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John B

@jpb555.bsky.social
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Here to be in community to build it better Looking for the radical... Ways to break down what's systemic. And to relax I seek out Beach Scenes | Bikes | Random Cool Stuff

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
US Republican organizers are in Alberta to help separatists mobilize their vote. They’re not even hiding it. They are openly working for the national interest of the United States. Cast your vote for Canada. Reject these treasonous imposters. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let's make this happen! Bring Stevie to Canada, including Edmonton, AB in 2027! c.org/8SxkC7hg5L
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Asking Stevie Wonder’s Tour to come to Canada
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 26/09/2026
🚨 New study alert, What happens when e-bikes become more affordable? 🚲 A new research from British Columbia, Canada, looked at the impact of e-bikes incentives across 1,004 recipients in an income-tiered e-bike rebate programme. Read it here: buff.ly/6GjyHW4
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ebikes-international @ebikesinternatl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Scotland Announces £226 Million Investment in Active and Sustainable Travel in 2026-27 #cycling #ebikes #cargobikes tinyurl.com/cx25hdf3
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Salt Bae of Fundy 🦭 @asaltyredhead.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is class, advocacy & meaningful action all rolled into one. May his pillow always be cold on both sides. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Really tired of the lazy expression 100% Going to start a low-key mock response campaign and if I only like the idea, maybe say oh, 80% or really dislike it say, oh, no 25%.
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reposting for Carney, when even oil companies, reaping record profits don't want to invest in pipelines... you are clearly acting on self-interest and not choosing real nation-building projects. corporateknights.com/perspectives...
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Canada’s new pipelines are a costly bet against the future
OPINION | The pipelines entrench an extractive model of development from the last century. Canada needs a strategy built for a low-carbon future.
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
‪“Trump covers up crime with scandal and covers up malice with incompetence… Trump [is no] mastermind; it’s an inner circle of Republican backers and ideological extremists [with] massive financial interests and certainly their own agenda.” @sarahkendzior.bsky.social www.vogue.com/article/sara...
‪“This is not incompetence. It’s malice.”
@SarahKendzior ‪tweet found here: https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1248282306151952386?s=46‬ 

Retweet: https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1256055788927213569?s=46‬

“I don't think this is incompetence. As I write in my book, Trump covers up crime with scandal and covers up malice with incompetence. His administration would like you to think that they're inept, that they're just stumbling into these situations. That's not the case. And the key thing to remember is that it's not Trump as some geopolitical mastermind; it's an inner circle of Republican backers and ideological extremists, many of whom have massive financial interests and certainly their own agenda.”

Sarah Kendzior Vogue interview about her book Hiding In Plain Sight
Read more: ‪
https://www.vogue.com/article/sarah-kendzior-interview-hiding-in-plain-sight-donald-trump
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Welcoming donations as I get out for a short run/brisk walk for a great cause to support women in addictions recovery! raceroster.com/events/2026/...
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2026 — 2026 Run For Recovery - Just For Today —
2026 Run For Recovery - Just For Today Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area, Township Rd 534, Onoway, AB, Canada - RUN FOR RECOVERYJust For Today- In Support Of -ANDThis is… - August 27, 2026
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Paths for People @pathsforpeople.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🚨 Municipal autonomy and active transportation is under attack and we NEED your help immediately! Send an email to elected officials: bikeedmonton.ca/bikelanes Help with our postcard campaign: me-l.co/5783rnh9 Donate to help with resources and possible legal fees: pathsforpeople.org/donate/
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Power Hour Call: Demand a Budget for People + Planet
Join 350 Canada and people from across the country for a POWER HOUR to take concrete action together. We say NO to pipelines while Canada burns. Not on our dime, not on our watch.
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
fareedkhanactivist.substack.com/p/carneys-mo... ‘This hypocrisy reveals the core of Carney’s worldview. Human rights matter only when they align with economic or geopolitical interests. When they do not, they are quietly set aside.’
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Carney’s moral failure is sacrificing human rights on the altar of trade and finance
Mark Carney sees the world through balance sheets, not moral obligations, and treats human rights as negotiable, secondary, or inconvenient.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, land-use sprawl, too many cars driving too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Highway filled with car congestionWide, busy road at night filled with cars.
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Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Update the shipment from Canada is STILL set to leave on September 12th - as far as we can tell it does not even have permission to land in Greenland. #CDNpoli #Greenland #QCpoli #ABpoli #Montreal #Quebec #Alberta
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Why do we have to tolerate the NOISY, large commercial HVAC and refrigeration units at big-box stores like Walmart at Kingsway Mall causing localized noise pollution 24 hours a day? What a racket, I'm always surprised when I pass by and pity the people in nearby residential properties.
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ande91.bsky.social @ande91.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is an international art magazine based in Australia. National anti AI campaign.
A cartoon with two girls in a pink convertible and the text reads get in loser, we're going to destroy a data center.

Art:
Launched in 2013, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is an international art magazine based in Australia.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is packed full of insightful and inspiring articles and interviews with the best emerging and mid-career visual artists from around the world, intimate conversations between artists about life, love and art, prominent Gallerists share their personal art wish-lists, studio visits, collector interviews, our Instagram community feature and much more! If you love art, you’ll love Beautiful Bizarre Magazine!
As a leader and advocate for the arts, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine champions emerging and mid-career artists. In the 13 years since our launch, we have become not just a carefully curated print and digital art magazine; Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is a devoted web and social media community and a multi-faceted international brand supporting artists and art businesses.
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Help us support the cause. share.nwmd.social/s/mXGv1mWS
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Send a Letter to the Editor: No Pipelines on a Burning Planet
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Please share. Carney does not have our best interests in mind when he promotes big oil and gas projects! www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
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U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The speed limit in neighbourhoods here is 40km/h. Have they really ascertained that the driver was below that? That’s pretty slow! I don’t even mean to pick on this driver, who is very possibly someone I know and like. But I hate the culture of impunity around drivers and the choices they (we) make.
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
TSN talking heads... did the Blue Jays do enough at the trade deadline and what grade would you give them? A F*cking A+ they got rid of Jeff Hoffmann and even got something back in return. The Jays better light him up next time they play the Twins.
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Crowds at the Edmonton Heritage Festival today, it was utterly bananas 🍌 like everyone that didn't get the full blast on Sunday came back today + all the people that planned to go today showed up. Enjoyed some ethnic music and dance from Croatia and Palestine. Not the loooooooooooooooog food lines!
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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ugh, how can America have a free and fair election in November?! #uspoli A reminder for Albertans to vote down all of Smith’s/the UCP’s ten questions as they are planning to gerrymander and use our data to rig the next election. #abpoli www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Musk Investing Up To $120 Million To Help GOP In Midterms, Report Says—Despite Saying He’ll Step Back From Politics
Musk told The Economist last week he thinks he “got a little too involved in politics.”
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I've wanted to solve this forever... so finally asking here. When I repost something on Bluesky it seems to take out the scroll bar and to "get it back" I'm forced to go back to the post I reposted? I've never understood this, is it just me? Is it a Bluesky thing? I usually log-off as a result.
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One pipeline system made Enbridge $1.57 billion in profit in a single quarter—that’s after paying wages, taxes, and donating to charities. But let’s blame immigrants for “taking advantage” of Albertans’ generosity.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As Alberta’s only MP fighting to defend public health care, I will not stay silent while governments open the door to a two-tier system where your bank account determines how quickly you get care. What starts in Alberta will not stay in Alberta. Medicare is a promise to every Canadian. (2/2)
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Danielle Smith’s Bill 11 is the biggest attack on public health care in Canadian history, and Mark Carney is letting her. He and his Health Minister are refusing to enforce the Canada Health Act. (1/2) youtu.be/09BufyB0vWw?...
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Heather McPherson Protect Public Health Care Jul 30, 2026
YouTube video by Heather McPherson
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
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Secular Moi @secularmoi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Carney won’t support Cuba against US aggression, so we must Government silence won’t help Cuba. Grassroots solidarity can canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Carney won’t support Cuba against US aggression, so we must
We are not powerless. The Carney government may be indifferent to Cubans’ suffering, but we at the grassroots have the strength and numbers to educate fellow Canadians about Cuban realities and to off...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.” “That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
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‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach
Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 21/07/2026
The top 1% of Americans hold nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90% combined. The political system turns working Americans against one another. The division is the distraction.
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🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
📢 TAX the RICH! #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
GET A GRIP Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium. No cobalt. No rare-earth metals. Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide. The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems.
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As @torontoraptor.bsky.social are going retro bringing back Kawhi Leonard and aiming for a championship run. It would be cool for them to add Demar DeRozan to contribute to the effort and spare him from winding down his career in Sacramento. #BringBackDemar!
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Hard to understand World Cup Round of 32? Rankings aren't factor in the brackets? Canada #32 vs South Africa #56 is a soft match up when Netherlands #8 vs Morocco #7 is in the same round? Two vastly better teams. Take notes on that match #CanMNT, you'll face a tougher opponent next week.
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Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
*men’s squad
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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This is amazing work by @justineunderhill.bsky.social: "It turns out when people have to pay the true cost of suburban sprawl themselves, they don't think it's worth it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1G3...
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This Dirt Road Explains the 'American Dream' Scam
YouTube video by Justine Underhill
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Jonathan Arenburg @jonathanarenburg.com · 22/06/2026
We often debate Universal Basic Income as an economic idea, but its clearest effects show up in mental health. When survival pressure drops, anxiety eases, crises decline, and people become more functional versions of themselves. This piece looks at what the evidence actually shows—beyond ideology.
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Universal Basic Income and Mental Health: What the Evidence Actually Suggests
Universal Basic Income is usually debated in economic terms, but its most consistent effects show up elsewhere—in mental health, stress reduction, and community stability. When people are no longer one problem away from falling apart, anxiety eases, crises decline, and quality of life improves in measurable ways.
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SandyLee🍁 @leeram.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
thenarwhal.ca/carney-canad...
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Carney is ‘shredding’ environmental rules, ‘misleading’ the public: experts | The Narwhal
The government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas
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🍁make it make sense @ocanadaeh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
LA Legault ⚜️🤌🏻 ‪@lalegault.bsky.social‬
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
One of Canada's top doctors prescribes a basic income guarantee
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@yegbike.bsky.social Who's going to the Edmonton Riverhawks game, celebrating Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Night!? See you in Section B Row 14 or there abouts! It's going to be a gorgeous night to enjoy the⚾ ball game!
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Make Them Pay Town Hall. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/make-...
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Make Them Pay Town Hall
We've had enough of big corporations jacking up prices and profiting off the climate crisis, it's time to fight back, together.   Join us for our Make Them Pay Town Hall, where we're building th...
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I've signed this too!
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If you really want to send Mark Carney a message about this AI policy (and the data centers that come with it), write or phone your MP. Carney does not care about being ratioed on social media. He does care about direct feedback from constituents. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
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Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
How many blatant war crimes can Israel commit before the international community act ... via Cloaked Truth
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
How does Microsoft update my Surface without even having an update? Suddenly everything is an intense sort of blue fluourescent? I can't turn down the Brightness level anymore? Anyone elde dealing with this?
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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Canadians need our PM to understand the scope and urgency of the challenge to electrify the nation. We must keep pace with the global energy transition – otherwise, Canada’s energy crisis may just be getting started. @equiterre.bsky.social Gift: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2a2c65f...
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The world is moving off fossil fuels as Canada continues to live in the past
Canada must keep pace with the global energy transition – otherwise, our energy crisis may just be getting started
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John B @jpb555.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
And look at the way the AI bubble could burst... with all these projects underway and half built and abandoned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD... Or go to Ed Zitron's site here for a short version of this interview.
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Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Love this! 🙌🏼 #resist #Pinks
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