The leading stories in the Calgary Sun rag are TWO manufactured outrage pieces on bike-lanes. All during a crisis of democracy in Alberta. These American owned outlets are editorialized and pure drivel. All the more important to share news sources widely. It matters #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #abpoli

ICYMI: Elections Alberta received ** two ** tips that the Centurion Project may have had unauthorized access to Alberta's list of electors and twice said it did not have enough info to launch an investigation: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @mattscace.bsky.social

My forthcoming collection of meditations is designed to consider life-giving practices on matters of embodiment and justice. I would deeply appreciate your help in spreading the word. In fact, I have some book goodies to send you, all you have to do is sign up. forms.gle/H7P38Q2NkRLa...

Conservative voters have fallen LOW in a short decade. The sheer magnitude of UCP corruption is a damning yet support remains unchanged for the party bent on pilfering the public purse for personal gains. #cdnpoli #Abpoli

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Re-starting today, co-writing sessions, this time open to all writers. IF you work better in a quiet group, come through and write. Msg for url. Every Wednesday morning, AND two Wednesday evenings, in May. Co-hosted by Nya Abernathy. THIS IS NOT A BIPOC ONLY SPACE, but should be cool.

Notwithstanding Clause abuse, Gerrymandering, anti-immigrant racism, CorruptCare, and your voter data given to the Americans. That's what the UCP have done. Nothing but carnage on this province. Truly horrifying malfeasance. Get yourselves in order to mobilize against conservative parties. #abpoli

Destabilizing our democracy is a tactic used by Republicans/conservatives and we need to oppose with similar 'balls to the wall' tactics to destroy conservative strategies that embrace authoritarianism. Get mobilized folks. #cdnpoli #abpoli

I have a lot to say about the authoritarian provincial government in Alberta. But the latest election scandal--the largest voter breach in Canadian history--that the separatists had the audacity to pull off, this is not the 'last straw'. The last straw was years ago....

We are lucky to have a family doc who not only wears his respirator mask during appointments, but today brought his own air filter from his office for the clinic room. A small action that goes a long way to demonstrate care. I wish everyone had access to similar healthcare.

I have signed this statement opposing the upcoming UCP Christian Nationalist summit. Christian Nationalism aligns supremacist ideology with theology in the bid for undue power and influence over Albertans. affirmingconnections.com/faith-leader... #ableg #Abpoli #cdnpoli

Alberta is almost certainly headed towards an independence referendum. But Danielle Smith has been spending the last two years trying to turn the province into a de-facto American state. Is that the real endgame for her? #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/22/o...

Conservative governments are embracing authoritarianism and one of the many indicators is the manner they erode democratic rights. Straight from the Republican playbook, the UCP are gerrymandering the electoral maps to sway the election in their favour. Cons can't be trusted. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Facts don't change people's minds. No amount of yelling into the social media void helps. So what makes a difference? Showing angry and overwhelmed people what joy looks like when you care for yourself and celebrate the one next to you. When we show up in a good way it makes a world of difference.

So Calgary is going to lose billions of funding for housing, and market investment in housing, to appease the NIMBYs? Unserious city. Nothing world class here. Gonna run out of water soon too. Yay. #yyc #calgary #abpoli

Marilyn Gladu crosses floor to Liberals???.... LOL Liberals will take anybody, even bottom barrel Cons. There's a point when the Liberal Party needs to say, 'nah, we good. Keep to your racist xenophobic selves'. This along with Carney's word salad on Iran.... Colour me perturbed. #cdnpoli

A Good Friday Letter to Christians. Especially the violent ones. rohadi.substack.com/p/a-good-fri...

Bill 23 banning “ideology”in schools while using our tax money to fund a school that claims to be non-ideological using an anti woke curriculum not based on any evidence with an admission policy that favours the “direct descendants of founders” - one being their adm of justice. #maplemaga #ableg

Full on Gerrymandering from the UCP. #abpoli #cdnpoli Get loud on this. The erosion of our democratic rights ain't no joke.

Evangelicals, man....had I known what a loser I was....

If you're worried about Bill-9 and so-called religious persecution, I have a solution: deal with the plank in your own eye. Spouting violence against minority groups, then justifying hatred by hiding behind the veil of religion, is an indicator of deep malformed behaviour. That needs fixing.

When you understand conservative Christians care about one thing--that is power--you connect the dots between their alignment to empire, and the empire's eagerness to bag those votes. #cdnpoli #abpoli

Conservatives will always choose ideology over vulnerable bodies. #cdnpoli #abpoli

Here's our last post on Substack -- why we are leaving, a round-up of the work we have put out over the past two years, and why despite everything we are hopeful about the future (plus a big ol' discount for ghost!): strongwilled.substack.com/p/strongwill...

Conservatives Christians care more about aligning with empire than they do aligning with the teachings of Jesus. And that's a fact.

I get why, but white progressives inability to name white supremacy as white supremacy, using however many euphemisms like 'cowboy fantasy', 'old stock Canadian', etc., helps nobody. #cdnpoli #abpoli

Attended the Calgary Long COVID gathering today. We could reduce COVID related illnesses, which are many, with simple policy measures included widespread vaccine adoption and clean indoor air with filtration.

Water main break Spruce Cliff/Wildwood. #Calgary infrastructure at its finest. #yyc

I had a brief moment of pride following the much lauded Davos speech delivered by PM Carney. He named the fall of American hegemony while elevating Canadian sovereignty. But that moment quickly dissipated by reality: hegemons exist at home. My latest: rohadi.substack.com/p/analysis-o...

The cost of my reporting stared me in the face last week, when two Nazis showed up to try to intimidate me for my journalism on a private night out. But that’s far from the only fallout of my latest investigation. I took a few days, watching the reaction -- and now I’ve got much more to share:

Took three weeks to wrap this one, strap in: On Hegemons and the Collapse of the American Empire. Unpacking the Mark Carney WEF speech in Davos. Now available on my Substack. rohadi.substack.com/p/analysis-o... #cdnpoli #canada

In other news, I will name this as a published author, agent, and publisher (I dabble): @calgarylibrary.bsky.social creating an AI residency is deplorable. A slap in the face to authors. Same week as the UCP book ban expansion. You can't oppose book bans AND embrace AI SLOP in the same breath.

Here is the last part of my purity culture series (and hopefully one of the last posts we publish on Substack before we transfer to ghost). strongwilled.substack.com/p/how-predat...

Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night. This is a press freedom issue. Here’s what happened:

I willl have more on this but, in short, this is very good news for substantive equality and human rights for all human beings in Canada! And very bad news for Danielle’s xenophobic referendum questions. They are most certainly unconstitutional now www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

IF you're a book reviewer, here is my latest over at NetGally. #booksky

The NetGalley ARC for my forthcoming title is now available for your early perusal. For all the book reviewers and folks who like sneak peeks. www.netgalley.com/widget/10462...

Maybe one of the last weekend's with ample snow for XC ski so head on out there (within the city). Shaganappi recently groomed and conditions are enjoyable (soft for bikes and skis mind you). #yyc

Recommendations for electric snowblower #yyc?

We don't need Albertans posting how awesome immigrants are. That's performative. We need Albertans calling out their racist family for supporting racist policy. #yyc #yeg #alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli

I noted the shift early this week, and then we found out why. My analysis of the UCP's adoption of racist and xenophobic tactics in a last ditched bid for power preservation. rohadi.substack.com/p/albertas-u... #cdnpoli #abpoli #alberta

The UCP have made a shocking announcement: a referendum in October. 9 questions targeting...separatism? No...immigrants. A racist distraction from the billions of dollars handed to friends of Danielle. Conservative scapegoating of immigrants meant to rile up a racist base. Odious. #abpoli #cdnpoli

The UCP are now shifting their strategy adopting the Republican dog whistles targeting Black and brown immigrants. This is unequivocally white supremacist rhetoric designed to sow fear in their base by appealing to prejudiced worldviews in order to shore up votes. I might work in 'Berta. #abpoli

🧵 SCOOP: The Playbook of Supervised Consumption Closures 1. Before a city council votes on the future of its supervised consumption site, hide any data showing that the site in question is the most effective in the province at minimizing death among its clients. drugdatadecoded.ca/we-can-help-...

Gung hay fat choy! The year of the Horse!

I'm acutely aware of snow cover in #Calgary since I groom for skiing. We haven't had a significant dump of snow since Nov. Last dump of 10 CM was just after Xmas. Jan. almost went bare. Feb might have snow, but forecasts keep dwindling. But climate change isn't real cause it's 'Berta baby. #yyc

Trans lives matter. Trans folks are deserving of our attention and support in the wake of Tumbler Ridge. Conservative losers have stopped low with coordinated messaging degrading trans lives and stoking violence. More disgusting behavior that's becoming too common and acceptable. #cdnpoli #bcpoli

Conservatives ruin everything they touch. #yyc #cdnpoli #abpoli Calgary may lose monumental funding for housing that we cannot afford to lose, all to appease right-wing policies and NIMBYS. The impact will be generational.

End of an Era. I'm changing my focus after however many decades. rohadi.substack.com/p/an-update-...

Did Trump said China will ban hockey in #Canada??! 😆 You know what this might do? It might be the "one thing" that flips maple-MAGAs into a realization their hero is a lying rapist felon. You don't just say stupid things about hockey here.... #cdnpoli