The world appears to be very keen to import Chinese solar panels right now (especially the US)

Emilie Nicolas on David Parker and Alberta separatist groups: "I think there's a tactical playbook here that is also being borrowed or imitated. And we need to look at the ways in which democracy south of the border is being eroded to be able to at least anticipate what moves could be done next."

So why is Canada so backwards on solar? Solar, wind, and the battery industries need to start legally bribing politicians a lot more, given that oil and gas spend so much money and so much time lobbying them? They don't have as much $ as O&G but they need to spend more money and do more lobbying

Changing laws. Overturning court decisions. Staying silent on the largest data breach this province has ever seen. That's what it looks like when UCP MLAs are more loyal to separatists than to Albertans. youtube.com/shorts/IdTSo...

Trump’s looming defeat in Iran is a personal and political crisis. My latest for The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/trump-iran-defeat-personal-political-crisis

Now watching Fat Boy Slim's concert video from Coachella - the man is a legend. The majority of the Gen-Z crowd are lame dancers though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQqu...

Attention @paulisci.bsky.social - possible candidate for your yearly headline list...

The perfect metaphor for my life. 😁

No surprise - this guy is such a complete ass #ableg #abpoli

It is amazing how short people's memories are. It's only been 4 years since we stopped wearing masks for Covid... And health officials should be wearing N95 masks by default for this

Started watching a new UK crime series on Netflix that is based in the early 90s. Nice set of UK music from the period: www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/leg...

Today Smith revealed that multiple UCP staffers knew about the separatist data breach and none of them saw anything wrong with it. “It was just regular oversight of a regular opposition meeting” (Does Dani not know who the opposition is?) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Excellent policy start. BAN Airbnb from non-primary residences. #bcpoli #abpoli #nbpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli #canada #realestate thinkpol.ca/2026/03/25/b...

Credit to ladodotouch #GoHabsGo #MontrealCanadiens #Canada 🍁🇨🇦🥅🏒

the person has Been Through It and I love that they’re weaponizing their trauma for good

Never underestimate the depth of stupidity of Smith and her shoe lickers. If it's bad,she is there to mess up Alberta more.

when u tax the rich

The Portal - 1893 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110413

It's Mother's Day, so here are some notes from a 2019 Edmonton Public Library conference about how librarians help incarcerated mothers. It's on my mind today, because the federal government plans to cut library workers at federal penitentiaries. Seems like a bad idea💔 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Happy Friday, wage slaves (empathetic and envious)

My latest. "No amount of explanations about how the Met Gala is for charity and costumes can erase the ennui of it all, and a dark fact: our current crop of tech titans wants to design a frictionless world that will be tasteless, odorless, and soulless." open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

It cannot be said enough times, nor loudly enough: Danielle Smith will blow up this entire province - and possibly the country - before she EVER takes accountability for anything. She blew up the CBE. She blew up the WRP. Blowing shit up is what she does when she can’t win. Know that, #ableg.

As data scandal escalates, separatists plan to flood UCP with new members. Column. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-s... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg

Looks like the City of Calgary is shifting from trying to encourage transit ridership, to simply gouging those who have no option but to use transit. All that surge pricing is likely to do is get commuters back in their cars.

even though clean energy is cheaper for consumers, it's not as profitable as fossils for investors — AND prices do not even come close to managing the problem of stranded assets that would arise and threaten the global economy without coordination under principles of justice. 12/n

Iranian state media outlet Tasnim reports the Iranian Navy’s attacks on American destroyers in the Sea of Oman are ongoing. 1/

Alberta separatism is like Brexit, only stupider.

Do we even live in the same reality?

My thoughts on this issue is that I truly doubt the provincial government can do a better job matching jobs to immigration than the federal government. #abpoli #ableg

I’m literally sitting in a meeting at UNHQ where US defends usage of commercial AI to “limit human error in controlling nuclear weapons” and then read this..

Russia’s Foreign Ministry is "urging foreign countries to ensure the evacuation of diplomats from Kyiv", as it would strike decision-making centers in Kyiv if Ukraine were to disrupt the May 9 parade.

Do they have the contact information for every registered voter in Albert now to help them? Guess we're about to find out the hard way. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

This leaves two possibilities: Either the Premier’s staff viewed this serious threat to the privacy and safety of Albertans as acceptable and failed to inform her, or they did inform the Premier and her Chief of Staff, and they chose to do nothing. /2

After the UCP says there was nothing wrong if members attended the Centurion training meeting... the UCP are now saying it's a flat out lie the UCP president Rob Smith took part in the meeting.

A bit of a read, but worth it.

Danielle Smith is blaming us for her own staff failing to do their job.

omg they're so bad at this...

“That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, every human being who ever was...the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known" Carl Sagan We have the solutions. Protect people & the planet. #ActOnClimate #climate #climatecrisis #nature #2025

It takes a certain ingenuity for a crooked government to keep its scandals hidden. Fortunately — or unfortunately, depending on your perspective — that’s a talent Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party seem to lack, writes @djclimenhaga.bsky.social. #abpoli

Details on the video call of the Centurion project that included members of UCP staff, including the party president and director of stakeholder relations, where they witnessed former Premier Kenney's private info being looked up as part of instruction on using the illegally obtained data. #abPoli

Canada will tail most of the world if we continue to focus on protecting legacy ICE manufacturers and oil and gas production. #abpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

Found it strange that ppl push back on my argument that sales of Solar, batteries, EVs are going to accelerate now with Iran War, coz LINE GO UP for a decade now Well...numbers are in for first month of war A massive surge of consumers's de-risking from fossil fuels. tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...

COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not

Jason Kenney welcomed these people into the Alberta political mainstream for personal gain. Well Jason when you play with fire you're likely to get your fingers burned. I'm more concerned for the people that didn't invite this into their lives.

That didn't last long 😆 www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...