An important read for new/far right leaders in Alberta bent on using the state to control culture and society. Theirs is not a conservative position. It's the opposite. thehub.ca/2025/11/21/s...

Nov 12, 2025, CBC Ideas Thoughtful conversation w Nahlah Ayed & Michael Petrou, an #historian w Canadian War Museum, on the value of #oralhistory, fallibility of oral histories, people's changing perspectives over time and the "burden of expectation on the interviewee".

If UCP MLAs don't want phone calls or recalls, another option is to hold townhalls.

ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases. buff.ly/gXCFJBl

A sunrise in Edmonton

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In her words, Becky Druhan's departure from the PC caucus was more about conviction than ambition. This aligns with what we found in our latest book (partyloyalty.ca): most caucus defections are over policy and principle. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

Watching fall in the foothills

Rumi thoughts: the world is a book. Your soul is the title page

Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺

This morning IPIA PhD Candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier was interviewed by Radio-Canada about the Vatican's return of Indigenous belongings. Give it a listen at the link below! 🏺 ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

"If you, too, yearn for a way out of the despair and disconnection that is the zeitgeist of our time, let me suggest a tried and true remedy: join a book club." Linda-Marie Barrett https://bit.ly/48jaF2w @literaryhub.bsky.social (Our friend @bookgaga.bsky.social runs a silent book club: wow.)

Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today: 1) stay in line; your voice matters 2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind

80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in the California desert, descendants are returning to play baseball and softball, sports that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy. buff.ly/iWJdkeN

DIY chocolate croissant, Toblerone, chocolate and sourdough bun… Am I right?!

From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

On opposition for her pipeline project… Smith said today is she had her way she would redraw the borders and then went into a treatise on how failure of Canada to give her what she wants is indicative of Canada being a failed state. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al. Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."

One of our amazing #ForeverCanadian volunteers already collected more than 1,200 signatures. Here’s how:

“The world is in what I have often called an “interregnum”—a time of turbulence and transition, where the old order is fading and a new one struggles to be born. …Whatever new global order is being born, let us make sure that it is built on the foundation of human rights.” Andy Knight

This is the most consequential Bill to address hate crimes in the last 50 years. All of these changes are urgently needed to help keep all Canadians safe and included in every community from coast-to-coast-to coast. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

McCarthyism 2.0 Dark Age 2.0 Let's stay strong. 💪

When it feels so right, it’s meant to be. The #ForeverCanadian campaign is a breath of fresh air, a respite during a time filled with depressing news. Some chose to blow out a candle to prove that it’s dark. We won’t let them🕯️ Join us. Sign the petition. www.facebook.com/share/r/16xt... #ableg

AI4IA panel discussion - 22 Sept 2025

No one could have predicted this. #ableg

The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide. A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades. Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment. → europa.eu/!jcnGgP #ChooseEurope

“Thomas Lukaszuk had a brilliant idea to cut the talk of Alberta having a referendum on separatism – his referendum question was the opposite, to have people sign a petition to STAY in Canada,adds Peace River canvasser Wanda Laurin. #ForeverCanadian www.southpeacenews.com/forever-cana...

The Charlie Kirk assassination today is just part of the further deterioration of America, the polarization of that society and what I see as part of the end of the vision of the U.S. as a peaceful, tolerant society.

Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... "Before vaccination, the prevalence of HPV was between 15 & 17%, which has decreased in vaccinated women to less than one percent by 2021." #VaccinesWork

The fact that the province wants its share of the funds to opt out of the dental plan should absolutely be viewed through the lens of how they’re treating AISH recipients. No improvements, but subsidizing the govts bottom line. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Check out this important new paper, co-written by IPIA scholars Dr. Kisha Supernant ( @archaeomapper.bsky.social) and Solène Mallet Gauthier (@somag.bsky.social), on confronting and disrupting "grey zones" in Canadian archaeology 🏺

Truly excellent...👇 Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer macleans.ca/longforms/co... "The anti-vax movement isn’t simply a grassroots network of concerned parents. It’s an industry. It’s lucrative, selling supplements, e-books, courses and products." Pull: Uncertainty, fear, and search for community

Barrhead group seeks #ForeverCanadian signatures. www.townandcountrytoday.com/barrhead-new...

If you love #folkmusic and are looking for some new tunes, you can’t do much better than Maria Dunn‘s albums! Her singing is gorgeous and her lyrics are sublime. 🎶❤️

Great short video by TransLink explaining “the empty bus lane myth”

Canadians are asking Carney to walk the talk on Canadian sovereignty ... "Carney urged by coalition of experts, public figures to bolster digital sovereignty, scrap strong borders bill" www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

A fascinating history lesson with excellent CanCon Content. #LabourDay #That’sLabourSpeltWithaU

Impact of Misinformation on Social Media in the Context of Natural Disasters infodemiology.jmir.org/2025/1/e70413 "...highlights the significant impact of misinformation in the context of natural disasters..." Urgent need for "targeted interventions such as real-time misinformation detection."

This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)

Fearmongering for political gain has a long history. An abiding mystery of the French Revolution is solved — by epidemiology www.nature.com/articles/d41... "The conspiratorial hearsay that spread across France in July and August of 1789 led peasants to invade castles and destroy land registers..."

Good! And it was never news anyway… Eg: Fox News host Tucker Carlson "is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary,' " U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil wrote.

www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/... Supporting and championing Black faculty members | The Quad

Alberta premiers’ comments & policies on COVID vaccines: Kenney in 2021: “For the love of God, please get vaccinated.” Offers $100 cash incentive to those who do. Smith in 2024: It “doesn't work particularly well.” If you want it, you’ll have to pay $100.

a lifetime spent expanding horizons now shrinking #haiku

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

Hear, hear... Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility www.nature.com/articles/d41... "The rest of the world is not following the US government’s dangerous path, and will stick with the technology that helped the world out of the COVID-19 pandemic." #VaccinesWork!

"Alberta’s new COVID-19 vaccination policy blatantly selects for only a proportion of all Albertans and makes it unlikely that even that population will be protected because fewer will get the vaccine." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

This is the link you’re looking for if you haven’t signed the petition yet! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.forevercanadianpetitionevents.com