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Tom Engel @tomengel7.bsky.social · 20h

1. Following the lead of Poilievre & Ford, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew takes a dangerous dive to the bottom:
"Not only should [you] go to prison for a long time, they should bury you under the prison. You shouldn't get protective custody. ...
#Prison
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Child porn offenders should be buried under a prison, Manitoba premier says | CBC News

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is joining other premiers in denouncing a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on child pornography. Kinew, a New Democrat, says he stands with Smith, Ford and others, and says...

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Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 20h

One of today's reminders that a lot of communication from the highest levels of the U.S. gov't has no connection with reality. That corrodes public discourse everywhere.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21h

Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 23h

They also set the clock running on the auditor general's investigation of health contracts. The clock runs out in April. That gives unco-operative interview subjects a big incentive to obfuscate and delay. Wyant report was a bust. RCMP investigation could take years. Cleanup in aisle 5 almost done.

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

Today Elections Alberta requested $13.5 million to be able to administer recalls and referendum.

The UCP committee in charge revised their request to just over $1 million.

And then voted it through.

The UCP just defunded recall/referendum.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 1d

Can we all agree that when a president pardons a guy who was convicted for financing terrorists, and then says he didn't know the guy but "I was told" to pardon him, the follow question MUST be "Who told you to pardon him?" But CBS never asked: who is making decisions in the White House? 1/

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 1d

Before-and-after Fox News headlines on a story based entirely on AI-generated videos they found online.

The new version of the article comes with an all-time “Editor's note” at bottom:

“This article previously reported on some videos that appear to have been generated by AI without noting that.”

Via the Wayback Machine: SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown
One mother claims taxpayers must feed her children as SNAP benefits face cuts
Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi By Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi Fox News
Published October 31, 2025 2:16pm EDT

AI videos of SNAP beneficiaries complaining about cuts go viral
SNAP benefits ended on November 1 due to shutdown
Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi By Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi Fox News
Published October 31, 2025 2:16pm EDT

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Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 1d

Gaming their own system. It's the cute way to establish superficial excuses for protecting themselves from a mechanism they themselves set up (apparently thinking they were the only ones who might use it).

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

Today Elections Alberta requested $13.5 million to be able to administer recalls and referendum.

The UCP committee in charge revised their request to just over $1 million.

And then voted it through.

The UCP just defunded recall/referendum.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Michelle Bellefontaine @mbellefontaine.bsky.social · 1d

UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job.

The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.

The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.

Michelle Bellefontaine @mbellefontaine.bsky.social · 1d

This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general.

NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 AI = more junk BS in knowledge base! 🚨

Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI
www.science.org/content/arti... via @science.org

“The legitimate discussion risks being drowned by the synthetic noise.”

Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI

New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs

www.science.org

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Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 1d

Particularly galling when I read this about 90 minutes after paying $135 for a shot at a small local pharmacy in Edmonton, where I went after a few unsuccessful attempts to get through the booking process for a health clinic.

Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 1d

I'm in Burlington, Ontario, today.

Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.

Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.

In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.

Make this make sense.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 1d

Alberta tax dollars going east to pay for jobs in other provinces. Again.

Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 1d

I'm in Burlington, Ontario, today.

Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.

Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.

In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.

Make this make sense.

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

There are few lessons to be learned here:

- Consider who the source is 🤥

- Don’t count chickens before they hatch 🐣

- Never underestimate the #ForeverCanadian movement 💪

#CdnPoli #AbLeg

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 2d

A reminder that this outcome was designed and predictable.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Preview of 2026, and one of the ways Trump will try to expand control over elections

Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 2d

Predictable.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI - If you live in Alberta, get vaccinated, don't get in an accident, don't go to the hospital. The healthcare system is a mess as flu/Covid season starts.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee

Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.

thetyee.ca

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 3d

Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night was calm,
and November is searching for the last traces of October’s glory.

Have a beautiful Sunday.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.

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Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm, what if … ?

@KatyET www.abresistance.ca @katyet.bsky.social · 3d

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

An amazing sight in Novi Sad, Serbia - another Putin-allied regime facing huge resistance.

And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.

🇷🇸👏

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 4d

Out: Voice of America broadcasts the words of Ronald Reagan to puncture the propaganda of foreign authoritarians.

In: A neighboring democracy apologizes to America’s authoritarian president for puncturing his propaganda by broadcasting the words of Ronald Reagan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...

Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan’s Tariff Criticism

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 4d

I guess Venezuela is more important to Trump than Ukraine. Maybe it also means oil is more important to him and his pals than Europe.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d

That's a lot of military hardware to position and not go to war. A lot.

M🍁tthew Hay Br🏈wn @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 4d

Eight warships, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, a floating base for Special Operations and an aircraft carrier on the way

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5d

A "coalition of the willing" meeting in secret to coordinate on defending the democratic West from Russian aggression, and the United States isn't part of it.

Sign of the times. A profound global change, both sad and dangerous.

Spain to reportedly host 'secret' summit of 'Coalition of the Willing' on Nov. 4

The secretive meeting will focus on increasing aid to Ukraine and coordinating security guarantees to ward off future Russian aggression, El Mundo reported.

kyivindependent.com

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Dennis Buchanan @lawyerbuchanan.bsky.social · 5d

Fun fact: The border through Lloyd is...wrong.

50 Ave is understood to be the border - the west side of the street is Alberta; the east side is Sask.

However, 110 degrees - where the border is supposed to fall - is actually about 200m east of there. Just east of 48 avenue (where it crosses 16).

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 5d

My Substack Today: Why is Lloydminster on the border?
It comes down to politics and dividing the power of opponents.

Subscribe to receive these Canadian history stories in your e-mail three times a week (one for paid, two for free subscribers) 👇
canadaehx.substack.com/p/why-is-llo...

Why is Lloydminster On The Border?

The short answer...politics.

canadaehx.substack.com

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 5d

"Earlier this month, the OIPC mediator issued a decision that rejected the government’s arguments and asked it to release the records by Oct. 23"

Alberta government says it won't abide by ruling to share Alberta Next Panel survey results.

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Province misses OIPC deadline to release Alberta Next survey results

The government has refused to release results of the surveys following multiple access to information requests from Postmedia.

edmontonjournal.com

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Mark Lisac @marklisac.bsky.social · 5d

Pandora's box is a very good reference. The party that wanted recall (and other) petitions probably thought their base supporters were the only ones who might organize these efforts. A general election would be one way around the petitions, but at what risk?

NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 5d

The UCP's pandorra's recall box is now well and truly blown open.
Well done @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social and others.
#ableg #abpoli

Sonya 🇨🇦 @icedsnowberry.bsky.social · 5d

Residents of Calgary - North West: the recall process for Rajan Sawhney is getting off the ground soon! She voted in favor of Bill 2. Website is coming, but in the meantime here is the group page if you use FB.

#FireTheUCP #RecallRajan #ableg

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