@klmcb.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, editor and technical writer. Reader, dog and horse mom. Proud 4th generation Albertan despairing of its current state.
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I am so very tired of things happening that I am glad my father wasn’t alive to see.
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I am so very tired of things happening that I am glad my father wasn’t alive to see.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Also loved your follow up interview with Tim @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com
youtu.be/JvNGqUBhYpk?...
youtu.be/JvNGqUBhYpk?...
The Story Riley Gaines Doesn't Want to Tell (w/ Pablo Torre)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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November 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Also loved your follow up interview with Tim @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com
youtu.be/JvNGqUBhYpk?...
youtu.be/JvNGqUBhYpk?...
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Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause is out of control. It’s up to voters to stop it
The architects of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms thought the Notwithstanding Clause would only be used in exceptional circumstances. Conservative premiers seem determined to prove them wrong.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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The UCP strikes again. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's bid to privatize lab services wasted more than $100M: auditor general | CBC News
Alberta's auditor general has released a report detailing numerous failures in process and lack of due diligence by the province in its attempt to privatize community lab services.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The UCP strikes again. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta's government is engaged in something I can only describe as psychopathic politics.
What else do you call it when a government so set on pushing ahead with policies that WILL cause more trans youth to try to leave us?
When they'll trample on the charter to hurt these kids?
It's disturbing:
What else do you call it when a government so set on pushing ahead with policies that WILL cause more trans youth to try to leave us?
When they'll trample on the charter to hurt these kids?
It's disturbing:
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Alberta's government is engaged in something I can only describe as psychopathic politics.
What else do you call it when a government so set on pushing ahead with policies that WILL cause more trans youth to try to leave us?
When they'll trample on the charter to hurt these kids?
It's disturbing:
What else do you call it when a government so set on pushing ahead with policies that WILL cause more trans youth to try to leave us?
When they'll trample on the charter to hurt these kids?
It's disturbing:
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Good morning.
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good morning.
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks and loss of the country's measles elimination status
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Latest from me👇
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
“I think they should be embarrassed. ... I think they owe an apology to Albertans”
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So, vaccines are good. Science is correct, and MAGA anti-vaxxers are wrong. Get vaccinated.
The largest-ever study, involving nearly 14 million children, has found that the risk of serious – but very rare – side effects involving the heart and blood vessels was much higher after infection than after vaccination.
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Covid raises risk of heart issues in children more than vaccination
Getting covid-19 for the first time slightly increased the risk of heart inflammation, blood clots and bleeding disorders among children, whereas being vaccinated against the virus was much safer and ...
www.newscientist.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So, vaccines are good. Science is correct, and MAGA anti-vaxxers are wrong. Get vaccinated.
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“We've got people on lists waiting for shots. We've got names on shots. We've got names on pieces of paper. It's just crazy”
The UCP doesn’t care about our health.
The UCP doesn’t care about our health.
High demand for private COVID-19 shots sparks supply problems, waitlists for Alberta pharmacies | CBC News
Some Alberta pharmacists say they've started waitlists for private COVID-19 vaccines because they can't get their hands on stock as frustrated Albertans turn to them for the shots.
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We've got people on lists waiting for shots. We've got names on shots. We've got names on pieces of paper. It's just crazy”
The UCP doesn’t care about our health.
The UCP doesn’t care about our health.
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Well this stinks to high heaven.
“Wylie is also charged with checking the books for the massive dissolution of Alberta Health Services.”
“Wylie is also charged with checking the books for the massive dissolution of Alberta Health Services.”
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Well this stinks to high heaven.
“Wylie is also charged with checking the books for the massive dissolution of Alberta Health Services.”
“Wylie is also charged with checking the books for the massive dissolution of Alberta Health Services.”
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No peanut butter, how about this?
October 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
No peanut butter, how about this?
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“A report by the CBC revealed that Pierre Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The organization has since been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.”
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September 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“A report by the CBC revealed that Pierre Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The organization has since been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.”
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Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
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This autism press conference is an insult to science and medicine. It is a bunch of shameless male quacks shoveling bullshit at pregnant women, families and people with autism. This is a historic embarrassment for America and it is wildly dangerous.
September 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This autism press conference is an insult to science and medicine. It is a bunch of shameless male quacks shoveling bullshit at pregnant women, families and people with autism. This is a historic embarrassment for America and it is wildly dangerous.
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“The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patients.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
CMA calls on Alberta government to refrain from using notwithstanding clause to interfere with patient care
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patient...
www.cma.ca
September 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patients.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless."
CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"
CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless."
CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"
CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"
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And the young woman who was at the centre of this trial can return to a life where young men experience no consequences for their actions. 😔
#Breaking: Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL on Dec. 1
Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL on Dec. 1
The players, who are all unrestricted free agents, can sign with a team on Oct. 15 as they wait for full reinstatement.
www.thestar.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And the young woman who was at the centre of this trial can return to a life where young men experience no consequences for their actions. 😔
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I'm just going to keep noting that the owner and operator of Twitter -- the social media that too many politicians and pundits use to determine what's "normal" -- keeps on pushing the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory that has been the motivation for multiple mass shootings in this country.
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm just going to keep noting that the owner and operator of Twitter -- the social media that too many politicians and pundits use to determine what's "normal" -- keeps on pushing the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory that has been the motivation for multiple mass shootings in this country.
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Notwithstanding that this is a batshit crazy requirement, why does the requirement ONLY apply to girl’s sports, hmm?
Every student or parent should submit this form with a big fat X in protest.
What are the UCP going to do? Come and force every kid to pull down their shorts?
Every student or parent should submit this form with a big fat X in protest.
What are the UCP going to do? Come and force every kid to pull down their shorts?
September 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Notwithstanding that this is a batshit crazy requirement, why does the requirement ONLY apply to girl’s sports, hmm?
Every student or parent should submit this form with a big fat X in protest.
What are the UCP going to do? Come and force every kid to pull down their shorts?
Every student or parent should submit this form with a big fat X in protest.
What are the UCP going to do? Come and force every kid to pull down their shorts?