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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 08/10/2026

Sources tell me Danielle Smith will force Edmonton to repeal its zoning bylaw. Smith's UCP loyalist friends in Edmonton Neighbourhoods United, whose agenda lost in the last election, asked for her help, just like she helped the separatists. Local democracy is dead.

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli

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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hind's Revolution www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN_V... (reposted for the global gen Z protests taking place right now)

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Hind's Revolution (Kendrick Lamar X Rage Against The Machine X Macklemore)

YouTube video by Memes of Production

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seriously, watch and share this.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Pie-Maker ("Pushing Daisies") would certainly be a choice, he thought. Someone else with cool powers may be tempting, but Ned knows that you gotta keep that shit a secret. We would have to find ourselves a knitting PI to solve murders, of course (not just cause I want another crafty friend).

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've seen several posts by people saying things "oh I didn't have plague on my bingo card" Seriously, get it together, put all the worst things on your bingo card - locusts, hurricanes, miseries that nobody has even imagined Haven't you learned

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

Thing is the whole thing is premised on the idea a child should need a six figure loan to keep going to school rather than educating people being a public benefit.

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🏳️‍⚧️🧡 Legally Drew 🧡🇨🇦 @djruuh.ca · 04/10/2026

Trans rights should not be subject to the whims of premiers armed with the NWC.

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DerDeh-Sundrop 🇨🇦 @derdeh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He is a good human and Canadian. He used his platform for good and has helped progress the research for Parkinson's. 👏🇨🇦👏

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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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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Updated 29Sep26 Albertans who have died from the #toxicdrugcrisis. 2016: 688 2017: 862 2018: 956 2019: 800 2020: 1413 2021: 1889 2022: 1778 2023: 2141 2024: 1508 2025: 1450 2026: 602 Total 14,087 DRUG DEATHS (ANY SUBSTANCE) SINCE 2016 A son. A daughter. A parent. A sibling. A friend. #endthedeaths

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And some will think this petty, but even the passive voice in the first sentence "Albertans are being asked" - riles me. Why? These questions didn't just "arise" - the UCP government decided to put these divisive questions to us, and bill us for the privilege. And they need to held accountable.

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Smith & the UCP have worked since the day they were elected to destroy Alberta's healthcare & education, and replace it with private healthcare Now, a year before an election, Smith is using the referendum to spread the idea that immigrants are to blame for that destruction Just my opinion #ableg

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

egale.ca/awareness/pa... Egale's published a year-long study on the impacts of the UCP's anti-trans legislation. It's a hard read. But a worthwhile one. Please share.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Described, many Albertans and the upcoming referendum questions:

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Re-reading my article on why substitute teaching in Alberta SUCKS. I keep thinking, "I want to update this" but not enough has changed.... I could discuss the legislated settlement and how it means most of these material conditions can't change for YEARS. We're so cooked. medium.com/@smartalecwa...

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Substitute Teaching in Alberta Sucks Far More Than You Know

2025/Jun/15

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Again, Carney is even worse than Harper.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hindbrain is my best friend. He's always got my back; he keeps those autonomic functions going that keep us alive while I do stupid shit like overanalyze social interactions.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Our discovery means that we can now grow neurons from the back of the brain, the hindbrain, in a petri dish and study their functions.” Incredible breakthrough!!

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To be honest, I’m only surprised it’s that low.

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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New from me: Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta’s United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insurance, a lawyers’ group says. edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta...

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Data shows severe weather, not injuries, behind spike used to justify Alberta's no-fault auto insurance move: lawyers group

Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta's United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insuranc...

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This. Nothing to hear out. Sometimes there is no middle ground, no position of compromise.

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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Listen to what Carney's government is saying. They have to crush workers' rights because it's what makes investors happy. Unions and workers with rights are 'bad for business'

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The amount of harm that these religions have perpetuated against queer people, just for starters.

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Shawneee @shawneee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just because abrahamic ideologies have been historically powerful enough to say "nah no one is allowed to criticise us and if they do, they are bigots actually!!!!" does not mean it is real! I wish people would recognize these gaslighting tactics.

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@KatyET www.abresistance.ca @katyet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

No, infact when I think of #AI, I think of noise, & air pollution. I think of the wastefulness of using fossil fuels & freshwater for spytech, memes, & intellectual theft machines, fueling an inflated bubble run by a Broligarch owned US monopoly that hurts kids. #Liars #NoGasForAI #MetaHurtsKids

Screenshot: Alberta is betting its energy industry can help build its artificial-intelligence economy, with Meta's massive data-centre project in Sturgeon County being held up as an example of what comes next for the province.
At the Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association annual conference in Edmonton on Thursday, Sept. 10, Meta community engagement manager Matt Sexton said Alberta's Industrial Heartland offered a combination of land, energy, infrastructure and skilled workers that made it possible for the company to consider "tens of billions of dollars" in capital investment.
"When people think about Al, they often think about the software, the applications, and the technology," Sexton said. "But behind every Al application is physical infrastructure. The data centres, the power, the skilled workers, construction, engineering."
The scale of the Meta project is already evident.
More than 3,000 workers are expected onsite during peak construction, Sexton said, with more than half of the current workforce coming from Alberta. He said fabrication work is also underway in Calgary, with the company expecting to reach 13,000 workers over the next 12 to 15 months.

https://www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local/alberta-bets-big-on-ai-data-centres-as-meta-project-takes-shape-12798868

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Phriktion @phriktion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Heres some additional decisions the UCP has made since her arrival docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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UCP Decisions and Impacts 2019 - 2023 by Bailrs

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

8/8 Smith is not a committed separatist. She is a committed self-preservationist. 👉 This distinction is crucial in understanding the profound threat she poses not just to Alberta, but to the rest of Canada. Source: Jeremy Appel, The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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Opinion: Danielle Smith is no separatist – she’s something even more dangerous

Smith isn’t the ideologue her opponents portray her as, but she is a power-seeking opportunist

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grummpyoldman.bsky.social @grummpyoldman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#ableg #abpoli Remember folks. Smith is a player and you are being played. Talk show host - master manipulator, but not a real Premier. Don’t believe her fake tears. It’s all about her power. Governor, Prime Minister, Queen? 🤬🤮🆘

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MadMarvin @marvinm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tapping the sign so hard my finger goes through....

A split screen Simpsons meme. Don't make me tap through sign. Strikes are supposed to be disruptive

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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Almost like how she treated Alberta teachers, though she went further and took away their constitutional rights. Lick a 9-volt, Dani.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Had a really good conversation with my counselor about compliance in the workforce today.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The whole merit conversation has to be thrown in the garbage. People get to where they are because they conform, not due to merit. There are many people who have the merit to hold positions or spaces of affluence. The determining factor is “fit” which is actually compliance

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Saw a protest yesterday at an Edmonton overpass in support of separation. Looked poorly attended.

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Smith also spoke of parents ... opening a utility bill in January with “a knot in their stomach.” Utilities are provincial jurisdiction. She could do something about rising utility rates and chooses not to. Smith prioritizes her agenda over Albertans every time. #ABpoli #ABLeg

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Booo-ca Soppres-satantic. @lucasalami.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Can't fucking hate this person enough.

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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To put this in context, there are 2,966,122 registered voters in Alberta, according to Elections Alberta. #ableg #abpoli

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The time to push candidates toward more progressive policies is NOT after they get in office. It’s before. We have to look out for everybody. That may include a type of person that is not in your life!

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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This will stack the deck in favour of employers, and lead to reduced wages at a time when affordability is already difficult. Workers need a level playing field in bargaining, and it sounds like this will undermine that at the exact time airports are being privatized. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Liberals looking to give minister explicit authority to end strikes: sources | CBC News

The Liberal government's marquee fall legislation is expected to strengthen a controversial section of the Labour Code, two senior government sources tell CBC News.

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Hunter Felt 🏳️‍⚧️ @hunterfelt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Someone on my TL answered why they're doing almost entirely gimmick episodes this season with "well they're not allowed to do social commentary anymore, which is kind of the whole point of Star Trek, so..."

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Unions contend that this heavy-handed use of the law undermines their ability to bargain and violates workers' rights. The move has been challenged in Federal Court." This move is anti-worker. Making strikes less likely and less effective, that attacks workers' collective power. #CdnPoli

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Mark Carney is the Margaret Thatcher of Canada

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Normally we drop Alberta Unbound episodes on Mondays. But this panel with @jaredwesley.ca, @carterab.bsky.social and Avnish Nanda was too powerful and urgent to wait. A strategic look at fighting the noxious nine. @5xforcanada.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AlbertaUnbound #notothenine

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Saying No to the Nine

Alberta Unbound · Episode

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