Lynette Shultz, PhD Professor University of Alberta

Guys, I know it's not the point, but I gotta know:

When it comes to porn, what does the premier consider "classic"?

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.

Slovenia Becomes First EU Country to Declare Israeli Ministers Personae Non Grata Slovenia Bans Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir for “Genocidal Statements” Ben-Gvir and Smotrich incite “serious violations of the human rights of Palestinians,” the government said.

Slovenia has declared two top Israeli ministers personae non grata over “genocidal statements” and other violations of Palestinian human rights, barring them from entering the country.

The Jasper Wildfire review is damningly clear about one thing: the UCP government exploited a life-and-death moment to play political games.

And in their response to this report, rather than accepting responsibility and promising to do better, they lash out, insult others, and refuse any blame.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Floats Tax Discounts to Motivate Women to Produce More Babies Danielle Smith tells Sherwood Park town hall that Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orbán has an 'interesting' idea to reduce immigration

“Danielle Smith says a policy introduced by Hungary’s ultranationalist leader Viktor Orbán is an “interesting” idea & thinks it would be worth taking a “closer look” to see if the policy could be effective”

Policy advice from Orban now?

#abpoli #cdnpoli

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‘It feels cool to be a cog in change’: how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town A casual mention of Kate Raworth’s theory has grown into the basis for decision making in Tomelilla

Great case study on #DoughnutEconomics that's useful for KS4/5 Social studies, Economics, Business or Politics. It's also relevant to Science and Geography.
Getting young people excited about the possibilities of other ways of doing things is incredibly rewarding!
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“Climate is a multiplier of the cost of living crisis,” points out @jbozuwa.bsky.social of @cplusc.bsky.social.

“We actually can build an alternative — in state rent control, green affordable housing. It’s not a climate movement, it’s a working class movement of which climate is a part.”

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

Stephen Miller's Personal Domestic Military I know all they want to do is talk about Medicaid - and they should! - but "putting it on the record that I was against this" is something I...

The Big Beautiful Gulags Bill. www.eschatonblog.com/2025/06/step...

The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.

Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.

🚨BREAKING: #MitchMcConnell was just publicly confronted in the Senate hallway by young people for GUTTING #Medicaid and green jobs while accepting $3M from Big Oil.

He looks like a deer in headlights!

We need more of this‼️

ANALYSIS | Which 'next' is Danielle Smith's Ottawa-affairs panel steering Alberta toward? | CBC News New provincial surveys propose either massively expensive Alberta agencies, or huge reforms that impact federal government and other provinces.

Every proposal Danielle Smith’s “Alberta Next” project is floating would either be vastly expensive or require backing from other provinces and Ottawa. By me:
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I just need you to look at these graphs, remember that fascism runs on fossil fuels, and come to some conclusions that involve collective action items:

Good thing there's no such thing as underground water that we wouldn't want to contaminate...

The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall | The Tyee The rowdy meeting’s air reeked of government deception. Locals were having none of it.

“Although Smith will sue Ottawa at the drop of a hat, she apparently can’t lift a legal finger to defend the Rockies, Alberta’s iconic backbone.” 💥
#ableg #abpoli
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Pentagon Now Has More Troops in LA Than in Syria and Iraq Combined, According to Public Figures The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.

There are now more troops carrying out Trump’s anti-protest crackdown in southern California than in both Iraq and Syria, regions where the U.S. has executed some of its most intense and inhumane military campaigns in recent decades, according to official counts.

Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown, without council's knowledge, and without the knowledge or consent of Airdrie citizens, pursued a private hospital using city resources in concert with a big developer, Qualico, and with the premier's advisor Rob Anderson, who is unelected. There should be a public inquiry.

Danielle Smith says Alberta’s record-high youth unemployment rate is because “kids don’t have their driver’s licenses.”

Our young people deserve better.

They deserve a government with a real plan to create opportunity and good jobs, not one justifying this crisis with wild excuses. #VoteforBetter

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish | The Tyee A new study warns against new mines in the area, finding toxic selenium pollution persists for decades.

Via Andrew Nikiforuk. Remember how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has complained about free speech restrictions? The govt scientist who produced the report is not allowed to speak to the media.

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

INCREDIBLE !!

Here we are... 😱😱😱

After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...

Devastating! 😭

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Good grief. Is there a Republican policy they don't meet or exceed?

Danielle Smith's Electoral Reforms Are Straight from the Trump Playbook And it's no accident they were released today.

In the dead of night, the UCP passed the most comprehensive set of anti democratic reforms in Alberta history.

No public consultation. No meaningful debate.

How bad is Bill 54?

Not horrible if you like Trump-style democracy.

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Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation ain’t having the separatists rhetoric from Smith or her ilk…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Alberta overhauls election laws to allow corporate donations, change referendum thresholds | CBC News The Alberta government wants to bring back corporate and union political donations, eliminate vouching for a voter’s identity at election polling stations, and lower the threshold for recalls and refe...

A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.

This is not normal.

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What Wab Kinew sorcery is this?

**stares blankly in Albertan**😶

The traditional kick off to spring in the Alberta Rockies.

You could write a sociology dissertation just off this screenshot alone

Israel’s Genocide Has Reportedly Killed More Journalists Than WWI and WWII Combined At least 232 journalists have been killed amid the genocide, a new Costs of War report finds.

More journalists have been killed in Israel’s genocide in Gaza than in the past seven major U.S.-involved wars combined, marking the “worst ever conflict” for reporters in history.

We can count on the UCP to act against anyone in the working or middle classes.

Canada may not have cards, but does have:

* potash
* hydrocarbons
* steel
* aluminum
* water
* timber
* people who are done with this ****