Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Catholic Bishops of Alberta have written an open letter calling on Catholic Albertans to remember the tenets of their faith, particularly loving ones neighbour, respecting human dignity, and the commitment to the common good. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 921768
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialJennifer 🦋🐶☕️🦋 @jenelliot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#NOMORE 13672843001
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday, after spending the morning with migrants, the poor, and adults newly entering the Catholic Church. “For Christians,” he added, “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”thelettersfromleo.comDrawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass. 3593106
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you think that this billboard is paid for by separatists - you’re wrong. This billboard is paid for by you - Alberta taxpayers. This is how Danielle Smith supports Canadian unity. #ableg #cdnpoli 25316161
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialGhouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Highly recommend you read the whole speech, built on the metaphor of strong, resilient trees (a reference close to my heart). The man know how to deliver a speech. He begins with Goethe’s oak, then this: “Canada and the European Union can anchor our ground . .pm.gc.caPrime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European ParliamentThank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session. 43716
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The shit is about to hit the fan. 66883742845
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🇨🇦🎶FREE UNITY CONCERT🎶🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian proudly presents @jannarden on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2-7 PM at The Confluence, Calgary. Mark your calendars. Ready your Canadian flags. Stay tuned for more details. (Maybe Jan will let me play my cow bell 😃). #ableg #cdnpoli #Yyc 13399177
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.social🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Waking up in Canada, trusting my food supply, my neighbor battling an illness & not paying a dime for their healthcare , excited for kids to go back to a safe school, welcoming new Canadians , trusting my vaccine schedule knowing that it’s based in science. Oh Canada, 🇨🇦 1132673593
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/08/2026Bloomberg Editor-In Chief, Matt Winkler: “Canada since Mark Carney became PM in March, 2025, has outperformed everyone in America, the Eurozone and anywhere else in the world.” 551127345
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 06/08/2026Looks like Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister and state senator running for Congress in Iowa as a Democrat in one of the most hotly contested races in the country, has a new ad out. The entire ad is framed around a Bible reference — namely, James 1:19: m.youtube.com/watch?v=tipE...m.youtube.comSarah Trone Garriott for Congress | QuickYouTube video by Sarah for Iowa 68022
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Local man suggests jailing own boss. 406124753568
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMark Cherrington @markcherrington.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As we get close to school. Always looking for smart phones, tablets and Chromebooks or laptops. They go to needy families as soon as they arrive 023
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialConnieL 🟥🍁🟥🐝🌲 Living with COPD @connieskp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Alberta has a petition to stop the data centers. No assessments were done. No consultations with any tribal leaders. No positive impacts to our province Sign here www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7427 - Petitions 46530
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialDeborah Robinson 🇨🇦🎨🎹🎸🎤📝📷😻⌨️📚✂️💄🙌🧘♀️ @redgypsee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026URGENT: MISSING CHILD It's been two days since Parker went missing. He is autistic and nonverbal. Police are asking all Calgarians to check their properties. If you see him, please contact police. #Calgary #yyc 11724
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialCanadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I wish MSM would report on this post It's spot on The UCP owe Albertans money #Alberta #ableg #abpoli 44229
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialBonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social · 28/06/20261/ We've been buried all week unexpectedly packing up my parent's home. My father is close to a century, and some specific health problems are finally catching up to him. Ministers their entire lives they collected, as all ministers inevitably do, more books than anyone can use. 2192
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialJosiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Christian Nationalists: “You should be REQUIRED to teach the Bible in school!” Me: 😈 “Okay class, everyone turn to James chapter 5.” Christian Nationalists: “Wait, not like that.” 914245
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 22/06/2026Horrific terror attack here in Montreal this afternoon. A suspect, clad in camo, opened fire on police in Côte-des-Neiges — killing two, including a police officer. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caPolice officer, civilian dead after shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, police say | CBC 816178
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialDavid Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026“Gov’t officials have framed the new cards as a response to fraud. In practice, changes will prevent far more Albertans from accessing government programs and services than from cheating them. …significant administrative interventions to address problems grounded in feelings, not fact.” #abpoli 01615
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The Canada Strong Pass is back. Free access to our national parks. Lower entry fees at museums. Free rail travel for your kids. From now until September 7th, you and your family can explore more of Canada for a lot less. 43804226
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth Bill 9 passed Thursday morning restricting sale of energy drinks to people under 16 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caQuebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth | CBC NewsQuebec is now the first jurisdiction in North America to restrict access to caffeinated energy drinks — to people under 16, in this case. The new law will come into effect in six months. 912329
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We're making sure our kids are safe online. 8948885
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 29/05/2026If you get a payout from Trump’s January 6 slush fund, California will tax it at 100%. California won’t bail out Trump’s thugs. 1042511568
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialSèafra @woodward.ca · 26/05/2026Four versions of the Edmonton city skyline from roughly the same spot. 0213
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Join us on Saturday and pick up your free lawn sign!!! Show your commitment to a united Canada. Starting tomorrow, it’s Canada Day every day! #ableg #cdnpoli #Yeg 910254
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialbluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Fuck this. #fuck 79293693743
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialCarrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 19/05/2026SCOOP: Premier Danielle Smith appointee to Invest Alberta's board is not an accredited accountant, despite claiming so for more than a decade: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friendtheglobeandmail.comInvest Alberta’s Sam Jaber called himself a CPA despite lacking accreditationA Globe review of 26 publicly available financial statements found he had used the title for more than a decade 21190129
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/05/2026When/if this is over all of the Trump family’s ill-begotten gains should be recovered and redistributed to Americans as a one-time “anti-corruption bonus.” 1113239
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialDiane Marie 🇨🇦 @dianemarie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Last evening, late, on BNN, discussion turned to the turmoil in UK's Labour Party and the possibility of more lengthy political chaos putting off the gilt (bond) market. Then it was mentioned that Canada had quality leadership in the form of our PM. Yup. #cdnpoli 4218
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialDavid Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 16/05/2026🧵 There’s something endearing about the pigheadedness that’s led 🇨🇦Conservatives to lose four elections in a row. They sure do stick to their principles (unlike those pragmatic Liberals): 1. Every bedroom closet needs a gun. 2. All vaccines are works of the devil. 3. Universities … 1/6 35120
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15/05/2026No, Mark Carney isn't just like Stephen Harper on climate and the environment, as some have argued lately. But he's not like Justin Trudeau either. That's a good thing, as far as climate policy is concerned. Today's announcement proves it. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/o...nationalobserver.comOn climate, Mark Carney is no Stephen HarperThe prime minister is relaxing environmental regulations, reducing the industrial carbon price and talking up the importance of pipelines. He's also doing more to implement durable and lasting climate... 51294148
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 15/05/2026it's the only way to stop cuba from getting a nuclear weapon 1418145
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I'm honouring my mother today by making my bed, turning off the light when I leave the room, taking the garbage out without being asked, pretending to eat my broccoli, waiting 30 minutes after I eat before going swimming, and not jumping off a cliff just because my friend Johnny did. 3439042
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMadhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 09/05/2026“officials discovered two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a data center campus located 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”apple.newsA data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure — POLITICOResidents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses. 13343002224
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialPellechs @pellechs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026This hit me so hard this week. 261568563
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026You need to do this. Click on it. Open your eyes to what is being farmed off of us every single minute. 126930
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026“I cannot imagine not being Canadian. I cherish my Canadian passport. The day I became a Canadian citizen became one of the biggest highlights in my life.” #ForeverCanadian #cdnpoli #ableg #Yeg #Yyc www.t8nmagazine.com/thomas-lukas...t8nmagazine.comThomas Lukaszuk - Forever Canada | T8NWhen vocal Alberta radicals started bleating about separating from the rest of the nation, St. Albert resident and former Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk decided to assemble a countervailing movement. 727973
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialThe Traveling Brewer @thetravelingbrewer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026The Blue Jays get their players from the 1970’s. 5060628
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 25/04/202640 years ago at this moment (1:23:45 AM local time, April 26), the poorly-designed Chernobyl Unit 4 nuclear reactor in Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded and partially melted down during an unapproved, poorly-conceived safety experiment, releasing at least 378,000,000 curies of dangerous radionuclides. 10428212
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialpumi2017.bsky.social @pumi2017.bsky.social · 26/04/202626/4/1986 Chernobyl 💔 02610
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 26/04/2026OTD in 1986 absolutely nothing happened in Chernobyl apart from a rapid, unplanned disassembly which resulted in the plant achieving its 10 year energy target in 2 nanoseconds according to the plan. 16847175
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 26/04/2026Everyone immediately assuming that an attempt on the President is staged is probably not a sign of a healthy democracy. 1062171442512
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Ghislaine Maxwell abused young women & girls alongside Epstein for years. As young as 14. In multiple states. Convicted in a federal court. She belongs behind bars. I’m beyond disgusted that any of our colleagues would suggest a pardon. The real question is why has no one else been convicted?politico.comOversight members split over whether to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, committee chair saysThe only convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein has said she would testify to Congress if granted clemency — a power held solely by the president. 626102483328
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialRobson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 20/04/2026Albertans narrowly rejected permanent daylight saving time in a 2021 referendum. But today Premier Danielle Smith revealed the province *is* going ahead with it anyway. Opposition in the referendum was strongest in the biggest cities, while support was stronger in smaller towns and rural areas. 144124
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.socialMakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Today has been a busy day. This morning finished a quilt top, fully handsewn with the EPP method. 2030017
Reposted by @jwhittal.bsky.social Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 15/04/2026 3118