Labour's one in one out policy fundamentally undermines protections for modern slavery and trafficking victims. Ministers were warned about this from the start. They ignored those warnings to push a policy they knew put people at risk. 1/
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If you’re wondering why I’m ranting today about what scientific freedom is and is not, here is why.
Jay Bhattacharya is a fool who cannot stand that he was—and continues to be—called out by legitimate scientists for his bullshit.
Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Proposed cuts in Mathematics & Statistics would eliminate 7 of 8 teaching positions and reduce first-year course sections students depend on. As the provincial budget approaches, faculty are urging government to reinvest in Memorial. 1/2
💥 Bill 6 and Bill 223 make the toxic drug crisis worse - criminalizing survival, shutting down safe consumption sites and putting Indigenous people, especially women, at greater risk.
✊🏽 Repeal Bill 6 and Bill 223.
🔗 Take action: takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/183628/...
📢According to UNICEF and latest reports, over 270 children across #MENA have been killed since 28 February, with most children killed in #Iran and #Lebanon.
These figures are a stark testament to the toll that conflict is taking on children. Civilians must be protected.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp: "This technology disrupts humanity's train, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less, and increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working class, often male voters. These disruptions are going to disrupt every aspect of our society."
Vulnerable people like Guy are threatened by bad hospital policies and understaffing. He was first moved from his hometown hospital because they didn't have resources to treat pneumonia. Then they put him into a hospital hallway in #YXE, where they didn't have enough room.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Recalled swing set.
Recall: LFTE USA Playground Swing Set Seats; The rivets used to support the swing seat can fail, posing a fall hazard to children. Get free replacement swing seat. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
Not Alberta Politics but…
Too good to not share!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Too often I think we view misogyny through the lens of women’s responsibility—do women cause misogyny, how can women avoid misogyny, how can we blame women, always—instead of recognizing that there is literally no way to opt out of or avoid misogyny entirely, because our whole society is built on it
This is a must read.
The study data is flawed, they appear to have deliberately overlooked established data and the people at the helm are UCP donors.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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And of course Israeli police and Israel Defence Force use facial recognition technology extensively. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And who just gave this corporation a pardon?
Donald Trump.
Web article version of the story here edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/03/11/e...
BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee.
Are FBI agents supposed to beat people without restriction?
Smith is MAGA part 3.
Imagine if $383 million was spent on places to live for those in Arizona who need it instead of for buying and renovating a warehouse for an ICE detention center.
This is an obscenity. We have to flip Congress.
Niagara is the hotbed for white nationalism in Ontario and Doug Ford’s appointment was a nod to that:
www.cp24.com/local/niagar...
Nepal to ration cooking gas over fears of nationwide shortage - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nepal-ration-cooking-gas-over-fears-nationwide-shortage
A week! One week to make a decision of whether to rip your family from the life they have started to build.
This highlights to nonsense which is the principle of "voluntary returns" in many cases. It isn't voluntary when the alternative is being deported anyway.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This is about twice NOAA’s annual budget.
What is Canada's Favourite Book: ROUND ONE
From a list of 96 fiction and 96 non-fiction books, we will choose a winner.
All matchups chosen by random number generator.
(To vote, go into the thread and click like on the book you are voting for)
It can be very easy for people who have never professionally sat with people (and their families) who experience the devastation of mental illness to pontificate about its existence and treatment from an armchair.
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Healthcare staff have been raising this concern for years.
