Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every once in a while I am struck by the absolutely miraculous nature of the fact that we all exist, the complexity of the unfathomable twists and turns of luck that brought us all here, and how stupid it is that we don’t live in such a way that appreciates our shared humanity. This is one. 1736864
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7935331339
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Let's give her something to cry about. VOTE Sept 25th last day to order a mail-in special ballot. Going to vote in advance, make a plan. #abpoli specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400 03417
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦5X for Canada @5xforcanada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026ICYMI: Trump won. Brexit happened. We can’t let apathy hand Alberta to the separatists. Here's our plan to defeat Danielle Smith and why we need you to join. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli 13824
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Beavers are now on the clock. As days get shorter and nights colder, there are limited days left in the calendar to set up for the winter. All the food that they will eat will need to be jammed below where the ice will form, so no tie to enjoy the fall colours. #AB #Mammals 0557
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Saw Sloan yesterday in Edmonton and the crowd sang Happy Birthday to the fifth Sloan, Gregory. No mention of Patrick’s birthday. 110
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... The calculation isn’t complicated but the sentiment unfortunately can’t be distilled into a catch phrase, so the people that need to understand this probably won’t have the opportunity.thetyee.caNo, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The TyeeThe vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give. 000
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised. 12305165
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just finished Burn Book by Kara Swisher. As a fan of her podcasts I had high expectations for the book. I wasn’t disappointed. Funny, insightful and depressing in equal measure. Hopefully some people in positions of authority pick up on the serious societal damage caused by the tech industry… 1/2 110
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Canada is everyone and for everyone” Prime minister, thank you for autographing our #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus! #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada 15610173
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of 'Guest Worker' Taxes? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09... This whole referendum exercise is to allow Smith to remain UCP leader. Someone should calculate how much Alberta taxpayers are paying for Smith’s personal benefit. #abpoli #ablegthetyee.caDoes Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The TyeeAhead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims. 022
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A chinook is blowing through Calgary tonight. No filters but a couple of different exposures produced very different results. 010
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season: 501401469
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/09/2026Jon on Trump's Meme Assault on Canada & the Alternate Reality He's Constructedyoutu.beJon on Trump's Meme Assault on Canada & the Alternate Reality He's Constructed | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 30488103
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Trump has banned Canadian pisco. Pisco can only be made in Peru or Chile. 1011425
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Note the near perfect alignment of policies between the UCP and the AfD 😵💫 The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt promises to improve relations with Russia, ban Pride flags in schools and create separate classrooms for refugee children. It calls for "remigration," 37438
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you live in this riding and are tired of Smith’s handling of healthcare, sick of her corruption and appalled by her endless self-dealing, what are you waiting for? #abpoli 031
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Kim Sherrell @web.kim · 03/09/2026Will the fascists allow HBO to broadcast a documentary about their favorite "dangerous technocrat with no moral constraints?" A fascinating read at THR:hollywoodreporter.comElon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous. 14317156
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #nototheninealbertaviews.caAlberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta ViewsNine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country. 13515305
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Canada Cambot @canada-cambot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Parson Island Whales Pass OrcaLab BC, Canada #Canada 012
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦🇨🇦MapleZero @maplezero.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If Alberta is borrowing help from other provinces to process the Referendum, can we also borrow help to investigate the Corrupt Care Scandal? I think we could use it. 021
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A movie review for you. Spoiler alert, our Premier produced and stars in it so you know it’s complete crap. Lights! Camera! Action! Roll the Data Centre Sell Job! via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...thetyee.caLights! Camera! Action! Roll the Data Centre Sell Job! | The TyeeNotes on Premier Smith’s video attempt to reassure Albertans that AI tycoons are everybody’s friends. 000
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern? 795198387889
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2026Korean missiles hitting Kyiv as Trump calls Kim Jong-Un his friend 751851850
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Dr. Andy Holt @drandyholt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The consequences for a cyclist of a driver being careless or aggressive. This is me in the ICU after avoiding a head-on collision with a truck on the wrong side of the road. This is the sacrifice Smith and the UCP are keen to make, removing bike lanes to keep their ignorant base happy. #ableg 47821
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The 5 best songs about Alaska ever made www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-s... Doesn’t even have Anchored Down in Anchorage by Michelle Shocked. Dumb.pastemagazine.comThe 5 best songs about Alaska ever madePaste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films. 020
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Finished reading Endling by Maria Reva. An engaging read. A novel, described on the jacket as meta fictional; by me as a unique mashup of fictional characters set in the reality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Satirical and subtly humourous, probably less subtle in a different context. 4/5*’s 010
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Democracy unless it doesn't suit them.calgaryherald.comMajority of Albertans would have backed coal ban in fall referendum, new survey findsA majority of Albertans would likely have voted to ban new coal mining along the Eastern Slopes on a referendum question, says a survey. 714663
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/08/2026SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏 367194285558
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026600 homes burned to the ground. 60K people evacuated. This is huge and we’re barely even noticing anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...nytimes.comSpokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands EvacuateFirefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spo... 69652
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Did that hike in 2002. Not sure I would make it to the top today. Well done PM Carney! 000
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Andries (Andy) Sytsema - I Stand With Canada🍁 @asytsema.bsky.social · 31/07/2026NO to all 9. On October 19, 2026, Albertans have a clear choice: ✅ Reject every referendum question. ✅ Vote to remain in Canada. ✅ Responsible growth. United future. #NoToAll9 #RemainInCanada #StrongerTogetherAB 076
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns. 369108924638
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦🇨🇦MapleZero @maplezero.bsky.social · 23/07/2026You better read this. If you have to pay out of pocket for preventative healthcare testing, how much damage will that do? People already punished by the disparity economy in Alberta won’t pay for testing. Health issues will rise, sick days will impact businesses. Death tolls will increase. 151
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Snapped this pic while on my break from raking the forest floor. Yoho NP. 020
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Gotta love a great bridge, especially a natural one. Yoho National Park. 020
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 22/07/2026Trump Slaps Fiery Tariff on Canada & SAVE Act Takes Voting Cues from Olive Garden youtu.be/Hfg94T3WOAAyoutu.beTrump Slaps Fiery Tariff on Canada & SAVE Act Takes Voting Cues from Olive Garden | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 928647
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:wired.comTaylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea OutbreakThe company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC. 7621891085
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Losing with grace is another lost skill. Too many participation medals or too many “leaders” that think life is a zero sum game. Anyway, congratulations to Spain on a well played tournament! #WorldCup 021
🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦 @notwayne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I could get behind this. Still have a few themed shirts from my Engineering Week bands in the closet that might fit (probably not). 000
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Dwain B 🇺🇦Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Correct your priors: Private money is going after clean energy, governments are using public money to prop up fossil fuels "About 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that climbed to 68% and spiked at 78% in 2022." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comWho’s Really Keeping Fossil Fuels Alive? TaxpayersTo judge by the way many people discuss the energy transition, we’re engaged in a fight between green idealogues in government and academia on the one hand, and a more realistic private sector that re... 22754461