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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up

@russvanderleer.bsky.social
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Camera nerd and occasional photographer. Political junkie. Music geek. Proud Canadian and sometimes embarrassed Albertan. He/him.

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There seems to be a bit of misinformation circulating on social media about my latest @albertaviews.bsky.social column and what it actually says. So perhaps you’d like to read it for yourself and draw your own conclusions. (Feel free to share, it you are so moved.) #ableg #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📣 Dear Separatists, Again, you are being manipulated. Don't be a pawn in Trump's MAGA agenda and infantile rage. Don't let the lies win. 🚨 Trump Isn’t Just Trolling Canada. He’s Helping Push It Apart. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/o...
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Opinion | MAGA Is Feeding a Separatist Surge in Canada
Drawing inspiration from MAGA, separatists in Alberta are pushing for a break away from Canada.
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Zoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Richard Ten Cate @sail2it.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The ultimate antidote to lift Canadians up after being fucked at the last minute by the US trade “negotiations “ True words. “And that's where the hornet stung me And I had a feverish dream With revenge and doubt Tonight we smoke them out” Get to a watch party near you or stream at home!!
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 06/07/2026
NEWS! Gianni Infantino to watch rest of World Cup from deep inside Donald Trump's colon newsthump.com/2026/07/06/g...
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Gianni Infantino to watch rest of World Cup from deep inside Donald Trump’s colon
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced he will spend the remainder of the World Cup living deep inside Donald Trump’s colon, insisting it is “simply the most practical place to r…
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15/06/2026
Separatists are "poisoning the partnership by isolating Albertans from the country they helped build, promising a utopian future, gaslighting them into mistrusting their own Canadian identity, & using ultimatums to make them choose province over patriotism.” www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
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Jared Wesley, Peggy Garritty and Jim Dinning: Abuse? Really?
Alberta separatists like to pretend that they are the victims in a toxic relationship. If anything, it's the other way around.
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Dead McCoy 💀🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Danielle Smith has the perfect chance now to dismantle and discredit separatism in Alberta and it's very revealing that she's doing next to nothing
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A meme of Danielle Smith talking saying “they’re eating the cats! They’re eating the dogs” because she’s a racist hag.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 20/02/2026
NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
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Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse
In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Premier Smith in her TV address said she was surprised at the emphasis on immigration during the Alberta Next panel. Fine. But who set the agenda? Who created the video? It was Smith herself.
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
On Oct 19, 2026 Justin Trudeau will have been out of office for 19 months.
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Here's a 2024 letter from Danielle Smith to Justin Trudeau complaining about federal immigration limits affecting Alberta. www.alberta.ca/system/files... #Alberta #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Nice to see my tax dollars paying for a televised racist dog whistle. When the NDP had an economic downturn due to low oil prices - it’s all their fault. UCP have the same - blame the immigrants and the feds. 1/
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“there are many questions to which Albertans and all Canadians have the right to get answers, starting with the answers that Premier Smith herself must provide.” This is a must read article on the question of separation. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.readtheline.ca/p/stephane-d...
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Stéphane Dion: The secession process is dangerous
As the former federal minister who sponsored the Clarity Act, Alberta's path to independence is fraught with risk.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Davos listening to Trump…
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 24 My brave and tolerant wife helped me craft this winter image, illuminating this dark bridge in the mountains. It was -30C and took many minutes to get the exposure correct - her patience was immense.
A woman with a lantern illuminates a bridge at night, surrounded by tall snowy trees and the stars above.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 23. Aurora above an Alberta grain elevator.
Pink and green Aurora shine above and behind an old grain elevator.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 18. Layers of colour on the prairie, at sunset as a storm moves off.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 17. Milky Way over a church in rural Alberta.
The Milky Way over a church in rural Alberta.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 16. I had a lot of fun safely chasing this storm cell across the central AB prairies a couple of years ago.
A dark storm cell above the Alberta prairie with the sun breaking through in the other side, and a gravel road leading straight to the storm cell.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 15/12/2025
For #artAdventCalendar Day 15 Carstairs Redux 42×34″ 107×86 cm Oil on Canvas 2025
Painting of a swirling storm cloud over a field with a road on the far right
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 14 - night passes by at the old Wonderland ranch in Joshua Tree NP. This is a composite photo of over 170 exposures of the stars plus the foreground which I lit.
A star trail image with the stars rotating around Polaris above a an old broken down stone ranch home which was lit with some warm light.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
#artadventcalendar day 13. An incredible prairie sunset in fall. Alberta has so many beautiful spots.
A vivid pink sunset over a prairie pond with fall foliage and a barbwire fence in the foreground.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 11. I used Intentional Camera Movement to create an artistic version of these autumn trees.
A picture of autumn trees with a lake behind, blurred vertically using intentional camera movement.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
#artadventcalendar day 10. Almost missed sharing. A great grey owl stands sentinel at sunset.
A great grey owl perched on a fence post at sunset.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 9. I captured this special moment with a mother fox nursing two of her kits while on high alert this spring in southern Alberta.
A mother fox nursing two kits in the grass in late afternoon light.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#artadventcalendar Day 8. I’ve nicknamed this one “All Barns go to Heaven”. An amazing night of aurora over a barn at the end of its days in Alberta.
Green and res aurora over a collapsed barn in Alberta.
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Ok, trying this a little late. Day 7 - A male Costa’s hummingbird feeding in the late afternoon sun. #artadventcalendar
A male Costa’s hummingbird feeding from a pink flower in the late afternoon sun.
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Brian White @brianwhite.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Elon’s Downfall
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
12: old enough to carry a gun, but too young to choose a pronoun.
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Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 05/03/2025
📣 X isn’t the Twitter it once was. Under Elon Musk, a non-elected member of a foreign government that just put crippling tariffs on Canada, the hate, conspiracy theories, and disinformation have increased. Help us tell Canadian Members of Parliament: Stop Using X! 👇
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Tell Canadian Members of Parliament to Stop Using X
Help us tell Canadian MPs that it’s time to stop using X.
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 05/03/2025
This is good. Real good eh www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
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We are Canadian.
YouTube video by Average Joes
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
'Did you even say thank you?'
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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 15/02/2025
You guys have fucked up so bad you made Quebec patriotic
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/02/2025
Let's not make too much of the Trump factor in this hockey game. Canadians have wanted to punch Tkachuks in the face for generations.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The use of the boycott has a long and powerful tradition of taking on tyranny. The grassroots Canadian boycott against Trump is having a serious effect. And we've only just begun.. Please read on how we can use our dollars to resist the gangster in Washington. substack.com/@charlieangu...
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THE POWER OF THE BOYCOTT
Canadians Tell Trump To Stuff It
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Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up @russvanderleer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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