Reposted by LibarbarianEcon Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Should we tell girls and women to avoid frat parties, dark streets, and public places? Should we stop shaming victims? These are all important ideas to explore in a country where a guy like Max Miller feels entitled to run for office and is endorsed by Trump." By @mcsweeneys.netbuff.lyHow Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou... 0216
Reposted by LibarbarianAnakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🚨Get your tickets to my Vancouver Writers Fest event with @markmedley.bsky.social where we will talk all things Library of Brothel and language of labour, love and life! Thanks for sharing this and your support. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...writersfest.bc.ca66. Anakana Schofield: Library of Brothel | Vancouver Writers FestEmbark on a literary journey like nothing before in Anakana Schofield’s Library of Brothel. In a class with Beckett, Joyce, and O’Brien (The Guardian), Schofield’s absurdist creation is a cri de coeur... 077
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fun coincidence for me as I made a pilgrimage to @coachhousebooks.bsky.social yesterday. 020
Reposted by LibarbarianJohn Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.socialspacing.caIntersections of print culture in Toronto's laneways - Spacing TorontoThe handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers.... 1169
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Something wrong with the Alberta numbers. That can't be possible. There are 2 Liberal seats right now. Many polls have Carney as the most popular politician in Canada. 110
Reposted by LibarbarianEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 09/09/2026NEW POST: You don’t have to caricature Alberta separatism as vacuous or racist, the separatists do it themselves emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/you-dont-h...emmettmacfarlane.substack.comYou don’t have to caricature Alberta separatism as vacuous or racist, the separatists do it themselvesOver at journalist Paul Wells’s newsletter, he has opened the door to guest columnists on the Alberta secession question. 311163
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Reads like sanewashing to me. CBC is engaging in bothsiding on separatism. 120
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Edmonton and area folks: The pro-Canada group, Alberta's Voice, is giving away lawn signs today (Sunday August 30) in the Victoria Park parking lot along River Valley Road from 10am to 2pm. 010
Reposted by LibarbarianCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Beaver Holly Cheverie ~ Anishinaabe n.d. 016245
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“[Libraries are about] local people at a local level making decisions for the local people. I don’t need someone in Edmonton telling me what people in Carmangay need,” said Kelsey Chic, Manager, Carmangay Municipal Library. #Bill28 shrlnk.ca/s/A531bsgrshrlnk.caAlberta librarians feeling anxious about complying with new restrictions ahead of Jan. 1 deadline | CBC NewsPublic libraries in Alberta have until the new year to comply with new restrictions around access to materials in their collection with a visual depiction of a sexual act, but with less than five mont... 011
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“Burying a book is almost as effective as burning a book, and they’re really asking us to bury these books,” said Ken Feser, Chief Librarian, Medicine Hat Public Library. Albertans, fight Danielle Smith's attack on YOUR local libraries and YOUR freedom to read! #Bill28 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta librarians feeling anxious about complying with new restrictions ahead of Jan. 1 deadline | CBC NewsPublic libraries in Alberta have until the new year to comply with new restrictions around access to materials in their collection with a visual depiction of a sexual act, but with less than five mont... 140
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Contest? A separation referendum is a... contest? 050
Reposted by Libarbarian🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Most people seem to know about the first question, the staying in Canada question, but they're unaware that there are nine additional questions that will be asked and people will be given a ballot for. The immigration questions are particularly nasty, because what they are is insidious,”stalbertgazette.com‘No to the Nine’: Alberta’s Voice campaign brings referendum message to St. AlbertA political campaign advocating for Alberta to remain in Canada while rejecting several proposed policy changes distributed signs in St. Albert. 312467
Reposted by LibarbarianEdmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Heads up #yegbike! 2158
Reposted by LibarbarianTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The readers and the writers and the soldiers can be the same people. Resistance can be about reading, wherever you are, bomb shelter or not, because good books liberate us from the obvious and prepare us for the real. Visiting Ukraine with @marcishore.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...snyder.substack.com"Waiting for the missiles to pass"The living book in wartime Ukraine 8733223
Reposted by LibarbarianShannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I wrote about how Danielle Smith took a good, hard look at the existential damage that could be done to Alberta and to Canada by a separatism campaign and she decided that one thing mattered above all: Danielle Smith. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Danielle Smith tries to blame 700,000 illusory Albertans for her separatism gambitWith her have-it-both-ways referendum question, the Premier has made the math clear: Her political skin is more important than Alberta or Canada 22314145
Reposted by LibarbarianThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"The Government of Alberta cannot simply ignore the Constitution, ignore Treaty rights, and ignore the courts because it finds those obligations inconvenient. Cabinet is not above the law." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 1122892
Reposted by LibarbarianSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/05/2026It’s time to stand up for the country we love - and the province we love. Time to stand up for authentic Alberta values. Whatever happens today, I’m saying yes to Canada, and no to politics of hate and division. #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli 14299112
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026It was an option from the start and the decision which way to go was and is the government's, not the proponent (Mr. Lukaszuk). 041
Reposted by LibarbarianPressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 18/05/2026NEW: Alberta separatist group’s controversial voter ID app has links to US Ambassador, MAGA influencers and wealthy Michigan Republicans US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told @pressprogress.ca he was ‘not aware’ an American-made app he previously promoted was used to help an Alberta separatist grouppressprogress.caAlberta Separatist Group’s Controversial Voter ID App Has Links to US Ambassador, MAGA Influencers and Wealthy Michigan RepublicansUS Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says he was ‘not aware’ American-made app he previously promoted was used to help Alberta separatist group 59484314
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 16/05/2026We see you, Danielle Smith. We see you desparaging a knowledgeable, experienced judge who served Canada in Afghanistan with the Royal Canadian Navy. 010
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 16/05/2026We see you, Danielle Smith. We see you describing the separatist lunatics intent on destroying our country as "well-meaning citizens." 131
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Well, disappointed, for sure. Also, I'm enraged, fuming and irate. In the Minister's final words in debate in the Legislature, he continued to paint Alberta librarians as pornographers. There really is no bottom for this government. www.caplibraries.ca/newsroom/alb... 001
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE! “Regardless of our own feelings about any of the books that are removed, the fact is, the job that we have means that we have to follow the process,” said Tiffany Hall, the district’s executive director of teaching and learning. “It is state law.” 021
Reposted by LibarbarianJason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult" 18564221
Reposted by LibarbarianDave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Dan Williams’ Bill 28 attempts to undermine the tremendous credibility and trust that Albertans have for public libraries by insinuating that librarians are allowing children to access inappropriate material and that local volunteer library boards aren’t doing what’s best for their communities.daveberta.substack.comUndermining public trust in public libraries is the real aim of Dan Williams’ Bill 28Public libraries in Alberta are worth fighting for 24219
Reposted by LibarbarianNigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The good news is that Alberta's Chief Justices refuse to provide any judicial sanction to Premier Smith's efforts to undermine the ordinary process for the review of electoral boundaries. This is now way too political for any judge, sitting or retired, to accept such an appointment. #ableg #abpoli 616880
Reposted by LibarbarianWornRagged🇨🇦 @wornragged.bsky.social · 02/05/2026"Alberta’s separatists are not channelling the authentic voice of the province. They are projecting a vision of Alberta that reflects their own anxieties and ideological bile—a province smaller, narrower, and more exclusionary than the one that actually exists." thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep...thewalrus.caAlberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The WalrusThe province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality 31111
Reposted by LibarbarianJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/05/2026Albertans should not be asked to vote in any referendum or election while basic questions remain unanswered about our democratic institutions. Premier Smith should call a public inquiry. Now. 🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/albertas-voters-list-scandal-deserves 4258136
Reposted by LibarbarianThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“A pro-immigration group has submitted a complaint to Elections Alberta, claiming the province’s new referendum website wrongfully uses taxpayers’ money to campaign in favour of one side” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caChallenge filed about biased content on Alberta government's referendum website | CBC NewsAn amendment to Alberta’s Election Act approved one year ago changed the rules to remove restrictions on government advertising for a standalone referendum. 420668
Reposted by LibarbarianShannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Strategists Producer Haxim (that’s his only name, he’s like Prince) out with a banger of a website in response to the Government of Alberta’s plan to use our money to demonize immigrants with misleading referendum questions in October. Albertareferendumb2026.ca @haxim.ca @thestrategists.caalbertareferendumb2026.caAlberta Referendum 2026 | Referendum Reality CheckAlbertans aren't dumb. But this government thinks we are. Independent political commentary on Alberta’s 2026 referendum and the politics behind it. 68538
Reposted by LibarbarianElaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 23/04/2026On Tuesday, Alberta's Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Rick Wilson told the Alberta legislature that he personally watched someone die in a supervised consumption site (SCS). This statement is demonstrably false and constitutes disinformation. #ableg 813878
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Eric Adams, author, law professor at U of A, constitional law expert and voice of reason on many things, appointed a Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta. @ericadams99.bsky.social www.canada.ca/en/departmen...canada.caMinister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces a judicial appointment in the province of AlbertaThe Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the following appointment under th... 010
Reposted by LibarbarianVeruca's Alt @verucas-alt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books. 15967571217
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Yes. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at riskIf the UCP fiddles with the map, it could guarantee a conservative supermajority for a generation 000
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 22/04/2026He's commenting on Alberta politics, not U.S. politics. Gerrymandering has come to Alberta via our Trump-lite UCP government. 211
Reposted by LibarbarianThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/04/2026Alberta announces move to 1950s timethebeaverton.comAlberta announces move to 1950s timeEDMONTON — After weeks of speculation, Alberta’s United Conservative government has announced that the province will be moving to the 1950s on a full-time basis. “Many Albertans just aren’t comfortabl... 8385107
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A quick Google gives me Jason Nixon, Rajan Sawhney and Tara Sawyer, pluc chair Brandon Lunty. 183
Reposted by LibarbarianGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/04/2026Illinois made history as the first state to outlaw book bans once and for all. Marginalizing people, ideas, or facts has no place in our state — and they have no place in a democracy. This National Library Week, we continue our commitment to free thought and free speech. 693012820
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Waving the federal Liberal flag at a community trade show. Positive vibes from almost everyone. I can't remember a better time to be a Liberal in Alberta. Keep up the good work, Mr. Carney. 000
Reposted by LibarbarianJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/04/2026First, their health minister used confidential info to intimidate a critic. Then another accessed a recall proponent's voting records. Now another wants to know what Albertans are reading in public libraries. When will UCP libertarians stand up? www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...ctvnews.caNational libraries group urges Alberta to ditch 'political interference' in librariesAn organization representing large public libraries across Canada warns Alberta’s proposed bill affecting libraries threatens “unprecedented” government overreach into organizations meant to be shield... 18740
Libarbarian @libarbarian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026@naheednenshi.bsky.social and the opposition are on it! www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/uc...albertandpcaucus.caUCP GOVERNMENT REVEALS PLAN TO CHEAT, RIG ELECTION MAPSEngaging Albertans to build an economy for the future. 183
