Mariah

Probably watching netflix ✌️

[Mariah @MariahBurkeyyc]

I appreciate the effort @DairyQueen but this is not what I had in mind when I asked for Moana on my daughter's cake

[emma deady @emmadeady]

To anyone in Alberta currently considering moving elsewhere after the election of Danielle Smith:

I can’t tell you not to move. I can’t tell you not to do what’s best for you, your family, your safety, your livelihood, or all of the above—because I moved away from Alberta. Twice.

However, I will say this: we can run, but we cannot hide from what we have all witnessed firsthand in Alberta. I know because I have tried to run from ‘it’ three times now.

I moved to New York in 2016 so I could finally be ‘myself’ (see: 🏳️‍🌈) as I never felt safe enough to come out in Alberta throughout high school or university. In 2020 I moved back to Calgary—partly because of the *ongoing* pandemic that was first decimating NYC—but also away from the hateful Trump rhetoric that had changed the city I loved so quickly. Upon returning to Alberta, I found another man who parroted the same rhetoric Trump did—Jason Kenney. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing—from the Trump 2020/2024 flags on the trucks of men I went to high school with to the torch rallies and rise of blatant white supremacy and conspiracy theorists in Alberta streets. But moreover, I couldn’t believe that more Albertans weren’t outraged. I had just lived this for the past four years, and I was furious to come “home” only to be faced with more of what I had run from in the United States. Given the abundance of time quarantine allowed me (acknowledging my privilege here), I learned everything I could about Alberta politics, the UCP, Jason Kenney, and other like-minded politicians in Canada to understand better the parallels and relationships that allowed the same thing I had witnessed in the U.S. happen in Alberta. After a mental breakdown or two, I moved back to NYC in mid-2021—in part to take care of the life, belongings, and miscellaneous loose ends I’d left untied in the U.S. after leaving so abruptly (and subsequently being stuck in Canada for a lot longer than anticipated). I also left Alberta hoping that things would improve under the Biden Administration, but it has only gotten worse. From gun violence, police brutality, and poverty to the war on our reproductive rights, anti-trans rhetoric, and ICE terrorizing my friends, neighbors, and colleagues in a place I once called a ‘Sanctuary’ city.

I write this now from the Yukon (where I was born and spent my childhood) with a heavy heart because ‘it’ is here too. The Yukon isn’t the home I left behind, either.

From the furthest north in Canada to the furthest East in the United States, in what is considered progressive/liberal cities, I have yet to outrun ‘it.’
And we need to call it out for what it is—as this has historically been the only way to stop it. This “Trump/Republican-style” brand of politics is fascism, and fascist governments and alt-right movements are on the rise worldwide. No politician, political party, or vote will magically eradicate fascist ideology without dismantling the systems and beliefs that uphold and perpetuate it. Yes, some political parties might keep some of the harm at bay, but it’s not a long-term solution—there is no easy fix. It’s up to us—especially us as white settlers who first imposed these colonial governments—to engage in the lifelong work of fixing and maintaining a society that is safe for everyone to live with dignity.

This didn’t happen one evening nearing the end of May in 2023 when a libertarian was elected premier, or even in the four years prior to that. It happened over decades of voting for incremental tax cuts that have failed to make us more prosperous and have succeeded only in making our society poorer. We put a price on our collective good and settled for a few hundred dollar pay cheques. In a province traumatized by a vicious boom and bust cycle, we let our trauma vote for momentary prosperity over our lasting collective welfare.

#Abpoli #Ableg #AbElection

[Madison Robertson @madirob12]

I instruct an upper-year undergraduate course on Healthy Aging at @queensu - for one of the assignments, students were asked to create an infographic discussing a common myth about aging. I have permission to share some of the infographics with you... 1/7

[Ida 🇵🇸 @ida_skibenes]

As I’m watching husbands and fathers say goodbye to their loved ones, their children, not knowing if they will ever see them again, I just cannot believe that for two years we’ve been watching people cry and protest over having to wear a fucking mask.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

"No war please."

That's what Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev wrote on an actual camera after winning his match today.

[. @swordsjew]

the antiwar protesters in russia are so fucking brave

[B @brrittanyt]

Some people say we'll never go back to normal after COVID but Jason Kenney just referenced misogyny in his speech in the legislature and then paused to EXPLAIN THE DEFINITION OF MISOGYNY TO THE FEMALE SPEAKER.

"Misogyny means hating women, Madame Speaker."

It sure does, Jason.

[Mariah @MariahBurkeyyc]

@GruFanClub I’m also an INFJ & so is Joe Goldberg from You which makes a lot of sense tbh

[Keletso Makofane, MPH, PhD (he/him/his) @klts0]

As a non-virologist, here are some things I have learned about covid that I would not have guessed before the pandemic. They are super counter-intuitive:

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

holy fucking shit, vaccine mandates are causing teachers who don't believe in science to quit, nurses who don't believe in medicine to quit, and cops who don't believe in public safety to quit. I'm failing to see the downside to this

[Mariah @MariahBurkeyyc]

For anyone wondering & who are eligible to vote in the #yyccc - I have messaged Jyoti Gondek, Jeff Davison & Jeremy Farkas re: questions about their campaigns & Gondek/Davison have responded within hours 👍 while Farkas has left me on read for a week 👎

[Mariah @MariahBurkeyyc]

Whenever people complain about how “we have to watch LGBTQ+ people on tv now” I nod my head & remember how invested I was in a lesbian couple on Sailor Moon in kindergarten (1996)

[𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] @jvipondmd]

Here's your AB COVID # analysis. 1/

[Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD @AlikaMD]

Dr. Williams is the first (and only, I believe) Indigenous forensic pathologist in Canada.

I hope her voice is at the tables supporting Indigenous communities as they address the possible forensic requirements of residential school unmarked graves.

#ADayToListen

[Mariah @MariahBurkeyyc]

Kenney is “deeply disturbed” by the large af gathering of people (who are likely all UCP supporters) this weekend & I am deeply disturbed that it was known about & reported on & nobody went to shut it down. This govt is so performative it irritates me to my core.

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

As one who grew up under a communist regime, a murderous oppressive government we didn’t freely elect, I’m angry when today’s #COVID19 public health restrictions are compared to totalitarianism or communism. It only evidences people’s egoism and ignorance. #cdnpoli #AbLeg #abpoli

[Mariah @MariahBurkeyyc]

Shout out to people who watch tv shows weekly from the very beginning so I have the luxury of binging 6 seasons on Netflix in a weekend

[nsags @nsags]

On Tuesday I found out that my baby was dead. I’ve never done a thread before, but I’m doing one because I think it’s important to spread this message. I’ll use some local hashtags #yeg #ableg #abhealth #AHS #yegcc #oilers #covid19 to show that I'm a real person in Edmonton, AB.