Chris Chang-Yen Phillips

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Maria Dunn 2022 Juno Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! A true preserver of the spirit of folk music, 3x Juno-nominated Maria Dunn is often compared to Woody Guthrie for her keen social awareness & unvarnished melodic songs about ordinary people. On 2016 Gathering & 2021 Joyful Banner Blazing, she celebrates the love of family, community, humanity that fires our actions to make the world a better place.

#BandcampFriday Mar 6/26! Continuing their support for musicians @bandcamp.com again waives revenue share on sales this Fri Mar 6 midnight to midnight PT. You can download my new album Hardscrabble Hope or my #Junos2022 winning Joyful Banner Blazing thru Bandcamp here mariadunn.bandcamp.com

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It's inspiring to see folks across Alberta making this campaign their own, finding creative ways to bring people together.

Sign up to become a canvasser today, and tell a friend to!
#waternotcoal #coalpetition #volunteering

Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn | CBC News Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts.

Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn. Referendum on Alberta's independence from Canada could take place in October www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

An astronaut fetches Sister Mary Clarence from heaven to help fight whatever american catholics are doing "Project Hail Mary" "in space no nun can hear you scream"

Sister Act 3 (2026)

a digital collage with a pink, purple, green, yellow, and teal gradient overlaid on all the images. the images include a horse carrying a bucket, a cluster of mushrooms, a grub, a birds talon, a cicada, five spiders, two flower buds, a hand with an eye over the back of it, and a microscope slide of atoms. there is white text that reads "get weirder or die miserable." the background is black and there is a slightly grainy texture

get weirder 🫵

A poster for a Let's Find Out live podcast: About the Whale Society of Edmonton. Tuesday, March 3 at the Prince of Wales Armouries.

I am one of many whale-lovers on the prairies through the ages. We're doing a live Let's Find Out podcast about the Whale Society of Edmonton on Tuesday March 3. Come see the fan mail they got, and learn about their surprisingly sophisticated media strategy!

letsfindoutpodcast.com/2026/01/28/l...

There is no sense in which a chatbot can "help" with your schoolwork by making it easier; if it is easier, it is less useful for actual learning (effortful practice is HOW WE LEARN) and therefore the chatbot has not helped, but has only hindered.

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

I'm happy I finally have time time to feature the "Tales from the Frontier" comic, seen in #StarfleetAcademy's "Come, Let's Away".😊 I have assembled all the pages seen in the episode but as a special gift, here's the cover and back page of the comic, provided to me by its designer: Stu Pearce! 🧵 1/4

Bluesky is not the commons. Twitter is not the commons. You can’t have a privately held commons. That’s not what words mean

Twitter is owned by a fascist who deliberately manipulates the algorithms to promote far right messages. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

My workplace has lots of flexibility for remote work - only one day a week where everybody is generally in-person together. I am able-bodied and sometimes wish we had more opportunities to casually collaborate irl, but overall this reminds me I’m glad it’s more accessible to more folks.

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

people just assume disability and chronic illness mean you are the same kind of disabled every day. that couldn't be further from the truth. and we have an employment system designed with very little flexibility in that regard

"Solar power output went up by a whopping 43 per cent year-on-year, while coal generation declined slightly."

WOW

China’s carbon curve may be bending at last It’s worth pausing on the point that the world’s largest source of climate pollution is no longer growing relentlessly.

"[China] has been deploying more renewables and battery storage than the rest of the world combined. Carbon dioxide emissions went down in almost all the big sectors last year, including transportation — where EVs are taking over — and power generation."

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/17/o...

Not in the market for VHS... But I mean...

Octopus with a couple of tentacles extended. She is brownish red with grey markings. Coral reef is all around and she is near a red pencil urchin.

My new ocean friend Octavious.

#snorkeling #cephalopod #smallwonders #maui #diving
#nature #ocean #photography #marinelife #octopus

Join @chriscyphillips.bsky.social at a Live Recording of the Let's Find Out Podcast in Edmonton on the evening of March 3rd!

They will be exploring the fascinating history of the Whale Society of Edmonton.

niche-canada.org/2026/02/19/e...

#envhist #cdnhist #yeg #animalhistory

A couple of Canadian journalists (myself included) have started a fundraiser for Trenth Ernst & Tumbler Ridgelines. Since the shooting, he's stopped writing. We're hoping to get him some short-term support for these hard times.

Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...

Yay!

Happy New Year with Eohippus

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A poster for a Let's Find Out live podcast: About the Whale Society of Edmonton. Tuesday, March 3 at the Prince of Wales Armouries.

I am one of many whale-lovers on the prairies through the ages. We're doing a live Let's Find Out podcast about the Whale Society of Edmonton on Tuesday March 3. Come see the fan mail they got, and learn about their surprisingly sophisticated media strategy!

letsfindoutpodcast.com/2026/01/28/l...

Menopause may be widespread among mammals, challenging famed hypothesis Chimps, other species live past end of reproduction, pair of studies finds

Scientists recently observed menopause in chimpanzees too! Which has complicated the previous leading explanation for menopause, the grandmother hypothesis.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy World Whale Day to one and all - but especially orcas, short-finned pilot whales, belugas, and narwhals, which are among the few animals besides humans who experience menopause. (That we know of so far)

us.whales.org/2020/09/18/w...

Far Side cartoon. Casting a furtive look from behind her safety goggles, a cow uses an acetylene torch to break the seam of an underground tunnel. The caption explains: In a tunnel under the Chicago River, a descendant of Mrs. O'Leary's cow follows her calling.

Cow tools

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.

I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Remember those crazy prehistoric shrimp eggs that came in little capsules and hatched into these freaks?

On Feb 13, we're teaming up with councillors & advocacy groups to encourage people to try biking to work (and celebrate the people doing it)!

Join us for treats, and if you've never biked in the winter before, this is your nudge to give it a try! 🚲❄️

Full details are here:
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