I can’t wait to explain to all my American friends what the Treasury Board of Canada is. #heatedrivalry

After reading 376 books, writing 3 essays, and enduring an hour and a half interrogation by 3 historians, I have been crowned with the Tiara of Knowledge and passed my comprehensive exams with distinction.

That’s 4 invocations of Notwithstanding Clause for Danielle Smith within a month, with this these of transgender policy bills set to stand regardless of the Charter rights they violate. The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.

Our most recent @shgape.bsky.social pod dropped this week. We are revisiting a few of Michael Cullinane's 100 great episodes (w/ some help from @mikeconnolly.bsky.social ) so tough choices--which are your favorite past episodes & why? Let us know in the comments embed.acast.com/$/6116856492...?

Yeah, we did. We ruined it for misogynists and sexual predators and office lotharios and drunks and lazy loafers who had their secretaries and assistants do their actual work.

For the first time in Alberta history, Danielle Smith will use the notwithstanding clause preemptively to shield her bills targeting vulnerable trans children from legal scrutiny. Her actions are simply cruel and wrong. Read my full statement below:

I want to know how much the Alberta government is spending on legal costs for all of their anti-science & anti-inclusion, anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-accesibility efforts. What's the spend to fight trans kids in court? What did the book ban cost? How much for the vaccine rationing? 1/

It’s called “taste,” look it up.

Danielle Smith fails to understand that pornography is subjective, and really, so are the “classics.” She’s rewriting the rules because her favourite book, Atlas Shrugged(hardly a classic), got banned. It’s all subjective, except what a complete failure she is as premier. That’s an objective truth.

"The parallels to the present are obvious and, again, the challenge for anyone aspiring to lead today’s federal NDP is familiar: providing an alternative vision to an economic model that has had disastrous consequences for the working-class." 🔗 ➡️ perspectivesjournal.ca/ed-broadbent-rebuilding-ndp/

First day of school in Alberta. And what are we seeing? A book ban, a ban on transgender athletes in school sports, and a spectre of a province-wide teachers strike.

Share this, please: Active shooter: Police advise residents to shelter in place, others to stay away www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

AHA member David Blight (Yale Univ.) was interviewed on CNN about the sweeping review of the Smithsonian ordered by President Trump. “They want to try to roll back about 60–70 years of historical scholarship. . . . They call it ‘wokeness.’ We call it good history.” 🗃️

Are you sure you’re listening? 🤨 Danielle Smith’s waste-of-taxpayer-money “Alberta Next” panels turned rowdy in Edmonton. It’s clear they’re not interested in hearing from Albertans. The UCP just wants to continue to push their costly, destabilizing ideas on Alberta.

Who said it? Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre or a Liberal MP? “Everyone is progressive until they can’t pay the bills”

No. It won’t. Thanks for asking.

It’s my mission to make sure that everyone in my American office knows it’s Canada Day 🇨🇦

EGALE & SKIPPING STONE WIN INJUNCTION AGAINST BILL 26. Today (June 27, 2025) the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta has granted our injunction request to block the Government of Alberta’s denial of gender-affirming care for gender diverse young people from coming into effect. This is a historic win!

Who, exactly, are these immigrants that have made Danielle so angry? Filipino nurses who provide our healthcare? American computer scientists who make Edmonton an AI centre of excellence? Ukrainian refugees who've opened new restaurants? West Africans who have revitalized our francophone community?

I just left the Notre Dames archives where another researcher came in, took off his shoes AND socks, and once barefoot, proceeded to talk on his phone. I’ve never been so shocked.

Very excited to see Cathleen and Boyd take over the Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast! It's more important than ever to understand the history of the late nineteenth century and these two are wonderful guides to the era.

To paraphrase @grumpyoldsocialist.bsky.social, I love conservative parties, I wish we had even more of them.

Danielle Smith said the quiet part out loud: She is putting our country at risk because she is chasing clout with extremists to stay in power. Albertans deserve so much better than this selfish, separatist, power-hungry Premier. youtu.be/W7KWHqcw9p4

Nothing more American than exploiting people's faith to make a quick buck.

Separatist parties are nothing new in Alberta politics. There’s usually 2-3 occupying the fringes. The difference today is that these groups now operate inside the governing UCP and have tacit public support from the Premier, who is making it easier for them to trigger a referendum on separation.

New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic

Other important Chicago questions: Old Style or Schlitz? Deep dish or tavern style? Upper Wacker or Lower Wacker? And, most importantly, has The Most Holy Father had Malört?

Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney was born in the NWT and raised in Edmonton. He launched his leadership bid in Alberta. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was born and raised in Calgary. He’s a U of C grad. NDP interim leader Don Davies was born and raised in Edmonton. He’s a U of A grad.

The Society for #Historians of the #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra is on Bluesky! We'll share Society news, opportunities, & blog posts from the SHGAPE Blog (blog.shgape.org). Check out our recently refreshed website (www.shgape.org) & give us a follow! #history #skystorians #historysky #historiansky

It's like every website, app and piece of software has developed its own Clippy. Clippy is following me around every day from Google to Zoom to Adobe Acrobat, telling me it looks like I'm trying to exist and would I like help with that

In order to keep attentive while grading essays and exams, I play the cast recording of Les Misérables and see if I can finish before the last song. I was also recently diagnosed with ADHD so those things might be related.

I voted nearly three weeks ago, but if you haven’t, make sure you get out and vote!

Election day in a country that has had a fair and free vote for generations. Where all the opposition parties are free to take power. Where virtually everyone will accept the election result. After my last year, it’s a history and a privilege I’m more grateful for than ever. Let’s get at it.

Rolling Stone discovers that Canada's Conservatives are generally verboten from speaking to the press (and ravages them for it.) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

We’re building momentum, shaping our vision, and getting ready to defeat the UCP in 2027—and it all starts with you. Join us next weekend in Edmonton for the 2025 Alberta NDP Convention! #BetterIsPossible #BetterStartsNow #ABNDP

In maybe the Most Canadian story ever, two political parties (the NDP and Bloc Québécois) are asking that tomorrow's French language election debate be postponed because it conflicts with a Montreal Canadiens game.

The House of Commons needs New Democrats. Canada needs the NDP. The party has a number of strong incumbents. Let’s return them to Ottawa to stand up for health care, child care, workers’ rights and the environment.

Did my civic duty from afar.

The best part of living in Ottawa by far was the shawarma. Nothing even compares.

As Canada navigates tariffs today, I’m reflecting on a great conversation in NS with former premier Iain Rankin. Via Bill 41, he proposes a provincial guaranteed livable basic income pilot for Nova Scotians! #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli

Danielle Smith’s biggest enemy is her own incompetency.

still more helpful than anything the atlantic has ever published

I say this as a person whose grandparents came from the UK, who would vote Labour if I lived there, who is part of the family of social democratic parties that UK Labour also belongs to: Stuff it, Keir Starmer.

If you vote for this Republican Funding Bill, you are complicit in all that DOGE, President Elon, and Trump does.

International travellers spend ~$200B in the US each year and support over a million American jobs Canada is the top source of international travellers to the US According to the US Travel Association, Canadians made 20.4M visits to the US and spent $20.5B in 2024 www.ustravel.org/press/potent...

great piece by @liabraaten.bsky.social on women's history, after her lecture to a National Guard gathering was cancelled by the DOD. www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...