@bcinfo @thetyee #DanielleSmith as well as other #libertarians and #conservatives have only a surface connection to #AynRand’s ideas, and #Rand rejected them both. https://disqus.com/home/discussion/thetyee/lsquoweirder_and_weirderrsquo_danielle_smithrsquos_new_example_for_canada/#comment-6197394421

• On libertarians: https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/libertarians/
• On conservatives: https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/conservatives/
• On the lack of difference between them and #liberals: https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/conservatives-vs-liberals/

#ABpoli #CdnPoli #ABleg #ABelxn #Alberta #Canada #UCP #UnitedConservativeParty #TakeBackAlberta #TBA #NDP #NewDemocraticParty

I don't have a lot of thoughts about the #ABElxn yet, I'm not ready to think that much about it.

Instead, I'm both excited and anxious for my first #BikePacking trip! Heading out from #yeg to Elk Island NP first thing in the morning, staying two nights at Oster Lake.

Will post a photo of my rig once I've got it all packed!

I'm disappointed and terrified for the future of Alberta under Smith

But I love Alberta. I believe Alberta is capable of being better, and of having a strong economy and strong healthcare, all while taking care of the environment, and taking care of the most vulnerable in our society.

I believe a better Alberta is worth staying and fighting for.

#abpoli #ableg #abelxn #Alberta

We took a chance moving to #Alberta before the results of the election… and honestly… I’d still make the move for a number of reasons.

I’m disappointed with the results, especially as a queer disabled person, but (for us) the move to be closer to family was still an absolute necessity.

It’s a shit provincial political outcome but I’m still excited to call Edmonton home tomorrow.

Ok back to sleep. 💤
#abelxn23 #abelxn #ABetterFuture

Elections Alberta:
"everything's totally fine, this is all according to plan"

Elections Alberta, 1 hour later:
"everything is not fine, this is not going to plan"

The tabulator machines aren't working 🤦

#ABElxn #ABPoli

CBC reports Elections Alberta says only ~70 of the 255 vote tabulators are working, so votes are delayed while we wait for hand counts. #abelxn

The Breach Livestream covering Alberta elections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqatx3rvoeg

#yeg #abelxn

CBC: "When will the votes be ready?"
Elections Alberta: "when they're counted lol" #abelxn

(They had less than 2% of votes counted 1h in. We're at nearly 2 hours and many ridings have under 100 votes counted.)

#abelxn vote count is so painfully slow, CBC is getting so sassy about it

#Abelxn what in the world is taking so long? Polls closed 72 minutes ago, and fewer than 1% of polls are reported? This feels... odd.

I wish that we had moved to AB just a month earlier so that I could have voted for this - *le sigh*

#ableg #abelxn #abpoli

While waiting for #ableg #abelxn results...

Looked up what Alberta Social Credit was about and find it is very interesting. I think today's modern conservatives would call elements of it communism.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit

Alberta election 2023 drinking game:

- alt-right vote rigging claims: one drink
- Madu riding is the first to claim irregularites: 3 shots of jaeger
- alt-right UCP/TBA supporters get anxious & start hunting dippers before midnight: shot of whisky
- Pawloski tries to draw attention to himself: drink of water
- Smith loses but won't concede: shot of Jonnie Blue (yum)
- NDP wins: pop that champagne!!
- Dani wins: 1.5 liters of Dark Horse whiskey.

#Alberta #ableg #abpoli #abvotes #abelxn

Whoever wins tonight has the critically important job of LEADING #Alberta towards #NetZeroBy2050, which means important work needs doing NOW. Here is a policy we will be advocating for on Day One. We hope you'll join us.

Full Platform here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/announcing_our_election_climate_platform

#abpoli #ableg #abelxn #yyc #yeg #AlbertaElection2023

Whoever wins on Monday has the critically important job of LEADING #Alberta towards #NetZeroBy2050, which means important work needs doing NOW. Here is a policy we will be advocating for on Day One. We hope you'll join us.

Full Platform here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/announcing_our_election_climate_platform

#abpoli #ableg #abelxn #yyc #yeg #AlbertaElection2023

Go. Read.

Believe me, the #TBAUCP is very much part of this anti-trans movement. They want to erase us from society as an act of power. They don’t care who they hurt in the process.

#transrightsarehumanrights #cdnpoli #abpoli #abelxn

https://thewalrus.ca/anti-trans-attacks/

This right here encapsulates #TBA perfectly. Van Huigenbos is a central TBA organizer (and facing charges re: Coutts blockade).

They’re a fascist group that don’t think Albertans deserve to know who they are and what they represent - only the carefully curated messaging.

#abpoli #abelxn #NeverVoteConservative

If you’re entire platform consists of divisive politics, hate on minorities, reducing women to being 2nd class property…then you’re not focusing on the health and wellbeing of the people. Don’t vote for the UCP!

#NeverVoteConservative #abpoli #abelxn

Tomorrow is decision day in #abpoli. If you live in Alberta, and haven’t noticed, there’s an election going on right now - and basically it’s a toss-up between the centre-right edition of the NDP under Notley, or a far right, radicalized party in the UCP under Danielle Smith.

The decision made tomorrow will be whether we move fast, or we take a bit more time. If we get a UCP government, I want to be out of AB by the end of the year at the latest - I will not be a target. #abelxn

Whoever wins on Monday has the critically important job of LEADING #Alberta towards #NetZeroBy2050, which means important work needs doing NOW. Here is a policy we will be advocating for on Day One. We hope you'll join us.

Full Platform here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/announcing_our_election_climate_platform

#abpoli #ableg #abelxn #yyc #yeg #AlbertaElection2023