Let’s call a spade, a spade. In fueling disinformation Pr Smith aided & abetted the separatist movement in Alta. Whether it’s a play for power, or genuine belief in pursuing separation, Pr Smith can be judged to be one: “To Smith, I suppose, this litany www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...

This is my kids’ commute to school 😍 Lots of work to be done at either end to make it safer for them, but it’s an amazing to have that 5-10 mins of nature every morning.

In Denmark, you don’t have to work hard to find a family doctor. One is assigned to you automatically. www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec...

Here are the first pick-up RPGs students chose to try this semester, in "Indie RPG Studio": - Home @wetinkgames.bsky.social - Alice is Missing @spenserstarke.bsky.social - Treehouse Dreams by Graypawn - Fall of Magic @heartofthedeernicorn.com - O Captain, My Captain @oneshotrpg.bsky.social

Yes this last note is so important! Sometimes a well GMd session is helpful for new players but pick-up-and-play oneshots, in my experience, open even very inexperienced players up to the possibility of *making* a game

A benefit of free buses I hadn’t heard enough about until this piece from @galvinalmanza.bsky.social

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

Absolutely correct. Alberta holds up Australia but waits are longer for most priority procedures—and the public subsidizes the private insurance insurer big time! Public dollars into private hands

Alberta is trying to legitimize the creation of a private health insurance market for medically necessary care by falsely claiming its two-tier health care plan is comparable to western European and Australian models reddeeradvocate.com/2026/02/13/a...

Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office

I had the opportunity to rise during Senate Question Period this week, to ask about the Canadian government's continued commitment to using X for official communications - and about their failure to use sites such as Bluesky and Mastodon. What do you think? #cdnpoli #Canada #Grok #X #Bluesky

Staggering numbers. Pure ideology and willful ignorance over fact.

“The head of Enbridge Inc says the company is unwilling to take on the financial risk of developing a new oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s west coast.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/ind...

Also the biggest lie is that undocumented people living and working and consuming products and contributing to our communities "cost" us money. There is nothing "cost effective" about spending billions to cage people.

In Calgary, a city with the largest population of engineers in Canada, finally discusses engineer and innovator Elijah McCoy at the Black History Month gala dinner. ✊🏾 thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/e...

The economic impact of ICE in Minneapolis -$203 million total economic loss January alone -$47m per month of income loss to families afraid to go to work -$81m loss to small biz -$4.7b in hotel cancelations -$37.9m loss construction evaluation

once again we are blaming people who are like 23 for capitalism sucking the life and fun out of everything

if you make "getting a beer with your friends after work" inaccessible to people who work at the grocery store then what the fuck do you suppose is going to happen

Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Quelle surprise. UCP not following agreed upon plan.

Where are the triage liaison physicians the government announced would help overtaxed ERs starting Feb. 1? The AB govt and health authorities won’t say if any are working. I asked 7 times in two weeks. #AbLeg #AbHealth

I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does. Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision. We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore. This is something significantly bigger and scarier.

This is horrific. As the covid pandemic rages on and damages people’s immune systems en masse, we desperately need more vaccines and therapeutics for disease not less. Gutting.

Once again, for the hundredth time: Alberta could solve this with a simple PST. You'd be able to balance the budget *and* save non-renewable resource royalties for the future. But, of course, the self-appointed "fiscal conservatives" won't entertain the idea. #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Nearly a month after Alberta’s hospitals minister said emergency room doctors would “immediately” be working in a new role to triage patients in overcrowded waiting rooms, the province & its health agencies will not say if any triage liaison physicians are on the job.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

YOU CAN PRINT THAT... honestly, too many outlets not being able to share this obvious and dangerous truth is a big part of how we've gotten to where we are.

”You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.” @strandjunker.com Thread 2/5🧵

NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel

Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients—But Stayed Silent Internal documents reveal health officials withheld data about the people most at risk

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

If people like Kenney cannot take ownership for building this fire and now regretting it, they are not going to turn enough voices. His opposition to something he actively courted has always reeked of blatant opportunism.

Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system By Linda Silas @cfnu.bsky.social www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Remember yesterday when somebody said replace Elons name with, "Local Fool" and the articles make more sense?

I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.

Today my students sat facing one another and close read a game and their own play experience of it, with paper and cards and pencils. Fully engaged, fully present, creativity high, they lingered for almost a half hour after. The only digital element was me manning a playlist for vibes.

Definitely not nazis.

CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.

NEW: Calgary requires at least $5.7B over next 10 years for critical infrastructure globalnews.ca/news/1166314...

The woman in the bathrobe below is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social.

Did I write this story in part because I thought a bunch of people would google "Team USA curling headband guy?" Yes. Is Aidan Oldenburg (environmental scientist, juggler, former e-sports captain) an absolutely delightful curling character? Also yes. nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...

sigh

When the system tips so far in favor of capital over labor, inequality spikes even more precipitously and will eventually degrade economic stability for all but the wealthiest Americans. The cost to individuals, families, communities, and society overall is catastrophic and entirely unnecessary.

Last week, I learned an adjudicator had sided with me in 5 inquiries re: the province refusing to release results of its Alberta Next surveys GOA published the multiple choice results in Dec but has been ordered to give me 213 pages of open-answer replies that haven't yet been shared #ableg #abpoli

100%!

According to CBE officials, new Calgary schools are being designed at a lower environmental standard than previous ones. #yyc #calgary buff.ly/AR5YyTL

"Trump’s Gallup approval rating as of last December was among the lowest the organization had found since it began taking the poll in the 1930s. " Kennedy the highest, at 71% from Jan 61 to Nov 63

This will be considered an official day of mourning by Canada's Parliament. The Senate will only sit for statements on the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, and then adjourn. All Senate hearings this afternoon will be cancelled. And flags will fly at half mast.

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

The AGs inability to answer anything and then claim Congress is engaging in theatrics is something else. Post-truth indeed.