Druh Farrell
@druhfarrell.bsky.social
Just me trying to be a good ancestor. Former six-term councillor for the City of Calgary. I will never stop championing equity, climate action, and inspiring city-making. Treaty 7, She/her 🇨🇦
Words fail.
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
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Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Words fail.
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Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”: Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
We speak with the award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, whose new book about the war on Gaza is titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book expands on a viral tw...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
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Albertans Want Oil Companies to Pay Taxes, Clean Up Costs - new poll
Of course, they should pay. The question is, why don't they?
If they don't, then taxpayers will foot the bill.
#ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/WX07GxtEnoo
Of course, they should pay. The question is, why don't they?
If they don't, then taxpayers will foot the bill.
#ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/WX07GxtEnoo
Albertans Want Oil Companies to Pay Taxes, Clean Up Costs - new poll
YouTube video by Energi Media
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November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Albertans Want Oil Companies to Pay Taxes, Clean Up Costs - new poll
Of course, they should pay. The question is, why don't they?
If they don't, then taxpayers will foot the bill.
#ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/WX07GxtEnoo
Of course, they should pay. The question is, why don't they?
If they don't, then taxpayers will foot the bill.
#ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/WX07GxtEnoo
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Human Rights Watch says Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 Palestinians from three camps in the occupied West Bank during “Operation Iron Wall”, calling it a war crime and urging investigations into senior officials, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
🔗: aje.io/w2wwey | #Infograph
🔗: aje.io/w2wwey | #Infograph
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Human Rights Watch says Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 Palestinians from three camps in the occupied West Bank during “Operation Iron Wall”, calling it a war crime and urging investigations into senior officials, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
🔗: aje.io/w2wwey | #Infograph
🔗: aje.io/w2wwey | #Infograph
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So yesterday Trump was holding hands with MBS, and today he's demanding the execution of two Senators and four Representatives.
Seems like something rubbed off
Seems like something rubbed off
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So yesterday Trump was holding hands with MBS, and today he's demanding the execution of two Senators and four Representatives.
Seems like something rubbed off
Seems like something rubbed off
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“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” drillanddash.substack.com/p/new-poll-s... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess #YYC #YEG
New Poll: supermajority of Albertans want O&G companies to cover well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes and landowner rents
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.”
drillanddash.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” drillanddash.substack.com/p/new-poll-s... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CleanUpYourMess #YYC #YEG
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There are multiple signature collecting events happening today, Nov. 20, in Airdrie and Calgary to recall Angela D. Pitt and Demetrios Nicolaides, respectively. Citizens of Airdrie-East and Calgary-Bow, visit Operation Totall Recall to learn more. #ableg #abpoli #yyc #OperationTotalRecall
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There are multiple signature collecting events happening today, Nov. 20, in Airdrie and Calgary to recall Angela D. Pitt and Demetrios Nicolaides, respectively. Citizens of Airdrie-East and Calgary-Bow, visit Operation Totall Recall to learn more. #ableg #abpoli #yyc #OperationTotalRecall
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TONIGHT’S new-ish book in the #UrbanismBookClub is an important one — “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities” by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social via @islandpress.bsky.social (2023). Foreword by @tamikabutler.bsky.social, cover art by @martyn.bsky.social. Great read. 2/
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
TONIGHT’S new-ish book in the #UrbanismBookClub is an important one — “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities” by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social via @islandpress.bsky.social (2023). Foreword by @tamikabutler.bsky.social, cover art by @martyn.bsky.social. Great read. 2/
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WHY THE SLAUGHTER AT SEA?
It's NOT about fentanyl.
Venezuela produces neither fentanyl nor its precursor chemicals. The latter come from China and enter the U.S. by land, mainly through Mexico.
Donnie wants distractions from Epstein and his failing economy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
It's NOT about fentanyl.
Venezuela produces neither fentanyl nor its precursor chemicals. The latter come from China and enter the U.S. by land, mainly through Mexico.
Donnie wants distractions from Epstein and his failing economy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
WHY THE SLAUGHTER AT SEA?
It's NOT about fentanyl.
Venezuela produces neither fentanyl nor its precursor chemicals. The latter come from China and enter the U.S. by land, mainly through Mexico.
Donnie wants distractions from Epstein and his failing economy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
It's NOT about fentanyl.
Venezuela produces neither fentanyl nor its precursor chemicals. The latter come from China and enter the U.S. by land, mainly through Mexico.
Donnie wants distractions from Epstein and his failing economy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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“Israeli military loads its bank of targets. When they find a precious target, they invent a certain incident where they claim Palestinians carried out an attack, so they must retaliate for these attacks or what they call violations, and attack the ‘precious targets’ they found. This is exactly...
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Israeli military loads its bank of targets. When they find a precious target, they invent a certain incident where they claim Palestinians carried out an attack, so they must retaliate for these attacks or what they call violations, and attack the ‘precious targets’ they found. This is exactly...
Fucking ghouls.
The most tone deaf and hypocritical statement you wouldn’t believe until you actually saw it.
You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm.
The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.
You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm.
The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Fucking ghouls.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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⭕️ Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 33 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours, including 12 children & 8 women, along with 88 injured. Many victims remain under the rubble, unreachable by ambulances and civil defense teams.
Since the Oct. 11 ceasefire: 312 killed, 760 injured, 572 bodies recovered.
Since the Oct. 11 ceasefire: 312 killed, 760 injured, 572 bodies recovered.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
⭕️ Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 33 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours, including 12 children & 8 women, along with 88 injured. Many victims remain under the rubble, unreachable by ambulances and civil defense teams.
Since the Oct. 11 ceasefire: 312 killed, 760 injured, 572 bodies recovered.
Since the Oct. 11 ceasefire: 312 killed, 760 injured, 572 bodies recovered.
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NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
Thoughts and Prayers is an incredibly disturbing documentary. I very much wish we had an ocean separating Canada from its neighbour. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Do we live in a war zone?’: how US schools prepare for a shooting
In the troubling HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, the $3bn active shooter preparedness industry shows the bleak reality of being a child in the US
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thoughts and Prayers is an incredibly disturbing documentary. I very much wish we had an ocean separating Canada from its neighbour. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad
Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad - The Beaverton
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is in production today on a new advertisement meant to play on U.S. television that sees former President Ronald Reagan point out how he, like most people, tho...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad
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Trans Day of Remembrance
Rally Against Bill 9
Thursday, November 20
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
McDougall Centre, Calgary 455 6 St SW
Rally Against Bill 9
Thursday, November 20
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
McDougall Centre, Calgary 455 6 St SW
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance
Rally Against Bill 9
Thursday, November 20
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
McDougall Centre, Calgary 455 6 St SW
Rally Against Bill 9
Thursday, November 20
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
McDougall Centre, Calgary 455 6 St SW
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River Hall’s next phase is underway. A new enclosed pavilion is planned for Stampede 2026, allowing year-round programming and events in Eau Claire. Work stays within Lot 6 and won’t affect 8th Street. More updates to come.
#EauClaireYYC #YYC #DowntownYYC #RiverHallYYC
#EauClaireYYC #YYC #DowntownYYC #RiverHallYYC
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
River Hall’s next phase is underway. A new enclosed pavilion is planned for Stampede 2026, allowing year-round programming and events in Eau Claire. Work stays within Lot 6 and won’t affect 8th Street. More updates to come.
#EauClaireYYC #YYC #DowntownYYC #RiverHallYYC
#EauClaireYYC #YYC #DowntownYYC #RiverHallYYC
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You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them...
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
You gotta pay more for houses with walkability because we don't build nearly enough of them...
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
Walkability shouldn't be a "perk"
It should be the default
I hope we know by now that the term "fiscal conservative" is a weird-ass smokescreen hiding something dark.
Auditor General Blasts Alberta’s Failed DynaLIFE Lab Deal for Costly Oversight Breakdowns
calgarydispatch.com/auditor-gene...
calgarydispatch.com/auditor-gene...
Auditor General Blasts Alberta’s Failed DynaLIFE Lab Deal for Costly Oversight Breakdowns – CalgaryDispatch
calgarydispatch.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I hope we know by now that the term "fiscal conservative" is a weird-ass smokescreen hiding something dark.
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Why carbon capture and storage is not the solution
By Kevin Morrison Year: 2024 Container: Ieefa.org URL: ieefa.org/resources/wh...
By Kevin Morrison Year: 2024 Container: Ieefa.org URL: ieefa.org/resources/wh...
IEEFA | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Accelerating the transition to a diverse, sustainable and profitable energy economy
Ieefa.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why carbon capture and storage is not the solution
By Kevin Morrison Year: 2024 Container: Ieefa.org URL: ieefa.org/resources/wh...
By Kevin Morrison Year: 2024 Container: Ieefa.org URL: ieefa.org/resources/wh...
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At least 305 Palestinians killed since Gaza ceasefire began in October - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-305-palestinians-killed-ceasefire-began-october
At least 305 Palestinians killed since Gaza ceasefire began in October
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 305 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire came into effect five-and-a-half weeks ago, Reuters reported on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Nearly half of those were killed in a single day last week when Israel retaliated for an attack on its troops, according to Palestinian health authorities.</p>
<p>Three Israeli soldiers have been killed during the same period.</p>
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November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
At least 305 Palestinians killed since Gaza ceasefire began in October - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-305-palestinians-killed-ceasefire-began-october