Jane Cawthorne
@other-jane.bsky.social
Writer sometimes. Reader always.
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Pinned
Jane Cawthorne
@other-jane.bsky.social
· May 23
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Pinning this interview between myself and Shelagh Rogers. I miss her melifluous voice on the radio so much. This interview was a highlight of my life as a writer. Enjoy! The Next Chapter www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal.
Chiefs unanimously pass emergency resolution backing oil tanker ban and First Nations on B.C. coast
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Chiefs unanimously pass emergency resolution backing oil tanker ban and First Nations on B.C. coast
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News
Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast t...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal.
Chiefs unanimously pass emergency resolution backing oil tanker ban and First Nations on B.C. coast
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Chiefs unanimously pass emergency resolution backing oil tanker ban and First Nations on B.C. coast
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
The epigraph of Michelle Good’s book, “Truth Telling.”
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The epigraph of Michelle Good’s book, “Truth Telling.”
I posted this earlier but it was sweary and I deleted it because I try not to do this. My point was, this is not the same Mark Carney that is our PM. #TheTragedyOfMarkCarney youtu.be/V5c-eqNxeSQ?...
Breaking the tragedy of the horizon – climate change and financial stability - speech by Mark Carney
YouTube video by Bank of England
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November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I posted this earlier but it was sweary and I deleted it because I try not to do this. My point was, this is not the same Mark Carney that is our PM. #TheTragedyOfMarkCarney youtu.be/V5c-eqNxeSQ?...
The brutal truth of it. #ForeverMasker #CovidIsNotOver #CovidConscious jacobscheier.substack.com/p/our-cultur...
Our Culture of Coerced Infection
“You Do You”—unless you are trying to protect yourself from Covid
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November 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The brutal truth of it. #ForeverMasker #CovidIsNotOver #CovidConscious jacobscheier.substack.com/p/our-cultur...
To lay this on the shoulders of Indigenous peoples is despicable. Carney should have been the grown up in the room. I consider Carney’s actions an act of cowardice.
We should never underestimate the potential of Indigenous resistance in Canada. The Carney government will find that its drive to unleash oil and gas projects—steamrolling over Indigenous rights in the process—is a risky proposition.
Carney’s attacks will unleash major struggles
As Mark Carney’s government prepares a sweeping austerity agenda—gutting public services, fuelling militarism, and expanding fossil fuel projects—John Clarke argues that a new wave of resistance is em...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
To lay this on the shoulders of Indigenous peoples is despicable. Carney should have been the grown up in the room. I consider Carney’s actions an act of cowardice.
100%. There’s no “there” there. Carbon capture is a myth.
Carbon capture and storage technology is, at its core, a calculated tactic by fossil fuel companies to perpetuate their environmentally destructive practices while giving the illusion that they’re addressing the very crisis they’ve been fueling for over a century.
The false hope of carbon capture and storage
Do we need carbon removal? Almost certainly, but not because we need to offset “hard-to-decarbonize” industries: we need it because we’ve already disrupted the climate to dangerous levels. Just ask an...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
100%. There’s no “there” there. Carbon capture is a myth.
There is no appeasing Alberta. The Liberals should know that. Alberta UCP & Smith will do anything and sacrifice anything to continue to exploit oil and gas. They have no other model and no other ideas. They are the screaming toddlers of Canada. The Liberal federal govt has to be the grown up.
All the 4D chess folks doing their mental gymnastics to rationalize Carney's latest move. It's getting rather embarrassing.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There is no appeasing Alberta. The Liberals should know that. Alberta UCP & Smith will do anything and sacrifice anything to continue to exploit oil and gas. They have no other model and no other ideas. They are the screaming toddlers of Canada. The Liberal federal govt has to be the grown up.
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My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
I don’t need a device to doomscroll. I can do that just fine by myself, thank you very much.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don’t need a device to doomscroll. I can do that just fine by myself, thank you very much.
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They refuse to acknowledge that a huge reason Canadians aren't coming there is because they're led by a man who gets off on throwing innocent people in Venezuela torture prisons and checking our phones at the border for subversive memes. It's almost fascinating.
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U.S. senators say tariffs causing ‘cultural break’ in relations with Canada - National | Globalnews.ca
Maine Senator King said the lingering rift between Canadians and Americans is particularly troubling in a state that borders on New Brunswick and Quebec.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
They refuse to acknowledge that a huge reason Canadians aren't coming there is because they're led by a man who gets off on throwing innocent people in Venezuela torture prisons and checking our phones at the border for subversive memes. It's almost fascinating.
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Oil.
Can someone explain to me why we're about to launch a war on Venezuela?
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Oil.
Campbell’s soup. (Shudder) Kraft singles, wrapped in plastic.(Wince) Might as well have been eating the plastic. Don’t forget Cheez Whiz. (Blergh) Part of the weird ultra processed food that made up my lunches as a kid. But Bioengineered chicken from a 3D printer? That really made my stomach turn.
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Campbell’s soup. (Shudder) Kraft singles, wrapped in plastic.(Wince) Might as well have been eating the plastic. Don’t forget Cheez Whiz. (Blergh) Part of the weird ultra processed food that made up my lunches as a kid. But Bioengineered chicken from a 3D printer? That really made my stomach turn.
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A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...
Make Polluters Pay
The Alberta government's dirty deal with Big Oil
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...
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“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” said pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.”
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
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Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
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Albertans want oil industry to pay up: poll - Red Deer Advocate
92% say industry should pay cleanup costs
reddeeradvocate.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” said pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.”
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
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Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
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Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour - Alberta Politics
Rest assured, Alberta’s Bill 13, the so-called Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, has little to do with protecting freedom of expression. Despite Premier Danielle Smith’s claim during a news confe...
albertapolitics.ca
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
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Danielle Smith dared Eastern Slopes coal mine opponents to start a citizen initiative petition – so Corb Lund did. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani...
Danielle Smith dared Eastern Slopes coal mine opponents to start a citizen initiative petition – so Corb Lund did - Alberta Politics
Albertan country music icon Corb Lund showed up in Edmonton yesterday to drop off a citizen initiative application at the offices of Elections Alberta for a referendum petition seeking permanent prote...
albertapolitics.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Danielle Smith dared Eastern Slopes coal mine opponents to start a citizen initiative petition – so Corb Lund did. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani...
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Carsie Blanton, everybody. 👑
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Carsie Blanton, everybody. 👑
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NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
Sometimes, I rewrite posts. It’s my website and I figure I can do whatever I want. I keep working at this one. It’s almost there. www.janecawthorne.com/an-essay-abo...
My own personal Chernobyl - Jane Cawthorne
Jane Cawthorne My own personal Chernobyl First Person
www.janecawthorne.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Sometimes, I rewrite posts. It’s my website and I figure I can do whatever I want. I keep working at this one. It’s almost there. www.janecawthorne.com/an-essay-abo...
Both good. I always like, ‘Don’t be dick,’ but that’s just me.
'Drop dead' is an underrated comeback. It's almost as good as 'Beat it, grandpa'.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Both good. I always like, ‘Don’t be dick,’ but that’s just me.
One more batch of applesauce to make. So. Many. Apples. Still working through this bounty. #GrowYourOwn #NeighbourhoodSharing #UrbanFarming
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
One more batch of applesauce to make. So. Many. Apples. Still working through this bounty. #GrowYourOwn #NeighbourhoodSharing #UrbanFarming
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If you're posting tributes to Alice Wong but aren't wearing a well fitted respirator indoors when sharing air with people outside your household AND outdoors when it's crowded than I think you misunderstood the assignment.
You care about others?
Prove it.
Wear a mask.
You care about others?
Prove it.
Wear a mask.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you're posting tributes to Alice Wong but aren't wearing a well fitted respirator indoors when sharing air with people outside your household AND outdoors when it's crowded than I think you misunderstood the assignment.
You care about others?
Prove it.
Wear a mask.
You care about others?
Prove it.
Wear a mask.
