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Janet Cole

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Janet Cole @gramaj.bsky.social · 12h
Around the corner from Piercy?
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 13h
It's unacceptable that six years in we are still doing this. Evidence strongly supports a summer rollout, not a vaccine campaign after everyone has already been infected. We do not approach other viruses this way and there are very good reasons why. 3/3
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If protesting didn't work, would those in power be doing everything they can right now to vilify protestors and crack down on free speech? Activist and author Annie Leonard offers an important history lesson on why protest is so important — and why it's needed now more than ever.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 13h
In overruling Edmonton's elected council, Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams actually said that those who supported the bylaw were "unAlbertan and UnCanadian." The hypocrisy of Danielle Smith complaining about federal overreach at the news conference was next level.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨Holy shit, brilliant animators just made a devastating ad against Republican corruption: “A massive flood of money… impacts every part of our democracy.” Trump’s corruption is putting our democracy, our rights, and our future up for sale. VOTE. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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Janet Cole @gramaj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Got a spider garden mate outside my window. As long as they’re outside I’m good with it. Has made the web twice now.
Sunlight hitting a spider halfway through making its web. Classic shape.
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Want a sober reminder of where we are in addressing the climate crisis? Over the last 50 years the oil & gas industry has made $3 billion in profits every day. $52 trillion in pure profit: buff.ly/3iXkJwm Time to unplug fossil fuels.#ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity
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Interfaith Power & Light New Mexico & El Paso @nm-ipl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, an evangelical Christian and leading climate scientist, says the biggest barrier to climate action is silence, not denial. A chat over coffee or across the fence isn't political—it's care. Who could you talk to this week?
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart. Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Alberta and the rest of Canada MUST work towards a water restoration economy, NOT resource extraction. A pipeline, relaxing oil sands rules, AI surveillance systems, and pretending we are waiting on a mysterious technological innovation is false and extremely misleading. 💔 #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Prince's 'Not Really' Reaction
ALT: Prince's 'Not Really' Reaction
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RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Funny, that.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
The environmental and climate consequences of building a new oil pipeline are extreme, including the threat to endangered Southern Resident orcas.
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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · 27/09/2026
“We need to start on the path to a healthier future today.” A @utoronto.ca study found that widespread adoption of #EVs and a #decarbonized grid could yield up to US $188B in health benefits by 2050.💰 But we'll only see these benefits with the rapid implementation of #electrification policies.
Electric car plugged into a curbside charging station on a city street, with a yellow banner reading "The power to choose" and a caption promoting large-scale electric vehicle adoption for human health benefits, credited to the Pembina Institute.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“If you were really that sick you would…” Have help Be in a home Not be online Be dead People are incapable of believing that support doesn’t magically show up when you need it You don’t necessarily die just because things become dire Disabled people need more support We deserve to be believed.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My latest column for Forward Weekly. Why you should absolutely vote in Alberta’s referendum, even if the process seems absurdist and performative. Indeed, BECAUSE it is absurdist and performative. #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
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We Can’t Boycott Our Way Out of a Meaningless Referendum | By Paula Simons | Forward Weekly
Forward Weekly feature for September 20, 2026.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The World Is Electrifying. Canada Is Slipping Backwards New @IEA data show renewables surging and fossil power declining across advanced economies. In Canada, fossil generation is rising, and its once-cleaner grid is getting dirtier. @markjcarney markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-world-...
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The World Is Electrifying. Canada Is Slipping Backwards
New IEA data show renewables surging and fossil power declining across advanced economies. In Canada, fossil generation is rising, and its once-cleaner grid is getting dirtier
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nearly half million Albertans endorsed the #ForeverCanadian movement in our plea to avoid this divisive and destructive referendum. That’s why we refuse to take a position on, and legitimize any questions posed by the Premier. Premier, PLEASE stop this madness. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Janet Cole @gramaj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Republicans and other conservative parties want to draw attention away from the real issues, keep us divided and continue to work their corrupt schemes. It’s right on to call that out.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/09/2026
Sarah Longwell conducted 400 focus groups with Trump supporters and swing voters to better understand how Democrats can reach them. She discusses her findings with @hannarosin.bsky.social on Radio Atlantic:
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A Playbook for Defeating MAGA
The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell, the author of How to Eat an Elephant, on what voters want to hear
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office.” — @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, urban pollution, urban noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
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In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The climate crisis isn’t “coming.” It’s here. Record heat. Deadly floods. Vanishing ice. Collapsing ecosystems. We don’t need more warnings. We need courage, systems change, and action at the scale of the emergency. #ClimateAction #ActNow
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 08/09/2026
The climate crisis is a public health crisis. We need a #FossilFuelTreatyNow.
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Four key ways our warming planet is affecting our health
Heatwaves and extreme weather conditions are damaging our health in several ways, including mosquito-borne disease, drug-resistant bacteria and smoke from wildfires.
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange medium.com/@stevebentle...
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The Damning Report on Canada’s Changing Climate that PM Mark Carney Buried on a Long Weekend
It’s a long weekend. You’re not *supposed* to be paying attention which is why Mark Carney did the standard oily (pardon the pun) political…
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Parents of girls over 12 all over Alberta are now receiving “permission forms” requiring their birth sex as female in order to participate in sports as a result of the Government of Alberta’s “Fairness and Safety in Sport Act”. The more parents who file a challenge in response, the better.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bruce McAllister is a senior advisor to Alberta's premier. He hosted the anti-immigrant Alberta Next Panels. He attacked Senator Paula Simons for calling out the racist referendum questions. Now he's openly supporting an extremist white nationalist party's racist anti-immigration policy.
Bruce McAllister: Finally someone on a major stage saying it out loud instead of hiding behind slogans. Shout it from the rooftops please Alice!
You can’t run a welfare state, bring in millions who need support, and keep energy prices this high without the books blowing up. It’s also tearing up the social fabric and native culture. People are waking up. Now watch the mainstream media ignore all of it - while twisting themselves into pretzels labelling her alt-right anyway.Shannon Phillips: The AfD is the far-right party in Germany that German intelligence services have classified as extremists, Bruce. 

Multiple intelligence services have documented AfD ties to the Kremlin. 

@ABDanielleSmith
 maybe come back from holidays to check in on Bruce. He’s unwell. 
#ableg
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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Your critical #LongWeekend read. #MarkCarney #ClimateChange #ClimateChange environmentaldefence.ca/2026/09/04/c...
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Canada's Latest Climate Report Should Be Call to Action, Instead Gov't Tried to Bury It - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin
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Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The Fed. Gov. is going to waste tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars on a new oil pipeline. Albertans did not want a pipeline to be publicly financed (multiple polls have found). Plus an interview with Markham Hislop. Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDo76svIYw #CDNpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli
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The Pipeline Lie
YouTube video by Sierra Club Canada
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As communities across Canada are reeling from a summer of breathing in wildfire smoke, evacuating from their homes, and navigating extreme heat and flooding, PM Carney is trying to keep youth and advocacy groups from having their day in court over Canada’s failure to have a credible climate plan.
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
How about this: "We can get back to you later on the exact degree to which #ClimateChange made all that death & devastation happen in #Nepal but given Climate made these the hottest years in recorded history & glaciers are now breaking apart as WE predicted, OF COURSE #ClimateChange is to blame"
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026
As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege": pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 1/
A Canadian flag, its elements replaced with circuit boards. In the foreground, a bent-double, exhausted Uncle Sam trudges over rocky terrain, shlepping a giant sack on his back. Centered in the maple leaf is the word SORRY.
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United For Canada - UnitedFor.CA 🇨🇦 @unitedfor.ca · 30/08/2026
Three facts: (1) There are no citizen-led petitions this October. Elections Alberta rejected the only one (@waternotcoalab.bsky.social). (2) ALL referenda were written and put forward by Premier Smith and her team. (3) No one asked for these questions. #ableg #abpoli #UnitedForCanada
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
There's a straight line between this week's death & devastation in #Nepal & what this PM is doing in YOUR name RIGHT NOW That's not refutable. Stop supporting policies that destroy the world & kill people #MarkCarney #Nepal #Canada #cdnpoli #ClimateChange www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation | CBC News
The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.
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Janet Cole @gramaj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Alberta corn maze features Dolly Parton in larger-than-life homage
A corn maze east of Edmonton is honouring Dolly Parton’s widespread, beloved legacy the best it knows how: with an intricate design of her face.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 28/08/2026
Canada’s economy posts fastest growth in the G7, double the pace of the U.S.
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Canada's economy posts fastest growth in the G7, double the pace of the U.S.
The Canadian economy is growing at 3.3% annualized, representing the fastest pace of growth in three years and double that of the U.S.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧪 NEW RESEARCH: cleaner air means less brain damage: “As prenatal exposures to air pollution declined, subsequent measures of children’s cognitive development improved.” IOW, solving the climate crisis makes kids smarter. 1/3 www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/clean-a...
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Clean Air Policies Linked to Improved Cognition Among New York City Children
As prenatal exposures to air pollution declined, subsequent measures of children’s cognitive development improved.
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Janet Cole @gramaj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Step back from the news tonight and watch the rebroadcast of The Hip. Elbows up Canada! 🍁
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Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📣 Canadians are calling on the federal government to honour its emissions targets and strengthen climate action. Will you join them? 🌎 Sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... @smallchangefund.bsky.social #LaterIsTooLate #SeniorsForClimate
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hey Calgarians? Want to work for an amazing, active, climate advocacy group? Now's your chance to get a job with the @calgaryclimatehub.ca! We're hiring an operations manager! Apply now. www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/employment
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A lot of us voted for him. *I* voted for him. But we call out politicians, even ones we voted for, when they do bad things like burn the world. That's it, that's all. #MarkCarney #Summerland #Wildfires #ClimateChange #cdnpoli #abpoli medium.com/@stevebentle...
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Mark Carney, Nation Burner
When you’re running around praising wealthy banker PM Mark Carney’s plans for Canada and forging excuses for more pipelines and an array of…
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Private blood-plasma collector Grifols, which has for months faced intense scrutiny after the deaths of two donors, is temporarily pausing plasma collection at all of its donation centres across Canada.” Private health care in action. #abpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Grifols pauses plasma collection at Canada donation centres
Private blood-plasma collector has been under scrutiny for months after the deaths of two donors
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yes, let’s invest in more research. Bans like the one in Alberta are unjustified and discriminatory. Puberty blockers have been used with cisgender children for decades without issue. So why now is it a problem for trans youth!? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: The debate over puberty blockers needs more science and less politics
There is a data vacuum in this country, even as several European countries adopt more cautious practices to treating youth gender dysphoria
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 11/08/2026
SCOOP It took nearly two years, but I finally obtained 650 pages of internal correspondence detailing the steps Health Canada took to disappear the Expert Advisory Group reports on medicalized safe supply and compassion clubs. drugdatadecoded.ca/how-health-c...
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Anatomy of a hush-up: How Health Canada buried the safe supply expert reviews
After a nearly two-year access to information process, Drug Data Decoded has obtained the correspondence detailing steps taken inside Health Canada to ensure the Expert Advisory Group reports on medic...
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Janet Cole @gramaj.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Swift and Obama are roommates! Living rent free in Trump’s head.
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