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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"We cannot be resigned. We must vote to protect the idea and the ideal of voting itself."
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Katharine the Geek (Lesbian Bitch) @katharinethegeek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If a person thinks its better to "work" with Claude than to work with a research student, then that person shouldn't be employed at a university.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/08/2026
If you want to read the paper behind the graphic about AI that everyone is posting this morning, which I always recommend when research is referenced in the news, esp for long bois like this one, it's a preprint at SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
we might be throwing out a generational umami opportunity. i will taste the forbidden fish sauce defector.com/abandoned-fi...
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Let Me And A Food Scientist Sample The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town | Defector
Take capelin, a small silvery fish in the smelt family. Now add salt. Then throw those two ingredients in 110 vats, each of them about 10 feet tall, and let them sit in a defunct factory for over two ...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them *** Two of the teenagers behind the lawsuit are under the age of 18…” 3/16/26 … 1/ www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them
Musk's AI chatbot has created millions of fake sexualised images, experts say.
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Edmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Province asked Albertans to complain about bike lanes. We’re asking a better question: How does freedom of mobility improve your life? Tell us what safe, affordable ways to walk, roll, bike and take transit make possible for you. Share your story: tally.so/r/Y5vvN0 #yegbike
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Share how freedom of mobility improves your life
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
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Adam MacVicar @adammacvicar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NEW: Family of missing 11 y/o Parker issues a statement on his disappearance as well along with some photos of him.
We are sharing the following statement on behalf of Parker's family.
 
Parker is a loved son, brother and friend. Our family is heartbroken by his disappearance.
 
Since he went missing, our family has been living every parent's worst nightmare. Every hour that passes without knowing where he is or whether he is safe has been incredibly difficult for us.
 
We are asking everyone in the community to keep an eye out for Parker. Please check your neighbourhoods, parks, green spaces, yards, sheds, garages, hot tubs and other places where he may have found shelter.
 
Parker experiences the world in his own way. He may not respond when his name is called, and he can become frightened when approached by people he does not know.
 
If you see Parker, please do not approach him. Give him space and call police immediately with his location.
 
A single sighting, a piece of video footage, or one small detail could help bring him home safely. Our only wish right now is to know that he is safe and to bring him home.
 
The support from our community has been overwhelming. To everyone who has searched, shared his photo, provided information, or kept Parker in your thoughts, thank you. Knowing that so many people care and are looking for our son has given us strength during the most difficult time of our lives.
 
Parker is deeply loved, and he is missed immensely. We just want our son home.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is the weirdest request for input that I've seen in a while. It's almost like the ACM is sitting at the table with the "change my mind" sign. So, let's do it. Short thread with the input I gave them:
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So. I did it. Lotta people gonna be mad about this one. Show it some love?
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A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions
or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 07/07/2026
Hey Edmonton! Are you going to be at Art Walk this weekend? Take a short walk south and come say hi at my first Open Studio in 2 years. 50% off paper prints. 25% off all originals. Live painting! Friday to Sunday 10am-5pm Please share and tell your friends! #yeg
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Hey Edmonton! Come see my open studio this weekend!
YouTube video by JayIsPainting at EarthSkyArt
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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We can finally let the cat out of the bag! THE NEW CAT has its first review and it's sparkling! Thank you, Kirkus! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Graphic designed with a blue background, multiple stars and black cats, a poloroid of a child and a cat, and the cover of THE NEW CAT. Excerpted text from a review reads: “Life lessons learned from an older (and furrier) sibling...Lucianovic and Park dive deep into the sweetest aspects of sibling and pet affection. Lucianovic’s understated prose strikes the right note, tender but never sentimental or cloying. It’s Park’s art, however, that makes this a true standout...A twist on both new baby and mortality of pet tales, all the stronger for the merger.” —Kirkus, in a starred review
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
BRB, updating my east coast itinerary for my next trip home. 😂
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Congratulations, @carrietait.bsky.social ! You are doing such important work, and I'm so glad to see it recognized!
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
👏 Canada 👏 Post 👏 is 👏 a 👏 public 👏 service 👏 Nothing proves how capitalism has brain rotted everyone than thinking the post office, hospitals, public transit, libraries, etc. need to turn a profit to be worthwhile.
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Mark Cherrington @markcherrington.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I reach out every few months to ask for support, and I never like doing it. I hope the work I and @coalition4jhr do speaks for itself. We take no government funding. Community support is everything. If you can, please consider a monthly or one-time donation. See my pinned post for the details.
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Peregrine's are back at two sites, at least. ACA hasn't updated the UofA timeline yet, but I spotted one in the feed this morning! Hoping for a successful nesting season. www.ab-conservation.com/wildlife-cam...
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Peregrine Cameras - ACA
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"You haven't saved time. You've forfeited the experience that the time was supposed to give you." This piece gets at my primary concern with the way LLMs and related tools are being promoted in higher ed. The understanding you develop by doing the work is the point. Don't skip the learning.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII
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Jeremy Hansen's patch for the Artemis II mission
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen's patch was created for his participation in the Artemis II mission by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond. It includes personal and Indigenous elements important to Jeremy.
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"The tepid, conformist nature of your AI-assisted prose will only make my unexpected bons mots stand out more sharply." 😂
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Go Ahead and Use AI. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You.
A message of support for my fellow writers
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Tell me you never visited your University Library without telling me...
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Pierre Poilievre Wants You to Believe Adam Smith Was a Conservative. He Wasn’t. And someone really poorly trained him in economics. deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/p...
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Pierre Poilievre Wants You to Believe Adam Smith Was a Conservative. He Wasn’t.
Today is the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Pierre Poilievre has marked the occasion with a National Post op-ed arguing that “free markets are moral” — invok…
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Noooooo!
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Net migration in Alberta. Up, up, up, down, down, down. Net international migration to Alberta totalled 197 in Q3 2025, down 99% from 32,046 in the same quarter a year prior.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Dennis nedry jurrasic park "see nobody cares" meme reads

Hey everybody, this guy still posts on X!

See? Everyone is horrified and disappointed. They feel it speaks directly to your values.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Friends, I’d like to show @ucalgary.bsky.social that @bsky.app is where the cool kids hang out and that they should start posting here more and less/none at TheBadPlace™️. Show them some love by reskeeting this 100000000x. 🧪
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It's true, I was not prepared. 😂
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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Slater's lady cyclist detectives! SLATER'S LADY CYCLIST DETECTIVES!
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Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Equality nerds! Joshua Sealy Harrington and I wrote a chapter on s 15 of the Charter for The Canadian Constitutional Law Open Access Casebook, 2nd ed (Richard Moon, Howard Kislowicz, and Asha Kaushal, eds), that is now available on SSRN as a handy reference: ssrn.com/abstract=603....
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Equality Rights
<span>This chapter provides an overview of equality rights under s. 15 of the </span><i>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</i><span>, including notes
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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"Musk paywalls nonconsensual child deepfake generator after backlash" is technically true, but makes it sound like accountability happened. "I will now charge you for the thing everyone is upset about" is just advertising the feature and actively affirming it as a product worth paying for.
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Marty Chan @martychan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
First #PromptMyStory of 2026. If you want to inspire your kids to write, check out this hashtag every Tuesday. #edusky "Every afternoon at exactly 4:15, my neighbour stops in front of my lawn, knocks three times in the air, bows to the cedar bush, then skips away. Today, I'm going to find out why."
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 07/12/2025
People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms? Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people." Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This creater puts "reading levels" into perspective in a really helpful way, so sharing it here.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 27/11/2025
Do you make... Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art... Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate! Starts in 4 days! #art
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#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
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WinterCity Edmonton @wintercityyeg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The WinterCity Book Flood is finally here! Join us tomorrow for a celebration of reading, community & shopping local for the holidays! Enjoy treats, crafts, author discussions, discounts & more. wintercityedmonton.ca/event/book-f... #YEGreads #YEGevents #YEG
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Submit a Claim
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?” The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Feedback for the 76 avenue renewal is now open! The survey takes about 10-15 minutes. #YEGbike engaged.edmonton.ca/76avenue?utm...
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76 Avenue Renewal
We invite you to learn more about 76 Avenue Renewal and provide your feedback on the options, benefits and tradeoffs of designs for the neighbourhood.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
yes, we should train students for jobs that don't exist yet...by giving them a solid foundation in core skills of thinking, creating, and understanding. not by teaching them to babysit some LLM.
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I applaud efforts to make cancer screenings less intimidating. Hope it goes well!
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Centre for Constitutional Studies @centreconststud.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a book launch for "Challenging Exile," a new legal-historical analysis by Eric Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross on the internment/displacement of Japanese Canadians after WWII. To register, go here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/events/book-...
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Alison Henry @athenry.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Regardless of how I feel about rule changes, doing this without consulting the players is a huge mistake.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Canadian Lions QB Nathan Rourke's dissent is fascinating, because it comes from a place of real CFL fandom. He loves the league, and hates the changes and how they were made, and questions how much Johnston loves the league. This was all a risky move by the commish. www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/20...
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- TSN
Nathan Rourke didn't hold back when asked about the new changes announced by the CFL on Monday. He called the changes 'garbage' and says no players or coaches were consulted ahead of this announcement...
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Any suggestions of scholarship on wearing technology (smart watches, oura rings, ovulation tracking apps) and data privacy considerations? I’d love to include some of this scholarship in my class! Thanks in advance 🙂
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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
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Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism - The Scholarly Kitchen
In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices -- protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed ...
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Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada @abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada with 0.03 milligrams of ethinylestradiol and 0.15 milligrams of levonorgestrel.
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Teva Canada brand Seasonale tablets recalled for extra placebo pills
Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The agency says the recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada...
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Shannon @shannondee.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I know this has been circulated widely, but please take the time to fill out this survey. Students are entitled to intellectual freedom to explore difficult (and sometimes uncomfortable) topics in a safe place like a book: www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
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School library standards engagement
Albertans can share input on potential new standards for how Kindergarten to Grade 12 school library materials are selected and managed.
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The Alberta government wants your feedback on which books to ban in school libraries. www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Ensuring age-appropriate books in school libraries
Multiple books with explicit sexual content have been found in some school libraries across the province.
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
PS: @carrietait.bsky.social is the gotdamn Woodward and Bernstein of the Alberta Legislature press gallery. If you’re not following Carrie & devouring every article from her, you are not informed on this scandal. Get informed, #ableg.
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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
#yeg friends, have you heard about our #grownupbookfair? Relive that Scholastic Book Fair high, with grown-up money! PLUS, we're holding this nostalgic afternoon of joy at Bent Stick Brewing over on #happybeerstreet. PLUS we have a special Bookstore Wit labelled beer to mark the occasion. #booksky
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