Candas Jane Dorsey

Writer, editor, activist, Pomeranian-walker. Suffering fools less as time goes on. She/they. 4th gen settler-descendant, Treaty 6 territory. Fully vaxxed.

[Mimi Williams (she/her) @MimiProbably]

The notwithstanding clause (Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) can not legally be used to restrict voting or democratic rights; it is explicitly prohibited from overriding democratic rights (Section 3) under the Canadian Constitution. #ABPoli #CdnPoli

[Charles Prepolec 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @sherlockeditor]

@CHED880 @DaleNally_AB This is Alberta. What social programs haven't the UCP trashed? And what social programs require proof of citizenship? This is nothing but vote suppression and pandering to the anti-immigrant freaks.

[MandelaMushroom 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 NEVER VOTE CONSERVATIVE @SpeakUp407]

https://t.co/eWnBWYt3Wk

Danielle Smith and her UCP constantly finding ways to abuse the most vulnerable in Alberta. The misery this govt is forcing on the disabled SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. Every citizen should have the right to a life lived with dignity.
#STOPVotingUCP #abpoli #AISH

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

Yes, alas.

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

Another gift to the anti-immigrant crowd.

#ableg

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod says her office has received hundreds of concerned messages about the voters list breach, and includes some of thosee in her release.

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

@cspotweet @andrew_leach "A little bit of red tape"? Srsly? Rveryone having to somehow prove worthy is nonsense (puts huge stresses on everyone).Showing up in person is impossible for some seniors & persons w/ disabilities, & the burden of proof will be tough on homeless/marginalized people among others.

[Robert 😷 Long COVID 6 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @Rob_DeRosa]

.@AlanLevinovitz Six years into #LongCOVID, with growing evidence of immune dysfunction, viral persistence, autonomic dysfunction, and neuroinflammation, a professor of religion writes a 10,000-word article on the disease and concludes that the real mystery is patient belief systems and that brain retraining deserves more attention.

The conclusions are remarkably consistent with the author’s questionable academic interests.

The ending was spoiled in the author bio.

To @WIRED: As a publication that covers science, medicine, and technology, perhaps your next Long COVID feature should be one that is actually grounded in science, medicine, and technology.

And perhaps written by a virologist, an immunologist, a neurologist, in the very least someone who is actually engaged in clinical research? What next? A full length feature from a physiotherapist who argues PEM is definitive evidence that LC = MECFS?

A disease affecting millions upon millions worldwide deserves reporting grounded in biomedical science, not a 10,000-word meditation on patient maladaptive belief systems and brain retraining.

My suggestion is you may wish to retract this article - or in the least run an opposing editorial in your next edition unless your ultimate plan was to not only lose millions of readers but also recklessly spread harmful misinformation that further amplifies narratives that downplay the biological reality of Long COVID, continues to put patients at risk of being dismissed by clinicians, denied appropriate care and support, and pushed toward ineffective interventions instead of evidence-based research and treatment.

All of this has lasting and very serious consequences for patients and in the most severe cases, without hyperbole, is a matter of life and death.

[Deborah Holloway 😷 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @DebHolloway]

“All of this has lasting and very serious consequences for patients and in the most severe cases, without hyperbole, is a matter of life and death.”

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

Mine has been laminated for a long time. Maybe decades. I don't want to say goodbye. It ain't broke, as a system, and "fixing" it is a McGuffin to distract us from the citizenship and other unnecessary info on the new Fascism-Forward™️ ID card.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

RIP to the most beloved item in every Albertans wallet or purse.

[Larry Dallas @BartFurley]

Welcome to Hellberta.

[Mimi Williams (she/her) @MimiProbably]

"Is this the direction we as a province and country are going toward? Do we have to create a mobile book library so that we can serve communities who cannot access the books they want in our school and local public libraries?" #ABPoli #ReadBannedBooks
https://t.co/svDbPaadkG

[Shelby Grace @ShelbyGraceOSh2]

Is this how you fix healthcare in 90 days @ABDanielleSmith

Quite certain a plastic card isn't going to prevent people from waiting hours to see a doctor in emerg and dying before even seeing one, but what do I know?!

#ableg #abpoli

[Katy E 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @MargTokar]

@ABDanielleSmith @UCPCaucus @nateglubish

[Melanie Behm, she/her @lovelylibrary]

Dear @ABDanielleSmith & @AdrianaLaGrange you’re failing Albertans by ignoring your own promises to do your jobs & address, in a meaningful way, the issues in HC right now. This is unacceptable. Albertans demand better.

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

"Big Brains™️".

[Mimi Williams (she/her) @MimiProbably]

The big brains behind the separatist movement always seem to forget that the Government of Canada owns 100% of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Just another minor detail, I guess ... #ABPoli #CdnPoli

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

@MimiProbably Let us know how it goes. I need to do SOMETHING so I don't keep feeling like a hostage in my own landscape.

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

It gets more appalling and fascist every damn day.

[Mimi Williams (she/her) @MimiProbably]

I have never had to prove my citizenship to renew my license, work, pay my taxes, or vote in my life. Welcome to 1930s Germany, er, I mean 2026 in Alberta!

[Sleepless in YYC🇨🇦🇬🇧 @kvlovely19]

@ABDanielleSmith
@AdrianaLaGrange

excuse me? this goes against the Canada Health Act

tf is wrong with both of you?

[Avis Gagne 🇨🇦 @GagneAvis]

@Tony__Clark Brilliant! Again do they ever think? What happens to the very elderly or infirm who cannot go to registries to get their AB ID renewed? Bed ridden, very infirm what do they do since our HC coverage # will be added to our license card. Creating chaos is what they do.

[Deborah Holloway 😷 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @DebHolloway]

"Everyone is eager to point out the fallacies, the maladaptive behaviors, the ways some patients get stuck. Yet very few people are willing to stand up and address the reality that millions of us still have nothing. No proven treatment. No cure. No meaningful symptom management. No adequate social services. Often not even genuine acknowledgment of what we're living with."

[Candas Jane Dorsey @CJDwriter]

This thread:

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#ableg

Oh boy….

A new ID card sounds “common sense”…but let’s look at what was ALSO announced this month

1. A new ID card that encodes your citizenship status
2. 5 referendum questions d to ration public services by citizenship status

This is potentially VERY bad…🧵