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  Hoping for the ABNDP to come to the realization that taking Danielle Smith's side on this issue is not the smartest move. The idea that "we must back O&G profiteers because we live in Alberta" is not the kind of governance expected from the under-represented in Alberta. This isn't about Ottawa vs. Alberta. This is about our tax dollars being sunk into private profits at the grave expense of our national resources and environment. Danielle Smith knows that the ABNDP is pro...

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  “The lands and resources being targeted for development and investment are within the treaty territories of the Anishinabek First Nations around the Great Lakes region,” said Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige in a statement. “As with the first European contact, the Governments of Canada and Ontario, along with investors, continue to fail to recognize our Nation’s sovereignty over lands and resources.” https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/anishinabek-nation-tells-carney-summit-resources-are-...

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  https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/ed-sheeran-just-learnt-being-pimped #edsheeran #solidarity #freepalestine

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  As much as Ms. Rachel is an American national treasure, Mandy Patinkin is our Canadian national treasure! <3 #cdnpoli #uspol #racism #xenophobia #islamophobia #hate #HateSpeech

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  Are they making things easier for us? No, they're reeling at the blowback from how incredibly difficult they have made things for us. Voter suppression is working for them. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #fascism #votersuppression

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  You guys realize that Israeli do this EVERY SINGLE DAY? They teach kids in Hebrew schools, not just in Israel but abroad in the US and Canada, with maps showing all of Palestine as Israel. They did this openly and publicly in Edmonton, Alberta, during our Heritage Days CULTURAL FESTIVAL (and of course, nothing was done about it)! This is every day, not just in Israel but around the world by every organization which is Pro-Israel, in your country and mine (leading to racist attacks at home by the...

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  We need a Green New Deal!! "This trade war should jolt us out of our reliance on volatile fossil fuels and accelerate our transition to clean, secure and reliable energy. Last year, China and India installed so much solar power that it exceeded all new demand for the first time: in other words, fossil fuel use has stopped growing for the two biggest populations on earth. This year, the IEA predicts that global investments in renewables will hit $2.2 trillion. Twice as much as fossil...

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  Sad, but not surprising. B'nai Brith is a hateful zionist organization, not a respectable Jewish organization. We fought long and hard to end housing discrimination over half a century ago. In the 60's there were still many places which would not rent to Blacks or Jews, with entire "No Jews" neighbourhoods. Never Again means Never Again for Anyone. 'I asked if Jews were prioritized or given exclusive access. They replied: “Before it was a priority, but...

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  "We have enough parking for one entire family!" sounds like a weird flex (for a family facility) until you realize that this is 3x the micromobility parking afforded by most facilities. It also amounts to about 3/4ths of the space used by the single pickup truck in the background. Which could fit an entire family if used for such, but most often is not. This is just an uneventful weekday. During family events the bikes are just strewn all over this area with no place to lock u...

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  "The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States for the seventh time won the war that wasn’t a war, so the United States can open the Strait of Hormuz that was open before the not war. The not war that started to get the uranium that was completely obliterated, so that the Iranians can’t build the nuclear bomb that they weren’t building for the not war that the United States started. Then the United States which has...

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  (As it is in a cult...) "Dear MAGA Americans [and MapleMAGA Canadians], I was a devoted member of MAGA nation for seven years; it made me feel I was part of something important: a movement that was trying to save American democracy. But starting in 2021, I realized I had been mistaken. It took me a full year to finally break away. During that time, I came to understand that MAGA is sustained by a series of myths that are intended to create perpetual feelings of desperation and panic....

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  RE: https://virup.social/@benjaminlj/117174992551753373 Even moreso for Canada, which in my day was taught as a "patchwork" of cultures as opposed to the US "melting pot" of assimilation. Yet certain (right-wing) politicians continue to claim Whiteness as "Canadian values". Note: In my travels I have found the US to be just as culturally diverse as Canada, but I'm just repeating what we were taught as kids in the 80's, and ho...

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  "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer." (One People, One Nation, One Leader.) - Nazi slogan #uspol #fascism #Nationalism #WhiteNationalism

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  Equality isn't something dreamt up in a lab. For me, it's a lifestyle. Every day I wear roughly the same amount of stuff in each pocket, balanced in proportion and weight. Don't just believe in it: Live it! #EqualWeights4All

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  I never noticed before that LEMONS upsidedown is SNOW37.

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  This was also at the Israel pavillion. The tourist map is "Greater Israel", which includes all of Gaza and West Bank, erasing all Palestine. I didn't get a personal look myself, but I imagine it included southern Lebanon as well, in their usual definition of "Greater Israel". If anybody has a more closeup photo, I would like to see it. Incidentally, if you haven't all seen the movie "Israelism", I strongly suggest you do. It shows you how this version of &...

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  This is what drivers in Edmonton think of speed limits, empowered by an Alberta government and MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION of all people, who feel.the same way about speed limits (fitst restricting enforcement, then raising limits). This playground zone is of course where MY children play. I can't wait until we have a government who represents the vulnerable population, not selfish interests! #yeg #yegbike #biketooter #urbanism #abpoli #ableg

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  There is an initiative called "Week Without Driving" which asks elected officials to stop driving for 1 week to learn what mobility in the city is like for 1/3rd of the population, so they can make better infrastructure choices: https://weekwithoutdriving.org/ #yeg #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #urbanism #yegbike #biketooter

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  Ever wonder why CPC leader, Pierre Poilievre, just makes sense? (Rheotrical question, btw.) Because, according to Mr. Poilievre, he speaks the language of white people. He doesn't use stupid ethnic words nobody gets. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/poilievre-faces-backlash-for-comments-on-jordan-peterson-podcast/ Btw, this is the same 100-minute podcast interview where Poilievre claims that racism only exists after it's been exposed, thus racism is only created by anti-racism,...

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  Gee, whatever could it possibly be? Hint: It's Climate Change. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-weather-summer-rainfall-9.7271555 #yeg #yegbike #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

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  My 5 year old son is obsessed with Petula Clark's Downtown. He asked me, "Where did you find this?" My sweet child....it was very popular, and I had this single on vinyl. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD

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  When they scream at you and call you a "Motherfucking Jew Hater" for no reason but seeing you identify with Palestinian culture through an article of Arab clothing, just know that what they are actually calling you is an "Arab Lover" for showing solidarity with a persecuted people. They called you a "fucking f@gg0t lover" when you wore a rainbow for Pride. They called you a "n!ggrr lover" when you stood up for antiracism. Now they call you a "motherfu...

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  One of our beloved Alberta activists, Mikayla Resists, came to a public event called the Premier's Pancake Breakfast, and asked Premier Danielle Smith why she used her position to platform the alt-right extremist and Alberta Separatist, Alberta Proud Dad. This line of questioning made the authoritarian Premier uncomfortable so Alberta Sheriffs were brought in to drag her away, leading her to scream out to the Premier, "Fuck your fascist pancakes!" This has now become the rallying c...

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  This along with those who claim immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are a drain on public services. Guess what? They ALL pay taxes, and the undocumented ones can't even receive any benefits from it! If Danielle Smith's referendum questions are brought to pass, then even the documented ones will be cut off from public healthcare, education, and supports... all while paying taxes like the rest of us! #biketooter #yegbike #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #urbanism #yeg

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  I can attest that those who stand with Israel do not "love their neighbours", and I'm not just talking about Israel's neighbours (whom they invade and occupy), I'm talking about the violent hate they show to the neighbours on their own block in Edmonton or elsewhere in Canada. This hatred does not belong in our city, yet those who speak up against it are accused of "sowing division" by the very same people who think they can threaten their own neighbours with dead...

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  "Why do supporters of Ethnic Cleansing all turn out to be bigots?! Why do all Zionists engage in all kinds of hate speech, when I just want to hear hate and vitriol of Arabs! Why does the poem always end with, 'then they came for me'!?" #hate #racism #genocide #freepalestine #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

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  In case this has eluded you, Meta's natural gas powered $13 billion AI data centre in Sturgeon Country north of Edmonton uses up nearly as much power each day as the entire city of Calgary (1.1B GW) or Edmonton (1.2B GW). #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #yeg #ai #climate #climatechange #climatejustice #gas

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  Batten down the hatches, Edmonton! #yeg #yegwx #yegbike

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  The Alberta Legislature on Canada Day. This is MY Canada, so diverse and inclusive! All the people I keep hearing "don't belong" are here donning red and maple leaf motifs, speaking many languages which I don't need to undersrand, wearing the trappings of many cultures and religious practices. This October 19th, your Alberta government wants you to vote on referendum questions to strip many of these people (all of the non-colonial immigrant groups) of their place in Alberta, a...

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  Meanwhile, Zionists chase me around with a pickup truck just or wearing a keffiyeh... "When we say there's a material difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe, this is exactly what we mean. Mayim Bialik saw a man wearing a "Zionism is Racism" shirt in the parking lot of her favourite vegan restaurant— and immediately imagined a violent attack that never happened. No one touched her. No one threatened her. No one harmed her children. A grown, five-foot-four...