Melissa (she/her)

Friends, if you must assign a diagnosis to Trump and Musk (I don't recommend it), may I suggest calling them megalomaniacs? It's an outdated term in psychology, so you won't be stigmatizing entire groups of people at least. It's also probably closer to accurate than the armchair diagnoses I see.

We’ve been demanding a public inquiry for over a year. Danielle Smith and the UCP keep refusing. Why? What are they afraid a public inquiry might uncover?

So that’s why she’s not actually helping Alberta families with health care, affordability, education or creating good jobs... Danielle Smith is wasting our time and money on the wrong priorities.

Is Canada heading for a major labour showdown? A new omnibus bill, C-39, aims to speed up projects. The catch? It would grant federal ministers unprecedented strike-breaking powers. Political scientist @David_Moscrop on the unions fighting back: thewalrus.ca/bill-c-39-mark-c...

River valley, brindle pitbull, oatmeal socialism chic.

Responses to this op-ed have fallen into two camps: (1) those rightly appalled by how the mayor & 2 councillors behaved (2) those blaming the motion’s author, suggesting that 3 grown men losing their composure was somehow “her fault.” Thanks to the #Lethbridge Herald for printing this work!!

I feel scene.

These columns by Andrew Nikiforuk and Don Braid are the most scathing indictments of a politician in Alberta that I have ever seen. Resign, Danielle Smith. Resign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Referendum highlighted the rural/urban divide, with the small cities situated between big cities and rural Alberta.

"Albertans are worried about overcrowded classrooms and increasingly complex student needs, not policing flags. None of the UCP's culture war nonsense helps a single student or teacher," said Amanda Chapman, the NDP's shadow minister of education.

Alberta Conservatives banning pride flags in effort to make schools appear less inclusive. This is on top ot their bigoted anti-trans legislation and anti-GSA policies. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy Friday from Edmonton adoptable kitty, Huey! This sweetie is all cuddled up and keeping warm and cozy on this rainy day! Huey loves his pets and his visits and he is going to be a wonderful forever family member. He is 1 years old, he does well with other kitties, and he will also be fine

Shout out to the leaves still on the trees after some big windstorms over the last week: you’re fucking gorgeous.

Could be a late night in Alberta. Elections Alberta confirms some polling stations opened late, with one now being opened until 10 o'clock. No results will be posted online until all polling stations are closed

Every vote counts, and your voice matters. Advance voting is open until October 17, with Referendum Day on October 19. Make your plan to vote now at savecanada.albertandp.ca and help shape the future of our country.

She might look miserable, but she loves to sit like this. #Catsky

Here is the edited text of Senator Simons' statement. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

The folks at Elections Alberta are working this weekend. My ballot status was updated! I'm relieved to know my kit arrived and I managed to complete it to the requirements. Please, track your voting package if you voted by mail. Voting is essential. #ItIsAnotherUCPFiascoAndWeMustStandUpToIt #Alberta

What’s behind today’s little door? (By @ericdyck.bsky.social) #abpoli #canpoli #ableg

open.substack.com/pu... More people need to understand this, and push govt to finally work on the solutions that are outside of the ED. Emergency overcrowding will only be fixed with DOWNSTREAM capacity and workforce... and only if there is collective govt will

Happy Sunday Evening from Edmonton adoptable kitty, Benson! It makes us so happy to see our Benson enjoying lap snuggles and TV Time! This sweet boy is continuing to do such an amazing job of opening his heart and he is going to be such a super forever family member.

Look, even if you hate infill, you should be absolutely CHILLED today. This is insane, harmful, & if this government had used the same move for something you love you’d have zero recourse. This wild abuse of power holds sobering realities. And it’s hard to shove the toothpaste back into the tube.

This Alberta provincial government wants to do everyone’s job but their own. Poorly They don’t know what they are doing and don’t care. It’s not good governance they are after, it’s populist politics - which it seems they discard as soon as they wring people out of their money and attention.

My fellow Albertans, many of us are gathering around Thanksgiving tables this weekend. Be sure to encourage your loved ones to vote to remain in Canada and no to the nine, and make sure they have a plan to vote! Encourage people to go to the advance polls from the 13th to 17th. #ableg #abpoli #AB

Pro-Canada voters: we have identified more than 1.15 million of us across Alberta. Let's make sure every vote counts by getting everyone we know out to the polls. Make your plan to vote today at savecanada.albertandp.ca 🇨🇦

I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli

While Danielle Smith puts her political interests first, the Alberta NDP is fighting for democracy, defending fair elections, and bringing Albertans together to save Canada. 🇨🇦 youtube.com/shorts/9DXEF...

SCOOP: I obtained screenshots of some of the proposed resolutions UCP members are ranking in the lead up to November’s convention. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

At a moment when we need everyone focused on saving Canada, the UCP is letting down Albertans again. The Alberta NDP is putting ALL our focus and resources into saving Canada. What is the UCP doing?

After being sworn in as MLA for Calgary-Shaw, I signed the pledge to defend Canada. As a proud fourth-generation Canadian, I firmly oppose separatism. My ancestors fought for freedom and Canada in WWII; we carry that legacy on. Albertans deserve to know where their MLA stands.

Please share this with every "send a message" Alberta voter in your life. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...

This October, it’s up to each of us to save Canada. Learn more and make your voting plan today at savecanada.albertandp.ca. 🇨🇦

Today is not a celebration. It is a day of mourning. It is not a holiday for us. It is a day of reflection and pain. We do not ask for 'Canada' to be in pain with us, the empathies are not for us. We ask to be allowed to grieve without being asked for the bone of our children. We want to be allowed

The main Truth and Reconciliation Day ceremony on Parliament Hill begins with the Eagle River Singers. (The national broadcast will start in 5 minutes.) #cdnpoli #yow #Canada #Ottawa

I am touched, as I always am, by the courage of First Nations people and all Indigenous people. Indigenous people have been harmed by the mistakes of Canada more than anybody else, and yet no one has stood stronger in favour of fighting for this country.

“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Local woman wakes up, wishes Canadians a contemplative National Day of Truth and Reconciliation full of learning and not being a jerk, makes oatmeal.

So it’s more important than ever for every one of us to uphold the truth, stand with residential school survivors, and continue to share their stories.

As the late Honourable Murray Sinclair reminded us, “there can be no reconciliation without truth.” But today, the bravely, painfully told truth of residential schools has become a primary target for hate movements, as we saw on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation can be difficult. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone you trust. Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 (24/7) Hope for Wellness: 1-855-242-3310 or online.

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?

LIVE! *NEW* AHS V069 of 2026 is now up and posted! More fuckery right across AHS! frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v069-o... #abhealth #ableg #medtwitter #BlueSkyMed #UCPCorruption #Saynotothenine #ForeverCanadian @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

Things are not going well for the UCP. They just lost a by-election in a formerly safe seat, Danielle Smith has the highest disapproval of any Premier & their poll numbers are dropping hard. Albertans are tired of corruption & chaos, so what’s a populist Premier to do? Rig the game. #ableg

"The Canadian government is backsliding on its funding commitments for achieving the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ (MMIWG) Calls for Justice, according to a new report." www.albertanativenews.com/new-funding-...

Pierre Poilievre has said nothing about the white supremacist group, Second Sons, showing up to intimidate people on Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve 3 days before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. He has courted the residential school denialism vote and laundered it into mainstream politics

Fact, not opinion. Some are merely less predatory than others, but they are all exploitative and exist to extract wealth by means of the pleasure that dopamine creates. biologyinsights.com/how-gambling...