Hideous red-headed stepchild of academia (aka nonTT Academic Teaching Staff) in Classics at U Alberta. All comments are in my capacity as a private citizen.

Joined May 2010
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Happy Tuesday from adoptable kitty, Pearl! Pearl is having tonnes of fun today, she loves playing on her cat house! This cutie is filled with lots of positive energy and she also loves her quiet time together, catching up about the events of the day. Pearl is 1.5 years old and
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I’m glad someone is saying this out loud: “The 51st state isn’t a joke. It’s a plan.”
My latest is out via Indigenous Insider: This is not new behavior from the United States, and it should not be treated like some out-of-character flirtation. America goes where the oil is. Iraq. Libya. Venezuela. Iran. When the prize is big enough, Washington has shown again and again it will back coups, sanctions, and outright wars to get access to it. This isn’t child’s play, and nobody should be fooling themselves into thinking Alberta is somehow exempt from that pattern just because it’s Canadian soil. And the early moves already look familiar: quiet meetings with separatist organizers, a credit line floated to bankroll a friendly breakaway government, and infrastructure permits signed before independence is even on the books. That’s the same sequence that’s preceded American involvement elsewhere — relationships and money laid down well before any flag changes. The oil sands sitting under Treaty 8 territory are exactly the kind of prize that’s moved American foreign policy before, and the playbook is already running. The 51st state isn’t a joke. It’s a plan. But here’s what Trump, Smith, and the separatists don’t seem to understand: this isn’t a clean transaction. It’s an Indian war they didn’t know they were walking into… open.substack.com/pub/indige…
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healthy stress management (approximate cost $30 per month) and she wears a cone to prevent over grooming. Visit safeteam.ca to learn more about Teddy and Binoo or to apply to meet these Bonded Buddies!
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the only animals in their calm and quiet child free forever home as Teddy can become overwhelmed. They require vet prescribed urinary health supportive food (approximate cost $80 per month) and Teddy requires twice daily oral medication (which she takes like a champ) to support
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Happy Tuesday from adoptable kitty, Binoo! This cuddly cutie is ready for his Work From Home Supervisor shift! Binoo and his sister, Teddy, are shining stars and they are going to be terrific forever family members. They are soon to be 6 years old and they are looking to be
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Happy Tuesday from adoptable kitties, Starsky and Hutch! This Dynamic Duo is always close at hand, they love participating in the action around them, and they love to stop by for pets too! Starsky and Hutch are soon to be 8 years old and they are looking to be the only animals
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Scotland fan loses kilt he wore during charity trek across America i.stv.tv/3S6lcIx
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Oh no! We need to find Craig’s kilt.
Scotland fan loses kilt he wore during charity trek across America i.stv.tv/3S6lcIx
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.@ABDanielleSmith admits: 1️⃣Her government created the Citizens Initiative Act, yet she doesn’t know what the “legislative option” means 2️⃣The “all party” committee hasn’t yet dealt with the #ForeverCanadian question either 3️⃣All October 19 questions are unrelated to petitions
She’s not going to let water not coal on the ballot in October. If you’re one of the 200,000 who signed the petition, it’s time to write your MLA. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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month) and she wears a cone to prevent over grooming. Visit safeteam.ca to learn more about Teddy and Binoo or to apply to meet these Bonded Buddies! Teddy and Binoo are in urgent need of a new foster home, please visit safeteam.ca/foster to apply to foster them
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forever home as Teddy can become overwhelmed. They require vet prescribed urinary health supportive food (approximate cost $80 per month) and Teddy requires twice daily oral medication (which she takes like a champ) to support healthy stress management (approximate cost $30 per
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Sweet dreams from adoptable kitty, Teddy! This precious angel and her brother, Binoo, are the very best kitties and they will be such super forever family members! They are soon to be 6 years old and they are looking to be the only animals in their calm and quiet child free
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Or go to court. Alberta does not have to pay $14billion. The UCP wants to. Why??
Replying to @cspotweet
And here's the Premier at the Fort Macleod open house encouraging anti-coal voices to try and get a referendum question. She characterizes a yes-no coal question would be a) Albertans can pay $14B to coal companies for broken contracts or b) build schools and hospitals. x.com/TSHowell/status/193303…
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Wonderful Brax is so ready for his #FureverHome. #AdoptDontShop #yeg #cats
Happy Magpie Monday from adoptable kitty, Brax! We are waiting on a new crew of adoptable kitties for our @KitchenMagpie sponsored room at our shelter, but former resident Brax would like to thank The Kitchen Magpie for providing the funds to cover our adoptable kitties care
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Happy Monday Evening from adoptable kitty, Thumper! Thumper is ready for her tummy rubs! This sweetie pie loves receiving pets and spending time together and she will be such a fantastic forever family member. Thumper is 5 years old and she is looking to be the one and only
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74% of Calgarians say Alberta should remain part of Canada. 71% support speaking out about the risks separation would create. Canada isn't perfect. No country is. But our future isn't built by walking away from our challenges. It's built by fixing them, together.
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“There’s no greater instability than this referendum right now,” Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi told a crowded ballroom at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Calgary Monday morning. “People are deeply worried that 130 days from now, we could lose our country.” bit.ly/3SrPchY
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'It leaves us prey': Nenshi takes aim at Smith over separatist-driven division and economic uncertainty calgaryherald.com/news/nensh…
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A hundred years ago, the eastern bluebird was one of the most common birds in the country. Then it nearly disappeared. Here's the problem: a bluebird can't build its own home. Neither can a chickadee or a wren. They're cavity nesters with no tools to dig a hole, so they move into ones that already exist: an old woodpecker hole, a rotted knot in a tree, a hollow in a dead limb, a soft spot in a wooden fence post. Then we launched a relentless effort to tidy the world and put everything in its right place. We cut down the dead trees, the "ugly" snags, and hauled them off. We swapped the old wooden fence posts for metal. We cleaned up every hollow stump and dying branch. And just like that, the nesting spots were gone. Worse, two birds we'd imported from Europe, house sparrows and starlings, muscled into the few cavities left and threw the bluebirds out. By the 1970s, bluebird numbers had fallen by nearly 90%. Here's where things began to turn. Ordinary people started nailing wooden boxes to posts. Just boxes, with a hole the right size. And the bluebirds came back, all the way back, one of the greatest comebacks in American conservation, built almost entirely by regular folks in their own yards with a little lumber. So here's where you come in. A nest box isn't a cute decoration. It's a replacement for the dead tree we took down, a hole in the world for a bird that can't make its own. Put one up, with the correct hole size for the bird you want, on a smooth pole a predator can't climb, and you stop being a bystander to that story.
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