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Jackie Seidel

@jackieseidel.bsky.social

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😷 Born 322ppm 🌎 ❤️ Poetry. Bees. Bikes. Eco/Climate Justice. Contemplative ecology. UofCalgary Assoc Prof Curriculum/Learning. PhD. Tweets mine. She/Her

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · Feb 15

This is BAD. Many countries assisted with building the containment over reactor 4. Because Chernobyl is an existential threat. Canada donated over 66 million dollars. Building this was an example of extreme engineering. That a drone could do this to any nuclear facility has been a concern.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · Feb 14

The hole in the roof of the protective 'New Safe Confinement' containment shell over destroyed Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine after a Russian drone targeted it last night. #MSC2025

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 1h

Well I live in 🇨🇦 … but basically the same. The traffic stress is globalized.

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Alberta high school students organizing a free tutoring service for other high school students is peak activism. Please share far and wide. Many students can benefit from this. And think of the solidarity, community building, and friendship creating opportunities.

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Oh my goodness!! Alberta High School IB students have organized a free tutoring service for the core subjects 🥹✊

The solidarity they have with each other and with their teachers is beyond anything I could have imagined.

Check out their Instagram page or website. Support them if you can!

A screenshot of a blue and white poster from Instagram. The account is called Locked In. The poster advertises free tutoring for grades 10-12 in all subjects by IB students including exam prep.

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 13h

Ask not how many cars you can power with solar power instead of biofuels, but how e-buses, trains, and e-bikes can move people affordably in a clean grid.

#Sufficiency

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

the stress caused by the traffic experience is really unbelievable

some people experience what you did every day

... i once left for a job very early every morning, at least an hour before I needed to, to make it a 15 minutes drive instead of 45 minutes. So my workday was essentially longer

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

i'm sorry for yours too ...

i got some good legal advice along the way from two lawyer friends and then from hiring a lawyer when the job was "done" ... i sure learned a lot if i ever reno anything again or hire a contractor for any job. The best advice is document everything (in writing & photos)

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

It's a question to ask! Thank you.

I'm adding it to my list. I haven't lived in an apartment for awhile but many in my life... i have a BIG list of absolutely NOTs... a list of things i would compromise on ... a short list of wants/needs.

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

like yours, they'd disappear for months at a time (with my money), not answer emails, not return calls. I only have one bathroom plus a disgusting toilet & sink in my spider infested furnace room. That's what i used for SEVEN months. It took them 1.5 yrs to do a 6 weeks reno.

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

Definitely. I didn't need roofing work but there was a thin layer of woodchips in my attic which I topped up to R60.
They also ruined a the beautiful new bathtub by not protecting it while tiling. It went on and on. I thought I'd done my due diligence in choosing them to do the work but 🤷‍♀️

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

I teach a university course about stress.
Last week we did a group activity where groups brainstormed lists of stressors under different categories. Under "external" stressors (ie. not in our control) EVERY single group listed traffic ...

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: “Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations like electric cars, drone delivery networks & hyperloops. ‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense… Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.”

I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.

A world without traffic? Three urban experts rethink how cities move

Gridlock is costing us billions, but bold solutions like bus-only lanes, congestion charges and flexible work hours could get cities moving again

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 3h

Just follow the 10 principles of sustainable urban transport by TUMI and you are mostly there

10 principles of sustainable urban transport
TUMI

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

what? ... is the humidity setting off the alarms??
I'm looking for an apartment. Is that a thing I should add to my "watch out for" list??

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

oooof.
I dealt with this for over a year with a bathroom reno. It was a complete nightmare. After they "finished", i found out that they hadn't actually finished. Like the roof insulation guys were like "um, your bathroom fan is venting into the attic". I did do something about it.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · Nov 20

I have removed
the bike lanes
that were in
the road

and which
you were probably
using
to get to work

Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so cold

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social · 11h

Anecdotally, my girlfriend added a couple options for students to do midterm projects that might be more personally appealing to students in addition to the standard essay, in an attempt to dissuade them from using LLMs, and the students have embraced it with gusto

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Michelle @micellep.bsky.social · 7h

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Canada, beware: Alberta is the canary in the coal mine

Canada is not America. Not yet. But if we do not defend our values, compassion, fairness, equality, and truth, we will lose them

calgaryherald.com

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NPR @npr.org · 8h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 1d

Canada has EV levies because the US wanted us to do it.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d

China will remove canola tariffs if Canada scraps EV levies: ambassador www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

China will remove canola tariffs if Canada scraps EV levies: ambassador

China will remove its tariffs on Canadian agriculture — including on canola products — if Canada scraps its levies on Chinese electric vehicles, that country’s ambassador says.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

same ...

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

That sounds hard, Sara. I'm sorry.

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

6'9" !!!!!!!!!
At least in the sport wagon he could probably also curl up and sleep in the back. My buyer's parent and I were joking about how he could sleep in the back ... he also wondered if his skis would fit. I was like "of course! my x-country skis are longer than your downhill & fit easily"

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

VWs are like the Tardis haha.

Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

Hey YEG friends ... check this out.

Prisoners of Poverty | Sit In for Equity @prisonersofpoverty.bsky.social · 9h

Updated our poster!

October 28: Sit in for Equity. Fight for 5 key communities - Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, Disabled, Elderly and Immigrant. We will be meeting at the AB legislature building at 11AM, protesting outside at 12PM, and doing the sit-in at 1:30.

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 3h

The politics of cruelty operates by creating existential fear in individuals and by dividing people from one another. The only way to face it is to create solidarity within and across groups, including across diverse groups that haven't conventionally interacted or even liked one another.

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 4h

More Americans are biting their tongues, not because they don’t care, but because they’re afraid to speak.

From DEI to the war in Gaza, people are more afraid to speak their minds now than during the Red Scare, according to a political scientist who has been conducting surveys.

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Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues

Nearly half of Americans say they feel less free to speak their minds.

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