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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Libraries are political!!!!!!!! !!!!
You want your library's doors open? - Funding
You want more open hours? - Funding
You want better pay? - Funding
You want bigger collections? - Funding
You want more services? - Funding
BUT - Funding = Politics
#library #libraries #libraryfunding #libraryadvocacy #librarianship
You want more open hours? - Funding
You want better pay? - Funding
You want bigger collections? - Funding
You want more services? - Funding
BUT - Funding = Politics
#library #libraries #libraryfunding #libraryadvocacy #librarianship
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Libraries are political!!!!!!!! !!!!
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Jennifer’s right. And her earrings are cool.
It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Jennifer’s right. And her earrings are cool.
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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If you are wanting to get a Covid or Flu vaccine this fall in Alberta, make sure you sign up here to order them
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
August 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you are wanting to get a Covid or Flu vaccine this fall in Alberta, make sure you sign up here to order them
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
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This is awful. And could so easily be a story about Trump’s United States now.
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered the removal of "deviant" books from all institutions in Afghanistan.
A committee of four Taliban ministries has been formed to review books and refer any "suspicious content" to clerics for further scrutiny.
www.independent.co.uk/bulleti...
A committee of four Taliban ministries has been formed to review books and refer any "suspicious content" to clerics for further scrutiny.
www.independent.co.uk/bulleti...
Hundreds of books removed from stores, libraries and universities in Afghanistan
www.independent.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is awful. And could so easily be a story about Trump’s United States now.
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Internal emails throw light on the sources used by Government of Alberta staff to search for “inappropriate” materials in school libraries, including an index of America’s most banned books and a website linked to the rise in attempts to ban books in the U.S. #abpoli
Alberta Used Lists of America’s Most Banned Books to Target ‘Inappropriate’ School Material | The Tyee
Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled book titles subject to new content restrictions.
thetyee.ca
July 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Internal emails throw light on the sources used by Government of Alberta staff to search for “inappropriate” materials in school libraries, including an index of America’s most banned books and a website linked to the rise in attempts to ban books in the U.S. #abpoli
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Going to take this opportunity to remind the defenders of age verification legislation that this is exactly what is going to happen if it comes to pass. Queer and trans material, no matter how innocuous, will absolutely be declared "explicit" or "pornographic" and invasively age-gated.
I don't know the other three books on the list, but Alison Bechdel's brilliant, poignant graphic novel Fun Home is a modern classic. Is it appropriate for elementary students? Well, no. But for a sensitive high school student? Absolutely. @AlisonBechdel is a legend. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
‘Extremely graphic’ sexual content found in books at K-9 schools, province says
Books found in some school libraries in Calgary and Edmonton had “explicit sexual content,” said the provincial government.
calgaryherald.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Going to take this opportunity to remind the defenders of age verification legislation that this is exactly what is going to happen if it comes to pass. Queer and trans material, no matter how innocuous, will absolutely be declared "explicit" or "pornographic" and invasively age-gated.
Alberta's UCP government is testing the waters on US-style book bans with school libraries. It's unlikely to stop there. There's a survey available to June 6. Note--they use charged language ("sexually explicit") throughout. your.alberta.ca/school-libra...
School Library Materials (English) | Alberta Online Engagement
The Government of Alberta wants to hear from Albertans about age-appropriate materials in school libraries To bring more transparency and oversight to the selection and management of school...
your.alberta.ca
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Alberta's UCP government is testing the waters on US-style book bans with school libraries. It's unlikely to stop there. There's a survey available to June 6. Note--they use charged language ("sexually explicit") throughout. your.alberta.ca/school-libra...
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I assure everyone that libraries have considered this. Most of them want this! Library PATRONS have to provide the political pressure for municipal governments to fund and prioritize those services.
One of my ideas here is that libraries are functional third spaces. And tgeir hours should reflect that. More nights and weekends.
Given the barriers to that, there might be a resurgence of social clubs? Un-snobby this time. Just a place to hang out and mingle that's not home, that's not a bar.
Given the barriers to that, there might be a resurgence of social clubs? Un-snobby this time. Just a place to hang out and mingle that's not home, that's not a bar.
The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
April 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I assure everyone that libraries have considered this. Most of them want this! Library PATRONS have to provide the political pressure for municipal governments to fund and prioritize those services.
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People largely like libraries and librarians more than ever - but that isn't necessarily translating to voting for funding.
Which, ultimately, is what matters. Without funding, we don't exist.
#CILDC
Which, ultimately, is what matters. Without funding, we don't exist.
#CILDC
March 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
People largely like libraries and librarians more than ever - but that isn't necessarily translating to voting for funding.
Which, ultimately, is what matters. Without funding, we don't exist.
#CILDC
Which, ultimately, is what matters. Without funding, we don't exist.
#CILDC
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Not every Canadian Pierre Poilievre supporter is a Trump supporter.
But every Canadian Trump supporter is a Pierre Poilievre supporter.
That’s a big red flag. #TeamCanada
But every Canadian Trump supporter is a Pierre Poilievre supporter.
That’s a big red flag. #TeamCanada
You know which Canadian has done nothing useful to support Canada during Trump’s trade war crisis?
Pierre Poilievre.
Not surprising considering his record supporting Trump, MAGA & the extremist Trucker convoy, attacks on media, connection to Stephen Harper, and refusal to get a security clearance.
Pierre Poilievre.
Not surprising considering his record supporting Trump, MAGA & the extremist Trucker convoy, attacks on media, connection to Stephen Harper, and refusal to get a security clearance.
February 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not every Canadian Pierre Poilievre supporter is a Trump supporter.
But every Canadian Trump supporter is a Pierre Poilievre supporter.
That’s a big red flag. #TeamCanada
But every Canadian Trump supporter is a Pierre Poilievre supporter.
That’s a big red flag. #TeamCanada