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John Q Public

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Union member. Anti-fascist. ABC. ACAB. Ram Rancher. Electoral Reform. Police Reform. Energy Reform. Slava Ukraïne!

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Danielle Smith spent $17 million on the "Alberta is Calling" campaign to bring people here. Now, she’s blaming those exact same people for her massive budget deficit. Don't let her rewrite history to cover her own failures.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The big lie, treasonous acts, and the “Donbas of the prairies.” Every word is true, and Danielle Smith is at the centre of this divisive, dangerous storm. Will we forego a nation for one woman’s personal ambition?
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It was the Salmon Mousse.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dani is so stupid. Alberta faces worker shortages but temporary residents now have even less incentive to choose her province. “Move to Alberta” ads and the $5000 moving bonus were still up at the beginning of the year, but she still blames immigrants for provincial grievance. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Alberta premier floats charging temporary residents $1,900 to access public health care | CBC News
The figure comes as Albertans will vote in the Oct. 19 referendum on charging certain non-permanent residents a "reasonable fee or premium" for access to Alberta's health care and education systems.
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404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026
A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
this is end times shit, this is cookie monster saying "eh, oreos make you fat anyway I guess..."
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18/09/2026
this admin is not going to like the outcome of denying access because access is the only thing they have to offer
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who cares what Dem pols think, they got it totally wrong in 2024 and 2016. Canadians, having seen Trump elected twice in eight years, are wise to clock that the next Republican administration will continue to threaten our sovereignty. There are no guarantees for 2028, or 2030 or 2032. #cdnpoli
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ron White: Eight of Ken Paxton’s assistants turned him into the FBI for fraud... They sued and won $6 million. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He’s a criminal.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Alberta, please get out and vote. Forget the polls. We saw what happened in the US. We need every one of you to keep Canada together. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Ariellah | אריאלה @sodone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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The Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Or accurate, if you take the implicit argument to be "given the choice between giving them an inch and giving them a mile, I'll give them a mile"
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SCP @10-5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I guess I don’t understand why outrage at Talarico is justification for not voting, but outrage at Ken Paxton is not justification for voting. Abdicating your agency and refusing harm reduction isn’t the moral high ground. It’s a childish tantrum designed to harm yourself, others, and our children.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Important speech for Canadian unity in the face of American aggression. Why do we never hear Conservatives making this speech? Chrétien, Trudeaus, and Carney have all made this speech, it’s their bread and butter. Cons today on the Alberta referendum are silent, where is Harper? #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Jean Chrétien says 'we bow to no one' in fiery 9/11 speech in Gander, N.L. | CBC News
Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien drew thunderous applause on Friday during a fiery and patriotic speech in Gander, N.L, where many had gathered at a sports arena to commemorate the 25th an...
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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 11/09/2026
I can’t fucking believe all of you want to give Ken Paxton six years in the Senate by using trans people’s outsized cultural impact to get celebrities and other influential figures to kill Democratic momentum, when trans kids in Texas are BEGGING you to support Talarico What is WRONG with us?
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Wally Kibler🇨🇦 ~ Nasty Canadian @wallykibler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hoekstra is scum from away
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Tessa 🌹{⚜️🏇} @aquariusing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The first day of a new House. Please read. Ignore fear mongering www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
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🔬🔭🧭👨‍💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️ @dcrinyyc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the mistakes I see a lot of Albertans & separatists make is saying "Alberta has oil". Nope. Alberta has a bunch of oil impregnated sand. A bunch of corporations, most of whom are not even Canadian controlled, have oil. It's a really important distinction that our corrupt provincial
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Rob @rob-not-numbers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Come on man, fucking things up and blaming others is the Conservative way.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I live in this neighborhood and love traffic calming, it’s been here for twenty years or more. We put these measures in after drivers were using our quiet streets to access downtown instead of arterial roads. If you feel “barricaded” in your own neighbourhood, I suggest stepping out of your car.
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Vancouver man says traffic calming measures leaving people 'barricaded in their own neighbourhood' | CBC News
"If you live in the neighbourhood, you can’t get out of the neighbourhood,” says 50-year Hastings-Sunrise resident Tom Siracusa.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/blam...
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Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home - Alberta Politics
Conventional wisdom in Canadian political and media circles seems to be that Albertans are almost to a man and woman deeply discontented with their relationship with the rest of Canada. Yet recent pol...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ruh roh globalnews.ca/news/1204911...
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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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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Canadians to Trump, “we’re not buying american cars if they aren’t made here.” #cdnpoli
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If Canada-based Bombardier wants U.S. sales, it 'must build here,' Trump says amid trade spat | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump says Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell in the U.S. unless ​the Montreal-based airplane company starts manufacturing in the states.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#cdnpoli #abpoli
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Graphic Design Is My Passion
cbc.ca
On the road with pro-independence Albertans, one small town at a time | CBC News
CBC News recently spent a day aboard the “Let’s Talk Alberta” bus, speaking with passengers about what motivates them at a time when Albertans are weighing their vote in an Oct. 19 referendum.
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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Has anyone made the obvious point: Trump already loses just by stepping into the ring against a Canadian Premier. Makes him and his office smaller and weaker, lets Carney be above the fray.
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Dorian @dorwright.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Scheduling conflict" is 100% Hollywood code for "one of the parties involved in this has realized that the aggravation to profit ratio doesn't work in their favor".
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump understands and is lying to you. Tariffs aren’t about bringing jobs back to America, they are about selling market access to the highest bidders, enriching himself and his cronies.l
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Nothing unites Canadians quite like Americans.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Finish him Carney.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Stay away from me.
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American Woman (Extended Version)
YouTube video by THE GUESS WHO - Topic
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dani don’t care, she thinks Alberta can ride the foreign interference dragon to get where she wants to go. Dani deliberately chose a referendum date before US midterms, just in case those elections don’t go well for her cause. #abpoli #cdnpoli
cbc.ca
No referendum with Trump around, says PQ ahead of October election | CBC News
The Parti Québécois will not hold a referendum as long as U.S. President Donald Trump remains in power, party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced Tuesday morning.
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I Work As A Jungle Cruise Tour Guide At The Magic Kingdom. Here's What The Odyssey Gets Wrong About Boats
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Con Flambers @themagicconch19.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What's fascinating to me is that a common critique of liberalism that you hear from the socialist left is that it is conciliatory in the face of fascism. "Lol liberals will just send a strongly worded letter to the fascists." Isn't this basically what's being proposed here?
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twardell.bsky.social @twardell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
trump, blanche, and bove at trumps trial.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
75,000 jobs for Canada is like America adding 750,000 jobs. USA only added 57,000 jobs last month. #cdnpoli
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Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years | CBC News
Canada added 75,000 jobs in July, up 0.4 per cent, as the unemployment rate fell to 6.4 per cent, its lowest level in two years.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pump this into my veins.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
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Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
How much of that anger is based upon this I wonder
Scene from Parks and Rec

An angry woman is addressing the city council with concerns about kids not being in school

School is out in two weeks.

What am I going to do with my kids all day?

Keep them in my house?

Where I live?
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
What morons, vaccination didn’t mean you couldn’t be carrying infectious covid with you to the party.
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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Graduating high school before ChatGPT is like having a brain made of recovered steel from warships old enough to not have been weakened by atomic bomb isotopes.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
All of the Republicans yelling at Fauci today for putting the public’s health at risk have spent a considerable amount of their professional lives ensuring that psychopaths can walk into a schoolroom with an easily obtained fully loaded weapon of war.
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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bravo!
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
From the comments: “These are the same people who have spent years vilifying COVID vaccines, saying “there’s not enough evidence on the efficacy & safety”…after RCTs that included 40K patients & 5 years of post-approval data on over a billion doses. But a rodent study on peptides is enough for them”
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
A carny barker waving his top-hat and selling tickets from a roll; his head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The background is a magnified, halftoned detail from a US$100 bill.


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John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Perfection.
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