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JEmphatically
@jemphatically.bsky.social
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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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Kevin O’Leary promised he would raise $2B for a huge job-creating AI data centre in northern Alberta. By the end of the next quarter. That was in March.
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www.theenergymix.com/70b-wonder-v...
$70B Wonder Valley Project Still A Mirage as O’Leary’s AI Dream Stalls in Alberta
Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s much-hyped plan to build the largest AI data centre park on Earth has yet to move forward in northern Alberta, even though the provincial government said the televis...
www.theenergymix.com
jemphatically.bsky.social
It’s nearly the one year anniversary of the Wonder Valley announcement and I’ve been revisiting the events leading up to it, including a look at what else was going on in Alberta politics at the time.
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#ableg #cdnpoli #WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres
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Wonder Valley Watch: A big win, a wonderful thing, a firing and a flight to Florida
This time last year: The launch of an AI data centre dream in northern Alberta
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
jemphatically.bsky.social
Kevin O'Leary, who proposes to build a 7.5 GW AI data centre in northern Alberta:

"Whoever has the best AI wins all the wars."

and...

#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp #WonderValleyAlberta

youtube.com/shorts/S2sVA...
AI vs. China #shorts
YouTube video by Kevin O'Leary
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
OpenAI is also lobbying Solomon for something called "OpenAI for Countries" raising serious questions about digital sovereignty.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

#cdnpoli #AIdatacentres
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
“Consumers have sent a clear message: they are paying attention and will hold public officials accountable for decisions that impact their utility bills.”

Two incumbent Republican commissioners voted out.
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#AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters #methane #nuclear

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Democrats Win 2 Key Energy Races in Georgia
A “seismic change” comes for the state’s Public Service Commission.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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marklemley.bsky.social
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
jemphatically.bsky.social
The Energy Mix hosted a live blog with nearly two dozen climate and sustainability leaders after the Liberal government announced its first budget November 4.

Here's what we heard:

www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl...

#cdnpoli #ableg
Disappointment, Frustration as Climate Champions See 'Missed Opportunity' 2025 Canada Budget
The Energy Mix hosted a live blog with nearly two dozen climate and sustainability champions after Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne delivered the Liberal government’s first budget November...
www.theenergymix.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
Every race. It’s basically been every race.

Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.

Just everything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
jemphatically.bsky.social
We are winding down for the night. I can't say that many on our chat were happy with the budget.

Read some initial reactions on our live coverage:

www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl...

#cdnpoli @theenergymix.com #ableg
LIVE BLOG: Climate Community Reacts to the 2025 Canada Budget
Starting at 6:30 PM ET, The Energy Mix will host a discussion with climate and sustainability experts as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne delivers the Liberal government’s first budget.
www.theenergymix.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
jemphatically.bsky.social
We are starting early as the full budget document is now public.

Reactions are starting to come in.

budget.canada.ca/2025/home-ac...

#cdnpoli
Budget 2025
Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.
budget.canada.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
This is where we'll be posting reactions to the federal budget 💥 live 💥 later today:

www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl...
LIVE BLOG: Climate Community Reacts to the 2025 Canada Budget
Starting at 6:30 PM ET, The Energy Mix will host a discussion with climate and sustainability experts as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne delivers the Liberal government’s first budget.
www.theenergymix.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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bellwhitworth.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Bullies 😡
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in international talks,” said one European official, who had spoken to negotiators. “People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members”

www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
In a wide-ranging letter to the Trump White House, OpenAI laid out a plan to counter China for AI supremacy.

1GW PER WEEK - are they kidding?

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I've got a new compiler news story for @theenergymix.com

#AIdatacentres #AIdatacenters

www.theenergymix.com/openai-calls...
OpenAI Calls for 100 GW of New Power Each Year to Secure AI Dominance
Big Tech is charging ahead with mind-boggling new AI data centre plans and demanding unprecedented electricity supply, even as concerns grow about who will bear the grid costs and whether the massive ...
www.theenergymix.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
The Energy Mix is planning to post reaction to the federal budget tomorrow (Nov. 4) similar to what we did for election day:
www.theenergymix.com/canada-elect...

Tune in as we provide live summaries of the conversations on our Slack channel from climate and energy leaders between 4:30-6:30 pm EST.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
jemphatically.bsky.social
Sounds like the Northwestern Polytechnic (formerly known as the Grande Prairie Regional College) is in trouble…they’re closing the Fairview satellite campus (located about 115 km north of Grande Prairie).
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#ableg #cdnpoli #GrandePrairie #WonderValleyAlberta

www.nwpolytech.ca/news/2025-10...
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
Well, this is interesting breaking news.

www.inforum.com/news/north-d...

#WonderValleyAlberta #ableg #cdnpoli
Kevin O’Leary, North Dakota Wonder Fund CEO, accused of fraud in investment lawsuit
The suit alleges Wonder Fund officials were complicit in misrepresenting HerdDogg to the North Dakota state government and the federal government.
www.inforum.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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crof.bsky.social
albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dona...
Donald Trump’s regime change plan for Venezuela spells bad news for Alberta’s oilsands - Alberta Politics
Now that Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite foreign autocrat appears to be on the brink of transforming himself from a successful “peace candidate” into a war president, it would behoove folks here in...
albertapolitics.ca
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
About 130km driving distance from the proposed #WonderValleyAlberta locals are questioning whether companies should be charged more for the water they're using, with funds to then be directed into better watershed management.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#ableg #cdnpoli #AIdatacentres #drought
As water dries up in northeast B.C., some want industry paying more to pump the precious resource | CBC News
Environmental groups are calling on the B.C. government to raise industrial water rates as drought deepens and demand for freshwater rises in some areas of the province.
www.cbc.ca
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
jemphatically.bsky.social
30km away from the proposed #WonderValley hyper-scaled AI data centre, the City of Grande Prairie and Invest Grande Prairie are still trying to improve internet connectivity for residents (and local businesses).
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everythinggp.com/2025/10/31/c...

#ableg #cdnpoli #fibregap
City of Grande Prairie launches internet improvement study
Invest Grande Prairie is partnering with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority to better understand loc...
everythinggp.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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hab3261.bsky.social
Looks like Dale Nally just signed away some of Alberta to foreign companies. Beacon (a foreign-controlled entity) to acquire the large tracts of "controlled land" necessary for their multiple projects across rural Alberta. #DaleNally #ABleg #ABpoli
Order in counsel
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
jemphatically.bsky.social
Kevin O’Leary promised he would raise $2B for a huge job-creating AI data centre in northern Alberta. By the end of the next quarter. That was in March.
/more

www.theenergymix.com/70b-wonder-v...
$70B Wonder Valley Project Still A Mirage as O’Leary’s AI Dream Stalls in Alberta
Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s much-hyped plan to build the largest AI data centre park on Earth has yet to move forward in northern Alberta, even though the provincial government said the televis...
www.theenergymix.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Today in #yeg…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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An appalling, unjust, law drives teachers back to work. The most dangerous precedent Alberta has seen In many years. Column.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a... #abed #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli
Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teacher are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights
calgaryherald.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM