Sean Byerley
@buzzkill45.bsky.social
Bookstore owner, book reader. Sports — Jays & Oilers. Father to 2 teen boys, one knows everything, the other is battling brain cancer. 2 dogs and a 🐠. Wife keeps me in line…somewhat.
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Much love to the family. He made the right choice. ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Much love to the family. He made the right choice. ❤️
There’s always that one guy who thinks he’s better that everyone else…
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
There’s always that one guy who thinks he’s better that everyone else…
This is the reality always in everyday life in most places on Earth. It’s just amplified in the US right now. When you have people living on the street or relying on food banks, and other people making hundreds of millions per year in the same location, something is drastically wrong.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This is the reality always in everyday life in most places on Earth. It’s just amplified in the US right now. When you have people living on the street or relying on food banks, and other people making hundreds of millions per year in the same location, something is drastically wrong.
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South Korea (hey how about it PM #MarkCarney?) #Solar #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
South Korea (hey how about it PM #MarkCarney?) #Solar #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
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Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
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Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
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RIP my Uncle Gary who passed away not long ago. He would’ve appreciated this.
October 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
RIP my Uncle Gary who passed away not long ago. He would’ve appreciated this.
I’ve been working from home a lot lately. Basically exclusively. Just wondering how many days per month people in the same situation shower?
October 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I’ve been working from home a lot lately. Basically exclusively. Just wondering how many days per month people in the same situation shower?
It’s crazy to me that Eugene Levy has not done a thing to help the Blue Jays win this game.
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It’s crazy to me that Eugene Levy has not done a thing to help the Blue Jays win this game.
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1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
Education can be fun and adorable.
So adorable
Matt Hart
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Education can be fun and adorable.
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Remember that there was no evidence of fraud or hacking that justified all this mess—the province forced cities to count everything by hand on the basis of a thoroughly-debunked conspiracy theory about ballot counting machines from Fox News.
Update: Thu Parmar defeats Better Edmonton Party candidate Darrell Friesen in Ward sipiwiyiniwak after today’s recount.
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Remember that there was no evidence of fraud or hacking that justified all this mess—the province forced cities to count everything by hand on the basis of a thoroughly-debunked conspiracy theory about ballot counting machines from Fox News.
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mariners and blue jays game 7 ends in a rare draw. dodgers are automatically evicted; seattle and toronto advance to the world series.
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
mariners and blue jays game 7 ends in a rare draw. dodgers are automatically evicted; seattle and toronto advance to the world series.
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Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
October 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
Hickory Sticks. In a world of uncertainty, you are always there. Always in stick form. Always with a hint of hickory taste. You are a warrior. Stay true to your beginning and you will always have my support (my support is eating you).
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Hickory Sticks. In a world of uncertainty, you are always there. Always in stick form. Always with a hint of hickory taste. You are a warrior. Stay true to your beginning and you will always have my support (my support is eating you).
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Saw this on the Facebook. It's for this Sunday.
📍 McDougall Centre, 455 6 St SW
www.facebook.com/share/p/15zf...
#Alberta #AlbertaTeachers #Calgary
📍 McDougall Centre, 455 6 St SW
www.facebook.com/share/p/15zf...
#Alberta #AlbertaTeachers #Calgary
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Saw this on the Facebook. It's for this Sunday.
📍 McDougall Centre, 455 6 St SW
www.facebook.com/share/p/15zf...
#Alberta #AlbertaTeachers #Calgary
📍 McDougall Centre, 455 6 St SW
www.facebook.com/share/p/15zf...
#Alberta #AlbertaTeachers #Calgary
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My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia
It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.
www.thenation.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Why on earth would anyone want to go to a UCP panel if you are treated like scum? This isn’t democratic. It’s authoritarian through and through. Kudos to the crowd in attendance for reacting in real time.
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Why on earth would anyone want to go to a UCP panel if you are treated like scum? This isn’t democratic. It’s authoritarian through and through. Kudos to the crowd in attendance for reacting in real time.
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Climate people, did the fossil fuel industry seed and propagate the idea that renewables (specifically batteries) require materials, which require mining, which is bad (so implicitly we should just run on fossil fuels forever)? It's just striking to me how devoutly people repeat it unexamined....
September 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Climate people, did the fossil fuel industry seed and propagate the idea that renewables (specifically batteries) require materials, which require mining, which is bad (so implicitly we should just run on fossil fuels forever)? It's just striking to me how devoutly people repeat it unexamined....
As an Albertan who has been waiting for surgery for nearly a year now, I’m glad my issue isn’t life threatening. I haven’t even been able to meet the specialist yet to schedule a surgery. But, whatever. At least I don’t get photo radar tickets going 130 on Deerfoot. Thanks UCP! #garbagegovernment
Alberta’s healthcare waitlist has grown so large that they decided to stop counting the people who die while waiting for care.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Alberta health-care wait lists climb past half a million, as Alberta stops tracking deaths of those waiting for treatment
Alberta’s health-care wait lists have swelled beyond half a million patients, and the province has stopped counting how many people die while waiting for treatment creating a lack of disclosure that l...
www.ctvnews.ca
September 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
As an Albertan who has been waiting for surgery for nearly a year now, I’m glad my issue isn’t life threatening. I haven’t even been able to meet the specialist yet to schedule a surgery. But, whatever. At least I don’t get photo radar tickets going 130 on Deerfoot. Thanks UCP! #garbagegovernment
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Unless she wants to change the constitution, Danielle Smith can howl into the void.
The fact that she is playing footsies with racists (and white nationalist, because this is Alberta), however, is a problem that we should actually call out.
The fact that she is playing footsies with racists (and white nationalist, because this is Alberta), however, is a problem that we should actually call out.
Alberta's Smith directs jobs minister to secure provincial control over immigration
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is directing her jobs minister to use "all legal means" possible to give Alberta more control over immigration.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Unless she wants to change the constitution, Danielle Smith can howl into the void.
The fact that she is playing footsies with racists (and white nationalist, because this is Alberta), however, is a problem that we should actually call out.
The fact that she is playing footsies with racists (and white nationalist, because this is Alberta), however, is a problem that we should actually call out.
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The Toronto Blue Jays are now 3,850-3,850 all-time.
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Toronto Blue Jays are now 3,850-3,850 all-time.
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Are understand and floor synonymous?
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Are understand and floor synonymous?