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M. Bayrock / М Байрак 🇺🇦 🌻
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Geek, Fajah, Herder of felines, Baritone, sometime setter and spiker, and British automotive mechanic, all rolled into one. Now semi retired and spending way too much time doomscrolling
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artofsumo.bsky.social
RFK Jr. should have paid more attention to the comics in 1968.
December 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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globalecoguy.bsky.social
Another problem with CO2? It messes with plants. Some grow faster; others don’t.

But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.

Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
CO2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality
This analysis studies the direct effect of CO2 rise on nutrient quality by synthesizing pre-existing data on ~59,000 samples across 43 different food crops, where half of the plants were grown under ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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micropainter.bsky.social
#Alberta #Canada #CanadaSky #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #ForeverCanadian #RecallThemAll @coreyhogan.ca @lukaszukab.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Here is a transcript of what the premier said.
When I came in, I thought, why is $40 billion of our budget in an Alberta Health Services agency we have no oversight over and then when you look at schools, we have $10 billion of our budget that we've delegated authority to 61 school authorities that we have no oversight over. We have another huge chunk that we give to universities that we have no oversight over, and on and on and on it goes. So I think you need to have a conservative vision for what you're going to do with the government’s spending. And our conservative vision is very different than the progressive vision. Our conservative vision is to partner with private entities, whether in the private sector, whether in the nonprofit sector, or whether it's charities, to deliver on the services that people care about. When you think about historically, where did all of the supports for widows and orphans come from? Where did the supports for the vulnerable sector come from? It started with faith-based communities. And government said, ‘Wait a minute, we've got a patchwork here. Why don't we step in to help?’ But in doing so, they have often crowded out some of that incredibly important nonprofit work. And so we're restoring that. We're finding a way to create a structure in government where you do have competition and choice and funding following patients or students or clients, so that you can create an internal market. So that is what I want to do, is I want to apply principles that I know work in the private sector to how we deliver government services, and we're making great strides in a lot of different areas. I think education is probably the greatest example in Alberta of how we do that. You have a choice of sending your kids to a public school or a Catholic school or a charter school or an independent school, or even home school if you want. We have different funding models for each of those. But in Alberta, we have parents willing to pay a portion of their own money to homeschool thei…
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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katyet.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
I received a "Critical Account Security Alert" from "Apple."

It purports that someone tried to charge $143.95 to my account and wants me to log-in with my password.

A quick Google search revealed that "$143.95" has been charged to THOUSANDS of Apple accounts.

I hate being scammed by the lazy.
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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aryn.bsky.social
@naheednenshi.bsky.social, leader of the Alberta NDP, condemns the government's use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 9.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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thetyee.ca
“I am not working in those facilities because I find it morally inappropriate.”

A Tyee investigation found that Calgary anesthesiologists are being scheduled by managers, in response to government directives, to work in for-profit chartered surgical facilities, sometimes against their will. #abpoli
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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passeriform.bsky.social
If BlueSky suspends someone, natural justice requires, surely, that they be given some explanation? @jay.bsky.team #sarahkendzior
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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commonmugwort.bsky.social
I’d like to know, too. In what way did Sarah Kendzior violate the terms of use here, please? @bsky.support?
#SarahKendzior
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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manaboutcowtown.bsky.social
I think folks should be making a bigger fucking deal about how our Premier is saying out loud that the judicial branch shouldn’t be a check and balance against the legislative and executive branches. That notion is one of the pillars of modern democracy itself. calgaryherald.com/news/premier...
Premier Danielle Smith says courts should be more 'constrained' in making decisions
Alberta premier Danielle Smith commented on the justice systems involvement in deciding matters like the use of the not withstanding clause.
calgaryherald.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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hab3261.bsky.social
Parkland research manager Rebecca Graff-McRae exposes how Alberta’s new COVID-19 vaccine policy undermines the very idea of public health. #AxeTheVaxTax #Ableg #Abpoli

www.parklandinstitute.ca/sabotaging_p...
Sabotaging Prevention: Alberta’s ‘Preventative Health’ Ministry Is Anything But
The Alberta government has justified its new protocols for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by claiming they will minimize wastage, save money, and prioritize the most vulnerable. In this blog, Parkl...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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ppival.bsky.social
OMG! From the other place: x.com/ab_md_warroo...

#Alberta #ABPolitics #ABLeg
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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disorderedyyc.bsky.social
Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days?

Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day.

Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power.

#ableg #abpoli
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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susanincanada.bsky.social
@rachelnotley.bsky.social speaks the truth:

“This is a government that sees public education as a service worth dismantling, basic human rights as an inconvenience, and democracy as a principle to be ignored. This is a shameful night for our province.”

#AbPoli
#AbLeg
#UCPfail
#WeFight
#WeSpeakOut
Rachel Notley: Today the UCP introduced historic legislation to trample the Charter rights of 55,000 hard working Alberta teachers. Then they rammed through rules to pass that legislation in one evening, trampling the democratic rights of ALL Albertans. All this after 6 years of unprecedented attacks on our public education, aiming first at the services supporting special needs kids, and then expanding their fight to target every kid in our public schools. This is a government that sees public education as a service worth dismantling, basic human rights as an inconvenience, and democracy as a principle to be ignored. This is a shameful night for our province.
October 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
Gil McGowan isn’t playing:
nitter N Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan My message to Alberta teachers is simple: you will not stand alone. Tomorrow all other Alberta unions will meet to finalize a plan for unprecedented collective action. The executive council of the Canadian Labour Congress will also meet in emergency session. Oct 28, 2025 • 2:55 AM UTC 66 17195 79 30 888 1h Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan 1h And, CLC President Bea Bruske will fly to Alberta for our press conference on Wednesday to pledge the support of the entire labour movement. My message to Danielle Smith is also simply. You're the bully going after workers rights & democracy. We will stand up to the bully. 2 1738 95 245 Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan 1h Other provincial labour federations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, will start collecting funds to build a war chest to help pay fines. Danielle Smith may have thought she could bully the teachers into submission. We are not going to let that happen. 10 1 46 997 • 282.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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charliegolf.ca
Probably the only reason why Dani and the UCP would consider using the Notwithstanding Clause in Monday's upcoming legislation. They know about the Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling that the BCTF had the right to negotiate class size and complexity.

It's gonna be interesting.
#ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli
B.C. teachers win landmark Supreme Court ruling
The BC Teachers’ Federation won a 2016 landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling against the BC government on class size and composition.
www.blg.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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brandywithawhy.bsky.social
Hey fellow Canadians, look at that!
Trump is literally demolishing (parts of) the White House, looks like we don't have to burn it down again after all.
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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jlisayoung.bsky.social
Got so annoyed while waiting to vote that I wrote a substack post. open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...
I'd like to speak to the manager!
Go ahead.
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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canadianinalberta.bsky.social
I know people have already said this

But this UCP crap blocking us from getting the covid vax is just another way for Smith & the UCP to crash healthcare

Because that would benefit their donors
With the UCP you always have to follow the money
#ableg #abpoli
canadianinalberta.bsky.social Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · Oct 18
The UCP are the worst provincial government in the history of Canada

Anyway, if you want a covid vax in fall 2026 or winter 2027 you have to order it now 🤦🏼‍♂️

Link is in the post below
#ableg #abpoli
drdavidkeegan.bsky.social David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · Oct 18
🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.

This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..

bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

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October 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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skipischris.bsky.social
The Alberta government is now openly floating the use of the Notwithstanding Clause — Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — as a way to force teachers back to work and strip away their right to bargain for the most basic classroom conditions.
October 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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skipischris.bsky.social
Good evening. I'll get right to it.

You all need to be fucking mad as hell right now.

Because what Danielle Smith’s government is threatening to do in Alberta isn’t a negotiation tactic. It’s a constitutional crisis in the making.

#ableg #abed #abpoli #cdnpoli
October 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
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
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM