Kat Clarke
@thisiskat.bsky.social
Teacher, feminist, nerd. Settler on Treaty 7 lands.
Running late is my cardio
Running late is my cardio
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The roughly 15,000 satellites in space are already a nuisance to astronomy research. It could get a LOT worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Launching hundreds of thousands of satellites will threaten space research, scientists warn | CBC News
We've all come to appreciate the beautiful images space telescopes provide us of galaxies, nebulas and more, but they also provide astronomers with important scientific information about our universe....
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The roughly 15,000 satellites in space are already a nuisance to astronomy research. It could get a LOT worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Nicolaides when asked about the leaked email from UCP Martin Long stating that part of the reasons for invoking the notwithstanding clause was financial...
Well yeah, it's super about the money but also we don't want to be accountable to anyone who isn't elected.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Well yeah, it's super about the money but also we don't want to be accountable to anyone who isn't elected.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Alberta is recalling!
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Alberta is recalling!
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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Want to learn more about why teachers are striking in Alberta? Read @iandoktor.bsky.social to learn how Alberta Government went from having to convince 12% of teachers to sign up for their deal to now 90% of teachers voting against the governments deal www.parklandinstitute.ca/disrespect
When Disrespect Becomes Policy: How Government Neglect Sparked Labour Unrest
As Albertans brace for the first teacher strike in nearly 25 years, a new opinion piece on Parkland’s blog gives a frontline perspective on the government’s long war against public education.
www.parklandinstitute.ca
October 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Want to learn more about why teachers are striking in Alberta? Read @iandoktor.bsky.social to learn how Alberta Government went from having to convince 12% of teachers to sign up for their deal to now 90% of teachers voting against the governments deal www.parklandinstitute.ca/disrespect
📢On World Teachers’ Day, let’s come together in solidarity to stand up for public education in Alberta.
✊We may be the least funded, yet in solidarity, we speak the loudest.
✊We may be the least funded, yet in solidarity, we speak the loudest.
October 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
📢On World Teachers’ Day, let’s come together in solidarity to stand up for public education in Alberta.
✊We may be the least funded, yet in solidarity, we speak the loudest.
✊We may be the least funded, yet in solidarity, we speak the loudest.
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Why do populists backtrack?
I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
TACO, meet DACO
Why populists like Donald Trump and Danielle Smith keep 'Chickening Out'
open.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Why do populists backtrack?
I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Covid vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com
"Over & over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine."
#VaccinesWork
"Over & over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine."
#VaccinesWork
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence
“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
www.statnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Covid vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com
"Over & over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine."
#VaccinesWork
"Over & over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine."
#VaccinesWork
Margaret Atwood is amazing.
September 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Margaret Atwood is amazing.
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I encourage everyone to check out Rob Breakenridge’s piece on the UCP’s fiscal mismanagement.
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
Rob Breakenridge: Less focus on Ottawa and more on the books, please
This government needs to focus as much on its own massive spending as it does picking fights over 'sovereignty.'
www.alberta.readtheline.ca
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I encourage everyone to check out Rob Breakenridge’s piece on the UCP’s fiscal mismanagement.
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
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Repost indigenousmotherhood
'Rez Kid' Out Sept. 2, 2025.
'Rez Kid' Out Sept. 2, 2025.
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Repost indigenousmotherhood
'Rez Kid' Out Sept. 2, 2025.
'Rez Kid' Out Sept. 2, 2025.
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New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
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From Samantha Wong: Looking to add a more modern touch to your physics teaching? Check out “Bringing Contemporary Physicists to the Classroom” for resources, slide decks, and more! 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/08/22/c...
astrobites.org/2025/08/22/c...
Representation matters in physics teaching: introducing the Contemporary Physicists project
Looking to add a more modern touch to your physics teaching? Check out "Bringing Contemporary Physicists to the Classroom" for resources, slide decks, and more!
astrobites.org
August 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
From Samantha Wong: Looking to add a more modern touch to your physics teaching? Check out “Bringing Contemporary Physicists to the Classroom” for resources, slide decks, and more! 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/08/22/c...
astrobites.org/2025/08/22/c...
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🚨Alberta's COVID vaccine policy: Why we are concerned www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica... @albertadoctors.bsky.social
We "advocate strongly for a policy that protects public health, follows the best available scientific evidence and removes barriers to vaccination for those who need it most."
We "advocate strongly for a policy that protects public health, follows the best available scientific evidence and removes barriers to vaccination for those who need it most."
New COVID-19 vaccine policy: Why we are concerned | AMA
The Alberta government has introduced significant changes to the way Albertans will access COVID-19 vaccines this fall. ...
www.albertadoctors.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨Alberta's COVID vaccine policy: Why we are concerned www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica... @albertadoctors.bsky.social
We "advocate strongly for a policy that protects public health, follows the best available scientific evidence and removes barriers to vaccination for those who need it most."
We "advocate strongly for a policy that protects public health, follows the best available scientific evidence and removes barriers to vaccination for those who need it most."
Warning: this is the system the UCP want to bring to Alberta under the guise of “choice”.
Florida: "'This is really a cut to your public school. It's not abstract. It has real implications for the school your kid goes to or your neighbors' kids go to,' she said. She added that the majority of those who take the vouchers were never in public school."
www.wusf.org/education/20...
www.wusf.org/education/20...
Vouchers drain millions from public schools. Sarasota's district floats an idea for change
"We can't continue to have a death by a thousand cuts,” said county superintendent Terry Connor, who had to eliminate some support staff this year.
www.wusf.org
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Warning: this is the system the UCP want to bring to Alberta under the guise of “choice”.
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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
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Rather than criminalizing homelessness, the much better policy would be to criminalize having three or four homes.
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Rather than criminalizing homelessness, the much better policy would be to criminalize having three or four homes.
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Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
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July 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
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🚨MORE EVIDENCE ON VACCINE SAFETY🚨
Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines & Chronic Diseases in Childhood www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Cohort involving 1.2 million children and
"...did NOT find evidence supporting an increased risk for autoimmune, atopic or allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders..."
Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines & Chronic Diseases in Childhood www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Cohort involving 1.2 million children and
"...did NOT find evidence supporting an increased risk for autoimmune, atopic or allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders..."
July 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨MORE EVIDENCE ON VACCINE SAFETY🚨
Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines & Chronic Diseases in Childhood www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Cohort involving 1.2 million children and
"...did NOT find evidence supporting an increased risk for autoimmune, atopic or allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders..."
Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines & Chronic Diseases in Childhood www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Cohort involving 1.2 million children and
"...did NOT find evidence supporting an increased risk for autoimmune, atopic or allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders..."
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Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com
"...found no link between aluminum in vaccines and an increased risk of 50 chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases, allergies and autism."
#VaccinesWork
"...found no link between aluminum in vaccines and an increased risk of 50 chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases, allergies and autism."
#VaccinesWork
Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma
The study included more than 1.2 million people in Denmark who got childhood vaccines.
www.nbcnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com
"...found no link between aluminum in vaccines and an increased risk of 50 chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases, allergies and autism."
#VaccinesWork
"...found no link between aluminum in vaccines and an increased risk of 50 chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases, allergies and autism."
#VaccinesWork
PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer (2025) Ryan Gosling
YouTube video by ONE Media
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June 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM