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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 17h

Albertans...have you signed yet? Time is running out.

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 1d

We are so close to our goal. Please, look up your closest petition signing location on this website and take a minute to add your name to the list of proud Canadians.

Our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are at 68 locations across Alberta. Find them here:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Alain Marchildon @minourouge.bsky.social · 17h

How should we interpret that he lost the election? That he didn't merit representing the electors of the riding?

Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 21h

"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 17h

“We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”

Idk man, maybe you don’t get to “not be in politics” when one side is blowing up international relationships you depend on www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.

She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”

She had to return to the hospital.

These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.

They must be held accountable.

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 16h

That is an incorrect answer. Thank you for playing.

Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 20h

British Columbia, it’s not too late to come over to the right side of history. The Blue Jays play 2,500 miles away. They are not your home team!

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 26

"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."

Analysis | ‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.

The parents of a teen fentanyl poisoning victim are finding allies in Congress for a bill intended to save others from the same fate.

www.washingtonpost.com

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cammunicator✌️🇨🇦 @mc51.bsky.social · 2d

PoiLIEvre lies like a Repuglican!

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SoundsKugle 🐝🌅 @soundskugle.bsky.social · 2d

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Fierce Canadian 🇨🇦 @dartee.bsky.social · 3d

Great article that tells it like it is.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Mad king watch: when *RFK Jr.* is telling you to stop with the vaccine crazy talk www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Ha ha ha they're like authoritarians www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 2d

We’re watching this Montreal mayoral debate and the presenters from the Montreal Gazette are coming across as distinctly pro-car and anti-walking/biking/transit.

Montreal mayoral candidates face off on a special live episode | The Corner Booth

YouTube video by Montreal Gazette

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

Unprecedented corruption

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 2d

Heartbreaking. It doesn't have to be this way.

UCP makes choices.

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 2d

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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 2d

The International Energy Agency expects greenhouse gas emissions from data centres' energy consumption to double in the next five years as a proportion of emissions from burning fossil fuels.

The tech bros motto should not be "move fast and break things," but "burn, baby, burn."

Opinion: Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the ugly environmental costs

AI data centres’ insatiable need for energy is driving quickie solutions that aren’t good for the planet

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 2d

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

retractionwatch.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI, my @xtramagazine.com column: The premiers violating your Charter rights don't want the courts to weigh in #canqueer #cdnpoli

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

xtramagazine.com

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 2d

One of my things is reading the hundreds of comments from OShow viewers from across Canada 🇨🇦 they are so interesting #cdnpoli #BC #ABpoli 🇨🇦👀 youtu.be/u4K0boYHo9k?si…

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 3d

Well, Trump is up to date now on his flu and COVID shots...

www.newsnationnow.com

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Brenda Peters RN(NP), PhD 🇨🇦 @brenda-peters.bsky.social · 3d

From Wikipedia entry on the great plagues of Egypt

This is what the great LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. The frogs will go up on you and your people and all your officials.

— Exodus 8:1–4[8]

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westcoaststeph.bsky.social @westcoaststeph.bsky.social · 3d

I think that largely happens in Alberta, most other Canadians don't eat with loved ones who would put their health at risk. They may be polite but they are also educated, civic minded and value their health.

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westcoaststeph.bsky.social @westcoaststeph.bsky.social · 3d

If you are travelling south of the 49th, I'd be anxious too and frankly look for any excuse not to go.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

RFK Jr says vaccines cause autism.

Trump lamented how we inject “beautiful babies” with the MMR…
As though they’re no longer beautiful once vaccinated.

They’re preying on people’s fear of disability & using it to dismantle public health.

Yet Trump just received updated flu and Covid vaccines.

Memo from the physician for the president which reads
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY PROSES TOP EARSELA DO SEA 0.0.
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 3d

And I'll bet Melania, when she was counting out Don's bedtime pills gave old boy a little acetaminophen (TYLENOL®) to take the edge off the arm ache.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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