J.E. Barnard

J.E. Barnard

@jebarnard.bsky.social

#NoCoalAB #ProtectOurParks Incisive Editing Services; MECFS amateur sleuth in The Falls Mysteries from Dundurn; owned by a large ginger tomcat Linktree http://linktr.ee/je_barnard Uninvited DMs get you unFollowed

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J.E. Barnard
@jebarnard.bsky.social

Two families, both alike in wealth & privilege, strutting their hour upon the stage. A dinner party where undercurrents thicken. A sudden death: is it accident or murder? Who else is in peril from the clash of the oil barons? books2read.com/RockFalls #OilAndGas #Alberta #crimefiction

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood
@rollwithheather.bsky.social

My mother was fired from her job for being pregnant with me. That’s illegal in Canada now so that‘s something that’s gotten better in my lifetime. Along with same sex marriage, legal cannabis, the Morgentaler decision, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and a whole pile of other things.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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🗽LOLGOP🗽
@lolgop.bsky.social

The most fundamental belief of the Strict-Father worldview is that kids are property.

Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social

In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...

salon.comRamaswamy's ad exposes MAGA’s obsession with parental estrangementMany Republicans have kids who won't talk to them — and they blame their offspring

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Alex Says Stuff
@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social

The fetishisation of "debate" as some sort of grand public good that everyone should do is so thoughtless and jarring to me because the more you actually do it the more it becomes apparent that genuinely constructive debate is actually a pretty niche thing.

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Seth Klein
@sethdklein.bsky.social

As @chrishatch.bsky.social writes, it's good to see the feds investing in a big wind energy project. That said, this decision "continues the pattern of millions for clean versus billions for conventional energy." The Yes Agenda is ready. Is Canada? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

nationalobserver.comThe Yes Agenda is ready. Is Canada?Climate Action Network Canada has published a list of more than 100 clean energy projects across the country that are ready for federal support. It's a not-so-subtle response to a challenge from the p...

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Max Fawcett
@maxfawcett.bsky.social

The separatists are going to lose today’s vote. But if Alberta’s political class doesn’t stop feeding and inflaming their bottomless sense of grievance and victimhood, we’ll all end up losing in the end. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

nationalobserver.comAlberta needs to grow upThe separatists are going to lose Monday's referendum. The rest of the province should use the defeat as an opportunity to finally put their well-tended grievances in the past and look towards the fut...

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Max Fawcett
@maxfawcett.bsky.social

You don't have to do this, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. It's a choice. They want to defund you. They think you're a propaganda arm of an evil government. You will never win them over by showing them grace when they show absolutely none towards you.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

Alberta separatist leader Mitch Sylvestre starts railing against the “new world order and globalism” on CBC News Network’s live broadcast just now

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Alberta NDP
@albertandp.ca

Another important reason we all must vote to stay in Canada. Report after report have shown that separation would be disastrous for our economy, our housing market and now our health care system. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

ctvnews.caMore than half of doctors surveyed would leave an independent Alberta: medical groupHundreds of physicians would not practise in Alberta if the province leaves Confederation, a survey by the organization that represents doctors in the province indicates.
J.E. Barnard
@jebarnard.bsky.social

Technically this was yesterday but you missed it last year so celebrating twice is just balancing, right? #chocolate

Sheila Fowler@rockafowlers.bsky.social

Did you know that chocolate was once so valuable in ancient Mesoamerica that it was used as currency? 🍫 Cacao beans were literally worth their weight in gold. Fast forward to today, and we’re still obsessed, especially on #NationalDessertDay! 🍫💛 #FowlerFunFact #DessertTrivia #SweetTooth

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Mychal Threets
@mychal3ts.bsky.social

Reading Rainbow is back! 📚🌈 ☺️ We are happy to announce that Reading Rainbow is back on October 16th and will be premiering on the official Reading Rainbow YouTube channel! Get ready for a new season of learning, stories, and fun!

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Jason Bailey
@jasondashbailey.com

Not that Spielberg is a chump with that kinda thing but I worked for several years in a satellite TV newsroom and the control room scene in DISCLOSURE DAY is so authentic that they literally hired one of our sat operators to play one

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DMovies
@dmovies.bsky.social

Teenagers embody depravity and evil, in this shocking allegory of Serbia's genocide-denial, and the country's obsession with violence Masterpiece of Balkan cinema shows at the 9th El Gouna Film Festival, which begins tomorrow: dmovies.org/2026/07/07/3...

dmovies.org3 Weeks After (3 Nedelje Posle) - DMoviesTeenagers embody depravity and evil, in this shocking allegory of Serbia's genocide-denial, and the country's obsession with violence - masterpiece of Balkan cinema shows at El Gouna

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Mark Carney
@mark-carney.bsky.social

At your local rink or in the Stanley Cup Final, you’ve seen Inglasco’s pucks on the ice. They’re the NHL’s exclusive puck supplier, and they’ve been based in Sherbrooke, Québec, for more than 50 years. So remember: behind every puck drop and every goal, is a little bit of Canada.

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Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social

YES!

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

First poster for ‘BLADE RUNNER 2099’, starring Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer. The series is set after a replicant uprising where the humans lost and replicants rule. Releasing November 25 on Prime Video.

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Julia Métraux
@juliametraux.bsky.social

Looking for an employment lawyer who has supported people with Long Covid for an article I'm working on who would have 15 minutes to speak Monday-Wednesday next week. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com

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Bateman Horne Center
@batemanhornecenter.bsky.social

Following September’s “Coffee” with a Clinician on assessing OI and dysautonomia, we’re revisiting an important distinction: POTS is one type of dysautonomia, but orthostatic intolerance is broader than POTS. Learn why a “normal” test may not tell the whole story: https://bit.ly/4egSlcU

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Adam
@abrokenbattery.bsky.social

“I haven’t done things like showering for over a month now.” 39 year old Caroline describes the isolation of living with severe #MECFS and #POTS, spending almost 24 hours a day in bed and needing help with basic everyday activities.

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Adam
@abrokenbattery.bsky.social

“The harm you have done is incalculable. It’s not me who has been spreading great harm around the world. It’s you, mate.” George Monbiot on being accused by Prof Michael Sharpe of “spreading” #LongCovid by writing about it and why he started writing about the #MECFS scandal.

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ME/CFS Science
@mecfsscience.org

1) "... the medical aspects of the illness are on the whole better understood by sick people than by their doctors..." In this new paper, philosopher Chloé De Canson details how the ME/CFS community shares and produces scientific knowledge.

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Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

J.E. Barnard
@jebarnard.bsky.social

Enjoyed the high-flying crime and spies in Maddie Hatter Adventures, check out this new one from bestselling author Shelley Adina @shelleyadinasenft.bsky.social coming October 23. shop.sibyllinepress.com/products/dea... #airships #crimefiction #preorder #fashion #mystery #amreading #ageofsteam

shop.sibyllinepress.comDeath on the Graf Zeppelin: A Lady Hay Investigates MysteryHistorThe flight of the Graf Zeppelin is making headlines around the world. News of a murder on board cannot be one of them. In 1928, young British widow Lady Grace Drummond-Hay is thrilled to be amon...
J.E. Barnard
@jebarnard.bsky.social

All the holiday heart of “Miracle on 34th St" but with theft, blackmail... even murder! NYC for Christmas #crimefiction #newrelease Coming Oct 6th

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Zia Weise
@ziaweise.bsky.social

A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. Just out — my long read on European governments waking up to the threat of a possible collapse of the AMOC, the ocean currents that keep our continent's climate mild: www.politico.eu/article/clim...

politico.euA climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.

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Writing Off the Mother Wound
@4islesbookshop.bsky.social

#vss365 #Mountain I hope I never peak Striving to reach goals Reaching to higher heights Never feeling I've conquered the mountain Is where I like to reside I do not want to be enlightened I'm seeking enlightenment Once you think you're 'there', you've gone nowhere I hope I never peak

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Oriana González
@oriana.bsky.social

SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...

washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
J.E. Barnard
@jebarnard.bsky.social

Great company I'm keeping - or rather my essay on loving my disabled body is - in this shiny new anthology! #disability #creativenonfiction #writinglife

Kathy Liddle@kathyliddle.bsky.social

Happy to see one of my essays included in this new anthology! aanm.ca/disability-w...

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.