Arsonist playing firefighter. They are the ones that stopped collecting the data in the first place

this whole piece is fascinating but this section really stuck out to me as why so many people are the way they are. they project trump himself onto themselves, and he is their identity. an attack on trump is a direct attack on them

The anti trans hysteria is killing male veterans with cancer. www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Reminder that Andrew Cuomo looks 100% like the villain from the movie The Mask

From Understanding Media (1964) by Marshall McLuhan.

Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides: • The Labour Relations Code; • The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act; • The Alberta Bill of Rights; • The Alberta Human Rights Act; • The Education Act. All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...

The fascist administration is targeting @katmabu.bsky.social

Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview. This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association. I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

This Demetrios clown can’t make it through a single interview without, backpedaling or lying. Blames immigrants. Yup. Blames negotiations. Check. Avoids accountability. For sure. Call up some of the Forever Canadian people, get this failure recalled Calgary. Do. It. #abpoli #ableg

Correct. General strike?

Time to suit up Alberta! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed afl.org/action-pages...

“Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause continues an alarming trend of provincial governments putting political expediency ahead of people’s human rights.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed amnesty.ca/press-releas...

Labour relations expert weighs in on Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause “Alberta’s back to work legislation makes a mockery of collective bargaining.” #ableg www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Even Braid is against this yall

Well, as I go back to work today, what can I say that won't land me in hot water? I know... I'm going to channel my anger at the UCP toward the hopefully to-be-successful Demetrios Nicolaides recall petition. May the odds forever be in the residents' favour. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #abed

The UCP uses closure more than any other party in Alberta history. It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate. But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions. Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.

Time for a province wide general strike.

A general strike would get the message across. Alberta, strong arming, not free.

General strike is the only option

Already emailed my union informing them I support a general strike. If the unions don't unite, this will be the beginning of the end for unions 😞

I really hope the ATA defies this illegal, undemocratic, and authoritarian order. It is an attack on the charter rights of all Albertans by a premier who fancies herself a queen #ableg #abpoli

I hope that the Premier reconsiders her desire to invoke the “notwithstanding clause” in dealing with Teachers. This very rarely used clause, stripping Canadians of civil rights, has no place in collective bargaining. General strike would be a commensurate response. #ableg

Also in Alberta - Premier Danielle Smith misses the Bill 2 vote. She flies to Saudi Arabia to promote “Alberta’s investment opportunities, energy expertise and agricultural products” and will be gone until November 5.

Today in Alberta - October 28: In the early morning hours the UCP government’s Back to School Act (Bill 2) is passed, with classes expected to resume Wednesday. The bill imposes a four-year agreement that was rejected by 90 per cent of Alberta teachers last month 1/ #Teacherstrike #ABpolli #ABleg

Next week Smith is going to sanction the use of the Notwithstanding to take away the rights of trans kids and their parents. Because she knows she can get away with. #abpoli #ableg

Alberta won't fight back?! Fiddlesticks you say. There are high school students planning walk outs but will any adults join them? Will the #ableg opposition walk out in solidarity? Will ppl put up signs in their yards and businesses denouncing? Write letters to editors? MLAs? It's Alberta. So, no.

And this is why Alberta needs a general strike in solidarity

Alberta, I know we’re all angry, but put your negative energy to work: write, make a phone call, let teachers and workers in your life know you support them. Use your voice. Flood the lines and inboxes with feedback. I’ll post my letter later today. Please do the same.

Last night the UCP made slaves of every worker in #Alberta You might think that's an exaggeration but it's what I see when I think it through Now any employer can double workers hours, cut their pay, no benefits, no time off If we complain we will be forced to work using the Notwithstanding clause

General strike would stop them

Gil McGowan isn’t playing:

I'm down, let's go general strike

Not that I doubt Gil's conviction, but I hope he and the AFL are ready to play hard balllike yesterday. The UCP aren't even trying to play by the rules anymore, so the labour movement in Alberta needs to go to war over this. We've ceded too much proverbial ground already.

Speaking to @energimedia.bsky.social today, GilMcGowan made it clear… Danielle Smith has just touched off an economic firestorm. And union leaders will be responding “province wide”. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #generalstrike

they put it into the bill that the union would be fined $500,000 a day and each individual teacher in the union who didn't go back would be fined $500 a day, then she left to get on a plane to saudi arabia to further sell us out,

I hope the other unions go on strike

Teachers can’t fight anymore, but you must. All Albertans who value their rights & freedoms must respond now, fast & loud. Relentless even. Cuz they came for teachers’ rights…you know how the poem ends. #AbEd #AbLeg #AbPoli (4/4)

Still time to write your MLA and tell them to vote No on Bill 2. It is MAGA. It is an affront to fairness. Takes less than 10 seconds. www.stoptheexcuses.ca/mla-email-vo... #ableg #abed #abpoli #ElbowsUp #NoMAGAinCanada #UCP #albertandp #ATAStrike #albertateachers

🚨 BREAKING RECALL NEWS #Alberta #AirdrieEast 🚨 Exciting update: The RECALL application for #Alberta MLA Angela Pitt, Deputy Speaker/Airdrie East, has received preliminary approval from Elections Alberta! The process is moving swiftly, with final approval pending Angela's response. #ableg #abpoli

Nicolaides is certainly on the defensive today. Good time remind Albertans that he only won his riding by 625 votes and there is currently a recall petition for him circulating. #ableg #abpoli

It's almost 3pm and the UCP still hasn't tabled the back to work legislation for the teachers, which they plan to ram through in one sitting, so clearly, they want to pass this stinky Charter violating legislation in the dead of night. Because they are so proud of it. #ableg #abpoli

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Today is the day I hope Alberta teachers stand together and tell Danielle Smith to fuck right off. If she uses the notwithstanding clause I hope every and all unions walk off job sites immediately.

We are at the point where Danielle Smith would rather violate charter rights and create a constitutional crisis… Instead of paying teachers fairly and giving kids the classrooms they need. Read that again. Because this is where we are. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Alberta made it harder to get the COVID vaccine and now even people considered high-risk are giving up. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...

The line has been drawn. If Premier Smith invokes the notwithstanding clause, expect an unprecedented provincial labour strike that will shut down the entire province. Democratic rights must be protected at all costs.