Bonkers story from @matthewblack.ca: Lawyers for a former AHS board member claim a self-described political fixer, along with an indy publisher, have been paid to smear their client in an effort to discredit & dissuade him from testifying in the wrongful dismissal suit from the agency’s former CEO.

It’s funny: haven’t been to church in yrs, don’t know what to make of my relationship to religion, but somehow still know enough, & still identify enough as Christian, even if just culturally, to find this shit so deeply, personally, viscerally offensive to the teachings of the faith I grew up with

Since the various takes won’t die, I will offer my own: We elect people to the House of Commons and to provincial legislatures, not trained seals. We should therefore expect our elected representatives to exercise their own judgment, and to not be surprised when they do so.

Expel the US Ambassador

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified

Most of Vancouver is de facto a gated community for rich people. It’s been said many times, but can’t be said often enough. Luckily, this is going to change!

Works for medication names too: And Levimir, son of Detemir, drew the blade Vistaril and slew the dragon Atarax.

Former EPS chief Dale McFee's overt politicization of his role has apparently opened the door for his successor Warren Dreichel and EPS officers to attend political functions. If the EPS has any photos of an EPS chief and officers attending a federal NDP event, please post them.

🧵I often get mobbed when I say this, but it was a mistake for liberals & leftists to cede "western civilization" to the fascists. "The West" and "Western" are important political identities. Abandoning them is no smarter than refusing to offer a positive vision of American national identity.

Elon Musk's poison hall of mirrors from @cwarzel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

One thing I'd always like to point out when NIMBYs say some application isn't producing enough green space: we have the room for lots of green space. We just spend it on parking.

Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run

Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.

The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten. Go look for them now.

"It is pure chaos." "Alberta's health-care system is now so dysfunctional and chaotic that it will be unable to handle the inevitable surge of sick patients from the annual flu, respiratory infection and COVID season over the next few months." #Alberta #Canada #Healthcare

Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came. Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations. Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

Why most polls overstate support for political violence www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

A timely opinion piece. Edmonton's winters have been hell for the unhoused for several years now, and as temperatures drop all of that's about to come right back—frostbites, risky encampments in the woods, people piled into transit centres and buses for warmth, all of it.

Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...

Or, you know, the Carney government could just do the right thing and fix the system itself and toughen the process so it can't be politicized. Honestly, we're a stone's throw away from listing ANTIFA as a terrorist entity if the US asks. I'm sure it's fine.

The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness. Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.

We cannot move forward or escape this nightmare until mainstream figures finally admit that there are many, many people on the right - including some of its most powerful voices - who are openly seeking violence and tyranny and exploit every situation to move it closer.

Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure xkcd.com/3138/

May 5th, 2026: HarperCollins will release my new book, "Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age." I'm so, so excited - it's taken more than five years to get this book researched and written, and I can't wait for it to be out in the world!

The full 12 minutes of @govpritzker.illinois.gov speech today, which was superb. (Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.) www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...

A must read.

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

ICYMI ‘Unleashing': Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog's Insults Go Too Far via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Just one of these cameras would pay for itself in a week. It could be installed and moved weekly to keep the noisy culprits guessing. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/noise-c...

This kind of critique is fairly typical from people who see themselves as opposing Western power, but end up attacking anyone who investigates non-Western crimes. In their view, if your work aligns with Western interests, it must be compromised, regardless of method, transparency, or accuracy.

if you look at the scrunched-up screaming faces of the skinheads trying to burn down refugee centers and see people whose Very Real Concerns Must Be Listened To, you're a fool. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

If market housing used to be much more affordable in the past, we can’t say the current lack of affordability is an inherent property of capitalism. It’s the specific market conditions of today. The market will not serve everybody, but I think a functioning housing market can serve most people.

A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell. In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

This is the important work of a city council and municipal government. It's rarely headline-grabbing, but making neighbourhoods safer, block by block, is what it's all about. Ashley is one of the best in North America at understanding this, and making needed change happen in Edmonton.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

The Israeli army refers to this practice as “Operation Salted Fish,” the Israeli version of the game ‘red light, green light.’ archive.ph/9CyTK

International students in Canada by sector, 1992-93 to 2023-24.

American cops are, without a doubt, undertrained. That's also, to a fair extent, irrelevant to what we're seeing here. An officer deliberately aiming a firearm at a reporter and pulling the trigger isn't a matter of training. It's a matter of "the cops want to shoot reporters"

Always read @risabrooks12.bsky.social 's stuff. She absolutely rocks the field of civ-mil. As always, I am a Brooksian.

Here’s another clip of the moment a protester went to kick back a gas canister and was met with a ton of fire from Border Patrol agents. One of those canisters hit me in the foot.

This Israeli TV Channel has literally been inciting “genocide” onto thousands of screens. Read @premthakker.bsky.social's story: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

icymi - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's fmr chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings w Alberta Health Services are subject to multiple investigations www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

I've never really understood this criticism. Drivers break the rules literally all the time (drive the speed limit on a highway and you'll be constantly passed — watch a stop sign and most drivers will roll through if they can) but it's so normalized that it's not really seen as breaking the rules.

Oh wow, Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued a report finding the Alberta government is broadly not complying with freedom of information laws

Meta's close relationship to Modi's BJP party has helped the government seize more power. In 2022, it was revealed that Meta charged the BJP lower rates for political advertisements compared to other competing political parties, giving them a signifiant edge in the election cycle.

Absolutely devastating reporting from Hana Kiros on what "life-saving aid" has come to mean and not mean, and the many children dying as a result. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

So here’s the thing. I have known Ezra since he was in high school. I have watched the entire trajectory of his career, from his days as @naheednenshi.bsky.social’s literal debate partner, his time at law school, his shift to journalism. And yes, there was a time when he was a journalist. Of sorts.