Euan Thomson

In Alberta you’ll see members of Street Cats or 4B inside the punk show then reversing an overdose right outside it.
Punk & harm reduction have always been about acceptance and safety. Both needed more than ever, glad people are seeing & supporting it.

In Alberta, the Punks Are Taking Over | The Tyee The scene is galvanizing against a common enemy: the United Conservative Party.

The rise in punk and hardcore’s prevalence in Alberta is to create a voice against the UCP, says one vocalist. 🎤 #abpoli 

The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.

Experts have called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ a concentration camp. The Canadian company GardaWorld is helping to staff it. In a reported column for @thetyee.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reveals the company has received millions in Cnd government contracts this year. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

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Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document The Alberta government has issued a request for interested parties to participate in the procurement process for two forced abstinence detention facilities, to be located in northwest Calgary and nort...

2. Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document
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Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have police agencies across Canada taken a secret shortcut to facial recognition?

Two big scoops this week on Drug Data Decoded ICYMT:
1. Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Aug. 9, 2014 | White Police Officer Shoots and Kills Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. A grand jury refused to indict the officer, who was never held accountable.

Around one in three times I ride my bike, I experience a deliberate act that threatens this sort of violence.

I’d estimate around 1 percent of drivers are capable of intentionally harming someone this way ⬇️

3. ... References to LERB Arkinstall report below.

Another example is how, despite his history with steroids, Warren Driechel is now an EPS Interim Chief, vying to be Chief.

I am no longer surprised how cops with problematic records keep getting promoted.
#Police #PoliceAccountability

2. ... position. Plus, Katie McLellan, also implicated in Arkinstall, has recently been appointed by the Calgary Police Commission as Calgary Police Service
Interim Chief.

Hanson, also implicated, went on to be appointed as Chair of the Albert Parole Board.

Former Calgary cop now helping lead RCMP K Division in Edmonton New leadership was saluted in Alberta with the swearing-in of Deputy Comm. Trevor Daroux to command the country’s second largest RCMP division.

1. So, after Sat Parhar, who was implicated in the Calgary Police Service 'Arkinstall Scandal' was appointed as Chief of the Alberta Police Service, it was only a matter of time until Trevor Daroux, who was also implicated, was promoted to this ...
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The UCP runs on irreparable harm. The less reparable, the sweeter the harm.

screaming

Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document The Alberta government has issued a request for interested parties to participate in the procurement process for two forced abstinence detention facilities, to be located in northwest Calgary and nort...

Last November, the government announced the drug jail for children would be built directly into the Edmonton children's jail.

This means all of Alberta's forced abstinence facilities will be positioned in or near carceral institutions. 2/
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The Globe’s editorial board lives in an alternate universe, in which the Israeli conquest of Gaza will somehow “open up the possibility of a secure and sustained effort to ramp up aid to Gaza.”

The #UCP has long-term plans for treatment jails, all located next to correctional or psychiatric facilities. All this while there is no evidence that forced treatment works, but strong evidence showing the harms caused.
#careUsNotForced

Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document The Alberta government has issued a request for interested parties to participate in the procurement process for two forced abstinence detention facilities, to be located in northwest Calgary and nort...

SCOOP
Alberta's "Compassionate Intervention" drug jails will be located near the existing Spyhill jail in Calgary and near the Alberta Hospital in Edmonton.
Eighty-two companies have expressed interest in participating in the $180 million procurement process. 1/
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Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document The Alberta government has issued a request for interested parties to participate in the procurement process for two forced abstinence detention facilities, to be located in northwest Calgary and…

Alberta will "award $180 million for the construction of 'Compassionate Intervention Centres.'"

"The drug jails will each detain up to 150 people [..] under Alberta's new forced abstinence legislation, which eliminates the right to due process."
#Alberta #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare #Incarceration

Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document The Alberta government has issued a request for interested parties to participate in the procurement process for two forced abstinence detention facilities, to be located in northwest Calgary and nort...

Last November, the government announced the drug jail for children would be built directly into the Edmonton children's jail.

This means all of Alberta's forced abstinence facilities will be positioned in or near carceral institutions. 2/
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

Alberta government reveals drug jail locations in procurement document The Alberta government has issued a request for interested parties to participate in the procurement process for two forced abstinence detention facilities, to be located in northwest Calgary and nort...

SCOOP
Alberta's "Compassionate Intervention" drug jails will be located near the existing Spyhill jail in Calgary and near the Alberta Hospital in Edmonton.
Eighty-two companies have expressed interest in participating in the $180 million procurement process. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

You know there’s a triangle smirk beneath every mask

a message; a word.

✊🏾🙏🏾✊🏾

A part of this story I’d like to expand is the nonconsensual forfeiting of data sovereignty.

A corporate coup by tech companies is unfolding with the help of police. It’s potentially traitorous, particularly given how the data are being weaponized against whole populations.

Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...

Just recorded with @theprogressreport.ca on the scoop related to Calgary police surveillance –– look for it early next week.

Meantime, check out the story, which includes the 1,566 pages of documents and a freedom of information request you can submit yourself!
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the leaders of the right do not care about human or planetary life, and are attempting to eradicate the possibility of a liveable future for all of us. there is no "both sides" here.

a fully loaded baked potato that is caffeinated could fix me

New York Times post reads: "Breaking News: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, bucking the Israeli military's advice and warnings that expanding operations could endanger hostages being held there and kill more Palestinian civilians."

It was never about the hostages.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

The one thing I most want people to get from this story is circled.
Please consider submitting this if you've been to a protest, if you've discussed the police online or another public place, or if you could be targeted for surveillance for any other reason.
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