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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
An organization barring media from covering “the most important free speech event of the year” is chef’s [redacted]
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One way I know that thinking uses energy is that I experience PEM (post-exertional malaise) after doing it intensely. Walking and thinking used to be two of my favorite things to do. Now I crash after either. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is such a thieving bitch.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Take 10 minutes to listen to Alberta Senator Paula Simons' denunciation of the UCP's racist anti-immigrant referendum questions. It's a tour de force. www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7o...
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you. And thank you for all your tremendous reporting on this file
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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Remembering on this day Sister Rosetta Tharpe 🎸 Tharpe is among the first Chicago blues musicians to play the electric guitar (Wiki.) Her guitar-playing technique had a profound influence on the development of British #blues touring Europe around 1957 and with Muddy Waters in the 1960s. #bluesmusic
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Radio Rwanda
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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Could a few (hundred) more Dem electeds pleade grow a spine and speak the truth about these fascist racist weirdos? If this dude can do it in the South--to the fascist's face, no less--they all could, if they were as dedicated to justice as they are to corporate fundraising...
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In Edmonton to recieve the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial scholarship for my work in sociology at the University of Alberta. This is one of the most prestigious awards given to doctoral students in the country. Thank you to everyone who has been along for the ride!
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On this day in 1894, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 16 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband. She perished on the 6 Nov 1943 after her husband who died on the 16 Jul 1942. Her name was Friederika Brumlíková
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remind me? Did the UCP mention this in its election platform?
Bill 11 implementation

Bill 11 (the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, No. 2) introduces coverage protections and changes to how drug and supplemental benefits plans are coordinated in Alberta.

Currently, the government is considered the first payor. This means that when an Albertan is enrolled in a government-sponsored drug and supplemental benefits plan, specifically Coverage for Seniors or Non-Group Coverage, that plan is the first payor, even if the Albertan also has a private or employer-sponsored drug and supplemental benefits plan.

Bill 11 changes this by introducing two core changes to the Coverage for Seniors and Non-Group Coverage programs:

Government becomes payor of last resort: Private-sponsored drug and supplemental benefits plans would become the first payor for individuals who have them, with government-sponsored drug and supplemental benefits plans acting as a safety net, providing coverage when no other coverage is available or available coverage has been exhausted. With this bill, government-sponsored drug and supplemental benefits plans will act as a safety net rather than first payor, ensuring financial responsibility is shared across the system. This helps protect resources while maintaining access to coverage for those who need it most. Government programs will continue to provide coverage to all eligible beneficiaries.
Protection for employees aged 65+: Employers will no longer be able to terminate, reduce or modify drug and supplemental health benefits solely because a plan member has reached a certain age.
These changes will come into force on October 1, 2026. Additional information is available at the following link: https://www.ab.bluecross.ca/pdfs/bill-11-Implementation-reference-guide-and-faq.pdf.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok. Can we now also stop pretending that Alberta is being overrun by international students? Or that the children of international students are overwhelming our public schools? #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ICYMI - globalnews.ca/news/1202824...
Of the two First Nations, Tallcree was the first to challenge Rath’s stewardship of its trust and later shared evidence with Sturgeon Lake.

Tallcree challenged millions’ worth of Rath’s legal and administrative fees, but its central allegation is that Rath misappropriated the $8.5-million contingency fee refund meant for the beneficiaries of its trust.

On Nov. 17, 2025, 12 days after a court order required Rath to refund the Tallcree trust, court-filed banking records show Rath instead deposited it into a Bow Valley Credit Union account for his professional corporation, opened that same day.

Rath immediately bought $8 million of bullion from a Calgary company called Silver Gold Bull Inc. and purchased a $500,000 bank draft bearing his name.

Court records show that Rath, in an email, had suggested he was entitled to the trust money, despite earlier King’s Bench and Court of Appeal decisions.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
No newspaper that operates under even basic journalism standards should consider publishing anything from someone like Peter Navarro. This again raises the question of why the American-owned PostMedia receives funding from Canadian taxpayers.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Peter Navarro went to prison for refusing a subpoena related to his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the capital. He has spread baseless claims about the 2020 election. Clearly he is a bad actor, as defined by @jayrosen.bsky.social and yet the National Post trots him out. 1
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#Truth
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Polyarc Games @polyarcgames.com · 12/06/2026
🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉 Moss: The Forgotten Relic demo is LIVE ahead of #SteamNextFest, and we're giving away 3 launch keys! To enter: 💚Like + Repost 🐭Follow us 💬Reply with your favorite screenshot or moment from the demo 3x winners announced 6/22
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Sometimes I think about this tweet.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Shuvaloy Majumdar was directly involved for months in Jason Kenney's deeply anti-democratic Kamikaze campaign during the UCP leadership. He was working for Harper & Associates at the time. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Unravelling the controversy behind the 2017 UCP leadership race in Alberta | CBC News
A leaked cache of documents revealed extensive collaboration between two campaigns in Alberta — and the United Conservative Party and its leader Jason Kenney are still facing the political fallout.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Huge congratulations to @carrietait.bsky.social and the entire team at @theglobeandmail.com for their National Newspaper Award nominations for the ongoing AHS scandal. They driven the news agenda in Alberta for months. nna-ccj.ca/2025-finalis...
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2025 Finalists - National Newspaper Awards
2025 NNA FINALISTS   ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT Emily Donaldson, The Globe and Mail, for her unique profile of British nature writer Robert Macfarlane, which doubles […]
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CJFE @cjfe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
CJFE condemns the public intimidation of journalist Rachel Gilmore following her reporting on white nationalist activity in a Montreal gym. 1/2
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CJFE @cjfe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Threatening, surveilling, or harassing journalists for reporting in the public interest is an attack on press freedom, on democracy, and on the public’s right to know. CJFE stands in solidarity with Gilmore and calls on authorities to act. 2/2 #protectjournalists #cdnmedia
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dsm721.bsky.social @dsm721.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Imagine Alberta trying to provide these types of services with zero domestic production capabilities.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is a very kind wish. But I'd also like to ask you to follow other Canadian senators who are already here, and who haven't been as lucky as I have in connecting with an audience. I convinced a fair few Senate friends to give this platform a try, but many didn't feel it worked for them. #cdnpoli
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is a dangerous and irresponsible response. Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong. Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 01/01/2026
Welcome to the public domain, DIZZY DISHES (1930), the first appearance of Betty Boop! ⭐️ Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
on some level you have to stand in awe of the gall it takes to use this tone about someone people are angry at for suppressing a story about a concentration camp
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 20/12/2025
CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Exposing a masked ‘nationalist’ club: ‘The race war is here’
YouTube video by CBC News
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 09/11/2025
The vast majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free — except Conservatives: 🔴 LPC: 90% 🟠 NDP: 91% ⚜️ BQ: 79% 🔵 CPC: 44%
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Large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free
A large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free. Alberta and Quebec have begun charging for the vaccine.
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Edward Aveyard @edwardaveyard.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
1 YouTube 2 IMDb 3 British Library 4 Discogs 5 FreeBMD
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment | The Tyee
Elections Alberta ordered fines and prosecution in February. But authorities have not acted.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“You will never be disappointed with The United States of America.” Well. I guess if your expectations are low enough, that will be true. RIP, Digital Services Tax. #cdnpoli #elbowsupyours
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Extremely normal physical gestures during a press conference.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Three years and counting for the RCMP's criminal investigation of former Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu. Slow Trot Policing? The Madu Investigation Drags On via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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Slow Trot Policing? The Madu Investigation Drags On | The Tyee
A ‘fairly straightforward’ RCMP probe of Alberta’s former justice minister hits three years and counting.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 17/04/2025
Conservatives are claiming the ‘Do You Believe the Polls?’ group is a ‘false flag’ psyop run by the Liberals and Doug Ford Conservative candidates, media personalities and social media influencers are pushing a bizarre new election conspiracy
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Conservatives Claim ‘Do You Believe the Polls?’ Group is a ‘False Flag’ PsyOp Run by the Liberals and Doug Ford
Conservative candidates, media personalities and social media influencers are pushing a bizarre new election conspiracy
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Absolutely not.
Picture of a tweet from California governor and podcaster Gavin Newsome that says:

The Golden State and Canada have always shared so much in common.

Sure, you-know-who is trying to stir things up back in DC, but don't let that ruin your vacation plans.

We're launching a new international campaign to welcome and encourage Canadians to visit the Golden State.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let me just check who the governor has recently hosted on his podcast
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 07/04/2025
This #NationalLibraryWeek, we're celebrating the power of libraries to endure—even in the face of unprecedented challenges. In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, @brewster.kahle.org shares why preserving the library system matters now more than ever: blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/v...
“As a child, I did not know how special libraries were—I thought it was just how society worked—I thought there always were and always would be public libraries.”
Brewster Kahle
Digital librarian, Internet Archive
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 07/04/2025
Thousands of potential infractions were hidden in B.C. regulator records, until our investigation exposed a widespread pattern of lax enforcement. Here are more than 40,000 records and all company responses we received. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social
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Data suggests B.C. is failing to hold oil and gas companies accountable | The Narwhal
A rare look inside B.C.’s oversight of the oil and gas sector, thanks to 40,000 records released through freedom of information legislation
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