Dave

I learned a lot in the research for this and I'm proud of the episode we put together. Reactionary cultural framing of childhood and family life can make it hard to talk about trans issues productively w/o unpacking a lot of that first. We try to do that here.

Carney is worse than Harper.

We should do 10 questions every week, but make them fun ones. Favourite dinosaur, best Burger Baron location, etc.

I can say that I am utterly devastated to see the results of the “other nine” questions. The scapegoating of newcomers is about to get a lot worse and that is a loss for all Albertans and Canadians.

Alberta voting in favour of all the racist dog whistle questions is actually very Canadian.

Still don't know if Duncan is just being railroaded for being a vocal opponent of EPS or if he did paint the accurate label on the statue of the actual Nazi. Still think the Nazi supporters are the ones in the wrong here.

This is the stupidest day in Alberta history, a record that will be broken by every subsequent day in Alberta history.

Macleans might have done well to listen to Jim... but they did not.

Is a left Wexit possible? We figure that out in this episode.

On a new 🌾 @albertaadvantage.bsky.social 🌾 @readtheorchard.org makes a case that the referendum vote's largely theatre to justify actions the UCP government already intends to make, and emphasizes that the immigration questions poses the most immediate danger albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/10/13/r...

I hope Calgary is ready for the possibility of an action like this in the future!

NEW EP: Is voting on doing racism and xenophobia a good idea? Could it maybe be a bad idea? @readtheorchard.org weighs in: albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/10/13/r...

While the separation question is likely to lose, the other nine ballots portend bad things to come from the UCP, regardless of outcome.

🧵 For 3 years Critical Mass has held monthly rides with 3 goals in mind: 1. Celebrate cycling + other active transport 2. Protest the lack of physical + social infra that allows for safe travel 3. Create a safe environment to cycle by empowering participants to look out for one another.

my comrade journalists i am BEGGING you to please fucking take two seconds to google the people you interviewed before you submit your draft

In a remarkable omission, this article on young people involved in Alberta separatism shouts out the podcast of two young women interviewed—but fails to mention what sort of programming they produce! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

On a new 🌾 @albertaadvantage.bsky.social 🌾 activist Wesam Cooley discusses the pragmatics of organizing street actions, the challenges of coalition building in a radical movement, police repression and the July 5th Calgary People’s Assembly. albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/07/02/a...

Maybe you should concentrate on building some homes instead of chasing upvotes on reddit, Mr. Mayor.

Holy shit THEY STOLE MY BIKE TODAY I doubt you'll see it since it was stored serviceable, but if you do see a bicycle with my name on it, TELL ME #yycbike #yyc Reported on @bikeindex.org

That was… a pretty massive @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social for May #yycbike

Found the city’s transportation master plan.

Third MEC labeled (Tire Co under the packaging) tube in a row to fail at the valve stem. #yycbike if you bought any of these I’d take ‘em back.

On a new 🌾 @albertaadvantage.bsky.social 🌾@robertalexier.bsky.social and Liam Devitt sit down with UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN's Sara Birrell and @briarpatchmag.bsky.social's John Cameron to dig into what's wrong with the provincial wings of the prairie NDP. albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/05/20/p...

NEW EP: We joined forces with Unmaking Saskatchewan to dig into just what is wrong with our provincial wings of the NDP. albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/05/20/p...

in the timeline where Lukaszuk did not run his petition it is very possible that there is no October 19 referendum. Forever Canadian better prove its worth during the campaign period. if this was just an exercise in raising Lukaszuk's profile then he was running the same grift as Smith!

Calgary cyclist John Ragan told CBC News that he believes bike lanes are safer to use, but in some places they seem unnecessary. “In some cases yes, but in many cases we don’t need them," he said. A quick Google search and there’s a John Ragan in Calgary who works in car sales… hmmm🤔 #yycBike

Lawsuit seeking damages and vindication that Charter rights were violated during the brutal police operation to remove a peaceful demonstration at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. drugdatadecoded.ca/for-immediat...

Good episode

Kinda think this one is downstream of Mr. Hogan's actions in justifying and lying about police assaults on Palestinian students and their allies two years ago when he was vice president of comms at the UofC.

everyone* (peaceful protestors for Palestine not included)

On a new 🌾 @albertaadvantage.bsky.social 🌾 the team examine the province's reactionary backlash targeting trans people and children and unpack how it may be rooted in the cultural construction of childhood and education. albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/04/16/i...

NEW EP: In Solidarity With Trans Children albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/04/16/i...

Peoples brains have been so ruined by electoral politics that all the top comments for this article on r/Alberta are just pricks shaming rural Albertans for voting UCP, when: 1) it's O&G companies doing the harm, 2) it's the AER that's failing & 3) The NDP are pushing MORE pipelines! #ABLeg #ABPoli

NEW: Two Palestinian-Canadian students and a Jewish faculty member are taking U of A to court for ordering police to disperse a pro-Palestine encampment in its Main Quad in 2024. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

On the 📣STUDENT POWER📣 series finale @robertalexier.bsky.social speaks w/ scholar Muhannad Ayyash about the Palestinian Exception and on-campus repression and Canada in Decline series author @nolore.bsky.social unpacks the effect of neoliberalism on society.  www.spreaker.com/episode/cana...

NEW EP: Student Power w/ @robertalexier.bsky.social (!!!) How does student activism differ between Québec and the rest of Canada? How can radical praxis can be maintained in a rapidly turning over student population? ALL THIS AND MORE: albertaadvantagepod.com/2026/04/07/s...

If you suggest that the Alberta NDP should not be subordinate to the oil and gas industry you get former MLAs in your mentions telling you to give up on the party and vote Green instead.

On a new 🌾 @albertaadvantage.bsky.social 🌾 @robertalexier.bsky.social talks about how her new podcast STUDENT POWER places last summer's Palestine solidarity encampments within the broader history of student activism in Canada since the 1960s. www.listennotes.com/podcasts/alb...

The ANDP freakout over the Lewis win reminds me of nothing more so than the PC freakout over the ANDP win in 2015, which is kinda funny.