Frazzlehead (Lonna Cunningham) (she/her) 🇨🇦
@frazzleheadlc.bsky.social
Canadian Quaker Country Mouse disabled by cPTSD and Bipolar II and living an awesome life anyway. Caretaker of 6 acres on Treaty 6 and Metis lands (west of Edmonton) with 2 cows & a mini horse.
Pro science, pro critical thinking, anti-bullshit pacifist.
Pro science, pro critical thinking, anti-bullshit pacifist.
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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The things judges tend to like are the ones that are constitutional.
Perhaps the problem for the premier is is less about judges' opinions and more that she thinks being elected should give her carte blanche and that's (at least currently) not how this works.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Perhaps the problem for the premier is is less about judges' opinions and more that she thinks being elected should give her carte blanche and that's (at least currently) not how this works.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says those seeking an independence referendum should not have “gatekeepers,” like the courts, standing in their way.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The things judges tend to like are the ones that are constitutional.
Perhaps the problem for the premier is is less about judges' opinions and more that she thinks being elected should give her carte blanche and that's (at least currently) not how this works.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Perhaps the problem for the premier is is less about judges' opinions and more that she thinks being elected should give her carte blanche and that's (at least currently) not how this works.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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🧵/6 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket paradise. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 6: How come Albertans have to pay for medication the ENTIRE rest of the country gets for free? #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Question 6: How come Albertans have to pay for medication the ENTIRE rest of the country gets for free? #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Province to charge majority of Albertans $100 for COVID-19 vaccine this flu season | CBC News
The province says Albertans who will need to pay for their COVID-19 vaccine this flu season will be charged a $100 administration fee for each dose.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🧵/6 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket paradise. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 6: How come Albertans have to pay for medication the ENTIRE rest of the country gets for free? #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Question 6: How come Albertans have to pay for medication the ENTIRE rest of the country gets for free? #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🧵/5 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 5: How does spending 70 MILLION dollars in subpar CHILDREN'S MEDICATION we couldn't even use represent good governance? Who got the money?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Question 5: How does spending 70 MILLION dollars in subpar CHILDREN'S MEDICATION we couldn't even use represent good governance? Who got the money?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta paid more than six times usual price for pain medications in $70-million import deal, according to government briefing note
Briefing note indicates health authority could have reduced overall bill by ordering less medicine
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🧵/5 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 5: How does spending 70 MILLION dollars in subpar CHILDREN'S MEDICATION we couldn't even use represent good governance? Who got the money?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Question 5: How does spending 70 MILLION dollars in subpar CHILDREN'S MEDICATION we couldn't even use represent good governance? Who got the money?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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🧵/4 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 4: What the HELL happened here? #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Question 4: What the HELL happened here? #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's bid to privatize lab services wasted more than $100M: auditor general | CBC News
Alberta's auditor general has released a report detailing numerous failures in process and lack of due diligence by the province in its attempt to privatize community lab services.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🧵/4 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 4: What the HELL happened here? #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Question 4: What the HELL happened here? #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🧵/3 Alberta is Canada's Conservative™️, capital and as we all know, these guys ***KNOW*** money, right?
Question 3: Why are nearly 240 MILLION (so far) of Alberta's taxpayer dollars going in settlements to foreign-owned Coal companies? #abpoli #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1149348...
Question 3: Why are nearly 240 MILLION (so far) of Alberta's taxpayer dollars going in settlements to foreign-owned Coal companies? #abpoli #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1149348...
Alberta government pays out $95 million to end another coal policy lawsuit | Globalnews.ca
The companies suing the province argue their land was expropriated after Alberta suddenly reinstated its long-standing coal policy in 2022, less than two years after it was lifted.
globalnews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🧵/3 Alberta is Canada's Conservative™️, capital and as we all know, these guys ***KNOW*** money, right?
Question 3: Why are nearly 240 MILLION (so far) of Alberta's taxpayer dollars going in settlements to foreign-owned Coal companies? #abpoli #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1149348...
Question 3: Why are nearly 240 MILLION (so far) of Alberta's taxpayer dollars going in settlements to foreign-owned Coal companies? #abpoli #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1149348...
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🧵 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
I see Danielle Smith and the UCPs plan to turn us into a Red State continues…
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta leads Canada in number of students showing up to school hungry: organization
Alberta leads the country in the number of students showing up to school hungry, according to the Breakfast Club of Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🧵 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
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The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Representative Adelita Grijalva went to lunch and came across an ICE raid. Even after telling them she was a member of congress, the thugs pepper sprayed her.
Her question: if they treat a member of congress this way, how are they treating the defenseless people they kidnap?
Her question: if they treat a member of congress this way, how are they treating the defenseless people they kidnap?
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Representative Adelita Grijalva went to lunch and came across an ICE raid. Even after telling them she was a member of congress, the thugs pepper sprayed her.
Her question: if they treat a member of congress this way, how are they treating the defenseless people they kidnap?
Her question: if they treat a member of congress this way, how are they treating the defenseless people they kidnap?
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“I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face,” says the guy who invited the face-eating leopards into the house and made them a nice warm bed.
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says politician recall legislation being misused
CALGARY - The architect of Alberta's politician recall legislation says it was never meant to be used as a political weapon, but as an "ultimate tool of accountability" if a
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face,” says the guy who invited the face-eating leopards into the house and made them a nice warm bed.
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Reposted by Frazzlehead (Lonna Cunningham) (she/her) 🇨🇦
Historic Move: Recall Petition Against Danielle Smith Gains Momentum.
Albertans are stepping up, demanding accountability and real leadership.
#DanielleSmith #UCP #AlbertaPolitics #RecallDanielleSmith #ABLeg #AlbertansDeserveBetter #AlbertaToday
Albertans are stepping up, demanding accountability and real leadership.
#DanielleSmith #UCP #AlbertaPolitics #RecallDanielleSmith #ABLeg #AlbertansDeserveBetter #AlbertaToday
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Historic Move: Recall Petition Against Danielle Smith Gains Momentum.
Albertans are stepping up, demanding accountability and real leadership.
#DanielleSmith #UCP #AlbertaPolitics #RecallDanielleSmith #ABLeg #AlbertansDeserveBetter #AlbertaToday
Albertans are stepping up, demanding accountability and real leadership.
#DanielleSmith #UCP #AlbertaPolitics #RecallDanielleSmith #ABLeg #AlbertansDeserveBetter #AlbertaToday
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Here are the declarations of Secy Noem, DHS GC Mazzara, and DOJ DAG Todd Blanche on their decision not to follow Judge Boasberg's orders to halt surrender of Venezuelans into foreign custody on 3/15-16/25.
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Here are the declarations of Secy Noem, DHS GC Mazzara, and DOJ DAG Todd Blanche on their decision not to follow Judge Boasberg's orders to halt surrender of Venezuelans into foreign custody on 3/15-16/25.
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There is no possible way to prevent serious morbidity and mortality when ED WRs have 100 people in them... Safe and Timely care just isn't possible with overcrowding like that...
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There is no possible way to prevent serious morbidity and mortality when ED WRs have 100 people in them... Safe and Timely care just isn't possible with overcrowding like that...
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
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And before you go thinking this is just an AHS problem... today the Misercordia was looking no better with almost 90% of it's ED being blocked by admitted in patients who could not be transferred to a bed on the floor.
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And before you go thinking this is just an AHS problem... today the Misercordia was looking no better with almost 90% of it's ED being blocked by admitted in patients who could not be transferred to a bed on the floor.
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
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Meanwhile the govt's plan is to PRIVATIZE care and drive even more HCWs and specialists out of the overflowing hospitals that are barely coping.
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Meanwhile the govt's plan is to PRIVATIZE care and drive even more HCWs and specialists out of the overflowing hospitals that are barely coping.
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
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Think of how impossible it would be to try to identify who is the next sickest patient to be brought in!
And our Influenza and COVID respiratory spikes have only just begun... It is only going to get worse.
3/6
And our Influenza and COVID respiratory spikes have only just begun... It is only going to get worse.
3/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Think of how impossible it would be to try to identify who is the next sickest patient to be brought in!
And our Influenza and COVID respiratory spikes have only just begun... It is only going to get worse.
3/6
And our Influenza and COVID respiratory spikes have only just begun... It is only going to get worse.
3/6
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Over 100 sick pts, many accompanied by family members, seeking medical attention, and being stranded in a waiting room that was never even designed to hold even 50 pts in it...
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Over 100 sick pts, many accompanied by family members, seeking medical attention, and being stranded in a waiting room that was never even designed to hold even 50 pts in it...
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6