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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 3h

Yeeessssss

Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Yup. This is manufactured "disinterest". I also think this is a calculated move to force more Albertans to pay out of pocket at a pharmacy - normalizing privatization. Despicable.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Not a word of comms has gone out. I searched for news articles, govt website media releases - nothing. This is deliberate.

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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 18h

From this Canadian, thanks to all involved in 'No Kings.'
It isn't all about Pigmented Pinocchio, but rather that loathsome, self-entitled, stinking rich that think their billions will dictate the path for humanity & other biologics living on 🌎
'No Kings" is Pro Science, Pro Compassion, & Pro Earth.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 10h

Also, if folks feel comfortable doing this, consider asking for more than you need. There is a good chance many will not know about the preorder until it's too late. If we order extra, they won't be completely screwed.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you for sharing this! A bunch of us have been trying to scream this from the rooftops - not one word of communication came out about this. This is deliberate and completely fucking evil. The UCP is made up of a lot of deeply shitty people.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 10h

Or the cost to diagnose and attempt to treat Long Covid? the amount of testing I went through to find out what the hell was going on with me had to have cost tens of thousands of dollars. When your internal organs have a massive inflammatory response, you get a lot of scans. 1 in 5 Canadians has LC.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12h

Every public health expert - “We need to reduce barriers to entry for vaccines and increase availability!”

UCP - “So you’re saying we should open up a month and a half window to rebook vaccines for a year from now?”

Experts - *Sob uncontrollably*

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 16h

somewhere in portland, there's one person, or a small handful of people, who came up with the inflatable costume idea, and I feel like they deserve our immense respect for defining the obvious developing aesthetic of the contemporary battle against fascism

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 13h

I have a household full of neurodivergents and this seems like a really simple USABLE tool that might sort a few things out for us. Thanks for sharing.

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Michael O’Grady 🇨🇦 @mog7546.bsky.social · 1d

As of August 2025, 150 Canadians, including children, were reported to have been held by ICE

The concern over conditions within these facilities, citing reports of limited access to safe drinking water, medical care, and legal assistance.

#MOG8
#CANADA 🇨🇦

heathermcpherson.ndp.ca/news/stateme...

NDP Statement on reports that 150 Canadians have been held by ICE this year

Statement by Heather McPherson, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, on reports that 150 Canadians have been held by ICE this year

heathermcpherson.ndp.ca

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 14h

AI is deeply shitty. All aspects of it, from the stolen work it "learned" on to the outrageous environmental footprint. And for what? Results that are hugely flawed the majority of the time. And then there are the tech bros pushing it - pretty sure they don't have our best interests in mind.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

So weird to see Yankee Doodle Dani there when just yesterday she swore she had nothing to do with this.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d

Canadiensis is a great substack. They tell stories from across Canada.
No Canadian journey would be complete without a stop at the Lavender Fox tearoom in Cobalt.
canadiensis.substack.com/p/tea-jazz-a...

Tea, Jazz, and Love: A Vintage Reverie in Cobalt/Tè, jazz, amore: il sogno vintage di Cobalt

The story of Lola and Alex, who brought sophistication and passion to a quiet mining town/La storia di Lola e Alex, che hanno infuso raffinatezza e passione in una tranquilla città mineraria (EN/IT)

canadiensis.substack.com

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Yes please! You write 'em, I'll read 'em! 📖

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

An article that offers a much better overview of her work and her unique voice.
www.sprawlcalgary.com/sprawlcast-c...

Sprawlcast: Cheryl Foggo on Black life in Alberta | The Sprawl

'We swim in a world that is built upon white supremacy.'

www.sprawlcalgary.com

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 1d

We have a wonderful writer here in Calgary whose talents run from documentary films to playwrighting. Cheryl Foggo has been instrumental in capturing the stories of Black ranchers and homesteaders in Canada - the next chapter for some of emancipation in the US.
leaderpost.com/news/saskatc...

Documentarian seeks to reclaim Black history on the Plains

Cheryl Foggo is trying to destabilize many of the untrue myths about John Ware in her 2020 documentary about the Alberta rancher.

leaderpost.com

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a strawberry jam 🎵

This postcard-sized still life by the Flemish artist Jan van Kessel the Elder is alive thanks to the talents and imagination of Adam Fitzer.

🍓 🎵 Dragonfly, two moths, spider & beetles, with wild strawberries, Jan van Kessel, the Elder (1626-1679), early 1650s. WA1940.2.43

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I keep hearing speculation that Jason Kenney and Doug Ford will throw their hat in the ring. Both would be disastrous. Kenney is the reason Alberta is in such a mess right now. Ford is the slickest grifter around. It's almost better to keep PP - at least he's not electable.

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up for Albertans who need to pre-order.
The UCP has sneakily posted a pre-order for 2026-27 that will close on Dec.15. The rat bastards have done zero communications about this and we need to get the word out.
Please share widely.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

bookvaccine.alberta.ca

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 3d

Critical minerals have long been touted as the key to the global energy transition because they’re used in everything from EV batteries to solar panels and wind turbines.

They’re also essential to the production of military equipment.

@amandafollett.bsky.social reports. #uspoli #bcpoli

Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee

Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

thetyee.ca

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 2d

Alberta teachers strike/lockout, Day 11 (day 8 of no classes):

Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of striking another commission on learning, like the 2003 effort that came out of a previous teachers’ strike.

ATA: uh, no thanks #AbLeg #AbEd

www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/alb...

Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...

www.stalbertgazette.com

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 2d

Wouldn’t you prefer this license plate?

#ForeverCanadian #AbLeg

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 2d

As a Canadian, it makes my blood boil that Banting's gift to the world was commodified and exploited like this. It's absolutely disgusting to see those prices. Banting would be rolling in his grave.
“Insulin belongs to the world, and not to me.”

- Sir Frederick Banting

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