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Andy Grabia

@agrabia.bsky.social
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Stand-up Philosopher. King of Nightlandia. My thoughts are sporadic. Suffering from Cassandra Complex. 🦉

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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 19h
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s statement www.facebook.com/share/p/1DCd...
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 18h
In addition to being a critical ecosystem for salmon and migratory birds, there are 73 endangered southern resident killer whales who rely on Roberts Bank to live. I can’t vote for any party who so casually discounts the possible extinction of these animals.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 18h
He sounds like an asshole. I fundamentally reject the idea that it’s ok to treat other people poorly as long as it ends in a positive result.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tell me what’s not broken and still deserves to be saved.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A party that says it’s against data centres and coal mining because of the environmental risks, but is totally on board with more pipelines, doesn’t actually care about the environment. It cares about polls and winning, even if it means sacrificing its principles and alienating its base.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You can build anything quickly if you bring over workers from another country, pay them $50 a day, let a few thousand of them die from poor working conditions, and then refuse to let their families immigrate unless they pay a head tax. If we’re going to do an honest comparison, let’s be honest.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can’t stop reposting stuff from the Senate. Just too good.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He really thought he had something
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh my God, this just keeps getting better.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit this is delicious. That smarmy little smile on Schmidt’s face when he thinks he has Smith. Then the utter humiliation.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How long before the Oilers hire him as their new conditioning coach?
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve watched a lot of bad Eagles games in the Sirianni era, but them getting destroyed by Case Keenum may be the worst.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nick Sirianni
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And as a Canadian I’m supposed to take this guy or his administration seriously? On anything? GTFOH.
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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 28/09/2026
We will happily wear this as a badge of honour.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026
Evil, just pure evil
Commissioner for Human Rights & X.com
@CommissionerHR
I am alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Oleshky, a town in the temporarily occupied parts of the Kherson region of Ukraine.
Civilians, including children, are trapped without sufficient food, medicines, medical care, running water or electricity. Reports indicate that they face a high risk of death.
Under international humanitarian law, Russia, as the occupying power, has the duty to provide food and medical supplies and to facilitate humanitarian relief.
I call for an immediate local ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access, and the safe evacuation of civilians.
The hardship and suffering of people caught along the frontlines of the war and in occupied territories demand international attention and action. #humanrights #Ukraine #Oleshky #Kherson
#HumanitarianLaw
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Michael Janz @michaeljanz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If I buy a couple noise monitors? Would you host one? Reach out to Seth or DM me! edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton OR nurse was frustrated with street racers waking him up. So he designed decibel monitors to track the noise
Seth Dear, a registered nurse at the University of Alberta hospital's OR, was frustrated with loud vehicles messing with his sleep.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do I play Magic? No. Am I still trying to collect all of these book cover variants because I’m a giant Tolkien nerd? Yes, yes I am.
Book cover variants from the Hobbit set of Magic: The Gathering.
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mune 🤝 Mune Munetaka Murakami pays homage to the great Munenori Kawasaki 🇯🇵
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them, treating even justice itself as though it were a commodity to be bought and sold.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dave’s too kind when he says the premier “made an emotional appeal” last week. What really happened is she fake cried about a federal law that attempted to prevent all of us dying from climate change. The law was updated to meet SCC requirements, and she’s been really quiet about it since.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some day I will own a scooter. And it will be glorious.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“For far too long a patchwork of policies have impeded both our shared public safety, the public interest of taxpayers, and economic attractiveness in the Capital region.” Edmonton City Councillor Michael Janz shares his thoughts on pooling resources and policing in a today’s guest column.
daveberta.substack.com
Michael Janz: It’s time for a regional approach to public safety
Edmonton City Councillor argues it’s time to start pooling revenue and pooling protection in the Capital region.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A "loyal opposition," wedded to an order that no longer exists and a continuance of the status quo that helped make faux populist propaganda appealing, is integral to fascism. It gives plausible deniability that crimes against humanity are merely policy differences.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I love the album versions of "After Midnight" by both JJ Cale and Claption, but this live version is the way it should be played. That drummer looked over at the bassist and was like, "this is gonna be a boogie, let's go". Wish it existed outside of a YouTube clip.
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JJ Cale, Eric Clapton (After Midnight & Call me the Breeze)
YouTube video by Ant Varandonis
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Do I trust the university when they say the Memorial Organ has no water damage? No, no I do not. I no longer judge the university by what they say, but by what they do. And what they’ve done with the Memorial Organ, Convocation Hall, and other heritage buildings on campus is destroy. #yegheritage
ctvnews.ca
U of A Convocation Hall damaged by water, pipe organ condition questioned by advocates
The University of Alberta says its Faculty of Fine Arts Convocation Hall has been damaged by water after a sprinkler head burst last month.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're entering slumlord behaviour with the university at this point. #UAlberta #yegheritage
uniteforthepipes.wordpress.com
Gutted: U of A hiding damage done to Convocation Hall
Edmontonians deserve to know the details regarding the current condition of the Memorial Organ and Convocation Hall. Plywood hoarding currently blocks access to Convocation Hall. Photo taken on Sep…
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Feeling a lot of anger and disappointment with a lot of people today.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're entering slumlord behaviour with the university at this point. #UAlberta #yegheritage
uniteforthepipes.wordpress.com
Gutted: U of A hiding damage done to Convocation Hall
Edmontonians deserve to know the details regarding the current condition of the Memorial Organ and Convocation Hall. Plywood hoarding currently blocks access to Convocation Hall. Photo taken on Sep…
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This column by @althiaraj.bsky.social is a good summation of the red flags around this bill. And I say that as someone who has been raising alarms about our particular moment in history for a while. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Althia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic rest
The Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad.
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know Canadians want to feel safe. I get it. But imagine if any other prime minister kept introducing laws that said "I and my minister get to decide what laws apply, when, and we get to unilaterally and retroactively remove conditions on multi-billion-dollar projects."
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Hobbit Day to all who celebrate! #livelikeahobbit
Bilbo Baggins along with Thorin Oakenshield and Company. Image from the Rankin/Bass animated version of The Hobbit.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc. But once the price of gas got too high it was over.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Best press conference I’ve ever seen. Let them all be like this.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder is Oct. 2.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m sure getting potash from a dictatorship adjacent to a warzone on the other side of an ocean will be easier than getting it from … Saskatchewan
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Michael Janz @michaeljanz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you want to nerd out on vehicle noise in Edmonton, check this out. Live dashboard. Got $100 and want to host a monitor (mic/raspberry Pi)? I’ll put you in touch! sethdear.ca/yegnoise
sethdear.ca
Edmonton Noise Watch — Central Fleet Hub
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
KLF IS GONNA ROCK YOU.
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is an embarrassment @ualberta.bsky.social My grandpa, a UAlberta alumnus AND veteran would be so insulted.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The current state of Convocation Hall at the University of Alberta. On Alumni Weekend. Behind it sits a Memorial Organ honoring the lives of 238 dead Canadian soldiers. Soon it will be dismantled and placed in crates, its future unknown. How soon we forget.
The entrance to Convocation Hall at the University of Alberta. Behind the hoarding and inside the hall is the Memorial Organ.
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There is no list that would be any longer than any other province in Canada. Also I thought she was Team Canada?
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