Nathan

Somebody should do it.

I wonder how many UCP ministers and MLAs have nannies/housekeepers/employees who are immigrants? Send tips in confidence to journalismtips@protonmail.com

#booksky

"Rendition". Like in fucking V For Vendetta.

I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now

This is an absolutely wild, damming read and I encourage all Albertans to take the time to sit with it.

“Ok, we have a lot of kids who need foster homes, so what if we made it more expensive for kids to be fostered and removed supports?” - UCP for reasons defying understanding #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some key takeaways 🧵(do read the full statement!) - govt has taken over direct operational control of HC - if premier/MoH tells any HC leader to do something they CANNOT say no - consequence of doing so is loss of their job and livelihood (& maybe even a permanent ban from AB!)

Carl Sagan wrote this in 1995 and it lives rent-free in my head 🤯

If this pisses you off as much as it pisses me off please take a minute to email the Library executive at this link below and ask them why they're actively making EPL a less inclusive, less welcoming space for vulnerable Edmontonians. www2.epl.ca/contactepl/e....

Dr. Conly screwed us. But hey, at least we didn't get maskne.

Hey remember that time a bunch of losers got mad at a lady who made a video game about depression and it led to several thousand federal employees losing their jobs

Very interesting… That’s an intimate web that Danielle Smith and two of her ministers have allegedly woven. Big promises. Paybacks. Votes. #ableg #Yeg #Yyc www.facebook.com/share/163dK8...

The Globe and Mail

No amount of letter writing has persuaded my lawmakers, but one thing has slowed them down: Showing up in numbers that can’t be hidden or explained away. Marching in the streets. Testifying by the hundreds. Letting lawmakers know we see them and we know. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

Hey Alberta, take a look: MASS CASUALTY STRETCHERS in our largest EDs in Edmonton. Why you should care 🧵 : - These were dropped off by EMS, as they are constantly in Status Red (no crews to respond to emergencies) buff.ly/YjEmP9Y

Hang on everyone, new Food Processor just dropped:

Budgets are about priorities. Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.' Funding for private schools has increased above inflation. In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools. Priorities.

So I guess we're means testing supports for permanency now in Alberta. Fuck them kids, I guess.

~"Pull up them bootstraps!" Danielle Smith It wouldn't be a UCP budget without an attack on the vulnerable AB budget 2025 cuts AISH funding by $49M The 2025 AB budget projects a total $77M decrease for the AISH program over the next 3 yrs #FuckTheUCP www.thealbertan.com/local-news/a...

It is every citizen and resident’s responsibility to be interested in matters of government, actually

Alberta Medical Association response to Budget 2025

Hey all you Buy Canadian & Support Living Artists folks. Prints start at $40

This song is about his murder by officer Ian Birk. youtu.be/sx4JLPBMUx0?...

In “Way of the Kings” there’s a cursed king who doesn’t know whether he will wake up a genius or an idiot each morning. That’s how I am now with anger. Today I am very angry.

Let’s be clear. Healthcare is a human right. It is a foundation, like education that builds and sustains society. It should never be about profit and it never generates revenue. It’s about a patient’s needs & not a shareholder’s return. Anyone who tells you otherwise is stealing.

Price comparisons of surgeries done at private facilities vs AHS costs, courtesy of the new documents obtained by the Globe and Mail. Given what has been going on within the public health care system, especially the ongoing closures in rural Alberta, this data is horrifying.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Scoop: Alberta’s health authority pressed MHCare in December to prove it was working to fulfill a contract to import millions of doses of pain medication from Turkey, accusing the company of doing very little work after being paid tens of millions. With @carrietait.bsky.social #abpoli #ableg

I watched the UCP press conference several times this afternoon (so you wouldn't have to). Here are my takeaways (but you should watch it for yourself).🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjZ...

Hope media asks about whistleblower protection. So far anyone who has tried to investigate (CEO and Board) have been fired. And govt put active govt official as lead of AHS… many HCWs have told me they worry if they say ANYTHING they fear they could lose their jobs.

NEW: Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange will provide an update on what steps the government will be taking related to the allegations by the former AHS CEO at 2 PM Wednesday. #yeg #yyc #ableg

NEW: A couple days ago, Breakdown host Nate Pike announced that he was being court ordered to wipe the Alberta politics show from the web as part of a libel lawsuit from a well-connected Alberta businessman. This development should concern all journalists. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

An update from the show… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli youtu.be/M37Ymm0b9QI?...

While @thebreakdownab.bsky.social has been silenced temporarily, I'm still letting 'er rip.. I've been harassed, targeted and everything else already.. DM's are always open for HCW's and others.. United we stand.

So I read all of Mentzelopoulos's lawsuit. A 🧵

today's essential read for all Albertans. "This sets the stage for watching both the horror show happening south of the border as well as the alleged shenanigans closer to come by telling readers a bit about the connection between populism and corruption." lisayoung.substack.com/p/populism-a...

My latest for @thetyee.ca AHS Scandal: How Tight Is Dale McFee with Sam Mraiche? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

CSF SCANDAL - couple reasons all ABs should care: 1 - Taxpayer dollars are finite, if govt wastes money in one spot = none for other spot (ex spend unwisely on CSFs means poorer Cancer Care and longer ED waits) 1/7 https://buff.ly/4gHpf4u

What the hell. Let’s do it.

Kim’s work at albertaworker.ca is some of the best labour commentary out there. Give him a follow

"So Canada and Mexico win." No. No one is winning here. Except Trump, who gets to stay out of jail, and Elon, who gets to make history as the first broligarch rich enough to buy a first-world country.

11,000-Year-Old Indigenous Village Uncovered Near Sturgeon Lake (Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Treaty 6 Territory)

"No matter how angry you are after the last few challenging years of pandemic, inflation and uncertainty, think twice about whether the simplistic rhetoric from Conservatives offers any real solutions to any of those problems." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Me: I would like some precedented times again please. Reality: *Dawn of a neogilded age, ascending fascism* Me: Wait. Fuck. Not like this. 🤦‍♂️

Almost 20 years ago, a doctor on TV was asked, "Isn't 12 a little early for a kid to be deciding to transition?" And her response was, "It's old enough for them to decide that it's not worth living anymore if they can't." That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.