Valdai Residents Report No Signs of Claimed Ukrainian Drone Attack on #Putin Residence www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/v...

THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...

If I give my kid $6k for their tuition, and they use that $6k to purchase a new, high end guitar and amp, is it my fault they don’t have the $ for their post secondary education? This is a post about provincial healthcare and federal transfers, btw. #cdnpoli #ableg

‘I don’t like winning’: Toronto man outruns streetcars to show up sluggish transit network. #Toronto www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Mexico Awards 20 Renewable Energy Projects 3.3 Gigawatts of Contracts cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/m... #cdnpoli #cdnbiz

"Chinese automakers are set to take the top spot in global new vehicle sales for the first time in 2025, knocking Japanese players, which held the position for more than 20 years, to second place. Japan's lead over China -- which stood at around 8M units in 2022 - has been erased in just three yrs"

Danielle Smith, if you insist on having this divisive and economically damaging referendum on Alberta’s unquestionable place in Canada, bring it on, but make sure to ask the first approved question, condoned by nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans. youtu.be/M51Rsv8U6Zc

#YQL Important read here folks. If you're in Lethbridge and care about your local democracy, you should read this to see what's going on downtown.

My Last Blog for 2025: When Did Volunteers Become the Problem? "In gameshow parlance, Council would be pulling off a double whammy: disregarding the service of dedicated volunteers while simultaneously dismantling the deliberative governance spaces that underpin local democracy."

Fort Macleod emergency department temporarily closed. #YQL #LNN #FortMacleod

a group of egrets fish quietly in the morning mist, with a night heron on the near shore. #serenity #birdoftheday

Another Cliff Swallow shot from May. Looks like the one on the lower left lost part of the nest. #Birds #Photography #Nature

Canadian wine of the week. Lang Vineyards Farm Reserve Riesling 2022 #WineSky #ElbowsUp

ChatGPT, cooking and Christopher Walken: how parents got their kids to love reading in 2025. Fewer children are reading for fun - but parents are trying everything from AI to dramatic voices to keep them engaged www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

“This is totally the World Juniors” says woman trying to trick her boyfriend into watching Heated Rivalry

E-quipment highlight: Zamboni 552AC electric ice surfacer electrek.co/2025/12/28/e... #yql #yyc #yeg #Taber #WorldJuniors #IIHF

Very floral on the nose. Some pear and stone, with nice acidity. Great with food! Unique and really enjoyable. #WineSky

« The Long and Winding Road » composed, arranged and performed by Paul Mc Cartney, Live at the Olympia/Paris. Enjoy, have a nice day everyone! youtube.com/watch?v=UdxU...

With a new year almost upon us, everyone paying attention now understands Danielle Smith is a separatist. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/with...

I think it's important that horror writers know there are werewolf cats youtu.be/xuk3ru6iysk?... #booksky

A cranky neighbor is killed in the barn. Melanie’s brother is a suspect. “Good plot, great description, realistic characters & pacing." Watch out for the big boom! amzn.to/34o0XZR apple.co/3e0pEjv Nook bit.ly/2JRZJMR Kobo bit.ly/2xZJryS Google bit.ly/2WYhRMF #cozymystery #booksky

755/700 💙📚⚡️📚 📖: Too Old for This by Samantha Downing Genre: Thriller Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5 Thoughts: I appreciate an older protagonist #booksky

The Absurd December US heatwave is ending. Last 7 days: 4700 heat records (mins & maxs) vs only 55 cold records. 7 day anomalies up to +25° F. Dozens of monthly records smashed. The heat dome was forced by a very blocky global pattern, but the intensity is virtually impossible b4 climate change.

NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122... This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Farage racist history www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... #ukpoli

The UCP foot soldiers did what they do best, threatening the owner of Bowmart all morning via phone calls. If you live in the area, please stop in to thank the new owner for trying to make space for democracy. RecallNicolaides.ca #RecallThemAll

Family EV for less than $10K! I'm sorry but I think the US is cooked for a while. insideevs.com/news/782861/...

🔋China has finalized hundreds of new and revised national standards, including EV battery safety rules. The updated standard, GB 38031-2025, takes effect July 1, 2026, and requires EV batteries to not catch fire or explode under standard test conditions. #battchat #batteries #energysky #greensky

$100m of solar panels saves a country 30 years of gas imports at 2024 prices for the same 1.5TWh of electricity generated That's a $3b saving in gas imports for each $100m of solar deployed Another one of my charts of the year

Flames remain hot at home, burn Oilers 3-2 CALGARY – Blake Coleman’s 11th goal of the season, tying him for the team lead, was the game winner on Saturday as the Calgary Flames edged the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored for Calgary (16-18-4), which…

Ontario funding for 'Adult entertainment club’ raises questions after recipient's business licence filing & the doling out of millions in provincial cash for 'burlesque' #onpoli #Toronto www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

Bill McKibben (!) on our NZIPL report "what nation in its right mind would sign up to pin its energy future on the US, suddenly the ultimate unreliable nation? Instead, with a one-time buy of a bunch of Chinese tech, you control your own energy future" billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

My review of @phillipspobrien.bsky.social's excellent new book: Why 'War and Power' Is Oddly Cheering via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

"Will Denmark become World's best electric car country in 2026? Expect to reach 750,000 EVs in 🇩🇰 by end of 2026, at the same time, fast-charging network will receive a historic boost: 324 new 400 kW fast chargers in 22 locations. Fast, easy, and user-friendly fast charging at all staffed rest areas"

If the #ucp want to recall themselves. we should remind them it's easier just to resign. #yyc #yeg #yql #abpoli #Alberta

December 8: BCI has ~$62.07M in Tourmaline Oil Corp, the Calgary-based, er, gassy giant.❄️ It’s the #1 fossil gas producer and methane emitter in 🇨🇦. In Oct 2024 Tourmaline released over 3x the EPA “super-emitter” threshold of 100kg methane/hour.🛷 What a ”super“ investment for a superannuation fund!☃️

This is a tragic event, and my heart goes out to the pt's family. globalnews.ca/news/1... 1/14

Community. Note.

When I had a life threatening post operative internal bleed, an ER sent me home three times. All three times they made it clear my “attitude” wasn’t appreciated. That I was “wasting their time”. On the 4th visit they threatened to have security remove me. My then bf got loud & a doctor noticed.

I wrote this in @calgaryherald.com two years ago. Things are even worse now: Our healthcare system has no regular hospital beds available in Calgary as per AHS. Trans kids have been dehumanized by our government. The Govt makes vaccinations difficult to get. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... 1/2

Buying a hybrid car is like buying a condominium. You own your own home, but with condo fees it's like you're still paying rent. Driving a hybrid, you paid for a lithium ion battery & an electric motor, but you still have to buy gas & oil. In both cases, the height of futility #ElectricVehicles

Sending this ‘Song For a Winter’s Night’ to all of you ❄️ youtu.be/ym1NclrToco

Canon Michael is a man of the greatest integrity and faith.

Electric bike motors CAN do regen, with this genius trick electrek.co/2025/12/23/w... #ElectricVehicles #EBikes

What to know about fighting fascism #uspoli #cdnpoli #eupol www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Pretty good summary of the reasons we might be underestimating oil demand destruction as @electricfelix.bsky.social saw not too long ago, China EV trucking is getting big quickly

The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year by @davidfickling.bsky.social Some Grids Have Almost Decarbonized: "in some parts of world, decarbonizing electricity is approaching its endgame. Roughly three-quarters of power generation in UK & Europe this year came from non-fossil sources"

Is Trans Mountain's Profitability an Accounting Illusion? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #cdnpoli #abpoli

Religious leaders speaking out on climate change #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/business/no-...