Appalling. Martin Kulldorff, who was a lead author of the Great Barrington declaration which promoted mass infection with COVID and spread disinformation about vaccines, has been appointed HHS Chief science officer.

So what does two-tier care actually “solve”? Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall. It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.

Once again, Alberta’s UCP Government plans to suspend Charter Rights of Albertans. First to attack teachers’ rights, now trans youth. The Justice Minister proudly said his voice is the final voice on this matter. It is not. The voice of the people is the final voice. Plz RT #abpoli #ableg #yyc

re: DynaLIFE - A new auditor general report says Alberta taxpayers were hit with over $100 million in unnecessary costs, along with service disruptions such as delays and lab mistakes. www.oag.ab.ca/auditor-gene... Full report (PDF, 48 pages): www.oag.ab.ca/wp-content/u... #Alberta #abpoli

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

After the $100M privatization boondoggle... "...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%." The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.

Tomorrow, the Auditor General will release his report into the UCP's Dynalife fiasco. They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation. Keep your focus on the targets. And the broader pattern. The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.

Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult. But not impossible. Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇

One thing about tilting to the right, no matter how you get there, is it turns you into a disordered weirdo. In Canada, look specifically at the OneBC folks as an example. They're unhinged.

If the govt can just dictate the terms of a contract—skipping past binding arbitration and legislating away recourse rights—and the public accepts that, well, then what reason would govt have to bargain in good faith with any public sector employees going forward? Dark day indeed. Not acceptable.

I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to: ❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education ❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights? An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote. I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.

Separately, time allocation & the notwithstanding clause have their place in Canadian democracy. Combined in the way the UCP is contemplating, they're toxic. Just like the Sovereignty Act, their combination removes legislative & judicial brakes on the premier's power. Anything but conservative.

this counting error is massive! and indicitive of huge problems with the hand count. Should be a front page story as this threatens our democracy

Seriously? We only have until Dec. 15 this year to order flu and COVID vaccines for next year? albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/seri... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth #COVID19

Leong: Alberta teachers' strike underscores incalculable benefits of public schools

An amazing rally for public education. 20,000+ Albertans with one united message for Danielle Smith: Pay the teachers. Fund the schools. Remind your discriminatory policies. It is time to put the PUBLIC back in public education.

Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it! www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

High school student gets referred for a spanking by moderator, has mic cut off at Alberta Next meeting. Huge social media action on this. Kid painted as a crazed activist. What about the arrogant moderator? Column. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy” V-Dem data

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

Premier Smith touts new citizenship markers on driver’s licenses and provincial IDs as means of preserving “election integrity” and “streamlining services.” Those justifications aren't borne out by evidence, leading critics to conclude there's an ulterior motive. @jaredwesley.ca writes. #abpoli

"Invisible and ignored: why indoor air quality deserves our attention. We think a lot about the food we eat and the water we drink, but rarely do we consider the air we breathe, especially when we are indoors where we spend around 90% of our lives." www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inv...

🚨 Real footage showing AI companies trying to remove personal data from the AI training dataset to avoid GDPR compliance. Watch:

When tech is built to replace and not empower people, the future of work & democracy is at risk. @garymarcus.bsky.social sounds the alarm about unchecked AI and discusses how we can reclaim tech for the public good. #GoodLife https://bit.ly/4nBRcPh

🧵1/ This thread (17 posts) may not be for you: be warned. That said, few have commented on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s use of the word ‘pornography’.👇 Take this screenshot as an example. bsky.app/profile/theb... BTW, she also proclaimed 50 Shades of Grey to be pornographic. #abed #ableg

Is this the "oh crap, we angered Margaret Atwood and we don't need that kind of attention, so we'll rewrite the censorship bill to be a little less censory" Act?

Instead it is sweeping. It includes text as well as images, explicit and non-explicit sexual content, and grades K-12. And lays out a huge administrative burden by requiring the cataloguing of ALL books in a school (library and classroom).

😱 Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers. Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/moral-pani...

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Margaret Atwood is 🔥 #abpoli #Alberta

2012 Danielle Smith must be so conflicted. On one hand, she's days away from realizing her dream of locking out all public school teachers in the province. On the other, she's having to fight to keep Atlas Shrugged on high school library shelves after people took her book ban literally.

"If they need us to hold their hand through the process to identify what kind of materials are appropriate … so we can be super clear about what it is we're trying to do," Smith said. Ok, but only if it stops at hand holding, and the pair are opposite sex. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

CORRECTION. The UCP has not banned just over 100 books from Edmonton Schools. If this list is accurate, they have banned over 200. Here is the list we have been provided. 1/2 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The political right is obsessed with "woke politics" dictating what can or can't be said. Meanwhile, they're implementing Orwellian and costly bullshit like this.

Alberta could’ve doubled the capacity of its grid inside 5 years with solar and wind projects that have been cancelled since the UCP made it nearly impossible to build renewables in the province. In a wildly optimistic best case, you might see nuclear on Alberta’s grid by 2035 or so

For the Pritzker fans (like me), this is a great speech he made:

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Okay. Now let's get them to buy enough for everyone, and pay for public health care.

If you want a COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta this is what you now need to do: 1. "Pre-order" by Sept. 30: bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr... 2. In the fall, remember to book a public health clinic appointment. (No more pharmacy shots.) 3. Pay. (Prices not yet announced.) 4. Attend appointment.

The government's new policy will limit the freedom of Albertans to choose vaccination by intentionally limiting supply and penalizing those who cannot afford the vaccine despite the risk they may face, which the government has hinted could cost as much as $110 per dose.

Insane that we have to jump through this hoop but here is the link to preorder your flu and COVID vaccine in Alberta until September 30 #ableg bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

Danielle Smith's Alberta does not appear to care about infectious disease spread. - low school immunization standards and high measles spread - 240K fewer doses of covid vaccine ordered than given last year, drastically restricts sites and who can receive vaccine edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Must read here.

UK British Occupational Hygiene Society clarifies that surgical masks are not PPE, and following IPAC guidelines does NOT fulfill an employer’s legal duty to provide respiratory protection. “The report reinforces that employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act and COSHH to

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

📢 Canada’s CSA Z94.4-25 standard calls for universal respirators in healthcare—a milestone in airborne protection Support it with your voice: ✅ Submit public comments (open to all) 🧾 Read WHN’s support + petition response #CleanAir #HealthcareSafety #N95 #CSA whn.global/whn-response...