One more… sunrise. Mt. Hood. 🩷☮️🫶🏻 #PNW #Mountain #Sunrise

💥🤠👀 Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics: daveberta.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

Danielle Smith defends upcoming government motion to reassess riding boundaries or Danielle Smith needs to cheat to win

🇸🇪 GEN. CLAESSON: Russia is not ten feet tall. Their favorite tool in cognitive warfare is to make us believe that they are. In an open conflict, Russia versus NATO, they know they would lose. That’s why they choose a different methodology, which we normally call hybrid warfare.

Two Indian-flagged ships attacked while crossing Strait of Hormuz, government confirms reut.rs/3OJ8f61

PS/ Imagine spending weeks being told by Trump and corporate media that Iran has no boats, only to learn that 67% of its boats are IRGC gunboats capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz with ease. DoD got media to ignore this inconvenient fact until it couldn't be ignored anymore.

For @scottyb63.bsky.social

Smith’s Gerrymandering a Classic Sign of Authoritarian Gov't Political scientist @DuaneBratt says if @ABDanielleSmith follows through with electoral boundary plan, it's a 5-alarm crisis for Alberta democracy. #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/-ryu-Bz5ZFE

These are the brown shirts: -2 bankruptcies & 6 law enforcement jobs in 3yrs -Lying in a police report to justify felony charge against innocent woman - Incident that led to $75k settlement & criticism of his integrity. -Failed to graduate from police academy #Pinks www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

I am sure that it is a coincidence that the Electoral Boundaries Commission final report has been deleted from the website. Good thing that I downloaded it when it was released.

“Mentzelopoulos asks the court to hold Wallace and DiFiore in contempt of court, to issue a restraining order and to force a takedown of the videos, podcasts and social media posts” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The commission chair a judge called it unconstitutional. Danielle Smith can’t win fair, so she’s cheating and changing the rules. #abpoli #USDemocracy #Pinks

The UCP want to GERRYMANDER the 2027 Alberta election. Their hand-picked commissioners proposed slicing Calgary & Edmonton into rural-urban ‘pizza pie’ ridings to drown out urban voters. #abpoli #USDemocracy #Pinks open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...

calgaryherald.com/news/politic... #abpoli #StopCoal #SaveOurSlopes #ProtectOurWater #MountainsNotMines #SaveOurMountains #abpoli #Conservation #AER

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.

2) To replace the Commission's majority report and create a committee of MLAs to determine boundaries. Without public hearings. I fear this is to impose the minority report (2 UCP appointees) to extremely gerrymander ridings in Alberta. A major blow to democracy in Alberta (and Canada).

Two UCP motions today in Alberta Legislature on electoral boundaries: 1) adopt a recommendation from Chair of Boundaries Commission to increase 4 seats instead of 2 (91 in total) because of pop increases and to save the amalgamation of some rural ridings in central Alberta. This is reasonable.

In Question Period, Poilievre and his caucus have flat-out lied and said that the clean fuel standard is just a rebranded carbon tax, when it's not a tax or a charge at all, but a hypothetical estimation of how much it might cost refiners to meet that standard.

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Canada signed General Security of Information Agreement with European Space Agency, removing key barrier that had limited Canadian firms’ access to ESA programs. That means more room for Canadian companies to compete for contracts, join advanced R&D, and plug into major international supply chains.

Odesa today. According to latest reports 8 people died here in a massive russian attack. 16 others were injured. These deaths didn't bring russia any closer to conquering Ukraine. They didn't serve any military purpose whatsoever, its plain and simple terrorism.

Even as I try to share what’s happening in Kharkiv, I have to fight the algorithms. I have to get creative with my phrasing because the app flags "explosions in Kharkiv" as spam because of how often i post this same thing.

Every day, I write the same story: Russian strikes claiming lives. One person here, five there, a child, a grandparent... These tragedies have become so routine that the world is growing numb.

“Orthopedic surgeons who operate at the Misericordia hospital hired lawyers to push back against the punitive measures” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A good reminder, any “deal” with the US right now is barely worth the paper it’s written on. Those advocating for appeasement to secure a “deal” are fooling themselves.

Jabba The Hut in Hansard. Did not see that one coming.

Shooting the messenger: Alberta government takes aim at Globe reporter Carrie Tait over coverage of procurement scandal. UCP House Leader compares Globe reporting to ‘dietary advice from Jabba the Hutt,’ by @mattscace.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

I am getting back to Hello Fresh. Fuck you, Door Dash. #Trump #HelloFresh #DoorDash

"if you’re the kind of person who enjoys watching a bully get quietly, methodically, financially destroyed by people who are too polite to scream at him but absolutely not too polite to empty his pockets, then pour yourself a drink because this one is delicious." open.substack.com/pub/ifloz/p/...

There are so many other fascinating and fun Jane's Walk tours on offer this year, from a tremendous bunch of volunteer community guides. Check them out - they will help you to see Edmonton in wonderful new ways. janewalksyeg.wordpress.com @janeswalkyeg.bsky.social

Registration for Jane's Walks in Edmonton opens today! My walks tend to fill up fast - so if you'd like to join my free walking tour of Borden Park on Sunday May 3rd, you can sign up here. www.eventbrite.ca/e/sunday-in-... #yeg #yegheritage #Edmonton #JanesWalk @janeswalkyeg.bsky.social

Tufted Puffins — Glen Rabena, 1985 silkscreen print 38 x 30 cm.

The Premier had no problem changing legislation to help out the separatists, but won't lift a finger to help Albertans with the cost-of-living crisis. The UCP government has the opportunity to give Albertans a break, but they'd rather help themselves.

This is a small painting I made several years ago after visiting Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario Algonquin Sunset 12x12 acrylic on canvas

Clear Creek Canyon April 2019

"4,000 oil and gas wells just became orphans — nearly doubling Alberta’s total" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-orph...

Across the country, Americans celebrated the Artemis II crew’s return. But the most excited welcome might belong to astronaut Christina Koch’s dog, Sadie!

The federal government suspended its 10 cent per litre gas tax in the face of soaring oil prices. Will the UCP suspend its own 13 cent gas tax -- and if it doesn't, will all the anti-tax folks out there (hello, Pierre Poilievre! Come on down, CTF) call them out on it? #abpoli #cdnpoli

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals have secured a majority government, winning all three of Monday’s by-elections and full control of the House of Commons. Read more here: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

PM Mark Carney announces temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax

This painting, "Sidekicks II" by Michele Poirier-Mozzone, is an oil on canvas from her Massachusetts-based "Fractured Light" series, exploring water and sunlight's effects on humans. It depicts an underwater perspective looking up.

Bill 29, introduced today, is another attempt by Danielle Smith and the UCP to further privatize health care in Alberta and create a two-tier system, where some people can skip the line for diagnostic services while others are left waiting as the public system continues to struggle.

Cannon Beach, Oregon

New episode! We sat down with @lukaszukab.bsky.social from #ForeverCanadian to set the record straight on Smith's claims about his petition and to hear how Albertans and Canadians can fight back against Smith and the separatists! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli youtu.be/NHOw7_ZSH90

Finally the NY Times publishes a substantial story about Trump’s mental unfitness. Peter Baker writes: “Never in modern times has the stability of a president been so publicly and forensically debated.” That’s an interesting statement, considering that NYT has tiptoed around the issue. (Gift link)

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On Yom HaShoah, we remember the more than six million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust.   Our remembrance is vigilance – so that “Never Again” is always true.   My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Cannon Beach, Oregon

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