It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is further evidence of their populist approach to policymaking. Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.

Next time some UCPer bleats on about "religious freedom" I want to point out that its against my religion to be a raving bigot. Take your Christian nationalism back to Hell where it belongs

As a minister I strongly condemn the odious actions by conservatives in this province. Invoking the Notwithstanding clause is a curtailment of democracy. But foremost, it advances the American far-right agenda rooted in diminishing trans lives in this province, notably trans youth. #abpoli #ableg

Today, Alberta introduced Bill 9 and invoked the notwithstanding clause to shield three anti-trans laws from constitutional challenge. These laws deny gender-affirming care to youth, erase 2SLGBTQI identities from schools, and ban trans girls and women from sports.

#ableg put up the Christmas Tree today while voting to impose unconstitutional hate upon the trans community. So....peace and cheer y'all.

NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.

That’s 4 invocations of Notwithstanding Clause for Danielle Smith within a month, with this these of transgender policy bills set to stand regardless of the Charter rights they violate. The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.

I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.

Faculty discipline committees should really normalize de-tenuring/dismissal investigations for the sort of behavior described in the Summers case

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Y'all need to tune into Desert Bus at Desertbus.org

I love the Grey Cup because all the cheerleaders are trying to look cute while wearing gear that is usually reserved for solo climbing K2

One of my favourite Canadian artists. She just does such an incredible job of capturing the sky in a dynamic way. 💙

It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"

It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.

DAY ONE OF DAWN GUARD AND WE HIT $12 MIL LIFETIME!!! Thank you so much for your contribution to our work, we appreciate each and every one of you for getting us here! Now let's keep going to $13 million!

the astonishing thing about this wave of denialism is that we have more or less decidedly hit the point where clean energy is the *cheaper* option by some distance

Whenever leaves fall or it snows the leaf blowers come out at 5am. I witnessed workers at the legislature using one to blow a single leaf, a puddle, and a 2mm coating of snow. Now we know how bad the gas and noise pollution is on people. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One of the most subtly insane aspects of the unrelenting car dependency we’ve deliberately built across North America is the incredible reluctance we have to remove the driving privilege, even from those who clearly are a danger to themselves & others, because “people have to drive.” #CarDependency

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Carl Sagan lived through, among other things, Vatican II, liberation theology, and the ordination of women - and that's just in Western Christianity. This is well meaning ignorance on his part.

this is true but it goes even deeper than this, it’s not that they ‘don’t care’ about their kid, it’s they don’t care about their autonomany and only view their children as property and want to control them. its why we see the modern lavender panic, fears of “kids being transed”, from the far right

Borders are expressions of power by what empires could conquer. We need to move towards global free trade and free movement of people.

one of the underlying factors in all the Epstein stuff is that his correspondents - even the ones who likely did not participate in abuse themselves - are completely incapable of imagining his victims as people. he is real to them, the girls aren't.

While a lot of their policies are back asswards it should probably concern the NDP that the provincial party described as not being like them is one of the ones that actually gets elected fairly consistently

Calgary's Land Use Bylaw is now creating division. Next week, we’ll move to end zoning at City Hall to keep this a safe, inclusive, and welcoming space for all.

I appreciate that the people in all of the Valve hardware ads aren’t doing that phony smiling and laughing with friends thing you see in all the Nintendo commercials. Person on the left here looks authentically annoyed. True gaming.

Yeah I support LGBTQ Light rail Going from Brooklyn To Queens

"I don't want a business in my ward because it would be too successful" buckwild take from politicians in any other circumstance. Get that tax money.

We are seeing this all over Canada too. The housing crisis is because of immigration (esp international students) and greedy banks and developers instead of our deep fear that a 4 plex would ruin our segregated neighbourhood

If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?

these are the same people that want to repeatedly inspect your childs genitals btw

Damn, I am ready for Desert Bus

Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard. "Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.

+ we wouldn't "need" the files if we actually believed survivors.

He is incapable of self-reflection. He prides himself on being the exact same person he was at age 17.

Get outside into a dark place if you can tonight - no guarantees, but a possible brilliant display of the northern lights.

By popular request, here are all of the arenas/stadiums/convention centres named after the other two companies in Canada, either ROGERS or SCOTIABANK

Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

This is what happens when we treat people like pollution. Nothing gets built and prices go up cuz the people still show up.

First big snow hasn't arrived here - yet - but when it arrives, the results are quite predictable and look an awful lot like this.

The suspension of obstetrical services in Cold Lake is unacceptable. Families in Cold Lake and across Alberta deserve access to safe, reliable care close to home, not months of uncertainty. Danielle Smith and the UCP govt have failed to properly support rural health care. #abhealth #ableg #abpoli

Not @theonion.com or @thebeaverton.com, it must be @thewaroncars.bsky.social ? What is the best car for sitting traffic? 😂

One thing councillors can count on is an annual pre-budget visit from the police chief predicting chaos without vast amounts of new spending. Meanwhile, services that prevent crime are cut to pay for the police budget, social neglect goes up, and rinse and repeat.