BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Gavin Newsom is at COP trolling Trump during a news conference. #Climate #COP30 #uspoli youtu.be/o9CwNptBpp8?...

It’s nearly the one year anniversary of the Wonder Valley announcement and I’ve been revisiting the events leading up to it, including a look at what else was going on in Alberta politics at the time. /more #ableg #cdnpoli #WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres open.substack.com/pub/jodymacp...

Kevin O'Leary, who proposes to build a 7.5 GW AI data centre in northern Alberta: "Whoever has the best AI wins all the wars." and... #cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp #WonderValleyAlberta youtube.com/shorts/S2sVA...

OpenAI is also lobbying Solomon for something called "OpenAI for Countries" raising serious questions about digital sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/busines... #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres

“Consumers have sent a clear message: they are paying attention and will hold public officials accountable for decisions that impact their utility bills.” Two incumbent Republican commissioners voted out. /more #AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters #methane #nuclear heatmap.news/politics/ali...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

The Energy Mix hosted a live blog with nearly two dozen climate and sustainability leaders after the Liberal government announced its first budget November 4. Here's what we heard: www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl... #cdnpoli #ableg

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Every race. It’s basically been every race. Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers. Just everything.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

We are winding down for the night. I can't say that many on our chat were happy with the budget. Read some initial reactions on our live coverage: www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl... #cdnpoli @theenergymix.com #ableg

We are starting early as the full budget document is now public. Reactions are starting to come in. budget.canada.ca/2025/home-ac... #cdnpoli

This is where we'll be posting reactions to the federal budget 💥 live 💥 later today: www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl...

🇺🇸 Bullies 😡 “Our negotiators had never seen this before in international talks,” said one European official, who had spoken to negotiators. “People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members” www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

In a wide-ranging letter to the Trump White House, OpenAI laid out a plan to counter China for AI supremacy. 1GW PER WEEK - are they kidding? /more I've got a new compiler news story for @theenergymix.com #AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters www.theenergymix.com/openai-calls...

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

The Energy Mix is planning to post reaction to the federal budget tomorrow (Nov. 4) similar to what we did for election day: www.theenergymix.com/canada-elect... Tune in as we provide live summaries of the conversations on our Slack channel from climate and energy leaders between 4:30-6:30 pm EST.

Sounds like the Northwestern Polytechnic (formerly known as the Grande Prairie Regional College) is in trouble…they’re closing the Fairview satellite campus (located about 115 km north of Grande Prairie). /more #ableg #cdnpoli #GrandePrairie #WonderValleyAlberta www.nwpolytech.ca/news/2025-10...

Well, this is interesting breaking news. www.inforum.com/news/north-d... #WonderValleyAlberta #ableg #cdnpoli

About 130km driving distance from the proposed #WonderValleyAlberta locals are questioning whether companies should be charged more for the water they're using, with funds to then be directed into better watershed management. /more www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ableg #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #drought

30km away from the proposed #WonderValley hyper-scaled AI data centre, the City of Grande Prairie and Invest Grande Prairie are still trying to improve internet connectivity for residents (and local businesses). /more everythinggp.com/2025/10/31/c... #ableg #cdnpoli #fibregap

Looks like Dale Nally just signed away some of Alberta to foreign companies. Beacon (a foreign-controlled entity) to acquire the large tracts of "controlled land" necessary for their multiple projects across rural Alberta. #DaleNally #ABleg #ABpoli

Kevin O’Leary promised he would raise $2B for a huge job-creating AI data centre in northern Alberta. By the end of the next quarter. That was in March. /more www.theenergymix.com/70b-wonder-v...

Today in #yeg… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

An appalling, unjust, law drives teachers back to work. The most dangerous precedent Alberta has seen In many years. Column. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a... #abed #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli

Sorry, had to delete and repost that last one due to a typo on my part. It should have said "almost half a million" not "almost a million." Got excited there for a minute and forgot to review before posting.

The Forever Canadian petition gathered almost a half a million signatures in a time frame that was considered impossible to achieve. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta

I can't help but note the irony of Danielle Smith passing legislation to remove the rights and freedoms of workers... And then flying to meet with countries that are "absolute monarchies" - Saudi Arabia and UAE. The news release points out how much Alberta has in common with them. #ableg #cdnpoli

Nothing says leadership like dropping a constitutional bomb and then jetting away to the UAE to avoid having to deal with the fall out.

Smith invokes the notwithstanding clause to end Alberta teachers' strike. Recorded live at 5 pm MT. "This will not stand," says @gilmcgowan, president, @ABFedLabour. "Province-wide action" promised. Live coverage Tuesday: AFL unveils that action. #ABleg youtube.com/live/PAShd6G...

It feels like everyone in Alberta is collectively holding their breath right now to see what new calamity Danielle Smith and the UCP will unleash on us next. The legislature is firing up as I write this.

When your government refuses to even answer questions, that is not a healthy democracy. /more #ableg #cdnpoli #healthcare thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Amazon chose not to include all the ways its data centres use water because it didn’t want to negatively impact its reputation. 🤔 www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #aidatacenters #aidatacentres #water /more

I could be wrong, but has there ever been this kind of labour solidarity in Alberta? I don't think so. Not in my lifetime. youtu.be/Oz3445AHDUI?... #ableg #cdnpoli

It’s a tidal wave of support — over 30,000 teachers, students, parents, and community members flooded the Alberta legislature today.  #EducationProtest #AlbertaRally #PublicEducation #TeacherSupport #CommunityActivism

Albertans are witnessing the deathblow to fair and equitable HC access right here, and all without even a discussion to see if there is a mandate for govt to do this. This is not hyperbole or fearmongering. Let's pick 10 quick highlights🧵: 1/15 buff.ly/dzaXRPF

NEW from Edmonton: After a recount for councillor in Ward sipiwiyiniwak, independent Thu Parmar has been elected by 627 votes. Yesterday, Better Edmonton's Darrell Friesen had won the initial count by 6 votes. #cdnpoli #abpoli #yegvote

i just grab the building by its east wing. when they're a star they let you do it.

Is anyone asking what the private donors received in return for funding the East Wing demolition and the new golden ballroom? Was there a quid pro quo? #EastWingDemolition

I’m changing my screensaver to this. #polkadotdress #resist #USpoli Another video from the same timeframe: www.instagram.com/reel/DQHD1Na...

Lost, but not forgotten. Don’t confuse my ability to get lost, with my determination to find out what is going on with the Wonder Valley project. I’ve got a new post in my newsletter about my visit to #WonderValley. /more open.substack.com/pub/jodymacp... #AIdatacentres

2. In today’s edition, I want to talk about another kind of weakness that it revealed. Instead of the president and the Republicans, however, the No Kings rally exposed the weakness of certain centrist Democrats.

“Just as petrochemical plants created ‘sacrifice zones’ of poisoned air, contaminated water, and abandoned communities, data centres are now layering a new wave of extraction on top of that history.” My summary of a new report. #AIdatacenters #AIdatacentres www.theenergymix.com/big-techs-ai...

Good morning! The counting continues in #yyc.

This decision desk is boldly declaring Jeromy Farkas Calgary's new mayor. It's going to be a raucous four years if Farkas' term as councillor was any indication. Good night all!

Big changes for Calgary coming with a new conservative mayor and a new relationship with the province. Danielle Smith will be pleased with this result.