Alec Walker 🏳️⚧️ (he/him)
@smartalecw.bsky.social
🙃 Substitute Teacher | Union Miniboss | Intersectional Feminist
💚 Knitting & Crafts | Geeky Things | Volunteering
🇨🇦 I live, work, & play on Treaty 6 territory, specifically amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
💚 Knitting & Crafts | Geeky Things | Volunteering
🇨🇦 I live, work, & play on Treaty 6 territory, specifically amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
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We are adjourned. Bill 2 passed.
Not a single UCP MLA voted against dear leader's wishes, even in her absence. Every single one of them stood (many times) in order to strip teachers like me (about 51 000 Albertans) of our rights as workers.
Shame.
#ABEd #ABLeg #ABpoli #AlbertaTeachers
Not a single UCP MLA voted against dear leader's wishes, even in her absence. Every single one of them stood (many times) in order to strip teachers like me (about 51 000 Albertans) of our rights as workers.
Shame.
#ABEd #ABLeg #ABpoli #AlbertaTeachers
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Jeez.
“At least six preventable deaths and more than 30 “near-misses” occurred in Alberta emergency departments since the beginning of the year because of overcrowding”
Call an election. We need government that is willing to act to save lives.
“At least six preventable deaths and more than 30 “near-misses” occurred in Alberta emergency departments since the beginning of the year because of overcrowding”
Call an election. We need government that is willing to act to save lives.
January 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Jeez.
“At least six preventable deaths and more than 30 “near-misses” occurred in Alberta emergency departments since the beginning of the year because of overcrowding”
Call an election. We need government that is willing to act to save lives.
“At least six preventable deaths and more than 30 “near-misses” occurred in Alberta emergency departments since the beginning of the year because of overcrowding”
Call an election. We need government that is willing to act to save lives.
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If she wasn't already dead, they killed her by preventing medical assistance. All the ICE/CBP officers involved should be prosecuted.
Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
If she wasn't already dead, they killed her by preventing medical assistance. All the ICE/CBP officers involved should be prosecuted.
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From the dawn of time, people have expressed gender in ways that don’t fit neatly into the modern “male or female” boxes. The only thing new is the fearmongering to make us forget this truth. Let’s be clear: gender diversity is as old as humanity itself.
www.patheos.com/blogs/freedh...
www.patheos.com/blogs/freedh...
Why Gender Diversity Is Natural And Always Has Been
Gender diversity is not new and it's not something to fear—it’s something to honor. It’s part of the stunning, endless spectrum of life that God created.
www.patheos.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
From the dawn of time, people have expressed gender in ways that don’t fit neatly into the modern “male or female” boxes. The only thing new is the fearmongering to make us forget this truth. Let’s be clear: gender diversity is as old as humanity itself.
www.patheos.com/blogs/freedh...
www.patheos.com/blogs/freedh...
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Two legacies, two very different Albertas.
Lougheed used the law to build a public shield for our rights and our healthcare. Danielle Smith is using it to dismantle them for private power.
From the Bill of Rights to the hospital floor: the Great Reversal is here.
#AbLeg #AbPoli #Cndpoli
Lougheed used the law to build a public shield for our rights and our healthcare. Danielle Smith is using it to dismantle them for private power.
From the Bill of Rights to the hospital floor: the Great Reversal is here.
#AbLeg #AbPoli #Cndpoli
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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CAIABB stands against all book bans. Books should never be secretly and silently removed from the shelves.
#CAIABB #abbookban #albertabookban #abpoli #abgov #ableg #abed #bookbans #cankidlit #nobansincanada
#CAIABB #abbookban #albertabookban #abpoli #abgov #ableg #abed #bookbans #cankidlit #nobansincanada
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
CAIABB stands against all book bans. Books should never be secretly and silently removed from the shelves.
#CAIABB #abbookban #albertabookban #abpoli #abgov #ableg #abed #bookbans #cankidlit #nobansincanada
#CAIABB #abbookban #albertabookban #abpoli #abgov #ableg #abed #bookbans #cankidlit #nobansincanada
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"Signed in June 2025, the contract with Google - covering YouTube & Display & Video 360, the company’s digital ad service - authorised an extensive propaganda campaign labelled ... as hasbara, a Hebrew term denoting state-backed propaganda, often deployed to whitewash Israeli military actions."
September 4, 2025
Google signed a $45 million contract with the Israeli prime minister’s office to run a global digital advertising campaign promoting Israeli state messaging during its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Google signed a $45 million contract with the Israeli prime minister’s office to run a global digital advertising campaign promoting Israeli state messaging during its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Google under fire for $45m deal with Netanyahu’s office to spread Gaza genocide propaganda
Google signed a $45 million contract with the Israeli prime minister’s office to run a global digital advertising campaign promoting Israeli state messaging during its ongoing genocide in Gaza. The…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Signed in June 2025, the contract with Google - covering YouTube & Display & Video 360, the company’s digital ad service - authorised an extensive propaganda campaign labelled ... as hasbara, a Hebrew term denoting state-backed propaganda, often deployed to whitewash Israeli military actions."
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Also a reflection of the fact that people can only die once.
We're overdue for the winter wave but these have been tapering off over time too
Jan 2021 peak: ~26,000 deaths per week
Jan 2022 peak: ~21,000
Jan 2023 peak: ~4,000
Jan 2024 peak: ~2,600
Jan 2025 peak: ~1,000
Jan 2021 peak: ~26,000 deaths per week
Jan 2022 peak: ~21,000
Jan 2023 peak: ~4,000
Jan 2024 peak: ~2,600
Jan 2025 peak: ~1,000
December 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Also a reflection of the fact that people can only die once.
Me, wishing on stars for a living wage as a substitute teacher in Alberta.
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
December 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Me, wishing on stars for a living wage as a substitute teacher in Alberta.
My people are unfortunately here in Alberta.
Dealbreakers: (a) the cold, and (b) the rural.
Edmonton is likely the furthest North I'd be living.
Dealbreakers: (a) the cold, and (b) the rural.
Edmonton is likely the furthest North I'd be living.
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My people are unfortunately here in Alberta.
Dealbreakers: (a) the cold, and (b) the rural.
Edmonton is likely the furthest North I'd be living.
Dealbreakers: (a) the cold, and (b) the rural.
Edmonton is likely the furthest North I'd be living.
As someone who grew up in Calgary and attended the U of C (I lived in the residences that were built for these Olympics), it was interesting to see the locations included in this film and how they were incorporated.
Alright, it’s 6:30 PM on a Tuesday, and we’re on the back end of a holiday break during an Olympic bobsled season.
So what better time than to throw on Cool Runnings and live skeet about it!
I’ll mix in some bobsled insight along the way as to how real some of those parts are.
So what better time than to throw on Cool Runnings and live skeet about it!
I’ll mix in some bobsled insight along the way as to how real some of those parts are.
December 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
As someone who grew up in Calgary and attended the U of C (I lived in the residences that were built for these Olympics), it was interesting to see the locations included in this film and how they were incorporated.
As someone (queer) who is blessed enough to be able to spend time (as myself) with loved ones... hoping that Nour (and others like her in Palestine) take care this winter.
Wishes of comfort and joy. 🍉
Wishes of comfort and joy. 🍉
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
As someone (queer) who is blessed enough to be able to spend time (as myself) with loved ones... hoping that Nour (and others like her in Palestine) take care this winter.
Wishes of comfort and joy. 🍉
Wishes of comfort and joy. 🍉
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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Just got off my video call with my Endocrinologist and while the physical changes of hrt are still minimal the mental health changes alone are worth it. As someone who struggled with "suicidal ideation" all my life even w/ therapy and meds suddenly its gone with HRT and I want that for trans kids.
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just got off my video call with my Endocrinologist and while the physical changes of hrt are still minimal the mental health changes alone are worth it. As someone who struggled with "suicidal ideation" all my life even w/ therapy and meds suddenly its gone with HRT and I want that for trans kids.
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... if you think you *own* your kids, then the state is preventing those meddling medical professionals from "interfering" with your parenting with their 'science' and 'evidence'.
A complete inversion of how most of us see the world, and it only works by thinking of children as property, not people
A complete inversion of how most of us see the world, and it only works by thinking of children as property, not people
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
... if you think you *own* your kids, then the state is preventing those meddling medical professionals from "interfering" with your parenting with their 'science' and 'evidence'.
A complete inversion of how most of us see the world, and it only works by thinking of children as property, not people
A complete inversion of how most of us see the world, and it only works by thinking of children as property, not people
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This is highly consistent with the language about “parents’ rights.” Children have rights as they are people. Parents do not have rights over children. What will it take for people to understand this?!
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is highly consistent with the language about “parents’ rights.” Children have rights as they are people. Parents do not have rights over children. What will it take for people to understand this?!
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If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
Too many parents view their children as chattel, treat them as such, and then act surprised when their children cut them off.
I know this is something I circle back to a lot, but it honestly feels, to me, like half the attacks on our trans siblings roots back to "children aren't people." The doctor said "boy," so I get to be the parent of a boy child! Not a girl child! How dare my child want things I don't want?!
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Too many parents view their children as chattel, treat them as such, and then act surprised when their children cut them off.
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We need to talk about this more.
And we need to center conversations by and from trans and queer kids, children from abusive homes, and adoptees.
All of whom, as children, had their rights trampled upon most egregiously.
And we need to center conversations by and from trans and queer kids, children from abusive homes, and adoptees.
All of whom, as children, had their rights trampled upon most egregiously.
December 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
We need to talk about this more.
And we need to center conversations by and from trans and queer kids, children from abusive homes, and adoptees.
All of whom, as children, had their rights trampled upon most egregiously.
And we need to center conversations by and from trans and queer kids, children from abusive homes, and adoptees.
All of whom, as children, had their rights trampled upon most egregiously.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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As their moderator shut down anyone with views different than those promoted by the UCP, these panels were not representative of all Albertans. How many times do the UCP need to hear no from the majority of Albertans before they accept that their plans do not have voter support?
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
As their moderator shut down anyone with views different than those promoted by the UCP, these panels were not representative of all Albertans. How many times do the UCP need to hear no from the majority of Albertans before they accept that their plans do not have voter support?
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How many Bridgets can you count?
December 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
How many Bridgets can you count?
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A big clock in a video is a clear indicator that you are about to see something gnarly. Two big clocks? Heh. You're going to learn something today.
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A big clock in a video is a clear indicator that you are about to see something gnarly. Two big clocks? Heh. You're going to learn something today.
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It remains beautiful. The reason for the season
December 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It remains beautiful. The reason for the season
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Sooner or later Albertans have to decide if they want universal healthcare, education & social programs like maternity leave
Or do we want to live in chaos with God and guns & the rich getting richer while you get sick and die
I personally prefer the first option but maybe that's just me
#ableg
Or do we want to live in chaos with God and guns & the rich getting richer while you get sick and die
I personally prefer the first option but maybe that's just me
#ableg
The Breakdown - #cdnpoli
Smith finally said it out loud...
She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.
Smith finally said it out loud...
She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sooner or later Albertans have to decide if they want universal healthcare, education & social programs like maternity leave
Or do we want to live in chaos with God and guns & the rich getting richer while you get sick and die
I personally prefer the first option but maybe that's just me
#ableg
Or do we want to live in chaos with God and guns & the rich getting richer while you get sick and die
I personally prefer the first option but maybe that's just me
#ableg