Very bad: two German banks shut down accounts of Rote Hilfe (Red Aid), the main prisoner support group, because the U.S. designated “Antifa Ost” (a made-up group) an FTO - something which has no legal standing in Germany. www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/29/f...

We're in the "we've just casually announced a military strike on another country via the Cats & Cosby podcast" phase. I can hardly wait for what's coming in 2026.

To understand Wonder Valley, you need to know about the dream to repurpose a Cold War missile defence site as a data centre. I've been doing some in-depth research. /more

“Most insidiously, they normalize & cement their harmful views by recruiting much broader swaths of the public, such as my swim club, into their power play, counting on many people being too busy or otherwise not paying close enough attention” #abpoli #ableg calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Breakenridge: “The cause is championed when it comes to allies of the government, but it’s an ‘abuse’ or ‘frivolous’ when it comes to anything that might embarrass the government.” 1/

Winter mood. #photography #Kananaskis #RockyMountains #Alberta #horse

Premier needs time to decide whether to take her own recommendations. You can't make this up. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notparody calgaryherald.com/news/alberta...

A new study on the impacts of AI data centres is out and it's worse than we thought. AI’s water impact had been estimated and showed that AI water use alone was more than a third higher than previous estimates of all data centre water use. 1/

"...someone with measles was at the Peace River Community Health Centre, Labour and Delivery unit, twice within a few days." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #measles #vaccination #health everythinggp.com/2025/12/16/l...

Here we go.

My first ever fundraising video. Support independent, not-for-profit media. Just don't ask me how many takes before I got it right 😂. youtu.be/K_3dd9MBjuI?...

Driving in BC right now is not on. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Bill 7’s Water Act changes raise serious ecological concerns. The amendments prioritize short-term economic use over long-term aquatic health & ecosystem integrity. Myself & 2 colleagues at the UofC broke down the changes and potential impacts: ablawg.ca/2025/12/11... #abpoli 🧵

It's officially confirmed. Corb Lund's anti-coal petition will have to be resubmitted. "Citizen initiative petition applications made before December 11, 2025, for which an initiative petition has not been issued are deemed to have never been made." #abpoli www.elections.ab.ca/bill-14-amen...

Maybe you've seen the AI-generated images of Finnish data centres heating homes circulating on LinkedIn and Facebook. The wintry Nordic scene looks as dreamy as a Hallmark Christmas card in one case. Some of the folks posting about it seem absolutely entranced by the idea. #AIdatacentres /more

Canada's new ambassador to the US was let go from BlackRock for having a "relationship" with a colleague. This was a company culture so bad one boss thought it was a totally fine icebreaker to ask new employees what kind of underwear they wore. #cdnpoli www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw...

Acting Chief Teri Vellibrun with the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations made her position very clear today! The AFCN stand with coastal First Nations and against everything in the pipeline MOU. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree spoke of the damaged trust caused by the UCP's attacks on Treaty rights today. He also spoke of the broken trust from development that hasn't been done properly and the desire to see safe development. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

#abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Smith, and her chief of staff, Rob Anderson, directly intervened with Alberta’s Advanced Education Ministry in an attempt to help Peterson’s higher-education business venture.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move

File this under the opposite of digital sovereignty. Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that? /more #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

David Climenhaga mentioned this first. I'm sharing it to spread the word. One UCP recall is looking suspicious - only one recall is approved per riding. Someone got their application in first but isn't doing anything, and turning down offers of help. #abpoli lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbri...

Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔

How is this allowed to happen? Blatant racism is tolerated in the US now? It's sickening how many are just going along with it. Or standing by and doing nothing to stop it.

I feel like the Trump administration is openly racist should be a story.

In a sleight of hand you may have missed, Danielle Smith's government just made changes to the industrial carbon tax that seriously undermine the intent of the MOU she just signed with Mark Carney. #ableg #cdnpoli #climate /more See this interview for the details: youtu.be/qSmhI0wALFM?...

Four new recall petitions are off and running officially. All must be filed by March 5, 2026. See below for # of signatures needed. That's 18 now - about 40% of the UCP caucus. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

There's a 2nd high profile resignation from Canada's Net Zero Advisory committee today. Catherine Abreu on LinkedIn: "I cannot continue in this role when I believe Canada's climate law and governance system is not being respected." #cdnpoli This was the 1st: www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...

Bill 14 is just another piece of legislation being sold as the opposite of what it actually is. The media release calls it "Restoring confidence in democratic processes." www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

Under Bill 14 announced today, the following words would be banned from the names of any new parties registered in the province: ❌ advantage ❌communist ❌conservative ❌democratic ❌green ❌independence   ❌liberal ❌pro-life ❌reform ❌republican ❌solidarity ❌wildrose #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Super thrilled to have Corporate Knights pick up my latest Wonder Valley story. /more corporateknights.com/energy/the-w... #WonderValleyAlberta #AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters #ClimateCrisis #water #ableg #cdnpoli

Everyone seems to be ignoring the First Nations who oppose the Pathways carbon capture project. Here's the awkward video at the end of the prime minister's appearance at the Assembly of First Nations meeting today. /more

Great to see other voices sharing their concerns about Alberta's Mature Asset Strategy: "New oil and gas strategy could impact land rights, says president of the Western Stock Growers’ Association" www.albertafarmexpress.ca/news/recomme... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Alberta’s data centre dreams could become a nightmare. Pembina did the calculations (and they shared their math) and Wonder Valley would set the province back 20 years in its GHG emissions. /more Read today’s story in The Energy Mix. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters

Research indicates shade provided by solar panels moderates soil temperatures and enhances soil moisture. Agrivoltaic systems, even when not used for power generation, can continue to deliver meaningful value for farmers through shading. /more #abpoli #ableg theconversation.com/the-gift-tha...

The changes to the Water Act are flying under the radar because of everything else that is happening in Alberta. /more #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Indigenous #water everythinggp.com/2025/11/28/t...

"Amazon’s hulking data center, thirsty for water to cool its blazing hot computer chips, supercharged this process, adding millions of gallons of wastewater a year to the heavy volume of farm runoff." #AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli futurism.com/artificial-i...

And this image, with its bilingual text and formal mounting, is the image of treaty-making - which supports your narrative and further legitimates (and IMO unfortunately so) Alberta's claim to exceptionalism. A disturbing precedent. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Firing off missives from nowhere: I’ve been collecting stories of data centres popping up all over the world, but particularly in North America. Here’s one that stood out for me today. (full thread here: substack.com/@jodymacpher...) 1/

Smith is walking a fine line. The people at the UCP convention are not necessarily representative of the full membership. But how far is she willing to go to stay in these highly engaged members' good graces? #ableg #cdnpoli

I just want to note the video of the MOU news conference yesterday, where Carney totally left the building and gave Smith the floor to shape the narrative, was broadcast live on Smith's official Facebook page with a prominent link to join or donate to the United Conservative party. #ableg #cdnpoli

There is literally no reason for this party to exist.

What a wild day it was in political news. Smith scored seven of her nine demands. She could barely contain her glee in the news conference. /more #ableg #cdnpoli #climate www.theenergymix.com/guilbeault-r...

"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year." #cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp /more www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...

Smith blames foreign interference for the recall campaigns. 🤭 #cdnpoli

“We very rarely see research with numbers this high,” veteran pollster Janet Brown said. But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year. #ableg #cdnpoli www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...