As with many other things, frankincense demand exceeds supply, and the world seems hellbent on extraction, exploitation, and consumption rather than conservation. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Forgotten in the Israel-Palestine struggle are the Christian minority, dispossessed of their land, disappearing as a people, and forgotten by their fellow Christians in the West. www.westernstandard.news/internationa...

170 sq kilometres of tailings lakes, flat-topped sulphur pyramids, some taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza, and an insatiable thirst for water for processing, carbon capture and storage. Tolkien's Plateau of Gorgoroth will no longer be a fictional place.

Satellites in low earth orbit are a recipe for Kessler Syndrome + climate disruption

Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I am a big fan of Back Up and Push on WTJU, but dj Ryan Grant's episodes are exceptional. He seamlessly blends old timey bluegrass folk and blues gems from the past with more modern artists pushing traditional music in new directions. Check out his November 17, 2025 episode for an example:

David King delineates the choice Albertans face. An education system that fosters community & solidarity Or an education system that favours individual freedom/liberty But you must make this choice assuming the veil of poverty - not wealth What say you now? #abpoli #ableg

ICYMI - Crisis looming for Alberta healthcare system already in chaos, experts say. 'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

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.

Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

And since this use of the notwithstanding clause involves Alberta, it is perhaps relevant to note the three caveats/conditions that Peter Lougheed, a proponent of the notwithstanding clause, proposed in 1991. www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/u...

So far the GoA has shelled out (only what we know) $237.8 million (142.8M to Atrum and 95M to Evolve) to cover its mismanagement of the coal file Meanwhile coal revenues for 2004/5 brought in a mere 0.4% of total resource revenues for AB or $15.5M. And why is there no money for teachers? #abpoli

The provincial government stopped recording class size data in 2019 and halted extra funding to reduce class sizes, claiming it wasn’t helping. Some divisions do record it voluntarily. #abed #ableg

Heard this anthem for parents on Wide Cut Country this morning. Where does the time go? youtu.be/w8_HsMQ_AQw?...

The writing and recitation are top-notch. Do the Pulitzers have a category for best dramatic Tik Tok?

It is illegal to modify vehicles to be obnoxiously loud. We need widespread enforcement of this in all urban municipalities: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

I can’t stay silent about Grassy Mountain – and neither should you | Calgary Herald share.google/PW7RI2GGyGe1...

This is outrageous! Trying to contact the CRA should not be a nightmare CRA taxes: Some Canadians unable to access refund, benefits share.google/glAg5T1m1OqY...

Noctilucent clouds super bright tonight

“The UCP often governs 4.9M Albertans for benefit of a faction within the party. Smith amplifies separatist claims to avoid outright hostility from the hornet’s nest. …eases referendum rules…says [there’s] more support than ever. [It’s] a distraction, manipulated to preserve UCP power.” #abpoli

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Today's essential watch/listen for all Albertans. Bob Weber, of the Canadian Press, opines on the media landscape in Alberta, and in particular on the threats of coal mining on the Eastern Slopes. Media Matters. Essential to our democracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF57...

The Stink of BS at Premier Smith's Coal Town Hall via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Is this what the UCP wants?? thenarwhal.ca/bc-fernie-dr...

The light of life: www.sciencefocus.com/news/all-liv...

Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon

Guest Post by Lorne Fitch: The zombie Grassy Mountain coal mining proposal never dies because in Alberta the minimum is good enough. #ableg #abpoli albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/gues...

Last week the AER approved Northback's application for new coal exploration on Grassy Mtn. That approval killed any hope that Northback might have for compensation. On the w/e premier Smith said Northback wd not be able to operate an open pit mine. This revives Northback's compensation claims. 1/2

A must read here from Don Braid. Creeping authoritarianism is now galloping in Alberta under Danielle Smith's UCP. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

The mood of the country is as dark and bitter as unsweetened cocoa. 🍫 @steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #abpoli

Some northeast Calgary residents have said their premiums and deductibles have quadrupled, and others are being denied home insurance coverage altogether. #yyc #calgary buff.ly/ZLQFXbN

“We need people from across the political spectrum — if they love this country — to stand up and knock down some of the arguments [for separation] that are out there.” www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Reckless Talk of Alberta Separation is Not the Way Forward. Hear! Hear! www.theanchor.ca/2025/reckles...

Montreal in the 1970s is a cautionary tale for Calgary, Edmonton and Alberta that Smith best heed. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil. Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada. thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...

"Taxes taxes will you always haunt me? Will I always have to work in vain You have caused me many tribulations taxes taxes you have taxed my brain" Thanks to the awesome Tombstone After Dark for this one: cjsw.com/program/tomb... bloodshotrevival.bandcamp.com/album/crazy-...

There are major threats to Canada's sovereignty right now. Losing our public broadcaster is one of them. The CBC -as we know it -will cease to exist if Mr. Poilievre wins on Monday. I think that matters. My substack is free to read; free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/caroloff...

In 2019, the last time Alberta was awash in separatist nonsense, CBC Calgary commissioned me to write this essay. I re-read it today - and it seems to me as true as ever. And I thought this weekend might be a good time to share it with you, my new Bluesky friends. #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/good-frida...

While everyone focuses on Carney and Poilievre, some of the election’s most interesting ideas are coming from an unlikely place: www.greenparty.ca/en/civicrm/m...

Can increased income (in the form of a universal basic income) increase happiness and freedom? Apparently yes: www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...

Let me put this bluntly: nothing short of a full public inquiry will get to the truth. If Albertans let govt carry on w their separate sham investigations they get what they deserve: no real understanding of what is really happening and worsening HC. buff.ly/gzdWrFq

Humans playing God for profit? www.vox.com/future-perfe...

~UCP has successfully doomed 2 of 3 remaining caribou herds Cariboo=a species at risk UCP is allowing a US logging co to clear-cut critical winter habitat of Southern Mountain "Stumps, strip mines, and pumpjacks are the enduring symbols of AB, not wildlife." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

How blinded by greed does one have to be to support tearing up the eastern slopes for mines or other resource extraction? Even conservative politicians can see the folly of this: albertaviews.ca/how-to-quash... albertaviews.ca/youseepee-no...

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I spent months (and thousands of The Narwhal's dollars) digging into who actually owns the many small companies which the Alberta Energy Regulator says aren't paying their orphan well levies or minimum cleanup quotas. Some of the names might surprise you. #ableg thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oilp...

"Multiple documents obtained by CBC News show direct interventions by Alberta's health minister into AHS contracting matters, as well as entities specifically set up to give the health ministry more oversight and influence in recruiting and dealing with private contractors." #ableg #abpoli

"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data," said Staffan Lindberg, head of the Varieties of Democracy project, run out of Sweden's University of Gothenburg. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...