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Erin Fraser-Reid 🍁

@erinfraserreid.bsky.social
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Forest scientist working on science communication and climate change adaptation. Cat lover, gardening enthusiast, e-biker, and enjoyer of the outdoors.

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Aaron Paquette 🇨🇦 @apaquette.bsky.social · 19h
This Alberta provincial government wants to do everyone’s job but their own. Poorly They don’t know what they are doing and don’t care. It’s not good governance they are after, it’s populist politics - which it seems they discard as soon as they wring people out of their money and attention.
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Natural Resources @natural-resources.canada.ca · 21h
From planting trees to managing forests, silviculture plays a key role in forest health. Researcher Trevor Jones and his team explore how silviculture can help Canadian forests adapt to changing conditions: ow.ly/hfnS50ZP87Y
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 08/10/2026
“…who among us hasn’t wondered how a bunch of nobodies from Alberta ended up getting meetings with officials from the U.S. Administration in the first place? Nobodies who have the gall to offer up access to things only the Alberta govt can offer?” #ableg #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/womenofa...
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We’ve heard this story from Danielle before
They say the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. That’s bad news for Alberta; again.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 02/10/2026
🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Discussion of rape/sexual violence & strong language. ☑️ Bear ☐ Man This spoken word poem stopped me in my tracks The bear was never really the point. The point is why so many women understood the answer immediately Listen to her words. They matter. —Claire Donohoe🐻💜 #SheShed
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 23/09/2026
How entomologists pass away
How entomologists pass away
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Martin Grasdal 🍁 @mgrasdal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@mitchellab.bsky.social with another great analysis. Smith is attacked for performative white woman (crocodile) tears or she receives condescending sympathy reserved for women by her sexist supporters. Not good news for her either way. womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/in-politic...
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In politics, image is everything
Danielle Smith has miscalculated the moment she created for herself.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A pyramid scheme I can wholly endorse. This is fierce and funny, and deserves to be shared. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine
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5X for Canada: Stop Separation. Crush the 9 Questions. Defeat Danielle Smith.
YouTube video by 5X for Canada
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🐻 A Canadian scientist is studying how Newfoundland forests recover from wildfire under warmer conditions. His problem? Bears, moose, caribou and rabbits keep wrecking the experiments. CBC Radio even has the photographic evidence. Whose side are you on: scientist or bear? 😄
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On this day in 1919, Odawa-Potawatomi artist Daphne Odjig was born in Wiikwemkoong, ON. She specialized in the Woodlands Style and was a driving force behind the Indigenous Group of Seven. She earned five honorary degrees and the Governor General's Award. 📸 LAC
A black-and-white photograph of a person ice skating, leaning forward with a smile, wearing a dark outfit, white scarf, and ice skates, captured mid-motion on an ice rink.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Radars across the eastern half of the U.S. States exploded with reflectivity ~22 hrs ago. Most is the result of birds with current estimates now over half a BILLION actively in flight. This is part of the annual fall migration southward and appears to be the busiest night of the season underway.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
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Justine Karst 🇨🇦 @j-karst.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@stefhupperts.bsky.social and I are recruiting an MSc student starting in summer/fall 2027 to quantify links between fire regime, canopy type, and ecosystem nitrogen balance in boreal forests. Full ad and relevant links below.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We saw these over Barcelona, decades ago. It feels like hallucinating, but so much better.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
please share with any graduate or senior undergraduate students you know.
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Perfect cartoon by Michael deAdder.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Trump’s ‘Lake America’ executive order ‘a little sad, and not his best work’: Kinew | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Trump’s ‘Lake America’ executive order ‘a little sad, and not his best work’: Kinew Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Anglo Canadians being forced to conjugate être in the fourth grade: god I hate Quebec, French is the worst Anglo Canadians when an American insults Quebec:
Blurry screenshot of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien choking out a journalist on live TV
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 21/08/2026
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today’s National Adaptation Strategy update shows little evidence that Canada is meaningfully reducing climate risk. As this summer’s catastrophic wildfires have shown, the country needs to act urgently. Our full statement👇 ow.ly/QNv050ZzyS5
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National progress report shows Canada is not prepared for the climate risks ahead
Three years into its National Adaptation Strategy, Ottawa has little evidence it is reducing climate risk and should urgently focus and accelerate work to protect Canadians from fire, heat, floods, and other climate impacts.
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trying not to be mean-spirited, but the Liberals small climate adaptation announcement in the face of this year's horrific fires rang hollow. Seems like a pittance compared to the resources that will be sunk into a new pipeline and will make matters worse. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/12/o...
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Carney can’t buy climate cover with pocket change
These sprinklings of cash will no doubt be welcome, but they seem a laughable pittance when you consider the government’s top priority: fast-tracking construction of another pipeline from the Alberta ...
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026
If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Another active fire day in BC but what scares me is the lightning forecast. Expect lightning in BC for the next 9 days. It is bone dry in parts of BC so if we see the lightning, we could see many new fire starts. ECMWF lightning density maps for Monday and Tuesday.
ECMWF 12-hr lightning density forecasts for BC on Monday Aug 10.ECMWF 12-hr  lightning density forecasts for Tuesday Aug 11
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Jim @jimstewart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Jaws - Canada version
A moose swimming in a body of water spies a person in the background.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/07/2026
Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
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Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...
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Simon Houpt @simonhoupt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A Canadian helicopter pilot was killed fighting a wildfire in Colorado last weekend.
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Here's an easy to read deep dive into the relationship between wildfires and climate change in North America. I wrote it after speaking several experts in this area. In some ways it's complicated. In other ways not really... Link to Part 1: thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
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North America’s forests used to burn a lot more than present…
So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
Photo via Wayne Wastaken

Fire clouds over Collins, Ontario as community members flee their homes by boat
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Original Tweet from @Mantia: What’s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?

Quote tweet from @hwitteman: That $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher, 0% to the authors. If you just email us to ask for our papers, we are allowed to send them to you for free, and we will be genuinely delighted to do so.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Oh to have the chutzpah of this house cat.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15/05/2026
This is one of the best pieces you'll read on the impact of court's decision on the separatism petition. And separatism, in general, including Quebec. www.readtheline.ca/p/clarke-rie...
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Clarke Ries: How two Alberta judges shot separatist delusions to death
(And, not for nothing, they probably just wrecked Quebec separatism, too.)
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
On May 2, 1986, Expo 86 opened. The second World's Fair to be held in Canada, it showcased Vancouver to the world and its success helped lead to the 2010 Winter Olympics. This is the story of Expo 86! 📸 Vancouver Public Library 🧵 1/12
Large yellow clock with “Switzerland” and “swatch” printed on its face stands at the left, with oversized hour and minute hands. In the foreground, a white and blue monorail train filled with passengers moves along an elevated track. Behind it, a colourful amusement-style structure with red framework, spinning elements, and suspended parts dominates the scene. Flags and windsocks are visible, with additional modern buildings and trees scattered throughout the exhibition grounds under a blue sky.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Woody Guthrie wrote "All You Fascists Bound to Lose" in 1944. He was right then. Bette Midler is making sure we remember it now. Midler just dropped a full music video remake of Guthrie's classic anti-fascist anthem, and it hits different in 2026.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 24/04/2026
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Becky Grambo 🍁 @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Time for another quilt! I saw this pattern and had to make it! I did change a few things — like joins and shadows — to make it make logical sense. This was definitely a “check three times before stitching” project. Had to do some ripping anyway. Patience and stubbornness! Great optical illusion!
Quilt in the pattern “Labyrinth Walk” made in shades of grey, cream, and black. Two alternating blocks create a 3D image of a maze.The backing on this quilt is a mottled black that makes me think of the lunar surface. Quilted in a simple curving meander pattern.
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James Reid @jlcreid.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I saw this in rush hour traffic today Don't worry folks, it's an electric "bike" so be kind. It also technically has pedals... This is how legit class 1 ebikes are going to bed banned by city Councils, Ridiculous! @yegbike.bsky.social @yegbike.bsky.social
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Alice Boyle @birdfiddler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Come to CANADA!!! life is pretty sane here, I promise!
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Natural Resources @natural-resources.canada.ca · 17/03/2026
Scientists from the Atlantic Forestry Centre are using small, open-top greenhouses to track how rising temperatures and #wildfire effects impact the growth and survival of young trees. Learn more about the impacts of climate change on #forests: ow.ly/Kmu850YvgvM
A caribou standing in a forest next to a small worksiteThe back of a black bear, standing in a foresta small, open-top greenhouse in a forest, containing young treesthe back of a moose, standing in a forest
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 11/03/2026
This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 06/03/2026
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The supposed explosion of the federal public service looks less explosive if you put it in per capita numbers and draw a line graph back to the mid-80s.
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Jonas Wisser @jwisser.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2025
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 01/03/2026
Brass Against unleash a powerhouse version of Pink Floyd’s "The Great Gig In The Sky," led by Morgan James and packed with brass intensity. Official video streaming now. zurl.co/COSsz
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Brass Against Reimagine Pink Floyd With "The Great Gig In The Sky" - That Eric Alper
Brass Against deliver a towering take on Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig In The Sky,” now streaming alongside its official video. Arranged by Andrew Gutauskas and led by Brad Hammonds, the performance surges with brass firepower and seismic rhythm. Morgan James commands the spotlight, channeling the emotional force of Clare Torry’s original vocal with grit […]
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Some US men’s players apologized; even more talked about how much they respected the USA women’s team. What they didn’t seem to realize was that if you respect them and don’t apologize for the Trump debacle, it actually makes embracing Trump worse. www.thestar.com/sports/nhl/t...
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Bruce Arthur: The U.S. men’s hockey team’s triumphant return to the NHL is an exercise in damage control
Some players complained that partying with the FBI director and attending the Trump’s State of the Union was being politicized. Others apologized.
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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My story for the Star on cowardice and courage in sport www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Hockey-loving kids just witnessed their heroes acting like cowards
If 12-year-olds knew something was wrong with the extravagant endorsement of the Trump administration, how did, say, Auston Matthews, the captain of the Maple Leafs not know this?
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 18/02/2026
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com
Title: A Valentine’s Day experiment 

In an effort to test the efficacy of cupids arrows of desire.

A placebo group is shot with regular arrows.

Their injuries range from moderate to sever.

Unexpectedly, romances struck up in hospital and lawyers’ waiting rooms create a "romance ratio" similar to that of magic arrows.

However, once the cost of compensation claims is factored in, it is decided to discontinue.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/02/2026
Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ring Camera CEO Plans Their Superbowl Ad youtube.com/shorts/Y6NsI...
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Ring Camera CEO Plans Their Superbowl Ad
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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