Dr. Bast 🇨🇦
@bastsbest.bsky.social
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Dedicated to saving Alberta's pristine mountains.
#CanadaSky. #YYC-based, for now...
Dejected historian, wannabe political pundit, enduring feminist who is pressing on...
Dedicated to saving Alberta's pristine mountains.
#CanadaSky. #YYC-based, for now...
Dejected historian, wannabe political pundit, enduring feminist who is pressing on...
Every GD day as an historian. We are speakers for the dead.
You ever think about how we’re born knowing absolutely nothing and we have to spend literally our whole lives learning — AKA catching up on at least the outlines of what everyone who came before us either did or figured out — and if we’re lucky, we get to add a little bit to that, and then we die?
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Every GD day as an historian. We are speakers for the dead.
Reposted by Dr. Bast 🇨🇦
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks and loss of the country's measles elimination status
Latest from me👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Latest from me👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
Timeline cleanse, folx...
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Timeline cleanse, folx...
I dunno. It just warms my heart that there is a website...
Looks like there's an effort underway to issue a recall petition for Danielle Smith as well.
Website: recalldaniellesmith.ca
FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/41699...
#Alberta #ableg #abpoli
Website: recalldaniellesmith.ca
FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/41699...
#Alberta #ableg #abpoli
Home - RECALL PREMIER DANIELLE SMITH
Next Event Coming Soon… ✵ Recall Premier Danielle Smith The list of reasons Danielle Smith should be recalled are as follows: The above text was released October 29, 2025 by the Alberta Branch of the ...
recalldaniellesmith.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I dunno. It just warms my heart that there is a website...
So what happens to insurance companies if millions and millions of Americans just stop paying premiums? I guess they've done that math -- haven't they?
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So what happens to insurance companies if millions and millions of Americans just stop paying premiums? I guess they've done that math -- haven't they?
If they laid hands on that assistant, s/he has a BIG employment complaint and lawsuit to go vs them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If they laid hands on that assistant, s/he has a BIG employment complaint and lawsuit to go vs them.
Fall 2023 Dani said "Alberta's government must set priorities and guide its work through the lens of understanding that by 2050, our province is projected to be the second largest in the country with a population approaching 10 million people..."
It's your own GD policy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's your own GD policy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fall 2023 Dani said "Alberta's government must set priorities and guide its work through the lens of understanding that by 2050, our province is projected to be the second largest in the country with a population approaching 10 million people..."
It's your own GD policy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's your own GD policy
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So Dani and the UCP put on an ad campaign for people to move to Alberta, but hey, whoah, hey ...only able-bodied people, dontcha know...
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So Dani and the UCP put on an ad campaign for people to move to Alberta, but hey, whoah, hey ...only able-bodied people, dontcha know...
A wondering....
Why don't they put the same type of rubber from winter tires on the soles of winter boots?
Why don't they put the same type of rubber from winter tires on the soles of winter boots?
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A wondering....
Why don't they put the same type of rubber from winter tires on the soles of winter boots?
Why don't they put the same type of rubber from winter tires on the soles of winter boots?
A Chicago Pope won't back down.
Pretty sure the conclave knew this.
Pretty sure the conclave knew this.
"Leo’s style might be noticeably different from that of Francis, but as the substance of his remarks over the last month has made clear, the direction of travel remains the same."
gorebuildmyhouse.substack.com/p/the-month-...
gorebuildmyhouse.substack.com/p/the-month-...
The Month Pope Leo Found His Voice
By Christopher White
gorebuildmyhouse.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A Chicago Pope won't back down.
Pretty sure the conclave knew this.
Pretty sure the conclave knew this.
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It feels apt that a dead woman science writer gets the last word on this jerk.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It feels apt that a dead woman science writer gets the last word on this jerk.
Danielle Smith - not as wily as even this coyote...
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Danielle Smith - not as wily as even this coyote...
Americans! Do the Patriotic Thing and don't fly as much!
Seems to be their messaging.
Seems to be their messaging.
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Americans! Do the Patriotic Thing and don't fly as much!
Seems to be their messaging.
Seems to be their messaging.
d'Entremont callling out the boys (and girls) in short pants....
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
d'Entremont callling out the boys (and girls) in short pants....
It's Economic Feudalism. Keep the serfs indebted and they cannot cause trouble.
Bad theory. Those with nothing to lose become dangerous.
Bad theory. Those with nothing to lose become dangerous.
It is all part of Project 2025 and Curtis Yarvin's Dark Enlightenment. Google some articles about Yarvin and the Dark Enlightenment if you haven't already. Billionaire Peter Thiel brought JD Vance to Silicon Valley to be mentored by Yarvin and groomed for VP. Bankrupting everyone is part of the plan
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's Economic Feudalism. Keep the serfs indebted and they cannot cause trouble.
Bad theory. Those with nothing to lose become dangerous.
Bad theory. Those with nothing to lose become dangerous.
If they really want to get up his snout, they should name it after Obama instead....
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If they really want to get up his snout, they should name it after Obama instead....
Again, I dislike using the word, but I HATE her with the fury of a 1,000 suns...
Begone, muffin-head...
Begone, muffin-head...
Alberta’s premier is firing back at teachers and their lawsuit by saying it’s ‘not democracy’ to have the courts review Bill 2. As Sean Amato reports, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says it’s one of the only rights they have left.
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #Alberta #abpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #Alberta #abpoli
‘That’s not democracy’: Smith responds to teachers lawsuit
Alberta’s premier is firing back at teachers and their lawsuit by saying it’s ‘not democracy’ to have the courts review Bill 2. As Sean Amato reports, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says it’s one o...
edmonton.citynews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Again, I dislike using the word, but I HATE her with the fury of a 1,000 suns...
Begone, muffin-head...
Begone, muffin-head...
Keep banging away on the messaging of :
"Let them eat cake." - Trump partying and playing golf while ppl go hungry.
and
"The cruelty is the point." - These people enjoy watching others (below them) suffer.
"Let them eat cake." - Trump partying and playing golf while ppl go hungry.
and
"The cruelty is the point." - These people enjoy watching others (below them) suffer.
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Keep banging away on the messaging of :
"Let them eat cake." - Trump partying and playing golf while ppl go hungry.
and
"The cruelty is the point." - These people enjoy watching others (below them) suffer.
"Let them eat cake." - Trump partying and playing golf while ppl go hungry.
and
"The cruelty is the point." - These people enjoy watching others (below them) suffer.
WTAF is going on down there?
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
WTAF is going on down there?
Sounds about right.
I have been in Barcelona for three days, received six stitches and have eaten roughly 40 pounds of iberico ham.
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Sounds about right.
These are my people...we need to find each other.
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These are my people...we need to find each other.
As much as I love this community caring sooo much---I equally hate that Trump will think this is the long-term solution anyway.
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
As much as I love this community caring sooo much---I equally hate that Trump will think this is the long-term solution anyway.
Let the young lead.
They have all the energy, dammit.
They have all the energy, dammit.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Let the young lead.
They have all the energy, dammit.
They have all the energy, dammit.
I'll never forget the brass balls it took to do this.
Legend.
Legend.
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'll never forget the brass balls it took to do this.
Legend.
Legend.
I think we know the answer...
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think we know the answer...