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Lynne Dutton

@lynnerdutton.bsky.social
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Trying to be informed AND keep a sense of humour. I have opinions. Alberta via Saskatchewan

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disordered @disorderedyyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If only we had Danielle Smith, champion of municipal sovereignty, to fight back against this provincial overreach. /s #ableg #abpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The NDP have released a statement condemning violence after a Muslim school in Calgary received emails threatening to kill children & telling Muslims to leave Canada. It appears there is no similar statement from the premier. Or her Justice Minister. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 10/10/2026
Stock from leftover roast chicken bones 12 hours in the pressure cooker. This time I browned the bones & skin in a 200c oven (a tip from Fallow) & added 3 beef marrow bones (my idea which I've done before) Amazing.
A deep brown stock in a pressure cooker
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The rule of law is under vicious attack in this province and I am not the first, nor will I be the last, to call this out. When an institution is silent in the face of what is happening in this province, that silence is complicity." Another resignation at the Law Society.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 09/10/2026
The UCP wants you to get bogged down on the policy debates around infill. Don't be fooled. Their intrusion into local democracy reveals something far more troubling to folks across the political spectrum. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...
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This isn’t about infill
The UCP government’s intrusion into municipal authority raises much deeper concerns
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
albertaviews.ca/wher... Such a touching and empathetic piece. Please take the time to read this So beautifully written. It wonderfully captures the diverse and skilled collection of HCWs who make up the teams that provide the CARE in health care.
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Where and When You Need It - Alberta Views
A poster promised "Refocusing Health Care. Sustainable. Accessible. Affordable." Next to it the paint was peeling. A dented window frame.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The NDP are calling out the UCP using the taxpayers purse to travel the globe... Including to promote gambling... In Las Vegas. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is calling out Smith’s claims she had no idea separatists were meeting with the US State Department… While pointing out they raised the alarm on this months ago. With receipts. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I like this. 👇
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Canadian develops at-home cancer-screening test after doctors said he was too young to get tested #Canada 🙌🏼 He developed his own fecal immunochemical test (FIT) to screen for colon cancer It’s currently awaiting approval from Health Canada. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Canadian develops at-home cancer-screening test after doctors said he was too young to get tested
Zed Dhalla didn’t share his cancer diagnosis with his dying mother. But her final words are fuelling his path to recovery.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“healthy debate should never become the vilification of an entire faith community or the portrayal of its members as dangerous or disloyal.” This. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Lynne Dutton @lynnerdutton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'Canada is not our enemy': Michigan Republican Senate candidate breaks with Trump on trade war - CBC News
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
6/6 The humble potato is not a dietary villain, but a versatile cornerstone of metabolic health and satiety. It is time to elevate this root vegetable back to its rightful place on the plate. Source: Leslie Beck The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/life/wellnes...
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Which potato packs the most nutritional heft?
From white and yellow to orange and purple, potatoes are worth a place in your everyday diet
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every day, Mamdani proves that something better is possible. That we do not have to accept what corporations and their political shills have decided we are worth. He makes doing things that we've been constantly told are impossible look easy.
“WHAT I'M 
FIGHTING 
FOR IS THAT
NOBODY
IS  PRICED 
OUT OF
DIGNITY.”
ZOHRAN MAMDANI
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is enraging, heartbreaking and wholly unnecessary. It’s also healthcare under Danielle Smith’s “refocusing”. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dkc...
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Lynne Dutton @lynnerdutton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Libraries have traditionally had their community boards supporting and guiding them but #UCPgovernment inserts their ideology where no problems exist creating extra burdens on staff to comply highriveronline.com/articles/-wi...
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Library leaders say Bill 28 shifts control away from communities
Library leaders say new rules will require review of collections before January deadline The High River Library is preparing for significant changes under Alberta's Bill 28, legislation that expands p...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let me be clear: we know from evidence in countries around the world that physician dual practice drains resources away from the public system and, in many cases, increases wait times for public patients. This goes directly against the spirit of the Canada Health Act. 1/3
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Danielle Smith is using your tax dollars to sell her political agenda. This referendum booklet is propaganda. It blames newcomers for her government’s failures and pushes constitutional changes without telling Albertans the truth. You deserve better than this political garbage paid for by you.
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🍁 Danimac67 🍁 @danimac67.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
calgaryherald.com/ne... Some might think the govt created referendum distraction is prospectively designed to avert Albertan's attention from our govt privatizing and dismantling HC?!
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Braid: All-consuming referendum noise masks move to patient-pay health care
Alberta's referendum drive is so all-consuming that it masks big move toward patient-pay health care
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ahem
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Canadians never shied away from challenges. We answered the call in wars, stood with allies through the Cold War, and confronted tough questions about our past. Today, Canada faces a defining moment. Our future will be shaped by those who show up. Do your part. Cast your ballot.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The captivating image reveals rows of high-tech, glowing servers situated inside a rugged underground mine cavern, with blue cooling pipes bringing cold air in and glowing orange pipes routing captured thermal energy up to a residential neighborhood above www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/fut...
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Lynne Dutton @lynnerdutton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a great article! Thanks for posting #DazzlingDataCentre
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1/11 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ALBERTA SEPARATISTS COURT U.S. OPERATIVES 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 A closed-door Calgary meeting reveals a stunning cross-border effort. American strategists are offering tactical software to sway the upcoming secession vote. Source: The Globe & Mail #NatSecSky #CdnPoli #USPol #AbLeg #AbPoli #DataPrivacy
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
11/11 Albertans face an unprecedented landscape. Local politics have become entangled with foreign data-mining and powerful U.S. political operatives. Source: Carrie Tait, Grant Robertson & Nathan VanderKlippe The Globe and Mail Gift Article: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4957f4e...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 03/10/2026
Cauliflower from the 4th dimension at the farmer's market today.
Romanesco cauliflower which is a bright green vegetable that looks like a fractal.
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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If I understand Max’s point, it’s a bluff because these things don’t get built without long term contracted supply at one end and long term contracted offtake at the other, and the odds of that happening are very long.
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well…at least he’s admitting he’s been asleep this whole time. That explains a lot.
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Lynne Dutton @lynnerdutton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on New Democratic Party leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 30/09/2026
The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis of Premier Smith's nine referendum questions. They find that most of these proposals would invite immediate court challenges, and several of them are not legally clear at all.
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CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis
CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis
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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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I Wandered Lonely in The Cloud
How AI is destroying the life of the mind.
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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tech companies have for 30 years (since Barlow’s infantile 1996 Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace) been claiming they exist “everywhere & nowhere” as if that were a good thing. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social reminds us that being SOMEWHERE is infinitely richer & more rewarding.
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I Wandered Lonely in The Cloud
How AI is destroying the life of the mind.
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Patrick Lennox nails it. 🎯 This article is a KEEPER. THE BIG LIE 👇 #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #TheBigLie #DanielleSmith #UCPCorruption #NoToTheNine #CorruptCare
A political graphic illustrating key themes from Patrick Lennox's article, "Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie," published in The Walrus. The image uses a dark red background with a prominent metaphor on the left: an amber glass apothecary poison bottle sealed with a black glass stopper. The bottle features a diamond-shaped orange hazard label displaying a skull and crossbones icon.

To the right of the bottle, a rounded white text card with a red border displays bold, high-contrast headline text and four bulleted points. At the top of the graphic, large uppercase text reads "THE BIG LIE" in dark red and white type. Below this heading, the card's main header states in bold black and red lettering: "PREMIER DANIELLE SMITH IS POISONING CANADIAN DEMOCRACY BY:"

The four red-bulleted points detail the specific mechanism of this "poisoning," drawing directly from Lennox's critique of the UCP's sovereignty movement:

    Weaponizing radical political disinformation through far-right tactics to reshape Confederation

    Mixing genuine Western grievance with an unconstitutional agenda to push a secession referendum

    Distracting the electorate from $600M in provincial health care procurement corruption

    Undermining national unity to invite foreign psychological warfare and interference

In the bottom left corner, small muted text credits the stock image base ("adobe free image"). The visual composition directly links Premier Smith's political tactics to a toxic substance, arguing that the provincial government leverages legitimate regional alienation to obscure illegal sovereignty efforts, hide procurement corruption scandals, and enable foreign interference that threatens Canadian constitutional democracy.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 26/09/2026
Over the ten years, Premier Smith claims Alberta faced a hostile federal government, oil and gas production doubled, and Ottawa poured tens of billions into energy infrastructure. The tolerance of her big lie is almost as remarkable as the lie itself. ow.ly/Fl7950ZRRaq
On the left: a photograph of Alberta’s flag, which features the provincial shield of arms, waving in front of the Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton. On the right: text that reads “Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis.”
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Lynne Dutton @lynnerdutton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“More importantly, it is an empirical fraud designed to deflect from years of provincial underinvestment and poor planning. Instead of sowing dissent, they need to go back to building our province.” calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Alberta’s referendum turns immigrants into scapegoats for government inaction
Alberta’s infrastructure deficits, overcrowded classrooms, and delayed emergency rooms are the result of political mismanagement.
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Alberta's Voice @albertasvoice.ca · 21/09/2026
What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum? We built a calculator to put the reported cost of the 2026 referendum in perspective — surgeries, teachers, nurses, schools, classrooms, infrastructure and more. See the comparisons: whatcouldweget.ca #abpoli #abreferendum #ableg
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What Could We Get for $134 Million?
What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum?
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Lynne Dutton @lynnerdutton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you for doing the work to inform Albertans what nonsense the referendum is. It exposes the UCP and the Premier as not conservative at all in their allocation of tax dollars #AbPoli
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wooden sculptures by Polish artist Michał Kulig IG: @@pracownia_sztuki_wlasnej www.instagram.com/pracownia_sz...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump's Latest Attack on Canada: Help to Divide its Citizens! =============================
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-space-...
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The Space Race You Never Heard About
Scientists raced to finish a new telescope before Trump could cancel the funding. And they won.
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No to the nine. Time to repost this. HT @duanebratt.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our hospitals but our political institutions and our belief that Canada is worth fighting for.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 25/09/2026
Thinking of visiting the US? Consider it carefully, as they’re going to seize your phone and look at everything you have on it.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fact for today: Potash is one of 34 minerals or metals on Canada's critical minerals list. Canada is the world's #1 producer, exporter, and holder of reserves for Potash. Potash is considered critical to food security. www.canada.ca/en/campaign/...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the DM's... Meanwhile, in education... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great Insights from somebody who knows. But, as I have said before, it speaks to the need for the GoA to communicate clearly and transparently about why they adopted this regulation, what it was supposed to achieve, and why it is time-limited. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Guest post by Lorne Gibson: The voters list, scrutineers and the question of trust - Alberta Politics
Lorne Gibson has served both as Alberta’s chief electoral officer and its election commissioner. The latter position was created by the NDP Government of premier Rachel Notley in the spring of 2018 to...
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