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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Agree. Pretty bummed about that.
And really angry over the voter suppression happening with these idiotic new voter registry and ID rules implemented by the UCP. The lines were ridiculous. Lots of people gave up and left. Not okay at all.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?

Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?

Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?

www.theguardian.com

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 12h

Re-reading this series now - so good!

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 17h

"Our world, and the worlds around and within it, is aflame with shades of brilliance we cannot fathom — and is far more vibrant, far more holy, than we could ever imagine."

Naturalist Sy Montgomery on what 13 other animals taught her about being human

How to Be a Good Creature: Naturalist Sy Montgomery on What 13 Animals Taught Her About Otherness, Love, and Being Fully Human

“Our world, and the worlds around and within it, is aflame with shades of brilliance we cannot fathom — and is far more vibrant, far more holy, than we could ever imagine.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 22h

Got so annoyed while waiting to vote that I wrote a substack post. open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

I'd like to speak to the manager!

Go ahead.

open.substack.com

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23h

Premier Danielle Smith’s claims about the Wyant report into the Alberta Health Services contract scandal are contradicted by the report itself. #abpoli

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Smith Still Faces Questions in the Dodgy Contracts Scandal | The Tyee

The premier said a report on AHS procurement practices cleared her government. It didn’t.

thetyee.ca

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 12h

I have been seeing way too many posts reporting people leaving without voting because they could not wait that long. This is active voter suppression.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23h

Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:

1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 19h

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Amazing offer! ^_^

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A screenshot of the IG post, it reads: Oh. My. Goodness. We have the most insane matching offer yet! Your donation will not be doubled, it will be TRIPLED. An anonymous donor AND @17thavethrift are both matching your donations up to 2500. That means 2500 becomes 7500! This will allow us to re-open the doors to intakes if we use all 2500!! This offer is available for 48 hours. To donate, please etransfer animalrescuetransfer@gmail.com Thank you so much to all of the donors fighting so hard for us!!

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 19h

“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”

Jack Kerouac's wonderful letter to his first wife turned lifelong friend www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/12/j...

Jack Kerouac on Kindness, the Self Illusion, and the “Golden Eternity”

“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 20h

OKAY PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE DRILL: HIT THAT FOLLOW BUTTON

This is a Canadian small press, with a Canadian editor, so LET'S GET THOSE CANADIAN CLICKS (worldwide clicks also appreciated and loved equally, but I can't bully you in the same manner as I can Canadians)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Coming soon: Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology

A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.

www.kickstarter.com

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Logan Grendel @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social · 23h

We're going to talk about c19 today and I'm going to ask you all in advance to not zone out like you do when we're talking about it in person😑

Covid not "a cold" - it attacks every system of the body, making it weaker to every other kind of infection. There's another illness that does similar.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 19h

Gee, it almost seems like they don't want you to get vaccinated.....
I hear you, friend. SO MANY frustrated Albertans trying to sort this out right now. It should not be this difficult.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 21h

We’re paying more for a worse experience.
The UCP has decided to import the American culture war obsession with voter fraud (which is not a problem and never has been), and now we have time-consuming redundant forms to fill out at the poll stations, making for very long wait times.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 23h

YES!!!
Now we need to get to work on cleaning the air in our overcrowded schools.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Health Canada puts out guidelines recommending N95s and clean indoor air!

Let’s do this!

Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air.

www.canada.ca/content/dam/...

www.canada.ca

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Only if the old white guys are also bigoted, hatemongering christian nationalists.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

I'm seeing posts from people saying that the only way to book seems to be through the 811 line, but that it's taking insane amounts of time to get through to anyone.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

So she created her own echo chamber, programmed and selected participants to say exactly what she wanted to hear, and uses this as "proof" that Albertans want a police force run under her. Got it. Typical shameless UCP grifting.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Also failing at environmental protection, resource management, water conservation, and basic economic stability, just off the top of my head. Point in any direction, there's a steaming pile of UCP incompetence and grifting.

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

Covid vaccines may come with a tantalizing benefit that has nothing to do with the virus they’re designed to protect against: boosting the immune system to better fight tumors during cancer treatment.

www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...

The next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be here

Early-phase research shows Covid mRNA vaccines could give immunotherapies a cancer-fighting boost.

www.nbcnews.com

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 1d

ATTENTION PARENTS: is your child texting about stealing from the Louvre? know the signs:

RTFM: robbing the famous museum
LMAO: looting my ass off
LSTCDTS: let's see Tom Cruise do this shit
MLM: Mona Lisa's mine

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d

This is SUCH an important point. Most people are worried about climate change: but most people feel helpless and think nothing’s being done (so why should they do anything?)

This is why my weekly newsletter always includes good news on climate solutions as well as actions we can take!

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liseabetta.bsky.social @liseabetta.bsky.social · 2d

#Cdnpoli #Abpoli #Ableg #Alberta #Albertans

I'm reposting this daily to inform you that you only have until December 15, 2025 to order your #COVID #Flu shots for NEXT year - 2026-2027.

David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.

This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..

bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 1d

Just to be incredibly clear, any government that wants a thriving economy and people to be healthy would make it as EASY as possible to get vaccinated: outreach and drop-in vaccination clinics in schools, workplaces, shopping malls, places of faith, and so on.

This preorder nonsense is anti-life.

David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.

This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..

bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

One year I made a T-rex head out of foam with textured dinosaur-skin pebbled felt and a thousand burnt fingertips from a glue gun. The next year I bought a spooky black robe for $5 and slapped on reflective patches wherever I could so he didn't get run over. Equal fun both years. For him. Me? 🦖😭/👻😊

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