Rowan Wiebe
@rowanwiebe.bsky.social
A very strange person. Terrible jokes, queer christian, and politics from here on out. Asexual and Aromantic Advocate on a break. MLIS student at UofA for the next little bit. (Ne/Nem)
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This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!
Final EIA-860 is out, and 2025 really did it: 54 GW of new U.S. electric capacity, 96% clean. Solar again carries the offense, and we built more storage in 2025 than the cumulative total through 2023. More and more and more additions... but also record low retirements.
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 AM
This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!
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Conservative MP Michelle Rempel is an avowed gun lobby supporter. CPC MP Cheryl Gallant did not join her community in mourning the triple femicides in '15 because she didn't want to piss off the gun lobby.
There are people sitting in the House right now who support the nonsense David lists below.
There are people sitting in the House right now who support the nonsense David lists below.
Long 🧵.
When it’s normal to have millions of lethal firearms stored in households across the land, it’s inevitable that, every once in a while, some unhinged person will get access to one or more of those guns. Then unspeakable tragedies like can be visited upon us.
That is why it’s …
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When it’s normal to have millions of lethal firearms stored in households across the land, it’s inevitable that, every once in a while, some unhinged person will get access to one or more of those guns. Then unspeakable tragedies like can be visited upon us.
That is why it’s …
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February 12, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel is an avowed gun lobby supporter. CPC MP Cheryl Gallant did not join her community in mourning the triple femicides in '15 because she didn't want to piss off the gun lobby.
There are people sitting in the House right now who support the nonsense David lists below.
There are people sitting in the House right now who support the nonsense David lists below.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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When your post gets in the discover feed
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
When your post gets in the discover feed
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There is genuinely so much bad, mis-and disinformation floating around about the tragedy in BC right now online that social media is worse than useless - it is actively harmful.
UM @info.radio-canada.ca AND @patriceroy.bsky.social YOU PUT THE WRONG WOMAN ON SCREEN AS THE MASS SHOOTER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR SHOW!!!!!
My GOD.
You need to retract and apologize NOW!!!
My GOD.
You need to retract and apologize NOW!!!
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
There is genuinely so much bad, mis-and disinformation floating around about the tragedy in BC right now online that social media is worse than useless - it is actively harmful.
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I'm not as negative on this opinion as some people, because yes, black swans are out in the world. But the "It's the new Industrial Revolution {British} on steroids!" comparisons are limited by, as usual, collision in the real world.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I'm not as negative on this opinion as some people, because yes, black swans are out in the world. But the "It's the new Industrial Revolution {British} on steroids!" comparisons are limited by, as usual, collision in the real world.
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41 days into 2026 and we're at almost 50 people run down by cars. #calagary #roadsafety
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
41 days into 2026 and we're at almost 50 people run down by cars. #calagary #roadsafety
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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That shouldn’t be a bug. There’s a volcano under Lake Taupo here in New Zealand, that’s just a really fucking cool geological feature
[0009552] Volcano generated under lake water level
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
That shouldn’t be a bug. There’s a volcano under Lake Taupo here in New Zealand, that’s just a really fucking cool geological feature
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From an economists standpoint (👋), this extreme wealth accumulation can be argued as being a sign of a dysfunctional economic system. These proceeds are rents are unearned gains and should indeed be the subject of taxation in order to restore fairness. It is economics
Patriotic Millionaire Scott Ellis appeared on the @ricksmithshow.bsky.social to dispel the idea that requiring billionaires to pay their taxes is a punishment—rather, them paying their fair share is what we need for a healthy economy and democracy.
Millionaires Like Me Should Pay More, Why California’s Billionaire Tax Makes Sense for Workers
An interview with Patriotic Millionaire Scott Ellis
ricksmithshow.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
From an economists standpoint (👋), this extreme wealth accumulation can be argued as being a sign of a dysfunctional economic system. These proceeds are rents are unearned gains and should indeed be the subject of taxation in order to restore fairness. It is economics
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
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I think it should be legal to slap these off someone's face and smash them with a big mallet if you see them recording you without your permission
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I think it should be legal to slap these off someone's face and smash them with a big mallet if you see them recording you without your permission
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We really do need to rebuild the capacity to meet strangers in public places, and stuff like this ruins it for everyone.
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 AM
We really do need to rebuild the capacity to meet strangers in public places, and stuff like this ruins it for everyone.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
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February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
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"Investigators don’t believe speed or impairment were factors in the collision."
This line needs to be shot into the sun.
It's used to obfuscate the reality that our roads are not safe and pretends that nothing can be done to stop the carnage. #roadsafety
This line needs to be shot into the sun.
It's used to obfuscate the reality that our roads are not safe and pretends that nothing can be done to stop the carnage. #roadsafety
Calgary police say a senior has died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road on a motorized scooter.
Senior hit by Ford F-150 in Calgary intersection dies in hospital: police
Calgary police say a senior has died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road on a motorized scooter.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"Investigators don’t believe speed or impairment were factors in the collision."
This line needs to be shot into the sun.
It's used to obfuscate the reality that our roads are not safe and pretends that nothing can be done to stop the carnage. #roadsafety
This line needs to be shot into the sun.
It's used to obfuscate the reality that our roads are not safe and pretends that nothing can be done to stop the carnage. #roadsafety
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“Some disciplinary cases end because of "loss of jurisdiction. The vast majority of these were dropped because the officer resigned or retired & remainder because the 1-year period to complete investigation expired.”
Close this escape hatch.
#Police
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
Close this escape hatch.
#Police
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014, CBC analysis finds | CBC News
A CBC investigation of RCMP disciplinary records reveals hundreds of cases of alleged gender-based violence by members. Through a series of access requests, CBC received more than 10 years of discipli...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Some disciplinary cases end because of "loss of jurisdiction. The vast majority of these were dropped because the officer resigned or retired & remainder because the 1-year period to complete investigation expired.”
Close this escape hatch.
#Police
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
Close this escape hatch.
#Police
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
Just let me read my damn paper
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Just let me read my damn paper
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Remember, if you are upset about street parking being taken up by those who don't have a private garage YET you don't yourself use your private garage, you are adding to the problem.
Many homes in Edmonton have garages. Use your own space if you're upset about the lack of it on the PUBLIC street.
Many homes in Edmonton have garages. Use your own space if you're upset about the lack of it on the PUBLIC street.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Remember, if you are upset about street parking being taken up by those who don't have a private garage YET you don't yourself use your private garage, you are adding to the problem.
Many homes in Edmonton have garages. Use your own space if you're upset about the lack of it on the PUBLIC street.
Many homes in Edmonton have garages. Use your own space if you're upset about the lack of it on the PUBLIC street.
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Like I dunno, I keep thinking about how every time women, especially older women, start becoming *visible* in a left-of-center movement, instead of just invisibly making it run, there’s complaints that the movement is somehow now too centrist.
Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
And they aren't all crowing about it on social media, so let's not assume that all the people in hats and buttons passing out whistles are doing nothing else. People - "wine moms," "knitters," who else do you think has ready access to breast milk? - are working behind the scenes for good.
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Like I dunno, I keep thinking about how every time women, especially older women, start becoming *visible* in a left-of-center movement, instead of just invisibly making it run, there’s complaints that the movement is somehow now too centrist.
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30m trees shading your property = good, but a 10.5m home = bad shade that destroys your solar potential.
Thankfully, committee noted that the offending infill would still be allowed under the proposed changes.
People arguing against things they don't understand.
Thankfully, committee noted that the offending infill would still be allowed under the proposed changes.
People arguing against things they don't understand.
February 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
30m trees shading your property = good, but a 10.5m home = bad shade that destroys your solar potential.
Thankfully, committee noted that the offending infill would still be allowed under the proposed changes.
People arguing against things they don't understand.
Thankfully, committee noted that the offending infill would still be allowed under the proposed changes.
People arguing against things they don't understand.
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Most people today are extremely unaware of the sheer amount of freedoms the last 80 years have taken from us. We live in the most restrictive age in human history by a significant margin
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Most people today are extremely unaware of the sheer amount of freedoms the last 80 years have taken from us. We live in the most restrictive age in human history by a significant margin