Larissa
@bisseemom.bsky.social
Albertan, mom to 2 emerging adults, like to have flour on my counter, dabbler in crafty stuff. Wants to see more joy in the world. Knows that there are injustices to fight. I don’t correct typeos
Find a location near you this week and go sign it!
Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Find a location near you this week and go sign it!
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For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
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I could go on forever about this, but my point is that the hardship of work, the struggle, the messiness, the *humanity* of it, if you will, is what's most valuable about it. It's how we learn, it's how we grow.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I could go on forever about this, but my point is that the hardship of work, the struggle, the messiness, the *humanity* of it, if you will, is what's most valuable about it. It's how we learn, it's how we grow.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
Replacing that with "AI" cheapens and degrades the process, and leaves us the poorer.
Use their website to see where the petition is located near you
The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding.
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Use their website to see where the petition is located near you
😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣Not only is Open AI stealing content, water and electricity, it is now moved onto stealing taxpayer dollars
😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂Such a great business model
😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂Such a great business model
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣Not only is Open AI stealing content, water and electricity, it is now moved onto stealing taxpayer dollars
😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂Such a great business model
😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂Such a great business model
It really is quite something to see so much put together in one place. I’m getting tired of keeping up with this and thank you Jared for doing the hard work.
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It really is quite something to see so much put together in one place. I’m getting tired of keeping up with this and thank you Jared for doing the hard work.
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I heard this once as "In a just world, only a few people are guilty, but everyone is *responsible*" and that has really stuck with me.
I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I heard this once as "In a just world, only a few people are guilty, but everyone is *responsible*" and that has really stuck with me.
The incompetence of this government ceases to amaze me. Will fight the federal government tooth and nail but rolls over to expose its belly to foreign resource extractors all to give away Alberta taxpayer dollars
The United Conservative Party government recently awarded a $95-million settlement to the Australian mining firm Montem Resources.
About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee
Two firms that invested far less are getting $235 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.
thetyee.ca
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The incompetence of this government ceases to amaze me. Will fight the federal government tooth and nail but rolls over to expose its belly to foreign resource extractors all to give away Alberta taxpayer dollars
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If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
bookriot.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
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Wherein our illustrious Minister of Education clearly supports the concept and importance of recall provisions for elected officials.
@jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
@jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Wherein our illustrious Minister of Education clearly supports the concept and importance of recall provisions for elected officials.
@jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
@jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
This is a great thread describing the disaster that the UCP is more than willing to unleash on us.
Let's run through just ONE example of what will enfold with govt's new TESTING PRIVITIZATION PLAN
Simplifying in broadstrokes a common example:
Take a 35yo female with heavy pelvic bleeding and irregular menses, who has no FM doc.
🧵 1/10
buff.ly/wf7leEA
Simplifying in broadstrokes a common example:
Take a 35yo female with heavy pelvic bleeding and irregular menses, who has no FM doc.
🧵 1/10
buff.ly/wf7leEA
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is a great thread describing the disaster that the UCP is more than willing to unleash on us.
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“At the end of the day, ordinary Alberta voters are the boss in our democracy & if they lose faith in their elected representatives, they can hold them to account in between elections,” said Premier Jason Kenney as he announced the proposed…the Recall Act. #abpoli
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“At the end of the day, ordinary Alberta voters are the boss in our democracy & if they lose faith in their elected representatives, they can hold them to account in between elections,” said Premier Jason Kenney as he announced the proposed…the Recall Act. #abpoli
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
calgaryherald.com/news/politic...
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Can't take credit for this, was in my DMs! 👏
You have been unethical and have breached public trust, thank you for reminding us this isn't limited to just not doing your job as the Minister of Education.
#PublicEd #Unites #Equalizes #Builds #Potential #Success #Trust #Economy #abpoli #ableg
You have been unethical and have breached public trust, thank you for reminding us this isn't limited to just not doing your job as the Minister of Education.
#PublicEd #Unites #Equalizes #Builds #Potential #Success #Trust #Economy #abpoli #ableg
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Can't take credit for this, was in my DMs! 👏
You have been unethical and have breached public trust, thank you for reminding us this isn't limited to just not doing your job as the Minister of Education.
#PublicEd #Unites #Equalizes #Builds #Potential #Success #Trust #Economy #abpoli #ableg
You have been unethical and have breached public trust, thank you for reminding us this isn't limited to just not doing your job as the Minister of Education.
#PublicEd #Unites #Equalizes #Builds #Potential #Success #Trust #Economy #abpoli #ableg
Humans are so prudish
Reports on the homosexual behaviour of penguins in Antarctica were hidden for over 100 years
www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
Reports on the homosexual behaviour of penguins in Antarctica were hidden for over 100 years | CBC Documentaries
It’s just one example of how research on queer animal behaviour has been buried, ignored and dismissed
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Humans are so prudish
The lack of care about avoidable illness is unconscionable
🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them.
This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people ..
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
1/2
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The lack of care about avoidable illness is unconscionable
Alberta’s government involvement in healthcare is hazardous to our health
Seriously? We only have until Dec. 15 this year to order flu and COVID vaccines for next year? albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/seri... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth #COVID19
Seriously? We only have until Dec. 15 this year to order flu and COVID vaccines for next year? - Alberta Politics
Is Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government seriously proposing to make anyone who wants an influenza or COVID-19 vaccination next year order it during an unannounced 78-day window that is alrea...
albertapolitics.ca
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Alberta’s government involvement in healthcare is hazardous to our health
This truly is a wonderful read. Keep the weird coming.
after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...
“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch
Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.
www.orartswatch.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This truly is a wonderful read. Keep the weird coming.
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MAGA people don't know how to exist without an appalled audience. Sure, they probably have some half-baked nefarious plans coming over here, but the primary drive is their insatiable emotional need for our attention. Everybody please do your part to deny them it. 🫡
it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
MAGA people don't know how to exist without an appalled audience. Sure, they probably have some half-baked nefarious plans coming over here, but the primary drive is their insatiable emotional need for our attention. Everybody please do your part to deny them it. 🫡
The emphasis on continually “Growing shareholder value” is what is wrong with nearly everything
We are at 1.4C and nature is failing.
So I am asking you once again why you're allowing a handful of multinationals condemn your children and grandchildren to a hellscape future, just so they can "grow shareholder value"
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
So I am asking you once again why you're allowing a handful of multinationals condemn your children and grandchildren to a hellscape future, just so they can "grow shareholder value"
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Level of CO₂ in atmosphere rises by annual record
Scientists believe the increase could be due to trees, oceans and peatlands absorbing less carbon because of heatwaves and drought
www.thetimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The emphasis on continually “Growing shareholder value” is what is wrong with nearly everything
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Black and brown boys are routinely seen and treated like adults and Black girls are sexualized as promiscuous. Meanwhile, grown-ass white men are forever infantilized.
Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Black and brown boys are routinely seen and treated like adults and Black girls are sexualized as promiscuous. Meanwhile, grown-ass white men are forever infantilized.
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“I think the federal basic income program could be a nation-building program.”
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
Ireland is locking down basic income for artists. Could Canada follow suit? | CBC Radio
Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's success to build momentum for guara...
www.cbc.ca
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“I think the federal basic income program could be a nation-building program.”
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
We've seen study after study showing universal basic income works -- cheaper, more effective than current income programs. Doesn't disincentivize people from working. Reduces crime. Improves health. UBI now.
It’s asinine that world leaders have to play the passive aggressive game in the Oval Office cuz the orange turd is such a vindictive bastard
October 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It’s asinine that world leaders have to play the passive aggressive game in the Oval Office cuz the orange turd is such a vindictive bastard
More evidence that the UCP government has lost the plot
Budgets are about priorities.
Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'
Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.
In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.
Priorities.
Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'
Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.
In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.
Priorities.
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
More evidence that the UCP government has lost the plot
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@davidebybc.bsky.social please note that it is only un-Canadian when these projects have resistance in YOUR valuable spaces. It was perfectly Canadian when Smith killed renewables in Alberta because she didn’t want them in HER valuable spaces.
She doesn’t represent me in Alberta. Thank you!
She doesn’t represent me in Alberta. Thank you!
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
@davidebybc.bsky.social please note that it is only un-Canadian when these projects have resistance in YOUR valuable spaces. It was perfectly Canadian when Smith killed renewables in Alberta because she didn’t want them in HER valuable spaces.
She doesn’t represent me in Alberta. Thank you!
She doesn’t represent me in Alberta. Thank you!
Looking forward to signing this one
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Looking forward to signing this one