I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

There has been a ton of pushback on bike lanes in Delton, but we know that those loud voices are a minority of the community. Come out and help us find the people that #yegbike! buff.ly/1XJbI3s

*clears throat* I want my tax dollars to fund cost of living indexed teacher pay, appropriate student to teacher ratios, new schools with funded staff & covid shots for educators & staff. Much of the $ can be found in Smith’s sideshow pandering to groups she needs to maintain leadership.

Finally watching The Pitt 👀

…I believe the current Alberta government reflects many of the worst instincts of the MAGA movement seizing hold of the United States, and no one is safe until everyone is safe."

I’m seeing a number of School Trustee candidates avoid direct questions about any links they have to Take Back Alberta by stating they don’t know who they are Even if I take the answer as honest & not obfuscation, I can’t vote for someone who is that oblivious to threats to education in Alberta.

Says the guy who isn't interested in investing in Canadian workers, adequate social supports for Canadians, or vitally important services that ensure that Canadians have equitable access to necessities.

SATURDAY! A bag will be delivered to your home THIS week. Please leave it out for pick up before 10:00 am NEXT Saturday! If you don't receive a bag you can donate at grocery stores, local fire stations or on our website. Thank YOU! #yeg #edmonton https://loom.ly/CpaZZ1Q

Charlie Kirk was just shot and killed. This moment is horrifying in several ways. Political violence is always wrong. His murder is also already being used among bad actors to fan the flames of further division, hatred and violence. Including here in Canada:

Terrified to think of how far-right fans of Kirk, aching for more violence, could very well turn this into an even more radicalizing moment Will they now believe their fears have been proven right and feel they have a right to "retaliate," regardless of who actually was behind the initial shooting?

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

Anyone tempted by the “we need to stand witness to what’s happening” yeah you do not. Ask any internet mod from the past 20 years. You cannot unsee what you see. Read the text description, then stop. If I could time-travel, that is what I’d tell my younger self. I still have random flashbacks.

Alberta’s teachers have given everything to their students, schools, and communities. But their pay has fallen behind, workloads have soared, and classrooms are bursting without the resources they need. Public education is in crisis.

Israel is rapidly enacting genocide against the Palestinian population *right now*, Mark.

New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.

If I die, I am not a number I have dreams and ambitions that I wanted to achieve. Don't forget me in your prayers and keep talking about me chuffed.org/project/save...

I believe survivors 🩷 If you’re struggling with the news of today’s verdict, please reach out to the SACE Support & Information Line at 780.423.4121, or call or text Alberta’s One Line for Sexual Violence at 1.866.403.8000.

It’s a genocide, possibly the greatest moral catastrophe of our time, and the flippant unwillingness to grapple with it is an egregious failure of intellect in addition to a chilling abdication of honor.

Keir Starmer's unwillingness to criticise Israel for murdering Palestinian civilians seeking food is a stain on Starmer and the Labour party Sanctions on Russia for murdering Ukrainians, no sanctions on Israel for the continued murder of starving Palestinians What a disgrace

What a headline www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This morning, once again, there’ll be a bunch of people and organisations wrestling with the issue of deleting their X accounts. “But what about our follower counts?” Doesn’t matter. “But the reach they represent?” It really doesn’t matter. You think it matters, it really doesn’t. 1/

Connecting with Community in Highlnds and Cameron Heights (Door-Knocking Adventures) Travelling across Edmonton I’m hearing consistent themes. Affordability, safety, and rapid population growth come up at almost every door and this weekend was no exception. #yegcc #yegvote #yeg

So disappointing. Yes, we need to ramp up adaptation, but it's wildly premature to say "it's too late" and give up on decarbonization just because we didn't avoid climate impacts altogether. A warmer world - with all its challenges - still deserves our love, and will always be worth fighting for.

"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."

There are literal children missing and dead so this is especially true for this one.

May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

@mark-carney.bsky.social NO MORE arms to Israel, PERIOD. This is *long* overdue.

UCP Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides claimed in his announcement this week that his proposed school library book ban was a response to complaints from "concerned parents." But he actually got the list from anti-LGBTQ lobby group Parents for Choice in Education

Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.

Edmonton's Ward Métis councillor joined us for an interview before the May Long weekend to discuss her re-election bid, what she feels she accomplished in her first term, and council's big challenges—chief among them its relationship with the UCP government.

This is so far over the line it’s disorienting.

what if we treated Canada Post like a critical public service globalnews.ca/news/1118355...

🧵 Every year, an international survey, of how LGBTQ ppl are treated in Europe, is carried out. This year, the UK has been marked out as the least tolerant country in NW Europe [ranked 22nd]. Significantly less tolerant than Ireland [14th], France [15th] or Germany[18th] [1]

You don't suppose they'd mess with a sovereignty referendum, do you? Perhaps something to ask the Premier as she paves the way for the vote. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

I'm so glad that my city councillor, @ashleysalvador.bsky.social , is running for re-election. I appreciate the huge amount of thought, consideration, & care she gives to the work of improving the day-to-day lives of constituents & of Edmontonians. Here's to another four years of community-building!

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

Very cute endpapers from Cat in the Box by Dana Michel, illustrated by Rosalind Welcher, 1963.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

As you may know many of our community members were victims of a horrible apartment fire earlier this week. If you are able to help out South Clareview Community League will be accepting donations of new and gently used items for the victims.

"Woke" -- changing norms through social pressure -- is not, contra the reactionary centrists, another form of tyranny. It's the *alternative* to tyranny. It's new norms winning through the marketplace of ideas. The alternative is what we see now: enforcing norms via the threat of state violence.

So say last week I opened the gate allowing marauders to attack the village and left it open but this week I say “I am not inviting marauders to attack the village.” In a few weeks if marauders were to attack the village would I be responsible? Asking for Premier Smith.

This Day In Oilers Twitter History:

"From 2nd to 1st place" not from distant 3rd to 1st place.

LOL other countries being like "that ain't it" will never not be funny.

Israel is deliberately starving a people. The gangster world of Putin, Trump, Netanyahu is only possible because of the complicity of Germany, France, UK, Canada. A crime against humanity is still a crime against humanity even if western leaders ignore it. The world is watching.

We saw a decline in queer representation in the recent election. Fewer 🏳️‍🌈 candidates on the ballot, and fewer elected to parliament. That makes a Minister of Women, Gender Equality and 🏳️‍🌈 Communities all the more critical. Add your name: momentumcanada.net/wage

Liberal Party of Canada, you have eternal beef with me now 🫡 yours truly, Griesbach resident