Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
@lynetteshultz.bsky.social
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We all need to tell and tell until all our stories of death and near-death and gratuitous life are standing with us to face the challenges of the present. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
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Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
jaredwesley.ca
Guys, I know it's not the point, but I gotta know:

When it comes to porn, what does the premier consider "classic"?
Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
newyorker.com
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
naheednenshi.bsky.social
The Jasper Wildfire review is damningly clear about one thing: the UCP government exploited a life-and-death moment to play political games.

And in their response to this report, rather than accepting responsibility and promising to do better, they lash out, insult others, and refuse any blame.
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“Danielle Smith says a policy introduced by Hungary’s ultranationalist leader Viktor Orbán is an “interesting” idea & thinks it would be worth taking a “closer look” to see if the policy could be effective”

Policy advice from Orban now?

#abpoli #cdnpoli

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Floats Tax Discounts to Motivate Women to Produce More Babies
Danielle Smith tells Sherwood Park town hall that Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orbán has an 'interesting' idea to reduce immigration
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merylbatchelder.bsky.social
Great case study on #DoughnutEconomics that's useful for KS4/5 Social studies, Economics, Business or Politics. It's also relevant to Science and Geography.
Getting young people excited about the possibilities of other ways of doing things is incredibly rewarding!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It feels cool to be a cog in change’: how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town
A casual mention of Kate Raworth’s theory has grown into the basis for decision making in Tomelilla
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ips-dc.org
“Climate is a multiplier of the cost of living crisis,” points out @jbozuwa.bsky.social of @cplusc.bsky.social.

“We actually can build an alternative — in state rent control, green affordable housing. It’s not a climate movement, it’s a working class movement of which climate is a part.”
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.
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Monstrous:

"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
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Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
olivia4t.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: #MitchMcConnell was just publicly confronted in the Senate hallway by young people for GUTTING #Medicaid and green jobs while accepting $3M from Big Oil.

He looks like a deer in headlights!

We need more of this‼️
Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
ssteingraber1.bsky.social
I just need you to look at these graphs, remember that fascism runs on fossil fuels, and come to some conclusions that involve collective action items:
mzjacobson.bsky.social
2 years ago year to date, fossil gas output on California's main grid was 93% higher than solar output

In 2025, solar output is 32% higher than gas output

Gas output has dropped 41.4% and solar output has risen 50% in 2 years

Battery output has also risen 215%
Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
Reposted by Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta
mitchellab.bsky.social
“Although Smith will sue Ottawa at the drop of a hat, she apparently can’t lift a legal finger to defend the Rockies, Alberta’s iconic backbone.” 💥
#ableg #abpoli
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The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall | The Tyee
The rowdy meeting’s air reeked of government deception. Locals were having none of it.
thetyee.ca
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truthout.org
There are now more troops carrying out Trump’s anti-protest crackdown in southern California than in both Iraq and Syria, regions where the U.S. has executed some of its most intense and inhumane military campaigns in recent decades, according to official counts.
Pentagon Now Has More Troops in LA Than in Syria and Iraq Combined, According to Public Figures
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown, without council's knowledge, and without the knowledge or consent of Airdrie citizens, pursued a private hospital using city resources in concert with a big developer, Qualico, and with the premier's advisor Rob Anderson, who is unelected. There should be a public inquiry.
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naheednenshi.bsky.social
Danielle Smith says Alberta’s record-high youth unemployment rate is because “kids don’t have their driver’s licenses.”

Our young people deserve better.

They deserve a government with a real plan to create opportunity and good jobs, not one justifying this crisis with wild excuses. #VoteforBetter
albertandp.ca
Would someone please tell Danielle Smith that a driver’s license is not an economic plan?
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Via Andrew Nikiforuk. Remember how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has complained about free speech restrictions? The govt scientist who produced the report is not allowed to speak to the media.

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish | The Tyee
A new study warns against new mines in the area, finding toxic selenium pollution persists for decades.
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subfossilguy.bsky.social
INCREDIBLE !!

Here we are... 😱😱😱

After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...

Devastating! 😭

www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...
lynetteshultz.bsky.social
Good grief. Is there a Republican policy they don't meet or exceed?
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jaredwesley.ca
In the dead of night, the UCP passed the most comprehensive set of anti democratic reforms in Alberta history.

No public consultation. No meaningful debate.

How bad is Bill 54?

Not horrible if you like Trump-style democracy.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Danielle Smith's Electoral Reforms Are Straight from the Trump Playbook
And it's no accident they were released today.
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation ain’t having the separatists rhetoric from Smith or her ilk…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
What Wab Kinew sorcery is this?

**stares blankly in Albertan**😶