Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026They should include adding a trunk to the stadium reno to show it as the white elephant it is. 010
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The thing I find most troublesome about this is the city, including Council, knew about this for six months and did nothing to consult with the public. They easily could have done this as part of the due diligence process but council would rather hide behind the Admin's skirt. 000
Reposted by Blair McClintonHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Senator Paula Simons shares with us a personal perspective on Canadian unity - an intimate reflection on her love for our country. Thank you, Senator. You had me at Leonard Cohen… #ableg #cdnpol albertaviews.ca/the-case-for...albertaviews.caThe Case for Sticking Around - Alberta ViewsLet’s not quit Canada. Let’s make it better for everyone—including Albertans 510040
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Funny how no one mentions that the Moose Jaw spa uses geothermal heat. 051
Reposted by Blair McClintonRyan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures! 🧵 816679
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Since Saskatoon has been fluoridating it's water for 70 years, you would think health issues would have appeared by now. 160
Reposted by Blair McClintonAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 21/04/2025In case you're wondering why anyone thinks we can get gut the budget of the National Weather Service, this is how those morons think we forecast weather. 2589
Reposted by Blair McClintonJohn Harrold @abumirchi.com · 17/04/2025I taught when I was in Samoa. One of my older students came up to me and handed me a note from a doctor. He had missed a couple weeks of school. He said he had typhoid and he _looked_ like he had typhoid. I told him to keep the note and filter or boil his water. We take clean water for granted. 0321
Reposted by Blair McClintonBrittlestar @brittlestar.com · 25/03/2025What if… I bought the rights to the name Zellers and then created a Canadian-based global social media platform called… Zellers. 11895156
Reposted by Blair McClintonPaul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Excited this piece I wrote is reaching an audience that cares about climate change! www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/comm... ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #UVMresearch #science 🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️ #geosky #ClimateHealth #ClimateActionairforcetimes.comWhy the US military has cared about climate change since the Cold WarIn this commentary, the author examines how the U.S. military sees climate change as a threat in itself and a threat multiplier for national security. 1211744
Reposted by Blair McClintonNigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Useful phrase from an entomologist “farmed bees are the cattle of the insect world” in that they are a commercial species and if anything they compete with native wild bees 2174
Reposted by Blair McClintonNew York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 05/03/2025All Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley bros ever talk about, our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes, is "how much they cut — never how their actions are part of an overall plan that will strengthen our society and better serve Americans."nytimes.comOpinion | America Became Great Because of the Things Trump Hates“Shock and awe” didn’t end well in Iraq and it won’t end well in the United States. 2525856
Reposted by Blair McClintonKelly McGahey @kellymcgahey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Jeff is back, and We Are Canadian! #CanadaSky #CdnPoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...youtube.comWe Are CanadianYouTube video by Jeff Douglas 25519
Reposted by Blair McClintonJake @jakeruns48.bsky.social · 03/03/2025#ElbowsUp #ViveLeCanada #FuckTrump Pass it on #CanadaSky 8409115
Reposted by Blair McClintonAvis Favaro @avisfavaro.bsky.social · 16/02/2025There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦 16832851615
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I know some snowbirds who went down only to sell to their vacation property. 030
Reposted by Blair McClintonAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 12/02/2025My latest on The Climate Brink: No, renewables don't need expensive backup. In fact, renewables push the most expensive fossil fuel producers out of the market, saving money for the economy. www.theclimatebrink.... 521566
Reposted by Blair McClintonMatt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 11/02/2025As a Canadian, I heard about how America's 'checks and balances' protect them from tyranny since I was a child. We learned from US TV that Americans would fight tooth and nail to preserve their democracy and their constitution. So it's weird to watch them just roll over to a pair of con-men. 43991243
Reposted by Blair McClintonhellpasoian.bsky.social @hellpasoian.bsky.social · 09/02/2025@muellershewrote.bsky.social My relative works for USAID. Was called to a meeting with DOGE (45 min warning). In the meeting they asked “we hear stories of food rotting on docks?” OMFG. They had to explain that when they stopped all payments, truckers weren’t going to continue to move the food. 2219
Reposted by Blair McClintonAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Editing scientific content for political purity is turning MMWR into a compromised propaganda organ. And why are the propaganda squads at CDC replacing specifically H5N1 bird flu studies? I’ve got some pretty serious fascism- and flu-related concerns about this. 8351151
Reposted by Blair McClintonAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did. zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...zeteo.comHow to Prevent a Bird Flu PandemicLeading virologist Angela Rasmussen breaks down everything you should know about the latest bird flu outbreak, including how worried Americans should be. 1042192844
Reposted by Blair McClintonPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin? 38161701127
Reposted by Blair McClinton🇨🇦 Ken Robinson: Proud/ NASTY CANADIAN in AB 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @kprobinson0155.bsky.social · 30/01/2025😅😅😳😅😅 085
Reposted by Blair McClintonAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Out today in @foreignpolicy.com: I wrote about what will happen if there is an H5N1 pandemic with Robert F Kennedy, Jr. in charge of safeguarding the health of Americans. If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇 foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...foreignpolicy.comMake America Highly Pathogenic AgainIf RFK Jr. gets to helm HHS, global health is at risk. 28662343
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025My experience vacationing in Europe is you lose weight because you're walking 10x more to get around. 020
Reposted by Blair McClintonSaskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The Orange Menace is making grocery prices go up immediately by scaring migrant farm workers with deportation. Rotten crops that won't make it to shelves, will make grocery prices go up even more. Fascists cost dollars, not just lives. 052
Reposted by Blair McClinton𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Having trouble managing the flood of messages from biologist pals chortling that Trump's anti-trans executive order legally defines every American as female, because defines people by their gender *at conception,* and all embryos are phenotypically female (they differentiate after 6-7 weeks). 18649199
Reposted by Blair McClintonMondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Sagan was a prophet. 306122542991
Reposted by Blair McClintonSyd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This gull has a GPS tracker that is still working! Thanks to Mark Hipfner and Anneka Vanderpas of the ECCC-Salish Sea Gull Project, here is the map of all its wanderings... Breeds in S Saskatchewan, winters in the Okanagan and then SF Bay, then spends the spring in the Salish Sea. #birds 🪶 0154
Reposted by Blair McClintonTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Perfect illustrative photo to illustrate this story. To be fair there was probably a decent trove to choose from. 311744318
Reposted by Blair McClintonJuha Aromaa @aromaajuha.eurosky.social · 15/01/2025Could the carbon sink of the northern forests save us from climate change? I'm sorry, not the Finnish forests at least. We logged the sink. According to Natural Resources Institute Finland the sink of forests has turned into an emission. (link in Swedish and Finnish) www.luke.fi/sv/nyheterna...luke.fiPreliminära uppgifter om växthusgasinventeringen 2023: Skogarna har blivit en utsläppskälla, eftersom kolupptaget i trädbeståndet inte längre räcker till för att uppväga markutsläppen 094
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025This article is very interesting. No where is completely safe from fires. 030
Reposted by Blair McClintonMorgane Gillard @effiscientifig.bsky.social · 14/01/2025💡 Did you know #soil is the largest carbon reservoir in the terrestrial ecosystem? 🚨 Accurate estimation of soil C is crucial to addressing pressing issues such as #ClimateChange, #FoodSecurity, and #biodiversity conservation. Learn more about the different soil C measurement methods ⬇️ #scicomm 073
Reposted by Blair McClintonMs M 💚🌱💙🦊🌳🦔🌸🐞🧶♾️ @themorganic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Interesting! #SolarEnergy #EcoSystems #SoilHealth 084
Reposted by Blair McClintonDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Heavy hearted thoughts from a fire ecologist. Ecosystems around the world evolved under repeatable cycles of low to moderate burning. Due to climate change and land use, we are destroying the benefits of fire, to our own peril. 1/ 29620
Reposted by Blair McClintonAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Provinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here's how it works. Patient says seeing a doctor virtually is 'better than nothing,' by @stephaniedubois.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.socialcbc.caProvinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here's how it works | CBC RadioStaffing smaller ERs in Canada is a struggle for many provinces. That's why some health authorities are relying on a doctor working virtually and the nurses on the ground to keep the doors open. 42511
Reposted by Blair McClintonDr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025We understand Los Angeles. Canada's sending water bombers, not thoughts & prayers. We're with you, we get you. This is Kelowna, 19 months ago. Preceeded by Fort McMurray & Lytton, followed by Jasper. It's always the time to say- those who do this need to pay. We know who lies about climate change. 215857
Reposted by Blair McClintonJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Victims of the Pacific Palisades fire face another harsh reality: No insurance to rebuild.aol.comVictims of the Pacific Palisades fire face another harsh reality: No insurance to rebuildInsurers have been cutting coverage for thousands of homeowners across the neighborhoods most affected by this week's California wildfires. 1471599472
Reposted by Blair McClintonKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 07/01/2025This is one of the neighborhoods that State Farm *already pulled out of* earlier this year, thanks in no small part to how climate change is exacerbating wildfire risk.latimes.comUpscale Westside L.A. neighborhoods hit very hard by State Farm home insurance cancellationsThousands of Californians who won’t see their home insurance renewed by State Farm this summer are homeowners in Los Angeles County. 22378157
Reposted by Blair McClintonAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Great thread on food safety. Let’s not eat like it’s the 1890s again. 414954
Reposted by Blair McClintonKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/01/2025I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking. Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled. What’s driving this? Read on! 🧵media.tenor.coma monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbolAlt: a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol 681344487
Reposted by Blair McClintonChad @mansf.bsky.social · 29/12/2024They've tried this once, and only once, before. www.npr.org/sections/the...npr.orgWhen The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High SchoolersIn 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued. 2176
Reposted by Blair McClintonJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/12/2024I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣 15623481510753
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 22/12/2024It's more a clear sign that people only read headlines since the article says the opposite. 110
Blair McClinton @bmcclinton.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I've been on a couple of cruises and they are pretty clear what happens if you're not onboard at departure time. This is a cautionary tale. If you book excursions through the cruise they will wait for you ... That's one of the selling points. It's a risk to weigh if considering an independent tour. 000
Reposted by Blair McClintonRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Important piece by @mikegrunwald.bsky.social. Food systems convos can get polarized between “boost yields” vs “reduce env. harms” vs “change consumption patterns.” The reality, as this piece describes, is that the 🌎 needs to do it all to feed 9-10 billion people while protecting nature & climate.nytimes.comOpinion | Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food (Gift Article)Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced. 1710239