Druh Farrell

The road to fascism has always been paved with those telling us we're overreacting.

YouTube video by Myke Atkinson Progressives split the vote in 2021. We can’t afford to do that again.

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Progressives split the vote in 2021. We can’t afford to do it again.

This is the campaign with the momentum to win, we just need to come together now and take it across the finish line.
#yyc #Ward7 #yyccc

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It shows what the global South already knows, that Americans believe the world is theirs for the taking.

Neil Young to Remove His Music From Amazon: ‘Buy Local’ Because ‘Bezos Supports This Government’ Neil Young will soon be removing his music catalog from Amazon in an effort to encourage others to 'buy local' and in opposition of Jeff Bezos.

We love you Neil!

We're always here for you.

@neilyoungarchives.bsky.social

variety.com/2025/music/n...

America’s Fourth Amendment Is on Life Support — What Do You Do When Your Government Becomes the Criminal? Raids without warrants, kids in zip-ties, and officials who say “F** the children”: this is the moral collapse of the American state. It's time for state authorities to start making arrests...

State and local police need to start charging & arresting the Gestapo

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

I find it strange that American media has largely decided to describe direct threats to annex our country and destroy our economy as "hurtful comments".

The non-reaction of Americans, and especially the centre-left and centre-right, was a wake up call that will reverberate here for decades.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

You gotta give ‘em hop.

How Genocide Happened

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself."

-FDR (definitely antifa)

Dr Rodrigo Medellin "The Batman of Mexico" autographs a copy of our Alberta Bats activity guide for a delegates son who is an immense fan! One of our favourite moments of the conference in Edmonton this past week! (tbh - we are immense fans too!)

Dr Rodrigo Medellin "The Batman of Mexico" was in Edmonton this past week for the 53rd North American Bat Conference! We caught him signing one of our Alberta Bat activity guides for an attendee's son (who is apparently a fan!). Who could blame him! Rodrigo is an amazing person & biologist!

Canada, beware: Alberta is the canary in the coal mine Canada is not America. Not yet. But if we do not defend our values, compassion, fairness, equality, and truth, we will lose them

"And now, Alberta is becoming cruel...It tells us that the rich are “job creators” instead of modern-day feudal lords. It convinces us that we should slash the social safety net so that those who need it most are punished for being born poor, disabled or unlucky."

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Looking for a hopeful read this Thanksgiving. Check out this piece by @chrishatch.bsky.social on the extraordinary growth of solar power (but also how much 🇨🇦 is behind the curve):

Our friendly neighbourhood fireball www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

ICYMI: blunt messaging around what’s really necessary for better cities anywhere in the world — including the need to call out the misinformation and conspiracy theories used to attack new/old ideas. I also discuss our current Exhibition at Paris City Hall inspiring real climate action from cities.

Selma Dabbagh | Knowledge of the Relevant Facts Israel has assassinated a record number of Palestinian journalists, refused to allow international reporters to enter...

‘It is peculiar, to say the least, that Israel is being given, in a “peace deal”, land that it has not managed to capture militarily.’

@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

Even though it is a Thanksgiving weekend, our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are hard at work collecting signatures.

We are getting close to 300,000 signatures and there are only 16 days left.

You can sign the petition at 50 locations across Alberta:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Carney announces long-awaited automatic tax filing, makes school food program permanent | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that his government will begin rolling out an automatic tax filing system for low-income Canadians and will make the school food program permanent, in advan...

What’s the over/under on Danielle Smith opting out of federal dollars for school lunches because they won’t “meet the unique needs of Alberta children?”

The big picture on housing, density and affordability How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

"Whatever was meant, the othering of future neighbours was not persuasive to Council then, and it shouldn’t be now." Beyond the policy aspects, Don Iveson really hits at the most key ingredient for housing change: city councils with the moral imagination to brave opposition for a better city.

BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬

"Cities in North America all caught the same mania of city building where you just try to stuff as many cars through a downtown as you can rather than making places people wanted to actually spend time in. Cities are better when you're not just racing through them in your own enclosed metal box."

It’s pronounced cyclist.

I love it.

"Three time trump voters don't understand why they no longer have any export markets"

Friendly Americans are always welcome in the land of the true, north, strong and free.
See you next year.

We are in a time of frightening darkness but people are still stepping up and doing the right thing.
We must keep kicking at the authoritarian darkness until it bleeds daylight.

I just put this on my Calgary Public Library waiting list.

Wow!

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”