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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 7d

Yes!

Complexity of #misinformation extends beyond virus & warfare analogies www.nature.com/articles/s44... @lenafrescamente.bsky.social

"Understanding misinformation as a complex, multilevel system allows for more effective interventions & underscores the value of interdisciplinary collaboration"

The complexity of misinformation extends beyond virus and warfare analogies - npj Complexity

npj Complexity - The complexity of misinformation extends beyond virus and warfare analogies

www.nature.com

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Important myth bust! 👇

Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...

Reality: "...the immune reactions produced by vaccines are 'minuscule' compared with those that children experience on a daily basis..."

#VaccinesWork #ScienceMatters!

Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.

www.nytimes.com

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 9d

The highschooler that had the mic muted and Bruce MacAllister making the shitty comment, he showed up in r/Alberta on reddit

Video: streamable.com/vzmcwe

Link to reddit comment: reddit.com/r/alberta/co...

#Alberta #abpoli

Screenshot of comment from the kid in the video. Visit the link to view it.

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · 8d

I wouldn’t yet characterize this day as a happy day.. Still more a day of mourning.

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · 9d

Time to put elbows up fellow Albertans - to our premier
transactionalberta.ca/direct-message

URGENT: Send a Direct Message to the Premier

Now is the time to act. The Premier is about to introduce harmful anti-trans legislation early next week.

transactionalberta.ca

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · 18d

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Melissa H @mo4love.bsky.social · 18d

Wow. Fascism is in full swing.

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

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Sep 1

CF18 overhead for Labour Day Classic in Calgary
Photographer on our hill - hope it was a great picture!

Man with camera on a tripod on a hill looking towards McMahon Stadium in Calgary

AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Sep 1

Achimayimowin (sp?) Persevere..
Being in these spaces and informing each other is what makes a difference. For example I learned today about Danielle’s tattoo- exposing UCP tactics, one messed up policy at a time, can lead to change. They’re ultra sensitive to criticism.

jacobin.com/2025/08/albe...

Meet Danielle Smith, Canada’s Ayn Rand in Cowboy Boots

Danielle Smith, Alberta’s leader, is fusing libertarian dogma with oil-soaked grievance politics. It’s Canada’s version of the New Right, dressed up in provincial pride.

jacobin.com

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is excellent. Puts Smith in her full libertarian ideological context.
Good reading for labour day.
#abpoli #cdnpoli

Meet Danielle Smith, Canada’s Ayn Rand in Cowboy Boots

Danielle Smith, Alberta’s leader, is fusing libertarian dogma with oil-soaked grievance politics. It’s Canada’s version of the New Right, dressed up in provincial pride.

jacobin.com

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Aug 31

Jeans, Jeans Jeans in Montreal www.jeansjeansjeans.ca#home

Jeans Jeans Jeans

www.jeansjeansjeans.ca

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is heartbreaking. The good people of Texas deserve so much better than this! They deserve their government to do what is promised and protect their citizens!

Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · Aug 4

“Our warning was screaming from down the road. That was our warning.”

Abbott prioritized serving Trump’s wish for 5 more seats instead of helping prevent tragedies and survivors who are left to pick up the pieces.

#AbbottFailsTexas #RepublicansDontCare
#TexasFloods

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Jul 29

‘We’re not numbers’
www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

Indian Act's ‘second-generation cut-off’ poses an existential threat to treaty people in Canada

Thanks to the Indian Act’s ‘second-generation cut-off,’ First Nations people face a baffling and offensive equation when it comes to their status rights.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · Jul 22

“My name’s Dwight and I’m a rural landowner in Alberta.
12 years ago, I was forced to host a gas well on my land on the condition that the industry close and clean it up when the well stopped producing. 🚨That never happened.🚨”

#MAS #OrphanWells #abpoli

Credit: CTV’s W5; Amber Bracken / The Narwhal

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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · Jul 20

The “all lives matter” and “every child matters” crowd are awfully fucking quiet huh? 🇵🇸

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Jul 13

youtu.be/3Ttd3R4z9QQ

CHARLIE ANGUS - THIS IS MORE THAN A TARIFF WAR

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Jul 11

For sure we don’t want their dairy.

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Me 🍁, Antifa / Love My Country 🇨🇦 @l82be.bsky.social · Jul 11

@bonniecritchley.bsky.social‬ #BattleRiverCrowfoot

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · Jul 10

Meet the military trailblazer-turned-political candidate looking to take down Pierre Poilievre in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection... #cdnpoli

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · Jun 23

I have watched this documentary on the Passionate Eye twice now. So good and such an important story about a man, an incredible athlete, his family, and child trafficking.

www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

From the UN, here are the signs & indicators for child trafficking: www.unodc.org/pdf/HT_indic...

www.unodc.org

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Good piece by good voices from @ucalgary.bsky.social.

The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Jun 23

Alberta youth have the right to school library books that reflect their lives, including sexuality

Recent policy directions introduced by Alberta Education raise alarm bells, with PEN Canada saying the actions of the government pave “the way to a new era of government-sponsored book banning.”

theconversation.com

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Jun 23

#bloomscrolling
#NovaScotia

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AirCalgary (she/her) @aircalgary.bsky.social · Jun 22

Two-Spirit - coming first in the acronym recognizes the first people of this land

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · May 24

“The Auditor General of Alberta has been approved as an intervenor in the lawsuit against Alberta Health Services (AHS) brought by former CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta Auditor General will participate in lawsuit against AHS

The Auditor General of Alberta has been approved as an intervenor in the lawsuit against Alberta Health Services (AHS) brought by former CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · May 23

Always & forever! 🏳️‍🌈 @ltwlauren.bsky.social

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