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Deb Merriam

@debmerriam.bsky.social
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DebMerriam on all other SM. Ex-academic bluenoser in Treaty 6, past chair of the Local Good (YEG), fibre artist, solarpunk, earth-centred inclusive beliefs. She/they,🏳️‍⚧️parent, mom friend, trying to make a difference.

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Auralnauts @auralnauts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Neon Moon” meets Blade Runner. Our synthwave cover of Brooks & Dunn's classic has a new music video courtesy of @lordedmundbryll.theparadoxy.com
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Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn (Synthwave Cover) | Blade Runner Edit
YouTube video by Auralnauts
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This grim, gripping report on Canada’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute should be required reading for all Albertans - and all Canadians. Especially those who’ve decided to forget how deadly and terrifying the early months of Covid truly were.
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Parkland Institute
Parkland Institute is an Alberta-wide, non-partisan research centre situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.
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STAT @statnews.com · 01/10/2026
"Highlighting a ton of open questions": Top journal's special issue on women's health examines the latest discoveries on chronic pain and menopause. www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/womens-…
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Top journal's special issue on women's health casts spotlight on menopause and pain
"Highlighting a ton of open questions": Top journal's special issue on women's health examines the latest discoveries on chronic pain and menopause.
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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fellow 'Bertans... Here is your required listening. An excellent and clear discussion that articulates what is really on the ballot on Oct. 19. Absolutely worth your time. Share with your friends. Share with your enemies. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/immigration-...
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Why immigration is on the ballot for the Alberta referendum ⋆ The Breach
Danielle Smith is blaming immigrants for Alberta’s overcrowded schools and understaffed hospitals. Bronwyn Bragg sits down with Saima Desai to bust Danielle Smith’s immigration myths.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 5h
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 3h
If someone dropped DeNiro's team in Ronin (1998) into a place where buildings grow and your neighbours are other species, and made them fight over a delightfully grouchy old man instead of a shiny suitcase, it might read like WICKHILLS. (Apologies for the Ronin spoilers)
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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 02/10/2026
// I edited a new video for Auralnauts incredible synthwave cover of Neon Moon:
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Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn (Synthwave Cover) | Blade Runner Edit
YouTube video by Auralnauts
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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I really do hope the one upside of the looming spectre of AI is that we see an era of Weird. Fucking. Shit. from artists who lean all the way into their humanity
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/10/2026
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This infill dashboard is incredible work by @jacobdawang.com www.jacobdawang.com/projects/inf...
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Neighbourhood infill dashboard – Jacob Dawang
Explore every backyard home, duplex, fourplex and eightplex permitted in Edmonton’s RS Zone since 2024, on a map or in a searchable neighbourhood table.
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wait, we've been drawing Spock/Elf ears on depictions of deities since the 1920s? I thought it was a more recent artistic convention.
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s statement www.facebook.com/share/p/1DCd...
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Canada needs to do this.
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Macgyyver @macgyyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Woah daaaang Millcreek #YEG you gots some bear action!! www.instagram.com/p/DdWxMlDyCA...
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yeg on Instagram: "A black bear was spotted in Edmonton’s Mill Creek area overnight, prompting residents to warn others to be cautious while walking o…"
A black bear was spotted in Edmonton’s Mill Creek area overnight, prompting residents to warn others to be cautious while walking or running nearby.The sighting comes about a week after a black bear was captured on security cameras roaming the Cumberland and Canossa neighbourhoods in northwest Edmonton.Anyone who encounters a bear should keep their distance and avoid approaching it.📸: @dan_z_the_man
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
let's put a hand-wringing editorial in Science or Nature every decade or so about STEM's inability to retain female/marginalized talent, and posit that it's parenting arrangements that are the real problem
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Mercator Ocean International @mercatorocean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ten editions. One increasingly urgent picture. Explore the 10th Copernicus Ocean State Report and the evidence shaping our understanding of the ocean. Read #OSR10: marine.copernicus.eu/news/publica... #CopernicusMarine #OceanScience
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Launch of Copernicus Marine's 10th Ocean State Report | CMEMS
The 10th Ocean State Report is out now, tying together a decade of ocean science to reveal how warming, extreme events and ecosystem change are affecting communities and policy.
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amid an unprecedented El Niño, #CopernicusEU reports that sea level rise is accelerating, and ocean warming and acidification have reached record levels. We know the facts. We now need to strengthen ocean resilience by protecting & restoring marine ecosystems.
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Ocean heatwaves are hiding months of extra warming
Marine heatwaves may be only the most intense part of much longer warming events, with elevated temperatures sometimes lingering for months. Researchers found that conventional measurements underestim...
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It has been over 11 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its 93 calls to action. Since then, 14 of them have been completed. That is just 15%. In over a decade. www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/t...
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TRC Calls To Action Status: September 1, 2026 - Indigenous Watchdog
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I understand that they're sitting on their hands to not interfere with democratic processes, but RCMP/CSIS need to stop pussyfooting around and press charges against anyone breaking the law in pursuit of breaking up our country.
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another reminder I am doing things! Nvm that some of this has already happened.
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Joanne Merriam on tour
Sept 13: Author's Day at NovaCon, 36 Arthur St, Truro
Sept 15: 7pm Release Day Cocktail Party at Trident, 1256 Hollis, Halifax
Sept 20: 2pm Book Launch at WFNS, 1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax
Oct 2: 7pm with Julian Mortimer Smith, Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery, 338 Main St, Yarmouth
Oct 3: 11am-3pm Booktoberfest, Halifax Central Library 
Oct 10: Noon-2pm book signing, Dartmouth Indigo, 41 MicMac Blvd, Dartmouth
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Halifabulous friends! WFNS are doing something cool in early October!
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you to #YEGBooks' Magpie Books (not on this platform) for the preorders of AETHER AND EGO by @joannemerriam.bsky.social that came in today! #AmReading
A pale-skinned left hand holds two paperback copies of AETHER AND EGO (Inanna Publications, released 15 Sept 2026) by Joanne Merriam; the top one has a Magpie Books bookmark sticking out of it. The blues and oranges of the book cover look fabulous with the blues and purples of my living room carpet, which you can see in the background.
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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The group will hold a news conference Monday in Ottawa, calling on the House of Commons to undertake an inquiry into the impact of provincial laws affecting transgender and gender-diverse youth…" www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Transgender advocates call for federal inquiry into Alberta, Saskatchewan laws
Transgender and gender-diverse advocates from Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling on the federal government to investigate what they describe as a suspension of Charter rights for transgender people ...
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
for service and devotion
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
meme image of the century just dropped
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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
All along I've said PNG for Hoekstra was a card you can only play once, so it needs to count. US interference in both Alberta and Quebec secession movements is the once. These are unfriendly acts that several other countries would treat as acts of war.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Multiple warnings to Quebec from the federal government about American efforts to influence the upcoming election in support of the separatist PQ.
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If the likes of Futurama, Gravity Falls, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and other standout animated shows are nowhere on a supposedly comprehensive top-100 list of the best TV shows of the last quarter century, what is the NYT even doing?
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hot climates, growing economies, expensive energy, fragile grids. Across six developing countries, recorded solar generation is up more than sixfold since 2019. Not because of policy. People are voting with their wallets. My piece for @yalee360.bsky.social: e360.yale.edu/features/dev...
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The Solar Boom in Developing Nations: Fast, Chaotic, and Unequal
Soaring energy costs are driving a solar rush in developing countries, but as households unplug from the grid, those who remain face higher electricity bills. If governments fail to manage the buildou...
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The shower hair graph remains one of my favourite dataviz out there. In reality the visual shows the paths of 800 unmanned bicycles being pushed until they fall over. Science is beautiful. Source: buff.ly/2n3Q7mx
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Jessie🦇 @atropius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I caught the cutest thing ever on the Katmai bear cams
A photo of a large brown bear, taken from behind, laying on the ground with her back legs splayed out. Her two cubs are laying against her right side, both using her butt as a pillow. They're laying next to a river
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coincidentally I have a young gender-nonconforming friend who decided "bruh" was the perfect nickname for someone named Deborah. They aren't wrong. Hilarity always ensues.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Where will you vote on Alberta’s referendum questions? The answer may surprise you - since your polling stations may be quite different than usual. Be sure you know where to go, whether you’ll be at an advance poll, or casting your ballots on Oct. 19. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Where To Vote - Elections Alberta
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 24/09/2026
25 days to referendum day and only 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 to request a special ballot to vote by mail. Lines could be long, processes could be confused, life happens. Don't wait. Lock in your vote to stay in Canada. REQUEST A MAIL-IN BALLOT BY 11:59PM FRIDAY
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Request a Special Ballot - Elections Alberta
Electors who are unable to vote in person may vote by mail by applying for a Special Ballot. You may choose to: Mail the ballot to your home address, Mail the ballot to an alternate address (e.g. for those working away from home, at school, on vacation, etc.), Pick the ballot up at your Returning Office or at Elections Alberta’s main office in Edmonton, or Arrange for a designate to pick it up from the...
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The violent contents of Van Rootselaar’s two ChatGPT accounts, detailed here for the first time, are far more extensive and disturbing than previously known." "It advised her to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation"
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I wouldn't trust this grifter further than I could spit him.
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David V. Wright @davevwright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a significant early win for anyone interested in transparency and accountability toward achieving (or missing) international climate change commitments. While the youth may not be ultimately successful, this will still get important evidence on the record. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News
A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The biggest lie told by Danielle Smith and the separatists debunked. No, Alberta Does Not 'Subsidize' the Rest of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Deb Merriam @debmerriam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh hey maybe now downtown Edmonton can fix its' Sobeys-created food desert!
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.
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Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years
The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Never before has a turtle turtled this hard. Zoom in and appreciate The Foot
A fantastic painted turtle stands on a snag in a stream. Turtle has a smooth black carapace with bright red edges. Its neck and legs are a glorious riot of yellow racing stripes. It has its neck fully extended staring at the sky and the back right leg and foot are completely extended. This is an epic pose by a creature at the peak of its powers.
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Sunil Sarwal @sunilsarwal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Big Idea, by celebrated author John Scalzi, has an interview with Halifax author Joanne Merriam, who published her loving steampunk update to Pride and Prejudice, called Aether and Ego, this week: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/16/t...
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The Big Idea: Joanne Merriam
What if the “happily ever after” ending the author gave you doesn’t really seem all that happy? If you’re author Joanne Merriam, you take matters into your own hands and ret…
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Via @alexboutilier.bsky.social Foreign influence watchdog ‘aware of concerns’ about Alberta referendum | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1206987...
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Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some parts of the globe are not just heating up, but heating up faster than they were just a few decades ago. A new analysis reveals where warming has gained pace.
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This Map Shows Where Warming Has Accelerated
Some parts of the globe are not just heating up, but heating up faster than they were just a few decades ago. A new analysis reveals where warming has gained pace.
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Scott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine this kind of plenty coursing through an eastern landscape. we can’t even conceive of it.
Over the past four centuries, scientists have calculated that New England's dams have deprived its ecosystems of more than 9 million metric tons (20 billion pounds) of alewives-roughly the weight of
300,000 humpback whales.
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Cyntada @cyntada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy equinox to all who celebrate!
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