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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My cat is good for midlife crises. He'll settle on your lap and purr himself to sleep, forcing you to sit still and truly relax so as not to disturb him. (he'll also try to put his nose in your plate or cup to smell it better, but small price, right?)

orange cat asleep on gray fuzzy blanket, spotlit against a dark backdrop

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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 06/10/2026

1) "... the medical aspects of the illness are on the whole better understood by sick people than by their doctors..." In this new paper, philosopher Chloé De Canson details how the ME/CFS community shares and produces scientific knowledge.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

All the holiday heart of “Miracle on 34th St" but with theft, blackmail... even murder! NYC for Christmas #crimefiction #newrelease Coming Oct 6th

Book cover of the back of a girl with bobbed hair looking toward a building decked out in golden holiday lights. Title in white reads: Murder on 34th Street. A Novel by Mariah Fredericks,author of The Girl in the Green Dress. Beside the book cover in bold is "This book has all the heart of Miracle on 34th Street plus a parade... and murder! Nobody in the traditional crime fiction game writes Prohibition-era New York City as well as Mariah Fredericks.

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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. Just out — my long read on European governments waking up to the threat of a possible collapse of the AMOC, the ocean currents that keep our continent's climate mild: www.politico.eu/article/clim...

politico.eu

A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.

A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.

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Writing Off the Mother Wound @4islesbookshop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#vss365 #Mountain I hope I never peak Striving to reach goals Reaching to higher heights Never feeling I've conquered the mountain Is where I like to reside I do not want to be enlightened I'm seeking enlightenment Once you think you're 'there', you've gone nowhere I hope I never peak

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...

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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms

Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.

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econgirl15.bsky.social @econgirl15.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The news of late has been so difficult for people who have suffered sexual harassment, sexual assault, or for people who love survivors. If you need help contact Rainn.org

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The kids using “Brexit” and “AI” as insults makes me think the kids are pretty great, actually

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy to be in company with you!

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great company I'm keeping - or rather my essay on loving my disabled body is - in this shiny new anthology! #disability #creativenonfiction #writinglife

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down,KegsBreath.......

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A few years ago, I watched these two bulls going at it among the dusty and low sun angle of a fantastic fall day in Elk Island NP #AB.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com

California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots

The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can't be too careful. The Fae don't care if you're too tired to turn your clothes inside out.

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"This is the greatest threat to our parks and protected areas since 2020, when thousands of Albertans stood up against the government’s attempt to delist 175 provincial parks —and succeeded in stopping it" This takes all of us. Please consider getting involved and defend our parks.

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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

During the historic NAFTA debates, John Turner famously warned Brian Mulroney that Canada would lose its independence. He was right, we lost our independence and our momentum.

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clnzjay 🌱 🐶 🇨🇦 @clnz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gosh, why the uproar over what PM Carney said in the NYT about “extreme tail risks” — rare risks with potentially catastrophic consequences? Canadian outlets reported this back in January. Why is this suddenly being treated as a revelation? Every responsible leader would plan for this.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rowan MacGregor, UK based artist making delicate copper sculptures #WomensArt

Flat copper artwork featuring a central tree with birds and a human figure either side of the trunk

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok. Can we now also stop pretending that Alberta is being overrun by international students? Or that the children of international students are overwhelming our public schools? #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“EPA launches drinking water study looking for traces of abortion pills” Think for a moment about the sheer complexity of what they are bragging about wanting to do: monitor the use of abortion medication, and in some proposals, chemical components

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Still catching up with the amazing, entertaining, darkly entrancing Emily Wilde series. Here's my review of Book #2: Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, featuring Shadow the 'dog' and a faun's foot stolen from a Cambridge museum... jaynebarnard.blogspot.com/2026/09/emil... #Netgalley #EmilyWilde

Dark green book cover with ornate black, silver, and copper scrollwork around the title "Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands: Book 2 of the Emily Wilde Series. A Novel by Heather Fawcett." Beside it, in dark green on a silvery background, the text reads "...In which Professor Emily Wilde sets out with a mummifed faun foot to complete her map of Faerie realms accessible from the Austrian Alps - and incidentally outdo that previous daring scholar of dryadology, Danielle DeGrey, who vanished in those same alps many years ago. She doesn't intend it to be a family affair, but families, as we all know, have their own ideas..."

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Dee @dee4ever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hi, many of our students look forward to fall festival at our school. Please help me make this the best day ever for them. A like, a repost, or a donation makes a huge difference. #fallfestivalGames www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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I Love Fall Autumn with Lucas & Friends

ALT: I Love Fall Autumn with Lucas & Friends

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seeing this brings it all back! (now where's my black top hat with the crimson roses?)

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

10 years since "When the Flood Falls" (with its closeted gay pro hockey players) won the Crime Writers of Canada Award, the risks of coming out still outweigh rewards per this memoir/hockey history by Daniel Gawthrop. #HeatedRivalry #CuttingEdge thebcreview.ca/2026/09/10/3...

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Challenging an institution with wisdom | The British Columbia Review

Cutting Edge: Hockey as Queer Cultureby Daniel Gawthrop

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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same god who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~ Galileo Galilei

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LeslieMaggie🇨🇦🍁 @lesliemaggie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Among the many reasons to take a moment. Interesting read. “As a recent Bloomberg report put it: “The price of AI is collapsing, while the cost of building it is not.” It pointed out that OpenAI has repeatedly cut its fees to hang on to customers, for example.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart

Scale of debt issuance being used to fund the hectic pace of the datacentre rollout by tech firms is a worry

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Disability isn't identity. It is, however, a major obstacle in my quest to express my identity. Stop labeling people - especially young women, who face medical ableism daily - as 'making their illness their identity'. Community is strength & strength can shift policy. youtu.be/zFwaPS5c6RI?...

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My illness is not part of my identity

YouTube video by Anil about ME

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is exactly where my mind went too. Brave girls/young women are always saving the planet one way or another.

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Let's hope we can get one before 5 years of deep societal darkness and 70 years of denial passes, like it did for the Dutch girls who lured Nazis into the woods.

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Women's right to vote was not 'given'. It was WON, with blood, sweat, tears, criminal records, hunger strikes, and most of all, persistence. #NeverthelessShePersisted

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The goddess-mother of Autumn gazes down upon her children... #September

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Two families, both alike in wealth & privilege, strutting their hour upon the stage. A dinner party where undercurrents thicken. A sudden death: is it accident or murder? Who else is in peril from the clash of the oil barons? books2read.com/RockFalls #OilAndGas #Alberta #crimefiction

Book cover set against gray sky and mountains, titled "Why the Rock Falls" in large reddish letters. Below in smaller white letters is "The Falls Mysteries" and below that the author's name is J.E. Barnard. Across the gray sky to the left of the book is the following text, reddish like the book title: "Orrin Caine's a foul-mouthed old bastard, tinpot god of his own oil and gas conglomerate. If Jake wasn't my boss as well as my neighbour, you wouldn't catch me sitting in the same room with either of them."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cartoon by Dave Granlund | cagle.com/granlund.

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Vault of Horrors @vaultofhorrors.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

TCM's Noir Alley will be showing (3) films, creepy Noir films, on Halloween. The Leopard Man (1943) The 7th Victim (1943) Cat People (1942)

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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Looks like if we Albertans who react hard to mRNA vaccines for Covid will have to pay at a pharmacy if we want to try Nuvaxovid, even if we'd qualify for a 'free' (paid for by our tax dollars) mRNA vaccine at a government clinic.

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