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Kate

@monster-lady.bsky.social
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Mother, reluctant worker, aspiring ghost. Interested in climate, nature and the health/social care systems. Pretty bummed about the collapse of all 3.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 25/05/2026
For all the popularity of the Carney government, they sure are doing a lot of really stupid shit.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/in-c...
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In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find - Alberta Politics
In a classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of CO...
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Saw this happy little bird poop ghost on my walk last night. Seemed auspicious.
Close-up photo of sidewalk pavement with a smear of white bird poop that looks like a happy little ghost. There’s also some dark brown bird poop that doesn’t look like anything.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Statement from Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Could it be that the destruction of the habitable planet is not just an accidental outcome of Trump's policies, but is in fact the policy? My column this week asks another question that most people, I think, would rather not face. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The fact that humans can only survive on Earth doesn’t bother Trump – and I know why | George Monbiot
He is surrounded by people who have plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga project, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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mario yuwono @mario-y.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
From “we don’t need help from any government!” to “help us, government!” Is this libertarianism in a nutshell?
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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
What will we find if we peer under the rock on: Education Coal Recovery Centres Alberta needs a serious audit of ALL government contracts
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Interesting that the AHS town hall with the new CEO has been rescheduled twice now. Whatever could be causing the delay? calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Braid: Health contract allegations could be worst scandal since Alison Redford
Premier Danielle Smith's UCP in trouble over allegation of improper contacts, political meddling in private surgeries. Need public inquiry.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Quite the scoop! “Mentzelopoulos had been repeatedly subject to interference and pressure from various GOA officials – including Marshall Smith – to sign off on commitments for the new CSFs despite significant concerns within AHS around the true ownership and potential costs of the CSFs.” 🎁
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Alberta ousted health services CEO amid probe into medical contracts, document alleges
Athana Mentzelopoulos was dismissed two days before a meeting with province’s auditor on her investigation, according to letter
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
jfc here we go again. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government axes AHS board — again — in latest health reform move | CBC News
Interim CEO of Alberta Health Services will replace all directors as Adriana LaGrange's ministry heads search for new leadership of a diminished agency.
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Jon Meddings @jmeddings.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I just attended a talk (by a real expert) on water insecurity in southern AB. To hear that the headwater glaciers of the Bow (Bow and Peyto) are likely to be gone in 10 years makes you sit up and think. We. Can't. Afford. This. Government.
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Alberta folks: here we go again. Let’s make some noise and put a stop to this nonsense! saveourslopes.ca/
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Restore Alberta's Coal Mining Ban Now
Against the overwhelming will of the people, the Alberta government has quietly lifted the coal moratorium, once again exposing these critical headwaters to exploration and destruction.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Elon just endorsed a Pierre Poilievre interview with Jordan Peterson, after endorsing the neo-Nazi AfD in Germany, after pushing Nigel Farage in the UK, after pushing Trump in America. A multinational selection of the worst available options, and it's just a shame that Canada, right now, agrees.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I ...what www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins, a member of the group told NBC News.

In the game, called "Among Us," some players are secretly assigned to be killers in space who perform other tasks while trying to avoid suspicion from other players.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
if the name "sauron" wasn't evil enough on its own, they just casually mention the idea of killbots and murdering their own employees out of paranoid delusions
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This is what happens when newsroom executives prioritize a momentary stock price bump over the entire news industry and society as a whole Absolutely blows my mind that newsroom parent companies are often publicly traded and therefore beholden to shareholder profits above all. It's so ridiculous
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Jessica Morris 🇨🇦 @jessicatye.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Someone tell #cdnpoli journalists to start calling out #poilievre and the #CPC on their 💩 before we end up in the same place as the states. Fact that we had more stories about a secret anti-Trudeau letter than we did PP not getting security clearance is disgraceful. Not every journalist-but too many
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Brandy with a why? 🍁 @brandywithawhy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Fellow Albertans, and any family members of Albertans: We need to start talking about losing our pensions with EVERYBODY. So many people do not know what is happening. We need to get the word out, IRL, to people who are not on social media. Talk to family, friends, coworkers, customers, strangers.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This is running into Alex Jones territory. Look, the Americans just elected 3 conspiracy theories in a trench coat, we don’t need a CanCon knock off. Begging our media to call bullshit.
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I don’t know why more people are not talking about this story — and why it’s not the lead story everywhere in #Canada. “This is #Russia practising…” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #CanadaSky #cdnpoli
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How an alleged Russian plot suddenly upended Canada's air cargo rules | CBC News
Transport Canada quietly changed air cargo importation rules for 55 mostly European countries in September, throwing the system into chaos — all in response to an alleged Russian plot to place firebombs on planes destined for North America.
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Oh this is delicious: www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Plenty of good #Climate and Climate adjacent #StarterPacks but how about a good 🧵that makes them all super easy to find and follow? I'm glad I asked. Here you go! #ClimateChange #Renewables #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #Advocacy #Activism bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I swear, autumn sunrises around here are going to convert me into a morning person. 7:15am, Nov 13, just south of Calgary
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
“Alberta’s government has considered hiring former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to oversee its public pension fund manager, which is without a permanent board after all of its directors were fired last week” Oh FFS. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Harper Eyed as Alberta Pension Chairman
Alberta’s government has considered hiring former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to oversee its public pension fund manager, which is without a permanent board after all of its directors were ...
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Kate @monster-lady.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
A photo of my charming coworker to break in this account
A small black and white cat asleep on his back on a desk worker’s lap.
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