Simon Listens
@simonorrell.bsky.social
Connection. It’s all that matters. Find it.
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Talked about the prospect of another pipeline and Carney's recent comments on my Monday political panel.
As I said, the biggest impediment isn't regulations or even Indigenous opposition but the lack of a viable business case.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...
As I said, the biggest impediment isn't regulations or even Indigenous opposition but the lack of a viable business case.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...
Danielle Smith’s pipeline still doesn’t have a business case
The biggest obstacle standing in the way of another pipeline to the West Coast isn't the tanker ban or federal climate policies. It's oil prices and the nature of the businesses that rely on them for ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Talked about the prospect of another pipeline and Carney's recent comments on my Monday political panel.
As I said, the biggest impediment isn't regulations or even Indigenous opposition but the lack of a viable business case.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...
As I said, the biggest impediment isn't regulations or even Indigenous opposition but the lack of a viable business case.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...
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This week on ‘Whatever This Is’ we unpack why Danielle Smith is running Alberta like a cosplay authoritarian because she’s too weak to govern like a Premier.
We break down her fake “strongman” act, her panic over recall laws, and what Albertans can do to push back.
Follow for more #abpoli #ableg
We break down her fake “strongman” act, her panic over recall laws, and what Albertans can do to push back.
Follow for more #abpoli #ableg
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Alberta, watch what America is doing right now - with their refusal to support funding of the Affordable Care Act.
If Danielle Smith has her way with the medical system, we, too, will be facing $1000s in monthly premiums just to visit doctors.
She wants it that way.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
If Danielle Smith has her way with the medical system, we, too, will be facing $1000s in monthly premiums just to visit doctors.
She wants it that way.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
@sarahharmer.bsky.social friday night. listening to your music. a light in the darkness. thank you
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
@sarahharmer.bsky.social friday night. listening to your music. a light in the darkness. thank you
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Today, The New York Times has published a story eviscerating Danielle Smith and her provincial government's response to the measles crisis in Alberta.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today, The New York Times has published a story eviscerating Danielle Smith and her provincial government's response to the measles crisis in Alberta.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
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I was cleaning out old photos from my google drive, and came across this gem.
Yes, even back in the day, @carrietait.bsky.social was giving us golden headlines. 👏 #ableg #abpoli
Yes, even back in the day, @carrietait.bsky.social was giving us golden headlines. 👏 #ableg #abpoli
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I was cleaning out old photos from my google drive, and came across this gem.
Yes, even back in the day, @carrietait.bsky.social was giving us golden headlines. 👏 #ableg #abpoli
Yes, even back in the day, @carrietait.bsky.social was giving us golden headlines. 👏 #ableg #abpoli
yes. anyone who’s been involved can tell you. waste of money and a form of greenwashing. NO public money should be spent on this sham #canpoli #abpoli
"Carbon capture has a 50-year record of failure. In a half century, the industry has captured a minuscule proportion of global emissions and left a trail of failed projects and wasted public money in its wake." www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Carbon capture is not the answer to the climate crisis
In 50 years, CCS has captured just a tiny proportion of global emissions and left a trail of wasted public money in its wake
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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It’s a waste of money
"Carbon capture has a 50-year record of failure. In a half century, the industry has captured a minuscule proportion of global emissions and left a trail of failed projects and wasted public money in its wake." www.theguardian.com/theobserver/...
Carbon capture is not the answer to the climate crisis
In 50 years, CCS has captured just a tiny proportion of global emissions and left a trail of wasted public money in its wake
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s a waste of money
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It’s a blue tsunami everywhere.
Tariffs poll lower than syphillis.
MAGA controls all three branches of government and shut it all down to strip millions of health care and hide the Epstein files.
Everything is worse than it was a year ago.
Americans are FINALLY waking up.
Tariffs poll lower than syphillis.
MAGA controls all three branches of government and shut it all down to strip millions of health care and hide the Epstein files.
Everything is worse than it was a year ago.
Americans are FINALLY waking up.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It’s a blue tsunami everywhere.
Tariffs poll lower than syphillis.
MAGA controls all three branches of government and shut it all down to strip millions of health care and hide the Epstein files.
Everything is worse than it was a year ago.
Americans are FINALLY waking up.
Tariffs poll lower than syphillis.
MAGA controls all three branches of government and shut it all down to strip millions of health care and hide the Epstein files.
Everything is worse than it was a year ago.
Americans are FINALLY waking up.
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Canvassing with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Canvassing with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social
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They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
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70% of Canadians say they’d accept slower economic growth if it meant more economic independence from the U.S.
That sentiment cuts across age, region, and party lines — a rare point of unity.
More: abacusdata.ca/canadians-se...
That sentiment cuts across age, region, and party lines — a rare point of unity.
More: abacusdata.ca/canadians-se...
Canadians See Economic Clouds Gathering But Still Hold Out Hope for Progress - Abacus Data
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abacusdata.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
70% of Canadians say they’d accept slower economic growth if it meant more economic independence from the U.S.
That sentiment cuts across age, region, and party lines — a rare point of unity.
More: abacusdata.ca/canadians-se...
That sentiment cuts across age, region, and party lines — a rare point of unity.
More: abacusdata.ca/canadians-se...
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I'm in Burlington, Ontario, today.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm in Burlington, Ontario, today.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
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accountability for thee, and not for me, he said.
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
accountability for thee, and not for me, he said.
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TODAY, UCP government denied the Chief Electoral Officer a supplemental budget required to prepare a referendum on Alberta’s separation from Canada.
Is #ForeverCanadian safe to presume that this is an indication that no such referendum will take place?
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Is #ForeverCanadian safe to presume that this is an indication that no such referendum will take place?
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Legislative Offices
Meeting in Rocky Mountain Room, video
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
TODAY, UCP government denied the Chief Electoral Officer a supplemental budget required to prepare a referendum on Alberta’s separation from Canada.
Is #ForeverCanadian safe to presume that this is an indication that no such referendum will take place?
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Is #ForeverCanadian safe to presume that this is an indication that no such referendum will take place?
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
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Trump turned his troops on the American people. Only the most naive would think he won't be willing to turn them on Canada. His officials claim Canada is running fentanyl, terrorists and El Salvador gangs across the border.
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump turned his troops on the American people. Only the most naive would think he won't be willing to turn them on Canada. His officials claim Canada is running fentanyl, terrorists and El Salvador gangs across the border.
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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"Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 [Paris Agreement signing] and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period"
oilchange.org/publications...
oilchange.org/publications...
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 [Paris Agreement signing] and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period"
oilchange.org/publications...
oilchange.org/publications...
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This is cool as hell ✌️❤️🇨🇦
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arriving with *this* vibe 💯 Wearing the jersey of 3x Olympic hockey gold-medalist Marie-Philip Poulin.
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is cool as hell ✌️❤️🇨🇦
this dream needs to be killed
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...
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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
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
this dream needs to be killed
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NEWS: Students protest on St. Albert Trail for teachers
Students protest on St. Albert Trail for teachers
“We’ve got to stand up for them,” says one
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October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEWS: Students protest on St. Albert Trail for teachers
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⬇️Read full article thru link⬇️
📰NEWS:
These coal mining lawsuits are the result of a UCP government that can't make sense of their own decisions. Their flip flopping on coal exploration and permitting is now costing Albertans over $200 million. 1/
#environment #coalmining #environment #protectedareas #ableg #abpoli
These coal mining lawsuits are the result of a UCP government that can't make sense of their own decisions. Their flip flopping on coal exploration and permitting is now costing Albertans over $200 million. 1/
#environment #coalmining #environment #protectedareas #ableg #abpoli
Alberta to pay $95M settlement to another coal company over policy change | CBC News
Details of another settlement between the Government of Alberta and a coal company have been released. This time, the province has agreed to pay $95 million to Evolve Power.
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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NEW: A year ago, ex-MP Chris Alexander submitted forged documents to a House committee on Russian interference to accuse journalist David Pugliese of being a paid Russian asset.
Yesterday, he spoke at a Senate committee and faced no questions about it.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Yesterday, he spoke at a Senate committee and faced no questions about it.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Senate committee fetes ex-parliamentarian behind discredited spy allegations against journalist
A year after submitting fraudulent documents that smeared reporter David Pugliese to a House committee, Chris Alexander faces no scrutiny over disinformation credentials.
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW: A year ago, ex-MP Chris Alexander submitted forged documents to a House committee on Russian interference to accuse journalist David Pugliese of being a paid Russian asset.
Yesterday, he spoke at a Senate committee and faced no questions about it.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Yesterday, he spoke at a Senate committee and faced no questions about it.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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Finance Min. Nate Horner says if oil prices continue to slide, the province’s revenue could drop further billions, so it would be irresponsible to sign an agreement that commits govt to escalating costs.
(Not sure how this gels with the education min’s commitment to improve classroom conditions)
(Not sure how this gels with the education min’s commitment to improve classroom conditions)
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Finance Min. Nate Horner says if oil prices continue to slide, the province’s revenue could drop further billions, so it would be irresponsible to sign an agreement that commits govt to escalating costs.
(Not sure how this gels with the education min’s commitment to improve classroom conditions)
(Not sure how this gels with the education min’s commitment to improve classroom conditions)