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Pragmatical 🇨🇦

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Too much for some people, not nearly enough for others. I guarantee I will fail your purity test. If I don’t make you happy, I guess today’s not your day. Try again tomorrow. I don’t debate people in 300-character chunks, and I block rage-baiters.

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The most absolutely fucked but on brand story for the United States, as migrant children as young as 2 appear in court to appeal potential deportation, with the judge telling one child to take their situation seriously www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Priscilla Alvarez (@priscialva) on X
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 26/09/2026
Embarrassed scientists reveal alien radio signal was actually meant for a planet behind us
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Embarrassed scientists reveal alien radio signal was actually meant for a planet behind us
Mountain View, CA—Astronomers at the SETI Institute have confirmed that a radio signal originated from an advanced alien civilization, but was intended for a different planet behind Earth.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 25/09/2026
Quiz: how should you vote on the Alberta Separation Referendum (sponsored by the Alberta Government)
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Quiz: how should you vote on the Alberta Separation Referendum (sponsored by the Alberta Government)
The Alberta Referendum on potentially leaving Canada is less than a month away. And as part of the Alberta Government’s advertising campaign to inform Albertans on their options, the government has sp...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
i cant watch videos like this because it gets very cloudy at the end. must be something wrong with my screen.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Where will you vote on Alberta’s referendum questions? The answer may surprise you - since your polling stations may be quite different than usual. Be sure you know where to go, whether you’ll be at an advance poll, or casting your ballots on Oct. 19. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Where To Vote - Elections Alberta
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
American democracy by @deAdder Submit: deadder.substack.com/p/american-d...
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American democracy
Four pillars
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/09/2026
Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
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Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald J. Trump has pledged to extract terrible, systematic revenge on all of Canada for daring to enter talks with the European Union, just as soon as he finishes losing the war he started in Iran.
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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cry more, Donny. We're seeing other people now.
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Steve-P @steve-p47.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My latest column for Forward Weekly. Why you should absolutely vote in Alberta’s referendum, even if the process seems absurdist and performative. Indeed, BECAUSE it is absurdist and performative. #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
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We Can’t Boycott Our Way Out of a Meaningless Referendum | By Paula Simons | Forward Weekly
Forward Weekly feature for September 20, 2026.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20/09/2026
Trump says Canada having more friends is bullying
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Trump says Canada having more friends is bullying
WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States President Donald Trump has blasted Canada’s recent cozying up to the European Union, going as far as to say that forging the new partnership is tantamount to picking o...
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flyflicker.bsky.social @flyflicker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Abused Partner Says 'I'm Leaving!'. Abuser Flies Into Rage and Threatens More Abuse". - Canada Applies for Domestic Protection Order - Court Orders Trump to Stay Away from Canada - EU Offers Shelter to Abused Countries
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What We Do in the Shadows, consumer edition
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/09/2026
EU asks Canada to join in hopes they take some stuff Britain left at their office
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EU asks Canada to join in hopes they take some stuff Britain left at their office
BRUSSELS – A recent statement by the European Union has clarified that the bloc’s main interest in Canada becoming an Associate Member is to get them to take away some of the junk the United Kingdom f...
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Canada is building a deeper alliance with the EU so that we may write our own futures — with our values, and our ambitions.
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rolandplus.bsky.social @rolandplus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
👏👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 15/09/2026
Canada Investment Summit attendees enter raffle to win PEI

 www.thebeaverton.com/2026/09/cana...
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Canada Investment Summit, offering attendees “$2 per ticket, or $10 for an arm’s length to take home Canada’s most adorable province!”
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 14/09/2026
Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
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Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
SILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than just admitting that they blew a fortune on glorified chatbots.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 13/09/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as “Lake Legal Adult” so Trump will never want to touch them
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Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
September 11th now and then A slide show on September 11th by @deAdder Link to Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 11th
Today and at the time
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"This isn’t just about hockey, it’s about the message you are sending to the women and girls who wear your jersey, buy your tickets and have supported this team their entire lives." Hear, hear! Very frustrating move by #Oilers! 👎 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Intense backlash in Edmonton greets Oilers signing of Alex Formenton | CBC News
The Edmonton Oilers decision to sign a hockey player who was acquitted last year of sexual assault has sparked a wave of disappointment and calls to "do better" among hockey fans and non-fans alike.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 10/09/2026
Trump reminisces about how he single-handedly prevented 9/11 from ever happening thebeaverton.com/2026/09/trum...
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Trump reminisces about how he single-handedly prevented 9/11 from ever happening - The Beaverton
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump waxed nostalgic about how he single-handedly prevented the September 11 terrorist attacks from ever happening. Trump told a group of supporters that, if it...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Area man tries to avoid bankruptcy by selling province to highest bidder.
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Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors  | Globalnews.ca
An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 07/09/2026
Labour Day parade’s 'precarious workers float' cancelled last minute after being called into work
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Labour Day parade’s precarious workers float cancelled last minute after being called into work
This is the ninth time the float has been cancelled in as many years.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 03/09/2026
Hilroy to remove additional province from map of Canada every year until demands met
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Hilroy to remove additional province from map of Canada every year until demands met
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Earlier this week Canadians noticed that Hilroy had excluded Newfoundland and Cape Breton from the map of Canada on the cover of their latest notebooks. Today, the company confirmed ...
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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SteveP44 @stevep44.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Your religious beliefs can dictate YOUR medical care choices. Your religious beliefs can dictate YOUR educational choices. Your religious beliefs can dictate YOUR relationship choices. Your religious beliefs can dictate YOUR political choices. Your religious beliefs cannot dictate MY anything.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 04/09/2026
Canadians just so goddamn tired of this bullshit
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Canadians just so goddamn tired of this bullshit
CANADA - Canadians across the country have collectively unleashed a sigh of agonized frustration while simultaneously stating "Again with this bullshit?"
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/09/2026
Canada confirms defence strategy against invasion mainly waiting for Americans to die from preventable illnesses
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Canada confirms defence strategy against invasion mainly waiting for Americans to die from preventable illnesses
OTTAWA - Last weekend, Canada's Ministry of National Defence confirmed their main strategy to fend off a potential invasion from the United States is to wait for American forces to be killed off by th...
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Pragmatical 🇨🇦 @allij.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Alberta voters, this is important: please read and pass on: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Some voters alarmed by self-declaration requirement on mail-in ballots for Alberta referendum | CBC News
Some Albertans who received their mail-in ballots for the province's fall referendum say they were surprised and concerned by a self-declaration requirement on the front page of their voting package a...
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 03/09/2026
Everyone's talking about how the Alberta referendum will be all about *turnout*. But how, exactly, would different turnout rates among separation supporters vs. stay-in-Canada supporters affect the outcome? I built a tool where you can play with the numbers and see for yourself:
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The smaller side can win a referendum — or at least make it close
A side that's behind in the polls can still win if the other side stays home. Try it with the Alberta separation vote.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 03/09/2026
Hegseth pauses busy schedule of inspecting soldiers’ scrotums to make weird comments about Canadian teens’ bodies
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Hegseth pauses busy schedule of inspecting soldiers’ scrotums to make weird comments about Canadian teens’ bodies
WASHINGTON D.C. - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has posted disparaging comments about female Canadian Air Force cadets, all while maintaining his busy schedule of personally inspecting the testicles o...
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Chitown MikeLFC @tintedredlfc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/09/2026
Conservatives vow to get rid of Poilievre as soon as voters send some kind of sign they don’t like him
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Conservatives vow to get rid of Poilievre as soon as voters send some kind of sign they don’t like him
OTTAWA – Conservative members and officials are sticking by leader Pierre Poilievre for now, insisting they will only vote to remove him if the voters give indication they don’t like him. “I’ve had my...
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Pragmatical 🇨🇦 @allij.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Did you know you can suggest names for things on Google Maps? I didn’t know you could suggest names for things on Google Maps. I wonder how many new names we can come up with for US locations on Google Maps… www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool named after ‘orange-coloured man’ on Google Maps
In an effort to poke fun at Donald Trump, an online prankster was able to add a new Google Maps name to the troubled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you don't ask....

June 12, 2026: The Government of Alberta announced it had selected the University of Calgary's The School of Public Policy to produce an independent analysis of the potential economic impacts of Alberta leaving Canada. Up to $1.5 million was budgeted for the report and an advisory panel to review it. The stated purpose was to give Albertans evidence to consider before the October 19 referendum.

As of late June, the School's project page carried a specific commitment: the report would be delivered to the Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance in August 2026. Public release was expected in late summer.

Today, September 1: that delivery commitment no longer appears on the page. The surrounding sentence is intact. Only the month was removed. No replacement date was added, and no update was posted. The page still says public release is expected "late summer." 

So, three questions Tim Sargent Martha Hall Findlay.

What is the commitment now? If the August date no longer holds, what replaces it and why is that not public?

When will voters see the report? The referendum is October 19. That is 48 days.

And the one I think matters most: when will anyone outside the process have time to examine it? A report of this kind cannot be absorbed on sight. Its assumptions, methodology, and modelling choices need to be read carefully by people who work on this material, and that work has to happen in public, in time to be useful. The advisory panel's independent assessment is a further step that follows completion of the report. Every week of delay compresses the window in which economists, journalists, and Albertans themselves can actually interrogate the numbers rather than simply receive them.

A report released days before a vote informs no one. It is announced at people.

Deadlines slip, and saying so costs nothing. Removing a public commitment instead of updating it is what turns an ordinary delay into a question about transparency.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 31/08/2026
Google Maps changes name to Lake America after people start to forget tech giants also pretty awful
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Google Maps changes name to Lake America after people start to forget tech giants also pretty awful
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" for their U.S. users, after realizing President Trump's willful malevolence had distracted the public from how te...
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Gregory @joygregory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Naomi Klein's book, Doppelganger, deals with the same ideas. She calls it diagonalism. It enables conspiracy theorists to co-opt ideas like freedom, effectively turning ideas inside out. I saw many parallels with how Smith acts & reacts. Her actions seem rational, but are based on faulty rationale.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This was posted by the US department of Interior. It shows the deranged viciousness of the administration on our border. We are staring down a klepto psychopath who is being egged on at every level by the power structure of the USA. They aren't joking. Canada we stand on guard for thee.
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Prof. David Kitchener @davidbsky1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Susie Time @susietime777.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 28/08/2026
Canadians wonder if they can win trade war against famously self-sacrificing and unified Americans
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Canadians wonder if they can win trade war against famously self-sacrificing and unified Americans
OTTAWA - With tensions continuing to ratchet in the face of President Trump's unilateral trade war, Canadians are openly wondering how they will fare against the notably harmonious, disciplined, and s...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/08/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
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Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 25/08/2026
Great contextual chart from @trevortombe.bsky.social on Canada's effective tariff rate on U.S. imports dating back to Confederation. 🔗: thehub.ca/2026/08/24/w...
Chart showing average effective tariff on U.S. imports ranging from about 7% in 1867 up to around 15% from 1880 through 1910, spiking at around 18% in the 1930s then falling back down to about 10% by the early 1960s, then 5% by the late 1970s and finally down to near 0% in the late 1990s through to 2025. Then, an estimate of about 5% once retaliatory tariffs kick in in September 2026.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 25/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: "Electric Scooter Yule Log" by @cpsc.gov
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Pragmatical 🇨🇦 @allij.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Victim fine surcharge”??
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Stephen Carter @carterab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I've never understood the argument that separating from Canada would make Alberta more independent. Especially now. With the United States openly using its economic power against Canada, leaving Canada would make Alberta more dependent on the Americans, not less. Stay in Canada. No to the Nine.
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Danielle Smith Premier of Alberta 🌺 Parody @daniellesmithab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’m deeply disappointed that 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 did not come to a Trade Agreement. Actually I don’t care. Just inserting myself Btw are there any immigrants available to work on Referendumb Day? I’m asking Albertans to vote to strip u of your EMPLOYMENT rights but I need your help first! I can’t find workers🤔
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