Super Nerd Michael, Evermasker™
@gofortwoelks.bsky.social
Oilers, Elks, that virus you heard about (2019-?), and progressive politics.
Chess + math in the background. Competence + Compassion always.
Chess + math in the background. Competence + Compassion always.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government tabled its “Peterson Law” today — limiting oversight power for regulatory bodies and how they can punish and sanction their members for things they say or do.
From @reportrix.bsky.social:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
From @reportrix.bsky.social:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
Alberta tables bill to limit oversight power of regulatory bodies on member behaviour
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government plans to limit what behaviour professional regulators can police in the interest of strengthening freedom of expression.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government tabled its “Peterson Law” today — limiting oversight power for regulatory bodies and how they can punish and sanction their members for things they say or do.
From @reportrix.bsky.social:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
From @reportrix.bsky.social:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
Thank god we were on the verge of six more months of this tandem
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thank god we were on the verge of six more months of this tandem
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Pleased to finally have the Polaris aluminum bodied air purifier up on our website and available. Initial quantities are limited as we are still working out a few supply chain issues.
#indoorairquality #airpurifier #CovidIsAirborne
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#indoorairquality #airpurifier #CovidIsAirborne
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pleased to finally have the Polaris aluminum bodied air purifier up on our website and available. Initial quantities are limited as we are still working out a few supply chain issues.
#indoorairquality #airpurifier #CovidIsAirborne
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#indoorairquality #airpurifier #CovidIsAirborne
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Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
If anyone still doesn't like Bouchard, ask them the resolution of their radio (last 10 games).
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
If anyone still doesn't like Bouchard, ask them the resolution of their radio (last 10 games).
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What could go wrong?
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What could go wrong?
Coach.
Goalie.
Goalie.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Coach.
Goalie.
Goalie.
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On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Alberta's notwithstanding clause triple play on trans youth rights | CBC News
The Alberta premier's second, third and fourth uses of the constitution's nuclear option come after she repeatedly said trans policy bills struck balance on rights. Then it became clear the courts mig...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Freedom? Small government? No, conservatives love governments interfering in the most personal aspects of your life, so long as you belong to a group they don't like, whether it's trans people or women or people with disabilities.
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Freedom? Small government? No, conservatives love governments interfering in the most personal aspects of your life, so long as you belong to a group they don't like, whether it's trans people or women or people with disabilities.
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Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Detail picked up by @adamsonhockey.bsky.social : the Oilers' last 5v5 goal with McDavid, Draisaitl, and Bouchard all off-ice was October 18th.
0 GF, 15 GA run since then.
0 GF, 15 GA run since then.
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Detail picked up by @adamsonhockey.bsky.social : the Oilers' last 5v5 goal with McDavid, Draisaitl, and Bouchard all off-ice was October 18th.
0 GF, 15 GA run since then.
0 GF, 15 GA run since then.
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Lots of issues for the Edmonton Oilers. Most of which fall under the head of the coach's scope of responsibilities.
Systemic power outage || The SuperFan
thesuperfan.ca/2025/11/18/s...
Systemic power outage || The SuperFan
thesuperfan.ca/2025/11/18/s...
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lots of issues for the Edmonton Oilers. Most of which fall under the head of the coach's scope of responsibilities.
Systemic power outage || The SuperFan
thesuperfan.ca/2025/11/18/s...
Systemic power outage || The SuperFan
thesuperfan.ca/2025/11/18/s...
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I've been saying it for a while. Coach Knob is pushing the "beat Florida" system, but this team is not built for it. This is a speed & skill team playing dump and chase hockey. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that it was Gullys fault, but he's gone now and the problem is worse.
#LetsGoOilers
#LetsGoOilers
Lots of issues for the Edmonton Oilers. Most of which fall under the head of the coach's scope of responsibilities.
Systemic power outage || The SuperFan
thesuperfan.ca/2025/11/18/s...
Systemic power outage || The SuperFan
thesuperfan.ca/2025/11/18/s...
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I've been saying it for a while. Coach Knob is pushing the "beat Florida" system, but this team is not built for it. This is a speed & skill team playing dump and chase hockey. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that it was Gullys fault, but he's gone now and the problem is worse.
#LetsGoOilers
#LetsGoOilers
The indomitable Petroff 😤
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The indomitable Petroff 😤
"How nervous should the Oilers be over their wretched start?" - Willis
How nervous should the Oilers be over their wretched start?
More specifically: how nervous should Kris Knoblauch be?
corsiknight.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"How nervous should the Oilers be over their wretched start?" - Willis
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With this leaked document it will be difficult for the UCP to deny their endgame is to privatize healthcare in Alberta. As is the case with the dismantling of AHS, there is no evidence to support this. To the contrary, both will further weaken the public healthcare system.
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
With this leaked document it will be difficult for the UCP to deny their endgame is to privatize healthcare in Alberta. As is the case with the dismantling of AHS, there is no evidence to support this. To the contrary, both will further weaken the public healthcare system.
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The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is further evidence of their populist approach to policymaking.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
Our research team has been studying polarization in Alberta for the past 5 years.
I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the elite-level divisions are not so much left-vs-right, but pluralist vs populist.+
I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the elite-level divisions are not so much left-vs-right, but pluralist vs populist.+
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is further evidence of their populist approach to policymaking.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
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I've used different adjectives (lazy, impatient, vengeful), but these are equally valid theories.
Use of the notwithstanding clause is a betrayal of the duty of a government to its people. If you can't enact your agenda without violating the rights of your citizens, you are either stupid and unimaginative or vicious and cruel.
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I've used different adjectives (lazy, impatient, vengeful), but these are equally valid theories.
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Wondering why the UCP is waiting until Wednesday to strip trans rights using the notwithstanding clause?
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Wondering why the UCP is waiting until Wednesday to strip trans rights using the notwithstanding clause?
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
The Auditor General is releasing his report into the Dynalife fiasco on Wednesday. www.oag.ab.ca/news-section...
They don't think Albertans can chew gum and walk at the same time.
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Other places tried “enhanced” licences and walked away over cost and low value. Without clear benefits and strong safeguards, this looks like “risk stacking” — more data on more cards seen by more people — and a premier-knows-best, performative style of policymaking. It won't last.
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Other places tried “enhanced” licences and walked away over cost and low value. Without clear benefits and strong safeguards, this looks like “risk stacking” — more data on more cards seen by more people — and a premier-knows-best, performative style of policymaking. It won't last.
Darnell and Stu doubling up for two fat GAs
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Darnell and Stu doubling up for two fat GAs
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Take a read of this excellent investigative journalism 👇
People are dying in our hosps w life threatening conditions, while the hosp ORs sit empty, and yet govt forces more low risk surgeries in private facilities.
People are dying in our hosps w life threatening conditions, while the hosp ORs sit empty, and yet govt forces more low risk surgeries in private facilities.
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Take a read of this excellent investigative journalism 👇
People are dying in our hosps w life threatening conditions, while the hosp ORs sit empty, and yet govt forces more low risk surgeries in private facilities.
People are dying in our hosps w life threatening conditions, while the hosp ORs sit empty, and yet govt forces more low risk surgeries in private facilities.
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
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Alberta’s United Conservative Party has filed a lawsuit against two of its former MLAs, alleging they have conspired to damage the party’s reputation by using the Progressive Conservative name. #ableg #abpoli @carrietait.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com
Alberta UCP launches lawsuit against former caucus members
United Conservative Party alleges Peter Guthrie, Scott Sinclair conspired to damage party’s reputation by using Progressive Conservative name
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Alberta’s United Conservative Party has filed a lawsuit against two of its former MLAs, alleging they have conspired to damage the party’s reputation by using the Progressive Conservative name. #ableg #abpoli @carrietait.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com