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Susan Swann 🍁

@originalcygnet.bsky.social
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Woke; proud of it. Lifelong Canadian Albertan against misinformation, willful ignorance, feckless lack of accountability/civility.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I wish just one NATO leader (or all of them) would say, "This is unacceptable. The US president has lost his mind. America come get your boy. He's broken and needs to be under a doctor's care back home." I wish someone would tell the damn truth about what's happening.
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Alberta's Bill 11 is an extensive privatization of medically necessary health care services in Canada. The federal government has both the authority and the obligation to act and end to this terrible attack on public health. share.nwmd.social/s/de4FlJxB
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Demand action: Tell Prime Minister Mark Carney and Health Minister Marjorie Michel they must stop Alberta from destroying public health care.
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
After years of advocacy from the Palestinian Canadian community, an official Nakba exhibition will launch at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Join us in asking Minister Miller to reject calls to shut down Palestinian histories. share.nwmd.social/s/cJXZO1uw
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Tell Minister Marc Miller: We Support the Nakba Exhibition
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Premier Danielle Smith is spending millions of tax dollars to sell you an Alberta Pension Plan that nobody asked for. Use this website to send a personalized email to Premier Smith telling her to stay away from our CPP. donttouchcpp.ca/directmessage
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Protect CPP: Send the Premier a Direct Message
It takes just 2 minutes to act now,
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Say no to her discriminatory referendum. Join me and sign up here. ouralbertaadvantage.ca
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Stop Premier Smith’s Scapegoating of Immigrants
Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Vote NO on her racist referendum.
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Jessica @jessica-rn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.
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Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN
The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Maybe the oil execs should drink it to show how safe it is. "“I don’t care how many times they treat that contaminated water — it’s going to end up here,” said Alice Martin, a Mikisew Cree elder with feathery gray bangs who was pleading with others to help make a plan to fight the oil companies."
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/03/2026
This is from 1975.
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
www.tedmed.com/talk/the-sho...
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The shocking danger of mountaintop removal – and why it must end - TEDMED
“What is the ethical obligation of the scientist who believes populations are in danger?” That was the question that professor Michael Hendryx asked himself when he began to …
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/02/2026
CBS pulling @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s interview from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is alarming and nothing short of censorship. Full breakdown on my Substack page (link below). adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"Despite internal emails indicating miscarriages, stillbirths, and at least one infant death, the province released no clear, timely data to clinicians or the public. Heavily redacted records confirmed officials were actually tracking these harms.." but did not report! thewalrus.ca/alberta-knew...
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Alberta Knew Measles Was Harming Pregnant Patients—But Stayed Silent | The Walrus
Internal documents reveal health officials withheld data about the people most at risk
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state. That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.
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ICE Uses Disguises and Fake Plates for Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to inquiries about whether the men were federal immigration officers. As the sweeping imm...
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Want to help collect signatures for Corb’s Water not Coal petition? Sign up here: www.coalpetition.ca
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Water Not Coal | Citizen Initiative Petition
Help prohibit coal mining in the Alberta's Rockies. Register to sign the petition.
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Alberta, Let’s Go! We need to defend this land, water and our mountains so the flora, fauna & spirit of Alberta can continue to flourish! Click to sign up, donate & stay in the loop. team.waternotcoal.ca #AbPoli #WaterNotCoal #MountainsNotMines
Water Not Coal Logo 
A black white and blue circular cartoon image of the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains with blue rivers flowing from them.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Cartoon Movement - daily cartoon The Washington Post-Mortem Today's editor's choice The Washington Post is dead. Cartoon by Antonio Rodríguez.
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Suzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance. It's open for a couple of months. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7148 - Petitions
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/02/2026
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
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Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal. Satellite imagery of the Gaza war cemetery in al-Tuffah, a district of Gaza City, shows extensive earthworks in the southernmost corner of the graveyard. Bomb craters can be seen around the cemetery, but in this area the destruction appears to have been more systematic. Continue reading...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Its destruction came as Israel said it will ban Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, from operating in Gaza, after the charity refused to provide Israeli authorities a list of its Palestinian staff. MSF currently provides at least 20% of hospital beds in Gaza.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Gaza health officials estimate over 1,200 Palestinians have died in Gaza while waiting for medical transfer due to Israel’s closure of the Rafah crossing.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“data shows the government paid out about $29.45 million between 2019 and June 2025 to 150 former employees. But that figure doesn’t account for payouts made in the second half of 2025” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee
That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"Democracy & justice in Alberta are being threatened. Alberta is being abused by its own government much the same way the United States of America is being abused by its current president." Over 180 Lawyers have penned an open letter calling out Smith's attack on the law. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Yes, it should.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Hiding the Epstein Files means you’re GUILTY AF. Hiding the Epstein Files means you’re GUILTY AF. Hiding the Epstein Files means you’re GUILTY AF.
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TweetLD @tweetld.art · 11/01/2026
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 23/04/2025
Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality. Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
FOREVER CANADIAN PETITION HAS A GOOD START open.substack.com/pub/kenchapm...
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FOREVER CANADIAN PETITION HAS A GOOD START
But it's not there yet. Time to Double Down and Get Er Done.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli
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Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views
After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...
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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Do you have any idea how many natural resources AI uses up? How much of a clusterfuck it is for the climate? If yes, then MAYBE DON'T ILLUSTRATE YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH AI ART!!!
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Let's give this a try!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/09/2025
This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people. Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it. We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Someone should tell Trump that arresting Putin in Alaska and delivering him to The Hague would be the quick way to end the war in Ukraine and the only way he might win a Nobel Peace Prize. Well it would end the war at least.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Thank You B.C. NDP #AbPoli #COVID-19 #FireTheUCP
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a man in a car with the words get in the car written on it
ALT: a man in a car with the words get in the car written on it
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-... #Alberta #abpoli
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Alberta covered $150M in oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent | The Narwhal
Issue of oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent in Alberta is ‘intertwined’ with unpaid municipal taxes, cleanup bills: law professor
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to fund rooftop solar projects for low- and middle-income households. Officials plan to send notices to all 60 recipients in the Solar for All program, spanning 49 states, informing them that their funding has been revoked.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Chief Exec of Ovo “We’ve stumbled into a false debate. We talk endlessly about the cost of action and investing in net-zero – but the real crisis is the cost of inaction “There is a clear economic reason for moving to clean energy sources.” www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
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Households could net thousands of pounds in savings from clean tech – report
A report from Ovo, however, warned that the initial costs of installing solar panels, heat pumps and batteries are prohibitive for many people.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show." My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on "The Colbert Report" in 2010. We must get big money out of politics.
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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 06/08/2025
I know I’m old and I shouldn’t lose touch with what’s happening but see, none of the news headlines now make any sense to me 🤷‍♂️
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White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
dan balz upon retiring his column after 47 years at the washington post: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Taxpayers are paying $20,000 per month for PP and his family to squat in Stornoway You okay with that? vt.tiktok.com/ZSS5c6HUG/
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Susan Swann 🍁 @originalcygnet.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/a-...
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Stop blocking a safe future for our kids
From letting ultra-rich oil companies off the hook for hundreds of millions in oil well clean up fees, to spreading misinformation on clean electricity and blocking new renewable energy projects — i...
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True North Strong and Free Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Fascism is here. You can say you don’t care, but you can’t say you don’t know.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
🇵🇸 #Gaza #Famine: Gazans tell BBC of air drop fears as aid agencies call plan 'grotesque distraction' #Malnutrition worsens in Gaza as aid agencies criticise Israeli aid air drop plan www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
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Gazans tell BBC of air drop fears as aid agencies call plan 'grotesque distraction' - live updates
Israel has said foreign nations will be able to air drop supplies into Gaza as international pressure mounts in the face of widespread starvation.
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