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Settler learning more everyday about how to be a good ally. I wrangle my two kids and three cats. My views are my own. Fully vaccinated. He/Him.
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Book bans often target YA titles with sexual content. In a new interview, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social editor Andrew Karre explains that these books offer teens a safe, ethical way to learn about their desires and experiences — and merit their place on library shelves. pen.org/andrew-karre...
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Book bans often target YA titles with sexual content. In a new interview, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social editor Andrew Karre explains that these books offer teens a safe, ethical way to learn about their desires and experiences — and merit their place on library shelves. pen.org/andrew-karre...
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SoundCloud to Waive 100 Percent of Distribution Royalties, Pass Revenue on to Artists
SoundCloud to Waive 100 Percent of Distribution Royalties, Pass Revenue on to Artists
Streaming services giants such as Spotify and Apple Music are notorious for taking a slice of independent artists' royalties; the songs, al
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November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
SoundCloud to Waive 100 Percent of Distribution Royalties, Pass Revenue on to Artists
This failure is the fault of Danielle Smith and her pandering to the far right and you won’t convince me otherwise. The UCP anti science policies have dangerous consequences for the whole country.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This failure is the fault of Danielle Smith and her pandering to the far right and you won’t convince me otherwise. The UCP anti science policies have dangerous consequences for the whole country.
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There were many numbers shared during the Alberta teacher strike about the cost of contract proposals. But harder to find how much the govt planned to spend hiring new teachers and EAs.
The education minister says some of the $ to hire 3000 new Ts is money already in the 2025 budget #AbLeg #AbEd
The education minister says some of the $ to hire 3000 new Ts is money already in the 2025 budget #AbLeg #AbEd
Alberta government committee has $400M over 3 years to resolve class size and complexity problems | CBC News
The Alberta government plans to use $400 million over the next three years — plus spending already earmarked in its existing budget documents — to pay for more teachers, educational assistants and bet...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Doing a free event at the library in December. Come thru.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Doing a free event at the library in December. Come thru.
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👀 New column: UCP fumbling primed Albertans to support the teachers’ strike. Danielle Smith left for Saudi Arabia before invoking Notwithstanding Clause.
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UCP fumbling primed Albertans to support the teachers’ strike
Danielle Smith left for Saudi Arabia before invoking Notwithstanding Clause
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November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
👀 New column: UCP fumbling primed Albertans to support the teachers’ strike. Danielle Smith left for Saudi Arabia before invoking Notwithstanding Clause.
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‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
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The first (and until today only) time Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause - in 1998
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
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And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
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Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
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October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The first (and until today only) time Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause - in 1998
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
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Bill 2 is tabled. MLAs will debate it tonight with the aim of passing it tonight. We’ll be watching. #AbLeg #AbEd
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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miigwech for the visit @vishkhanna.bsky.social
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Pushes Through Struggle to Celebrate Small Victories │ Exclaim!
"The lyrics are pretty Debbie Downer, so I didn't want the music to be Debbie Downer as well," she says of new LP 'Live Like the Sky'
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October 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
miigwech for the visit @vishkhanna.bsky.social
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Alberta teachers strike/lockout, Day 11 (day 8 of no classes):
Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of striking another commission on learning, like the 2003 effort that came out of a previous teachers’ strike.
ATA: uh, no thanks #AbLeg #AbEd
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/alb...
Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of striking another commission on learning, like the 2003 effort that came out of a previous teachers’ strike.
ATA: uh, no thanks #AbLeg #AbEd
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Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Alberta teachers strike/lockout, Day 11 (day 8 of no classes):
Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of striking another commission on learning, like the 2003 effort that came out of a previous teachers’ strike.
ATA: uh, no thanks #AbLeg #AbEd
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/alb...
Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of striking another commission on learning, like the 2003 effort that came out of a previous teachers’ strike.
ATA: uh, no thanks #AbLeg #AbEd
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/alb...
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The Alberta government stopped tracking class sizes, and then the province's population growth really took off. @robsonfletcher.com set out to find out how the numbers of teachers compare to that growth, with the limited info available
Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg
Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg
ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News
Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Alberta government stopped tracking class sizes, and then the province's population growth really took off. @robsonfletcher.com set out to find out how the numbers of teachers compare to that growth, with the limited info available
Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg
Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg
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today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂
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October 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I haven’t seen Dumb & Dumber
I have never seen Seinfeld, X-Files, or Spongebob :S
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I haven’t seen Dumb & Dumber
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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A TRC Day listicle for CBC. Enough books here to keep you going through the winter.
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
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"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
Patty Krawec's 'must-read' books to reflect on the Indigenous experience in North America | CBC Books
Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. The Anishinaabe Ukrainian author and activist recommends 18 titles to read today and beyond.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A TRC Day listicle for CBC. Enough books here to keep you going through the winter.
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
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Alberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 89.5 per cent to reject the latest contract offer.
Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent.
51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6.
Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg
Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent.
51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6.
Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I’ve tried to pack a lot in here:
TL;DR
- Many AB teachers intend to vote against a contract offer
- among them is a teacher who chaired the bargaining committee until last week
- ATA internal comms says if they strike, the scale will be unprecedented; public pressure will affect outcome #AbEd
TL;DR
- Many AB teachers intend to vote against a contract offer
- among them is a teacher who chaired the bargaining committee until last week
- ATA internal comms says if they strike, the scale will be unprecedented; public pressure will affect outcome #AbEd
Why some Alberta teachers will vote against the latest contract offer | CBC News
Many Alberta teachers say the latest contract offer from their employers and union isn’t good enough to stop them from striking.
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September 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I’ve tried to pack a lot in here:
TL;DR
- Many AB teachers intend to vote against a contract offer
- among them is a teacher who chaired the bargaining committee until last week
- ATA internal comms says if they strike, the scale will be unprecedented; public pressure will affect outcome #AbEd
TL;DR
- Many AB teachers intend to vote against a contract offer
- among them is a teacher who chaired the bargaining committee until last week
- ATA internal comms says if they strike, the scale will be unprecedented; public pressure will affect outcome #AbEd
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This is a very strong statement from the Alberta Federation of Labour on the situation in Palestine ✊
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STATEMENT: The Alberta Federation of Labour stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine
CALGARY — The Executive Council of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), meeting today in Calgary, issued the following statement in response to discussions about the Israel-Gaza conflict underway…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is a very strong statement from the Alberta Federation of Labour on the situation in Palestine ✊
afl.org/statement-th...
afl.org/statement-th...
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I hate unboxing videos. HOWEVER, I am a CARTOONIST. So.
September 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I hate unboxing videos. HOWEVER, I am a CARTOONIST. So.
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The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli
Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views
After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM