Inventor of the microwave: This machine will cook dinner faster than a stove or oven. Consumer: How hot does the food get? I: Very hot, like the surface of the sun. C: Oh wow, that’s incre– I: But only some of it. C: Come again? I: The rest stays frozen.

#WhatWorks💡: For more than three years, Elwyn Thom has collected furniture destined for the dump, fixing it up and reselling the pieces at a discounted price. 🛋️ @joshkozelj27.bsky.social reports.

$33 billion, wow! "The price of building large gas plants was once about $1,000 per kilowatt. Based on the projected price tag for the Ohio facility, costs would work out to roughly $3,587 per kilowatt, even higher than recent builds." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As rumors are swirling about tomorrow’s provincial address from Smith including announcements limiting services to “Alberta taxpayers only”… It’s worth remembering… Only 60% of Albertans who file their taxes end up paying provincial taxes. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

When asked if she supported the recent post from Bruce "Spanky" McAllister where he condemned immigration from non-JudeoChristian countries... Smith blamed immigration for the failures in healthcare, education and social supports. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Extra interesting, in those four years IONITY doubled to over 800 locations, but they actually quadrupled from 1500 to 6000 plugs! #alwaysbecharging #MOREPLUGS #IONITY

"The benchmark levelized cost of electricity for a standalone four-hour battery project declined 27% in 2025 from a year earlier to $78 per megawatt-hour and is expected to fall to $58 per megawatt-hour by 2035, BloombergNEF said in a report" 🔋🔋🔋 #alwaysbecharging #battchat

Alberta Conservatives fume as Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux jumps ship for the Liberals. albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/albe...

❗️🇸🇪Today, Sweden announced its 21st military aid package to 🇺🇦Ukraine worth 12.9 billion SEK (≈ €1.2 billion). In particular: ≈ €400 million — for the procurement and transfer of Tridon Mk2 air defense systems,

Alberta Premier plans to attack immigrants in a province-wide television address globalnews.ca/news/1167342... #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql

NDP leadership candidates face off in final debate tonight www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli

Grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups accuses Hershey of cutting corners. More customers complaining that 'chocolatey peanuty' cups are not the same as chocolate peanut butter cups #truthiness www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Could've gone either way 🇨🇦🇨🇿 Mitch Marner helps make my fantastic day even better Clutch player for Canada AGAIN

#Canada 🇨🇦 holds off a tough Czechia 🇨🇿 squad. Mitch Marner with the winner 🏒 🍁 Canada W 4-3 (OT)

CANADA WINS! Mitch Marner, big-game superstar. 4-3 Canada. Unreal game.

After watching a montage of interference hits & tackles on Sidney Crosby by Czechia, I can say assuredly that #Olympics hockey officiating sucks. I doubt the NHL will allow players to participate again at this rate of injuries #NHL

BEHOLD! The absolutely stunning cover art for Flightless, my solo-written debut, is here. I'm so excited to share my social justice fantasy heist with y'all. @sumrow.bsky.social absolutely killed the artwork. Some details I particularly love are in the comments.

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

PM Carney says Conservative MP Jeneroux crossing the floor to the Liberals #FloorCrosser #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Once you go EV, you don’t go back #ElectricVehicles electrek.co/2026/02/18/o...

"We inherited a situation where our budget is over reliant on resource revenues." The UCP has been in power since 2019. At some point you're going to have to take responsibility for the decisions your party has made.

The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.

Trump policies continue to be a massive win-win for China, as US manufacturing collapses. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

How much longer will Ethiopia have fossil vehicles when these 50kW chargers offer a kWh at € 0,08/kWh (public charging, more or less double the price from a home plug charge) ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #alwaysbecharging 📸 Werner Bauer

“The Ethiopia story is fascinating” @colinmckerracher.bsky.social “What you’re seeing in places that don’t make a lot of vehicles, they’re saying: ‘If I’m going to import cars anyway, I’d rather import less oil. We may as well import the one that cleans up local air quality and is cheaper to buy’”

🇪🇹 "Bethelhem gave up driving her taxi 2 yrs ago. Rising cost of gas & spare parts needed to keep her old car meant that she couldn’t earn enough to make ends meet. “It was no longer worth it,” 6 months later, she was back on the road, this time in a brand new BenBen E-Star, an EV made by Chang’an."

“If I listen to Doug Ford’s advice about choosing in-demand fields, I am actually [going] farther into debt,”

A stream of mountain spring water meanders through a sunlit valley in the foothills of South Africa's Drakensberg. It rained frequently, but persistence paid off, and I was so glad to witness this glorious moment! #bluesky #photography #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #nature #art

Why we 'Wackos' like Canada #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

The U.S. is sending Cuba on a quick path to a renewable energy economy www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #Cuba #uspoli

It didn't even take a year ... for RFK jr to bring back diseases that had been statistically eradicated through vaccination www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Doug Ford decreases student grants by 70%. Premier says kids were spending funds on basket weaving, jewelry & cologne www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #Toronto

Under the file 'what are the advanced countries doing'? BYD’s new electric SUV delivers over 440 miles (710 km) range for just $26,000 electrek.co/2026/02/16/b... #ElectricVehicles

Seems like a good morning to share this. youtu.be/zuZV7ES4VE8?...

"You know who is not one of my guests tonight: Texas State Representative James Talarico. He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast." www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

Aniruddh Mohan: "Wild that Chinese LFP cell prices are now ~$50/kWh AND there’s still a credible pathway to <$30/kWh (!) - After tariffs, Chinese cells are ~$75/kWh in the US, competitive w/ alternatives - Global avg turnkey system costs have fallen 70% since 2022" nitter.net/aniruddh_moh...

From the DM’s… Healthcare in Alberta has apparently been so badly broken by the UCP that patients with deadly cancer aren’t able to get time critical surgery… And are evidently put in hotel rooms for lack of space. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

A launch event for Water Not Coal will take place in Lethbridge on Friday at the Nikka Yuko Gardens. #yql

A headline in Friday’s Calgary Herald asked: “Is the UCP still a pro-Canada party?” If you have to ask, you already know the answer. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli #canpoli #uspoli

Canadian wine of the week: Crown & Thieves Tyburn Blossom Riesling 2024, from Kelowna. I tried to save some for the photo to show the marvelous golden color, but visitors arrived and alas, it was not to be. #ElbowsUp

Albertans need to chat with their neighbours in Fernie about how it's going with the selenium poisoning of the Elk river. That's the future, if Northback is allowed to mine coal in the Eastern Slopes. #AbLeg

There's a growing gap between Canada’s emissions and its climate targets, according to the Canadian Climate Institute's progress report on Canada’s 2030 climate plan. To build a prosperous, resilient future, governments must implement their climate plans.

New housing legislation is driving an ambitious mandate for new affordable housing in Canada — but 70% of today’s buildings will still be standing in 2050. We need retrofits in the plan to ensure existing buildings are resilient and affordable for the Canadians calling them home.

Happy Flag Day, Canada! (Once more, with feeling.) #FlagDay #Canada #cdnpoli

The decrease in Canadian travellers to the US has cost the United States over $4.5 billion this past year. - Forbes ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️

The Alberta government appears to be secretly building drug jails beyond the two announced in Calgary and Edmonton. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

“Canada should anticipate that the petition and likely referendum on Albertan independence will be subject to foreign interference over both the outcome and the process itself.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Chris Meder: "Electrification-first OEMs control ~65% of Top 25 global BEV sales. No distortion. No spin. Just structure. Compression is no longer theoretical. The next five years won’t be kind to incumbents." #alwaysbecharging

Always an interedting read. We want your input…but not really #yql #Lethbridge dryalebelanger.substack.com/p/mama-wants...