JEmphatically
@jemphatically.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, photographer, environmentalist, introvert. Former oil & gas and government PR, semi-retired, grandma to Finn, and according to research, not cool. She/her. Stop the genocide. https://about.me/jodymacpherson Born: 319 ppm
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Alberta’s data centre dreams could become a nightmare.
Pembina did the calculations (and they shared their math) and Wonder Valley would set the province back 20 years in its GHG emissions.
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Pembina did the calculations (and they shared their math) and Wonder Valley would set the province back 20 years in its GHG emissions.
/more
Read today’s story in The Energy Mix.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters
Breakenridge: “The cause is championed when it comes to allies of the government, but it’s an ‘abuse’ or ‘frivolous’ when it comes to anything that might embarrass the government.”
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December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Breakenridge: “The cause is championed when it comes to allies of the government, but it’s an ‘abuse’ or ‘frivolous’ when it comes to anything that might embarrass the government.”
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December 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Premier needs time to decide whether to take her own recommendations.
You can't make this up.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notparody
calgaryherald.com/news/alberta...
You can't make this up.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notparody
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Smith defends Alberta Next panel recommendations to advance provincial police, pension plan
Premier Danielle Smith said the UCP caucus and cabinet will decide how to proceed on recommendations released by the Alberta Next panel this week.
calgaryherald.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Premier needs time to decide whether to take her own recommendations.
You can't make this up.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notparody
calgaryherald.com/news/alberta...
You can't make this up.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notparody
calgaryherald.com/news/alberta...
A new study on the impacts of AI data centres is out and it's worse than we thought.
AI’s water impact had been estimated and showed that AI water use alone was more than a third higher than previous estimates of all data centre water use.
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AI’s water impact had been estimated and showed that AI water use alone was more than a third higher than previous estimates of all data centre water use.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A new study on the impacts of AI data centres is out and it's worse than we thought.
AI’s water impact had been estimated and showed that AI water use alone was more than a third higher than previous estimates of all data centre water use.
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AI’s water impact had been estimated and showed that AI water use alone was more than a third higher than previous estimates of all data centre water use.
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"...someone with measles was at the Peace River Community Health Centre, Labour and Delivery unit, twice within a few days."
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #measles #vaccination #health
everythinggp.com/2025/12/16/l...
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #measles #vaccination #health
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Labour & Delivery unit measles exposure at the Peace River Community Health Centre
Alberta Health Services says someone with measles was at the Peace River Community Health Centre, Labour and D...
everythinggp.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"...someone with measles was at the Peace River Community Health Centre, Labour and Delivery unit, twice within a few days."
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #measles #vaccination #health
everythinggp.com/2025/12/16/l...
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #measles #vaccination #health
everythinggp.com/2025/12/16/l...
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My first ever fundraising video. Support independent, not-for-profit media.
Just don't ask me how many takes before I got it right 😂.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My first ever fundraising video. Support independent, not-for-profit media.
Just don't ask me how many takes before I got it right 😂.
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Just don't ask me how many takes before I got it right 😂.
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Bill 7’s Water Act changes raise serious ecological concerns. The amendments prioritize short-term economic use over long-term aquatic health & ecosystem integrity. Myself & 2 colleagues at the UofC broke down the changes and potential impacts: ablawg.ca/2025/12/11... #abpoli 🧵
Alberta Water Act Amendments: No Bridge Over Troubled Waters
By: Arlene Kwasniak, David C Barrett, Kerry Black Matter Commented On: Amendments to the Water Act, RSA 2000, c W-3 as set out in Bill 7: Water Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 7) PDF Version: Alberta Wat…
ablawg.ca
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Bill 7’s Water Act changes raise serious ecological concerns. The amendments prioritize short-term economic use over long-term aquatic health & ecosystem integrity. Myself & 2 colleagues at the UofC broke down the changes and potential impacts: ablawg.ca/2025/12/11... #abpoli 🧵
It's officially confirmed. Corb Lund's anti-coal petition will have to be resubmitted.
"Citizen initiative petition applications made before December 11, 2025, for which an initiative petition has not been issued are deemed to have never been made."
#abpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/bill-14-amen...
"Citizen initiative petition applications made before December 11, 2025, for which an initiative petition has not been issued are deemed to have never been made."
#abpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/bill-14-amen...
Bill 14 Amendments to Provincial Electoral Legislation Now in Force - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Yesterday, amendments to electoral legislation introduced in Bill 14: Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 came into force upon royal assent. Bill 14 impacts four provincial electoral legis...
www.elections.ab.ca
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's officially confirmed. Corb Lund's anti-coal petition will have to be resubmitted.
"Citizen initiative petition applications made before December 11, 2025, for which an initiative petition has not been issued are deemed to have never been made."
#abpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/bill-14-amen...
"Citizen initiative petition applications made before December 11, 2025, for which an initiative petition has not been issued are deemed to have never been made."
#abpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/bill-14-amen...
Maybe you've seen the AI-generated images of Finnish data centres heating homes circulating on LinkedIn and Facebook.
The wintry Nordic scene looks as dreamy as a Hallmark Christmas card in one case. Some of the folks posting about it seem absolutely entranced by the idea.
#AIdatacentres
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The wintry Nordic scene looks as dreamy as a Hallmark Christmas card in one case. Some of the folks posting about it seem absolutely entranced by the idea.
#AIdatacentres
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December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Maybe you've seen the AI-generated images of Finnish data centres heating homes circulating on LinkedIn and Facebook.
The wintry Nordic scene looks as dreamy as a Hallmark Christmas card in one case. Some of the folks posting about it seem absolutely entranced by the idea.
#AIdatacentres
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The wintry Nordic scene looks as dreamy as a Hallmark Christmas card in one case. Some of the folks posting about it seem absolutely entranced by the idea.
#AIdatacentres
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Canada's new ambassador to the US was let go from BlackRock for having a "relationship" with a colleague. This was a company culture so bad one boss thought it was a totally fine icebreaker to ask new employees what kind of underwear they wore.
#cdnpoli
www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw...
#cdnpoli
www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw...
At BlackRock, New Accusations of Discrimination and Harassment Are Met With Contrition
On February 1, Essma Bengabsia hit Publish. Her article, called “#MeToo at Blackrock,” went live moments later. An Arab-American Muslim woman, Bengabsia wrote that she was “sexually harassed and discr...
www.institutionalinvestor.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Canada's new ambassador to the US was let go from BlackRock for having a "relationship" with a colleague. This was a company culture so bad one boss thought it was a totally fine icebreaker to ask new employees what kind of underwear they wore.
#cdnpoli
www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw...
#cdnpoli
www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw...
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Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree spoke of the damaged trust caused by the UCP's attacks on Treaty rights today.
He also spoke of the broken trust from development that hasn't been done properly and the desire to see safe development.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
He also spoke of the broken trust from development that hasn't been done properly and the desire to see safe development.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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“Smith, and her chief of staff, Rob Anderson, directly intervened with Alberta’s Advanced Education Ministry in an attempt to help Peterson’s higher-education business venture.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
“Smith, and her chief of staff, Rob Anderson, directly intervened with Alberta’s Advanced Education Ministry in an attempt to help Peterson’s higher-education business venture.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
File this under the opposite of digital sovereignty.
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
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#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
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Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
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#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
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Microsoft vows to protect ‘digital sovereignty’ in $7.5-billion Canadian data-centre expansion
Company pledges to resist all efforts to shut down service to government customers
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
File this under the opposite of digital sovereignty.
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
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#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...
Did Evan Solomon, or anyone in the federal cabinet, read the American National Security Strategy or are we just ignoring that?
/more
#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2bddbcc...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
David Climenhaga mentioned this first. I'm sharing it to spread the word. One UCP recall is looking suspicious - only one recall is approved per riding. Someone got their application in first but isn't doing anything, and turning down offers of help.
#abpoli
lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbri...
#abpoli
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Stalled recall?
Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A lot of local residents are expressing frustration over not being able to get
lethbridgeherald.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
David Climenhaga mentioned this first. I'm sharing it to spread the word. One UCP recall is looking suspicious - only one recall is approved per riding. Someone got their application in first but isn't doing anything, and turning down offers of help.
#abpoli
lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbri...
#abpoli
lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbri...
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
How is this allowed to happen? Blatant racism is tolerated in the US now? It's sickening how many are just going along with it. Or standing by and doing nothing to stop it.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
How is this allowed to happen? Blatant racism is tolerated in the US now? It's sickening how many are just going along with it. Or standing by and doing nothing to stop it.
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I feel like the Trump administration is openly racist should be a story.
Trump has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth as national holidays for visitors to get free admission to national parks and replaced them with his own birthday.
Trump admin removes MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Parks fee-free days
In place of these days, the Trump administration has opted to celebrate more former presidents' birthdays and Trump's birthday.
www.newsweek.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I feel like the Trump administration is openly racist should be a story.