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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · Apr 5

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 19h

A classroom could be made of any or many of the below. They are ALL worth a great PUBLIC education! #CdnEd #AbEd #AbLeg #AbPoli

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 1d

#CdnEd #AbEd

Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 1d

Not enough. #AbJustice ? Ex-Parkland County firefighter gets 15 months in jail for possessing child sex abuse material. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/n...

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 1d

Students voices matter when it comes to their education. They deserve that respect. The current government would do well to listen.

I doubt they will.
www.youtube.com/live/ReKD6Mn... #CdnEd #AbEd #AbBREAKDOWN

Episode 7.35 - Alberta Students Speak Out!

YouTube video by The Breakdown AB

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

This is going to be just great! THIS is engagement!

#CdnEd #AbEd #AbBreakdown

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday night!

Bruce “Spanky” McAllister shut down one students mic during the “Alberta Next” panel so that young man couldn’t get his message across…

Well…

Evan’s back.

AND he brought a bunch of friends for a panel discussion on Alberta Education!

#abpoli #cdnpoli #abed

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AB Garden Girl 🇨🇦 @ab-garden-girl.bsky.social · 3d

I love how Portland is stepping up.

🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 4d

Absolute chaos continues to unfold in Portland.
#Terrorists
#NationalGuard

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

This is THE BEST!

Ridicule them.

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

Look what is going on in Texas! Good grief!

#TexasED

Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 3d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

a little girl is sitting at a table in a restaurant eating food .

ALT: a little girl is sitting at a table in a restaurant eating food .

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

mmm.... Gravy?

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

#CdnEd #AbEd #ucpAreEvil #dingalingdani

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 3d

#CdnEd #AbEd

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

I was so surprised when I found out he was a lawyer.

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

Figured that when I saw this.

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you @lisab0923.bsky.social

#CdnEd #AbEd #AbLeg #AbPoli

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Public vs Private Education. #alberta #education #ucp #referendum

YouTube video by Lisab0923

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

This is another very good reason to pay attention to school board trustee elections. #CdnEd #AbEd #AbTrustees

Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 5d

There's a literal flat-earther running for the Edmonton Public School board.

That's where Alberta is at right now

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

Reading "Parable of the Sower" for the first time. It's like Octavia E. Butler had a crystal ball.

A very good book but rather scary. Not in a Halloweenie kinda way.

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

#CdnEd #AbEd

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 4d

Oof I'm down a rabbit hole trying to parse this line in this article:

"According to a 2017 Fraser Institute report, the average after-tax income for a significant majority of independent school families is comparable to, or even slightly less than, the average income for public school families"

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Opinion: Setting the record straight on Alberta’s independent school funding

Independent school association takes issue with Don Braid column on government funding.

calgaryherald.com

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

& instead a woman received it. 😂

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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 4d

Just a reminder that the world’s gone mad and none of this is normal.

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

All very interesting.

albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 4d

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Michele Ford on X: "AFL Council Jnt Statement Labour Code Review 2011Sept28.pdf Thomas Lukaszuk & Dwayne Chomyn mentioned here. https://t.co/WQTKnBaogj" / X

AFL Council Jnt Statement Labour Code Review 2011Sept28.pdf Thomas Lukaszuk & Dwayne Chomyn mentioned here. https://t.co/WQTKnBaogj

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 5d

Wow....you got that fellow hash tagged? I took a screenshot of his old Twitter account once. It was NOT a very nice picture he showed prior to his Oilers one. Same dog though.

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 5d

Posted this to Facebook 9 years ago today. It's why I have such little patience for the "No one could have predicted it would be this bad!" people. Some of us did predict it. And we tried to warn people.

Donald Trump has done so many unbelievable things during this election that he has almost lost his capacity to shock. Last night's promise to jail his political opponent was only the latest example, but let's not forget that he has also...
1. Indicated that his political opponent should be assassinated.
2. Openly incited his supporters to violently attack his opponents' supporters.
3. Instructed security at his rallies to violently restrict press access.
4. Invited a foreign power to interfere in the election.
5. Indicated that he would use nuclear weapons in low-grade tactical situations.
6. Indicated that he would withdraw the United States from NATO and other international organizations/treaties.
7. Openly expressed admiration for some of the world's most violent and repressive national leaders.
8. Promised to use racial & religious qualifications to bar people from entering the country.
9. Bragged about sexually assaulting and/or indicated a desire to sexually assault women.
10. Openly mocked a disabled person when he knew the cameras were rolling.
11. Promised to restrict the press' First Amendment freedoms.
12. Indicated a desire not only to fight terrorists, but "take out their families" as well.
13. Indicated that racial/national background characteristics are disqualifying for federal judges.
14. Has expressed a stunning ignorance of and disinterest toward the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the separation of powers system.
This is just what i can remember off the top of my head; I'm sure there are more equally galling/dangerous incidents.
Individually any one of these incidents should disqualify a presidential candidate, and probably would in a normal year. Taken as a whole they indicate a candidate who is so far outside the mainstream of American politics that he should never have been let in. Even if you stipulate that Hillary Clinton has done everything she has ever been accused of doing (which she hasn't), Donald Trump would still be th…

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albertaadvocate.bsky.social @albertaadvocate.bsky.social · 5d

Just imagine! #AbEnergy

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 5d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.