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Neurospicy mother, educator, & bibliophile.
Mostly a hot mess. 🔥
Mostly a hot mess. 🔥
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David King delineates the choice Albertans face.
An education system that fosters community & solidarity
Or an education system that favours individual freedom/liberty
But you must make this choice assuming the veil of poverty - not wealth
What say you now?
#abpoli #ableg
An education system that fosters community & solidarity
Or an education system that favours individual freedom/liberty
But you must make this choice assuming the veil of poverty - not wealth
What say you now?
#abpoli #ableg
Opinion: Alberta undermining public education — and democracy
Any government that undermines ... the project of improving public school education in the face of difficulty is undermining ... democracy.
edmontonjournal.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee
MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.
thetyee.ca
October 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/04/i...
'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/04/i...
Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers
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Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers
It’s been 23 years since the last wide-spread teachers strike in Alberta
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers
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The function of a book ban is to establish the right of the state to micro-manage education, making the expertise of educators irrelevant at best, treasonous at worst.
They want the public to argue over details because it entrenches state authority. "Certainly not THAT one! The rest, however...."
They want the public to argue over details because it entrenches state authority. "Certainly not THAT one! The rest, however...."
No Margaret Atwood, please! We’re Albertan! - Alberta Politics
Thanks to Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ book ban, it looks as if the work of iconic Canadian author Margaret Atwood is on a list of books to be stripped from Edmonton Public School Board li...
albertapolitics.ca
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The function of a book ban is to establish the right of the state to micro-manage education, making the expertise of educators irrelevant at best, treasonous at worst.
They want the public to argue over details because it entrenches state authority. "Certainly not THAT one! The rest, however...."
They want the public to argue over details because it entrenches state authority. "Certainly not THAT one! The rest, however...."
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“We’re concerned the Alberta government may be reinforcing this message to manufacture a greater public consensus in support of wider policies against LGBTQ2S+ rights.”
#abpoli #abed
#abpoli #abed
Alberta Youth Have the Right to Books That Reflect Their Lives | The Tyee
Including their sexuality.
thetyee.ca
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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July 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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They’re not “predicting autism”.
They’re delaying support.
If you sent in an autistic-led team, we’d get every kid identified in under a year.
But instead of listening to us, they gatekeep, pathologize, and act like delay is a breakthrough.
It’s not.
It’s harm with pride.
They’re delaying support.
If you sent in an autistic-led team, we’d get every kid identified in under a year.
But instead of listening to us, they gatekeep, pathologize, and act like delay is a breakthrough.
It’s not.
It’s harm with pride.
July 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They’re not “predicting autism”.
They’re delaying support.
If you sent in an autistic-led team, we’d get every kid identified in under a year.
But instead of listening to us, they gatekeep, pathologize, and act like delay is a breakthrough.
It’s not.
It’s harm with pride.
They’re delaying support.
If you sent in an autistic-led team, we’d get every kid identified in under a year.
But instead of listening to us, they gatekeep, pathologize, and act like delay is a breakthrough.
It’s not.
It’s harm with pride.
Such an important video!
Some of what we use today was made for people with disabilities first
July 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Such an important video!
This! It makes complete sense.
Unpopular (evidence based) opinion:
Disabled people who cannot work should receive higher than the minimum wage.
Because being disabled costs a lot more money… and given the minimum wage is meant to be the lowest amount a non-disabled person should survive on… it makes sense.
Disabled people who cannot work should receive higher than the minimum wage.
Because being disabled costs a lot more money… and given the minimum wage is meant to be the lowest amount a non-disabled person should survive on… it makes sense.
July 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This! It makes complete sense.
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This is one of the reasons teachers rejected our last collective bargaining offer from this government. We don’t want, or need, yet another patronage-appointed UCP Committee to distill this. We already know exactly how to solve this…
June 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is one of the reasons teachers rejected our last collective bargaining offer from this government. We don’t want, or need, yet another patronage-appointed UCP Committee to distill this. We already know exactly how to solve this…
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Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen's hunting outfitter company is in his wife's name. He opened up cougar hunting with no idea how many animals there are.
‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-coug...
‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-coug...
Alberta cougar hunting increases ‘not based on science’: docs | The Narwhal
A controversial decision to increase cougar hunting in Alberta was ‘based on direction from [the] minister last year and input from stakeholders’
thenarwhal.ca
June 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen's hunting outfitter company is in his wife's name. He opened up cougar hunting with no idea how many animals there are.
‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-coug...
‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-coug...
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"She is absolutely wrong about how effective the vaccine is. And her own Ministry of Health has the data to prove it," said Talbot, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy | CBC News
The Alberta government continues to face fierce opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province.
www.cbc.ca
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"She is absolutely wrong about how effective the vaccine is. And her own Ministry of Health has the data to prove it," said Talbot, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The final days of the Alberta Legislature’s Spring 2025 session pissed me off. I rolled up my sleeves right after and started a research project.
I present to you all an #ableg 🧵:
Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball: Part One
I present to you all an #ableg 🧵:
Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball: Part One
June 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The final days of the Alberta Legislature’s Spring 2025 session pissed me off. I rolled up my sleeves right after and started a research project.
I present to you all an #ableg 🧵:
Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball: Part One
I present to you all an #ableg 🧵:
Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball: Part One
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If any marginalized group has to fight for equal rights…then our systems and laws are NOT equal.
Read that again. Take all the time you need.
Read that again. Take all the time you need.
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If any marginalized group has to fight for equal rights…then our systems and laws are NOT equal.
Read that again. Take all the time you need.
Read that again. Take all the time you need.
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The UCP are taking over public hospitals to potentially lease out to private corporations. Now they're taking over public schools to hand over to charter schools via @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social www.sprawlcalgary.com/bill-51-publ...
The UCP’s takeover of new school land | The Sprawl
Calgary city hall has numerous concerns.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The UCP are taking over public hospitals to potentially lease out to private corporations. Now they're taking over public schools to hand over to charter schools via @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social www.sprawlcalgary.com/bill-51-publ...
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If you've heard the term "autistic meltdown" but aren't quite sure what it means or what it actually looks like, this post is for you...
I think most people hear the word "meltdown" and envision a person kicking, screaming, and thrashing around... usually a child.
I think most people hear the word "meltdown" and envision a person kicking, screaming, and thrashing around... usually a child.
April 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you've heard the term "autistic meltdown" but aren't quite sure what it means or what it actually looks like, this post is for you...
I think most people hear the word "meltdown" and envision a person kicking, screaming, and thrashing around... usually a child.
I think most people hear the word "meltdown" and envision a person kicking, screaming, and thrashing around... usually a child.
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Autistic sensory anxiety & the PAIN / FEAR / SURVIVAL response
#AutismAwarenessMonth
#AutismAwarenessMonth
April 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Autistic sensory anxiety & the PAIN / FEAR / SURVIVAL response
#AutismAwarenessMonth
#AutismAwarenessMonth
I love this little infographic! It’s such a great way of explaining these concepts.
April 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I love this little infographic! It’s such a great way of explaining these concepts.
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Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
Well, this is terrifying.
Why are we trying to adopt a system that is clearly MORE expensive and MORE onerous for all parties involved?
Why are we trying to adopt a system that is clearly MORE expensive and MORE onerous for all parties involved?
Danielle Smith’s ‘patient-focused’ funding scheme means hospitals will need to game the system. Alberta premier claims it will attract surgeons and save money – neither is likely to be true. albertapolitics.ca/2025/04/dani...
Danielle Smith’s ‘patient-focused’ funding scheme means hospitals will need to game the system - Alberta Politics
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith claimed yesterday a new “patient-focused funding model” planned for Alberta hospitals “will increase transparency, lower wait times and attract more surgeons – helping d...
albertapolitics.ca
April 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Well, this is terrifying.
Why are we trying to adopt a system that is clearly MORE expensive and MORE onerous for all parties involved?
Why are we trying to adopt a system that is clearly MORE expensive and MORE onerous for all parties involved?
Why the Parties Have It Wrong with Tax-Cut Promises via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Why the Parties Have It Wrong with Tax-Cut Promises | The Tyee
It’s time to reduce debt and improve services, not help the well off, say analysts.
thetyee.ca
April 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Why the Parties Have It Wrong with Tax-Cut Promises via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.