Reposted by BB Kayaaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 23hI didn't know his name before this but he's a real one: member of La France Insoumise (to the left of the Socialists), took down Macron's portrait in the mayor's office, said elected leaders belong in the streets with the people 631875
Reposted by BB KayJenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole? 8302110
Reposted by BB KayDT Cochrane @dtcochrane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“Unlock additional sources of capital.” He’s talking about the unearned wealth of the global ultra-rich. Just tax the rich already. Stop “catalyzing” and “unlocking” and “incentivizing”. 33611
Reposted by BB KayRowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Something to cling to and promote the hell out of: leveraging POSITIVE TIPPING POINTS www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comClimate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientistsGlobal shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans 3823362
Reposted by BB KayCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 09/09/2026It's us, we're media report www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n... 214736
Reposted by BB KayAndromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Questionnaire by Wendell Berry 91398508
Reposted by BB KayKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 26/08/2026it's depressing to think about how quickly massive data centres are being built around the world, but there are so many communities that still don't have clean water, or schools without air conditioning and HEPA filtration, and bike lanes are being removed from streets 731864
Reposted by BB KayCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea) 293121254195
Reposted by BB KayFubar 🇨🇦 @captainfubar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The mild distaste I have for Quebec politics leaving my body when I found out Trump threatened Quebec culture and the French language during trade negotiations 312037259
Reposted by BB KayMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The widespread availability of self-driving cars will be a nightmare for cities. Thousands of empty cars clogging up roads delivering burritos when we should be restricting auto use and expanding public transport. 661551176
Reposted by BB KayAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026If Canada does need to consider retaliatory measures after tomorrow, is there any good reason a return of the digital services tax shouldn’t be on the table? 16710
Reposted by BB KayMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians. 204188163824
Reposted by BB Kayr o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The chatelaine was just the 19th century lesbians caribiner 141015217
Reposted by BB KayCurb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026You guys talk about guillotines and just desserts for ICE and Musk and the Trump admin but when confronted with Castro who actually did that to the people who enslaved and raped his country for the previous 60 years you no longer have the stomach for it, makes ya think why that is 7499119
Reposted by BB Kay(C)all (M)e "Shirley" or don't, I don't care @realcinematik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Children's rights is a policy area in desperate need of reform, wide open to a progressive vision of empowerment, & yet borderline fundamentally impossible to move on because it requires asking parents to give up control of their children, something they are increasingly loathe to do voluntarily. 16113
Reposted by BB Kaydave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160183694
Reposted by BB KayEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 11/08/2026SCOOP It took nearly two years, but I finally obtained 650 pages of internal correspondence detailing the steps Health Canada took to disappear the Expert Advisory Group reports on medicalized safe supply and compassion clubs. drugdatadecoded.ca/how-health-c...drugdatadecoded.caAnatomy of a hush-up: How Health Canada buried the safe supply expert reviewsAfter a nearly two-year access to information process, Drug Data Decoded has obtained the correspondence detailing steps taken inside Health Canada to ensure the Expert Advisory Group reports on medic... 4148103
Reposted by BB KayJoan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Just listened to 25 minutes of CBC The Current coverage of the BC wildfires and did not hear a single mention of climate change. Not from the host JP Tasker and not from any of the guests. Journalistic malpractice from our public broadcaster. 57527
Reposted by BB KayRumneek Johal @rumneeek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The progressive media landscape needs places like PressProgress to continue to report on the topics we do, to continue to hold the powerful to account, and to continue to employ quality journalists who embody these values. We just can't do it alone. 073
Reposted by BB KayMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Racism isn't "controversial," premier. It's wrong. Why isn't decency a foundational Alberta value? 51425143
Reposted by BB KayCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/08/2026One of the clearest descriptions of climate dynamics for laypeople that you’ll ever hear: “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse.”nationalobserver.comThis isn't the new normal. It's just the beginningThis summer’s disasters appear to have boosted climate multilateralism, at least within Europe, and underscored the need to tackle fossil fuels. But we may not be waiting long for the scientists' “wor... 5233116
Reposted by BB KayParis Marx @parismarx.com · 29/07/2026another shameful reversal by mark carney that shows how much power the US tech companies have over our government. there’s no sovereignty when foreign companies wield this much influence over our domestic policy. 4314114
Reposted by BB KayThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“He said he disagreed with the public health measures put in place by Ottawa to curb the virus, including mask mandates.” It. Was. The. Province. That. Put. In. Masks. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...ctvnews.caAlberta café owner closes business after losing customers over separatist eventsAn Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted separatists and lost customers. 5028181
Reposted by BB KayMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about "big pharma" and "free speech" to generate *the exact op-ed The Atlantic keeps publishing*. Movements like this need to be fought, not placated. 171590334
Reposted by BB KayDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 27/07/2026There’s a thing with local government in which they put people in bad housing hoping they refuse it so that they can declare those people as having deliberately made themselves homeless and therefore absolve themselves from their legal obligations to help homeless people 922980
Reposted by BB KaySam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you 31155654217
Reposted by BB KayRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Genuinely losing my mind watching Carney's announcement today. Canada is burning, our prime minister says we can't afford climate action, and today he ANNOUNCES MORE DEFENCE SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 811050296
Reposted by BB KayRyan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Remember, if we’re talking about separatism, we can’t “silence the voices of hundreds of thousands of Albertans.” But when Edmonton repeatedly elects councils that campaign on bike infrastructure, the province has no issue overriding those voters. Democracy matters more on some issues than others. 22710
Reposted by BB KayBig Dracula Energy @mayawest.online · 15/07/2026genuinely it looks like this because Doug Ford slashed millions from our wildfire budget and then Carney abandoned climate programs this is Canada's fault and international pressure might help. like a lot. 412643
Reposted by BB KayLiarSpeaksTheTruth @liarspeaksthetruth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I just submitted this under "other" 07810
Reposted by BB KayJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I was born and raised in Northern Ontario and I am absolutely boiling with rage at the ways in which people elsewhere are talking about the forest fires there as though this is a common occurrence. The air thick with smoke for kilometers, entire communities wiped out - this shit is not normal. 40955260
Reposted by BB KayAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I’m always reluctant to directly attribute any one weather event to climate change. But Canada’s current fossil-fuel boosterism does hit a bit harder while considering whether we have to keep our 6-year-old home from the baseball camp he’s been excited about, because of potential record heat. 719554
Reposted by BB KayCarrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 15/07/2026SCOOP: Tsuut'ina Nation alleges its former lawyer worked with Sam Mraiche and a former chief to sole-source a $35m contract to build a provincially funded recovery centre www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friendtheglobeandmail.comFirst Nation in Alberta sues its former lawyer, alleges wrongdoing in construction of addiction recovery centreTsuut’ina Nation also alleges undisclosed involvement in the project by Sam Mraiche, a businessman at the centre of the province’s health care procurement controversy 43921
Reposted by BB KayPressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 13/07/2026@pressprogress.ca is proud to join 100+ journalists, news publishers, academics and civil society groups in endorsing calls for anti-SLAPP legislation in Alberta Frivolous, abusive and politically motivated SLAPP lawsuits are a threat to free and democratic speech READ MORE: antislappalberta.ca 4292139
Reposted by BB KayAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 11/07/2026It can be instructive to imagine the reaction if Justin Trudeau (or most PMs before him) were announcing huge spending commitments with as little explanation and as much just-trust-me attitude as Mark Carney is doing. My weekend column: www.thestar.com/business/hey...thestar.comAdam Radwanski: Hey, big spender: Why we need to start giving Carney a bit less benefit of the doubtCanadians must demand better justification from Mark Carney, and question his “just-trust-me” style of committing billions in public funds without adequate transparency, writes Adam Radwanski. 59339
Reposted by BB KayParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Hey Alberta... what happened to the Auditor General Report on Corrupt Care? Does AB have ANY independent bodies monitoring govt anymore? Do we even care anymore??? 1712853
Reposted by BB KayKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026Being a woman rocks because if you use AI you’re stupid and if you don’t use AI you’re dumb 473287695
Reposted by BB KayCharles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Conservatives really hate public money spent on public services, but wowzers, do they love public money being shovelled into private oil companies.thestar.comWho are the partners behind a proposed new West Coast oil pipeline?CALGARY - Alberta's pitch to the major projects office for a new oil pipeline to the West Coast is being billed as a public-private partnership, though its current structure skews 032
Reposted by BB KaySamuel @samuel.fm · 04/07/2026today is a celebration of the US narrowly escaping British tyranny. unfortunately there’s no counterfactual of what would’ve happened if the British maintained territory in north america but we can only assume it would’ve been terrible 1316817
Reposted by BB KayScott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Guilbeault: Canadian taxpayers are going to be on the hook for tens of billions of dollars for yet another fossil fuel infrastructure, which we don't know whether or not it will be profitable in the long term. 48057
Reposted by BB KayClare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Couldn't sleep last night because it was too hot outside so instead I ruminated on the 63 billion dollars we've allocated for defence spending www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCarney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive. 27374115
Reposted by BB KayNathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Indeed, one of the easiest ways to free things up for the private sector would be for the state to build more affordable housing directly, instead of putting in affordable housing requirements that then collapse the viability of private sector building projects. 313016
Reposted by BB KayNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world. 7043292446
Reposted by BB KayJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This Uyghur scholar says that as the Chinese government tries to destroy Uyghur culture in their homeland, the Uyghur people have to shift to a diasporic model of keeping culture alive - and cites Jewish history as a model for how to do this. 631585
Reposted by BB KayLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 02/07/2026UPDATE: Mark Carney has cancelled his Canada Day plans in Alberta after extreme weather events in Ottawa ground prime minister’s planectvnews.caCarney’s trip to Alberta cancelled as Ottawa thunderstorms ground planePrime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his Canada Day trip to his hometown of Edmonton due to thunderstorms in Ottawa. 1620983
