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Jake i 🇵🇸 ✡️ (alt Space Laser Command) @jakei.bsky.social · Jul 17

why does "we must go back" always mean racism and not quaaludes

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 7h

“The takeover deal cleared a major regulatory milestone earlier this month with Ottawa approving the sale under the Investment Canada Act, which considers whether foreign investments would be a net benefit to the country or cause potential harm to national security.”

wtf

CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 7h

Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal

British Columbia’s largest oil refinery is set to fall under U.S. control this week with the expected takeover of Canadian fuel refiner and retailer Parkland Corporation by American fuel giant Sunoco.

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Bloody Mary (mirror entity, not cocktail) @marygillis.bsky.social · 7h

Canada is facing a dangerous global future and that's why we need to build more fossil fuel infrastructure and cut social programs so we can spend more on the military.

But it's fine to sell off existing fossil fuel infrastructure to foreign corporations, who are now and will always be our besties.

CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 7h

Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal

British Columbia’s largest oil refinery is set to fall under U.S. control this week with the expected takeover of Canadian fuel refiner and retailer Parkland Corporation by American fuel giant Sunoco.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12h

Hey #YYC!

Looking for a way to let Demetrios and the UCP know how you feel about them revoking teachers charter rights?

Thursday, students are gathering at his office to send a message!

Let them know they aren’t alone!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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disordered @disorderedyyc.bsky.social · 18h

I see the problem, Alberta teachers didn't have a "DONT TREAD ON ME" Gadsden flag in their classrooms like Premier Danielle Smith does. /s

Hypocrite.

#ableg #abpoli

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 11h

Only overtly. It really became more dangerous almost a year ago.

C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 11h

I'm so glad edibles are legal in Canada.

Thanks, Trudeau! Xoxox

Brian J. Karem @briankarem.bsky.social · 11h

The world just became a far more dangerous place.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 11h

I have not followed baseball since the early 90s but I want you all to know that your utter joy, enthusiasm and sense of community is downright beautiful to watch. Seeing an entire timeline covered in World Series posts rather than cynicism and doomerism takes? *chef's kiss*

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 15h

If climate change was never real, how did they win a war against it?

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 20h

I disagree with this.

He's protecting several many pedophiles.

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Ryan S. @sirfish.bsky.social · 21h

Vassy Kapelos isn't letting the UCP off the hook for their trampling of Albertans' Constitutional Rights:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqG...

#ableg #abpoli #teacherstrike

'Prolonged outages affect students academically': Alta. minister on ending teachers strike

YouTube video by CTV News

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 21h

Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:

• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.

All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...

Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work

Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23h

Tories like Lougheed designed the notwithstanding clause.

Tories today need to stand up and defend it against populists like Danielle Smith.

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 1d

Western Canadian HS is organizing one for Thursday in Calgary.

The kids in this province are incredible, aren't they?

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Jen Lee @jenleecbc.bsky.social · 1d

Some Alberta doctors say they're seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have been given to newborns as standard practice for decades
My latest👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

More Alberta parents pushing back against standard preventative treatment for newborns, some doctors say | CBC News

Some Alberta doctors say they're seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have been given to newborns as standard practice for dec...

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Nate Howes TWN @natetwnclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Images of #HurricaneMelissa that were made with AI software are inundating social media, overshadowing crucial storm reporting and safety information. Officials are urging the public to get news updated from verified sources only. #Jamaica #Cuba #Bahamas www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...

AI-generated images of Hurricane Melissa bog down social media - The Weather Network

Officials are urging the public to get news updated from verified sources only.

www.theweathernetwork.com

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

From the DM’s…

Danielle Smith says she’s listening to teachers and Albertans.

Anyways, this is apparently what listening looks like…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

not now, infectious monkeys

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

A truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane university escaped after a crash. The university warned they’re highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

Monkeys on the loose after truck overturns in Heidelberg; public urged to call 911

A truck transporting monkeys from Tulane University overturned on I-59 near Heidelberg, with several monkeys reportedly on the loose posing health risks.

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 1d

Trains are one of my favourite things about Europe.

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disordered @disorderedyyc.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days?

Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day.

Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power.

#ableg #abpoli

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 1d

The feeling is very much mutual. But the employees have way more power, she is so done.

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C_Rae @craecan.bsky.social · 2d

Good. It is long past time for all of us to stand up. Enough is enough.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Give to your local food bank. Build mutual aid wherever and however you can. If we’re going to make something better it’s going to depend on reinvigorating a sense of interconnectedness.

We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.

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