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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

@futurebird For some reason that brings to mind this song to me … Excursion Around the Bay - Great Big Sea m.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQwX8y2K3A

Lyrics for the song:
Well, it was on this Monday morning And the day be calm and fine To the Harbour Grace excursion With the boys to have a time And just before the sailor Took the gangway from the pier I saw some fella haul me wife Aboard as a volunteer Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" We had full three hundred souls aboard Oh what a splendid sight Dressed all in regimental To make our spirits bright And meself being in the double When a funny things they'd say They choke themselves from laughing When they'd see us in the bay Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" My wife she got no better She turned a sickly green I fed her cake and candy Fat pork and kerosene Castor oil and sugar of candy I rubbed pure oil on her face And I said she'll be a dandy When we reaches Harbour Grace Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" My wife she got no better My wife me darling dear The screeches from her trolley You could hear in Carbonear I tried every place in Harbour Grace Tried every store and shop To get her something for a cure Or take her to the hop

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Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" She died below the brandies As we were comin' back We buried her in the ocean Wrapped up in a Union Jack So now l am a single man In search of a pretty face And the woman that says she'll have me I'm off for Harbour Grace Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" Hey!

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

A visitation of Cedar Waxwings, who are never seen alone in winter but travel by hundreds…

A snowy suburban backyard with a crab apple tree. At first glance, there are dozens of birds on the ground, but on closer inspection you can see that there are just as many in the crab apple tree. At this time of year they travel in large flocks (hundreds, sometimes more than a thousand) visiting crab apples, ash, and other fruit bearing trees.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

@daveybot Oof, this is a tough time of year for those us living in the great white north: as you can see, we’re several months away from daffodils. Don’t stop posting though! Better to #BloomScroll vicariously than not to bloom scroll at all…

A photo of a snowbound backyard. A solid 12” (30cm) of old snow pretty much everywhere, with drifts or shovelled banks as high as 3 feet (100cm). A thin skiff of fresh snow over everything

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

The end of fool’s spring and the start of second winter in Edmonton. #yeg #yegWeather

A snow covered backyard: there are cleared paths between old snowbanks in 1-2 foot deep snow, but now fresh snow is falling

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Interesting story on Quirks and Quarks today about how pollutants like ozone interfere with chemical signalling especially between social insects like ants and bees. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/feb-14-elep… segment at 19 min #Ants #Bees […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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How insects deal with smog and microplastics can impact them and the environment
19:03 How insects deal with smog and microplastics can impact them and the environment A growing body of research is shedding light on some lesser-known ways that human activities are affecting the insects around us. Researchers studying ants in Germany found that air pollution damages the chemical cues that the insects use to communicate with each other. The team, led by Markus Knaden at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, found that exposure to ozone, the main ingredient in smog from fossil-fuel emissions, led these ecological engineers to attack their nestmates or neglect their young, depending on the species. The research was published in the journal PNAS.

In a separate study, researchers at Carleton University revealed that crickets will happily munch away on microplastics, but poop them out as nanoplastics which can spread farther in the environment. The team, including PhD student Marshall Ritchie, found that crickets would continue to eat larger microplastic pieces as they grew, and unlike other insects, the plastic didn't appear to stunt their growth. The research was published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

Visited again yesterday by our local flock of partridges, but this time on a thin layer of fresh snow I love that their tracks are like little arrows trailing over the landscape, like on a secret treasure map, but pointing backward… to confuse the predators? #birds #partridge #WinterTracks #yeg

A line of many tracks in a thin layer of undisturbed snow on a stone patio. Each footprint is three diverging lines, the centre one 2 to 3 times longer than the sides. They look like a cloud of little wayfaring arrows printed on the land, all urging us in the same direction.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

[This series of images is quite legitimately terrifying to me. Before and after MAGA women images…] from @volts.wtf

A series of before and after images of leading MAGA women. The before pictures are of women who have carefully done hair and make up, but a sense of their spirit and individuality comes through. In the after pictures hugely plumped lips, enhanced cheekbones, hollowed out cheeks and deeply shadowed eyes create an awful and deformed grimacing uniformity that fully masks any spark of the person that once was.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

I can’t even begin to comprehend how duplicating an entire department that is already under-resourced could even begin to make sense … unless the goal is separation. I don’t want to live in a wasteful, hateful separate Alberta… it’s in large part our connections to […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

@sundogplanets ps it hard to read this one as anything other than a warning about yellow snow, now it falls from the sky too? #WarningsFromMyChildhood #DontEatTheYellowSnow

Yellow Warning - Snowfall

A red alert bar from a weather app.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

@chris @Flare The judge’s decision wasn’t expected for a month yet, but the judge fast-tracked their decision in order to beat the #UCP who were fast-tracking legislation to stop the decision. We’re fine here in Alberta, just fine… F I N E

The It’s Fine meme
Cartoon dog sits at a table with a cup of coffee as the room burns
Everything’s fine

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025

Over heard in Kindergarten DS: I can’t believe teacher gave us a donkey to colour MC: Mine’s going to be the best donkey anyone every coloured, I’m a good boy DS: <giggles> I’m colouring an a * s * s … next I’m going to add a <whispers> penis

A photo of Alberta Premier Smith and Prime Minister Carney signing an agreement.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025

My wife has decorated her office door with gnomes eagerly awaiting snow, so I am spending more time than I ought to making paper snowflakes 😀

A variety of paper snowflakes lying on a wooden table.

A blue office door decorated with two gnomes: they have white beards, very round bodies, and tall pointed hats that fall down to their round bulbous noses. There is one sad and lonely snowflake on the door above them.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

@chris Crocodile tears indeed, more grifters riding on right wing credulity… usually buried in the last paragraphs of any stories on the issue are a few key observations: their self-described business was farming ostriches for “breeding purposes, some meat […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A woman stands in a kitchen smiling to the camera. She is surrounded by trays of dismembered ostrich bones and she is holding a long kitchen knife in a stabbing (rather than cutting) grip

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

Nicholaides sure is peeved and has a *lot* of complaints against the very legislation *his* party and *his* government passed, and that *he himself* votes for! Mr. Nicholaides: if this legislation is so flawed, why did you vote for it? #ABPoli #Recall #Nicholaides

Letter on official letterhead from Dimitrios Nocholaides:

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ALBERTA
Demetrios Nicolaides, PhD, ECA Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Calgary-Bow

Dear neighbours,

On October 23, 2025, a recall petition was filed and approved by Elections Alberta. Under the Recall Act, 2021, residents of a constituency can recall their MLA if they are dissatisfied with his/her performance as an elected official. It is my view, based on the reasoning provided in their application, and my previous interactions with them, that the petitioner is using the recall process to influence government policy and not because she has any legitimate concerns regarding my conduct as your MLA. The applicant alleges, in her official statement filed with Elections Alberta (available online) that I have "failed to support public education," that I am attempting to privatize education and that I "continue to dismiss Alberta's role in promoting fossil fuel disinformation in schools across the country." In a recent interview, the petitioner talked about ongoing provincial policy discussions regarding the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan, an Alberta Police Force, healthcare reform and further commented that the government must be stopped.

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Clearly, this recall is a question of government policy and priorities, and not about my performance as your elected representative. There has not been a single mention or suggestion of any ethical violation, misconduct, or negligence. There is no claim that I am unable to represent your views in the Legislature or carry out the functions of my elected office. This recall is clearly an attempt to trigger a new election because of policy and political differences, effectively seeking to subvert the democratic mandate you gave me just two years ago. In 2019, when then-UCP leader Jason Kenney campaigned on the idea of recall, he noted that it should be an "instrument of accountability" if elected officials "totally violate the trust of voters."

Legislature Office 403 Legislature Building 10800-97 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1B6 Phone: 780.427.5777 Constituency Office #2214, 8561 8A Ave SW Calgary, AB, T3HOV5 Phone: 403.216.5400 Email: calgary.bow@assembly.ab.ca

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In 2023, I was duly re-elected as your representative with 49.7% of the popular vote, in an open, fair, and transparent election, giving me a clear mandate to represent you in the Legislature and implement the policies and priorities of the United Conservative Party. Our Westminster democracy provides regular opportunity, every four years, for citizens to re- evaluate their options and make a different decision if they desire. That is the proper venue for debating and deciding policy direction and provincial priorities. I am a firm believer in recall, when used appropriately and for the right reasons. If a member has engaged in illegal or unethical conduct, or demonstrably failed to perform the basic duties of their office, indeed, they should be recalled. If I have acted in an unethical manner or engaged in any misconduct, I would have no objections to a recall against me. However, I believe I have always acted professionally, respectfully, and with your best interests at heart. I recognize that many of you did not support the UCP's priorities and policies in the last election, but I will always do my best to listen to your views and concerns with humility.

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I will, of course, respect the views of my constituents as expressed through any democratic means, including through a successful recall. I remain committed to the mandate you gave me, and I will always listen to different ideas to ensure I am in the best possible position to represent your views in the Legislature, as I have done with the recall petitioner herself, in person and via email. In closing, I commit to serve every resident of this constituency with dignity, respects and integrity.

Demetrios Nicolaides, PhD, ECA Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Calgary-Bow

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

Deflection, finger-pointing, finger-pointing, deflection, with a small dose of “there was too much politics for us to notice what we were doing” combined with finger-pointing, and deflection. that’s Carrie Tait doing the persistent questioning as the moderator […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

@Nonilex Look at that commitment to all things American-made…

Close up of the demolition image showing the back end of the backhoe to reveal the maker of the equipment: Volvo

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2025

Aaron Paquette’s signs vandalized overnight … Posted this video with the comment: “Saw my signs were vandalized. I know it’s a competition but no need to get emo. 😬 Anyways, election is tomorrow. Let cooler “heads” prevail.” #yeg #yegcc #yegElection #AaronPaquette

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2025

@chad So, the Gov of Alberta carefully limited and then failed to cooperated with the investigation so that the judge would be unable to actually say anything definitive. “Wyant did not interview the premier or any ministers and his investigation was limited in […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Wyant says he found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Smith, her ministers or other political staff. But he wrote that the limited powers afforded to him mean he can't make any definitive statements. "That only means that I found no evidence of such," he says. "I can only make conclusions based on the documents I was able to review and the people I interviewed." Because the investigation was not a public inquiry, Wyant says some individuals refused interviews and avoided answering certain questions. "Because there was not the kind of vigorous examination and cross-examination that would take place in a formal setting, I could not come to conclusions on the credibility of information provided verbally by interviewees."

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

Thousands showed up outside Premier Smith’s “State of Alberta” speech to remind her and everyone else present that the state of Alberta includes that 1 in 55 workers in this province is a teacher on strike, and 1 in 6 people in this province is a child out of school […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A crowd of people wearing red, holding protest signs, with a couple of inflatable dinosaur suits in the front.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

Turkey roasting in the oven with harvest stuffing (moist stuffing with carrots, mushroom, leek, celery, apple, craisins), roasted candied yams, baby carrots fresh harvested from the garden with a hint of curry and fresh parsley, mashed potato, gravy, green beans […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A modest table set for six with a harvestey centrepiece, autumn coloured napkins and a large pumpkin on a ledge in the background. Just needs food and people!

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

@futurebird That timeline matches nicely with a ‘modern age’ of stable sea levels after some very dramatic change.

A graph showing many data points representing sea level over the last 20,000 years. Starting 15,000 years ago there is a sharp rise of over 100 meters reaching roughly today’s levels about 7,000 years ago and remaining stable since

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

Here’s the government’s track record on funding education, currently Alberta public funding is $3,950 per student less than the Canadian average, and Alberta private school funding is $5,000 per student more than the average. In fact, the only reason the Canadian […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A graph of per student funding in Alberta since 2005 in adjusted 2024 dollars.

It shows funding flat around $12,000 per student until a rise in 2016 under the NDP but then dropping precipitously from 2022, currently just over $11,000.

Meanwhile funding for private school students has steadily risen and is now only $1,500/student less than public.

Also marked are Canadian averages in both categories:
Alberta public funding is $3,950 less than the average
Alberta private funding is $5,000 more than the average

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

@americanfietser.bsky.social Canada has a system that tries to split the difference, especially to avoid freeloaders. If you are determined to be non-resident, there is no taxation of foreign earned income, but as many people carefully maintain health care […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

An explainer sheet about Residential status according to Revenue Canada.

Residential ties The most important thing to consider when determining your residency status in Canada for income tax purposes is whether or not you maintain or establish significant residential ties with Canada. Residential ties Significant residential ties to Canada include: a home in Canada a spouse or common-law partner in Canada dependants in Canada Secondary residential ties that may be relevant include: personal property in Canada, such as a car or furniture social ties in Canada, such as memberships in Canadian recreational or religious organizations economic ties in Canada, such as Canadian bank accounts or credit cards a Canadian driver's licence a Canadian passport health insurance with a Canadian province or territory The information above is general in nature. For more information on residential ties, see Income Tax Folio S5-F1-C1, Determining an Individual's Residence Status.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

@chad I second those: Knack for Mayor and Paquette for Dene - Aaron has done a good job of representing us for 8 years and we need to keep his voice on council. YES! PLEASE pay attention to school trustees people! It is a stated strategy of #UCP affiliated and […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A photo of a middle aged white woman with long blond hair, dark framed glasses and a brown blazer. There is a large red check mark and label that reads Linda Lindsay EPSB Ward B

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2025

So as far as I can tell, today’s protest at the Alberta Legislature in support of teachers who are about to strike is the largest protest ever held at the Leg. with estimates ranging beyond 20,000. And this was only one of many well-attended protests across the […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A photo of the plaza in front of the Alberta Legislature filled with thousand of people carrying signs.
The Legislature is a Beaux-Art neoclassical building dating to around 1910 in slightly creamy stone with a columned portico, and a prominent dome.

A view looking away from the Legislature building with the plaza crowded to the end with as many as 20,000 people, including on the raised courtyard beyond the plaza proper.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2025

@gildilinie Since we seem permanently stuck on fptp, I guess its good to have a lot of candidates with platforms I hate to split the votes of all the reactionary numpties? Saw this sign just down the road…

A large political road at the side of the road.

Text reads:
DON'T TAX MY LUNCH!
Ward Dene - City Council
Elect Lana Palmer

It shows a picture of the candidate and a brown paper bag with $.25 written on it covered by a large X

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2025

So *this* sign showed up on my neighbourhood, strategically placed next to the new bike lanes… 🙄 I mean, she’s right: roads are for cars, which is why we need bike lanes, but of course that’s not what she meant. #yegcc #yegElection #yegBikes #Bikes

A road where half the paved surface is marked off for bike lanes using low concrete barriers and green flexiposts. On the boulevard strip next to the sidewalk is a large (3x3 foot?) sign that says:
ROADS ARE FOR CARS!
Elect Lana Palmer
Ward Dene City Council

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2025

Since this appears to be one of the new horses for the #UCP to flog, and they are making noise about ‘joint jurisdiction’ for immigration, it will be good for people to know exactly what the constitution says about that, Section 95: Provinces *can* pass laws about […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Screenshot text of Section 95 of the Constitution reads:

Agriculture and Immigration

Concurrent Powers of Legislation respecting Agriculture, etc.

95 In each Province the Legislature may make Laws in relation to Agriculture in the Province, and to Immigration into the Province; and it is hereby declared that the Parliament of Canada may from Time to Time make Laws in relation to Agriculture in all or any of the Provinces, and to Immigration into all or any of the Provinces; and any Law of the Legislature of a Province relative to Agriculture or to Immigration shall have effect in and for the Province as long and as far only as it is not repugnant to any Act of the Parliament of Canada.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

So now is when the rubber hits the road for Alberta’s discriminatory anti-trans laws. Edmonton families are receiving notices to complete forms that confirm assigned at birth sex to be eligible to participate in women’s only athletics. This screenshot from […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Screenshot of a notice to,students and families. At the bottom is the crest of Strathcona High School. Text reads:

ATHLETICS UPDATE

ATTENTION ALL FEMALE ATHLETES

The Government of Alberta recently introduced new legislation called the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, which went into effect on September 1, 2025. This new law requires all Alberta schools to confirm the eligibility of female student athletes who are 12 years of age or older and wish to participate in a competitive female-only sport team.

To meet the requirements of this provincial legislation, families of all female student athletes ages 12 and older who are interested in playing on a competitive female-only sports team, are required to complete the Fairness and Safety in Sport Confirmation Form. This form will confirm your child's eligibility to participate.

For more information, please login into SchoolZone to view and print the form. A signed copy of the form by the athlete's legal guardian must be brought to the main office before attending the first tryout (at this time, Volleyball or Flag Football) or practice (at this time, Cross Country or Swim).

Thank you for your time.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

“Your Ignorance Doesn't Make You An Expert” - A.R. Moxon aka @juliusgoat.bsky.social Today’s The Reframe, on waterfalls and other mysteries… www.the-reframe.com/your-ignorance-…

Screenshot from linked article. Text reads:

This, then, is the reframe.

You don't listen to experts? You throw out the inherited sum collective of human knowledge? I would hope to never be that arrogant.

You just use your own research? I would hope to never be that lazy. You think that the fact that you don't know means nobody does? I would hope to never be that close-minded.

You not believing it doesn't make it true. You not understanding it doesn't mean it isn't understood. Your ignorance give you no authority. Your skepticism doesn't make you wise.

Stay in the matrix of your own ignorance if you want; live in your fever dream of superiority with your coterie of proudly ignorant friends; live in a simplified illusion where you already have it all figured out, which gives you an illusion of knowledge and safety even while you're being consumed by those who made the illusion for you.

The rest of us are out here fighting the good fight in the real world, where there will never stop being more to learn.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025

Edmonton Symphony in the Square downtown, the annual Disney concert. If numbers hold they expect >15,000 Preshow entertainment by the magnificent Keri Zwicker on the harp! #yeg #eso #YegMusic #YegConcert #YegArts

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

@andrewknack.bsky.social Yup, there it is: www.edmonton.ca/city_government/mun… We get to find out how much the candidates were bought during the the crucial 90 days leading up to the election on … [checks notes] March 2 […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Screenshot from City website. text reads:

2025 Disclosure Deadlines

There are 2 required disclosure statements for candidates:

An interim campaign disclosure is due September 30, 2025. This statement covers the period from January 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025.

The final campaign disclosure is due March 2, 2026 and covers the entire 2025 campaign.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025

@albertapolitics.substack.com Don’t forget that ‘ordinary’ children under 12 are cut out of COVID vaccine eligibility altogether.

Screenshot from Alberta website with vaccine eligibility. Phase 2 includes “All other Albertans 12 years of age and older.” but under 12 isn’t included anywhere else.

Full text
Phase 1
Eligibility criteria • Health Care Workers. • All residents of continuing care homes and seniors supportive living accommodations. • Home care clients. • Individuals 6 months of age and older with underlying medical or immunocompromising conditions. • Individuals experiencing houselessness. • Individuals 65 years of age and older receiving the Alberta Seniors Benefit.
Start date October 1 (pending vaccine availability) to the end of campaign Free of charge

Phase 2 • All other Albertans 12 years of age and older. Start date October 20 to the end of campaign based on vaccine supply A $100 administrative fee will apply.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2025

@chad Yup… all about parental choice until you want to make a different choice than them. I don’t have children under 12, I would be in the streets if I did. If any of you have kids under 12, I’ll hit the streets in solidarity with you.

From OP linked Government of Alberta website. Section on eligibility for COVID vaccination. Missing from all the lists are Albertans under 12 who fall outside of high risk groups.

Phase 1 • [eligibility list below] Start date October 1 Free of charge

Phase 2 • All other Albertans 12 years of age and older. Start date Oct 20 $100 administrative fee

Phase 1 elibpgibility: Health Care Workers. • All residents of continuing care homes and seniors supportive living accommodations. • Home care clients. • Individuals 6 months of age and older with underlying medical or immunocompromising conditions. • Individuals experiencing houselessness. • Individuals 65 years of age and older receiving the Alberta Seniors Benefit.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2025

We have celebrity visitors this morning: The Partridge Family! #yeg #BackyardBirds

Clustered in a line, basking in the early morning sun, is a group of partridges. One adult with a sleek grey chest and rusty patch and 9 fairly large juveniles that look a lot like sparrows that have grown ten times too large.
They are clustered at the edge of a lawn under raspberry bushes, with a perennial border on the right.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025

Edmonton Symphony in the Park at Beaumont… on a beautiful Sunday afternoon

A temporary stage with a small orchestra. The sky is cloudless blue and people have camp chairs set up on the lawn in front.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2025

@EricCarroll @subjacentish As the Covid virus exploits ACE2 receptors, we should look to see where those are expressed most in the body. … huh, look at that: Brain: nuclei involved in the central regulation of cardiovascular function, Eyes, Nasal cavity, Oral […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A schematic image of the human body showing where ACE2 receptors are expressed most heavily. Below is a list of each body part noted:

Brain: nuclei involved in the central regulation of cardiovascular function, Eyes, Nasal cavity, Oral cavity, Thyroid, Endothelial cell from small and large arteries and veins, Lungs, Liver, Gallbladder, Kidneys and bladder, Stomach, Pancreas, Intestines, Reproductive system Female and Male, Skin

Character limit prevents listing the details breakdown for each area.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2025

So… Edmonton is experiencing a mid-summer influenza outbreak? That’s… surprising. #Yeg #Flu

Wastewater levels for Edmonton from Oct 2023 to now (Aug 1) There is a strong spike through fall 2023 into 2024, then levels are lower, with a relatively mild flu season last year. Then there is a substantial spike right at the end reaching 3/4 the 2023 spike and still climbing.

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2025

Trump: OK, from now on everyone who comes over to my place will be punched once in the face as they come through the front door Trump: And no punching back, cause if you punch back, then I’m gonna punch you *twice* Canada: Um, like hell. And you already gave me a […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

A panel from the Family Circus comic by Bil Keene.

Billy: a little boy with the proportions of a preschooler is running across the frame crying. He is wearing a yellow shirt and blue pants. A long red tie has been added, along with Trump’s signature blond hair and an orange complexion. The caption above says, “Dolly hit me back!”

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David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025

@GottaLaff 147 of 193 UN member states have recognized Palestine, at this point we are among the last, slow recalcitrant nations, that happens to comprise most of the “west”

A map showing countries that have recognized Palestine in green. The map is predominantly green.

Canada and the UK are in yellow signalling a conditional plan for recognition.

The US, Australia, Japan, Myanmar, Congo, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, the Baltic countries, some former Yugoslav nations, and a few others are grey indicating no recognition.

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