Druh Farrell
@druhfarrell.bsky.social
Just me trying to be a good ancestor. Former six-term councillor for the City of Calgary. I will never stop championing equity, climate action, and inspiring city-making. Treaty 7, She/her 🇨🇦
"His posts are meant to TRAIN. Train people’s emotional responses. Train what feels normal. Train what feels permissible. Train what feels exciting. You don’t have to be accurate. You don’t have to be humane. You don’t even have to be consistent. You only have to be vicious in the right direction."
What does it says that Americans put this man in charge of public health policy?
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. admits he used to snort cocaine off toilet seats
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confessed to snorting cocaine off toilet seats during a chat with his old rehab buddy Theo Von.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"His posts are meant to TRAIN. Train people’s emotional responses. Train what feels normal. Train what feels permissible. Train what feels exciting. You don’t have to be accurate. You don’t have to be humane. You don’t even have to be consistent. You only have to be vicious in the right direction."
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“A year after the $1.1 billion overhaul,” which added a new lane each direction, “the 405’s rush hour drive times were a minute slower than they were before the workers broke ground. Five years later, traffic was worse at all times of day.”
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A Tunnel to Transform Los Angeles
The ambitious Sepulveda Transit Corridor project — an automated subway line underneath Bel Air — aims to do something rare in LA: Get people out of their cars.
www.bloomberg.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“A year after the $1.1 billion overhaul,” which added a new lane each direction, “the 405’s rush hour drive times were a minute slower than they were before the workers broke ground. Five years later, traffic was worse at all times of day.”
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Country music artist Corb Lund is preparing to launch a provincewide signature campaign aimed at halting new coal mining along Alberta’s eastern #RockyMountain slopes. Somia Lohia reports. #abpoli
Corb Lund’s Drive to Block Coal Mines Gets the Green Light | The Tyee
Elections Alberta approves a citizen initiative petition drive.
thetyee.ca
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Country music artist Corb Lund is preparing to launch a provincewide signature campaign aimed at halting new coal mining along Alberta’s eastern #RockyMountain slopes. Somia Lohia reports. #abpoli
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I spent yesterday combing through the social media history of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old responsible for a mass shooting at a B.C. school.
It doesn't explain why the shooting occurred. But it hints at how it might have been prevented.
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It doesn't explain why the shooting occurred. But it hints at how it might have been prevented.
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Justin Ling: In the face of horror in Tumbler Ridge, these are the questions we need to be asking
Van Rootselaar was the target of abuse by a prominent American right winger.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I spent yesterday combing through the social media history of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old responsible for a mass shooting at a B.C. school.
It doesn't explain why the shooting occurred. But it hints at how it might have been prevented.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
It doesn't explain why the shooting occurred. But it hints at how it might have been prevented.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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My latest: With his new auto sector strategy and a plan to double grid capacity, Mark Carney isn't just talking a good game on diversifying our trade relationships away from America.
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
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Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
For all the recent talk about pipelines, it's clear that Mark Carney's economic strategy revolves around turning Canada into one of the world's leading electro-states.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
My latest: With his new auto sector strategy and a plan to double grid capacity, Mark Carney isn't just talking a good game on diversifying our trade relationships away from America.
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
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Highly recommend taking this!!
Julie shows you all the ways & tools to stand up to harassment.
Julie shows you all the ways & tools to stand up to harassment.
Rates of harassment are up, hate crimes are up, general incivility seems to be the norm these days. There's a general sense that "Things suck but we're powerless to do anything about it."
Not true, babes! Let me teach you community care!
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February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Highly recommend taking this!!
Julie shows you all the ways & tools to stand up to harassment.
Julie shows you all the ways & tools to stand up to harassment.
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This is just like UBI. Every study shows it works and is more cost effective but societies‘ hatred of poor people means we‘d rather pay more to make them suffer.
Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is just like UBI. Every study shows it works and is more cost effective but societies‘ hatred of poor people means we‘d rather pay more to make them suffer.
We're just not that into you.
First WestJet cancels flights to the US and now Air Transat cancels its remaining flights to the USA.
#CanadaSky #ElbowsUp
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#CanadaSky #ElbowsUp
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Air Transat suspending all flights to U.S. as of this spring
Earlier this week, WestJet announced it was cutting service to 10 U.S. cities because of a decline in demand.
montrealgazette.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We're just not that into you.
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In writing my column on Toronto police corruption, in part looking at past times cops have threatened & intimidated civilians & elected officials I see I missed Susan Eng's passing last year. One of the few brave police board chairs. They spied on her as a result. Dirty.
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Celebration of Life: Susan Eng (1953-2025) - CCNC - SJ
Susan Eng, a trailblazing civic leader, tireless advocate for human rights, and a fearless lawyer who called power to account, passed away on July 26, 2025, surrounded by her beloved family. She was 7...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
In writing my column on Toronto police corruption, in part looking at past times cops have threatened & intimidated civilians & elected officials I see I missed Susan Eng's passing last year. One of the few brave police board chairs. They spied on her as a result. Dirty.
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Attention Alberta.
Why is the American Right so obsessed with schools?
Tomorrow 2/14 12pm ET! Join me LIVE with the journalist @katherinestewart.bsky.social author of the book
“Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy”
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Tomorrow 2/14 12pm ET! Join me LIVE with the journalist @katherinestewart.bsky.social author of the book
“Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy”
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LIVE SOON: Live with Josh Cowen and Katherine Stewart: Why is the Right So Obsessed with Schools?
Starting Feb 14 at 12:00 PM EST
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February 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Attention Alberta.
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Greatness isn’t built by breaking apart — it’s built by working together.
We know better than to walk away.
Our place will always be on Team Canada. 🇨🇦
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We know better than to walk away.
Our place will always be on Team Canada. 🇨🇦
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Alberta—Always on Team Canada
YouTube video by Alberta NDP
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Greatness isn’t built by breaking apart — it’s built by working together.
We know better than to walk away.
Our place will always be on Team Canada. 🇨🇦
youtu.be/Kr4V2A8-7Zg
We know better than to walk away.
Our place will always be on Team Canada. 🇨🇦
youtu.be/Kr4V2A8-7Zg
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Elections matter. #CityMaking
“On Friday, his successor, Zohran Mamdani, is expected to announce that he is reversing two of Mr. Adams’s transit decisions, a spokeswoman for City Hall confirmed to The New York Times.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n... by @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social
Mamdani to Resurrect Bus and Bike Lanes Killed by Eric Adams
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February 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elections matter. #CityMaking
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Pretty much sums it up. And it wouldn’t be that hard to change it, if we actually wanted to. Just taking action on better, well understood choices. That’s what history, and every generation to come, will remember about us.
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Pretty much sums it up. And it wouldn’t be that hard to change it, if we actually wanted to. Just taking action on better, well understood choices. That’s what history, and every generation to come, will remember about us.
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Is Alberta really bringing in European style health care?
@alonghurst.bsky.social busts myths and explains why this is just window dressing for US-style for-profit privatization of the public health care system.
@alonghurst.bsky.social busts myths and explains why this is just window dressing for US-style for-profit privatization of the public health care system.
Fact check: Alberta’s new two-tier system is not “European” health care
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#abpoli #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #cdnpoli
Fact check: Alberta’s new two-tier system is not “European” health care - CCPA
The Alberta government is engaged in the most significant challenge to single-payer health care in Canada since the creation of public medicare
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Is Alberta really bringing in European style health care?
@alonghurst.bsky.social busts myths and explains why this is just window dressing for US-style for-profit privatization of the public health care system.
@alonghurst.bsky.social busts myths and explains why this is just window dressing for US-style for-profit privatization of the public health care system.
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“a who’s who of right-wing 🇨🇦 media personalities and social media influencers, including names from the National Post & Toronto Sun, …Juno News, True North, the Western Standard, the Post Millennial, as well as the pro-Israel pressure group Honest Reporting Canada.”
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Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government
Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show
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February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“a who’s who of right-wing 🇨🇦 media personalities and social media influencers, including names from the National Post & Toronto Sun, …Juno News, True North, the Western Standard, the Post Millennial, as well as the pro-Israel pressure group Honest Reporting Canada.”
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The Epstein Class are 'negative sum thinkers'.*
They will trash everything, even if it includes theirs, so long as the value of theirs increases relative to yours.
*I call them 'nummers', although I think 'Epstein Class' does some essential associative trigger work.
They will trash everything, even if it includes theirs, so long as the value of theirs increases relative to yours.
*I call them 'nummers', although I think 'Epstein Class' does some essential associative trigger work.
“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
Sounds accurate to me.
Sounds accurate to me.
The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning
As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Epstein Class are 'negative sum thinkers'.*
They will trash everything, even if it includes theirs, so long as the value of theirs increases relative to yours.
*I call them 'nummers', although I think 'Epstein Class' does some essential associative trigger work.
They will trash everything, even if it includes theirs, so long as the value of theirs increases relative to yours.
*I call them 'nummers', although I think 'Epstein Class' does some essential associative trigger work.
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Why do you suppose after meeting with Trump officials, Alberta separatists quietly switched their referendum question from wanting Alberta to become a ”sovereign country” to becoming an ”independent state”?
Like the 51’st state? Like Puerto Rico with no elected representatives?
Like the 51’st state? Like Puerto Rico with no elected representatives?
February 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Why do you suppose after meeting with Trump officials, Alberta separatists quietly switched their referendum question from wanting Alberta to become a ”sovereign country” to becoming an ”independent state”?
Like the 51’st state? Like Puerto Rico with no elected representatives?
Like the 51’st state? Like Puerto Rico with no elected representatives?
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In light of recent residential school denialist events in BC, I was invited to give this talk for my alma mater, Simon Fraser University, outlining the substance and strategy of denialism and attacks on truth and reconciliation. The event was recorded: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfE...
Truth Before Reconciliation: How to Identify and Confront Residential School Denialism
YouTube video by SFU Archaeology
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February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
In light of recent residential school denialist events in BC, I was invited to give this talk for my alma mater, Simon Fraser University, outlining the substance and strategy of denialism and attacks on truth and reconciliation. The event was recorded: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfE...
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#yyc 44 pedestrians have been hit in 2026 and this number is 19 hrs old cause CBC just reported on another one. When are we going to start fixing this with safer design?
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
#yyc 44 pedestrians have been hit in 2026 and this number is 19 hrs old cause CBC just reported on another one. When are we going to start fixing this with safer design?
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China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift | The Independent
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#ClimateAction
China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift | The Independent
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#ClimateAction
China reaches ‘historic’ energy landmark in use of coal power
Wind and solar combined are projected to account for about half of China’s total installed power capacity
www.independent.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift | The Independent
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#ClimateAction
China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift | The Independent
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#ClimateAction
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Anywhere you find conservatism in the world -- in whatever political or religious guise -- you find misogyny.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
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The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
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They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
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February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Anywhere you find conservatism in the world -- in whatever political or religious guise -- you find misogyny.
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Watch for a similar spike in trans youth suicides in Alberta under Smith’s cruel policies.
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Watch for a similar spike in trans youth suicides in Alberta under Smith’s cruel policies.
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In joint statement, countries urge international community to 'compel Israel to halt its dangerous escalation'.
Muslim countries slam Israel for ‘illegal annexation' push in West Bank
In joint statement, countries urge international community to 'compel Israel to halt its dangerous escalation'.
www.aljazeera.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
In joint statement, countries urge international community to 'compel Israel to halt its dangerous escalation'.