Scott Seland
@b3am3up.bsky.social
Take chances. Make mistakes. Get messy.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Happening TONIGHT at 7PM! 🎥✨
We’re going live on YouTube for an Education Town Hall.
What’s really going on in Alberta’s schools? How do we better support students, teachers, and education workers? Let’s dig in together.
Your questions. Your stories. Your voice.
We’re here for it.
🔗 Link in bio
We’re going live on YouTube for an Education Town Hall.
What’s really going on in Alberta’s schools? How do we better support students, teachers, and education workers? Let’s dig in together.
Your questions. Your stories. Your voice.
We’re here for it.
🔗 Link in bio
September 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happening TONIGHT at 7PM! 🎥✨
We’re going live on YouTube for an Education Town Hall.
What’s really going on in Alberta’s schools? How do we better support students, teachers, and education workers? Let’s dig in together.
Your questions. Your stories. Your voice.
We’re here for it.
🔗 Link in bio
We’re going live on YouTube for an Education Town Hall.
What’s really going on in Alberta’s schools? How do we better support students, teachers, and education workers? Let’s dig in together.
Your questions. Your stories. Your voice.
We’re here for it.
🔗 Link in bio
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Montreal has been THE North American model of smart, strategic street transformations into people-places. Each year has seen ambitious new moves that build on the years before — incremental, but NOT “slow” because they’ve been making big moves step-by-step.
Permanent Ste Catherine is a GREAT move.
Permanent Ste Catherine is a GREAT move.
August 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Montreal has been THE North American model of smart, strategic street transformations into people-places. Each year has seen ambitious new moves that build on the years before — incremental, but NOT “slow” because they’ve been making big moves step-by-step.
Permanent Ste Catherine is a GREAT move.
Permanent Ste Catherine is a GREAT move.
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A new study shows that extreme fire years in global forests are 88-152% more likely now than they were in pre-industrial times, driven by climate change.
...necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
...necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally - Nature Communications
The authors show that extreme fire years in global forests align with rare fire weather extremes. Climate change has made such extremes 88-152% more probable. These findings highlight the need for act...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A new study shows that extreme fire years in global forests are 88-152% more likely now than they were in pre-industrial times, driven by climate change.
...necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
...necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Alberta Medical Association statement on vaccine policy and commentary: www.albertadoctors.org/news/news/al...
June 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Alberta Medical Association statement on vaccine policy and commentary: www.albertadoctors.org/news/news/al...
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"I haven't followed Canadian politics closely, but when a politician talks of limiting free press, activities at universities & defying the courts, it's the canary in a coal mine for autocracy"
- Harvard University Professor when asked his opinion on Pierre Poilievre.
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#elxn45
- Harvard University Professor when asked his opinion on Pierre Poilievre.
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#elxn45
April 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Rand Paul: "We have to start from talking about the truth. One of the things they say with Canada is, 'Oh, there's a 270% tariffs on dairy products going from the US into Canada.' Well you know what the real tariffs is? Zero. That's a big difference between what the truth is."
April 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Rand Paul: "We have to start from talking about the truth. One of the things they say with Canada is, 'Oh, there's a 270% tariffs on dairy products going from the US into Canada.' Well you know what the real tariffs is? Zero. That's a big difference between what the truth is."
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
The UCP's policies are benefiting investors/donors and hurting everyone else.
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, such as cancer surgeries, which are only performed in the public system."
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, such as cancer surgeries, which are only performed in the public system."
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta public health system losing staff, funding as province increases spending on private facilities
Analysis shows provincial spending on private surgical facilities increased nearly three-fold in 2023-24 from 2019-20, while spending in public facilities increased marginally
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The UCP's policies are benefiting investors/donors and hurting everyone else.
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, such as cancer surgeries, which are only performed in the public system."
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, such as cancer surgeries, which are only performed in the public system."
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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Our for-profit health care system is not only broken & cruel, it's extremely wasteful.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
March 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our for-profit health care system is not only broken & cruel, it's extremely wasteful.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
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www.breitbart.com/politics/202... Smith tells Breitbart that US should pause its tariffs against Canada because it is benefitting the Liberals. Trump should want the CPC to win because "the perspective that Pierre would bring would be very much in sync with, I think…the new direction in America."
Exclusive--Canadian Premier Danielle Smith: Trudeau Blew Tariff Negotiations in First Mar-a-Lago Meeting
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conseravtive Party told Breitbart News Saturday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set Canada back in tariff negotiations with America during a meeting wit...
www.breitbart.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
www.breitbart.com/politics/202... Smith tells Breitbart that US should pause its tariffs against Canada because it is benefitting the Liberals. Trump should want the CPC to win because "the perspective that Pierre would bring would be very much in sync with, I think…the new direction in America."
Yes, it is still important to get a Covid booster shot. "...the ability to dysregulate the immune system and the ability to cause systemic damage throughout the bloodstream, you have a very dangerous novel virus on your hands." www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Yes, it is still important to get a Covid booster shot. "...the ability to dysregulate the immune system and the ability to cause systemic damage throughout the bloodstream, you have a very dangerous novel virus on your hands." www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
... and the US health care system costs TWICE as much per capita as the Canadian system. The wonders of private health care.
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
... and the US health care system costs TWICE as much per capita as the Canadian system. The wonders of private health care.
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The Premiers office has taken over direct operational control of healthcare. Three of the 4 top positions in AHS are filled by government appointed bureaucrats with no clinical experience of healthcare leadership qualifications.
March 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Premiers office has taken over direct operational control of healthcare. Three of the 4 top positions in AHS are filled by government appointed bureaucrats with no clinical experience of healthcare leadership qualifications.
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In 2019, the UCP muzzled the voice of the Chief Medical Officer of health, and today there are outbreaks of measles and syphilis all across Alberta.
When will the UCP return to transparency and allow the CMOH to speak freely to the public?
When will the UCP return to transparency and allow the CMOH to speak freely to the public?
March 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In 2019, the UCP muzzled the voice of the Chief Medical Officer of health, and today there are outbreaks of measles and syphilis all across Alberta.
When will the UCP return to transparency and allow the CMOH to speak freely to the public?
When will the UCP return to transparency and allow the CMOH to speak freely to the public?
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Albertans are paying double the cost for surgeries that are performed in chartered surgical facilities.
The same chartered surgical facilities in the middle of the corrupt care scandal.
When will the UCP tell us how much money they are giving to their friends?
The same chartered surgical facilities in the middle of the corrupt care scandal.
When will the UCP tell us how much money they are giving to their friends?
March 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Albertans are paying double the cost for surgeries that are performed in chartered surgical facilities.
The same chartered surgical facilities in the middle of the corrupt care scandal.
When will the UCP tell us how much money they are giving to their friends?
The same chartered surgical facilities in the middle of the corrupt care scandal.
When will the UCP tell us how much money they are giving to their friends?
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Kevin O'Leary to @ianhanomansing.bsky.social on Cross Country Checkup, rough quote: "The Canadian dollar has dropped 40% against the US dollar under Trudeau."
Fact check: the CAD has dropped 34% from the 2011 peak, but just 4% of that drop happened under Trudeau. The big drop happened under Harper.
Fact check: the CAD has dropped 34% from the 2011 peak, but just 4% of that drop happened under Trudeau. The big drop happened under Harper.
February 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Kevin O'Leary to @ianhanomansing.bsky.social on Cross Country Checkup, rough quote: "The Canadian dollar has dropped 40% against the US dollar under Trudeau."
Fact check: the CAD has dropped 34% from the 2011 peak, but just 4% of that drop happened under Trudeau. The big drop happened under Harper.
Fact check: the CAD has dropped 34% from the 2011 peak, but just 4% of that drop happened under Trudeau. The big drop happened under Harper.
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Medicine hat, her own riding .
#abpoli #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
#abpoli #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead
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Laying it Out: In Alberta, apparently we only act tough when we face East - Medicine Hat News
Following the #BestSummerEver as issued in by former premier Jason Kenney in the oh so distant year of 2021, 57 human beings in Medicine Hat lost their lives over 60 days. It was the single deadliest ...
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February 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Medicine hat, her own riding .
#abpoli #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
#abpoli #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead
medicinehatnews.com/commentary/o...
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“As of November, 80,000 people were waiting for a procedure – up more than 3,000 people in the last 12 months.”
Under the UCP and their private surgical facilities, the brain drain it’s caused has increased surgical wait times.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #abmed
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Under the UCP and their private surgical facilities, the brain drain it’s caused has increased surgical wait times.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #abmed
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Albertans questioning health-care overhaul as surgery waitlists grow
Some Albertans are questioning the provincial government’s commitment to a health-care overhaul as thousands of patients wait for long-delayed surgeries.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“As of November, 80,000 people were waiting for a procedure – up more than 3,000 people in the last 12 months.”
Under the UCP and their private surgical facilities, the brain drain it’s caused has increased surgical wait times.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #abmed
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Under the UCP and their private surgical facilities, the brain drain it’s caused has increased surgical wait times.
#abpoli #cdnpoli #abmed
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Alberta Medical Association statement regarding the report of the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force
January 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Alberta Medical Association statement regarding the report of the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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US corn to ethanol
36m hectares corn harvested
40% to corn ethanol
2023 corn production 387 million tonnes (~12t/ha)
Ethanol production ~58.3 billion litres
Energy from corn ethanol 342TWh
~275 GW would cover <1% 334,000 ha
Electricity from solar 482TWh
1% of land used for solar yields more energy
36m hectares corn harvested
40% to corn ethanol
2023 corn production 387 million tonnes (~12t/ha)
Ethanol production ~58.3 billion litres
Energy from corn ethanol 342TWh
~275 GW would cover <1% 334,000 ha
Electricity from solar 482TWh
1% of land used for solar yields more energy
Better to farm solar for energy
than to farm crops to use for biofuels
Far better
1 hectare annual yield:
2t soy bean
➡️ 800 litres biodiesel ➡️ 8.29 MWh
70t sugar cane
➡️ 7000 litres ethanol ➡️ 57.5 MWh
600 kW solar
➡️ ➡️ 900 MWh (low estimate)
than to farm crops to use for biofuels
Far better
1 hectare annual yield:
2t soy bean
➡️ 800 litres biodiesel ➡️ 8.29 MWh
70t sugar cane
➡️ 7000 litres ethanol ➡️ 57.5 MWh
600 kW solar
➡️ ➡️ 900 MWh (low estimate)
January 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
US corn to ethanol
36m hectares corn harvested
40% to corn ethanol
2023 corn production 387 million tonnes (~12t/ha)
Ethanol production ~58.3 billion litres
Energy from corn ethanol 342TWh
~275 GW would cover <1% 334,000 ha
Electricity from solar 482TWh
1% of land used for solar yields more energy
36m hectares corn harvested
40% to corn ethanol
2023 corn production 387 million tonnes (~12t/ha)
Ethanol production ~58.3 billion litres
Energy from corn ethanol 342TWh
~275 GW would cover <1% 334,000 ha
Electricity from solar 482TWh
1% of land used for solar yields more energy
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Albertans have said over and over and over again, "No coal mining in the eastern slopes."
The UCP government recently lifted the moratorium on coal mining in our mountains to avoid a lawsuit that they caused because of their own incompetence.
The UCP government recently lifted the moratorium on coal mining in our mountains to avoid a lawsuit that they caused because of their own incompetence.
January 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Albertans have said over and over and over again, "No coal mining in the eastern slopes."
The UCP government recently lifted the moratorium on coal mining in our mountains to avoid a lawsuit that they caused because of their own incompetence.
The UCP government recently lifted the moratorium on coal mining in our mountains to avoid a lawsuit that they caused because of their own incompetence.