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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent insights into how we receive news, and in particular news about separation. Well worth your team to read.

oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

About the high-speed rail from downtown Calgary to downtown Edmonton. Does the project include a new crossing of the North Saskatchewan River? Edmonton already needs to replace the High Level Bridge (~$1.3 billion) How can we ford the river and afford fording the river?

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Jeffrey Coffman @jeffreycoffman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

propaganda /ˌprɒp.əˈɡæn.də/: dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumours, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion. This one falls on the "rumours, half-truths" and "lies" end of the propaganda spectrum. Our tax dollars paid for this. Think about that.

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Jeffrey Coffman @jeffreycoffman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fun fact: Since Jan 1, 2019, Albertans have cast 7.245M ballots in general / by-elections. In that same time, Elections Alberta have cited four people with trying to vote when not eligible. 4. Of 7.245M. Also fun fact: Elections Alberta cited Take Back Alberta and David Parker 12 times. In 2025.

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Whatever happened to Sam? Sam the Tylenol guy. Sam the accountant who wasn't an accountant. Whatever happened to the intimidation podcasters? What about the surveillance of @carrietait.bsky.social Whatever happened to the electors' list? Whatever happened to Athana Mentzelopoulos? Whatever happened?

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Must read essay! Trust, scrutineers, and the voters list. "The voters list ... is not merely an administrative convenience; it is one of the tools used to help prevent fraud and double-voting."

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Kirsten Scrimshaw @kirstenscrimshaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“You unvoiced schwa” is my new favourite insult.

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That Canadian vibe! 🇨🇦❤️🍁 [We really should have a butter-tart day.]

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The clock on my coffeemaker runs fast. But the coffeemaker makes great coffee. Relationships can be hard.

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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Canadian comedy #ThisHour tries to sell #DATACENTRES A SOUND #INVESTMENT … for the people that don’t live here. #cdnpoli #abpoli

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Bren 🇨🇦 @brenda-j.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why are we bothering with the referendum? Sounds like she’s ready to do exactly what she wants regardless. Don’t ya just love democracy??

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/09/2026

I'm in Alberta. Our guy's on meth and season 8.

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Victor L. McConought @vic4alberta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Watching Big Danielle is making ol' Vic dizzy! She runs to one window and shouts "I'm not a Separatist, Strong Canada!!" and then she runs across the office to another window and shouts "I am a Separatist! Let Alberta decide" and then she says "pipelines" and bursts into tears! #AbPoli

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Troy Avevipart🍁 @privatevotary.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

But that's exactly her strategy. Be all things to everyone while maintaining enough plausible deniability for detractors. And it's gotten her places. It's what led to her buffoonish Sovereignty Act and the pivot to Within A United Canada occurring nearly simultaneously.

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Paragon of Light @thedevilmaysigh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This has to be illegal at this point. This is officially a clown show.

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Compare and contrast the gritty Canadians in Ms. Proudfoot’s essay with the phony tear whiners in Premier Smith’s Manning talk on Saturday.

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Stephen Carter @carterab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m speaking at Preston Manning’s Alberta and the West event tomorrow. The theme: Stay in Canada. No to the Nine. Working on the speech tonight. Adding (weep openly) as a stage direction. As one does.

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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Honestly, the gall of this woman. Who put a moratorium on renewables that would reduce electricity prices? Who is gung-ho on data centres? What is her government doing to make life more affordable for the citizens she was elected to serve? UGH

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Alberta Referendum Countdown @count2abreferendum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

IMPORTANT dates for the 2026 Alberta Referendum. #Alberta #ABpoli #ABleg

ALBERTA 2026 REFERENDUM DATES

Special Ballot Mail Out Started - September 1, 2026
Last Day to Apply for Special Ballot - September 25, 2026
Recommended Final Date to Mail Ballots to Elections Alberta - October 9, 2026
Last Day for Election Officer Hiring - October 10, 2026
Advance Voting Days - October 13 to 17, 2026
Last Day for Elections Alberta to Receive Special Ballots - October 16, 2026 5:00 PM
Referendum Election Day - October 19, 2026

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Jeffrey Coffman @jeffreycoffman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Of greater importance: nobody is discussing the fact that a) if this was of such concern, why didn’t the UCP reconvene the Legislature for an emergency debate, and b) the government issued 21 OICs on Thursday. An election is coming sooner than we expect.

A screenshot of the 23 Orders in Council issued by the Government of Alberta since September 1, 2026.

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Elections Alberta @elections.ab.ca · 18/09/2026

NEWS RELEASE - Referendum information update. Read more: ow.ly/AZ6a50ZOVkV

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Air Canada 🇨🇦 screen 📺 map 🗺️ still shows Lake Ontario 🍁❤️

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Marcello Di Cintio @marcellodicintio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“They’re technically alive, I guess, if you want to call that living. They open and close sometimes, but, I mean, so does a wallet. If you’ve used a wallet, you know more or less all there is to know about clams.” theonion.com/biologists-a...

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Biologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From Clams

WOODS HOLE, MA—Saying they saw no conceivable reason to bother with the bivalve mollusks, biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announced Thursday that there was absolutely nothing to...

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We need ACME voting machines 🗳️

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Jessica Ng @jessicacbc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Albertans can book RSV, flu and COVID-19 shots, which you'll be able to have administered at public health clinics and pharmacies, starting Oct 5. new criteria ⤵️ #yeg #yyc #abhealth

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I spent some time reviewing mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social "Alberta's Referendum Online". There's a big question for me regarding influencers and advertising. David Ogilvy and @terryoinfluence.bsky.social would say that ultimately the question is "Did you sell product?" Coke, Pepsi, Soap, Referenda

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Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy (@mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social)

Our organization examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy. We’re housed at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and led by Taylor Owen.

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Labour Day Rematch between the Stamps and the Elks. After a long gap Alberta Crude has returned! #GoElks @theelksherd.bsky.social

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Watching the Banjo Bowl 🪕 on @tsnofficial.bsky.social You gotta love Canadian 🇨🇦traditions 🏈

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PBE 🇨🇦 @lookupkipp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dani, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out 👋👋👋

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Confirmation that my mail-in Alberta referendum ballot has been received by @elections.ab.ca Whew! 😅

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Find time for this podcast this week. It's scary with Spanky's support of the AfD and just as scary with the total chaos and melt-down of the referendum process.

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hope50.bsky.social @hope50.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I agree! We had sanity for women and lots of healthcare - even though she was constantly fighting the Cons and fixing their mess. She was trying to fix education but of course CONS continue to lie and cheat even back then. All Conservatives/UCP have are LIES. #abpoli

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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Interesting data from @davidcoletto.bsky.social at Abacus. Alberta is a province that “has been asked a question it did not want by a government it does not trust to answer it, about a country it is not prepared to give up, in the shadow of a neighbour it does not trust at all.”

David Coletto O @DavidColetto
The results of our deep dive into Alberta public opinion is fascinating. I really think people will find it incredibly valuable and insightful.
Here's my summary of what I think we found.
Alberta is a province right now that...
1, Judges Canada to be on a better track than Alberta
2 Feels more favourable to the federal Liberal leader to its conservative Premier
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Feels far angrier than hopeful about independence
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Has been asked a question it did not want by a government it does not trust to answer it, about a country it is not prepared to give up, in the shadow of a neighbour it does not trust at all.

Bar chart: Most Albertans say the province is on the wrong track; views of Canada are more evenly split

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Jeffrey Coffman @jeffreycoffman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Quite often a camera will see things we don’t … and this we NEED to see!

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A number of recent news stories got stuck in my consciousness so I dug up some photos I took when I visited a suburb of Munich in 2019. Dachau. Dachau was a Nazi concentration camp from 1933 to 1945. The poor souls who suffered there were deemed unacceptable. Can we, generations later, learn?

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Note 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,"

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Back to the future. Albertans of 1955 had an image of the past and the present [1955], but Albertans of today have an image that may also be more art than reality. @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @jaredwesley.ca

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A must read article! However, it does beg the question, can members of a cult recognize that they're in a cult and choose to get out?

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

7:15 am in Edmonton; the sun has been up for 1/2 an hour. So far, no new referendum amendments have been announced. There haven't been any changes to hydronyms. The AB premier has not held any confusing pressers--from Tennessee, Mar-a-Lago, or pancake cook-outs. No BC Cons have quit. Stay calm 🤞

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I voted. I used the mail-in ballot option. It's not as easy as jury duty (which I did in the spring), but certainly no more difficult than applying for the $100 energy rebate. I will now adopt the Australian tradition and scarf a democracy sausage.

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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The far-right premier of the province, Danielle Smith, kitted out in Lone Star cowboy boots, a Stetson hat and a Texas Longhorn bolo tie-It was hard not to read the outfit as a conscious nod to Canada’s erstwhile friends south of the border because Trump, MAGA and the USA are unmistakable strands

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Emma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this link has no paywall: www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

thestar.com

Gift-redeem

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