#alberta...

[anotherartblock]

new @strange-aeons video was inspiring, to say the least 🐀

[mauriciorg]

Canmore, AB

[aestum]

(by Cedric Letsch)

[renmoldovan]

Banff National Park

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[strange-aeons]

My short film is screening in Okotoks, Alberta next Friday!!

It's part of their twistedreels screening block, June 6 at 10pm. Tickets here :)

[https-hunter]

CBS Ghosts + text posts

[maureen2musings]

kenandersonphotography

[felidaefatigue]

Got some punk albertan critters sticker designs done! all native species except the rat (iykyk) and my cat.... Might have more. If u have the capability or know a printer who does single/small jobs feel free to use for personal use (like dont get 100 made but a couple for u and a friend w.e.). Not to sell. I might make em into patches eventually myself as well. >>link to download (cat+rat seperate)<<

[paunchsalazar]

watching Ghosts on CBS

[unfavorableinstigation]

I've been waiting for this for a while. They've finally found time to turn their attention to book-banning.

The Alberta government want to create standards around "appropriate sexual conduct" for school libraries - they would like you to conveniently ignore the 55 PUBLIC libraries this includes, please and thanks, and concentrate your thoughts very hard on The Children.

If you actually go into the Graphic Content That May Be Disturbing To Viewers that they're having the vapors about, you'll notice it's 75% queer content - Alison Bechdel's Fun Home made the list. The other one? Why, it's a deeply scarring autobiographical graphic novel about growing up in an abusive Christian home.

Please only fill this out if you're Albertan, and as always with these kinds of things, 'ware the deeply leading questions.

[mauriciorg]

Lake Louise, AB

[aestum]

(by ConfinedRiley)

[renmoldovan]

Peyto Lake, Banff National Park

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[intothestacks]

The government of Alberta wants to implement "guidelines" to what is acceptable reading material in schools

All their examples of sexually explicit material is related to queer stories.

You can see their press release on the topic here.

Albertans have the opportunity to provide feedback until June 6, 2025 via a survey that can be found here.

If you're Albertan, please tell them that this idea is horrendous and that you do not stand behind them on this.

If you're not Albertan, please signal boost this so Albertans who haven't heard about this can have their say.

Some points worth making that you can use:

Book banning takes away parent choice of what their kids are allowed to read by restricting the books available to kids. It should be the job of the parent, not the government, to decide what a kid can read.

Instead of banning books, parents should talk to their kids (and if they want, the kids' librarian) about what they believe is appropriate vs inappropriate for their specific child/children. It's their job to monitor what their kids are reading, not the government's job.

Librarians are trained professionals who literally attend semester-long classes on how to choose books to purchase for their library. Are they saying that their training/professional judgement can't be trusted? If so, what are they employed for?

Thanks in advance,

An Albertan school librarian

[vintagecamping]

Marilyn Monroe poses with some trash raiders.

Banff, Alberta

1953