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Super Nerd Michael

@gofortwoelks.bsky.social
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Oilers, Elks, that virus you heard about (2019-?), and progressive politics. Chess + math in the background. Competence + Compassion always.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17h
Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system at it again: Québec’s incumbent CAQ party is on track to be wiped off the map despite getting 14% of the vote Québec Solidaire on track to win 11 seats with 11% of the vote
Seat standings
Popular vote
Votes and share don't show who won the election; the number of MNAs determines who wins.

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LEAD
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VOTES
SHARE
| PQ O
32
28
60
636,700
28.8%
| LIB
22
14
36
514,839
23.3%
| PCQ
13
7
20
473,490
21.4%
I QS
2
9
11
244,125
11%
CAQ



313,870
14.2%
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Is It Time To Stop Avoiding The Plague Like The Plague
A happy scientist
Headline:
Is It Time To Stop Avoiding The Plague Like The Plague
STory by Verity Verity Isayuntothee and Grant Mestrength

Photo from Adobe
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, who tragically lost his 58-year-old mum and several family members to COVID-19 complications, continues advocating for vaccination. “I have asthma,” Towns said, highlighting his “high-risk status” while raising awareness of the non-mRNA NUVAXOVID vaccine.
A screenshot of a Forbes article titled "Karl-Anthony Towns Who Lost Mom To COVID-19 Talks Of Value Of Vaccine." The article is written by Bruce Y. Lee and shows a publication date from early October 2026. Below the headline, a photograph captures NBA player Karl-Anthony Towns sitting at a press conference microphone wearing a white New York Knicks jersey. He is looking forward with a serious expression against a blue backdrop covered in repeating logos for Chase and the New York Knicks. A caption below the photo identifies him as the Knicks center speaking at a recent Media Day.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Obviously they're playing a bunch of 2nd and 3rd and Swiss leaguers in the bottom nine, but yeah that's...
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thought Leon's CF% was the most remarkable stat through two games (41-10, 80%) and it's gotten quite a bit better tonight Dusting the bottom-feeders
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'The plan' has been abandoned McDavid at 17+ TOI through two periods Samanski 3:48, Frederic 4:43 (with a fight), Howard 5:40 Against the Kraken
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Alberta separatists are running to Trump, offering our oil and water in exchange for American support to break up Canada. A traitor to this country doesn’t have to wear a foreign flag. Sometimes they wave ours while selling out our future. This is a national emergency. Alberta is not for sale.
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This has gotta be the Oilers' highest power play differential in a season, like, ever
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oilers foward lines remain more scuffed than my cousins' marriages
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bad punt immediately punished
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Danielle Smith is using your tax dollars to sell her political agenda. This referendum booklet is propaganda. It blames newcomers for her government’s failures and pushes constitutional changes without telling Albertans the truth. You deserve better than this political garbage paid for by you.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They would sell themselves, and their province, to the Trump administration for pennies on the dollar. The question I keep asking: why has the business community been so willing to go along with this charade for so long?
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is a good bluff call by @jeromyyyc.bsky.social -- and an excellent investment for the federal government to make in Calgary. Dare Danielle Smith and the UCP to say no. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Calgary mayor to bring forward plan for Green Line path through downtown, across river | CBC News
Calgary's mayor says he plans to pitch his vision for the Green Line's path through downtown in the near future. He believes the city can partner with Ottawa on an underground portion for the project,...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 03/10/2026
Canada is not actually 'battling for survival' in the context of secession, because in both Alberta and Quebec secession has relatively small amounts of public support. What we're battling is dipshit far-right populist politicians enabling/pushing for this destructive bullshit.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 03/10/2026
we have doubled your rent, doubled your insurance premiums, tripled the cost of gas, quadrupled the price of groceries, and you're complaining that your wages haven't gone up since 1997? honestly sounds like a you problem
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ungerer 4/4 25 yards Coxie 1/1 36 yards Funny Arbuckle
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/10/2026
Some U.S. figures openly back Alberta’s separation or annexation. The White House says it made no commitments. In short: separatists promise Alberta sovereignty while offering Washington oil and water, and importing Republican campaign tech that exposed nearly 3 million voters’ data.
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada…” Can we stop both siding this yet? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Riders... are ass? Lions @ Elks loading up
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
0-win team stays kicking on 3rd and 1
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Danielle Smith is a weak leader for the province and within her own separatist party. A proud Canadian would never allow a separatist to remain in their party.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Superintendent Chalmers: A separatist movement?! At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your federalist party's voter base?! Smith: Mm, yes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Most of the word count in this op-ed was consumed by Harper re-hashing grievances with the Trudeau government and its supposedly nefarious intentions for the oil and gas industry -- and, as Jason says, completely misrepresenting the level of support for separatism when he was in office.
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well it's not /totally/ surprising...
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Won 14-13 on aggregate
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Joe Martin @jamthefed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WE NEED TEN WE NEED TEN
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They can't play Walman and Shak together, clearly
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pause
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
20-4 shots, 8-2 goals Sure I guess
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lmao at the Katz propoganda
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where can I get paid to say stuff like "this is a must-kill for the Canucks"?
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Goal-wen Michaels, Joesph nice Podkolzin highkey scoring 50
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New episode of family drama: sister & I have been unfriended by cousins, presumably because she asked if one of them was separated from their husband (based on photos without said husband).
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ONLY demographic group with majority support for referendum's separation option is UCP voters. In breakdowns by age, income, urban/rural, religosity, education – lower than 1/3rd support for a binding independence vote in every other demo www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @joeldryden.bsky.social
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Poll suggests slight majority of UCP voters favour separation as party stares down ‘tough days’ ahead | CBC News
A new poll suggests the group with the highest level of support for Alberta separation is supporters of the United Conservative Party, trumping other groups, including those defined by age, religiosit...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The threat against Mr. Lewis goes far beyond the bounds of any justifiable rhetoric. It is hate speech, and it is dangerously threatening. As citizens in a democratic and secular society, we are all duty-bound to call out extremism and threats." charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on New Democratic Party leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's even more difficult, Premier, when you have an influx of people whom you've publicly courted to move here while simultaneously eroding the public services they will require in order to settle in AND are currying political favour from tribalistic bigots who want a white Christian ethnostate.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Danielle Smith claims she’s a proud Canadian, but panders to separatists and puts us all through this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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UCP MLA says he’s voted in favour of Alberta holding binding referendum on independence | CBC News
Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan says he has voted in favour of Alberta’s government proceeding with a legally binding referendum on separation, but adds he hopes to see Canada united if Alberta is “t...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent work Canada.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, the tolerant will be destroyed and tolerance with them,”
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Opinion: We must call Alberta separation what it is
It is not a movement of grievance politics. Something far more sinister is at work
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WheatNOil @wheatnoil.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The thing I really like about the MLB challenge system is that it makes challenges a measurable skill. You only have two and your batter and catcher’s discipline and choices in using them can impact the game. You have individual and team strategies in using them.
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Chris 🇨🇦🏈 Stats Junkie @statsjunkie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#CFL QB drive results since 2022 (minimum 100 drives led) 2022 is the year the ball came out to the 40 instead of 35 & kickoffs moved back to the 30 from the 35
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Albertans deserve a different vision of the province and country's energy future than the one-sided one their government is trying to feed them. Instead, we get this:
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bouch5rd (Does that work?)
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Steve Smith @edmlawyersteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I like that the chip on his shoulder over not being a Norris finalist manifests as an increased commitment to offence.
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Ersatzov @ersatzov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oilers media actually cost Canada a gold medal that’s wild to think about.
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Super Nerd Michael @gofortwoelks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Booooouch
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