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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t know if momentum means anything in baseball, but wow did the Yankees just grabbed all the momentum and ran with it. Damn.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 8h

If conservatives can’t violate individual rights, it will threaten national unity.

Conservative premiers call on Ottawa to back down in Supreme Court case on notwithstanding clause

Ottawa’s proposal threatens national unity by seeking to undermine provincial sovereignty, premiers say in letter

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 8h

The worst.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 9h

Or what though?? What’s the implication of a prime minister not doing what the premier of Alberta demands?

Calgary Sun @calgarysun.com · 9h

Danielle Smith says she's giving Carney until Grey Cup to fix nine 'bad laws'

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is softening an ultimatum she gave Prime Minister Mark Carney several months ago, saying she's giving him...

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 10h

Vladdy G!!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 11h

Exactly. Not only is Eby defending his own residents, but recognizing the reality of the situation. Smith's proposal is pure fiction and deliberately designed to provoke and prod.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13h

B.C. Premier David Eby is clearly beyond frustrated with Danielle Smith's pipeline dreams threatening the B.C. economy.

In a fiery statement, he called her out directly stating...

"This is not the Danielle Smith show!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19h

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 11h

Wow. This is pretty damning about how 'justice' works in Trump's government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 13h

Exactly. Blaming Ottawa is baked into the DNA of western conservatism.

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 7d

Of course, of COURSE, Danielle Smith blamed Ottawa for Imperial Oil's plan to lay off 20 per cent of its employees by 2027.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 16h

Saskatchewan has more crown corporations than any other province. A bold idea for making life more affordable: public options at every single step of the supply chain that's ripping us off. #cdnpoli #NDP

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 16h

Hey siri, can you define irony for me?

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 16h

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 21h

Both sides are pretty dug in. How the public respond and who they will ultimately support in this dispute is ultimately how it will be solved. And right now, the teachers have a really strong argument about why they're taking this job action.

Alberta bargaining committee serves 51,000 teachers with lockout notice | CBC News

Employers have served Alberta teachers with a lockout notice hours after they walked off the job Monday.

www.cbc.ca

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Elaine E. Kress, PhD @elaineellenkress.bsky.social · 1d

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 1d

That one stung.

Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 1d

Alien in Athens -
existentialcomics.com/comic/623

Aliens in Athens

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

existentialcomics.com

Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 1d

And the membership is united. The province can't push this aside as a greedy union. Recall how important teachers and education were to these governments during the pandemic. It is time to treat teachers and their work environments with the value they deserve.

Alberta teachers’ strike begins, affecting around 700,000 students

About 51,000 teachers walk off the job after province’s offer rejected by 90 per cent of union members

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry, the provincial government is on it. It hasn't mentioned climate change in several years. Meanwhile, it will sprint to a microphone to lobby for oil pipelines. We're good.

One of the hottest Septembers on record in Sask., Swift Current's driest in 140 years | CBC News

Saskatchewan experienced an exceptionally hot and dry September that was among the warmest on record for the province, according to Environment Canada data.

www.cbc.ca

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

I’ve seen a lot of rallies at the Alberta Legislature, but today’s Teachers’ rally had to be the biggest one.

#ForeverCanadian volunteers were there, collecting signatures.

Teachers, thank you for your support!!!

#ableg #abed

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d

Prices rising largely as a result of the US imposing tariffs on Brazil, and Brazilian growers not selling to the market, forcing buyers to compete with alternate suppliers.
Prices are not rising because of the size of the deficit, as Poilievre would have you believe.

Tim Hortons raises coffee prices, calls hike ‘more than reasonable’

Canada’s iconic coffee chain is charging more for the drink, reflecting a wider trend of jittery coffee prices.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Geoff Read 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @drgeoffread.bsky.social · 2d

If those of us on the left spent as much energy trying to defeat fascism as we do policing each other and tearing potential allies down, we’d be a lot better off. Take a lesson from History: the Popular Front brought centrists together with social democrats and communists. That’s what we need.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 2d

Yes

"Say what you like about nurses, garbage collectors, or mechanics, it’s obvious that were they to vanish in a puff of smoke, the results would be immediate & catastrophic.

A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place.

It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish - many suspect it might markedly improve."

- David Graeber

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 2d

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Chloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social · 2d

Its beyond disappointing that no one in Alberta politics can see anything other than oil. As a transplant, its been shocking and alienating.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 3d

I really hope a Jays/Tigers ALCS is in the offering, if for no other reason than to prove how annoying the Atlantic sportswriter predictions actually are.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. I like this approach.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 3d

Ok. Question. If you’re on a path and you’re running on the left side of the path and a cyclist is riding towards you, who should move first? Should the runner default to the right or should the cyclist move for the runner? Also, bikes should have bells, no?

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