Welcome to Alberta, where you get to choose between a party that loves fossil fuels and a party that loves fossil fuels and thinks renewable energy is ok too, I guess

Lots of car horns in the neighborhood all of a sudden, almost got my hopes up when I realized it's probably just more FIFA nonsense.

From Dark Horse whisky to “shields up”; from obsessions with open liquor rule changes to Stampede parties, this has been a surprisingly consistent theme across Kenney & Smith’s tenures.

A good reminder to everyone claiming Canada can negotiate a good faith trade deal with this administration.

He’s going to need another Bitstrips.

Time for an update on Eric, folks. Yes, I am in the hospital. I am receiving excellent care We will soon learn more about whatever is wrong with my ticker. I’m stable & feeling good. Messages of encouragement are welcome, but I will ask that folks not come to the hospital to visit at this time.

Whoa! Moncton folks, go buy everything @piaguerra.bsky.social is selling! And bring her some fiddleheads!

It won’t solve all Alberta’s problems, but clicking that subscribe button over at forwardweekly.ca WILL briefly release some dopamine, and these days that’s a win.

“Smith has said she considers the threshold for a majority to be 50 per cent plus one.” Not that I don’t trust the Premier but … “50% + 1” of what? Total population? Total eligible voters? Total of voters who cast a ballot? Total of voters in Three Hills? Clearly “clarity” is not her strong point.

It’s looking good Eric Dyck! #yql #lethbridge #brightertogetheryql #yqljenn

We're having server issues ever since this story broke. 👀

New comic. If only the NDP had come to her, so much of this fuss could have been avoided.

This could have been us, Alberta.

Looking good so far on the book campaign, but we are going to need more support to get this sucker made. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

One of these days we should all leave our devices at home and step outside, disconnected. Like a general strike against big tech.

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed thirst-trap Markusoff on CBC. Danielle Smith’s actions say “separate” but Markusoff’s hair says “A mari usque ad mare”.

If you’ve ever used the phrase “that one Matt Bors comic” you have to contribute to the Kickstarter, sorry, I don’t make the rules.

We should probably be having a larger conversation about how weird and wonderful @glennf.com is and how lucky we are that he isn’t putting his seemingly infinite energies into super-villainy or something.

I would 100% watch a @dropout.tv series of @clareblackwood.bsky.social PowerPoint presentations with each new episode’s real-world stakes increasing absurdly.

it's not too late to change this, Ross, my rates are super cheap (one hour with Kevin Gausman in order to convince him to sign a two-year extension via elaborate PowerPoint presentation)

I don’t remember Chester Gould drawing arms so rubbery.

It's Mother's Day, so here are some notes from a 2019 Edmonton Public Library conference about how librarians help incarcerated mothers. It's on my mind today, because the federal government plans to cut library workers at federal penitentiaries. Seems like a bad idea💔 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Spelling @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s word enshittification with only one “t” is NOT an example of enshittification, but it is an example of something.

The latest Alberta political cartoon from @ericdyck.bsky.social. From Issue 07 of the Forward Weekly email newsletter — to be delivered on Sunday, May 10. Don't miss the rest of this week's issue. Subscribe for free now at ForwardWeekly.ca.

He wants that sub so bad.

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I kept thinking about a Cory Doctorow interview today while this was going on. The topic: enshitification. This is the enshitification of Calgary Transit. It makes it harder to use, and is something no one wants, but we're promised great things as a result but without any evidence to back that up.

Breaking: Premier announces Sam Mraiche appointed the new Information and Privacy Commissioner.

Congratulations to Stefano Jun, Elaine M. Will, Ryan Danny Owen, and the other nominees too! We're very happy they're hard work & human made creativity has been recognized by the jury.

New cartoon.

The Matchbox Posters Archive is mirroring their incredible collection at the Internet Archive. I've got their thousands of uploads filling up into a dedicated collection - bookmark it for later. archive.org/details/matc...

I purchased a ticket to attend today’s first annual Alberta Christian Leadership Summit in Red Deer. Last night, I got a phone call informing me that I was being refunded and deregistered with no explanation given. I still made it down to Red Deer. Story to come.

Aurelius Battaglia (1910-1984) - fantastic illustrator of children's books throughout the midcentury era - worked at Disney in the 40s and UPA in the 50s. One of my favorite inspirations of that time. #wardsmorguefile

I’m not sure how the Eyeopener thought an interview with Jeffery Rath was going to go.

To soothe the dread we’re all feeling right now, we wanted to do something fun for this week’s Forward Weekly feature — a comedy sketch about Alberta's Bill 25 starring comedian Henry Sir, best known for his Alberta chirping videos. Check out this week's issue at: archive.forwardweekly.ca?issue=06

@bencollins.bsky.social probably be starting a gofundme for @timheidecker.bsky.social’s upcoming laringeal nodule surgery .

Hey, Lethbridge! It’s been fun posting comics online and all, but it’s time again for IRL classes! Casalethbridge.ca Let’s sign up today! Grown-up classes are taking registration now too!

Hey Lethbridge! Come draw with me tomorrow! Comics Jam at the Public Library, 12pm-3pm! www.lethlib.ca/events/fan-f...

We have to wait to find out what illegal thing my buddy did before we can consider the legislation to make it legal now.

1) “anyone in the province […] may now have nearly universal access to the personal information of everybody who lives here” I’d wager the US has the data given the overt relationship between the separatists and MAGA. 2) EA will take the heat … but who told the Commish to ignore the complaint?

I've learned that when an idea pops in my head, it's sometimes more efficient to just draw it than to let it keep needling at me.

“He claimed that Alberta’s treatment within Canada is “worse than the slavery they wrote about in Exodus.””

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Cartoonist Eric Dyck (@ericdyck.bsky.social) tells the origin story of Danielle Smith’s lifelong feud with inclusion. From Issue 05 of our Forward Weekly email newsletter - delivered every Sunday. Read past issues and subscribe for free today at ForwardWeekly.ca.

From November 2025 archive. Congrats to @carrietait.bsky.social!

I see we’re back to “reading comics is reading” posts again, so just a reminder that the brain processes a sequence of images the same as it does text (and the combination of text and images too). So, in a neural sense, yes, reading comics is reading onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Earth Day.

Not sure of @bencollins.bsky.social is up for acquiring ANOTHER website this soon, but wow.