"We live in an era where personal expression is saturated by digital filters, hivemind thinking is promoted through endless algorithms and academic freedom itself is under assault by the weakest minds among us. AI has only made this worse. It is a crisis." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Albertans overwhelmingly say oil and gas companies should pay their bills, says a new poll. Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...

It's not quite a year but Jason Markusoff's interview still stands as the most comprehensive template of the UCP's plans for Alberta. "The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters." Timely.

A quote from former Alberta premier Ralph Klein I hadn't come across before (in a column @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social wrote in 2024). albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...

⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️ This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains. #MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli

Albertans should demand resignations, recalls, and arrests.

If the UCP's priority is to address the health and well-being of kids, then why haven't they fixed wait times at the Stollery that result in things like chemo sessions being canceled or long-standing classroom complexity issues instead of infringing on the rights of 0.37% of Alberta's population

That sound from the motor....

Edmonton may have missed the #greycup but the best Grey Cup fondue is in West Edmonton. @theelksherd.bsky.social

An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...

Looking for something to lighten up the news day and November? Check out the "39 Steps" by @teatrolive.bsky.social at the Varscona Theatre in Old Strathcona. John Buchan meets Alfred Hitchcock meets Bugs Bunny in a riotous and zany story of espionage and romance. Non-stop action and laughs! 5 stars

@robsonfletcher.com This item seems to be in your wheelhouse.

"...the President and Prime Minister had 'agreed on the importance to the free world of healthy national national economies and of the expansion of world trade on a multilateral basis.'"

"Eisenhower Meets With Cabinet" November 14, 1953 #History #OTD #DwightEisenhowerr #1950s

Timeline cleanse to feel good…

A must watch!

Overheard in the kitchen....

If you're hoppy and you know it....

Life imitating art!

Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine. #cdnpoli www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-...

Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) could be looking at life imitating art.

Don't particularly enjoy November? Maybe a comfort food could help...

Danielle Smith has repeatedly invoked the idea of Alberta independence during her time in office. But documents obtained by the Investigative Journalism Foundation suggest it is not an economic scenario the provincial government is seriously studying. theijf.org/alberta-is-f...

"A common criticism of the current government is that it is mean-spirited. It is at least dispirited — deeply unhappy with its situation and unable to find any path to joy in serving the people of Alberta."

Trump doesn’t care. He says Canada doesn’t have anything he needs — and that includes Alberta oil.

The Alberta auditor general is in the middle of major probe into health contracting and ex-CEO's whistleblowing, and asked for time to finish work. Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Apparently those who recently asserted that they were on "the right side of history" are on the wrong side of the Anglican Church. edmonton.anglican.ca/news/stateme...

Democratic guardrails erode by accumulation — one “exception” at a time. None of this alone ends liberal democracy. Together, it corrodes it. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpolitics

Alberta tax dollars going east....

Today's seafood special has been cancelled.

Change a light-bulb?

His foot was off the plate!

The UCP spent the past year doing things that ensured public opinion was primed to support the striking teachers regardless of the government’s advertising campaigns or talking points.

Don't settle for cheap imitations (or fast food, or junk food, or processed food) get genuine food grease!

Up to bat for Hallowe'en #halloween2025

The Return of the Curse of the Mummy's Revenge, part 2: Happy Hallowe'en! #HappyHalloween

Special orders don't upset us....

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls..."

"We cannot take the Rule of Law for granted; if we do, it may not be there to protect our rights when we most need it."

Professor Young succinctly explains a bad situation: open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

"Liking" a post doesn't do much here in the blue sky. You have to repost.

Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days? Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day. Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power. #ableg #abpoli

This is the best - all credit to @jaredwesley.ca

Well worth checking out

Just saw a front-end loader carrying an outhouse on 189 St. south of 95 Ave. The operator was going at a very fast clip and was weaving erratically. It seems he was weaving because the outhouse blocked his view out the windscreen and he was craning around alternatively left and right. Scary sh!t.

Opinion piece from David King, former Alberta Minister of Education in a Progressive Conservative government, published in the Edmonton Journal (of all places), addressing the conduct of the UCP towards our public education system. It is absolutely worth reading. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

The future is already riding around Calgary!

"Gasoline and diesel cars are now obsolete in the Norwegian new car market, with a few hundred new cars per month, while EVs represent roughly 95-97%."

@terryoinfluence.bsky.social This item seems readymade for “Under the Influence”.