Teresa McLaren
@teresamclaren.bsky.social
She/her
Science Illustrator
No generative AI
Southwood Community Garden Coordinator
in Calgary
Science Illustrator
No generative AI
Southwood Community Garden Coordinator
in Calgary
Reposted by Teresa McLaren
Reposted by Teresa McLaren
New Sprawlcast out this morning! Mmmm... I do love me some transit butter. You can listen to the episode or read the article version (or do both!) as you see fit. #yyccc
Spread thin: How urban sprawl is stretching Calgary Transit to the max | The Sprawl
A new city council tackles an old problem.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New Sprawlcast out this morning! Mmmm... I do love me some transit butter. You can listen to the episode or read the article version (or do both!) as you see fit. #yyccc
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Your right to speak, to worship, to live free — all protected by the Charter. But the Notwithstanding Clause is now being used in Alberta to make illegal laws “legal.”
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
URGENT – Stop Alberta's government from overriding the Charter of Rights
Alberta Premier Smith plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
savethecharter.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Your right to speak, to worship, to live free — all protected by the Charter. But the Notwithstanding Clause is now being used in Alberta to make illegal laws “legal.”
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
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The Sprawl started this candidate list last November. Now it's complete. Bios of all 122 candidates running in the October 20 election (including trustee candidates), with links to their websites. Pass it along to anyone who needs it! #yyccc
Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl
Learn about your candidates!
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Sprawl started this candidate list last November. Now it's complete. Bios of all 122 candidates running in the October 20 election (including trustee candidates), with links to their websites. Pass it along to anyone who needs it! #yyccc
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The Avian Heart, an ancient pen-&-ink drawing I did decades ago, with a crow-quill pen and 1940s-era Esterbrook points. #Inktober
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart
October 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Avian Heart, an ancient pen-&-ink drawing I did decades ago, with a crow-quill pen and 1940s-era Esterbrook points. #Inktober
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart
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TONIGHT! Mayoral candidate forum at the Central Library with 8 candidates, moderated by MRU political scientist Lori Williams and Sprawl editor Jeremy Klaszus. If you didn't snag a seat you can watch the livestream starting at 6:30pm. #yyccc
LIVE TONIGHT: Calgary mayoral forum at Central Library | The Sprawl
Watch The Sprawl's livestream.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
TONIGHT! Mayoral candidate forum at the Central Library with 8 candidates, moderated by MRU political scientist Lori Williams and Sprawl editor Jeremy Klaszus. If you didn't snag a seat you can watch the livestream starting at 6:30pm. #yyccc
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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When sidewalks are missing or broken, kids, seniors, and transit riders pay the price. Safer routes mean better access to schools, transit, and local shops. Where there's a Williams, there's a way – small fixes make a big difference. Where do sidewalks end in Ward 11?
September 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When sidewalks are missing or broken, kids, seniors, and transit riders pay the price. Safer routes mean better access to schools, transit, and local shops. Where there's a Williams, there's a way – small fixes make a big difference. Where do sidewalks end in Ward 11?
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IT'S OFFICIAL - Nominations for Calgary's 2025 election have now closed. No new candidates can register. Candidates have until 12pm Tuesday Sept 23 to withdraw. Here is the final list of candidates (unless some drop out). #yyccc
Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl
Follow along with our candidate tracker.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL - Nominations for Calgary's 2025 election have now closed. No new candidates can register. Candidates have until 12pm Tuesday Sept 23 to withdraw. Here is the final list of candidates (unless some drop out). #yyccc
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"The #GreenLine has been a recipe for insanity & political wedge partisanship for entirely far too long. The #CTrain is one of the best strategic & competitive advantages that Calgary has so it is ludicrous that you're not doubling down on that, just absolutely financially insane." #yyc #yyccc
This month's guest is one of the world's TOP urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social! We talk suburbs, #sprawl, #BikeLanes, why smart #CityBuilding is the common sense climate solution & the awesome responsibility of the city councils we elect. #yyc #yyccc www.podcastics.com/episode/3796...
Brent Toderian & the Common Sense of Climate Smart Cities
Why urban design is a force multiplier in the fight against climate change
www.podcastics.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"The #GreenLine has been a recipe for insanity & political wedge partisanship for entirely far too long. The #CTrain is one of the best strategic & competitive advantages that Calgary has so it is ludicrous that you're not doubling down on that, just absolutely financially insane." #yyc #yyccc
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There’s a group of folks that are super Take Back Alberta adjacent and are “definitely not coordinated despite all of the evidence to the contrary”…
Anyways…
Here’s a great article from The Sprawl you should send to everyone you know.
#yyc #abpoli
www.sprawlcalgary.com/cbe-election...
Anyways…
Here’s a great article from The Sprawl you should send to everyone you know.
#yyc #abpoli
www.sprawlcalgary.com/cbe-election...
The push to ‘conservatize’ Calgary’s public school board | The Sprawl
Not a slate, candidates say.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
There’s a group of folks that are super Take Back Alberta adjacent and are “definitely not coordinated despite all of the evidence to the contrary”…
Anyways…
Here’s a great article from The Sprawl you should send to everyone you know.
#yyc #abpoli
www.sprawlcalgary.com/cbe-election...
Anyways…
Here’s a great article from The Sprawl you should send to everyone you know.
#yyc #abpoli
www.sprawlcalgary.com/cbe-election...
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Creative production is one of the few arenas that generative AI systems can actually approach meaningful levels of full automation, if only because the quality of such content is subjective, human.
Spend some time with these stories, I urge you. Understand what's happening, so we can fight back.
Spend some time with these stories, I urge you. Understand what's happening, so we can fight back.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Creative production is one of the few arenas that generative AI systems can actually approach meaningful levels of full automation, if only because the quality of such content is subjective, human.
Spend some time with these stories, I urge you. Understand what's happening, so we can fight back.
Spend some time with these stories, I urge you. Understand what's happening, so we can fight back.
Reposted by Teresa McLaren
coral reefs are one of the most fascinating ecosystems on our planet!! been watching a bunch of documentaries about them, so i had to draw a little snippet of one.
(also a non-square illustration so i hope it posts okay!)
(also a non-square illustration so i hope it posts okay!)
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
coral reefs are one of the most fascinating ecosystems on our planet!! been watching a bunch of documentaries about them, so i had to draw a little snippet of one.
(also a non-square illustration so i hope it posts okay!)
(also a non-square illustration so i hope it posts okay!)
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Your house price going up is NOT good for your kids
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Your house price going up is NOT good for your kids
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This month's guest is one of the world's TOP urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social! We talk suburbs, #sprawl, #BikeLanes, why smart #CityBuilding is the common sense climate solution & the awesome responsibility of the city councils we elect. #yyc #yyccc www.podcastics.com/episode/3796...
Brent Toderian & the Common Sense of Climate Smart Cities
Why urban design is a force multiplier in the fight against climate change
www.podcastics.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This month's guest is one of the world's TOP urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social! We talk suburbs, #sprawl, #BikeLanes, why smart #CityBuilding is the common sense climate solution & the awesome responsibility of the city councils we elect. #yyc #yyccc www.podcastics.com/episode/3796...
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Dystopian novels axed: Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World... heaps of Margaret Laurence, a class staple in my youth...
And a libertarian like Danielle Smith would be intrigued to see Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on the banned books list.
And a libertarian like Danielle Smith would be intrigued to see Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on the banned books list.
August 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Dystopian novels axed: Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World... heaps of Margaret Laurence, a class staple in my youth...
And a libertarian like Danielle Smith would be intrigued to see Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on the banned books list.
And a libertarian like Danielle Smith would be intrigued to see Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on the banned books list.
Reposted by Teresa McLaren
Reposted by Teresa McLaren
dayakdaily.com/belagas-indi...
A 2025 news reminder for all those that dont think our planet IS in trouble... we aren't doing enough...
Not to mention the indigenous damage..
#news #world #worldnews #climatechange #deforestation #ecodisaster #indigenous #politics #greed #ecology
A 2025 news reminder for all those that dont think our planet IS in trouble... we aren't doing enough...
Not to mention the indigenous damage..
#news #world #worldnews #climatechange #deforestation #ecodisaster #indigenous #politics #greed #ecology
Belaga’s indigenous communities press gov’ts to halt alleged deforestation on ancestral lands
By DayakDaily Team KUCHING, Aug 21: The Penan and Kenyah indigenous communities of Long Urun in Belaga have issued an urgent appeal to the Sarawak and federal governments to immediately stop large-…
dayakdaily.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
dayakdaily.com/belagas-indi...
A 2025 news reminder for all those that dont think our planet IS in trouble... we aren't doing enough...
Not to mention the indigenous damage..
#news #world #worldnews #climatechange #deforestation #ecodisaster #indigenous #politics #greed #ecology
A 2025 news reminder for all those that dont think our planet IS in trouble... we aren't doing enough...
Not to mention the indigenous damage..
#news #world #worldnews #climatechange #deforestation #ecodisaster #indigenous #politics #greed #ecology
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J.B. MacKinnon is leading four separate class actions, all filed in B.C. Supreme Court in the last four months, alleging that tech giants Meta, Anthropic, Databricks and Nvidia repeatedly, wilfully and knowingly infringed on his and others’ intellectual property to train and develop their LLMs.
J.B. MacKinnon on Why He’s Suing the AI Giants | The Tyee
The Vancouver author leads class-action suits claiming firms used stolen, copyrighted Canadian works and covered it up. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
August 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
J.B. MacKinnon is leading four separate class actions, all filed in B.C. Supreme Court in the last four months, alleging that tech giants Meta, Anthropic, Databricks and Nvidia repeatedly, wilfully and knowingly infringed on his and others’ intellectual property to train and develop their LLMs.