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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gemini has an interesting take on it...

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

not AFAIK (i used to work for ECCC) ECCC includes several branches, including the Meteorological Service of Canada, Environmental Enforcement, Wildlife Enforcement, Water Survey of Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environ...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i drove around the Alberta countryside looking for fall colours. this is from one of my fave spots: a poplar plantation 8 km west of Andrew. i love the colours, the patterns created by the trees and by the farmer wringing out every square metre of available land to grow canola

a top-down view from a drone, showing the fall colours (green, yellow, orange) of a plantation farm and the curved lines of swathed canola

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hurdles to open a school are so low, could we do it?" let's not give Dani any ideas, 'kay?!

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

DHS's ICE proposes taking over executions in the USA

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this is serious stuff: Premier Smith gets her #1 media buttkisser to publish her feigned outrage over her loaded and charged immigration referendum questions no tears?

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

one way to tell that the House of Commons is sitting again is seeing my religious zealot MP Garnett Genuis again presenting petitions on Medical assistance in dying. he's increasing his lead in doing this it's embarrassing

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

if only there were another conservative option, one that's less extreme, promises transparency and support for the less well-off. and is against separation oh wait, there is! come check us out

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

please, can we name this new creature a "trump"?

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this brings to mind the famous "Of Pandas and People" story about how a person screwed up the replacement of 'evolution' terms to 'intelligent design'

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I don't think I'll be needing that many

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

how many people have used AI to plan a school shooting?

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

exactly. the CBC headline is very misleading

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Alberta dual practice model does not exist in New Brunswick or Quebec. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay summoning her inner Trump

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

in case it wasn't already abundantly clear that Eva Chipiuk is one of the stupidest people in Alberta measles is highly contagious. it can result in brain damage. even in advanced countries, it kills between 1 and 3 children who contract it

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

for 24-hour protection against emissions

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

who's up to rename these as "Trumpers"?

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

reason #2832 why i can never support today's CPC

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

that day when American politicians, even an GOP one, are more critical of President Trump's trade war than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Trump orders Navy to add large white ballroom to deck of new aircraft carriers

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

the Alberta Prosperity Project's proposed structure for the Republic of Alberta. apparently, "Citizens of Alberta" would be one of the "Supreme Branches". how would that work? *all* citizens, as a whole? a select group? every single citizen? this is what happens when ideology trumps reality

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

it's time for an annual tradition: the CTF publishes the results of its deeply flawed method for calculating taxes that Canadian families pay it ascribes business taxes to people, which is nonsensical: "Average Canadians also pay the taxes levied on businesses."

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

but was it a 'large boulder the size of a small boulder'?

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Jeffrey Rath, a full-on a-hole and discredited lawyer, is one of the key leaders behind the AB separatist movement. it attracts the bestest people! /s

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Hub believes there should be a healthy debate re whether people who pay no income tax should have a say, and whether "one person, one vote" is sacrosanct i sh!t you not

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

you know who else uses the "Faith, family, and freedom" slogan? the Alberta Prosperity Project

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

i'm pretty sure that Marxist-Leninists who proudly display the hammer and sickle are worse and of course you're anonymous gutless

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

at first i was angry about Tamara Lich possibly being allowed to skip house arrest and go on a Rebel Clown Show cruise, but then it dawned on me: being stuck on a boat with Ezra and the rest of his gang of clowns 24/7 would be far worse punishment

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

there's nothing like insulting people from behind a block, and disabling all comments. so brave! LOL @parmijohn.bsky.social

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

i subscribe to The Hub's newsletter, mainly to see what rightwing outlets are saying this article is quite the take. conservatives are the only party demographic that distrusts the CBC, and they rate it below The Sun and Rebel Clown Show, so of course the problem is with the CBC /s

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Rebel Clown Show? Rob Schneider? Tamara Lich just doesn't get it. never will

A month after being sentenced last October, Lich asked for and received permission to leave her home in Medicine Hat, Alta., to attend her grandchildren’s school. Since then, she has travelled to other provinces for her job with Rebel News, a far-right Canadian media company.

While Lich hasn't offered the court a detailed itinerary, her latest request mentions attending press events at the White House, going on a seven-day Caribbean cruise with Rebel News, and travelling to Arizona to speak with Rob Schneider, a right-wing comedian whose controversial content prompted his removal from a Saskatchewan stage in 2024.

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

worst performance ever by a #worldcup finalist (but Spain is awesome)

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

it's quite possible to talk with the Israeli ambassador yet decry the war crimes that Israel is perpetrating in Gaza and Lebanon

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"KERRYOKEE"? ded and the biggest collection of separatist losers ever assembled....

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

once in a while, when i'm bored or need a laugh, i visit the Xhitter and check out the latest posts by rightwing hacks. and here's Gary Lamphier, former EJ financial writer and noted scientist...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lorne Gunter struts his profound ignorance in public. for shame, @edmontonjournal.com, for continuing to publish this asshat's vile views

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

of course this twit, who fails to grasp the use of "Whites" by the announcer, blocks replies and reposts with quotes what a loser @edsbs.bsky.social

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