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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 9h

Keller is right that the world will continue using oil and gas well into the future. The relevant question for Canada is: in what volumes, and at what price? Oil demand is already rolling over in China. EV sales are through the roof in most of the world. And OPEC is ready to flood the market.

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Ralph Wiggum: I'm in Danger!

ALT: Ralph Wiggum: I'm in Danger!

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 21h

The best time to diversify Alberta’s economy was 20 years ago. The next best time is after the current big fossil fuel infrastructure project gets built. Definitely not now.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can’t plug in numbers that match my actual vehicle (I drive a hybrid and only use it for errands, not a regular commute, I fill it every couple months or so). Feels like we’re rewarding people for making bad choices with this.

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the third incident of a car driving through a residential school march in the last 5 years. Oddly high number of coincidences. When they drove through the one I was at, the police minimized and excused that one at first too. So I'd be curious what this investigation will actually show.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So this month the Toronto Sun published a piece about the Allison Inquiry that called vaccines "a crime against humanity at worst" and demanded arrests, and the National Post published a piece deeming Avi Lewis not just an enemy but a danger to Jewish people, with a thinly coded appeal to violence.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The big thing about the DULF ruling to me is that the police were using their discretion to basically set drug policy and we are going to hear a bunch of tut-tutting from the right about the courts doing it.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this but put a little clean water down your floor drains every now and then to keep the p trap from drying out.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: A BC Supreme Court judge has sided with Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, who operated an illicit-drug compassion club (Drug User Liberation Front), were convicted of trafficking, and challenged the constitutionality of Canada's drug laws. Trafficking section ruled invalid, convictions stayed.

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stephanie wilson | windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Never forget: the Conservative Party doesn't have the time or will to do anything about a white nationalist organization but did have time to faff around & demand that freedom of speech be revoked over a prank show that mocked residential school deniers www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

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Tories denounce spoof-style comedy series mocking denialism

Current and former Conservative politicians have denounced the production “Northland Tales," a comedy being produced for CBC and APTN.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Interesting to me how the VPD pushed the crown to lay charges, apparently because of concern about their own image. At this point the cops are de facto setting drug policy.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not a fan of the cons obviously but it is a good thing that they’ve got a leader (for now at least) who’s actually against this Nazi shit instead of playing footsy with it.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026

How a web of institutes and academics — with ties to a U.S. non-profit and outsized influence on the United Conservative Party government — helped turn separatism from fringe idea to the mainstream. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee

A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In conclusion, Alberta is a land of contrasts

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m pretty shocked Ravi Kahlon isn’t running again. Big loss for the BC NDP.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We gotta cancel the safe third country agreement

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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My plan was to tally how many "crisis pregnancy centres" had lost charity status or beefed up disclosure of their anti-abortion stances since tighter restrictions were announced in 2024. Instead I discovered the Liberals had quietly abandoned this promise. theijf.org/article/otta...

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Ottawa promised to crack down on anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centres.’ Carney’s Liberals have abandoned that goal

Abortion rights activist who lobbied for changes says surprise news is ‘such a shame’

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Military Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trvth Nvke: America is an electoral monarchy

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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

LET'S GO ICE MAN 🥶 CanMNT 🇨🇦 star Jonathan David SCORES AGAINST REAL MADRID to make it 2-0 for Atlético Madrid in El Derbi Madrileño 🇪🇸

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Personally I think BC is pretty nice, I like it here.

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Military Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Everyone got a taste of *History* and want to retvrn to turn of the century globalism

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The defeat of Vancouver’s Villages Plan is a major setback for addressing our housing crisis and appears to mark the end of the Vancouver Plan, which has been the main focus of our planning department since 2018. Read more in my first piece for Sightline!

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The thing about “don’t you know how hard it would be to replace the security guarantees you get from the US” is that the whole thing is based on aggressively not understanding what the word guarantee means.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One of the ways you can tell Trump had a mandate (in the American sense of the word) is that pretty much every institution in American life got out of his way and allowed him to enact his agenda for the first ~year of his presidency. This notably did not happen in 2016.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Very confusing seeing disconnected replies in threads rooted at a big account that blocked me (I could look but I don’t really care that much, I gather the Americans are being tedious about the definition of “mandate”).

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Clearly not a hill to die on.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today in bluesky-ism, I encountered someone making the argument that it’s racist against Americans to not believe that every other country is equally vulnerable to fascist takeover.

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Ben 🍁 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Haha babe no come back I swear I was just a little crazy back then"

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Lurker Envoy @lurkerenvoy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada and the EU - we’re hooking up, but not too sure about labels

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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 16/09/2026

oh that's bad

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It is ironic that the most batshit political cult in my lifetime calls themselves “rationalists.”

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A basic problem for the NDP, the way I see it, is that a lot of the more engaged part of the membership are Americaboos.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

No, Sonia, it's not the world *we* live in. Can't be far from some of these people start debating whether men really should be primary school teachers.... Honestly take a step back and look at where you're going with this shit.

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IMO the case for public ownership of airports (a thing I don’t think is all that important) isn’t that it’s somehow more efficient or low cost, it’s that you can prioritize things that aren’t maximizing profit.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026

This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...

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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Whoa! What a remarkable upset for the Alberta NDP

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think if you want to make the argument, as many liberals are, that threatening to withhold your vote isn’t an effective way to change the positions of anti trans democrats, you must have some sort of proposal for what would be a better way to do that.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026

Honestly, "big-name studios can't agree on the premise of the Muppet Show" sounds like the premise of the Muppet Show

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New NIMBY final boss just dropped:

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The funny thing is that each of these three issues raised by Poilievre apply also to the United States

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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 11/09/2026

It is important to view the defense of Ukraine and the defense of Canada as two fronts in a single conflict. We are living through the Great Conflict to decide the next century of autocracy vs democracy. It is all one fight.

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

absolutely 0 reason why canada would want strike and interceptors except to help our buds in the EU

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is my neighbourhood & this reporting is lousy - as are the people leading these efforts. The traffic calming here was well-advertised, involved extensive consultation, and does not barricade anyone in their own neighbourhood. It has made the area much safer for people walking and rolling. 1/

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Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"We are dealing with people who don't believe we should exist." - Bob Rae 😬😬😬

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

on canada tariffs day, a reminder of the historically bonkers fact that canada imposing responsive tariffs on imports from the us has plurality support, 43-40, *in the us*

Do you approve or disapprove of Canada imposing 50% tariffs on many American goods, in response to Trump
imposing 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods?
All adults (3032 U.S. adults - August 26, 2026)
Strongly approve 21 %
Somewhat approve 22%
Somewhat disapprove 14%
Strongly disapprove 26%
Not sure 17%
YouGov
What the world thinks
yougov.com

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Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

IMO if you want to govern Vancouver, you should run a mayoral candidate and 10 councillor candidates. Anything less is saying to voters “we want a seat at the table” not “you should trust us to govern.”

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Kathryn @kmsheps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm so dissapointed that @wazaroff.bsky.social has stepped down. While I agree that the election has to be about what's best for the city, not any one person, I am troubled by the lack of platforms, policy proposals - even statement of values I've seen from other ostensible progressives running.

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our response to the ban on trade with illegal settlements and a call for Canada to do more to support human rights in Palestine. www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-res...

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NDP response to the ban on trade with illegal settlements

NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson issued the following statement:

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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If this is what I think... it seems the entire "progressive primary" will be decided by 2 small pre-campaign polls that were essentially testing name recognition. Cool cool cool

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