Cody Anstead 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@codyanstead.bsky.social
Racecar driver, poli sci & history, car & motorsport enthusiast, sports, art, culture, & more. World traveller in the making & proud Canadian 🇨🇦
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
“How dare I be held accountable for my actions and how dare these serfs be upset at me for taking away their constitutional rights?”
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
"he said his constituency office email and phone line have been the target of “some sort of political ploy” as they have been flooded with messages."
Isn't this just called "acountability"?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
okotoksonline.com/articles/no-...
Isn't this just called "acountability"?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
okotoksonline.com/articles/no-...
‘No one should endure this’: Sigurdson responds to recent harassment
RJ Sigurdson responded to recently endured harassment in a Facebook post to the community. He wrote, “I am writing now not as your elected representative, but as a fellow member of this community — s...
okotoksonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“How dare I be held accountable for my actions and how dare these serfs be upset at me for taking away their constitutional rights?”
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
Danielle Smith is a corrupt authoritarian. An aspiring Putin acolyte with no respect for liberal democracy. She has to go.
For those keeping score, the premier:
🔵has already started picking her voters (through voter suppression laws).
🔴wants to choose who can run for office (only "serious" candidates qualify).
⚪️now wants to decide which MLAs deserve to be recalled (and which ones get to keep their seats).
🔵has already started picking her voters (through voter suppression laws).
🔴wants to choose who can run for office (only "serious" candidates qualify).
⚪️now wants to decide which MLAs deserve to be recalled (and which ones get to keep their seats).
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Danielle Smith is a corrupt authoritarian. An aspiring Putin acolyte with no respect for liberal democracy. She has to go.
The Alberta Energy Regulator is a joke that, like the UCP government which commands it, is completely captured by the O&G industry. We live in a petrostate run by corrupt ideological radicals.
Alberta allows a financially struggling company to acquire 170 wells #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ableg thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Alberta Energy Regulator is a joke that, like the UCP government which commands it, is completely captured by the O&G industry. We live in a petrostate run by corrupt ideological radicals.
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Zuckerberg should be in The Hague and Facebook should be melted down for parts. The damage they have caused to the world is likely incalculable at this point.
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Zuckerberg should be in The Hague and Facebook should be melted down for parts. The damage they have caused to the world is likely incalculable at this point.
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The UCP government is comically corrupt and is again firing the people attempting to held them accountable because it knows it’s supporters, fed a reliable drip of propaganda on social media and who view politics as a team sport, will back them no matter what. A true disgrace.
The Alberta auditor general is in the middle of major probe into health contracting and ex-CEO's whistleblowing, and asked for time to finish work.
Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government ignores AG’s offer to stay on 2 more years, starts search for replacement | CBC News
UCP MLAs who make up the majority on an Alberta legislature committee passed a motion Monday to begin the search for a new auditor general even though the person currently occupying the role offered t...
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The UCP government is comically corrupt and is again firing the people attempting to held them accountable because it knows it’s supporters, fed a reliable drip of propaganda on social media and who view politics as a team sport, will back them no matter what. A true disgrace.
Long past time that we kicked this loser out
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Long past time that we kicked this loser out
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Populists like Danielle Smith also skip legislative and judicial scrutiny.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Every day, I become more convinced that populists are more lazy than crazy.
Pluralism requires a lot of work. Building consensus, working with divergent interests, working with checks and balances.
Populists skip all that, ginning up fear, fake majorities, and a shallow sense of the public good.
Pluralism requires a lot of work. Building consensus, working with divergent interests, working with checks and balances.
Populists skip all that, ginning up fear, fake majorities, and a shallow sense of the public good.
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Populists like Danielle Smith also skip legislative and judicial scrutiny.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
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Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
I really hope the ATA defies this illegal, undemocratic, and authoritarian order. It is an attack on the charter rights of all Albertans by a premier who fancies herself a queen #ableg #abpoli
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I truly hope that the union rejects this illegal order and refuses to return to work, for the sake of the rights of all Albertans. This lawless assault on our rights cannot be allowed to stand #abpoli #ableg
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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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.
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.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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.
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.
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The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
This is an attack on the citizens of Alberta. An attack on democracy, on the rule of law, on the rights of labour, and on the very people we trust to educate our next generation. danielle smith should resign and stay in the middle eastern dictatorships she so wishes to emulate. #ableg #abpoli
Bill 2 is tabled. MLAs will debate it tonight with the aim of passing it tonight. We’ll be watching. #AbLeg #AbEd
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.
Danielle Smith and the UCP must resign or be forced from office. Today they have spat in the face of every single Albertan, blatantly violating our rights to cover for her own incompetence. This is an attack on the charter and an attack on the democratic and legal rights of every Canadian. #ableg
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Danielle Smith and the UCP must resign or be forced from office. Today they have spat in the face of every single Albertan, blatantly violating our rights to cover for her own incompetence. This is an attack on the charter and an attack on the democratic and legal rights of every Canadian. #ableg
Authoritarians support fellow authoritarians.
After invoking the notwithstanding clause to bust the teachers’ strike, Danielle Smith appears to have fucked off to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Showcasing Alberta in the Middle East
Premier Smith will promote Alberta’s investment opportunities, energy expertise and agricultural products during meetings in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
www.alberta.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Authoritarians support fellow authoritarians.
We live in a joke province governed by unserious, corrupt, terminally online conspiracy theorists who disdain their own citizens. Smith needs to be removed from office before she irrevocably damages things. This is a distraction from the UCPs record of abject failure #ableg
Alberta asserts sovereignty with Bill 1; critics call it distraction from labour unrest
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Alberta asserts sovereignty with Bill 1; critics call it distraction from labour unrest
Alberta’s United Conservative government has made provincial sovereignty its top legislative priority, tabling Bill 1, the International Agreements Act.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We live in a joke province governed by unserious, corrupt, terminally online conspiracy theorists who disdain their own citizens. Smith needs to be removed from office before she irrevocably damages things. This is a distraction from the UCPs record of abject failure #ableg
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Coal royalties in 2024/25 were $15.5 million. The government has now paid out more than $200 million in claims to Australian mining companies for bungling this file.
Another Australian coal company has announced that it has reached a settlement ($95 million)with the GoA over its compensation claims due to Alberta's coal policy flip flops.
Once again this info comes to AB taxpayers from the company website.
No disclosure from the GoA.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Once again this info comes to AB taxpayers from the company website.
No disclosure from the GoA.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
evolvepower.ca
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Coal royalties in 2024/25 were $15.5 million. The government has now paid out more than $200 million in claims to Australian mining companies for bungling this file.
The UCP is a threat to democracy and has nothing but contempt and disdain for the citizens of Alberta. Smith is a would be tyrant queen. #ableg
Get ready - UCP is about to pass a law saying who's allowed to run in elections next time. Only the "serious" need apply. Is this partisan? No answer to that. Column.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abpol #cdnpoli #ableg #ableg #yycvote #yyc #yyccc
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abpol #cdnpoli #ableg #ableg #yycvote #yyc #yyccc
Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed
UCP plans new rules to limit who can run in provincial and civic elections. There's a bill coming soon.
calgaryherald.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The UCP is a threat to democracy and has nothing but contempt and disdain for the citizens of Alberta. Smith is a would be tyrant queen. #ableg
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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 32 YEARS, THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS ARE WORLD SERIES BOUND! THEY DEFEAT THE SEATTLE MARINERS 4-3 IN GAME 7!
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 32 YEARS, THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS ARE WORLD SERIES BOUND! THEY DEFEAT THE SEATTLE MARINERS 4-3 IN GAME 7!
I hope the unions refuse this blatantly illegal order and refuse to return to work. The government has caused this problem and has refused to negotiate in good faith from the very beginning. The public supports the teachers, not this authoritarian, corrupt, and unaccountable government.
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I hope the unions refuse this blatantly illegal order and refuse to return to work. The government has caused this problem and has refused to negotiate in good faith from the very beginning. The public supports the teachers, not this authoritarian, corrupt, and unaccountable government.