Arn Keeling

Arn Keeling

@arnkeeling.bsky.social

He/him. Settler. Geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Historical+social aspects of mining in Northern 🇨🇦. Co-author, The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife https://www.mqup.ca/Books/T/The-Price-of-Gold

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Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

This is so boss! Been following AD for some years now, and this is a whole new world of curation. Thanks @aquariumdrunkard.com

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Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

What they don’t quite mention here is that Lill is a geographer—she can to @memorialu.bsky.social to do her MA in Geogrpahy before returning to the fishery. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caShe had no ties to N.L. Then she bet on a future fishing here | CBC NewsAs northern cod makes its historic comeback, and a workforce ages, Lillian Saul, an American with no ties to Newfoundland and Labrador, bought a fishing enterprise, hired a crew and found a new home a...
Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

Cuba si, Yanqui no!

Joshua "the Crypt" Keep(er)@jekeep.bsky.social

"Washington claims Cuba poses a national security threat to the United States." Why does media keep repeating this? The US only said this obvious, absurd lie, after smugly declaring the real reason: they want to conquer Cuba and exploit it again. There is no good reason to help the lie!

globalnews.caCuban ambassadors ask Canada to renew rejection of U.S. embargo and fuel blockade - National | Globalnews.caHavana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U.S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba.

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APTN News
@aptnnews.bsky.social

$1 billion has been announced by the Carney government to support construction of roads into the Ring of Fire mining development. Neskantaga First Nation says the announcement attacks Indigenous jurisdiction and makes a mockery of the regional assessment.

youtu.beFirst Nation condemns $1B funding announcement for Ring of Fire road construction | APTN News$1 billion has been announced by the Carney government to support construction of roads into the Ring of Fire mining development. Neskantaga First Nation says the announcement attacks Indigenous…

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Avi Lewis
@avilewis.ca

Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest.

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Jimmy Thomson
@jameswsthomson.com

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

I spoke to @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social about the wind-down of independent monitoring boards for the #NWT diamond mines. #Mine closure is a process, not an event, and the Boards could provide important transparency & accountability. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caN.W.T. minister won't reconsider wind-down of Diavik oversight board | CBC NewsThe N.W.T.'s environment minister says he won't revisit his decision for the wind-down of the Diavik diamond mine oversight board, despite a request by the board’s leadership to reconsider.

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Tim Ford
@timfordwrites.bsky.social

Tla'amin First Nation has shared this letter they were copied on from Israel Powell's descendants, to Powell River Mayor and Council. The Nation and Powell River's muni gov are collaborating on a possible name change, and this letter is a great gesture of support.

Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

A bit of a techy take on the massive arsenic waste problem at Canada's Giant Mine. Could it become a "critical mineral" stockpile with a serving of gold dust on the side? #mining #NWT www.autonocion.com/us/261000-to...

autonocion.comA 261,000-ton stockpile of arsenic dust kept frozen in chambers up to 250 feet down at the edge of Yellowknife has given researchers a sample they turned into arsenic metal more than 99 percent pure, ...There's a decent chance the phone in your pocket has a little arsenic in it. Gallium arsenide handles radio duties in plenty of electronics, arsenic turns up

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Ian Milligan
@ianmilligan1.bsky.social

I hope the (very) senior leadership at most Canadian universities is sharing @alexusherhesa.bsky.social's piece on what's going on at Concordia. higheredstrategy.com/concordias-q...

higheredstrategy.comConcordia’s Quiet Revolution | HESAOkay, so Canadian higher education is pretty cautious and risk-averse, and so perhaps the bar for calling something a ‘revolution” is pretty low. But everyone needs to take a look at what has been goi...
Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

Oh, no. This is a big loss to the Canadian history community—and to Cuban-Canadian relations. She documented her many years building educational and cultural relations with Cuba in her recent book, Strangely Friends. She generously took time to indulge my Cuban mining questions years back…

ActiveHistory.ca@activehist.bsky.social

Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s U, passed away on 4 Sept. 2026 after a brief illness. Karen was a longtime supporter of—and contributor to—Active History. We mourn her loss, even as we celebrate her life. Post by Susan Lord and Scott Rutherford

activehistory.caRemembering Karen Dubinsky (1957-2026)Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, brilliant scholar and generous friend to so many, passed away on 4 September 2026 after a br…

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Jason Kint
@kint.bsky.social

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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Jordan Carlson
@jordantcarlson.bsky.social

Okay, I have a few minutes, so unpacking this a bit more for the timeline: During my PhD, I worked with the Nunatsiavut Government - the Inuit of northern Labrador - to ask: could their southernmost community, Rigolet, use tidal energy (or other renewables) to reduce their reliance on diesel?

Jordan Carlson@jordantcarlson.bsky.social

After quite a while, the first major article from my PhD has finally found a home. And it's open access and available to read right now. Go learn about resources and transitions for remote communities. (I'll do a longer thread later)

iopscience.iop.orgModeling of tidal stream energy resources near Rigolet, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada) to assess energy transition options for a diesel power-reliant northern communityModeling of tidal stream energy resources near Rigolet, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada) to assess energy transition options for a diesel power-reliant northern community, Carlson, Jordan Thomas, Mulligan, Ryan, Mabee, Warren
Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

American Gulag.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

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Toronto Star
@thestar.com

Replying to @thestar.com

The guest list features asset managers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms. Together, the investors gathering Sept. 15 manage over $100 trillion in assets. As Carney says, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. This time, Canada is both host and entrée.

thestar.comCanada taking control of its future, Mark Carney tells new investment gatheringThe prime minister hinted Sunday in Toronto that deals are about to be announced as his inaugural Investment Summit gets underway.
Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

Now that we’ve all dumped our Yanqui bourbon down the sink, we need to fight off tariffs by buying good Canadian rye whiskey. It’s only patriotic! (BTW separatists, offer only applies to provinces that remain in 🇨🇦. Otherwise, no Forty Creek either.

Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

This thread will be a welcome one for Newfoundlanders! We has a bog or two round these parts…

Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky@queenofpeat.bsky.social

Forget planting trees for a second. Let's talk about BOGS. Did you know that peatlands cover a tiny 3% of Earth’s land, but store MORE CARBON than all the world's forests combined?They are an ultimate MVP of our climate system and it’s time we start hyping them. Join me! 🧵 1/

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Caroline Dodds Pennock
@carolinepennock.bsky.social

In news that will surprise absolutely no one in HE... ‘It notes that institutions “routinely” hire consultancies for these restructures as well as change management specialists, however, these processes often introduce additional management layers, “adding cost rather than removing it”…’

timeshighereducation.comRestructuring ‘too often adding cost rather than removing it’Universities are ‘underestimating’ the challenges caused by outsourcing services amid major professional services staff redundancies, report warns

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Eli's Native Plants
@elisnativeplants.bsky.social

The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

courier-journal.comWendell Berry, influential Kentucky writer and activist, has diedWendell Berry, a Kentucky native and man of letters and the land, who helped inspire the new American food movement, has died. He was 92.
Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

Climate change is coming for all our beloved places. I remember on a hiking trip to Mt Robson falling asleep to the sound of the glacier calving into Berg Lake. Now the glacier doesn’t reach the lake. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.ca'Visual symbol of climate change': Mount Robson's Berg Glacier no longer reaches lake | CBC NewsOne of the most picturesque sights in British Columbia is changing — as Mount Robson's Berg Glacier has retreated so far back that it no longer touches the water of Berg Lake.
Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

Beef and circuses in ‘merica

Christopher Deutsch@drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social

All this is to say that beef remains an enduring metric of the US economy in ways no other for item can. Americans measure themselves and their well-being and the overall status of the US based on beef. Trump is merely the latest president to learn this.

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Stewart Prest
@stewartprest.ca

These are issues of sovereignty, and shouldn't be negotiable if we wish to continue to claim to be so.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

US is reportedly asking Canada for first-refusal rights on critical minerals, completion of its F-35 purchase, more US defense procurement tied to Golden Dome + guarantees on future oil & gas supplies. Another example of security, trade and resources being folded into one transactional relationship

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James Kneale
@jameskneale.bsky.social

I've just heard that the BA/BSc Geography programme is to close at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (CGES) in Cornwall. This programme was made up of excellent modules with original and content, taught brilliantly—often with real innovation—by extremely 1/9

Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

Controversy strikes whimsical online event! I agree there’s a category error here, even as an avowed Mr PG supporter

Tyler Olsen@tyolsen.bsky.social

WAIT BARKERVILLE? I'M FILING A PROTEST. BARKERVILLE CAN'T BE IN THIS BRACKET. IF BARKERVILLE IS A ROADSIDE ATTRACTION, SO IS, I DUNNO, VICTORIA. BARKERVILLE ISN'T AT THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY! IT'S AT THE VERY END OF ONE. YOU CAN'T PASS BARKERVILLE! IT'S A DESTINATION! DO NOT VOTE FOR IT

Arn Keeling
@arnkeeling.bsky.social

“Washington is looking at the Imperial Valley and saying that’s just a desert, that’s just wasteland.” A classic example of what @tracibrynne.bsky.social calls Wastelanding: rendering places extractable & pollutable by defining them as waste places.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

One of you shared this. It’s phenomenal. time.com/article/2026...

time.comThis Is What the New Rush to Mine America Looks LikeThe road to critical minerals runs through communities.

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Max Fawcett
@maxfawcett.bsky.social

This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

theglobeandmail.comGlobe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fearThe carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country