On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.

I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause

Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges. NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️ xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Love the Lethbridge Public Library? Come out and support staff today! #yql

“Minds fed diverse knowledge become resilient and can recognize harmful ideas when they see them, because they’ve analyzed the varied ways they are presented. Book bans, if they are successful, will ultimately backfire, fostering a brittle and uninformed foundation for society.”

Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey

This was a fun read. I was extremely into BtVS when it was airing and Slayers of Old had that same feeling, just ported into adulthood.

Hey #Lethbridge! You have until 8pm tonight to vote in the #yql municipal election and get yourself one of these cool stickers. Info about polling locations: www.lethbridge.ca/council-admi...

if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then. please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.

FOR THE LOVE OF WHISKEY SOAKED FUCK MUFFINS CAN CONSERVATIVES PLEASE STOP CALLING ANTIFA A TERRORIST GROUP WHEN IT’S LITERALLY JUST PEOPLE BEING ANTI FASCIST AND THAT’S A GOOD THING BECAUSE FASCISM IS BAD.

NOTWITHSTANDING, WE RISE: A virtual town hall Wednesday, Oct 15 | 7pm-8:30pm Open to all and features a panel presentation and Q&A space as we navigate the current legislation and how its implementation, impact, and next steps might look. Registration required: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Want to know more about candidates for City Hall? Check out these little 2-minute blurbs. #DemocracyMatters #YQL #Lethbridge

Give me articles or give me death

For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes. I encourage everyone to read the whole thing #CanadaPost www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

Was hugely impressed by the mix of public services offered in post offices while visiting the Azores last fall - deliveries, banking, government form submission/aid. Such a lovely model for service delivery points, and very much neighbourhood hubs. True nation-building and connection.

A million times this. Post and transit are services, not businesses. They should be public assets our society funds and supports to make all our lives better, not ways for money to be made. Especially in a country as expansive as Canada.

Good way of weeding through the #yql municipal candidates this October. Show me your library card and tell me about something you checked out this past year.

GUYS, FLIP IS OUT TODAY!!! 🥳🎉🎈 This is my most autobiographical story to date, and so close to my heart!✨

Alberta's latest book ban order focuses on images rather than words, banning four award winning graphic novels and memoirs and threatening many others. Here's a fantastic response from @pencanada.bsky.social 's Ira Wells. Read and share! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

A million times this. And also, it’s not a bad thing!

To put this another way: you can't stop it from making things up because *literally all it does is make things up* It just generates likely text. Sometimes what's likely is also true. Sometimes it's not. This means it has the same relationship to truth as a magic 8-ball. Literally.

My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books autumn reads special.

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #nsfw #censorship #canpoli @acvalens.net

I talked to CBC a few weeks ago and forgot all about it, but this just came out today! Interview with me and the always thoughtful YA author, Tanya Boteju. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some Saturday morning cartoons with @ryannorth.ca and Krypto. (the Marvel villains up on the bookshelf do not seem impressed with my choice of reading)

Stellar piece from @aplante.com on generative AI and the giant 🖕 it is to all the artists in your life.

Hey (Canadian) Library people, we have a pretty decent conference here in Lethbridge in the spring. And we have a Call for Proposals: www.chinookarch.ca/about-us/sou... #LibSky

Really great analysis of ideas for constituency changes from @daveberta.bsky.social and some discussion as it relates particularly to #Lethbridge by @sphillipsab.bsky.social.

Yes!!! So important! Great article here, worth sharing: www.antihate.ca/confronting_...

There's an old joke: Guy's shrink shows him ink blots and asks what he sees. "People having sex," he says each time. Shrink: "You seem to have an obsession with sex." The guy: "Me?You're the one with all the dirty pictures!" See also: the right's determination to find porn in LGBTQ+ books.

I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?

August 16 is Fan Fest at the library! All ages nerdy fun, all day long. Very much looking forward to Superhero Storytime with our special guest: Wolverine! #yql #Lethbridge

Join @ala-booklist.bsky.social on Wednesday, July 23 at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. CT for a FREE virtual workshop series introducing library workers to the world of comics! (Featuring several of our very own GNCRT members!) One registration for all sessions. Register: ala-events.zoom.us/w... #LibComix

Hello, Lethbridge city council… Maybe this, instead of police tanks and fences around parks? Just saying.

I have read Batman minutes this month.

Colour me not surprised 🙄

Got myself some weekend reading: Will Henry’s collection of “Wallace the Brave” Sunday strips. Aw yeah.

Many libraries also have mechanisms by which patrons can suggest/request purchases. One simple way to help combat book banning is to do the opposite - actively/proactively request queer books, & books that detail accurate history, etc! This supports authors (money!) & library staff (data!)

“Not every book in a school library is meant for every student. Schools need to have a wide range of age and developmentally appropriate resources that cover the needs of the student population.” - Canadian School Libraries

Nice statement from Canadian School Libraries on this: www.canadianschoollibraries.ca/csl-statemen...

The Gov't of AB wants to censor school libraries 😕 The survey is open til June 6th. your.alberta.ca/school-libra... "The freedom to choose what we read does not, however, include the freedom to choose for others." ~ Cndn School Libraries #FreedomToRead #AlbertaEd #SchoolLibraries #Censorship

I don't know the other three books on the list, but Alison Bechdel's brilliant, poignant graphic novel Fun Home is a modern classic. Is it appropriate for elementary students? Well, no. But for a sensitive high school student? Absolutely. @AlisonBechdel is a legend. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

The four books flagged as inappropriate for school libraries are Blankets, Flamer, Fun Home, and Gender Queer. Folks in Alberta, Canada can share their opinion on book banning here before June 6: www.alberta.ca/school-libra...

We all know what they really mean by this. Make sure you fill out the survey and tell them what you think of their hamfisted book banning.

#Lethbridge people - where do you get your art supplies? Looking for some watercolour pencils.

Working on a list of YA books for a Pride-themed newspaper article next month. Going for books with “obnoxiously queer” titles (though I’ll likely have to phrase it differently when I actually write the thing. Other suggestions? #YABooks #PrideMonth

Hey #Lethbridge! There’s an incentive for rain barrels thru the city this year. Now’s the time… www.greenyoureveryday.com/2025/05/20/h...