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Hamdi Issawi
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Former reporter. Back in Edmonton. Don’t be a follower. Fact-check everything. #yeg
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Today we’re asked to make some big decisions. #yeg #yegvote

Chief among them: Do I go to Kind or Made by Marcus for election ice cream?
October 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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And I bought a bike!
September 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Sept. 27, 2025 @ 1:45 p.m. - Both the funicular and elevator are online.
This was my first trip.
#yegfunicularstatus
September 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Just bought the coolest shirt I’ll ever own.
A black t-shirt sealed in a clear plastic back shows a loose the top half of a page of a ruled paper ripped from a coil scrubber. The page has who large holes made to resemble eyes in the fashion of a skull, and a dangling curl of hair above the eyes. The bottom half of a t-shirt reads “The Outsiders” and “S. E. Hinton”
August 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
July 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Go on…
#yeg
A digital sign in a restaurant window reads “men get 1 free.”
June 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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And I’m getting some mixed signals here. Maybe this astrology thing isn’t on the up and up. #enshittification
A list of Dos (Humble brag, Self-portrait, Mirrors) and Don’ts (Pointless spending, Bragging, Backtrack).
April 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Thanks, Co-star, but I’m already lactose-free.
Image with the text “replace your creamer with chaos.”
April 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Gas station pumps “upgraded” with touch screens that don’t work in the cold, but play ads (with sound) while you fill up.

Where is the upside?
March 2, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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The algorithm thinks I’m into sewing videos, but like, I’m not /not/ into it.
An array of sewing videos, or “reels,” as Instagram likes to say.
February 17, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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“The survey ran until Dec. 10 but drew criticism for not providing options in its multiple choice section to express opposition to the idea of leaving the (Canada Pension Plan).”

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... #ableg #abpoli
February 15, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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Comparing apples to Appels at Audrey’s Bookstore @jeremyappel.bsky.social
Copies of Jeremy Appel’s Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power, stand in a bookstore display next to copies of Apples on a Windowsill by Shawna Lemay.
January 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Toasty!
A screenshot of a tweet from The Beaverton shows Raiden, a god of thunder/lightning from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, below the caption "Local electrician thanks Pierre Poilievre for the shout out." Note: Videos circulating on social media show Poilievre repeatedly describing electricians as tradespeople who capture lightning from the sky to power homes, buildings, etc.
January 5, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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OK. Who gave ChatGPT my email address?
November 21, 2023 at 10:03 PM
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Too soon.
October 10, 2023 at 12:44 AM
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Five straight hours of mixing audio is enough to seriously reconsider the casual use of "wavelength," whether or not I'm on it, or we share one or (more likely) I'm loOosing it.
The silhouette of Alice (a la Wonderland) — complete with apron, headband and dress — falls down a rabbit hole littered with the shapes of clock and playing card imagery.
September 26, 2023 at 12:16 AM