I firmly stand with Alberta Teachers. #ata #ableg #ATAStrike #StopTheExcuses

2 regions i might be able to live in (Northeast and Pacific), 1 so-so (Midwest) and 2 no-fricking-way (not even keen to visit)

we don't need no stinkin' childhood vaccines! The Alberta Advantage™ le sigh

ALBERTA LEADS AGAIN! When we first raised the minimum wage in 2018, we didn't stop there. We kept making it bigger and bigger to help make life more affordable for Albertans! Year after year our province has the highest minimum wage in all of Alberta! #abpoli #ableg #minwage

only 51? Israel promises to do better next time

“The United States government does not want to have the third largest oil reserve in the world effectively being controlled by a Chinese communist-adjacent government in Ottawa, right?” Rath said. Boss Hogg goes to Washington

a fixture in our house. so beautiful

Emily Carr is, in my opinion, the greatest artist Canada has ever produced. Despite her genius, her work was not appreciated by Canadians until much later in her life. Not only was she a great painter, she was a gifted writer as well. This is her story. 🧵 1/12

In honour of Dr Darren Markland. This is a painting I created for him from his own photo. He took it at his cabin, which he said was his favourite place in the world. I am so saddened. This one’s for you, Dr M.

appointments are made respect is earned

“Loose Change” A close-up of my latest painting(s). 38x38” 7 supersized round canvases displayed on a Velcro wood panel frame (play, rearrange, create your own Loose Change art piece). #currencyseries #painting #gallery #joriginals #art #coins #original #money #yegartist #artist #canadiancurrency

Stephen Colbert - Senior Alert System

our UCP govt: "bend the knee or we'll bend you over the knee"

it's worth noting that 3 of the WRP MLAs who crossed the floor to the PC govt in 2014 are active in the UCP govt - Premier Danielle Smith - Rob Anderson is Chief of Staff in the Office of the Premier - Bruce McAllister is Executive Director in that office Rob and Bruce are particularly loathsome

looking waaayyyyy up

Anti-science. Censorship. Authoritarian. Orwellian. Etc. Can't be said enough: What a dangerous & regressive moment in human history. Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

A reply from the student who asked the question at the Alberta Next panel. Here’s the original Reddit post; seems legit. www.reddit.com/r/alberta/s/...

i've accused Premier Smith of bending the knee (to Trump), but McAllister suggesting that parents need to bend their kids *over* their knee is an interesting development

I’m just gonna put this out there for the #ableg crowd: Peter Guthrie is absolutely killing it with his messaging. His posts in support of teachers tonight were clear, absent of rhetoric, on point. And he’s getting amplification. NDP needs to get it together. Their coms are abysmal.

Alberta’s UCP government representative accidentally announces new education reform policy at public meeting.

"Christians may be the number 1 group that are victims of hate-based violence. But, of course, it's not politically correct to say that." conservatives' fixation on the perceived persecution of Christians is something to behold

also 'berta conservatives

SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found By @tomcardoso.bsky.social, @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and friend

yes, he is as stupid as he sounds let's not give Premier Smith any ideas

That escalatored quickly

i did not know of this sobering event it portends the future when the next major global pandemic arrives, i am thinking

i guess i'll now need to add "Tylenol popper" to the list of idiotic rightwing insults (jabbed, diaper mask, climate zealot)

From Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 1918, the Battle of Canal du Nord was fought. The Canadians were tasked with crossing the Canal du Nord, breaking the German trench systems and capturing Cambrai. Six Canadian soldiers received the Victoria Cross. This is their story. 🧵 1/8

I suppose it won’t be until we experience the effects of the dismantling of our National Weather Service that we will recognize what we have lost. Thanks to the climate change-hyperwarmed seas, that time may be very soon. Full article: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

BC Conservative staffer Lindsay Shepherd has now deleted her X post complaining about a Truth and Reconciliation flag being flown at the legislature, but of course I screenshot it. This is what she posted. Some background on Lindsay here: thetyee.ca/News/2024/09...

WTAF??? "The Oilers’ 2024 Stanley Cup run drove 50/50 ticket sales to over $102 million, nearly double that of 2023. After the jackpots were awarded, and fees and administrative costs were subtracted, $20 million, just under 20 per cent of ticket sales, was available to go to a charitable cause."

Paris likes to tweet but limits comments (to people he follows?). it's as if he doesn't want his claims to be challenged ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I sent him an email, since he clearly hadn’t seen it…

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

Alberta's Best Lawyer™ [sic] supports Trump on reducing childhood vaccines. is this the best that the AB far-right can muster up?

yes, my socon MP thinks that Parliament is supreme *sigh* www.constitutionalstudies.ca/2019/07/supr...

"if you don't travel to the USA for vacations, we'll shoot this dog"

i guess i'll now need to add "Tylenol popper" to the list of idiotic rightwing insults (jabbed, diaper mask, climate zealot)

CUPW should not have to approve the ending of home delivery. for it, it's about jobs, not cost-effective postal delivery "In response, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Thursday evening that "effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike.""

our Premier continues to hallucinate about prov legislation overriding federal laws "A new mandate letter to Mickey Amery from Premier Danielle Smith said the legislation should introduce "appropriate safeguards" and prohibit mental illness from being a sole eligibility factor."

today's reminder we cannot *reverse* the consequences of climate change". we've set it in motion. it takes a long time for increased CO2 levels to warm the globe and change the climate what we *can* do is reduce emissions and *slow* the temp increase and the consequences of climate change

Crying again. "Darren did not want a formal funeral. If you are reading this and want to honour him the way he would have wanted, do what he did every day: go outside, ride your bike, enjoy nature, and do something kind for a stranger." Damn straight. edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/dar...

this is pathetic. of course remaining on puberty blockers delays/prevents puberty... but only while someone is taking them. once they're stopped, puberty proceeds our Premier yet again is caught in a lie, and refuses to admit it

"Enyinnah Okere, a deputy minister of communications, also said in an email the interim report won’t be made public, citing no requirement to do so in the terms of the investigation set by the government." WTAF? i guess the report is even more damning than we thought

the report into the Alberta health contract scandal will, however, render a person informed. no wonder it too is being withheld