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James Swill

@jamesswill.bsky.social
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Prairie boy, sometimes also answers to the name Nathan Kowalsky

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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beginning Oct. 5, 2026, Albertans must go online & pre-order their seasonal vaccines for the 2027-28 respiratory virus season. Pre-orders for next year will be accepted until Dec. 18. If you don't Alberta won't buy enough doses for the population. This program isn't advertised #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
R.I.P Annie Dillard
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Great Bill Peet vibes!
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it?
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dear PM @mark-carney.bsky.social Canada does not want American F35s, or involvement in their Golden Dome. The US is the ONLY country to ever threaten us. Buying from our abuser does not support our sovereignty. militarnyi.com/en/news/saab... #cdnpoli
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Saab Will Establish a Gripen Production Center in Canada If the Country Chooses Swedish Fighter Jets
The Swedish company Saab has presented Canada with a plan to establish a production line for Gripen E/F fighter jets on Canadian soil.
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
At the risk of preaching to the choir, don't sit this one out, Albertans!
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SpatialKimtamine @kimmalien.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Not to get political but life should be easy and free
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My Bluesky skills are so weak I cannot figure out which guy you love out of my various reposts! :/
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Alberta disadvantage
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! That is AWESOME.
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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026
I used a nut from the giant jar of nuts, bolts, screws, washers and random nails that I keep on the counter. It was a perfect fit. The dopamine from this should get me through Christmas.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Exactly this (except I hope never to buy another car again, fingers crossed).
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Did it!
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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Aug 2nd, Morinville
Protest AI data centres Sunday AUg 2nd 11 AM to 1 PM
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Word up.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jill Barber is amazing!
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So we got record-setting rain all month and now we get wildfire smoke? Great. 🙄
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
'Nice' is a bit of an understatement! :D
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 17/06/2026
Carney appears to feel AI has more right to safe drinking water than First Nations
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ha ha ha! I was never in soil science, but one of my roommates was and gave me the shirt. Still have it, cuz I'm a bit of a T-shirt hoarder. 😁
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I have a T-shirt that says "Friend of the Pedon" from 1998. Can't say I wear it much. 😅
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Casavant Organ update:
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Unless there are proportionally more Sasquatch believers in Alberta than in the rest of Canada... 😜
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Well, it's as they say: you can't stop progress, so get out of the way. 😜 (*jk*)
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I've been remiss. I forgot to post on here that this little book of mine on the social study of science and technology came out before Christmas: broadviewpress.com/product/west...
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We should ask the Chinese to built it for us. Could be finished in 5 years from now. ;)
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Liberalism (left or right) is generally *terrible* at understanding technology, so this is no surprise, sadly. :/
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Literally talking about this in our Malm book club! :)
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
No word on which jurisdictions those 60 are, or if any or many of them have political or Big Brother motivations for placing citizenship information on the card, I guess?
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just a reminder that I am available for commencement speeches, birthdays, and Bar Mitzvahs. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/speech PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
Part 1/2 of an 8-panel SMBC comic. A man is at a podium speaking to a hall filled with graduation students in caps and gowns. He begins his speech with "graduates, the important thing in life isn’t the destination. Also it’s not the journey. It’s that a small number of people in San Francisco are building God from silicon." He continues, adding "remember, failure is not the opposite of success. Failure is when you don’t recognize that we must all obey the machine God, peace be upon him. If you find yourself sitting there, wondering how to be the leaders of tomorrow, make no mistake, you will fail because the mechanical super-king is God and you are not. Ladies and gentlemen, there will be days when you’ll just want to give up. To throw in the towel. And that’s good because the cybernetic overlord is unstoppable."Part 2/2 of an 8-panel SMBC comic. The man at the podium continues his grim speech, saying "more than anything, remember the friendships you made here will last a lifetime, because your bodies are not useful to his glorious circuits, though he may preserve a small breeding population for the scientific curiosity of future androids. In conclusion, your generation faces challenges none has ever faced before. And you will lose." The man then walks off the stage, adding "thank you, and know that I will be using an inexpensive AI video editor to turn your boos into admiring silence followed by thunderous applause." The last panel shows angry and dumbfounded graduates with the caption "[thunderous applause]."
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I could make A work. :D
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Brandy with a why? 🍁 @brandywithawhy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Good Morning. Alberta is not strong or free.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Sing it with me:
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
You know what's undemocratic, Danielle? Gerrymandering.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
No book club requests from me, just the usual fake or predatory journals and conferences in goodness knows where that aren't even remotely connected to what I do. :)
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
An odd pattern in Alberta has come to my attention. On the one hand, right-wing folks despise the poor for their inability to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. On the other, right-wingers increasingly present themselves as victims of an oppressive system.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Lor' almighty! :O
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Are these the ducklings that hatched a month ago or so?
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Koreen Brennan @koreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?
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Sèafra @woodward.ca · 11/04/2026
Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 why it’s necessary for every motherfucker with a pickup truck in Alberta to idle it for like 15 minutes before they go anywhere.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/04/2026
Alberta removes education from curriculum
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Alberta removes education from curriculum
EDMONTON - After taking recommendations from hand-picked advisors, Premier Jason Kenney UCP government will be removing education from the province’s curriculum.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This descriptive, thoroughly reported and very troubling essay about the separatist movement in Alberta by @marcellodicintio.bsky.social is critical reading for Albertans. Great journalism in the public interest. Among the Separatists via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Among the Separatists | The Tyee
I wanted to learn the true target of their angry dreams. What I heard made me tremble for the Alberta I love.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Yeah, teaching about these things as historical facts would not constitute "promoting or fostering" them, at least under the law, I would expect.
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
*jk
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Ritz 🍁 @ritzmotu.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
👏👏👏 Synod of Alberta and the Territories. An Open Letter on Faith, Public Life and the Common Good. "In a democratic society, political leaders are entrusted with serving the whole public, not a select constituency with privileged access." #ableg #abpoli www.facebook.com/share/p/14YU...
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I missed them, but I was so close! Awwww!
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I think I've been tired my entire life. *yawn!*
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James Swill @jamesswill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Nice, I do love linen!
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