Jackie Seidel

@jackieseidel.bsky.social

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šŸ˜· Born 322ppm šŸŒŽ ā¤ļø Poetry. Bees. Bikes. Ecological education. Eco/Climate Justice. UofCalgary Assoc Prof Curriculum/Learning. She/Her

Screenshot from the Air AQ app showing very poor air quality in Calgary Canada The graphic shows a person wearing an N95 mask.
Screenshot of a virtual chat with an AI. The top section tells me I am number 7 in line. The bottom has a message saying that unfortunately thereā€™s been a network error and I was disconnected from the chat.
Me, a middle aged white woman, wearing a white respirator mask, dark sunglasses, and a yellow bike helmet. The sky is obscured with forest fire smoke and the sun is dimly visible.
Photo of a bike and person (me) reflected in one door of a huge pick up truck.
Screenshot of an episode of Death Panel podcast from Apple Podcasts. It aired on June 29. The episode was titled Empty Rights and Underlying Conditions. The description says hosts are discussing possible impacts of a Trump executive order called ā€œEnding crime and disorder on Americans Streetsā€.
Thule trunk bike rack
Screenshot of headline from Prevention magazine. Title is ā€œI knew my chest pains werenā€™t normal but doctors sent me home - a single phone call saved my life: Iā€™d been told To seek counselling as if the pain were all in my headā€.
Screenshot of the air quality in Calgary Canada at 7 pm on July 19, 2026. The US aQI is 159. The graphic is a sickening red and says ā€œunhealthyā€ with the image of a person wearing an n95 mask.
A green plant with tall stems and small long leaves in a wood mulch bed.
Tiny strawberry plants with red flowers spreading through wood mulch
Close up of two fingers holding very tiny yellow flowers with orange pollen deep inside the bell shape.
Me, a middle aged woman wearing cold weather rain gear holding a bike
20 boxes of Xylimelts dry mouth lozenges sitting on a yellow and red flower tablecloth
Two white women standing in front of green trees wearing sparkly rainbow metal cone earrings.
A honey bee drinking water with her long tongue
Photo of a bike path along a river
Video from the back of a black insulation wrapped bee hive in a garden covered with snow. Bees are flying all around.
Video of a honeybee hive wrapped in black insulation surrounded by snow. There are hundreds of bees flying in and out and hovering around the entrance.
Black and white security camera video of two animals walking on a sidewalk and through the snow in a yard.
Photo of the top edge of a wooden honey bee hive in the snow. Thereā€™s a clear melted hole at their entrance showing itā€™s warm inside.
A photo of a honey bee queen surrounded by her attendants sitting on wax comb.
Photo of the inside of the Bonne Maman advent calendar 2025. .. 24 little decorated boxes with numbers and Christmas scenes on them featuring animals and trees and gifts and nutcrackers.
An imprint of a large bird face plant in the snow.
Photo of an open three panel pamphlet. The title is Pandemic Risk and Avian Influenza. The copyright is the govt of Alberta. The back panel has six websites including the WHO where people can find more information.
Screenshot of the 3M vflex mask page on the Canada Strong website. It has multiple photos of the masks including on a man, and a statement that 3M has discontinued this product.
Screenshot of a Twitter post from NYC healthy (new york public health). The graphic shows two cartoon emoji heads with arms and legs riding on the subway. One is wearing a mask and giving the peace sign. The other is obviously ill, feverish, and holding a tissue to its nose. It reads "Wear a Mask This Fall". The text of the post reads:Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you donā€™t have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: http://on.nyc.gov/3U2bq5n
A black and white photo of me a middle age woman wearing thick black rimmed wrap around glasses with clear lenses. Iā€™m on an outdoor patio with the restaurant name AlForno Bakery Cafe on the wall in the background.
Screenshot from Farida Sobers instagram account showing plant seedlings growing in a roll of plastic cushion wrap with soil rolled into it.
Black and white security camera video of a skunk wandering around on a wooden deck.
A screenshot of a headline from Bloomberg News. The title is The Monastery Where Founders Meditate on Code and Profit. The subtitle reds: HFO, a live in program for startup founders in San Francisco, mixes New Agey spirituality with Silicon Valley-esque hyper capitalism. The author is Ellen Huet.
An X post from YYC transport reporting a pedestrian incident on Memorial Drive at 3:43 pm on October 19, 2025 and asking drivers to go slowly and watch for fellow Calgarians.
A man in a blue puffy jacket stopped at an intersection riding a white Urban Arrow electric cargo bike with a black box.
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.
Me, a white woman with grey hair in a pony tail wearing round glasses and a pink mask and beaded chickadee earrings . Iā€™m holding a small container of hedgehog gelato.
A close up of an orange straw flower with a yellow centre. Thereā€™s a bumblebee on the far side.
A large rectangular long university classroom with ten sets of four desks and chairs and white boards on one wall. It is totally empty. Not one student.
Me, a middle aged woman with grey hair in a ponytail and wearing round plastic glasses and an N95 mask
A collection of white porcelain pottery cups and a plate with fossils and bugs and mushrooms painted on them in black
A long white pottery plate with three black trilobite fossils etched and painted on it. Behind the plate is a white pottery cup with an iridescent trilobite painted on it.
A meme divided into two images. The top image is a photo of a minnow fish swimming. It has a red arrow pointing to it and reads ā€œdo you see the minnow fin?ā€ The bottom image is a photo of a box of generic Acetaminophen. The word above it says YES, ā€¦
Video of a hover fly that looks like a bee. Sheā€™s sitting on the centre of an orange flower cleaning her very long tongue with her tiny front feet. The flower is swaying around in the wind.
A glass dish filled with honeycomb with a spoon in it.
A fuzzy bumblebee on a pale purple flower. She has huge dark blue pollen balls on her legs.
Cover of a book called ā€œFantasies of Identification: Disability, Gender, Raceā€ by Ellen Samuels. The image is all red with test tubes hanging from wires like a mobile.
Me a middle aged white woman wearing a yellow bike helmet and standing on a paved path surrounded by lush trees.
A shallow narrow river passage sparkling in the sun
A small child riding a blow up dolphin pool toy through very rough water
A child sitting on a toy blow up ring and wearing a life jacket approaching a huge river wave
A boy going through rough water face down after a floating toy
A man in a black wetsuit riding a huge river wave on a surf board
Bees standing on multicoloured rocks drinking water
Honey bees drinking water from a dish with rocks
A partial wasp nest eaten by birds