When I think about the radicalizing effects of social media, I also think it’s important to remember that for the vast majority of people, there’s an element of choice. Because you can be exposed to bigoted and conspiratorial content online over and over from a young age and still not believe in it.

Heads up for Alberta separatists: It turns out you cannot, in fact, run an economy on grievance politics and racism. www.independent.co.u...

Impact of Meta AI data centre could add up to $460 a year to the typical Albertan’s electricity bill: Pembina Institute. albertapolitics.ca/2026/08/impa...

Impact of Meta AI data centre could add up to $460 a year to the typical Albertan’s electricity bill: Pembina Institute - Alberta Politics

Oddly, Alberta media seem to have had very little to say about the new analysis by the Pembina Institute that the $13-billion Artificial Intelligence data centre planned by Meta Platforms Inc. in Stur...

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I have heard the phrase “silent majority” invoked twice this month as a reason to do something and once was by the Mayor of Vancouver for his plebiscite on drug use and the other was by John Cena to Foghorn Leghorn as a reason why ACME should get to explode the Looney Tunes

New album from The Linda Lindas out today and it is grrreat.

GOTTA GET OUT | The Linda Lindas

GOTTA GET OUT by The Linda Lindas, released 28 August 2026 1. Gotta Get Out 2. Burning Out 3. Helado de Limón 4. Blood On Our Hands 5. The Linda Lindas, Hayley Williams - Closer 6. Nothing Left 7. High Horse 8. Break 9. I Could Be Wrong 10. Everybody Told Me 11. Okay 12. See You Next Time

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google maps changed the name of lake ontario to lake google and when i zoomed back to my location it said i was in googletown, usa. and i zoomed in closer and the little stick figure of me said “dumb shithead.” it used to say valued customer

Ontario is a word that pre-dates both Canada and the U.S. In fact, we call them the Great Lakes because of Indigenous languages. Not to mention Erie and Huron are named for actual peoples. The colonialism is so tired.

Canadians want shorter wait times, more healthcare workers and better access. Most people remain resistant to a privatized system where someone’s income, insurance coverage or ability to pay plays a larger role in determining how quickly they receive medically necessary care.

Canadians Worried About Public Health Care, Majority Oppose Alberta’s Bill 11 - Abacus Data

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Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

No lunar eclipse in Edmonton, but we do get a nightmare lightning storm. So there's that.

When Journey renamed Windsor “South Detroit” you hypocrites said NOTHING!

It was a waste of everyone's time to spend an entire day re-committing to a 4-year plan that is in year 3, but hell yeah people with bikes outnumbered the haters. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Edmonton bike lane expansion to continue as planned | CBC News

Bike lane advocates outnumbered opponents at Edmonton City Hall on Wednesday as councillors considered but ultimately rejected a proposal to drop more than a dozen planned routes from a bike lane netw...

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Every time someone tries to ban something like an e-scooter because of a serious accident, I want to scream out loud that automobiles kill over 1.5 million people every year. Here in Canada, automobiles kill five people *every day*

Just saw Facebook antivaxxers speculating that 80-year-old Dolly Parton’s death was hastened by the COVID vaccine she helped fund the development of and received—half a decade ago—and am thinking about how the past decade spent catering to these people has been nothing but a waste of time.

Godspeed to the legend!

big change to my material conditions: I am a bike commuter now. I will be updating my transportation opinions dialectically (I am already 27% more opinionated about bike lanes and our school crossing guard comrades)

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

As usual, I am thinking about how both Dolly and Tim Curry took the imposed façade of gender, pulled it apart, and made it so big and beautiful

how come every motorist notices every time a cyclist "breaks a rule" but always claim they "never even saw them" when they hit us

It says so much about Dolly Parton's legacy that we are all listening to the same song before work today.

A mural in Edgewater of Dolly Parton

Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.

Spite is great, but Canadians should be avoiding US travel because Trump is not above telling ICE to start going after Canadian tourists.

CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 5d ago

B.C. premier urges residents to boycott U.S. travel after Trump’s ‘extortionate’ escalation

And I will say again, if you are in-group the entire politics of fascism is "you will get candy, I will kill the people who are keeping you from the candy you absolutely deserve, then you will have candy"

James@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 5d ago

Fascism emerged as a syncretic movement that consciously embraced a politics of modernity and mass mobilization. It’s not exactly scandalous to point out why it has had lasting appeal.

This trade war should jolt us out of our reliance on volatile fossil fuels and accelerate our transition to clean, secure and reliable energy.

“What they want to build is a far-right, Christian nationalist-informed mecca for MAGA-type people. Zealots in Alberta. That’s what they want to build. And that’s what they’re building. They’re taking their cues from the kind of MAGA… the MAGA fringe in the U.S."

‘God gave us oil, God gave us gas’: How Christian nationalism is shaping the push for Alberta's independence

A growing cross-border network of fundamentalists, oil-industry boosters, and Trump allies has taken an increasing interest in Alberta sovereignty, helping push an American-style political vision…

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At the vet for Charlie’s cardiology appt and the receptionist says ‘are you paying for Charlie Nair’ and I giggled like I wasn’t a middle aged grump because WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY DOG HAS A LAST NAME

Be sure to email your councillor before the committee meeting on Wednesday, urging them to build the planned routes 📧 we need you to add your voice to ensure they go ahead as planned!

Tim Querengesser@timquerengesser.bsky.social · 6d ago

Sounds like the promise of a bike lane in BD that admin made to me when I brought up concerns with the city under-delivering on street calming is about to be broken. Well done to all involved.

Can't even have full-size stop signs anymore. We used to be a proper country.