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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 18h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 10h

SVP President @stuartsumida.bsky.social speaks to Open Access Government about the importance of vertebrate paleontology and science in the United States.

www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan...

The importance of palaeontology, Earth history, and science

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discusses the significance of paleontology, Earth history and science in this insightful opinion piece

www.openaccessgovernment.org

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Gina K H @ginakh.bsky.social · 1d

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

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Jessica Theodor @jmtheodor.bsky.social · 10h

Canuckamock @canuckamock.bsky.social · 1d

They defecated on the Unknown Soldier and the Terry Fox Statue. Conservative supporters and party are a threat to national security.....and assholes

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2d

WOW. JUST WOW

Article: julieroys.com/son-of-coven...

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Ken Wood part owner of 🇨🇦 @madhat59kenwood.bsky.social · 16h

Cons dont keep anybody in boom! Name a Con time that was boom time

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jimmycraig42.bsky.social @jimmycraig42.bsky.social · 15h

My kind of protest

We need to " bring it home " to all Cons

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21h

(Podcast) Ottawa residents plan 12 month ‘fireworks and honking’ festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders’ homes

Ottawa residents plan 12 month 'fireworks and honking' festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders' homes

“The fact that our festival runs the exact same length of time as their house arrest sentence is mere coincidence, we assure you.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Megan MacKay and Nile Seguin) brea...

thebeaverton.com

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 11h

This essay lays bare the UCP’s calculated attack on public education.

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Crisis capitalism comes for Alberta’s classrooms

When teachers are supported, students thrive, families prosper, and the province grows stronger.

edmontonjournal.com

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Jessica Theodor @jmtheodor.bsky.social · 11h

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe tax the rich.

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 16h

How can anyone look at the dashboard and think, “Sure, let’s reduce COVID vaccine uptake—and just deal with the fallout in hospitals”? #AxeTheVaxTax #ABleg #ABpoli

Respiratory virus dashboard-Alberta
www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Guy in elevator yesterday, excitedly:
"Maybe we'll skip winter this year!"

Me:
"We've skipped a few now."

#yyc #ClimateChange

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 1d

On October 7th, 2025 we hit 20 degrees in Calgary. #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #Nenshi #ClimateSky

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 2d

Q: Which of Canada's leaders understand how a simple graph works?

A: All of them and NONE OF THEM CARE
#ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #Nenshi #ClimateSky

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 17h

"Cities in North America all caught the same mania of city building where you just try to stuff as many cars through a downtown as you can rather than making places people wanted to actually spend time in. Cities are better when you're not just racing through them in your own enclosed metal box."

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 22d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

Sort of the distillation of Trumpism, innit?

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12h

Not even at a year into this and we're at the anxiously watching to see if an academic can successfully escape from America stage.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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45th Parallel Gomorrahn Storytelling Brigade @45thabsurdist.bsky.social · 12h

Irrelevant fun fact: the Constitution once had an emoluments clause, to prevent the president from using his position to enrich himself in a way that would be corrupting to the public interest of the office. Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Anyway...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

👀A Rutgers professor who teaches an anti-fascism class was blocked from leaving the US hours > Trump’s “Antifa” roundtable w/ Jack Posobiec who has called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor.” TPUSA at Rutgers has called him an “antifa member,” a claim he denies. He’s received death threats. 1/

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 12h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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David Barrett @davidfor7.ca · 1d

We are seeing an increasing rate of income inequality and a growing poverty gap in Calgary. And our current Ward 7 councillor isn't prioritizing addressing it. Instead, we have grassroots volunteer organizations filling the gaps #yyccc

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 16h

I would love to know at what point the right wingers will finally accept that fossil fuels are dying, but never underestimate the power of obstinance I guess lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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