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Alberta's Voice @albertasvoice.ca · 08/10/2026
Danielle Smith's referendum is bad for business. The Calgary Chamber's own survey shows members expect more harm than good from her immigration questions. Alberta needs workers, not more barriers. Stay in Canada. No to the Nine. #alberta #abreferendum #abpoli #ableg #daniellesmith
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The Verge @theverge.com · 26/07/2026
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
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The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
Whoops, was that the duress password?
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 02/06/2026
"Berulis, who found out about Musk’s tweet after the accident, thought back to the threatening note that had been posted on his door earlier that month." www.wired.com/story/he-ble...
wired.com
He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.
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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
BREAKING (Rare use of that from me that isn't ironic.) So, Jen Gerson has got a story to tell, and it's genuinely shocking. I've known the outline of this for a few weeks now, but still. Reading it all woven together blew me away. What a major, major fuck up.
readtheline.ca
SCOOP: Jen Gerson: Elections Alberta's massive failure could have put people in danger. I tried to warn them.
The most unhinged people in the province may now have access to the personal information of everybody who lives here, and there's nothing we can do about it
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“The process would be overseen by a UCP-led committee of MLAs and would see the number of MLAs grow by four, up to 91, with no public hearings.” Read that again: UCP-led committee. No public hearings. Ripping up the map to rig the election. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com
Alberta to redraw electoral map, expand legislature to 91 seats in fast-tracked review
The process would be overseen by a UCP-led committee of MLAs and would see the number of MLAs grow by four, up to 91
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/04/2026
BREAKING: Artemis II lifts off on mission around the moon. nbcnews.app.link/KbL7XEKxZ1b
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Victory (in a taped together test fit) is mine
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 23/03/2026
Nearly one in four Albertans lives with a disability. And today, the UCP voted against them. Bill 206 would have created clear accessibility standards and accountability so people aren’t shut out of jobs, services, and everyday life. Instead, the government chose to do nothing.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Danielle Smith banned renewables. It chased billions of investment out of the province and cost thousands of jobs. And we’re still paying for it. Danielle Smith is causing an Alberta disadvantage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Danielle Smith is now blaming immigrants for her own decision. How can she point the finger at overcrowding and unsustainable population growth while she's still paying people to move here? youtube.com/shorts/RzLjf...
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Danielle Smith can't do her job without blaming immigrants.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 05/02/2026
The best way to save money www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Joanna Stern @joannastern.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Some personal news. For real. After 12 years at @wsj.com I’m leaving. I’m starting my own consumer tech media company, building a new home with the same mission I've always had: help real people navigate the tech changing their lives + have fun while doing it. Sign up! www.thisismynexthing.com
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Home | This Is My Next Thing
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/02/2026
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Scott Galloway calls for month-long big tech boycott to protest ICE | CNN Business
Scott Galloway joins The Lead.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 02/02/2026
CEOs of big tech companies who the Trump administration listens to have decided to ignore the slow descent into fascism. www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 31/01/2026
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
On Saturday, @theverge.com's creative director @kristenradtke.bsky.social carefully watched a video of a shooting in Minneapolis, twice. Hours later, she found out that the man who was killed was her childhood best friend. www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Shameful shit from Tim Cook, fascist benefactor
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.
Photo of Prime Minister Carney speaking at a podium in Davos, Switzerland. A quote from his speech is edited on top: “WHEN THE RULES NO LONGER PROTECT YOU, YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. BUT LET US BE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHERE THIS LEADS. A WORLD OF FORTRESSES WILL BE POORER, MORE FRAGILE, AND LESS SUSTAINABLE.”
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Incredible man
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 09/12/2025
In the midst of a tide of misinformation, it does sometimes feel like a pointless fight, especially as the structures that could combat misinfo—from fact checking to regulations to platform policies—are being dismantled. That doesn't mean it's a fight that's not worth having.
theverge.com
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” - Garry Kasparov
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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 06/12/2025
Property taxes are confusing, because the UCP prefers it. Last year, Edmonton increased municipal taxes by 5.7%. But then the UCP hiked the Education Tax by 9% and forced cities to collect it for them. The UCP loves systems where others shoulder the blame for their actions.
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rplester.bsky.social @rplester.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push. Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 26/10/2025
Parents, the UCP kept your kids out of school for over 3 weeks and hasn't taken a single step since to improve learning conditions. What an insult to you, your kids and their teachers. And now they’re going to force teachers back to those same conditions. youtube.com/shorts/843Gc...
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No school for 3 weeks with no plan to return is an insult to families across Alberta.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
It turns out, giving everyone free vaccines would save Alberta the most money. But restricting vaccines was never about saving money, was it Premier Smith? #abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg #yql #abhealth #cdnpoli
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Ariadne MacDuff 🇨🇦 @sunbirch.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The Alberta Legislature grounds today 👊 ♥️
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Today, I take my seat in the Legislature for the first time as the MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona and Leader of the Official Opposition. Representing you in this chamber is an incredible honour of a lifetime and a responsibility that I’m deeply grateful for. Thank you, Alberta.
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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Thank you, @mit.edu, for taking the lead.
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MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling — Reuters
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The cost of living keeps rising, but the UCP haven’t raised the minimum wage in SEVEN years. Alberta’s New Democrats believe it’s long overdue. We can build a better province and provide workers with what they need: a better paycheque. youtube.com/shorts/FOZKU...
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Let's protect your paycheques, Alberta! Raise the minimum wage now!
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
For the first time in Alberta history, Danielle Smith will use the notwithstanding clause preemptively to shield her bills targeting vulnerable trans children from legal scrutiny. Her actions are simply cruel and wrong. Read my full statement below:
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It seems you are unfamiliar with our game
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Exactly this
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
yahoo.com
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of ‘free speech’ sure had a change of heart.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
This Labour Day, let’s fight for something better. Better wages. Better lives. A better Alberta.
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Better wages. Better Lives. A better Alberta.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Tech companies spending hundreds of millions to hire individual AI PhDs with the revenue they collected distributing endless medical and climate science misinformation is really just something else
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 27/08/2025
Critics say the decision challenges the Alberta Energy Regulator’s credibility in a province ruled by a political party committed to fast-tracking resource development. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli
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Outrage as Plug Pulled on Coal Mine Public Hearing | The Tyee
The CEO of Alberta’s energy regulator pleased a foreign mining firm with an unprecedented order.
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rplester.bsky.social @rplester.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
If you live in Alberta you won’t be able to just walk into a pharmacy and get your vaccines this fall. Seems like preordering is a good idea myhealth.alberta.ca/Topic/Immuni...
myhealth.alberta.ca
Book an immunization appointment
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Good lord, did not see this yesterday globalnews.ca/news/1122919...
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Indian agent had Jagmeet Singh under close surveillance | Globalnews.ca
The incident, detected in late 2023, prompted police to place tight security around the NDP leader.
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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
An extremely online breakup is happening and it’s only the country at stake www.wired.com/story/musk-t...
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Chris McClure 🇨🇦 @chrisjmcclure.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The UCP government is unbelievably stupid - purposefully killing off business investment in Alberta for the sake of ideological purity. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli 🎁 article: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e4386cd...
theglobeandmail.com
Free the market for renewable energy in Alberta
The sector is in retreat, weighed down by provincial red tape and uncertainty created by the government
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Both city council police commission appointments who raised the ire of then-chief Dale McFee have now stepped down. Commish says it welcomed Renée Vaugeois back to the table after a 3rd-party conflict-of-interest review, but she opted to resign. No indication we'll ever see what the review found.
edmontonjournal.com
A second Edmonton police commissioner has resigned after conflict-of-interest inquiry
A second Edmonton police commissioner has resigned after conflict-of-interest inquiry
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This one is a white dad of four with a job who is now apparently stuck in a for-profit detention center for having neglected to file a form in 2015
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Alberta’s New Democrats know that better is possible and that work starts now, hand in hand with you. Join us. #BetterStartsNOW Get involved ▶️ albertandp.ca youtu.be/3GD1q67wi_0
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Better Starts NOW, with you.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Oh wow, Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued a report finding the Alberta government is broadly not complying with freedom of information laws
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