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Eden Lee Lackner

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Eden Lee Lackner @edenlackner.bsky.social · Aug 13

Clove & sandalwood scent the air. Strands of a beaded curtain swing & click, the sound all but swallowed by the carpeted tent.

The fortune teller ashes her cigarette against a crystal ball. "Have you come to learn about your future?"

"No," you murmur. "I want you to tell me about my past." #hbp17

A crystal ball dominates the centre of the image, reflecting tiny pinpoints of light in its surface. Two aged, wizened hands with pointed nails cup the crystal ball. One of the hands sports a large ring, partially obscured in shadow. The owner of the hands is softly out of focus in the background. The image is mostly neutral tones of tan, brown and black. (Image by myshoun from Pixabay.)

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Protect our Province Alberta @popab.ca · 5d

Teachers, you are not alone. We too are horrified by the actions of the Alberta government this week, dismissing your rights and sending you back to the same overcrowded, unsupported classrooms. We see you. We continue to fight with you.

#ableg #abpoli #abed

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 8d

It's nice when work takes you to places like this.

(Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada)

A scene of Lake Louise, Canada. Snow covered mountains frame an aqua-marine coloured lake. Trees can be seen on the edges of the water leading to the lake.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10d

Are thy dailye worke taskes tedious and mundane? Add "space" to them! Suddenlye you are livinge the science fictioun future -- goinge to space workeshoppes, sendinge space emayles, figuringe out your space travel reimbursement formes.

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Sonya 🇨🇦 @icedsnowberry.bsky.social · 10d

Be prepared for a provincewide Day of Action on Tuesday, October 28th!
Let’s get ready to resist!

#ableg

Ready to Resist

If Danielle Smith and her UCP government strip teachers of their constitutionally protected right to strike and bargain collectively, it will be the last straw. This is a government that is: This is…

afl.org

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Sonya 🇨🇦 @icedsnowberry.bsky.social · 10d

Time is running out! Calgary volunteers are submitting their badges & signatures by 5pm tomorrow. Pop-up signing locations will be closed by 3-3:30pm on Oct 25th.

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 10d

3 days left to sign the #ForeverCanadian petition!

Today, our volunteers are in more than 70 locations across Alberta, waiting for your to sign. Please, take a moment to sign this petition.

We need your signature.

Here’s a list of locations:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 10d

Forcing teachers back to school without addressing any of their concerns is the biggest abuse of democratic rights in Alberta’s history.

Alberta’s New Democrats stand with teachers and unequivocally condemn this attack on public education, on workers and their unions, and democracy itself. /1

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11d

Since I have a lot of rural Alberta folks who follow me: the Edmonton police are looking for anyone with property with an old well north of Edmonton to contact them (more details in the video). It's for a cold case.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtRo...

Cold case: Edmonton police searching for remains of Ruth Clarke who has been missing since 1990

YouTube video by CTV News

www.youtube.com

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 13d

OKAY PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE DRILL: HIT THAT FOLLOW BUTTON

This is a Canadian small press, with a Canadian editor, so LET'S GET THOSE CANADIAN CLICKS (worldwide clicks also appreciated and loved equally, but I can't bully you in the same manner as I can Canadians)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Coming soon: Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology

A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.

www.kickstarter.com

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WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · 13d

Caught mid-selfie or mid-nap? Hard to tell. 😴

Did you know:
🦥 Sloths are split into two groups — two-toed & three-toed.
🦥 Their slow digestion means a single meal can take weeks to process.
🦥 And yes, they climb all the way down once a week to go to the bathroom!

#InternationalSlothDay

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 13d

On behalf of Alberta's New Democrats, I wish all who celebrate a wonderful Diwali! May the light of this season fill your homes with warmth, joy, and new beginnings.

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Eden Lee Lackner @edenlackner.bsky.social · 13d

"Tag! You're it!" The kids tear across dry grass, golden leaves crushed underfoot. Their voices condense in the cold air.

A stranger stops at the playground's edge, watchful, quiet. His smile is mirthless, but all satisfaction. The crackle of leaves cloak the crunch of his cast-off bones. #vssdaily

vssdaily @vssdaily.bsky.social · 13d

The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/21/25 is #crunch

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 13d

As long as you’re in line by 8 p.m., you’ll be allowed to vote — so don’t leave the line!

Thanks to all the election workers and volunteers helping make today possible.

The lines may be long and the process a bit slower than usual, but it’s always worth it to have your say in our democracy.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 14d

A year of #GoodMorningFromSaskatoon. A photo almost every* work day from Oct ’24 to Oct ‘25. Blue sky and clouds, sunlight and street lights, sea smoke and fire smoke, advance and retreat of the ice, sunrise at 4:45AM to sunrise at 9:15AM… so many things to see from this one spot (*210 pics) 😁📷

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 27d

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28d

199 years after the last one, way to string along your fanbase, Ms. Shelley

Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 29d

She hath risen.

“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 29d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Eden Lee Lackner @edenlackner.bsky.social · Oct 4

Amazing. Had to do a bit of a dive to get the punchline, but now I know something new, and got a chuckle out of it too. 😜

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · Oct 3

Today, #ForeverCanadian brought 230,000 petition signatures to Edmonton. Our volunteers will continue collecting signatures until October 28. We need your signature to reach our 300,000 requirement to keep Alberta in Canada.

#ableg #Yeg #Yyc #CdnPoli

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Oct 3

A litel bit of goode newes for the humanityes
www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...

University of Pittsburgh launches world's first center to study horror genre

The University of Pittsburgh is doubling down on its longstanding commitment to studying the horror genre with the launch of its new Horror Studies Center.

www.wesa.fm

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Oct 2

I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said

THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING

Makes you think

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Eden Lee Lackner @edenlackner.bsky.social · Oct 2

Imaginative thought, storytelling & art are how we make sense of the world: dissect the bad, revel in the good, critique the past & envision the future. Regimes crush academics & creatives b/c they keep people thinking for themselves & there's nothing worse for the powerful than a thinking populace.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Oct 2

Acts of imagination and creative play do have a place in countering the rancid, psychotic imagination of this administration. It's just one way, but the juxtaposition is important because it helps us remember how utterly bankrupt it is in normal human values.

Eden Lee Lackner @edenlackner.bsky.social · Oct 2

Hope runs through fingers, grains of sand we cannot grip, cannot hold. The hourglass drains, no steadying hand to right it, no measured thought to guide.

We build sandcastles in the waves. Kick them over before they can be washed away.

The tide rises. The sandbar erodes between our toes. #vssdaily

vssdaily @vssdaily.bsky.social · Oct 2

The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/2/25 is #remorse

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · Oct 1

As the Alberta teacher’s strike looms, I want to make sure everyone knows:

There is no strike pay for teachers, every day of strike cuts into teachers’ bank accounts.

#teacherstrike #abpoli #ucp

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WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · Oct 1

💔 Today we say goodbye to Dr. Jane Goodall — conservation icon, friend to wildlife, and voice of hope for our planet.

She showed us that protecting nature isn’t just possible, it’s our responsibility.

Thank you so much, Jane, for your hard work, persistence and passion. 🌱🐒🕊️

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · Sep 30

They cut off his mic.
We’re giving him the floor.

Join Evan Li and me for a conversation tonight!

⏰ 8 PM
📺 YouTube Live: youtube.com/@naheednensh...

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