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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

@vanessasaurus.bsky.social
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Community builder in Calgary, AB. Democratic socialist, wife, Zelda enthusiast, Radiohead follower, skeptic, exalting cats, actively recovering, local volunteer, curious and shamelessly asking dumb questions.

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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 8h
Thanks for clarifying. An infuriating wait-and-see game then. Goodie.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 10h
This IS the patriarchy in action.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 10h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy, aiding foreign interference or, yes, just pain old treason?? Lets catapult them all over the border.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 11h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 11h
Id say there's some urgency warranted in this case, but yes, of course they have files on all these people, Id just like to see some action from some where against these horrible creatures who are destroying our province.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Theyre destroying our province!! I want to see them strung up by their toes and catapulted over the border!!!
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 16h
Sooo at what point does the RCMP or CSIS or...some entity step in and charge these people with seditious conspiracy or aiding foreign interference??
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Seriously. I am seriously so tired of and angry with the legitimizing of this
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This separatist garbage actually showed up in our mailbox TODAY. I’m furious. Alberta is not theirs to rip away from Canada. 🇨🇦 To the separatists trying to divide our country: you’re going to hear from the rest of us. #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong #USDemocracy
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cranberry capsules from a pharmacy will save you from a long course of antibiotics.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Transparency watchdog has no teeth: Transparency watchdog accuses federal lobbying commissioner of mass non-enforcement open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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Transparency watchdog accuses federal lobbying commissioner of mass non-enforcement
Democracy Watch report finds just three of 31,806 lobbying infractions were penalized under Commissioner Nancy Bélanger's tenure.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
Another summer of devastating wildfires that forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate from their homes should have been the wake up call this government needed to put the interests of Canadians ahead of the profits of the oil and gas industry.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tell us how much this pipeline will earn taxpayers, Prime Minister. Whats the business case for Canada?
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tell us how much this pipeline will earn taxpayers. Whats the business case for Canada?
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well put, but as you say, we dont have to like it.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The National Post attack on NDP Leader Avi Lewis crosses the line into threat. They invoke the same religious code words used by extremists who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. It is unacceptable to use religious intimidation to shut down debate on Gaza. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on NDP leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 30/09/2026
NEW: In the @thestar.com, I wrote about how the most dangerous aspect of Alberta’s October referendum is the scapegoating of migrants for the province’s overcrowded schools and hospitals. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The most worrying part of the Alberta referendum isn’t separatism
Nine questions are about immigration and immigrants.
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Jeff Samsonow @jeffsamsonow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm old enough to remember people going to jail for hacking government websites. Now we build them data centres.
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AI agents tried to hack a Canadian government website, research firm says
An artificial intelligence research firm said on Wednesday AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, casting the effort as a failed hacking attempt, while Canada said there were no indications its systems were compromised.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fair. I am just so f(*&ing exhausted by the UCP destroying our province and no one being able to do anything about it. I realize Albertans have to eat the shit sandwich we made but they don't have a mandate for most of what they're doing.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see that side of it but there is no overwhelming industry support for the pipeline and he did say there needs to be a "business case" for these projects. I wouldn't call telling Albertans that the Oil and Gas industry won't fund their own project cracking down.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Calgarian here. Does anyone else feel like this rewards the extorting tactics of a provincial government that is captured by radical morons that worship Oil and Gas? Why would the leader of the nation she's trying to break up give Smith anything she wants? AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS?
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Albertans Separation Would Mean: - 44,000-69,000 job loses in Calgary specifically - Would shrink Alberta's economy by up to $62 billion - $10-15 billion in foregone investment - $9 billion shortfall in deficit spending www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Alberta separation could mean tens of thousands fewer Calgary jobs: chamber report
Calgary could lose between 44,000 and 69,000 jobs if Alberta separates and trade costs rise, according to a new report commissioned by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
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Our Children’s Trust @youthvgov.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In just two months, 15 young people will make climate history as La Rose v. His Majesty the King heads to trial in Vancouver — Canada’s first federal youth climate trial. Visit our toolkit to learn more about the case and help spread the word: ourchildrenstrust.org/canadatrial-toolkit
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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's taken a minute but I'm excited to tell you about a new project and a new podcast (eventually). In many ways, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s was just the beginning…. More here: contactingconnie.substack.com/p/who-is-pro...
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Who is protected by the destruction of Indian Residential School records?
“There’s not a single Indigenous person in Canada, who has not been touched by the legacy of Residential Schools.” - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If by ugly they mean completely justified and way overdue, then yes, I agree.
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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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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seriously 💥 😡🙄
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1/7 🇨🇦 VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN ALBERTA HITS DECADE HIGH 🇨🇦 Workplace violence claims by medical staff have surged to record levels. Unions warn an eroding system is leaving front-line workers vulnerable. Source: CBC News #MedSky #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #ErSky #Safety
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This piece, by @jaredwesley.ca and my high school debate club chum Don Padget is a very detailed analysis. But it can be summed up this way: be careful what you wish for. #ableg #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I felt inspired to create this today.
A stylized black and white image of Ronald Reagan holding a baby who has the head of Donald a Trump. Teal background.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
American oil doesnt care about Americans either.
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Take a closer look at the label on “Canadian” oil. The companies that dominate oil sands production are predominantly foreign owned, largely by American investors. Tens of billions of dollars flow out of the country through dividends and share buybacks." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #cdnpoli
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Why Patriotic Calls to Support ‘Canada’s’ Oil Ring Hollow | The Tyee
As Trump’s US rakes in oilsands profits, we’re sold a clouded narrative of energy sovereignty.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did the projections model the same waste as we've seen under the UCP in these scenarios? Given their utter inability (refusal) to successfully run public departments, Id give the federal government of Alberta around 2 years before we're in Greece 2009 scenario.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did the projections model the same waste as we've seen under the UCP in these scenarios? Given their utter inability (refusal) to successfully run public departments, Id give the federal government of Alberta around 2 years before we're in Greece 2009 scenario.
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And for those that say, why don't you compare it to staying in Canada. That is the baseline assumption. In 3/4 scenarios (smooth vs difficult, short vs long run) Albertans would be economically worse off. Only in the smooth projection after 20 years, would Alberta be better off.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This reeks of fuckery. #abpoli
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What I'd like to know: • What did McAllister mean by coming to Canada the right way? • How many UCP MLAs & staff were not born in Canada & how did they immigrate to Canada? • Do those MLAs & staff support the immigration-related referenda questions out of blind loyalty to Premier Danielle Smith?
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
YES!! Lets file a suit against the UCP gerrymandering too!!
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Im voting no to the nine and to remain by mail in ballot, & you can still order yours until the 25th. www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-sp... Lets make an overwhelming statement that prejudicial treatment of vulnerable people in Alberta is not okay but staying a part of a united Canada definitely is.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Its absurd, infuriating and bewildering...the fact that Albertans haven't clued in, that is.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Everything this government does begins (and often ends) with one calculation: how can we help the oil and gas industry? Not workers. Not Albertans. Not even businesses. Just one industry -- one that's clearly captured this government.
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Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@ximenaka.bsky.social article on Smith's claims re: immigrants in Alberta is a deep dive into the numbers and explains that her dangerous rhetoric is divisive and props up racist attitudes that used to be fringe in our province. Well, maybe that last bit is my assertion. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The Tyee
Ahead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims.
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