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Edwin 🇨🇦

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Acting President of Alberta.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h
Ever notice that whenever someone purports to have seen/met their god, they are *never* disappointed? Their gods *alway* fulfill every preconceived notion they already had. It's almost as if they imagined the whole thing . . .
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 7h
From the government that is actively campaigning against the interests of immigrants. The irony and hypocrisy is profound. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Celebrating the newcomers who make a difference
Twenty Albertans have received an Alberta Immigrant Impact Award in recognition of their achievements and contributions to communities across Alberta.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 20h
Separtists would sell out Alberta to the Americans, @tylerdawson.bsky.social argues. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Alberta’s separatists would sell us out to the Americans
New reporting by The Globe and Mail detail the influence of Republican-aligned interests on the referendum campaign
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20h
Focus has been on the resulting rise in oil prices, but it is potential food shortages the world should be paying attention to, ICC secretary-general John Denton said. on.wsj.com/4i1rmnE
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Hormuz Gridlock Risks Global Food Crisis, International Chamber of Commerce Chief Says
Focus has been on the resulting rise in oil prices, but it’s potential food shortages the world should be paying attention to, ICC secretary-general John Denton said.
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Politico @politico.com · 04/10/2026
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI politi.co/4rJE8dI
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Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI politi.co/4rJE8dI
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI politi.co/4rJE8dI
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 21h
In the wake of The Globe's investigation, a Calgary MP calls for Canada to consider overhauling laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips Alberta separatists made to DC: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friend
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Alberta separatists’ talks with GOP spark outcry, call for legislative change
Calgary Liberal MP says Canada needs to consider overhauling its laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips that separatist leaders have made to D.C.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 21h
Jen Gerson with more truth bombs: “Voting to leave is not sending a message to Ottawa. It’s sending a message to Washington.” “The message is this: Canada is weak, regionally divided, and can be turned on itself for America’s benefit. Ultimately, that message hurts all of us, including Albertans.”
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Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh?
Vote to stay and send Washington the right message. Namely, don’t fuck with us.
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Ryan S. @sirfish.bsky.social · 20h
I don't agree with everything Jen Gerson says here about the legitimacy of Alberta's grievances, but the thrust of her argument is correctly aimed dead-on at the fantastical idiocy of the separatists and separatist adjacents enabled by Danielle Smith. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart. Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
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Mad (Social) Scientist 🇨🇦 @jemburch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Vote to stay and send Washington the right message: don’t be lulled by our internal squabbling into believing we’re so weak and divisible as our stupidest citizens would have you believe. Oh, and don’t fuck with us." #ABLeg #CNDPoli open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh?
Vote to stay and send Washington the right message. Namely, don’t fuck with us.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump’s “Super Intelligence Force” puts AI, intelligence, trade and defence officials under his control while giving tech companies direct access to policy decisions they could profit from, creating fertile ground for corporate profiteering, regulatory capture and corruption.
The White House Verified Account
@WhiteHouse
“I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF). The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP 🇺🇸
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Following the Historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the World's most important Technology Companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American People, I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF). The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans. The Super Intelligence Force will coordinate the Federal Government's engagement with Consumers, Public Interest Groups, Religious Organizations, Critical Infrastructure Providers, and Super Intelligence Companies, and will be led by Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer, Emil Michael, and Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Scott Kupor, and will report to the President of the United States (ME!), and the Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Bethankit Hums @tangibullah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who elected these separatist "leaders" to speak for Albertans? #ableg #abpoli
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every time @carrietait.bsky.social goes quiet for a whole, you know she is working on something big. Here it is www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump: "Canadaaaaaaa!"
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh fun! Larry wants us all to play Geoguesser! Rage farming is an all season form of agriculture that apparently… Crosses borders. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj
Excerpt from the Globe article reads: “A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.
The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province's resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence.
Through interviews with The Globe on both sides of the border, people involved in politics, the corporate sector and Alberta's pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts by figures in the U.S. administration and conservative political establishment to support groups seeking American expansionism and independence for Alberta.”
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 03/10/2026
Today the Globe and Mail reports about American political operatives involving themselves in Alberta's referendum. This is, of course, wholly inappropriate. I want to provide some context to any American who sees an "opportunity": (🧵)
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“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.” Modry and Rath, again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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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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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just to recap #ableg #abpoli, separatists with deep ties to the ruling UCP have been in the Trump White House making deals with a corrupt American govt. #cdnpoli
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Cool Xenu 8647 @coolxenu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Drunkard #DavidParker is back with another beg fest! If this grioft works for the small, weak man, his supporters are even dumber than I though. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Make Alberta America again? The fantastic Globe crew unearths even deeper ties between Alberta separatists and Republican officials, including a pledge to give the U.S. some of our resources in exchange for backing sovereignty www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
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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Cool Xenu 8647 @coolxenu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wonder if alleged lawyer #KeithWIlson is aware of this? #ableg #cdnpoli
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
Reporter @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?
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Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?
Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Most Quebeckers lose flu shot coverage as viral season gets early start. Quebec and Alberta stopped covering the COVID-19 vaccine for most people last year, but there are still risks, by @tuthanhha.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Most Quebeckers lose flu shot coverage as viral season gets early start
Quebec and Alberta stopped covering the COVID-19 vaccine for most people last year, but experts say there are still risks
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Kushner Rejects CNN Report That His Israeli Diplomacy Might Benefit His Private Equity Fund
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This story, about the links between the top Alberta independence social media account and a well known separatist leader that I did with @jeffyates.bsky.social, has been pretty well read today. There have also been some common questions, so I'm going to add my 2 cents! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader | CBC News
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Audric Moses 🇨🇦 @audricmoses.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How about "strengthining" general literacy 🤦? #ableg
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
Department of Homelan... • Follow •.• X
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
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MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Certainly, vocal support for Alberta separatism had risen during Liberal regimes, at least as far back as '80s Trudeau. Mulroney getting in dampened the mood, so did Harper. But for him to claim it was zero — that's just factually off.
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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 02/10/2026
AI is changing how disinformation can be created and spread. In our new series, Our Information Ecosystem, Aengus Bridgman, of McGill University shares his perspective on how AI tools are making it possible to mass-produce synthetic, disinforming content. Watch online: www.cpac.ca/our-informat...
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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is insane.
Christopher Hale w @ChristopherHale
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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karenatsharon.bsky.social @karenatsharon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's the biggest Alberta separ... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #ableg Interesting read.
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It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader | CBC News
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Edwin 🇨🇦 @shirtdisturber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Featured speaker at the 2024 Canada Strong and Free Network (formerly Manning Centre) conference in Red Deer. #ableg talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rise of Alberta, the brash social media account-cum-swag retailer, has direct ties to a more mild-toned separatist group leader, @alexboyd.bsky.social and @jeffyates.bsky.social report: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader | CBC News
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you work at a print shop or plant that produced these door hangers or know something about who produced them, contact me in confidence at journalismtips@protonmail.com.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From the DM’s… Allegedly these illegal door hangers are now showing up across Alberta… Without identifying who is distributing them. Sure would be a shame if someone had some doorbell footage… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Alberta’s top court has upheld the convictions of two leaders of the COVID-19 border blockade at Coutts” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Alberta’s top court upholds convictions of two leaders of COVID-19 border blockade
Alberta’s top court has upheld the convictions of two leaders of the COVID-19 border blockade at Coutts, Alta.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's just straight-up racism, and nobody is batting an eye.
Andrew Scheer:

Carney wants to bring back Trudeau-era levels of immigration. 

This is the Conservative response 👇

Quoting Michelle Rempel Garner:

Mark Carney said he will increase immigration. 

That's crazy.

Immigration needs to go down. WAY down.

[Video clip of Rempel Garner holding a press conference]
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/09/2026
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 The Pentagon is "increasing [nuclear] options available to the President," per classified briefing to Congress:
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Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button
Not that Congress cares
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 29/09/2026
A Turkish media outlet is reporting the fake AI journalist “Daniel Robson,” who was published by the Ottawa Citizen, Policy Options, Western Standard and The Hub, was targeting a “critic of the Moroccan ruling elite” The dissident suspects “Daniel Robson” may have links to “Moroccan intelligence”
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Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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El Brento @andbrent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth." Slop, memes, conspiracy and misinformation run rampantly free while factual news from reputable sources comes with a fee. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social sums up the dark societal costs. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
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A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🧵 3/4: Remember, the point here is not necessarily for the UCP to win outright, but to stir up division, racism, and anti-Indigenous hate. Political arson, to bury their record for the 2027 AB election while they run on claims they're the only ones who can put out the fire. - Promote separatism:
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2026 Alberta Referendum Separation Question
Learn more about the most recent separation question being added to the 2026 Referendum ballot.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's the point. This is mostly about the 2027 provincial election, the UCP is aiming for messy outcomes blocked by Indigenous Treaty rights, the constitution, etc, which they will use for political arson and rage farming. Then in 2027 they run as the only party that can compromise with the klan.
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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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Alfred E. Neuman ( MAD Magazine ) @alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#madmagazine
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