Judith Clark

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Inside: Blowtorching the frog; and more!

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"There simply is no substitute for learning about a subject and coming to understand it well enough to advance the subject, whether by contributing your own additions or by critiquing its flaws." Cory Doctorow

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Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...

Alberta health authority destroys remaining pediatric drugs imported during 2022 shortage Pediatric medicine was due to expire soon, prompting authority to abandon donation plans

At a cost of almost an additional $1 million, taxpayers have paid for the last of the Tylenot™️ to be destroyed.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Vital Cat Update: An Update To The Update Boy, the adventures with AI continue! You may remember that back in December, I spoke about the many quantum cats I apparently possess(ed), and this was news alongside my various religious conversi…

Chuck Wendig: The AI believes I have lied! It no longer accepts the reality of my Very Real, Very Authentic, Totally Actually Existing cat, Sir Mewlington Von Pissbreath[!]

The news: AI disappearing bazillions of white collar jobs any day now!

Me: whut?

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A screenshot of a tweet from Danielle smith, posing awkwardly in a team Canada jersey cheering on the Canadian women’s team. A reply from the Alberta NDP reads “@grok I think this account’s been hacked.”

LMAO @albertandp.ca (the comment)!

(Smith probably has a team USA jersey on underneath that.)

How a Stephen King Character Becomes an Unlikely Source of Hope - Reactor Holly Gibney embodies the ethos of “do no harm but take no shit.”

Good piece by Zack Budryk.

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Alberta was a leader in renewable energy until the UCP banned it. They want Alberta to fail because that keeps people angry and they excel at farming anger.

I don’t need to know anything about your faith or your religion to vote for you…

While the UCP distracts us with the spectre of separation, they're dismantling entire systems that we value.

On Heated Rivalry and Queer Desire as an Unequivocal Good - Reactor In a world where queer desire is nearly always framed as something that destabilizes, this series gives its audience an alternate narrative

Great piece by Olivia Waite

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What to talk about...there's just so much! How about NO to the separation BS!

And Go Team Canada! You do us proud!!!!

www.AlbertaTory.ca #ourcountry #ourhomeourriding in #camroseconstituency #Alberta

The only reason to flirt with nuclear is because it's exclusive and expensive, which means profit.

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e-Petition for a mandate to study risks of foreign interference and foreign funding associated with political advocacy in Canada, report to Parliament, and consider necessary measures for transparency, enforcement, and safeguards.

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What do you have to lose if Alberta separates? I say everything. What would happen to our national parks? This gem is a treasure we all love and can appreciate.

#ForeverCanadian #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Bye Bye Miss American Skies YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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a person is typing on a laptop with a search bar on the screen Alt: a person is typing on a laptop with a search bar on the screen

Everyone in Canada today looking up the definition and legal basis of ‘treason.’

America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it | Robert Reich A chance encounter reminded me: there are two ways to look at what’s happened in Minneapolis

America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it.

My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition

i have never felt less inclined to donate to political campaigns in my entire adult life

America has the Melania movie and Canada has Heated Rivalry and you can’t ever tell me that we’re not VERY different countries.

First Nation chief calls on Smith, UCP to resign: Full news conference YouTube video by CTV News

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Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials B.C. Premier says he plans to raise the issue when he meets with Carney and his provincial counterparts

In case you wondered who’s on whose side.

“Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials”

“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith did not stop to speak with reporters Thursday on her way into the meeting.”

#ableg #cdnpoli

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Alberta separatism is about believing a lie, that Canada is weak. Separatism. It is a flawed ideology that Canada has no value unless we are owned by the United States.

"So it is a surprise — a real shock — to the world to discover that Canada isn’t fucking weak at all. We never have been. It was a lie, sold to other allies, other countries, and even ourselves. Canada stopped believing the lie."

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I am LOVING the pressure Canadian Premiers are putting on Smith. Eby and Kinew as well.

Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.

Go ahead, guys.

Shame her.

Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney

These 51st state types represent a fringe opinion within a fringe movement. Albertans are rightfully bewildered by their claim to speak for us.

All elected officials in Alberta - federal and provincial - should clearly condemn their actions.

Eby today - Crossing borders to seek the assistance of foreign governments with the goal of breaking up Canada is treason and needs to be called out as such!

Smith - How do microphones work again?

No.

Really.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

No matter where you live in Canada, please support our unity. We are together.

Https://secure.forever-canadian.ca

Separatism isn’t about independence. It’s about Alberta becoming the 51st state. YouTube video by Forever Canadian Movement

youtu.be/OtpWT-0t5aU

Rising from the ashes of a toxic ideology. By Charles Cousey All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone. —attributed to Blaise Pascal, 1623–1662 By the time I graduated high school, I was mentally il...

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Bessent weighs in on Alberta separatism, calls Alberta 'natural… National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

Scott, you’re talking to folk deeply outside the mainstream if someone’s telling you separatism/joining the US has support in Alberta.

As my elected Conservative colleagues can also tell you, Albertans are fiercely patriotic and support a united Canada. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/23/w...