Been thinking about this quote: 🤔
“If you have convictions and they’re not being tested, then it’s just fashion.” @barackobama.bsky.social
“If you have convictions and they’re not being tested, then it’s just fashion.” @barackobama.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Been thinking about this quote: 🤔
“If you have convictions and they’re not being tested, then it’s just fashion.” @barackobama.bsky.social
“If you have convictions and they’re not being tested, then it’s just fashion.” @barackobama.bsky.social
This interview is great! Vassy Kapelos holds no punches on this. Responses predictably misrepresent the facts, but it's totally worth watching!
Vassy Kapelos nails all the issues (and brings receipts) for the Education Minister. His responses were all canned talking points about Alberta teachers being the highest paid in western Canada.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This interview is great! Vassy Kapelos holds no punches on this. Responses predictably misrepresent the facts, but it's totally worth watching!
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Albertans deserve better than an undemocratic, authoritarian government with an absent Premier.
www.youtube.com/shorts/XhDRm...
www.youtube.com/shorts/XhDRm...
If we want better, we have to elect a better government.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Albertans deserve better than an undemocratic, authoritarian government with an absent Premier.
www.youtube.com/shorts/XhDRm...
www.youtube.com/shorts/XhDRm...
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Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
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🛩️ 🇸🇦🇦🇪 Premier Danielle Smith is jetting off to Saudi Arabia and Dubai just as her UCP government is expected to invoke the constitutional sledgehammer known as the Notwithstanding Clause in its legislation to force striking teachers back to work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Showcasing Alberta in the Middle East
Premier Smith will promote Alberta’s investment opportunities, energy expertise and agricultural products during meetings in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
www.alberta.ca
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🛩️ 🇸🇦🇦🇪 Premier Danielle Smith is jetting off to Saudi Arabia and Dubai just as her UCP government is expected to invoke the constitutional sledgehammer known as the Notwithstanding Clause in its legislation to force striking teachers back to work.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Monday marks a full year of continuous measles transmission in Canada, a milestone that’s poised to set the country back decades on a global health commitment. https://cnn.it/48PE3Oo
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Monday marks a full year of continuous measles transmission in Canada, a milestone that’s poised to set the country back decades on a global health commitment. https://cnn.it/48PE3Oo
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Alberta’s New Democrats urge Danielle Smith to call off this back-to-work legislation, denounce any potential use of the notwithstanding clause, and actually do the hard work to make classrooms better for teachers and students.
Read my full statement here: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/ne...
Read my full statement here: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/ne...
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Alberta’s New Democrats urge Danielle Smith to call off this back-to-work legislation, denounce any potential use of the notwithstanding clause, and actually do the hard work to make classrooms better for teachers and students.
Read my full statement here: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/ne...
Read my full statement here: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/ne...
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Danielle Smith and the UCP would rather fight than win.
Alberta’s New Democrats stand with students, teachers, parents, and workers.
We will vigorously oppose any back-to-work legislation this government brings forward.
youtube.com/shorts/QTmR9...
Alberta’s New Democrats stand with students, teachers, parents, and workers.
We will vigorously oppose any back-to-work legislation this government brings forward.
youtube.com/shorts/QTmR9...
Danielle Smith and the UCP would rather fight than win.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Danielle Smith and the UCP would rather fight than win.
Alberta’s New Democrats stand with students, teachers, parents, and workers.
We will vigorously oppose any back-to-work legislation this government brings forward.
youtube.com/shorts/QTmR9...
Alberta’s New Democrats stand with students, teachers, parents, and workers.
We will vigorously oppose any back-to-work legislation this government brings forward.
youtube.com/shorts/QTmR9...
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It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
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Albertans know what's at stake.
Danielle Smith is attacking teachers, parents, students, and workers. We won't stand for it.
Alberta's New Democrats stand for public education.
youtu.be/9EzivoHvA2U
Danielle Smith is attacking teachers, parents, students, and workers. We won't stand for it.
Alberta's New Democrats stand for public education.
youtu.be/9EzivoHvA2U
Albertans Rise Up Against Danielle Smith’s Attack on Public Education
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Albertans know what's at stake.
Danielle Smith is attacking teachers, parents, students, and workers. We won't stand for it.
Alberta's New Democrats stand for public education.
youtu.be/9EzivoHvA2U
Danielle Smith is attacking teachers, parents, students, and workers. We won't stand for it.
Alberta's New Democrats stand for public education.
youtu.be/9EzivoHvA2U
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Amanda's kids go to a school that's 141% over capacity.
A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids, where kids are eating lunch on the floor, and there isn't enough support to go around.
This is unacceptable.
Alberta's kids deserve better.
youtu.be/Fn0FsgvSrR0
A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids, where kids are eating lunch on the floor, and there isn't enough support to go around.
This is unacceptable.
Alberta's kids deserve better.
youtu.be/Fn0FsgvSrR0
A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids is unacceptable.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Amanda's kids go to a school that's 141% over capacity.
A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids, where kids are eating lunch on the floor, and there isn't enough support to go around.
This is unacceptable.
Alberta's kids deserve better.
youtu.be/Fn0FsgvSrR0
A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids, where kids are eating lunch on the floor, and there isn't enough support to go around.
This is unacceptable.
Alberta's kids deserve better.
youtu.be/Fn0FsgvSrR0
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Danielle Smith provoked this strike.
The UCP wants to break public education.
We won't let them. #WeStandWithTeachers
youtu.be/ONBRO8psamw
The UCP wants to break public education.
We won't let them. #WeStandWithTeachers
youtu.be/ONBRO8psamw
Danielle Smith provoked this strike. The UCP wants to break public education.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Danielle Smith provoked this strike.
The UCP wants to break public education.
We won't let them. #WeStandWithTeachers
youtu.be/ONBRO8psamw
The UCP wants to break public education.
We won't let them. #WeStandWithTeachers
youtu.be/ONBRO8psamw
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You don't quite have words, but something is off. You feel stagnant, stuck. The incessant scrolling takes you from one painful story to the next. Your days feel repetitive, resigned to the tyranny of demands, rutted for what has felt like an eternity.
open.substack.com/pub/sitwithc...
open.substack.com/pub/sitwithc...
When the Soul Grows Weary
It's More Than The Body That Keeps The Score These Days
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
You don't quite have words, but something is off. You feel stagnant, stuck. The incessant scrolling takes you from one painful story to the next. Your days feel repetitive, resigned to the tyranny of demands, rutted for what has felt like an eternity.
open.substack.com/pub/sitwithc...
open.substack.com/pub/sitwithc...
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60 seconds on María Corina Machado and why her Nobel Peace Prize win really matters 👏👇
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vm.tiktok.com/ZNdn3rHvb/
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
60 seconds on María Corina Machado and why her Nobel Peace Prize win really matters 👏👇
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdn3rHvb/
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdn3rHvb/
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"If persons in government are Christian, then they must know that Christian proclamation occurs not by the sword but by the word." - Bonhoeffer, "State and Church"
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"If persons in government are Christian, then they must know that Christian proclamation occurs not by the sword but by the word." - Bonhoeffer, "State and Church"
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Comedy Central's Jon Stewart opened "The Daily Show" with an extended riff sarcastically praising President Donald Trump after fellow talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC.
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart opened "The Daily Show" with an extended riff sarcastically praising President Donald Trump after fellow talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC.
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The task of preaching is not to bring commentary on current events but to bring a word from elsewhere.
September 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The task of preaching is not to bring commentary on current events but to bring a word from elsewhere.
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Over the last few months, some US tourists have revived a decades-old practice of masquerading as Canadians in order to avoid anti-American sentiment abroad under the Trump administration. https://cnn.it/4nuJ1Uw
September 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Over the last few months, some US tourists have revived a decades-old practice of masquerading as Canadians in order to avoid anti-American sentiment abroad under the Trump administration. https://cnn.it/4nuJ1Uw
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Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
edmontonjournal.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Alberta to require citizens to carry little picture of Danielle Smith in wallets
Alberta to require citizens to carry little picture of Danielle Smith in wallets
EDMONTON – The government of Alberta has declared all citizens must now carry a little picture of Premier Danielle Smith in their wallets. Smith made the announcement this week in front of a giant ima...
thebeaverton.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Alberta to require citizens to carry little picture of Danielle Smith in wallets
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BREAKING: Alberta teachers will go on strike Monday, Oct. 6 if they can't get a better deal through negotiations.
September 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Alberta teachers will go on strike Monday, Oct. 6 if they can't get a better deal through negotiations.
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Leon Draisaitl’s name and wife, Celeste were featured on jeopardy the other night 😂 - 📸: Shaye Ganam
September 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Leon Draisaitl’s name and wife, Celeste were featured on jeopardy the other night 😂 - 📸: Shaye Ganam
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At a nature reserve in Kenya, the last two northern white rhinos in existence live under the 24/7 protection of armed guards. The subspecies has been driven to near extinction by decades of poaching and civil war.
Now, a new film is chronicling the fight to save them: https://cnn.it/4lPfHH5
Now, a new film is chronicling the fight to save them: https://cnn.it/4lPfHH5
August 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
At a nature reserve in Kenya, the last two northern white rhinos in existence live under the 24/7 protection of armed guards. The subspecies has been driven to near extinction by decades of poaching and civil war.
Now, a new film is chronicling the fight to save them: https://cnn.it/4lPfHH5
Now, a new film is chronicling the fight to save them: https://cnn.it/4lPfHH5
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AB teachers are working tirelessly in overcrowded classrooms, but the UCP is setting them up to fail
We have the lowest per-student funding in Canada — families feel it every day
It’s time for Danielle Smith to get back to the table & negotiate in good faith
#ABEducation #ABLabour #ABLeg #ABPoli
We have the lowest per-student funding in Canada — families feel it every day
It’s time for Danielle Smith to get back to the table & negotiate in good faith
#ABEducation #ABLabour #ABLeg #ABPoli
August 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
AB teachers are working tirelessly in overcrowded classrooms, but the UCP is setting them up to fail
We have the lowest per-student funding in Canada — families feel it every day
It’s time for Danielle Smith to get back to the table & negotiate in good faith
#ABEducation #ABLabour #ABLeg #ABPoli
We have the lowest per-student funding in Canada — families feel it every day
It’s time for Danielle Smith to get back to the table & negotiate in good faith
#ABEducation #ABLabour #ABLeg #ABPoli