Rugged Broad
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She/her. Profile Pic is Saga’s Klara, good mom, and landscape is Arcane’s Ambessa, bad mom. They sit on my shoulders. Yeah, I'm in Alberta: we're working on it.
This “normal and accepted” vehicular behaviour extends all over the place. Take PP&NP camping: those of us who tent now HAVE TO take generators (noise and exhaust) in our sites because it’s common practice to place them BEHIND the owner’s trailer. Light, smell, noise…why visit nature?
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d ago"I support cyclists and their right to ride safely on the road but only if they follow the rules all of the time" is an absolutely unhinged thing to say in a country where we have drivers killing tens of thousands of people each year and speeding while playing on your phone is normal and accepted
There’s this cold, wet stuff coming out of the sky. Seems familiar…
Lethbridge is currently getting heavy smoke from the Spokane fires. Rather than lay blame on the US federal government, I will just feel vast, existential dread.
Sometimes I wonder if the only real difference between some Liberal supporters and a lot of Conservative supporters is the Liberals drive more fuel efficient cars.
Same boat, smaller camp footprint. See y’all in a lil bit! 🏕️
Congratulations, Premier Sith (typo intended): your rage farming and gleeful head exploding policies have worked. History won’t remember you well and I hope that starts really soon.
Good Laugh
ALT: Good Laugh
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Rugged Broad@ruggedbroad.bsky.social · last wk.I hate the Alberta government. That’s the post.
Anyone aware of the potential for change driven by youth should be delighted to follow this story. Here’s the beginning: “…it feels wonderful to be Indian. Just when hope seemed lost, they came. Young roaches riding in on the rain. The progeny of the unholy union between a judge and a joke.”
The Walrus@thewalrus.ca · last wk.Millions of Indian students rallied behind the satirical Cockroach Janta Party after exam paper leaks and government contempt ignited nationwide anger. Writer Arundhati Roy details how this wave of resistance became a test of India’s democracy: https://ow.ly/SXQU50ZtHje
Oh, goodie. My cell plan has increased by $5/mo and giving me absolutely nothing in return.
This offers insight as to why the fed Liberals aren’t interested in reforming our electoral system. (Hint: they would win less often) thewalrus.ca/liberals-ele...
How Canada Keeps the Conservatives Shut Out of Power | The Walrus
First-past-the-post has failed our democracy. Here’s a way to make it truly representative
thewalrus.ca
being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.
Is everyone enjoying their stable economy, though?
Toronto Star@thestar.com · last wk.“(Wildfires are) going to get worse,” said Edward Struzik, author of “Dark Days at Noon: the Future of Fire.” “These fires aren’t going away. Toronto is going to get smoke every summer.” But that’s not to say there’s nothing we can do. Here are the key things Canada must do to prepare. #cdnpoli
I first read about this last month: the rise of the largest youth demographic in the world in response to being called lazy cockroaches by the government. This is INTERESTING. aje.news/uozrej
India’s ‘Cockroach’ youth call off protests after education minister quits
Youth protesters agree to end agitation after Dharmendra Pradhan resigns over a series of exam paper leaks.
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Stay Free Alberta: submitted 286, 593 signatures 222, 597 verified 177, 732 threshold 293, 976 old threshold (before UCP changed law) 404, 293 Forever Canada verified signatures
“For the U.S., focusing on inclusion comes “at the loss of recognizing hard work, excellence, and individual achievement.” On climate change, the U.S. does not accept the term but prefers to narrow the focus to “specific environmental threats” facing livestock, it said.” Worst neighbours ever.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 2w agoU.S. President Donald Trump’s administration declined to participate in an international declaration on sustainable livestock because it mentions gender equality too often. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/trum...
Not a transfer of wealth from rich to the poor, it was from carbon polluters to non-polluters. That those groups overlap with the rich and the poor demonstrates that people with the greatest ability to cut their own emissions were the least willing to do so. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows
Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes
theglobeandmail.com
This wasn’t paywalled: encourage ABs to read it. It covers the mob mentality of the UCP caucus (Schow looms large & ugly here), the lack of care about separation by voters & the big biz community, how unpopular Nenshi is, and how shitty and ridiculous Calgary looks in an increasingly serious world.
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 2w agoWhat Richard found on this trip to his hometown was an odd kind of Stampede Omerta. He found that many of the people who count in Alberta seem to act as if Smith’s referendum on whether to hold a referendum on leaving Canada either doesn’t exist or doesn’t matter. Read more:
If there’s one thing the GOP is united on right now, it’s protecting sexual predators and pedophiles.
Tell CBC to connect the dots! Call on CBC News to connect the forest fires with the fossil fuel industry. share.nwmd.social/s/nniHFME6
Tell the CBC: Connect the Dots Between the Forest Fires and Fossil Fuels.
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