@jedimike.bsky.social
I'm a dad, Star Wars/Star Trek/LOTR/Marvel/DC enthusiast, movie goer, fitness enthusiast, and cat lover. Also a political geek. 🇨🇦
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The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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"Large language models can only predict the next thing a human would say. Train one on texts from the late 1800s and it won’t invent airplanes or rockets. It will channel ideas from that period, when leading scientists thought human flight was impossible." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Don’t Fear the Bubble Bursting
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"Large language models can only predict the next thing a human would say. Train one on texts from the late 1800s and it won’t invent airplanes or rockets. It will channel ideas from that period, when leading scientists thought human flight was impossible." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Local area rage farmer experiences massive crop losses due to face-eating leopards.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Local area rage farmer experiences massive crop losses due to face-eating leopards.
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The automobile enshitification era is going to be very bad.
Software like Apple CarPlay has made the driving experience more convenient. But this and other features stand to disappear in the future as automakers are realizing “how much money they can make from in-car technology,” Patrick George argues.
Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The automobile enshitification era is going to be very bad.
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3️⃣ signing locations for Recall Demetrios
📍Valley Ridge Vet Clinic 12-2 pm
📍Edworthy Dog Park 1-4 pm (with Public School Funding petition)
📍Bowness Library 12-2 pm
Spread the word!!!
📍Valley Ridge Vet Clinic 12-2 pm
📍Edworthy Dog Park 1-4 pm (with Public School Funding petition)
📍Bowness Library 12-2 pm
Spread the word!!!
October 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
3️⃣ signing locations for Recall Demetrios
📍Valley Ridge Vet Clinic 12-2 pm
📍Edworthy Dog Park 1-4 pm (with Public School Funding petition)
📍Bowness Library 12-2 pm
Spread the word!!!
📍Valley Ridge Vet Clinic 12-2 pm
📍Edworthy Dog Park 1-4 pm (with Public School Funding petition)
📍Bowness Library 12-2 pm
Spread the word!!!
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We live in the greatest country.
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
We live in the greatest country.
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I really only knew Dr. Darren Markland via social media. But his front line reports from the ER during Covid moved me to tears. His bravery, his compassion, his commitment to patient care, and to the truth, were unparalleled. In the worst of the pandemic, he was the hero we needed. #yeg
The human heart is
The size of a
Fist
Clenched.
Indefatigable, and infallible
On pain of death.
And yet it skips
At the most curious
Times,
To remind us of its finite
Beats.
And perhaps to attend us
To use them both wisely
And with abandon.
— Darren Markland, August 2025
The size of a
Fist
Clenched.
Indefatigable, and infallible
On pain of death.
And yet it skips
At the most curious
Times,
To remind us of its finite
Beats.
And perhaps to attend us
To use them both wisely
And with abandon.
— Darren Markland, August 2025
Darren Markland Obituary | Edmonton Journal Remembering
View Darren Markland's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 8 tribute posts from the community.
edmontonjournal.remembering.ca
September 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I really only knew Dr. Darren Markland via social media. But his front line reports from the ER during Covid moved me to tears. His bravery, his compassion, his commitment to patient care, and to the truth, were unparalleled. In the worst of the pandemic, he was the hero we needed. #yeg
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Pam: I’m reading comments that Obama beat my best score at Pebble Beach by two strokes. Need you to investigate ASAP. Talk to Kash. He can look after the arrest. This needs to be looked after immediately. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT MATTER! DM me back as soon as possible.
September 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Pam: I’m reading comments that Obama beat my best score at Pebble Beach by two strokes. Need you to investigate ASAP. Talk to Kash. He can look after the arrest. This needs to be looked after immediately. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT MATTER! DM me back as soon as possible.
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"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in."
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
‘It’s like when you see the tsunami coming in’: Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling
Consumers “don’t have a clue what’s going on,” said Raymond Robertson, a labor economist.
fortune.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in."
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
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In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
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Air Canada must have realized they fucked up because CUPE says the company has returned to the bargaining, despite previously saying it wouldn’t negotiate until flight attendants were back on the job.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
August 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Air Canada must have realized they fucked up because CUPE says the company has returned to the bargaining, despite previously saying it wouldn’t negotiate until flight attendants were back on the job.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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When I became a Senator, I started flying a lot. Back and forth from Edmonton to Ottawa - not to mention flights to conferences and events. I had never before understood the archaic way that flight attendants are paid. The clock only starts when the airplane door closes. 🧵
August 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When I became a Senator, I started flying a lot. Back and forth from Edmonton to Ottawa - not to mention flights to conferences and events. I had never before understood the archaic way that flight attendants are paid. The clock only starts when the airplane door closes. 🧵
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I thought this was AI… until it wasn’t…
this mans created a high quality transit inspired cat house 🫠
DC barely even has a quality transit system 😑
this mans created a high quality transit inspired cat house 🫠
DC barely even has a quality transit system 😑
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I thought this was AI… until it wasn’t…
this mans created a high quality transit inspired cat house 🫠
DC barely even has a quality transit system 😑
this mans created a high quality transit inspired cat house 🫠
DC barely even has a quality transit system 😑
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The fact that podcasters with connections to the UCP know about confidential information about Judge Wyant's review should concern all ABs.🧵
buff.ly/BnLmCU9
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buff.ly/BnLmCU9
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August 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The fact that podcasters with connections to the UCP know about confidential information about Judge Wyant's review should concern all ABs.🧵
buff.ly/BnLmCU9
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buff.ly/BnLmCU9
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Punch down, grovel up.
“You give yourself a raise for $2400 for your living expenses, but you take $200 away from people on AISH.”
At tonight's town hall, Danielle Smith was criticized for her current responsibilities as Premier on a few issues. #cdnpoli
At tonight's town hall, Danielle Smith was criticized for her current responsibilities as Premier on a few issues. #cdnpoli
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Punch down, grovel up.
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Important. Do not forget, @kathleenganley.bsky.social is a lawyer (and former Minister of Justice and Solicitor General).
The words in the final paragraph are very specific.
The words in the final paragraph are very specific.
The Alberta NDP has issued a statement, calling on Premier Smith and the UCP to condemn the targeted intimidation campaign against @carrietait.bsky.social.
July 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Important. Do not forget, @kathleenganley.bsky.social is a lawyer (and former Minister of Justice and Solicitor General).
The words in the final paragraph are very specific.
The words in the final paragraph are very specific.
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I use this clip in my summer class every year and think about it constantly. And today it's relevant in new and depressing ways.
Star Trek TNG S2E9: Picard and Guinan on the nature of value, property and disposable creatures.
YouTube video by rootika
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I use this clip in my summer class every year and think about it constantly. And today it's relevant in new and depressing ways.
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Alberta’s book ban is connected to Moms for Liberty, a US-based activist group that tries, despite their name, to restrict freedoms of marginalized populations.
theijf.org/alberta-used...
theijf.org/alberta-used...
Alberta used lists of America’s most banned books and a controversial database to identify ‘inappropriate’ material in schools
Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled pages of book titles that could be restricted through new content guidelines.
theijf.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Alberta’s book ban is connected to Moms for Liberty, a US-based activist group that tries, despite their name, to restrict freedoms of marginalized populations.
theijf.org/alberta-used...
theijf.org/alberta-used...
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Conservatives supporting corporations rather than citizens!
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #yeg #yyc #ymm #RedDeer #strathco #sherwoodpark #fortSask #StAlbert #Leduc #StonyPlain #SpruceGrove #Lethbridge #MedicineHat #Brooks #ColdLake #Camrose #DrumHeller #Jasper #GrandePrairie #PeaceRiver #Airdrie #UCPCorruption
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #yeg #yyc #ymm #RedDeer #strathco #sherwoodpark #fortSask #StAlbert #Leduc #StonyPlain #SpruceGrove #Lethbridge #MedicineHat #Brooks #ColdLake #Camrose #DrumHeller #Jasper #GrandePrairie #PeaceRiver #Airdrie #UCPCorruption
EXCLUSIVE: I FOIP'd all the contracts Alberta Health Services has signed with Shoppers Drug Mart since 2020.
They reveal the Loblaw subsidiary's deep integration into the province's mental health and addictions care system.
www.theprogressreport.ca/contracts_re...
They reveal the Loblaw subsidiary's deep integration into the province's mental health and addictions care system.
www.theprogressreport.ca/contracts_re...
Contracts reveal how Shoppers was embedded in Alberta’s mental health and addiction system
www.theprogressreport.ca
June 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Conservatives supporting corporations rather than citizens!
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #yeg #yyc #ymm #RedDeer #strathco #sherwoodpark #fortSask #StAlbert #Leduc #StonyPlain #SpruceGrove #Lethbridge #MedicineHat #Brooks #ColdLake #Camrose #DrumHeller #Jasper #GrandePrairie #PeaceRiver #Airdrie #UCPCorruption
#Cdnpoli #abpoli #yeg #yyc #ymm #RedDeer #strathco #sherwoodpark #fortSask #StAlbert #Leduc #StonyPlain #SpruceGrove #Lethbridge #MedicineHat #Brooks #ColdLake #Camrose #DrumHeller #Jasper #GrandePrairie #PeaceRiver #Airdrie #UCPCorruption
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It is pretty funny that even after Musk has fed this thing a constant diet of Nazi propaganda it is still smarter than your average Fox News viewer
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It is pretty funny that even after Musk has fed this thing a constant diet of Nazi propaganda it is still smarter than your average Fox News viewer
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a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
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Alberta has a government that would rather:
1. Pay $80M for Turkish Tylenol ($49M still unaccounted for)
2. Beat the record for measles cases set in 1986, 879 (government website) cases reported since March.
3. Clog up our already overworked, understaffed hospitals with PREVENTABLE ILLNESS.
1. Pay $80M for Turkish Tylenol ($49M still unaccounted for)
2. Beat the record for measles cases set in 1986, 879 (government website) cases reported since March.
3. Clog up our already overworked, understaffed hospitals with PREVENTABLE ILLNESS.
June 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Alberta has a government that would rather:
1. Pay $80M for Turkish Tylenol ($49M still unaccounted for)
2. Beat the record for measles cases set in 1986, 879 (government website) cases reported since March.
3. Clog up our already overworked, understaffed hospitals with PREVENTABLE ILLNESS.
1. Pay $80M for Turkish Tylenol ($49M still unaccounted for)
2. Beat the record for measles cases set in 1986, 879 (government website) cases reported since March.
3. Clog up our already overworked, understaffed hospitals with PREVENTABLE ILLNESS.
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You know what to do folks.
Premier@gov.ab.ca
health.minister@gov.ab.ca
Premier@gov.ab.ca
health.minister@gov.ab.ca
June 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You know what to do folks.
Premier@gov.ab.ca
health.minister@gov.ab.ca
Premier@gov.ab.ca
health.minister@gov.ab.ca
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The L.A. protesters have really gone too far this time… 🌼
June 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The L.A. protesters have really gone too far this time… 🌼
After Trump slapped us with a 50% tariff on steel, why do this? Unreal! Smith wants to be governor not premier. 🙄
AGLC to bring back liquor from United States ‘effective immediately’
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
AGLC to bring back liquor from United States ‘effective immediately’
Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis will resume selling liquor products from the United States after a three month pause.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
After Trump slapped us with a 50% tariff on steel, why do this? Unreal! Smith wants to be governor not premier. 🙄