Bridget Stirling
@bridgetstirling.bsky.social
UAlberta PhD candidate exploring the politics of childhood and education and the temporality of childhood.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
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I've been sitting on this news for a couple of weeks now, and I'm excited to finally share.
I signed the contract today for my forthcoming book, "All Thy Sons Command: Childhood and the Canadian Far Right". I have a dissertation to finish first, but this is huge at this stage in my academic career.
I signed the contract today for my forthcoming book, "All Thy Sons Command: Childhood and the Canadian Far Right". I have a dissertation to finish first, but this is huge at this stage in my academic career.
The first half hour after hitting submit on something important is just me trying not to pass out, vomit, or plain old die from anxiety.
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The first half hour after hitting submit on something important is just me trying not to pass out, vomit, or plain old die from anxiety.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
This is the sort of thing that in any normal province would sink a government. The Sky Palace pales in comparison.
It's such overt corruption, but they're doing everything they can to change the rules so it's not illegal.
It's such overt corruption, but they're doing everything they can to change the rules so it's not illegal.
An exhaustive deep-dive into the rise of Sam Mraiche from bankruptcy to health care titan, with new wrinkles on his connections to the UCP and AHS dealings.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is the sort of thing that in any normal province would sink a government. The Sky Palace pales in comparison.
It's such overt corruption, but they're doing everything they can to change the rules so it's not illegal.
It's such overt corruption, but they're doing everything they can to change the rules so it's not illegal.
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Oh my god they are slowly turning him into a soufflé!
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Oh my god they are slowly turning him into a soufflé!
I am once again begging Alberta progressives to learn some relatively basic concepts about constitutions.
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I am once again begging Alberta progressives to learn some relatively basic concepts about constitutions.
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The day the grinch defeated Christmas in the marketplace of ideas
I am challenging The Grinch to a debate
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The day the grinch defeated Christmas in the marketplace of ideas
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I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
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Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
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People who sit at desks and come up with political directives, ignoring the reality in the bush, in our lakes, are fools. I’m witness to collapse in central and northern Ontario. Putting our heads in the sand is still burning our feet.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
People who sit at desks and come up with political directives, ignoring the reality in the bush, in our lakes, are fools. I’m witness to collapse in central and northern Ontario. Putting our heads in the sand is still burning our feet.
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This the Liberal Energy Minister in case anyone was under any delusion that they cared about the environment.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This the Liberal Energy Minister in case anyone was under any delusion that they cared about the environment.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Seems shockingly naive to think Carney is not simply being a pal to oil and gas interests. He's been dismantling climate policy since the moment he became leader.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Seems shockingly naive to think Carney is not simply being a pal to oil and gas interests. He's been dismantling climate policy since the moment he became leader.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
Also, this doesn't sound like this is the clever win Max et al claim. The UCP got exactly what they wanted.
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Climate policy in this country makes me want to run into the woods and scream, but I'm too afraid I'll accidentally set them on fire
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Climate policy in this country makes me want to run into the woods and scream, but I'm too afraid I'll accidentally set them on fire
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This gives me hope for grudges I've been holding for 11 years or more
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This gives me hope for grudges I've been holding for 11 years or more
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i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading
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Miss Norway at the Miss Universe pageant took me out.
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Miss Norway at the Miss Universe pageant took me out.
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
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Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run
🧵 On the LRT today across from a teenage girl with her feet up across three priority seats.
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🧵 On the LRT today across from a teenage girl with her feet up across three priority seats.
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
A cop storms onto the train and barks at her to take her feet off the seats. Girl does so, doesn't say anything.
Cop barks at her: "I can take you off this train right now and write a bylaw infraction."
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Oh great, another inadequate healthcare announcement!
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Acute Care Action Plan delivers now
Alberta’s Acute Care Action Plan will add over 1,000 new hospital beds, deliver 50,000 more surgeries, improve capacity and patient flow so Albertans can access care faster.
www.alberta.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh great, another inadequate healthcare announcement!
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Once again, they're touting the failed private surgical facility model. This is just one more ideological attempt to force further privatization on Albertans despite the evidence that it doesn't work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Regaining our elimination status will require more than angrily shaking our fists at those who we have deemed "anti-vaxers."
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Regaining our elimination status will require more than angrily shaking our fists at those who we have deemed "anti-vaxers."
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
The reality is much more complicated, and much of it is based in rebuilding Canadian health care.
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Childhood vaccinations have declined since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Childhood vaccinations have declined since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
But what also happened in 2020 was irreparable damage to our public health system that has never recovered.
How many of you are currently without a family doctor?
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
Experts speaking about Canada's loss of measles elimination status: "We have major gaps in our public health infrastructure."
The gap in that infrastructure:
The gap in that infrastructure:
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Experts speaking about Canada's loss of measles elimination status: "We have major gaps in our public health infrastructure."
The gap in that infrastructure:
The gap in that infrastructure: