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Scott Haggett
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Energy, hockey, politics -- pretty much in that order. Ex-Reuters, Bloomberg, Postmedia. I don't have a podcast. 😔. #GoHabsGo
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manaboutcowtown.bsky.social
I dunno but I don’t want the same people who need to do this to be in charge of my CPP funds. I suspect our head in the sand Alberta governments will force AIMCO to invest heavily in fossil fuels until the bitter end even if it doesn’t make monetary sense.
calgaryherald.com Calgary Herald @calgaryherald.com · 42m
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3-billion claim against AIMCo calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
He also doesn't regard Trump as a bad guy.
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."

- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.

It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.

(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social
“As the federal government nears a memorandum of understanding with Alberta that could include a new oil pipeline to the West Coast, experts in B.C. say the idea isn’t economically or environmentally viable.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/s... - @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social

#BCNews #OilAndGas
'More oil than we need': SFU prof. says new pipeline in B.C. would be unnecessary
As the feds near plans that could include a new pipeline, experts in B.C. say the idea isn't economically or environmentally viable.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
Elections have consequences.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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michaelmackay.bsky.social
Americans should ask themselves: how would they feel to be invaded and partially occupied by a neighbour? How would they feel seeing their children kidnapped?

How would they then feel about a third country telling them to surrender their home and children in the name of "peace."
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
Unbelievable.

Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6h
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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mollymckew.bsky.social
Continually amazed with the vast incredulity summoned daily by the absolutely unqualified jokers dealing with Russian intelligence operatives

Actual request: “can you get your cool boss Putin to call trump and praise me?”

Pathetic
YU: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you need to solve only one problem. [laughs] SW: What? YU: Russian-Ukrainian war. SW: I know! How do we get that solved? YU: My friend, I just want your advice. Do you think that it will be useful if our bosses will talk on the phone? SW: Yes, I do. YU: You do. And when you think it could be possible? SW: I think as soon as you suggest, my guy is ready to do it. Because - let me tell you what I told the President. I told the president that you - that the Russian Federation has always wanted a peace deal. That's my belief. I told the president I believe that. And I believe the question is - the issue is is that we have two nations that are having a hard time coming to a compromise and when we do, we're going to have a peace deal. I'm even thinking that maybe we set out like a 20-point peace proposal, just like we did in Gaza. We put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace and I'm thinking maybe we do the same thing with you. My point is this... YU: Ok, ok my friend. I think that very point our leaders could discuss. Hey Steve, I agree with you that he will congratulate, he will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so. That he will say. SW: But here's what I think would be amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
SW: Well listen. I am going to tell you something. I think, I think if we can get the Russia-Ukraine thing solved, everybody’ll be jumping for joy.

YU: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you need to solve only one problem. [laughs]

SW: What?

YU: Russian-Ukrainian war.

SW: I know! How do we get that solved?
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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hab3261.bsky.social
This 👇 #ABleg #ABpoli
friendsofmedicare.bsky.social Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 7h
“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta medical leaders want more consultation after new bill unveiled featuring dual health-care system | CBC News
A new bill aimed at allowing Alberta physicians to practise in both private and public health-care systems will keep family doctors out of the private system — for now.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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shoffmanab.bsky.social
One of the things that makes me so proud to be Canadian, especially when you talk to people who don’t live here, is our health care system. Instead of finding ways to make it better and more accessible for all, Danielle Smith’s trying to find more ways to make it look like Trump’s America. #abhealth
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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davidjbier.bsky.social
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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volts.wtf
I was wondering how long it would take our broken, desiccated, decadent culture to rehabilitate this guy.
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive
Two years after he was found guilty of fraud, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is pursuing a legal appeal—and firing up his X account.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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canadianborder.bsky.social
Yeah, no shit
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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washingtonpost.com
The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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dgraham.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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jflevin.bsky.social
Carney's "grand" bargain - the feds support a pipeline if Alberta provides even more subsidies for carbon capture - is a win-win for wealthy oil and gas CEOs, but no one else.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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thebulwark.com
"Recently, I found myself asking: What would military theorist Carl von Clausewitz say about the quest for peace between Russia and Ukraine? Perhaps he might write a letter like the one below."

@markhertling.bsky.social channels the "On War" author on Ukraine: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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abdanielsmith.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING 🚨

UCP finally benefiting from appointment of former UCP nominee, Shawn McLeod, as Ethics Commissioner as Alberta Wilderness Association calls for an investigation into Alberta Minister of Forestry & Parks, Todd Loewen.

albertawilderness.ca/news-release...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption
News Release: Call for Ethics Investigation into Minister Todd Loewen - Alberta Wilderness Association
November 24, 2025 Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and Exposed Wildlife Conservancy are asking the Ethics...
albertawilderness.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Cancel your WaPo subscription and send your money to an outlet that *doesn't* actively hate its readers.

ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.

This is today's actual house editorial.
Opinion Editorial Board Thankful for paper towels Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary hand dryers.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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berkshire.bsky.social
I can't say I know for sure, but I kinda doubt there are many instances in NHL history where a player was so dominant at their position that they're essentially twice as good as the next best player at their position. Not double the average, double the impact of the NEXT BEST.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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zeddary.bsky.social
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12h
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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gadyepstein.bsky.social
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
"I asked for their names. They didn't give me their full names," Hestmark recalled of the agents. "They didn't show me their badge numbers. They didn't remove their masks. They simply said, 'We have a warrant for his arrest, and they handed me a QR code, and they put my husband in handcuffs. And they took him and said I couldn't follow." "She was just stunned," Paul said. "She kept asking what was wrong, what did we do? We'd done everything right." "We kept asking them if there was something we could do, if there was any way we could keep her from being separated from the family," he continued. We’re just trying to figure out what's happening, and they're just telling us, I'm sorry. We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders."| • "I had to take my baby, our baby, from his crying mother's arms," Paul said. "We were completely shocked, and I feel like we were tricked," Hestmark said. "We went through every possible legal and appropriate channel. We followed the advice of our lawyer. We were told that our case was straight forward." "He just wanted to be part of this country and for us to start our future together. And he wanted to do it… "Tom isn't in the system. I can't find him," Hestmark said. "I can't call him. I can't put money into his account. The lawyer doesn't know how to proceed because he hasn't been charged with anything." Both said their spouses were able to call them Thursday night, and they believed they were still being held in the basement of the federal building as of Friday afternoon. "She said that she was scared. She was anxious, missed her baby. She just wants to come home," Paul said. "She said the agents themselves were in the detention down in the basement of the federal building, saying, What are we doing here? These aren't the sort of people were supposed to be arresting.” "They hadn't given him anything to eat or any information," Hestmark said. "They gave him a mat and a foil blanket to sleep on." As she was detailing his arrest Friday afternoon, Bilger called Hestmark again from detention. She said he told her they had moved him to the Otay Mesa Detention Center and back but he hadn't slept and still hadn't been processed. "My wife's alone and terrified," Paul said. "My baby doesn't have his mom to hold him. I can't work right…
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Good fucking riddance to Character AI for kids: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/char...
Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions
Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM