Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Gorgeous day for a walk in the winter wonderland that is Nosehill Park. #yyc #winter

Here’s my annual list of new music I enjoyed this past year, in no particular order; Boz Scaggs-Detour, the guy’s voice is still as smooth as silk (degrees). Geese-Getting Killed, popular pick amongst twenty somethings and aging hipsters. The great outweighs the grat(ing). 1/5

One more book I managed to finish this year was Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Received it as a gift, hadn’t heard about it at the time and read it without any expectations. Was pleasantly surprised. Easy to read and easy to care for the characters. Strongly recommended.

AI was supposed to cure cancer. So far, all it seems to do is generate needlessly wordy emails, unreadable engineering reports and terrible product write ups on e-commerce sites.

Finished reading Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell, the author of Coud Atlas. Not as enjoyable of a read as the latter but full of fantastical plot twists and some interesting characters. The book jacket describes it as a mix of Dickens and Salinger, and it’s not wrong.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

This made me genuinely laugh out loud.

It gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...

My Calgary Transit year in review!

Caught the Steven Page trio with the CPO at the Jubilee Auditorium last night. Fantastic performance. The set list included some recent solo stuff, some BNL classics and a few seasonal tunes. The orchestral arrangements and sound were amazing. Hoping somebody recorded the show for future release.

Laugh of the day. Thank you Lisa!

Caught Mark Critch at Wordfest tonight talking about his latest book Sorry, Not Sorry. Great stories, lots of Canada appreciation, many laughs and free Cheezies! Host Ali Bryan was funny too. All around fun event. #Wordfest #yyc

Caught Sloan’s show at the Palace in Calgary. Two sets with songs drawn from almost their entire catalogue. Loved the Marquee and the Moon! Nothing from Commonwealth 🙁 though so I guess I’ll be back next time they’re in town.

‘Berta: number one in measles, syphilis, and tuberculosis! And we’re last in human rights! Dani’s Berta is literally diseased. 🖕

Danielle Smith's Party Conked by Its Own Boomerang via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

“Let’s put in recall legislation to get rid of the Commie NDP!!” —- *in faux French accent* “A few moments later” —- UCP:

Brilliant aurora display over NW Calgary tonight. #yyc #northernlights

x.com/peterguthrie... Your daily reminder of the UCP’s corruption and the complete fecklessness of the government caucus. One would have to have zero self-respect to continue to sit in this government. #ableg

I cannot tell you how annoying it is to know that basically everyone I know is smarter than the most powerful people on earth

Casper knows what’s going on. #ableg

Republican politicians can commit all the crimes they want and victimize as many people as they want because right after they are convicted Trump pardons every single one of them. Every Republican politician is above the law and can do whatever they want. Total immunity.

So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago. Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.

Oh, ffs. How about Cracker Barrel? Is Cracker Barrel awarding a Peace Prize? Chuck E. Cheese? Mar-a-Lago Golf Pros? The WWE? Stupid shit is stupid shit and should be labeled as such. This is stupid shit.

🧵 Hey folks – this is Nate. Nate is a #UCP MLA for #Lethbridge East. Nate voted to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to help end the teachers’ strike. Nate could use the NWC again. 1/6

Dear Alberta, We have a serious problem with this government, who claimed it’d fix health care in 90 days. Seems pretty clear to me they meant “start dismantling it in 90 days,” because it has only gotten worse. And now stories like this are coming out. #ABleg globalnews.ca/news/1150372...

Seems like a good time to share this. Get it done Calgary-Bow! #RecallNicolaides #ableg #FireTheUCP

Let's be clear about what happened today. Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights, denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it, and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.

open.substack.com/pub/betoorou... Excellent piece. History may not repeat but it is definitely rhyming in current events.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

Pretty amazing!

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... QT $250M, and counting, wasted. All thanks to an arrogant government that couldn’t be bothered to engage Albertans. Rage inducing and rage farming is what the UCP does best. #ableg

www.pembina.org/media-releas... QT UCP with the trifecta. Not content with wrecking healthcare and education, Smith sets her sights on taking the AB economy down. #ableg

open.substack.com/pub/abresist... QT What a record of ineptitude. The UCP have no shame. #ableg

Breaking: Kash Patel has opened a new investigation into The Harlem Globetrotters for fixing games against the Washington Generals

Let’s go Calgary Bow!

Happy No Kings Day, America. It couldn't happen at a better time.

Hasan: I am not willing to sit back and watch our glorious American multiracial and multicultural democratic experiment destroyed by the guy from Home Alone 2.

Perfect melding of random acts of wind and less random acts of Christopher Cross.

What the f*ck is “puppylike”? #spellingbee

This Jays game is the only good thing about the world right now