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Just thought I'd note that there are many Canadian political scientists based in Canada available to speak to the implications of Donald Trump's threats to Canada, and the implications of US foreign policy more broadly, and how Canada might respond on national media.

submitted 11 hours ago • 23 comments

Maybe next weekend we should discuss what would happen if women couldn’t vote anymore. Just for the sake of argument, y’know? 🙃

submitted 12 hours ago • 4 comments

"People can do their fact-checking online after the program" is NOT HOW FACT CHECKING WORKS

submitted 12 hours ago • 6 comments

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

submitted 21 hours ago • 189 comments

Hey folks rather than quote tweeting links from Cross Country Checkup or Hanomansing, giving them engagement they so desperately crave, I'd suggest taken 3 minutes and writing to the CBC Ombudsman who will take our complaints seriously. cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/ombudsman...

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

Hey CBC, don’t do this. It’s not a “proposal.” Having different wording on your website won’t diminish the harm done by having Canada’s national broadcaster treat this as a serious conversation (see below for how it’s being portrayed on the relatively sane CPAC…). Pull out of this disaster now.

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

If you want to fight fascism? Wear a mask. If you want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask. If you want to protect your own health? Wear a mask. If you recognize that no one is coming to save us? Wear a mask. My ultimate guide to respirators:

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A THIRD investigation by the privacy commissioner into the province's decision to withhold pension survey data. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Welcome to affirmative action for white male mediocrity, which has a long, long history but is all ramped up and shouty and sulky right now.

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Mraiche is a shareholder in four corporations with the Alberta Surgical Group founders.

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SCOOP: Sam Mraiche, owner of the firm that imported meds from Turkey, is a part owner in two private surgical facilities that last year were negotiating deals with inflated rates compared to competitor, according to documents www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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Mark Carney will not save us. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...

submitted 2 days ago • 57 comments

LaGrange said she wasn't told what was going on in her ministry. Guthrie said she step down. Now Guthrie says he didn't know what was going on in his ministry but it's no big deal. Guthrie took hockey tickets from the seller.

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No, five downtown bridges are not closing all at once. You may have heard something from Tim Cartmell, and the downtown business organization that would prefer him as mayor that causes you to panic. You don't need to panic. troypavlek.ca/posts/no-fiv...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

harmonious with my political experience, which is that the layer of young men in little minion roles (mostly comms) are the most overtly fascist of the tory apparatus. campus conservative club freaks who spend way too much time in /pol/ and r/metacanada and similar shitholes

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The Truth About Social Housing—We Need More Than Talk Housing isn’t just about shelter—it’s about stability. Until we build real support systems instead of relying on overcrowded shelters, people will continue to fall through the cracks. markcherrington.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

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My webstore is live with the Arc Card stickers and all of my latest duck jokes as well. serenatang.bigcartel.com

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

If I "saved money" by not paying my heat bill during this -40 C cold snap, how much do you think it would actually cost once the pipes burst? That's what Elon is doing.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Sure, here's yesterday's pedestrian/transit #YEGSnowStories as seen through my 311 requests.

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Just before the holiday, UCalgary released its seemingly rushed review on the May 9 encampment protest, completed by MNP. Over a month later they started releasing some massively overdue FOIPs. These help show the review wasn't comprehensive—or accurate. ablawg.ca/2025/02/18/t...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

While you’re distracted by the Canada/US hysteria, Canada continues to Canada

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

This is 100% the next step for a society that has collapsed any semblance of a social safety net and has broken down regulations, public health and any other measures that would lessen epigenetic contributors to disability. Sicken and debilitate people, then call them useless eaters and eliminate

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

This is worth reading and sharing, no matter what side of the border you’re on — Canada’s Other Anti-Trump Weapon: Fighting Corruption. “Beyond waging a tariff war [aka fighting back against the insane trade war Trump started], target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.” Via @thetyee.ca

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

Anti-abortion advocates are pushing for Manitobans 14 and older to buy a Progressive Conservative party membership and vote for leadership candidate Wally Daudrich.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

New neighbours aren't making the greatest first impression. "You can go around" isn't the ideal response to "you can't park on the sidewalk, you need to move the truck".

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

My latest for @thetyee.ca AHS Scandal: How Tight Is Dale McFee with Sam Mraiche? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Disabled people have been sounding the alarm about fascism for five years now. Pandemics lead to fascism. They excuse the deaths of the most vulnerable first. How do you not become vulnerable like us? Wear a mask! If you become disabled from Covid, they’ll excuse your death too.

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

New from me: Edmonton police chief finds officer who cracked man's skull may have used excessive force, but opts not to hold hearing edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...

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Holy smokes, the latest in the UCP/AHS story: “The suit claims…a member of the AHS board told her to ‘be very careful’ about what she was doing and that she needed to potentially be concerned about her personal safety, ‘given some of the people potentially involved behind the scenes.’”

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments