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Jen Gerson: "The momentum here right now is on the side of people who treat the idea of the Republic of Alberta as a kind of religious movement. It's a millenarian movement ... heavily influenced by the kind of nihilism that infects a lot of the broader MAGA movement."

Here is Tom Steyer personally supporting high school trans athlete AB Hernandez. I don't think I've ever seen a candidate as brave as Tom Steyer in his explicit support for trans folks. It says a lot that it took a self funded billionaire not dependent on donors to do it.

Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory. Now it's time for the people who spent the last decade amplifying and weaponizing them to put out the fire they helped create. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...

Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.

David Parker has joined Jeffrey Rath in calling for Danielle Smith to be removed as UCP leader and Premier.

#RainbowMap 2026 is live! Spain breaks Malta's decade-long hold on top spot. As the rules-based international order fractures and democracy is under pressure, Spain's No’1 ranking stands as proof that political courage remains the most powerful answer. Find out more at rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org!

Recent research from other jurisdictions has emerged about the effectiveness of gender-affirming care for youth and the harms of restricting access to it. Corinne L. Mason and Leah Hamilton write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Vampire Week

We're so cooked.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

This has to be the funniest question AND response I've ever seen in a poll. Less than half of Republican men think they could beat Trump in a fight. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

as long as we’re honoring loadbearing posts in star wars history, would be remiss not to bump this one

Hank Green on bad faith videos by climate skeptics www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSgD... TLDW:

"The political theatre of federal-provincial relations—the press releases, the panel launches, the petition drives—can obscure a straightforward finding in this data: Albertans and other Canadians agree on far more than they disagree" Via @trevortombe.bsky.social & @bdecillia.bsky.social:

my series THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND is about the history of charging the mound. here's the first episode, now free to watch on youtube

he is losing he is flailing and doing untold amounts of damage that we are all going to be cleaning up for years to come, but he is losing

Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men.

!!! #BoC www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9h6...

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

Another important piece from @thetyee.ca Former MLA @adampolsen.bsky.social explains the foundation for BC's unique situation with land claims, DRIPA, and why this has become a Gordian knot for governments thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Over on Twitter, Greg Clark, former leader of the Alberta Party and Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission committee member shared his thoughts on the UCP's failure to act on the recommendations of the Commission. He was one of the most reasonable politicians I've ever worked with. Worth a look.

The section that the Guardian censored… By Prof Judith Butler

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

GOP under 50:

this is legitimately fascinating as an a real life demonstration of why trump is flailing

ICYMI, my @xtramagazine.com column: Democracy is under attack in Alberta. Queer and trans people are in the crossfire #canqueer #cdnpoli

Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation

This is tough news For herd immunity, measles vaccine coverage needs to be much higher (95% or higher)... So, outbreaks will occur I hope B.C. can step up and turn things around

I have seen one good example of this plate

This is great work with original reporting by @madisyn-writes.bsky.social and deserves your attention!

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

What a deeply weird sensation - overwhelming relief that he did not do the terrible thing, and also smug derisive satisfaction that he didn't have the balls to do the terrible thing.

Rocky's “Amaze, Amaze, Amaze” catchphrase was mentioned in NASA communications with the Artemis II crew.

take two seconds

I have a lot of issues with Zack Snyder's work, and I could write an essay on my issues with his take on Watchmen. But the Dr. Manhattan sequence, and the choice of melding Philip Glass' Pruit Igoe and Prophecies was perfection.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

@islahinck.bsky.social I feel like you need to watch this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fM5...

qtp with a game released in the year you were born

Listening to my Focus playlist while I work, and the KH3 epilogue track (the Lost Masters one) came on. I don’t care what anyone says, Kingdom Hearts rules. Is “Master of Masters” a dumb name? Absolutely. But it also rules.