Just a Penguin Outside the Box
@penguin-box.bsky.social
In Alberta. Can’t stop hoping. Late autistic. Chronically ill. Queer. Mother. Daughter. Friend.
I’m new to social media, although admittedly I’ve been a lurker (all my anxiety would allow), please be gentle, I love these spaces.
I’m new to social media, although admittedly I’ve been a lurker (all my anxiety would allow), please be gentle, I love these spaces.
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“If it were really that bad you would be in hospital!”
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“If it were really that bad you would be in hospital!”
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
People say this to disabled folks all the time
They don’t realize that if we went to the hospital for every flare, we would live there
They don’t realize how dangerous hospital settings can be
They don’t realize how little help is available
The fuckery just keeps topping itself. Horrifying.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The fuckery just keeps topping itself. Horrifying.
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"The right wing aesthetic project is to flood the zone... with bullshit... to erode intellectual foundations for resisting political cruelty.
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"The right wing aesthetic project is to flood the zone... with bullshit... to erode intellectual foundations for resisting political cruelty.
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
"Our most effective weapons against AI, & the right wing... may not be strikes, boycotts... They might be replying “cringe" & “this looks like shit”
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November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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“the UCP motion to limit debate on Bill 2 and pass the Back to School Act in one day is corrosive to democratic accountability”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
Back to School Notwithstanding the Charter
By: Shaun Fluker and JD students registered in the Public Interest Law Clinic Legislation Commented On: Back to School Act, SA 2025 (full citation unavailable at publication time) PDF Version: Back…
ablawg.ca
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“the UCP motion to limit debate on Bill 2 and pass the Back to School Act in one day is corrosive to democratic accountability”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
ablawg.ca/2025/10/30/b...
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Operation Total Recall is a website with information on how to start and track the recall process for every MLA that voted in favour of Bill 2. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Solidarity with students all over #Alberta today who are walking out of school in support of their teachers & public education.
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Solidarity with students all over #Alberta today who are walking out of school in support of their teachers & public education.
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
These young folks are leading the way. Labour unions & folks against the authoritarian use of power to shut down our rights should follow.
#abed #abpoli #StopTheExcuses
Disgusting. Separate David Parker from Alberta!
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Disgusting. Separate David Parker from Alberta!
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Nicolaides stood by while the #UCP silenced teachers, forcing them back to overcrowded classrooms w/ no support, no solutions, & no respect. He's failed teachers, students, & families.
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Nicolaides stood by while the #UCP silenced teachers, forcing them back to overcrowded classrooms w/ no support, no solutions, & no respect. He's failed teachers, students, & families.
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
It's time for him to resign.
Sign the petition:
www.albertandp.ca/nicolaides-m...
#AbPoli
Source: Alberta NDP
Go students!! 💪🏻 We’re all with you and your teachers.
At 11 a.m. today, students from more than a dozen Calgary and area high schools are expected to walk out of class in support of their teachers #yyc #abteachers www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Calgary students join provincewide walkout backing teachers
Thousands of Alberta students, including many in Calgary, will walk out of class Thursday morning to show support for teachers who were legislated back to work earlier this week under the province’s B...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Go students!! 💪🏻 We’re all with you and your teachers.
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"The premier has woken up parents, she's woken up teachers, she's woken up students, she's woken up workers," he said. "She's woken up everybody who wants a better Alberta, and she is going to rue the day that she did this." - Naheed Nenshi
#ATA #NotWithstandingClause
#ATA #NotWithstandingClause
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The premier has woken up parents, she's woken up teachers, she's woken up students, she's woken up workers," he said. "She's woken up everybody who wants a better Alberta, and she is going to rue the day that she did this." - Naheed Nenshi
#ATA #NotWithstandingClause
#ATA #NotWithstandingClause
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By invoking the #NotWithStanding clause to force the employers contract on teachers and shut down all legal review of their cision, Alberta has just veered off the cliff into full-on authoritarianism, stripping workers of fundamental rights.
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#CdnPoli #ABPoli
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#CdnPoli #ABPoli
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
By invoking the #NotWithStanding clause to force the employers contract on teachers and shut down all legal review of their cision, Alberta has just veered off the cliff into full-on authoritarianism, stripping workers of fundamental rights.
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#CdnPoli #ABPoli
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#CdnPoli #ABPoli
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At this point it's capitalism vs. life on Earth and I sure hope we win www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
At this point it's capitalism vs. life on Earth and I sure hope we win www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Is Premier Smith and the Alberta government enacting the Notwithstanding Clause as a democratic backstop to a controversial judicial ruling? - No.
Then it is clearly using it to ride roughshod over Albertan's Rights.
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause in this regard is deeply concerning.
Is Premier Smith and the Alberta government enacting the Notwithstanding Clause as a democratic backstop to a controversial judicial ruling? - No.
Then it is clearly using it to ride roughshod over Albertan's Rights.
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause in this regard is deeply concerning.
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
4/4
Is Premier Smith and the Alberta government enacting the Notwithstanding Clause as a democratic backstop to a controversial judicial ruling? - No.
Then it is clearly using it to ride roughshod over Albertan's Rights.
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause in this regard is deeply concerning.
Is Premier Smith and the Alberta government enacting the Notwithstanding Clause as a democratic backstop to a controversial judicial ruling? - No.
Then it is clearly using it to ride roughshod over Albertan's Rights.
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause in this regard is deeply concerning.
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Avi's launch video is 🔥. While Carney's elbows are sagging, Avi's building a real agenda to make life better for Canada's many.
Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.
I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.
We need a government that serves the many, not the money.
Join in. lewisforleader.ca/
youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.
We need a government that serves the many, not the money.
Join in. lewisforleader.ca/
youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
Why I’m running for NDP leader
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Avi's launch video is 🔥. While Carney's elbows are sagging, Avi's building a real agenda to make life better for Canada's many.
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You know what would let kids have more sleep? A society that didn't have "standard" 9-5 work hours, so schools didn't have to act as de facto babysitters during those hours, so kids could get a lie in and start school at lunchtime. Especially neurodivergent kids with delayed sleep phases.
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
You know what would let kids have more sleep? A society that didn't have "standard" 9-5 work hours, so schools didn't have to act as de facto babysitters during those hours, so kids could get a lie in and start school at lunchtime. Especially neurodivergent kids with delayed sleep phases.
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June 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Canada needs to curb corporate greed and break up grocery monopolies
“It should be obvious by now that neither Trudeau nor the carbon tax had any impact on your grocery bills. Corporate greed and government ignoring its regulatory responsibilities have.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
“It should be obvious by now that neither Trudeau nor the carbon tax had any impact on your grocery bills. Corporate greed and government ignoring its regulatory responsibilities have.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
Canada needs to curb corporate greed and break up grocery monopolies
Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is what's really driving up food prices in Canada.
cultmtl.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Canada needs to curb corporate greed and break up grocery monopolies
“It should be obvious by now that neither Trudeau nor the carbon tax had any impact on your grocery bills. Corporate greed and government ignoring its regulatory responsibilities have.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
“It should be obvious by now that neither Trudeau nor the carbon tax had any impact on your grocery bills. Corporate greed and government ignoring its regulatory responsibilities have.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
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“Canada’s fires aren’t “back” because they never went away. North America’s 2023 fire season — the worst in Canadian history — has never really ended. […] The continent has been burning — above and below ground — all the way through the winter of 2024.“
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Vaillant: Mark Carney should understand better than anyone why Canada is burning. Here’s how he can change course
Many reasons for our intense wildfire season are well-known. Our leaders need to do the math in order to save our economy - and us
www.thestar.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Canada’s fires aren’t “back” because they never went away. North America’s 2023 fire season — the worst in Canadian history — has never really ended. […] The continent has been burning — above and below ground — all the way through the winter of 2024.“
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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"I think in many ways, we, the autistic, are the normal ones and the rest of the people are pretty weird."
Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg
June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"I think in many ways, we, the autistic, are the normal ones and the rest of the people are pretty weird."
Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg