🇨🇦 DRoberts 🇨🇦
@drobertsderlc.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, dog owner and tax lawyer, with interests in sustainability, design, technology, urban planning, music & classic cars.
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@drobertsderlc.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Curious — with the advancements that are now occurring, and will continue to occur, in areas such as AI, robotics, etc.,what jobs/careers, if any, do you think will need, or still need, to be done primarily by humans 30 - 50 years from now? Or will we be living in a “Wall-E” type environment?
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Never since 1905, when Alberta became a province, was a petition with nearly half a million signatures tabled in the Legislature.
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Never since 1905, when Alberta became a province, was a petition with nearly half a million signatures tabled in the Legislature.
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
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Danielle Smith has invoked the notwithstanding clause four times in five weeks. This authoritarian turn has targeted labour, trans youth, and basic human rights. As Ryan Kelpin writes, it should alarm everyone in Canada.
The authoritarian edge of Alberta conservatism
Danielle Smith’s unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause is reshaping Alberta politics, targeting labour, trans youth, and minority rights. Ryan Kelpin traces the far-right project behind her ...
canadiandimension.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Danielle Smith has invoked the notwithstanding clause four times in five weeks. This authoritarian turn has targeted labour, trans youth, and basic human rights. As Ryan Kelpin writes, it should alarm everyone in Canada.
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Stewarding a future for water in Southern Alberta.
#ProtectWatersheds #MountainsNotMines
#EasternSlopes
#abpoli
#ProtectWatersheds #MountainsNotMines
#EasternSlopes
#abpoli
Dry Horizons: Stewarding a Future for Water in Alberta
YouTube video by CPAWS Southern Alberta
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Stewarding a future for water in Southern Alberta.
#ProtectWatersheds #MountainsNotMines
#EasternSlopes
#abpoli
#ProtectWatersheds #MountainsNotMines
#EasternSlopes
#abpoli
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COOL WINTER GUIDE: ICYMI: Dark Sky Preserves in Alberta - Northern Lights! #CoolWinterGuide #AdvertisingFeature #AlbertaTravel
ICYMI: Dark Sky Preserves in Alberta - Northern Lights!
COOL WINTER GUIDE: One of the world’s most unique and dazzling phenomena is the canopy of fluctuating hues that are called the northern lights (aurora borealis).
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
COOL WINTER GUIDE: ICYMI: Dark Sky Preserves in Alberta - Northern Lights! #CoolWinterGuide #AdvertisingFeature #AlbertaTravel
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Elections Alberta posted a news release about Petition Verification In Progress.
Anyone who signed, please stay vigilant and respond accordingly if you receive a message from Elections Alberta. Their name will be in the call display or email message.
See here for full details: www.elections.ab.ca
Anyone who signed, please stay vigilant and respond accordingly if you receive a message from Elections Alberta. Their name will be in the call display or email message.
See here for full details: www.elections.ab.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Elections Alberta posted a news release about Petition Verification In Progress.
Anyone who signed, please stay vigilant and respond accordingly if you receive a message from Elections Alberta. Their name will be in the call display or email message.
See here for full details: www.elections.ab.ca
Anyone who signed, please stay vigilant and respond accordingly if you receive a message from Elections Alberta. Their name will be in the call display or email message.
See here for full details: www.elections.ab.ca
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You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.
“Alberta, which has been particularly hard hit, has seen its youth measles vaccine rate slip well below herd immunity levels.”
Hmmm — what could have possibly contributed to the Province of Alberta having exceptionally low vaccination rates?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Anyone?
Hmmm — what could have possibly contributed to the Province of Alberta having exceptionally low vaccination rates?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Anyone?
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Alberta, which has been particularly hard hit, has seen its youth measles vaccine rate slip well below herd immunity levels.”
Hmmm — what could have possibly contributed to the Province of Alberta having exceptionally low vaccination rates?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Anyone?
Hmmm — what could have possibly contributed to the Province of Alberta having exceptionally low vaccination rates?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Anyone?
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As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
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When you turn on the "bike" layer on Google Maps.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When you turn on the "bike" layer on Google Maps.
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I used to think that a watershed was a fairly immutable physical concept but yesterday the GoA passed an order in council including the Upper Smoky basin within the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan. Bizarre.
BTW the plan will "provide continued opportunities for coal development."
#ableg #abpoli
BTW the plan will "provide continued opportunities for coal development."
#ableg #abpoli
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
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We do not take the privilege of serving in this House for granted.
You have my word:
Alberta’s New Democrats will never use the notwithstanding clause to violate your rights or abuse the power of the Premier’s office.
youtu.be/-7KOGnd8drI
You have my word:
Alberta’s New Democrats will never use the notwithstanding clause to violate your rights or abuse the power of the Premier’s office.
youtu.be/-7KOGnd8drI
Alberta’s New Democrats will always protect your rights and your freedoms.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We do not take the privilege of serving in this House for granted.
You have my word:
Alberta’s New Democrats will never use the notwithstanding clause to violate your rights or abuse the power of the Premier’s office.
youtu.be/-7KOGnd8drI
You have my word:
Alberta’s New Democrats will never use the notwithstanding clause to violate your rights or abuse the power of the Premier’s office.
youtu.be/-7KOGnd8drI
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This is great. If only more "journalists" would actually read and apply some of this.
Truth isn't dead. Trust is just scarcer.
Truth isn't dead. Trust is just scarcer.
And then here's a piece for Vox on how to do good explainer journalism:
Advice for aspiring explainer journalists
What I’ve learned from 15 years of explaining.
www.vox.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is great. If only more "journalists" would actually read and apply some of this.
Truth isn't dead. Trust is just scarcer.
Truth isn't dead. Trust is just scarcer.
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Petition to keep Alberta in Canada 'really close' to collecting enough signatures.
Come on Alberta. Almost there!
#Alberta #Canada
@lukaszukab.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1148977...
Come on Alberta. Almost there!
#Alberta #Canada
@lukaszukab.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1148977...
Petition to keep Alberta in Canada ‘really close’ to collecting enough signatures | Globalnews.ca
Organizers of the 'Forever Canadian' petition say they are 'really, really close' to collecting enough signature to trigger a vote on the province's future in Canada.
globalnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Petition to keep Alberta in Canada 'really close' to collecting enough signatures.
Come on Alberta. Almost there!
#Alberta #Canada
@lukaszukab.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1148977...
Come on Alberta. Almost there!
#Alberta #Canada
@lukaszukab.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1148977...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"On a bike it's normal to meet people, which only happens in a car if you're beeping at somebody for cutting you off or something. Do a regular route, commuting to work or something, you actually begin to meet, recognize & talk to people you share that space with, which just doesn't happen in a car"
The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney
PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike
PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike
Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes
Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.
www.podcastics.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"On a bike it's normal to meet people, which only happens in a car if you're beeping at somebody for cutting you off or something. Do a regular route, commuting to work or something, you actually begin to meet, recognize & talk to people you share that space with, which just doesn't happen in a car"
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A Redditor made a graph of the percent of population of US and Canada metro areas over 1 million that live in a given density. When they ordered them by average density the lowest ranked Canadian metro area, Edmonton, was ranked 14th between Miami and Washington. 6 of the top 15 were Canadian metros
October 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A Redditor made a graph of the percent of population of US and Canada metro areas over 1 million that live in a given density. When they ordered them by average density the lowest ranked Canadian metro area, Edmonton, was ranked 14th between Miami and Washington. 6 of the top 15 were Canadian metros
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
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"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us"
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us"
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
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“The consumer price index rose nearly 21 per cent in Alberta during the last six years while teacher pay rose about 3.8 per cent”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why some Alberta teachers will vote against the latest contract offer | CBC News
Many Alberta teachers say the latest contract offer from their employers and union isn’t good enough to stop them from striking.
www.cbc.ca
September 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“The consumer price index rose nearly 21 per cent in Alberta during the last six years while teacher pay rose about 3.8 per cent”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This is really cool.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands
In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is really cool.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
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Here’s the study of several MILLION children with sibling-control that proves acetaminophen doesn’t cause autism. In case you need to refer to it in the coming days.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Here’s the study of several MILLION children with sibling-control that proves acetaminophen doesn’t cause autism. In case you need to refer to it in the coming days.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...