found in my DMs

I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point

Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?” A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages. It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning. Since then, it’s only gotten worse. Do the steps sound familiar?

Not AI

World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black. www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

An interview with my BJJ coach, close friend and #yeg indie film maker Steve Winjet. www.bestversionmedia.com/ab/neighbour...

I’m reaching a point in BJJ where the gap between the abundance of youth and the capacity of skill is really starting to narrow. It’s taking so much more focus and commitment to the fundamentals to beat the young and energetic guys on the mats. I’m game, but man is it work.

I would like to say something about AI. For things like excel, getting an LLM (Claude in this case) to help me build functions has been a game changer. I just don’t have the knowledge or expertise required to efficiently or effectively build what I need. And I don’t necessarily have the resources…

The essence of this paragraph could be applied broadly to so many things. Ignorant emnity is the conservative way. open.substack.com/pub/emmettma...

NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

The hypocrisy of Premier Smith's current Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson: The government is acting like a "dictator" by ripping away legal rights to impose a settlement. "That's wrong. That's not the Alberta way. That's not what we do here." #ableg #abpoli

NDP leader Naheed Nenshi pulled few punches today… Not only did he condemn Smith’s claim Peter Lougheed would support her attack on human rights… He called her and the entire UCP caucus cowards. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

If there ever were a time to send out a giant suck it to separatists, Daniel Smith and her cabal of authoritarian UCP sycophants, now would be that time. SUCK IT

The reason why Smith needs to use the notwithstanding clause is because Conservatives tried this in British Columbia in 2001 which resulted in a 15 year long battle - paid for by BC taxpayers, where the Supreme Court ruled it violated their charter rights. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2016...

1/4 Notwithstanding Clause. The Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms sets out those rights & freedoms that Canadians believe are necessary in a free & democratic society. The right to strike is considered an "indispensable component" of the freedom of association under Section 2(d) of the Charter.

G is for guillotine

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights? An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote. I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

The line has been drawn. If Premier Smith invokes the notwithstanding clause, expect an unprecedented provincial labour strike that will shut down the entire province. Democratic rights must be protected at all costs.

This is what happened in ON when the legislature tried to use it on ed workers: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2022/11...

Alberta ordering about 12,000 public service employees to stop doing hybrid work and "return to a five day per week in-office standard" as of Feb. 1.

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

had to put this one together from the archives but: called it again

Gawd this just gets me so HAWT, you know? 😂😂😂

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Which country will win the World Series: Canada, or Japan

Wow

Separatism is not fringe, its funded: “The funding web is tangled. Follow the money far enough and you run into oil interests, private health lobbying, & U.S. ideological networks. It’s easier, I guess for the public media, & probably safer, to look away.” #abpoll open.substack.com/pub/lindawal...

I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts bsky.app/profile/did:...

Gotta block ‘em all! Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday. Flush these turds HERE - bsky.app/profile/did:...

Are you a MAGA but not millionaire? If so, then you’ve been duped. newrepublic.com/article/2018...

EDMONTON – A final report into allegations of corruption in Alberta government health contracts says it was widely known two staffers were in conflicts of interest but no steps were taken by senior officials.

🔥🔥🔥(behind a paywall though)

In the land of small disappointments, nothing is more disappointing than a first impression and ensuing assumptions of a person being 100% right.

May this woman be protected from all of the bad things. May love and prosperity and joy find her, every day of her life. The keys to the city and an all-expense-paid vacation for her AND her lawyer’s Uber driver!*

I read this thread and can’t help but think about how inept our premier is in putting her government’s focus on bitumen pipelines. We’re being left behind and every day that passes leaves a slightly deeper hole we’ll need to dig out of.

“This week, the Trump administration’s long-promised revival of “clean, beautiful coal” collapsed in plain sight. A federal coal auction in Montana drew exactly one bid: just $186,000 for 167 million tons of coal. That’s not a typo.“ 👏 1/2 #montana #OOTT #FAFO app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/d9a9be...

Seeing Carney debase himself for Trump is revolting. I get it, as taking a hardline approach probably harms the national interest, but it’s revolting nonetheless. 🤮

Lmaooo

Guthrie is a former UCP MLA. Worth a read.

Bari Weiss running things at CBS is like if David Staples was running things at CTV.

One hell of a crowd today.

At a book launch for Carrisa Halton’s debut fiction novel. Revolution Songs. “Award-winning nonfiction writer Carissa Halton breaks the mould with this stunning debut novel. Annie Jalmer stands uneasily between opposing allegiances in her 1930s Rocky Mountain town. As the radical…”

Anyone who thinks Smith will allow a fair election to happen in 2028 isn’t paying attention. Albertans need to take action, shut it all down and force the resignation of her government.

General Strike now. Which leader is going to take charge and get the ball rolling? #ableg @naheednenshi.bsky.social

Netanyahu briefed American influencers today - TikTok is the "most important" weapon in securing Israel's right-wing support. X is crucial too. “Musk is not an enemy, he's a friend. We should talk to him." “Weapons change over time... the most important ones are the social media.”

A general strike is probably what this province needs. Shut it all down until the lady in charge resigns.

We really do have a rotten group of people running this province into the ground.