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Dr. Christine Purdon

@christinepurdon.bsky.social
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Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo. Expertise in OCD, anxiety, and CBT. Very concerned about the climate crisis #OCD #CBT #Anxiety #clinicalpsychology #obsessions #compulsions #mental health #climateaction #elbowsup

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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 3h
See also www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t... #desmog #
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Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state were revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is fascinating!
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We also have an independent electoral body that reports to the Parliament, not the government, and oversees all aspects of elections, including determining districts and all matters related to voting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
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Elections Canada - Wikipedia
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Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Brilliant deep-dive from @the-goose-media.bsky.social into the deranged climate denier world of Jordan Peterson. Features an interview with yours truly about what it was like to attend Peterson's billionaire-backed ARC conference in London this summer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZ3... @desmog.com
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Jordan Peterson's Billionaire "Ark" | The Goose Media
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The ever quotable former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien on the Trump tariffs. www.msn.com/en-ca/politi...
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Coyote / J. Stryker 🇨🇦 | Memento Vivere 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Want to join my Naturalists feed? 'Like' this post. To join my second Naturalists Starter Pack, say "yes" in the comments. (Or post a cat pic. I'm not the boss of you. Either way, let me know.) 🌿 Please share. The more people this invitation reaches, the better.
"Photos and stories from your encounters with the natural world. Urban nature is welcome! Suggested topics include tree or plant identification, fungi, wildflowers, wildlife, birds, feathers, stones, and natural features like streams or fields. Limit of one post per day."
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Applicants to our program reaching out to me using AI generated text. I guessed as much when the first came through, confirmed when the next two came through with identical text. sigh.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it is the poorest and most excluded who will suffer from it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning
Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Breathtaking Muskoka skies
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Canada declares a sign war bbc.com/news/article...
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Lake Ontario sign installed in Canada in latest jab at US
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a billboard on Canada's shoreline with the message: "Lake Ontario. Now and Always."
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
From Pierre Picard, Grand Chief Wendat Nation "President Trump is attempting to eradicate our history...we refuse to remain silent...the U.S. Consul General in Quebec City has confirmed to me that I will meet with the U.S. Ambassador to Canada in the coming days." www.facebook.com/share/p/1CKk...
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Steve Paikin brilliantly explains why no one should be surprised that Canada walked away from trade neotiations. www.facebook.com/share/p/1C26...
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 28/08/2026
Cc @mapquest.com
A map of lake Ontario with the name "Lake Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down or run around and rename you"
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
From our Prime Minister: www.facebook.com/share/p/1K36...
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 27/08/2026
If you want to get high minded about it, and here’s my pitch for a timely essay for any interested editors, wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a song about Lake Ontario that speaks to a working class relationship between Canada and the USA and Lake Ontario is part of that long history….
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In fond remembrance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWoY...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Sweet Transvestite" (1975) - (4K)
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is reposting this sketch from the first round of the trade wars. I have my "War is No Time for Soft Cheezies" t-shirt ironed and ready to wear! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUI...
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There's only one winner in a trade war... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The toxicity of conspiracy theories #climatedenail #climateconspiracy @marylouisestuart.bsky.social @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/08/24/c...
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Canadian Intelligence Warned About Climate Conspiracies. This MP Kept Spreading Them.
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Lots of rhetoric from the government of our neighbour to the south about us walking away from trade negotiations. Here is some clarity about trade between our countries, written just before Canada walked out. #ustariffs #uscanadatrade #elbowsup www.cigionline.org/articles/sma...
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Smaller Than Advertised: Canada’s Real Trade Risk with the United States
Canada should attempt to negotiate a new trade deal, using its leverage and protecting its interests to achieve a fair, win-win outcome — a possibility that looms much larger following the U.S. Suprem...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you're out there insisting that reducing carbon emissions won't lower the warming trajectory of our planet, you're an advocate for the fossil fuel industry, whether or not you're getting paid for it.
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Some wondrous skies to kick off the weekend
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Cogent analysis of conspiracism and the Canadian anticlimate movement by @marylouisestuart.bsky.social #climatedenial #climateconspiracy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Mid- Century Modern Cat
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Anyone else finding a major uptick in improper citations of their work? E.G., yrs ago I reviewed thought suppression lit, **clearly** concluding little evidence of thought rebound when exp artefact was considered, but cited as supporting the effect, maybe b/c I reviewed literature that found it?
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Caturday!
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Mary Stuart (she/her) @marylouisestuart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
US developer Teton Digital, tied to a failed bitcoin venture, wants to build a massive AI data centre in Alberta. Read more from @manderson98.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/07/27/u...
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U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre
Little-known company Teton Digital is pushing an AI project that could release one million tonnes of annual emissions.
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Jennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As I get older the thing I think is most important to humans as a species is our relationship to one another and to nature. Everything else is secondary. This is fundamental to our survival as individuals and as a species. Call me an old hippy if you like.
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Really really appreciate this Bouie video
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It is time to stop treating Donald Trump's anti-Canada rhetoric like a joke
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 16/07/2026
Raffi you’re so right
Threads post from raffi_music:
stay creative. after Baby Beluga, I didn't worry about how can I top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later, Bananaphone!
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I feel like a broken record when I say that the future is now, climate-wise. The best time to act was decades ago, the second best time is today. If only those with power cared about the rest of us. www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfir...
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Wildfires expose millions in Midwest, Northeast to dangerous smoke: "Perfect storm for really dry conditions"
Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is expected to engulf large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week.
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Guy on the radio earlier saying we should all save our shower water and use that to flush the toilet. Around 60 companies are responsible for 80% of all global carbon emissions; telling us as individuals to do something without addressing that is just gaslighting and guilt tripping.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
Mitch McConnell isn't dead, y'all. It's worse than that. He's alive.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 14/07/2026
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space. I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop #art #painting #sciart #portfolioDay
Painting of a badlands valley with winding river at the bottom & swirling blue clouds on an orange background skyPainting of a mother ship storm cloud lit from below with swirling clouds above over a buttePainting of a nebula that looks like a hand with orange yellow clouds and lots of stars on a blue black field Large impressionist painting of a swirling orange yellow and red nebula at the bottom and upper right , some white clouds above it on a blue black background with tiny little bastard stars all over.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Our Climate Future Is Here" | My interview with Brian Daitzman of @theintellectualist.bsky.social / @lincolnsquare.media: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nTw...
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Our Climate Future Is Here | With Professor Michael Mann
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Excellent synergy between Naomi Klein and DeSmog @marystuart.bsky.social
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 08/07/2026
I want sure about it but the more I live with this piece, the happier I am with it. I really think it works. And it's 25% of the weekend. Come and see it in person #yeg
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Convert soccer goal counts from Celsius to Fahrenheit Makes it a more exciting game USA 33.8 v 35.2 Belgium
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The magnificence of the Caspian Tern
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In two minutes…
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Celebrate 20 years of DeSmog, climate journalism that punches way above its weight, register for free at link below @marylouisestuart.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social luma.com/snaz4qbo
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20 years of DeSmog: A celebration of high-impact climate journalism · Zoom · Luma
The world is in the midst of a climate backlash. But DeSmog isn’t backing down. We are celebrating 20 years of high-impact journalism investigating the…
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Dr. Christine Purdon @christinepurdon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Are you interested in generalized anxiety disorder? Check out our new paper examining how well intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive avoidance, and metacognitive beliefs predict reassurance seeking, checking, and avoidance in high worriers! bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Matthew @mapoochoo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"art is a way of processing life, that's inherently what it's supposed to be... I don't see the value of outsourcing any of that" just Kane Parsons, 20 year old director of BACKROOMS, with the smartest, most succinct rebuttal of AI in art that I've yet encountered www.youtube.com/shorts/MwUnK...
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"Backrooms" director Kane Parsons explains why he's “absolutely not” going to embrace AI #shorts
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/06/2026
Nice to speak to @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @desmog.com about leaked documents revealing the capacity of planned fossil plants for Canadian data centres + my estimate that if they became operational, they'd cause enough emissions to wipe out 15 years of progress www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...
Wonder Valley is a “gargantuan” proposal that would involve constructing one of the top-ten biggest gas plants proposed right now in the world, according to Norway-based energy and climate analyst Ketan Joshi. A separate Gryphon Digital proposal in Alberta meanwhile requires four gigawatts of gas-powered energy, while the Beacon AI project is proposing two gigawatts worth of gas, the document notes.

Natural gas is plentiful and cheap in Alberta, said Werner Antweiler, an economics professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.

“It’s coming out of the ground, it’s not transported anywhere,” Antweiler said. “So you don’t have to pay for the pipelines —it’s locally cheap. That basically gives you a lower marginal cost than if you build a data centre running on natural gas somewhere in the United States where you have to actually get the natural gas pipeline there.”

The Privy Council document lists about 15.5 gigawatts of new gas capacity planned for data centres in Canada, although itthe ISED document notes that “it will not be possible for Alberta to connect all data centre projects in the short term” to the electric grid. Carney’s new AI strategy puts forward a lower estimate, suggesting that Canadian projects will require 5.5 gigawatts of power. 

If the high-end scenario of 15.5 gigawatts materializes, it could cause an increase of somewhere between 33 to 63 megatonnes of annual greenhouse gas emissions, Joshi calculates, “effectively undoing the past 15 years of emissions reductions in Canada.”

But even at the lower end the climate impacts are daunting. “I am genuinely shocked by the size of these projects,” said Joshi. “If a tenth of these fossil-fuelled data centres were to be built, the increase in Canada’s emissions would be noticeable and substantial.”  a chart showing the increased, about 5 to 6% in total, of canada's emissions from this amount of gas-fired data centre capacity
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
And if you want to know why this is a terrible idea, check out the excellent work of NoJetsTO, available here: (2/2) environmentaldefence.ca/nojetsto/
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Say No to Jets at the Island Airport - Environmental Defence
Forests, Greenbelt, Farmland and Waterways are under threat! The redundant highway would not only cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but encouraged more greenhouse gas pollution, pushing our climate ...
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Chrétien: When you look at the polls, Canadians have never been more united. Thank you to Donald Trump for that. I should propose him for the Order of Canada, but I cannot succeed. Do you know why? Rosie: He's not Canadian? Chrétien: Because we don't give it to a person who has a criminal record.
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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Here is a very very very small frog I found.
A tiny frog rests on a person's finger.
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