Robyn
@rbalir.bsky.social
Community-building dilettante, Calgarian, appreciator of long walks
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Today’s the day! Go vote and help make sure we don’t get stuck with a mayor and city council who will make life worse for everyday Calgarians. Polls close at 8:00pm and you must vote at your assigned polling station.
Find your poll and vote now: https://calgarysfuture.ca/endorsements/#openchat
#YYC
Find your poll and vote now: https://calgarysfuture.ca/endorsements/#openchat
#YYC
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Today’s the day! Go vote and help make sure we don’t get stuck with a mayor and city council who will make life worse for everyday Calgarians. Polls close at 8:00pm and you must vote at your assigned polling station.
Find your poll and vote now: https://calgarysfuture.ca/endorsements/#openchat
#YYC
Find your poll and vote now: https://calgarysfuture.ca/endorsements/#openchat
#YYC
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Between a long wait at the polls since the province banned electronic vote tabulators, and calling 811 multiple times to book COVID shots only to get a “sorry please try again later” message, the UCP really have tied up my day in unnecessary red tape.
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Between a long wait at the polls since the province banned electronic vote tabulators, and calling 811 multiple times to book COVID shots only to get a “sorry please try again later” message, the UCP really have tied up my day in unnecessary red tape.
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Please #Alberta log in and request your vaccine this way the government will see the high demand by so many of us. You are not committing to paying nor an appointment at this time.
I certainly hope someone challenges this in court, it’s outrageous that we have to pay!
I certainly hope someone challenges this in court, it’s outrageous that we have to pay!
Now that we have to pre-order routine booster shots--that we will also have to pay for--who is the lawyer taking up the case to challenge this contempt of Canada's public health system? bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
August 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Please #Alberta log in and request your vaccine this way the government will see the high demand by so many of us. You are not committing to paying nor an appointment at this time.
I certainly hope someone challenges this in court, it’s outrageous that we have to pay!
I certainly hope someone challenges this in court, it’s outrageous that we have to pay!
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So basically the entire genre of YA literature is now verboten in Alberta schools.
In the war against illiteracy, the government has decided to fight on behalf of illiteracy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In the war against illiteracy, the government has decided to fight on behalf of illiteracy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta bans sexually explicit books in schools, limits who reads about kissing, hugging | CBC News
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
www.cbc.ca
July 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
So basically the entire genre of YA literature is now verboten in Alberta schools.
In the war against illiteracy, the government has decided to fight on behalf of illiteracy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In the war against illiteracy, the government has decided to fight on behalf of illiteracy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness.
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk
A policy of ending pediatric COVID vaccination will disable, hospitalize and even kill Albertan children, leaving blood on Smith’s hands.
edmontonjournal.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness.
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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"Of measles cases this year where the patient's immunization status is known, 91% have been in individuals who never received a measles vaccine.
Another 5% were among people who had received 1 of the 2 recommended lifetime doses."
Another 5% were among people who had received 1 of the 2 recommended lifetime doses."
With 710 measles cases now confirmed in Alberta, this marks the worst year since 1986 | CBC News
Alberta has now confirmed 710 measles cases so far this year, according to new data released Monday, surpassing the 690-case mark set in 1987.
www.cbc.ca
June 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Of measles cases this year where the patient's immunization status is known, 91% have been in individuals who never received a measles vaccine.
Another 5% were among people who had received 1 of the 2 recommended lifetime doses."
Another 5% were among people who had received 1 of the 2 recommended lifetime doses."
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“Smith visited the Palm Beach, Fla., club from Jan. 10 to 12, joined by chief of staff Rob Anderson, principal secretary Rebecca Polak & James Rajotte”
“The cost of flights, hotels, meals and other expenses totalled $10,101.87”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“The cost of flights, hotels, meals and other expenses totalled $10,101.87”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta premier's Mar-a-Lago visit cost more than $10,000, documents reveal | CBC News
A clearer picture is emerging of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's visit to Mar-a-Lago to meet then president-elect Donald Trump in January, as a trade war with the United States loomed.
www.cbc.ca
May 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Smith visited the Palm Beach, Fla., club from Jan. 10 to 12, joined by chief of staff Rob Anderson, principal secretary Rebecca Polak & James Rajotte”
“The cost of flights, hotels, meals and other expenses totalled $10,101.87”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“The cost of flights, hotels, meals and other expenses totalled $10,101.87”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Danielle Smith & LaGrange say if there was anything amiss about health procurement, it was all internal to Alberta Health Services.
Here's a long look at the UCP government's many interventions into contracting at AHS:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's a long look at the UCP government's many interventions into contracting at AHS:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | How province kept rein on health contracting, despite what Danielle Smith says | CBC News
CBC News has obtained documents that lay out extensive government influence over AHS contracts with private surgery clinics and more.
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Danielle Smith & LaGrange say if there was anything amiss about health procurement, it was all internal to Alberta Health Services.
Here's a long look at the UCP government's many interventions into contracting at AHS:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's a long look at the UCP government's many interventions into contracting at AHS:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
arstechnica.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
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Welp. There's EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, marked as "remove from all libraries" as of October. 🙃
Clay updated their review database with the decisions for the nearly 50 objections filed last month.
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Welp. There's EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, marked as "remove from all libraries" as of October. 🙃
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An Alberta govt task force has recommended the use of COVID-19 vaccines be halted unless more info is provided about risks, as part of a report rife with suggestions that run counter to mainstream scientific consensus.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... With @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... With @alannasmith.bsky.social
Alberta releases secret report into the province’s COVID response
The $2-million task force’s final report touched on several points common with disinformation campaigns such as the effectiveness of public health restrictions and masking
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
An Alberta govt task force has recommended the use of COVID-19 vaccines be halted unless more info is provided about risks, as part of a report rife with suggestions that run counter to mainstream scientific consensus.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... With @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... With @alannasmith.bsky.social
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All those Conservatives introducing Pierre Poilievre as "Canada's next Prime Minister" turned out to be wrong, if only on a technicality.
January 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
All those Conservatives introducing Pierre Poilievre as "Canada's next Prime Minister" turned out to be wrong, if only on a technicality.
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No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election, one thing will be true — a significant % of Canadian voters & media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians…1/2
January 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election, one thing will be true — a significant % of Canadian voters & media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians…1/2
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The province's proposal for elevated LRT goes directly through the busiest skywalk in Calgary: www.calgary.ca/content/dam/...
December 15, 2024 at 6:16 AM
The province's proposal for elevated LRT goes directly through the busiest skywalk in Calgary: www.calgary.ca/content/dam/...
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