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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 27m

This is fake news.

The UCP has had enough of the RCMP always investigating us for fraud and corruption.

It's time Albertans have a police force they can trust who answers to the UCP and won't hold us accountable. It's time for an Alberta Provincial Police force!
#abpoli #ableg

A graphic showing statistics from a Pollera poll conducted in 2025 where 81% of Albertans believe there are more important priorities than changing who polices local communities. 78% of Albertans in rural and RCMP-served areas want to keep the RCMP in their communities. 77% of Albertans in RCMP served-areas are satisfied with their policing.

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Regan @mighty580am.bsky.social · 15m

She’s a jewel.

Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 4h

Gotta love a serenade and a bit of shade 🤭🤣

Enjoy 🤣
#SheShed

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1h

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 6h

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 3h

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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d

Putin's Prized Tanks Go Up In Smoke After Disastrous Assault Near Pokrovsk

Tank warfare is back—but Russia’s newest armor ran into Ukrainian mines, drones

open.substack.com

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Norah 🦋 Mami’s Small But She is Mighty 🔥 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 1d

Appreciation post. RIP, D’Angelo

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

They arrested a giraffe.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 16h

He's right. Those markets aren't coming back. Gone. Gone. #fascism #economics

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 18h

Miriam Griffin, an American scholar of Roman antiquity at Oxford University, published Nero: The End of a Dynasty in 1984. Toward the end of his reign, she recounts, "Nero lost all sense of right and wrong and listened to flattery with total credulity." In case that reminds you of anyone.

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 18h

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 22h

Want to learn a new skill at EPL’s How To Festival on Oct 25? There are both in person and virtual options, and I’m hosting a couple of them :) www.epl.ca/blogs/post/l...

Learn a New Skill at the How To Festival

Our How to Festival is a chance to learn something new from someone who already knows how to do it. A variety of experts, will share their…

www.epl.ca

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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 20h

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 1d

Teachers are still on strike. Parents are struggling. Kids are caught up in the middle.

Tonight, Amanda and I are sitting down to talk about the impact of this strike on Albertan families across the province.

Join us for Parent-Teacher Interviews at 7:30 PM: www.youtube.com/@NaheedNensh...

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Regan @mighty580am.bsky.social · 21h

Good piece. Municipal govn’t is the last bastion of political democracy because it forces “independently elected” representatives to negotiate, compromise & seek “consensus” to get anything done. Once party politics is injected, compromise & consensus are dead. Policy becomes a slave to ideology.

Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven't voted in the municipal election yet, read this first. The UCP injected party politics and big money into these elections to appease Take Back Alberta. No one wanted it. Danielle Smith herself said she was against party politics in municipal elections. albertaviews.ca/parties-over...

Municipal Parties Over People - Alberta Views

Danielle Smith was being lobbied to legislate municipal parties. Third-party advertiser Take Back Alberta (TBA) was in fact behind the push.

albertaviews.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven't voted in the municipal election yet, read this first. The UCP injected party politics and big money into these elections to appease Take Back Alberta. No one wanted it. Danielle Smith herself said she was against party politics in municipal elections. albertaviews.ca/parties-over...

Municipal Parties Over People - Alberta Views

Danielle Smith was being lobbied to legislate municipal parties. Third-party advertiser Take Back Alberta (TBA) was in fact behind the push.

albertaviews.ca

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 1d

Scoop coming tomorrow with new details on the mysterious resignations of Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld and two of his deputies.

Fifty documents obtained via freedom of information are included in the story.

Sign up free or paid to access:
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Drug Data Decoded

Politics, policing and profits of prohibition.

drugdatadecoded.ca

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 23h

Protein Powders & Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

"...tests of 23 products found that more than two-thirds of them contain more lead in a single serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day"

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Regan @mighty580am.bsky.social · 22h

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

Antivaxx lies + irrational cruel cuts = > deaths.

Cervical cancer could be eradicated. But not with Medicaid cuts and anti-vax politics. 19thnews.org/2025/10/cerv... via @19thnews.org

RFK Jr "has made false statements about the HPV vaccine’s safety and effectiveness..."