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'Rock solid' majority opposed to Alberta independence: Abacus Data poll | CBC News About a quarter of Albertans support the province leaving Canada, but the majority — nearly two-thirds — are against it, according to a new poll from Abacus Data.

Go Canada! 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
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PST has potential to bring economic growth to Alberta: economist Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would put PST on a referendum if citizens gathered enough signatures to support it through a petition. Economics professor Trevor Tombe discusses the developmen...

PST has potential to bring economic growth to Alberta: economist

Perhaps some common sense finally emerging in Alberta for a PST?
#Canada #cdnpoli

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The Glaring Oversight in the U.S. War Plan The Pentagon failed to adopt Ukraine’s best tools for downing drones.

Why didn't the US consult Ukraine, the one country that knows how to country attacks from thousands of cheap drones?

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Of course they are

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

Read @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on the "intellectually insecure reactionaries" around Epstein. Much here that I did not know

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Justin Ling: Trump’s war in Iran shows Carney has lots to learn about the new world order — one thing most of all The U.S. case for war is built upon a stack of lies, and Ottawa has seen fit to rationalize every one of them.

Two decades ago, Canada declined to go to war based on lies.

Today, Cabada wasn't even invited to the war — and yet, for some reason, we're participating in the fiction. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Millions of students are getting locked into closed, proprietary software from Big Tech vendors. Here's how LibreOffice can give them back their digital sovereignty: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03...

In Manitoba, a growing bison herd welcomes new members | The Narwhal As a group of once-endangered Alberta wood bison join a larger herd in Skownan First Nation, hope for the future of the culturally vital species grows

On the Skownan First Nation bison ranch in Manitoba, new members of the herd are helping to revive a culturally vital species. Via @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/skownan-firs...

Italian investigated over claims he paid to shoot people during siege of Sarajevo Former truck driver, now 80, allegedly one of many ‘sniper tourists’ who paid Bosnian Serb soldiers to be allowed to fire on city

Oh wow. There may finally be accountability for the psychopaths who joined the siege of Sarajevo for sport. The so-called 'Sarajevo Safari.'

This claim has been around for decades. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

The dangers of satellites to the Night Sky.
#NightSky #Satellites #Scicomm #science
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Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn | CBC News Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts.

“If we're relying on the RCMP to save us from foreign interference during a provincial referendum, it’s not gonna happen. And I would say the same for CSIS and for any kind of regulatory body, frankly,” said security expert Patrick Lennox. Story by #ableg @iciemmanuel.bsky.social

The EU’s Open Source Software Strategy calls for reducing dependency on proprietary technologies. But for feedback on the Cyber Resilience Act, they're asking for feedback in .xlsx format! This is obviously not ideal – so please sign our open letter: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03...

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

I think buddy is misunderstanding what has made Carney so popular.

It's more 'centrist,' fine. But he's popular because (per every poll conducted in Canada since last year) people believe he's competent.

Competency and ideology *can* be in conflict with each other, but they don't have to be!

Male teachers can challenge misogyny in schools every day, not just on International Women’s Day Canadian and Australian studies are hearing from male teachers who promote gender and social justice while challenging and disrupting patriarchal masculinities in their classrooms.

Male teachers can challenge misogyny in schools every day, not just on International Women’s Day

C’mon, people. Look at your Kremlin style guide. The phrase is “special military operation.” Not all of you are getting this right.

Alberta Chiefs Call for End to UCP Government | The Tyee Grand Chief Joey Pete say Danielle Smith’s government has created ‘unsafe conditions’ for First Nations people.

“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads a news release from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs.

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1954

Calgary researcher advocates for ending daylight saving time as debate re-emerges Alberta's provincial government is again considering scrapping the time change after B.C. made the switch to permanent daylight time.

University of Calgary researcher advocates for ending daylight saving time as debate re-emerges: Keeping standard time year-round is the best option. calgaryherald.com/news/circadi... #UCalgary #AbSci #DaylightSavingTime #psychology #SciChat

My first science video in 3 years YouTube video by Physics Girl

Oh, the video is now up! It's about solar neutrinos. So wonderful to see her talking physics again. #ITeachPhysics #SciComm

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UCP Minister Claims Scapegoating Immigrants is a Victimless Crimes YouTube video by David Shepherd

UCP Immigration Minister Joseph Schow says there’s no connection between politicians, like the UCP, inflaming rhetoric about immigration and the increase in hate incidents against racialized Albertans.

Really.

I took a moment to respond.

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#abpoli

If I was a UCP MLA I would be embarrassed and ashamed to stand up there and spout this sh*t

If they had the guts to stand up to Smith this would all be over and Albertans would get an election
#ableg #abpoli

Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

"The biomedical research community is facing the prospect of major funding disruptions again this year." www.science.org/content/arti...

From Anthropic to Iran: Who sets the limits on AI’s use in war and surveillance? Anthropic’s refusal to allow the U.S. Department of War unrestricted access to Claude raises questions for many nations.

From Anthropic to Iran: Who sets the limits on AI’s use in war and surveillance?

Rare Canadian rainforest at risk from logging | The Narwhal Two forestry companies hold licences to log in B.C.’s rare rainforest, home to ancient trees, endangered caribou and rare lichens. Could a provincial park preserve the region?

Forestry companies hold licences to log in Canada’s inland temperate rainforest, home to endangered caribou and rare lichens.

A proposal for a new provincial park now has renewed interest, via @sarahkcox.bsky.social

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Translation: he didn't have enough weapons to fight his war of choice and so he is blaming Ukraine

Léa Marpeaux, Claire Baudouin, Gregory Emery @emery-lab.bsky.social and colleagues @umontreal.ca identify an apical supracellular actin network in epithelial cells that acts as a long-range force transmission device.

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‘Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee Jeff Rath claimed Manning and influential allies have tried to silence and subvert the separatist movement.

'Yahoos': Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Alberta's flu season is now the deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action | CBC News Influenza deaths have soared to new heights in Alberta this year, according to nearly two decades worth of data, prompting concern from health experts.

Influenza deaths have soared to new heights in Alberta this year, according to nearly two decades worth of data, prompting concern from health experts
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