Steve Manta
@mantalicious.bsky.social
Over-caffeinated Radical Downtown Urbanite. Member of the laptop class. Beekeeping age. Cyborg Slave of Satan (allegedly)
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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The Alberta Funds Public School petition signature collection has started in Medicine Hat. My wife is one of the certified canvassers. Currently, we're going door to door. As time goes on, we'll be doing pop-ups. Let's get it over the top AB.
#abpoli #ableg #SupportOurTeachers #PublicNotPrivate
#abpoli #ableg #SupportOurTeachers #PublicNotPrivate
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Alberta Funds Public School petition signature collection has started in Medicine Hat. My wife is one of the certified canvassers. Currently, we're going door to door. As time goes on, we'll be doing pop-ups. Let's get it over the top AB.
#abpoli #ableg #SupportOurTeachers #PublicNotPrivate
#abpoli #ableg #SupportOurTeachers #PublicNotPrivate
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I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button
September 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button
Hows your day going? Big kerfuffle at work whether or not bullet point statements need punctuation at the end
It might come to blows. I’m hiding in my office
It might come to blows. I’m hiding in my office
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hows your day going? Big kerfuffle at work whether or not bullet point statements need punctuation at the end
It might come to blows. I’m hiding in my office
It might come to blows. I’m hiding in my office
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Gee, its almost like some people didnt bother to read the very detailed and fully costed party platform published on their website and instead just voted to make sure an even worse person didn’t become PM
Gee. It’s almost like voting for a guy based on him not being Trudeau or PP ,rather than vetting him, was a terrible fucking idea.
They campaigned on this. From the liberal platform:
"Strengthen the integrity of the border by increasing resources for security screenings, quickly identifying and removing inadmissible individuals, tightening visa requirements, and enhancing enforcement against immigration fraud"
"Strengthen the integrity of the border by increasing resources for security screenings, quickly identifying and removing inadmissible individuals, tightening visa requirements, and enhancing enforcement against immigration fraud"
June 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Gee, its almost like some people didnt bother to read the very detailed and fully costed party platform published on their website and instead just voted to make sure an even worse person didn’t become PM
What could go wrong?
US cancels more $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine reut.rs/4dHDuXc
US cancels more $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
The Trump administration has cancelled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, according to the drugmaker.
reut.rs
May 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What could go wrong?
…. what?
Just in: Texas' former solicitor general has left the AG's office amid sex misconduct allegations and a lawsuit outlining his apparent, months of detailed disclosures to colleagues about his sexual obsession with watching an asteroid anally rape the agency's No. 2 attorney in front of his kids.
May 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
…. what?
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The messaging from the Alberta separation crowd is the political equivalent of thinking you can divorce your wife once the kids are grown & keep the savings, the house, your girlfriend, your hairline, the dog & ex wifey will still show up on Sundays to cook you dinner & do your laundry with a smile
May 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The messaging from the Alberta separation crowd is the political equivalent of thinking you can divorce your wife once the kids are grown & keep the savings, the house, your girlfriend, your hairline, the dog & ex wifey will still show up on Sundays to cook you dinner & do your laundry with a smile
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If Ezra Levant counts as a journalist then urinal cakes count as baking.
April 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If Ezra Levant counts as a journalist then urinal cakes count as baking.
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47 of 48 UCP MLAs support a public inquiry into the pay-to-play scandal.
I haven't asked them.
But they're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong.
I haven't asked them.
But they're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong.
UPDATE: Party president Brittany Marsh admitted that her party “did not issue a formal questionnaire” to MLAs.
“If any MLA believes they’ve been identified in error, they are welcome to publicly clarify their position — and we’ll gladly update the record."
www.readtheorchard.org/p/separatist...
“If any MLA believes they’ve been identified in error, they are welcome to publicly clarify their position — and we’ll gladly update the record."
www.readtheorchard.org/p/separatist...
Separatist party claims 11 UCP MLAs support a binding independence referendum
The Republican Party of Alberta, which is open to joining the U.S., is keeping a scorecard of whether MLAs support an independence referendum before the next election.
www.readtheorchard.org
April 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
47 of 48 UCP MLAs support a public inquiry into the pay-to-play scandal.
I haven't asked them.
But they're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong.
I haven't asked them.
But they're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong.
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No one can do business with an unstable country like that. Pause or not, the world needs to move on without the US at much and as quickly as possible.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Trump announces 90-day pause on ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, hikes China levy to 125%
S&P 500 jumped nearly 6 per cent after his announcement on social media platform Truth Social
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
No one can do business with an unstable country like that. Pause or not, the world needs to move on without the US at much and as quickly as possible.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Whoops
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Whoops
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Yep. I wrote recently about how GOP policies don't match that post WWII middle class lifestyle.That period had much higher taxes, stronger unions, stronger gov regulation of finance. All of these added up to much less inequality than we have today. That's why grandparents seemed to have it better.
The MAGA Downswing
The time of "American greatness" doesn't match MAGA policies
troytassier.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yep. I wrote recently about how GOP policies don't match that post WWII middle class lifestyle.That period had much higher taxes, stronger unions, stronger gov regulation of finance. All of these added up to much less inequality than we have today. That's why grandparents seemed to have it better.
You need unions for that
"Manufacturing jobs" is shorthand for "work 40 hours/week for 30 years; then retire w/ health benefits and a pension. Send your kids to college. Have a camper by the lake where you go on weekends in the summer."
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You need unions for that
If only someone could’ve foreseen this
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
Breaking: Whirlpool announces they are laying off 651 American workers in Iowa, citing the economic conditions under Trump.
Whirlpool Corp. announces Iowa's largest layoff of 2025 in Amana manufacturing facility
A statement from Whirlpool said the layoffs are the result of reduced consumer demand for products made in Amana, primarily refrigeration units.
www.desmoinesregister.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If only someone could’ve foreseen this
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
So much stupid
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So much stupid
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Like Turkish Tylenol, but for hydrogen
Helluva lede on this @taprootedmonton.ca story by Colin Gallant
“Alberta’s first commercial hydrogen fuelling station has been shipped back to the United States, its American owner has filed for bankruptcy, and the company’s once convicted former CEO has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.”
“Alberta’s first commercial hydrogen fuelling station has been shipped back to the United States, its American owner has filed for bankruptcy, and the company’s once convicted former CEO has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.”
Hydrogen fuelling station closed less than one year after opening to government fanfare
Alberta's first commercial hydrogen fuelling station has been shipped back to the United States, its American owner has filed for bankruptcy, and the company's once convicted former CEO has been pardo...
edmonton.taproot.news
April 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Like Turkish Tylenol, but for hydrogen
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"The bottom-up support for Western secession – another one of those populist movements that central Canada has never anticipated or understood – is currently centred in Alberta and Saskatchewan." Its not bottom-up, it is coming from the Premier's office.
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The bottom-up support for Western secession – another one of those populist movements that central Canada has never anticipated or understood – is currently centred in Alberta and Saskatchewan." Its not bottom-up, it is coming from the Premier's office.
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~✊An open letter to Danielle Smith from a MedicineHatter! 👏
March 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
~✊An open letter to Danielle Smith from a MedicineHatter! 👏
I’m no lawyer, but that sounds like the US president asking China for quid pro quo on live TV
Trump says he may give China "a little reduction in tariffs" to get a TikTok deal done
March 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I’m no lawyer, but that sounds like the US president asking China for quid pro quo on live TV
My father is an Alberta conservative and a senior. Apparently his two main issues for this election are Gerald Butts and DEI. Gerald Butts because he was behind Trudeau’s environmental policies years ago, and DEI because he thinks it discriminates against while males 🤦♂️#cdnpoli
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My father is an Alberta conservative and a senior. Apparently his two main issues for this election are Gerald Butts and DEI. Gerald Butts because he was behind Trudeau’s environmental policies years ago, and DEI because he thinks it discriminates against while males 🤦♂️#cdnpoli
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Justin Trudeau’s final approval rating is 12 points higher than Pierre Poilievre’s
“Trudeau left office on a high note. His leadership and opposition to Trump in his final months as prime minister more than doubled his approval rating.”
“Trudeau left office on a high note. His leadership and opposition to Trump in his final months as prime minister more than doubled his approval rating.”
Justin Trudeau's final approval rating is 12 points higher than Pierre Poilievre's
The final approval rating of Justin Trudeau is 47%, 12 points higher than that of Pierre Poilievre, whose favourability sits at 35%.
cultmtl.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Justin Trudeau’s final approval rating is 12 points higher than Pierre Poilievre’s
“Trudeau left office on a high note. His leadership and opposition to Trump in his final months as prime minister more than doubled his approval rating.”
“Trudeau left office on a high note. His leadership and opposition to Trump in his final months as prime minister more than doubled his approval rating.”
Danielle Smith is not in any position to be threatening anything. Shes going to be lucky if she serves out her full term
#abpoli #cdnpoli
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Danielle Smith threatening a national unity crisis - despite the fact that Alberta is producing more oil and gas than ever in its history - tells you all you need to know about her and her supporters.
March 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM