alisonborealis (she/her)

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ecol/biologist in climate change (slowly being destroyed by climate change)
settler. knitter. antiracist. chronically ill.
#yeg Amiskwaciwaskahikan Alberta Treaty 6 Canada
born @ 340ppm CO2
#BiInSci

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this week's aftermath hours is a recording of a live event we did a little while back with @merrittk.com. we talked about LAN parties, and it ruled. excited to finally share it with everybody

Ain't no party like a LAN party because LAN parties don't happen anymore aftermath.site/aftermath-ho...

The magpies got shouty on the balcony this morning. So I filled the water bowls. They aren't being shouty any more. Is this luck? Coincidence? Or have we figured out how to communicate??

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HAPPY FRIDAY my people, today is a good day to pick up a book by a HUGE LARGE BUG! "WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY BOOKS OUT" I don't know, do we want a little guide or something?? I can do that! premeemohamed.com/books/

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Everybody needs to see this quote, understand that this is what Project 2025 is about, and internalize the fact that this is what the Republican Party is doing. This is not a conspiracy theory from the left. They are saying it out loud. #politics #news

He literally said that

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Genius fan-made product design here

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The right is now having its own meltdown because Trump can’t make becoming Hitler his official campaign stance

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Momma and baby deer enjoying a snack 🦌 #mammals

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If you see this, post a bird! 🐦 #kidlitart

Ahh I finally the times aligned and I have a bird illustration to post 🦉 If you see this, post a bird! 🐦 #kidlitart #kidlit #MG

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Reboosting this for people in England. Trans women particularly, and LGBTQIA people generally, need help to fight against erosion of our rights. This consultation started under the Tories and the results will be used by the next government.

People of England, your attention please. Reminder about the consultation closing 11 July about changes to the relationships, sex & health education statutory guidance. If you're LGBTQIA, or an ally, please check it out & complete with a view to protecting LGBTQIA people. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Review of the RSHE statutory guidancewww.gov.uk We’re seeking your views on changes to the relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance.

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When Karen Hao makes a whole-hearted recommendation, I pay attention. tweet: x.com/_KarenHao/st...

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This includes covid-safe considerations!

Disabled and chronically ill people include members of *every marginalized group that exists*. If you are doing activism but not making your spaces accessible. If you are doing activism but not for disability. You are not doing activitism, you are doing exclusion. Happy Disability Pride Month!

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This is a heartening thread comparing likes, posts, and shares on Bluesky, Threads, and X. There's also information about a climate change scientists regular posting. Bluesky performed really well -- and the difference between positive responses and trolling is dramatic.

Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

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This photo is pure 2024.

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July 5, 1893: Want ad section headers, Minneapolis Times

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Are they sure they didn't mean seconds?

Fun fact: Canadian citizens are not allowed to obtain peerage, via the Nickel Resolution. So we don't particularly value this type of nonsense and will treat people with disdain (see Baron Black the newspaperman).

PSA America It's Sir Keir, or (the) Prime Minister, or just the surname. It's not "Prime Minister Starmer" and--I'm begging you here--it is not "Sir Starmer" under any circumstances whatsoever. No. Bad.

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Covid doesn’t look the same every time you get infected, said Dr. Davey Smith, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Diego. You might have cold and flu symptoms during one bout of the virus, and gastrointestinal symptoms the next time. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/w...

This May Be the Most Overlooked Covid Symptomwww.nytimes.com Gastrointestinal issues are a common but often unrecognized sign of infection.

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That’s … that’s not “appeared to”

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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Keep talking about how Donald Trump is credibly accused of sexually assaulting twelve year old children, with assistance from Epstein.

I saw this was trending and had to google it "The post alleges that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for this year's presidential election, "forced" young girls to "perform lesbian sex acts."

Donald Trump, Katie Johnson allegations: Everything we knowwww.newsweek.com Allegations from a lawsuit that was dismissed in 2016 are circulating on social media.

Brain is back to hurting. Time to try to sleep or something.

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Back in the early to mid 2010s there was this view that you should gently convince right wingers to believe in climate science and my response was always: "a right wing that believes the science is scarier than one that denies it" WELP HERE WE ARE www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan Wattswww.theguardian.com It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

The bane of Canadians everywhere... First Past The Post is such an annoyance. But nobody is brave enough to install proportional representation. Even when it's in their election platform.

+210 seats gained on a +2% increase in vote share. FPTP Democracy truly a miracle of representation.

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New: US and UK slammed by bad surges nationwide, CDC quietly acknowledges covid isn't seasonal and recommends layered protection (after 4+ years of us begging them to), video of an experimental long covid body scan at UCSF, Stevie Nicks masking, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/pandem...

Pandemic Roundup: July 4, 2024 | Violet Bluewww.patreon.com Get more from Violet Blue on Patreon

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My one and only comment on the election results: next time every expert in the country warns us that Tory economic policy will be disastrous and ruin the country within a decade, maybe let’s not let them do it for 14 years anyway before going “oh wow, they were right”

I got my fabric order! Which is very exciting (the one I ordered in march before getting covid). Most of the fabrics are beautifully soft and the colours are so vivid. And while I have plans for some, I am rethinking my plans for others... Because they're so soft. This is better than fabric land.

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At least the Australians have democracy sausages. We get to shuffle around a school gym and then go home to watch the CBC coverage and try not to fall asleep. Our biggest tradition is watching the election be largely decided by the time the polls close in BC.

this is just glorious. I would attribute this to the Parliamentary system except in both Canada and Oz we let the candidates go back to their offices and have drinks and nibblies with their supporters, like cowards, instead of forcing them to hang out with the mad local competition in their ridings

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Midsomer Norton’s MP is found thoroughly defeated…. #UKpol

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The best thing about British democracy is when the actual head of government has to stand in a leisure centre at 5 am beside a guy with a bin on his head to find out if he still has a job.

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Getting word that Larry the Chief Mouser of Downing Street has coasted to another peerless victory with no opposition and 100% of the vote, truly Britain’s greatest statesman

This is such a good Dinosaur Comic (about the board game Monopoly)

Somehow I remembered correctly. It can be found at www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

Dinosaur Comics!www.qwantz.com grandma i have never disagreed with you before, but i must refuse to believe this was what fun was like when you were a kid