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drugdatadecoded.ca
@readtheorchard.org is live on CJSW discussing ASIRT coverup of police brutality against protesters at UofC on May 9 2024:
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CJSW Radio – Calgary's only Campus & Community Radio Station
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May 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“Alberta has no apparent right to secede. A supposedly “independent” Alberta would be an unlawful occupation of land that was only shared with the Crown, not the people who came to settle the province.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Oh, Canada: Alberta is on native land
Danielle Smith’s movements toward a referendum on separation are a moot point, given the treaties that undergird the province
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Today, Chief Troy Knowlton of Piikani Nation made it clear to Smith that she has not only united First Nations in Alberta against Bill 54 and separation...

She's united First Nations across Canada against what she's doing.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
May 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Smith has touched off a firestorm!

Today Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation called for all resource exploration to cease, citing First Nations responsibility to the crown under treaty and questioning who Smith was exploring for.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
May 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
🧵 The chief of police resigns in Calgary two years before his contract ends, forfeiting >$500,000 in salary, and nobody asks any questions.

No news since Saturday, when 100% of stories were reprints of police-friendly public statements.

I have a few ideas about what might have happened. 1/
May 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Still no details on what caused Chief Neufeld to resign, but I’d had this cooking for months when I heard the news today:

Calgary police will pick up this very tweet via their Hootsuite surveillance system the moment I hit Post.
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Calgary police is monitoring social media of citizens
As Chief Mark Neufeld announces his resignation, a ten-month investigation by Drug Data Decoded reveals extensive social media monitoring by his media relations unit that could violate privacy regulat...
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May 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Fun fact, Calgary police used/use Palantir. But everything’s fine.
citizenlab.ca/2020/09/algo...
The Calgary Police Service (CPS) uses Palantir Gotham, a product from Palantir Technologies, to integrate various data sources for analysis, but not for the software’s algorithmic and predictive policing capabilities (such as integrating social media content, email and telecommunications information, financial records, and credit history). However, the CPS stores in Palantir individuals’ information about physical characteristics, relationships, interactions with police, religious affiliation, and “possible involved activities,” in addition to using Palantir to map out the location of purported crime and calls for services. Palantir Technologies has been closely associated with controversial predictive policing programs in the United States, and media reports indicate the company is preparing to ramp up operations in Canada.
April 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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alex.readthemaple.com
NEW: since @kelgallagh.bsky.social published a report last week about Canada being under contract to supply Israel with artillery propellant, I’ve been trying to get a coherent response from the Government and Melanie Joly. www.readthemaple.com/the-liberals...
The Liberals Are Dodging Questions About A New Israeli Arms Contract
It’s unclear whether the Liberal government knew about the deal before it was reported by Project Ploughshares.
www.readthemaple.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Flagging for Calgary media that a Liberal candidate is making false and immediately disprovable claims about the legal repercussions of the response he helped direct to the May 9 protest on UCalgary campus: @livewirecalgary.bsky.social @calgaryherald.com @citynewscalgary.bsky.social
ajw-keel.bsky.social ajw-keel.bsky.social @ajw-keel.bsky.social · Apr 2
This is a blatant lie! I am and was enrolled at UofC, and I was both assaulted and arrested at the May 9th encampment. I have the (dropped) $600 trespassing ticket and hospital visit to prove it!
April 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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amandalhu.bsky.social
- People citing the “Rule of Law” often seem to not apply that to people’s legal Charter rights.
- Also, when law professors explain how people were not doing something illegal, how is saying it was illegal accurate?
April 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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readtheorchard.org
Hogan, in his admin role at UCalgary, played a pretty central role in the decision to crush the pro-🇵🇸 encampment.

You can read about that here: www.readtheorchard.org/p/ucalgary-p...
April 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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ablawg.bsky.social
New Post: The University’s Kafkaesque Direction on Temporary Structures and Overnight Protests: “You are not supposed to see this.”

ablawg.ca/2024/11/05...
The University’s Kafkaesque Direction on Temporary Structures and Overnight Protests: “You are not supposed to see this.”
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton and Shaun Fluker Document Commented On: University Direction on Temporary Structures and Overnight Protests, 2024-UC-003-A, revised May 3, 2024 PDF Version: The Univers…
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November 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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albertaadvantage.bsky.social
NEW from @readtheorchard.org: Liberal Star Candidate Helped Shut Down Pro-Palestine Encampment
www.readthemaple.com/liberal-star...
Liberal Star Candidate Helped Shut Down Pro-Palestine Encampment
“Hogan’s nomination signals that the Liberal Party intends to continue supporting the genocide.”
www.readthemaple.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
This is absolutely false and nine months in, Hogan either knows this and is lying or doesn’t and has drafted entire public briefings for the UofC President based on bad information.

Either is bad news for a VP Communications / federal govt hopeful.
coreyhogan.ca Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · Apr 2
The policies apply to all - visitors and community members - but none of those arrested were students, faculty or staff.
April 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM