Just sent out my free weekend update. Was quite a week in the land war, started with great doom for Ukraine and ended with the Ukrainians pushing the Russians away from Kupyansk and advancing in a week twice as much as the Russians advanced in 4 months. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

The total cost of storing a unit of electricity has declined to $65 per MWh outside China and the US. Along with cheaper batteries – higher efficiency, longer battery lifetimes and lower project risks further reduces the cost of utility-scale storage 📉 https://loom.ly/Hbc2VpU

Great news. “Bill 9 doesn’t immediately cancel out the injunction, but it forced Jensen's team to change their approach to the court challenge to ensure that it stays in place ” Please support www.skippingstone.ca/donate www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta’s Bill 11 threatens universal public healthcare across Canada. It replaces universal care with a two-tier system. This means longer waits, higher costs for everyone, and weaker public healthcare. The federal government must act. notwotier.ca/canadahealth... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Private sector and religious groups took better care of orphans? Does she mean the Home Agencies that brought 100k British children to Canada to dole out as indentured servants? Or maybe she means the Catholic churches residential schools. Those lovely assimilation/torture factories. #ableg #abpoli

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four. I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation. 🧵

Just sent out this piece. The whole idea that Trump's sanctions on Russian oil were meant to hurt Putin is collapsing on all fronts. Indian and Chinese purchases are up and there are no secondary sanctions to be found. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Has anyone heard the Premier say anything about severe ED overcrowding and ongoing closures? Wasn’t that one of her top priority HC areas to fix??? Why isn't this a FIVE ALARM top priority crisis for govt to address? 5/6

Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party

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www.oag.ab.ca/reports/mine... “NOT IMPLEMENTED Recommendation: Assess whether changes to the Mine Financial Security Program asset calculations are needed to prevent overestimating asset values”

UN watchdog IAEA reports Chernobyl's radiation shield lost safety function after a drone strike earlier this year. Repairs are essential to prevent further degradation. #Chernobyl #News

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 426 ppm in November 2025 10 years ago November averaged about 400 ppm Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

Essentially what Danielle Smith is saying is we don’t have three branches of government anymore.

In remembrance #Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony #Dec61989 Representatives from all 3 levels of government expected to be in attendance www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

After the province tabled Bill 14 yesterday, which would have stopped the court proceedings on whether a proposed Alberta separation question contravenes the Constitution, the judge came out at a previously scheduled appearance today and just... dropped his decision. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

www.treatysix.org/post/confede... kudos to the Nations for calling out the UCP BS.

“We celebrate the courts ruling in our favour once again, and welcome this affirmation of the legal primacy of Treaty and the Crown-Indigenous relationship here on Treaty Lands.” Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations responds to today’s ruling. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Time to do your part for children’s rights Alberta: transactionalberta.ca/noshutdown

Very good interview podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

🛑 NEW EPISODE of 'Whatever This Is' with @zainvelji.bsky.social: Danielle Smith’s new two-tier healthcare bill introduces a VIP fast lane and destroys the public system for a generation. Here’s what you need to know in under 3 minutes. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

Oh. #ableg www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

Other stuff I wont comment on thats outside my wheelhouse (impact of tankers etc). But on the whole very disappointing MOU that has a whole lot of backpedaling and climate delay. (Reminder that climate delay is the new climate denial and in 2025 leads in effect to the same outcome).

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Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.

Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta. Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.

Amazing group of brave trans and gender fluid kids standing up to Alberta UCP oppression and use of the notwithstanding clause today with many allies. My favourite sign: “more Santa Claus, less notwithstanding clause”

A large rally against Bill 9 and the use of the Notwithstanding Clause by the Alberta government is being organized by community groups in Edmonton. Sunday, November 23 10:30 AM Alberta Legislature, Edmonton Make plans to be there on Sunday morning! www.instagram.com/p/DRVCQZ6AVob/ #ableg #abpoli

CTV: Alberta musician and rancher Corb Lund has filed a new application for a citizen's initiative petition to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...

Edmonton, Sunday, 10:30. Get loud for our kids and neighbours and all human rights

🏳️‍⚧️ There's a lot of anti-trans stuff going around lately, especially in the United Kingdom, so it's good to see someone standing up for trans people for a change. bbc.com/news/article...

“there is a serious issue to be tried in respect of whether the ban will have a serious and profound effect on the psychological integrity of transgender and gender diverse youth by preventing and/or unduly limiting their access to health care … and by denying them autonomy over their bodies.”

On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This hate is illegal www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

The only rights that the UCP seem to care about, courtesy of their DM of Justice, Malcolm Lavoie, are the so-called "property rights" of Australian coal companies. In other words the non-constitutionally protected corporate property rights over real constitutionally protected human rights. #abpoli

It’s worth remembering that the UCP aren’t just robbing Albertans of their charter rights… Amery openly conceded that these laws also violate the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Alberta Bill of Rights. That the UCP just rewrote. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Oh what a coincidence. Better take away the rights of vulnerable kids to distract. Craven and disgusting UCP

The 2025 fall session of the Alberta legislature will come to be known, infamously, as the Notwithstanding Session. I hope that it will also give rise to what will be known as the Notwithstanding General Strike. The Charter shd protect the rights of minorities not the bigotry of the majority #abpoli

“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?” The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The UCP touts itself as a small, freedom-loving government. Objectively, using the notwithstanding clause goes against both of those notions. globalnews.ca/news/1153187...

Moments after the new revalations in the “corrupt care” scandal… Smith has invoked the notwithstanding clause in a sweeping attack on parents, sports and trans youth. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

As a minister I strongly condemn the odious actions by conservatives in this province. Invoking the Notwithstanding clause is a curtailment of democracy. But foremost, it advances the American far-right agenda rooted in diminishing trans lives in this province, notably trans youth. #abpoli #ableg

Alberta's justice minister has tabled a bill to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of legislation from legal challenges. The laws in question restrict the rights of transgender people in access to health care and sports, and affect K-12 education of all students. #AbLeg #Abed

Shame on them all. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “If passed, … Bill 9, would shield the laws from Charter challenges for five years. It would also suspend the application of the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act to the laws in perpetuity”

this abhorrent decision cannot be allowed to stand. it’s long past time the abuse of the notwithstanding clause was addressed.

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