Rocko James ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Rocko James ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@rockojames.bsky.social

Canadian. Albertan. Concerned about a lot of things Iโ€™m seeing. Trying to keep perspective and find a community of good humans.

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Bill Maher said โ€œfuck youโ€ and called us bitches for being upset he dined with Trump. Then Trump tore into Maher on Truth Social calling him a lying, losery coward. Thatโ€™s funny to me.

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So thatโ€™s why sheโ€™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.

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From the DMโ€™sโ€ฆ Thereโ€™s reportedly been a massive cull of senior leadership at Acute Care Alberta with 8 senior leaders being shown the door suddenly! Just in time for flu season! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Very keen to hear Mickey Amery explain how the hiring of his cousin Sam Mraiche's nephews would square with this DEI policy, and for Danielle Smith to explain what experience Michaela Frey, who stepped aside to give her a seat in Brooks, had to be hired in the premier's office as a policy advisor.

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We have a Premier who tried to make you hate Canada And failed She tried to make you hate immigrants And failed So now sheโ€™s trying to make you hate transgender kids You know the assignment Alberta. #ableg

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Here's the story where she talks about a referendum next year Forward to the 1:05 mark and play from there She says she has two things for next year's referendum ballot I'm not making it up #ableg #abpoli edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/10/26/s...

edmonton.citynews.caAlberta premier, Edmonton mayor to talk infill, photo radar at meeting this weekAs the Alberta and Edmonton governments continue to spar over the best ways to build housing, Premier Danielle Smith and Mayor Andrew Knack are set to meet this week to talk about some of the biggest ...
Canadian In Alberta@canadianinalberta.bsky.social

I was listening to the news this morning and heard Smith suggest that there would be another referendum in 2027 about stuff like bike lanes, etc Did anyone else hear this? F*ck me, as long as the UCP are in power we are going to waste all Alberta's money on culture war crap #ableg #abpoli

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The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

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Because the UCP are led by anti-vaxxers they will never tell Albertans where & how to get vaxxed so we have to spread this info ourselves You can get your shots at your pharmacy Flu shots are free Covid is free for some but might be covered by insurance #ableg #abpoli www.alberta.ca/respiratory-...

alberta.caRespiratory virus season โ€“ Get vaccinatedLearn about the risk of the different respiratory viruses and how to protect yourself and your family.

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Wab Kinew calls on Ottawa to abolish Indian Act: "I'm not sure if that lines up with your vision of Canada, that we still have a race-based form of identification in this country. It's long overdue that we have a relationship with Indigenous peoples that reflects who we are as Canadians today."

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Katie Bouman was 29 when the world saw its first image of a black hole. At MIT she built CHIRP, an algorithm for imaging from sparse telescope data, and helped turn 5 petabytes into one picture. When her ecstatic reaction went viral, trolls swarmed to give a male peer credit for her work.

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Hey Alberta: is this incompetence or a full on intentional lie? 9003 Acute Care Spaces is NOWHERE near a record number for our prov In the late 1980s we had 17,790 acute care spaces in hospitals (~12,000 acute care beds, +LTC beds) 1988: 7.4 beds/1000 2026: 1.5 beds/1000 1/2

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In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. โ€œDigital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.โ€ This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flรกvio Bolsonaro.

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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) โ€” Serbiaโ€™s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

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2024 Danielle Smith asks Ottawa to *double* Alberta's immigration intake, + allocate 10,000 Ukrainian evacuees to AB. 2026 Smith says immigration has system has "flooded Alberta's classrooms, emergency rooms and social support systems." Hypocritical. Irresponsible & divisive. #ABpoli #cdnpoli

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Albertans want a government working to Improve: - Healthcare - Education - Affordability Instead they're getting a government that: Spends $200 million taxpayer dollars on a referendum that the majority of Albertans didn't want & MAGA politics. #Alberta deserves better #abpoli #ableg

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South Korea is betting big on clean energy with an ambitious plan to cut fossil fuel dependence. The plan would add 100 GW of renewables by 2030, accelerate EV adoption and cut emissions from heavy industry, all while improving energy security.

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Danielle Smith says that schools like the one in her constituency that flies multiple international flags inside the school will be able to get an exemption. Want to guess whatโ€™s not in the new regulations? An exemption process. Or even the word โ€œexemptionโ€.

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Replying to @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Odd then that no UCP MLAs would sign a pledge in support of staying in Canada BEFORE the referendum.