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sphillipsab.bsky.social
Banning social media for kids - great idea from Olds. Costs little. Not really enforceable, if the Australian case study is any guide.

The kids are generally using this tech as messaging. To talk to their peers. Olds are often suspicious of teenagers talking to each other.

Don’t get me wrong…🧵
aaronwherry.bsky.social Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · Jun 9
Was struck by this from @sphillipsab.bsky.social in her commentary on the federal government's moves on AI and online harms.

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June 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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lindsaytedds.bsky.social
Hate me today

Hate me tomorrow

Hate me for all the things I didn’t do to you

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It’s Not Me, It’s Them: A Breakup Letter to the Calgary School
You know that friend who keeps dating the same kind of terrible person? The one who swears each new partner is different, and then six months in you’re hearing the same complaints about the s…
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April 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Just a reminder…

While Smith and Lagrange are talking about the biggest factors influencing health outcomes and why they’re profitizing Alberta’s healthcare…

The #1 factor that determines health outcomes is made worse by the policy.

It’s poverty.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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calgaryoccupy.bsky.social
~AHS&LaGrange refuse to increase funding by a relatively small amount to a public facility meant to serve complex patients while paying inflated fees to chartered surgical facilities.

LaGrange is holding the line over $975,000 after the UCP wasted $70M on Turkish Tylenol

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The Pain-Racked Patients Alberta’s Orthopedic Surgery Centre Won’t Take | The Tyee
Surgeons offered a $975,000 way to fix the public clinic’s backlog of 1,400 ‘complex’ cases. AHS said no.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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venilia13.bsky.social
#cdnpoli #Canada
December 4, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Raise the bar, stand with CUPW.
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CUPW members have been at the forefront of struggles for economic, social, and environmental justice for decades. In 1981, Canadian postal workers won 17 weeks of paid maternity leave after a 42-day strike. That victory soon spread to workplaces across the country, popularizing the view that all workers should benefit from paid parental leave. A fair contract for unionized postal workers raises the bar for all working people.
November 29, 2024 at 1:45 AM
anxiouscucumber.bsky.social
An utterly beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking read.
daniparadis.bsky.social Dani Paradis @daniparadis.bsky.social · Nov 28
A story of a bipolar homeless journalist. In better days I would have liked to have thought a piece like this would make change. I hope it does. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
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November 29, 2024 at 2:22 AM