iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026

LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My latest column for Forward Weekly. Why you should absolutely vote in Alberta’s referendum, even if the process seems absurdist and performative. Indeed, BECAUSE it is absurdist and performative. #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada

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We Can’t Boycott Our Way Out of a Meaningless Referendum | By Paula Simons | Forward Weekly

Forward Weekly feature for September 20, 2026.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Massive Morning Glory roll cloud passing over Australia. This rare phenomenon creates a perfect 1,000-kilometer-long rotating cylinder in the sky! #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/08/2026

When an Alberta creek ran dry, farmers rang alarm bells about how much water fracking companies are drawing from the Prairies' most significant source of groundwater — and who's keeping tabs on it all. @drewanderson.bsky.social reports. 📸 @amberbracken.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/alberta-cent...

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Alberta landowners fight fracking’s water use | The Narwhal

Landowners near Rimbey, Alta., are ringing alarm bells about oil and gas companies using billions of litres of fresh water for fracking

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I am also being so brave 👉👈

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

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Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The CEOs aren't smarter than you. They're not making rational, savvy decisions on behalf of shareholders, customers, and employees. They're entitled idiots with their heads up their own asses, endlessly siphoning the fruits of other people's ideas and labor. And they're usually criminals, tbh.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine has it figured out. I couldn't agree more. Fuck fascism.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

27 July 1911 | A Pole, Alfons Prus, was born in Białystok. A doctor. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941. No. 19544 He was released from the camp on 19 March 1942. --- Learn about releases: www.auschwitz.org/en/history/life-i…

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The Amazon and Congo basin forests aren't just trees; they are Earth's life-support systems. If you believe protecting them is non-negotiable for climate action and environmental sustainability, be the first to like, comment, and repost. Say NO to deforestation & ecocide! 🛑👇

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

30 June 1924 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Sidonie Zwikel, was born in Vienna. She emigrated to Belgium. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

A vintage sepia-toned photograph of a woman sitting in a chair beside a window, smiling and looking to the side, in a room with visible curtains and a potted plant on the windowsill.

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Owen Smyth @owen59.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Help us support advocate for workers rights! Call on the Government of Alberta to guarantee fair transition for Public Health Inspectors, Researchers and Health Promotion Facilitators share.nwmd.social/s/WavFD704

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Email your MLA today!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

💰 @grahamformaine.bsky.social PLATNER: “Wall Street’s takeover of our economy wasn’t an accident... We are living in a system operating exactly as intended… policy choices made by establishment politicians in the service of people who donated the most money to them. And it needs to end.”

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/06/2026

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

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Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @luckyshitt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

DAMN, SON! Reinventing how a thousand year old instrument is played!

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Taint @taint9.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Exactly 💯

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Owen Smyth @owen59.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey Albertans, read it and never vote for the UCP again. Asking for a friend. *sigh! …so tired of this government

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

We should have heeded his advice .

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING

Choose your leaders

with wisdom and forethought.

To be led by a coward

is to be controlled

by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool

is to be led

by the opportunists

who control the fool.

To be led by a thief

is to offer up

your most precious treasures

to be stolen.
To be led by a liar

is to ask

to be told lies.

To be led by a tyrant

is to sell yourself

and those you love

into slavery.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Revealed: Danielle Smith’s Private Meeting with Right-Wing School Groups Invitation-only event included private and religious schools along with conservative think tanks and parental rights groups. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04... #Alberta #abpoli

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/04/2026

Melania Trump wants these photos and emails to be scrubbed from the Internet. Please stop liking and sharing them. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

An artist from Colombia made a post on IG/Threads regarding an art gallery allegedly ghosting him, and other artists. IG post: www.instagram.com/p/DW2HjHRkYqc/ Threads post: www.threads.com/@artcarlosde... They're opening a location in Chinook later this month www.artspaceanddesign.com #Calgary

Screenshot on Threads. He shared a video. The text reads: "URGENT
I am making this video trying to know if somebody in Calgary can contact with
@artspaceanddesign
.
6 months ago I request information about my art, what is sold, on hold and still i dont get any answer.
I told with the director of the gallery 2 months ago to confirm that I am not working next year with them, from this point. I didn't get any message back.
I hope everything is well there .
Thank you."

Another screenshot from the artist. He says: "This is very sad , I am asking for the info about my art 6 months ago, then I had a few phone calls with the art director , last time we talk was 2 months ago , I was very upset about didn't get any info about my art, I confirmed to him that I am not going for the nexr yyear with them , from this point he never answer me again.
I knew about sales from Christmas because the collectors commented in my post in Instagram, one from dic 16th , I didn't get any confirmation or payment."

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"In my post in Instagram is other 2 artists being affected for this and also here in treats one more."

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

CANADIANS!!! Please fill this out and share it widely because HOLY SHIT. I struggle to drive on the freeway at night now because of the headlights.

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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Looks like there will be a rally against separatism outside City Hall on February 21st. #Calgary #Alberta #Canada www.threads.com/@janelmartin...

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Shout out to
@thevikingfrugs
A couple of weeks ago she asked why Albertans against separatism aren't holding rallies and put a call out for volunteers. There's now 3 rallies planned for Feb 21 and the movement is gaining attention and support. Way to go! This is what grassroots is all about.

There is a link to it.

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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Someone lost an important suitcase in January. Hoping to get the photo album back that was in it. $500 reward. www.facebook.com/sasha.monica... #Calgary #yyc

Screenshot of an ad that shows the suitcase and describes the contents, reward and contact info.

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Trump: "Canada is no longer invited to join my super awesome Board of Peace." Canada: "That's too bad. We were totally going to give you the Maple Syrup and Poutine International Peace Prize." Trump: "Really?" Canada: "No, dumbass."

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Owen Smyth @owen59.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Hey Albertans I don’t post much stuff on here, but this one is important to me. Have you signed? More signatures are needed for a teacher-led petition to force a referendum on Alberta’s practice of providing public funding to private schools.

A screenshot of the Alberta Funds Public Schools petition website.

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Traces of Texas @tracesoftexas.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

T-Bone Walker, the pride of Linden, Texas, is universally recognized as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Here he is with a whose who: Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry etc ... Holy cow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK...

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T-Bone Walker w/ Jazz At The Philharmonic - Live in UK 1966

YouTube video by xraymusicdotcodotuk

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Make your life mean more. Save a life even after your bodies death. Improve someone else's life. Be an organ donor .

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

If today's weather had a theme song... This is it... Walking the dog and watching all the "pros" in all season tires on the road sliding around is something.. #winterstorm #winterTO #wintertires #Toronto

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Winter Tires, The Apologize Canadian Remix

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Scott Kissinger @scottkiss.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Most marmots I see here are tucked into rocks below the trail. This one stood out, perched in a meadow and fully visible. I gave a subtle color boost to help it separate from the scene. If you like moments like this, sharing helps it travel. #WildlifePhotography #AlpineMeadow #ScottKissPhoto

A marmot sits on a rock in an alpine meadow at Rocky Mountain National Park, surrounded by grasses and distant mountain terrain. The animal stands out clearly against the softer background.

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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

www.facebook.com/share/p/17vx... #Alberta #abpoli #Edmonton

Screenshot of a FB post, it reads: So I just found out that as of Feb 1, the AHS Home collection system for Homecare is being cut. Right now kids like my Benny have homecare come once a week where they come, do a dressing and do blood draw. Then the lab comes later to pick up that blood. As of Feb 1 I now have to figure out how to get that blood to the lab. This will impact mostly kids and kids with Cancer on central lines or Piccs. So Parents at home with their children battling cancer will now have to take that sample to the lab, taking their kids that feel crappy and just want to be home out or finding alternate ways to get that blood to the lab and within an allotted time from when it's drawn. The cuts in this province just keep coming. Please consider sharing this post and helping me get this decision reversed. Or at least some explanation as to the rationale for this cut. Also, there has been no notification to us parents this will impact. Luckily I have some sources that have given me this heads up.

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Dive into 2025’s most stunning deep-sea #wildlife encounters. Celebrate sea sponges, translucent squid, and more in a new year-end #video. Link for video and more information: www.popsci.com/environment/...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

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