David Adler says signal was jammed and terminals were smashed, wires cut when the boat was boarded...
premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.
EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel
The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”
zeteo.com
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accr.bsky.social
Australia is facing a steeper-than-anticipated 25 per cent slump in LNG export earnings by next financial year, dragged down by a slide in crude oil prices and oversupply that is starting to hit global gas markets. www.afr.com/companies/en...
Australia faces 25pc slump in LNG export earnings
New data reveals an $11 billion drop in expected LNG revenue, with gold set to overtake gas as our second most valuable export.
www.afr.com
laurieadkin.bsky.social
Dear AI, write me an op ed explaining why the Canadian govt should give researchers at my university millions of dollars to produce weapons and surveillance technologies without using the words "weapons," "surveillance," "killing," or "war."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Canada’s defence depends on its universities
Ottawa’s new defence spending commitments will only succeed if the country invests strategically in its universities.
www.hilltimes.com
laurieadkin.bsky.social
Speaking of bubbles, @ualberta.bsky.social External Affairs sure is working overtime to keep its SDG bubble intact. Well sorry, guys, but it's "symbiosis" like the UAlberta-Cenovus partnership that is obstructing climate action on the part of universities. 1/
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...
Thinking outside the bubble
A mutually beneficial partnership between Cenovus Energy and the U of A has been ahead of its time for nearly two decades, helping the university and the company think differently about how to solve t...
www.ualberta.ca
laurieadkin.bsky.social
But the student was not humiliated, Ryan. The student went on to publish their comments and attract wide attention to them. McAllister shamed himself, and the other panellists, who stayed quiet instead of speaking up in defence of the student speaker.