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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Hey, remember when the Panama Papers were released and they showed how basically every wealthy person on the planet was avoiding taxes by offshoring their money and nothing was done about it except the reporter who broke the story was murdered with a car bomb?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

If your response to tragedy is to try and triangulate the way it’s the victim’s fault or their own moral failing, you might be more primed for fascism yourself than you realize

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Could the West please decide: Do countries have a right to defend themselves or not? Are civilians near military command centres fair targets or not? Can you bomb hospitals with tunnels under them or not? Is criticizing a country the same as hating a religion or not?

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Four perfect flowers of glaucous honeysuckle (lonicera dioica)

Four orange flowers of glaucus honeysuckle emerging with perfect symmetry in four cardinal directions. The long flowers are shown in contrast against the dark green leaves below them. Each flower has a trumpet-like shape which begins as a pale peach color and extends outward turning orange and red toward the pedals. The anther s of each flower extend prominently outward on fine yellow filaments.

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Flowers of Scarlet beeblossom (oenethera suffrutescens) going off

Red flowers of scarlet beeblossom opened in full bloom on a vertical raceme. Older flowers near the bottom are a dark blood red and beginning to wilt, New flowers in the middle showing light pink with prominent white and yellow styles. The top of the raceme has unopened buds that look like tiny pink/green sausages.

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johnasavoia @konatachan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

590nm infrared on a cloudy day, shot with my lovely ltm voigtlander color skopar 35/2.5

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Tiny flowers of Spiny phlox

Cluster of a dozen white phlox flowers with 5 pedals and yellow centers, a finger for scale with each flower the width of a fingernail

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

March in Alberta still seems pretty dead and wintry, but there's green out here if you look for it!

Many long thin leaves of two penstemon (beard tongues), growing low under the brown and grey of last year's grassland. The penstemon leaves are light sage green with purple, waxy, and cupped upwards as they emerge from tight rosettes.

The vibrant leaves of arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry) with a mixture of green, yellow, and red colours, surrounded by dry, dormant grasses.

Feathery green leaves of Geum triflorum (prairie smoke) grow flat against the soil under dry plant matter

Grey-green clusters of tiny spine-like leaves of phlox hoodie (spiny phlox) on an otherwise bone-dry mound of clay soil

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Been scouting out some unobserved spots for spring botany walks. Enjoying the prairie views and identifying the remnants of last year's plant populations... but I can't wait until things really get growing again. This spot is on an undeveloped road allowance with great remnant prairie ecology.

A view of the Alberta prairies, currently dry and brown in early spring. Looking down from a coulee into a river valley, populations of trees and grass are visible with stark sandstone cliffs in the distance and the mountains subtly visible on the horizon under a blue sky.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 05/03/2025

51% of Canadians believe the government should approach the United States as a threat or as an enemy. Far fewer now see it as a friend or ally. Canadians have a less favourable view of the US than India, a country which murdered Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.

As of March 2025, 13% of Canadians see the United States as an enemy and another 38% see it as a potential threat.

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Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

New Sprawlcast for the long weekend! The fight against high-density housing by the Glenmore Reservoir shores in Calgary goes back more than half a century. It's a saga about class, conservation and community politics.

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The battle of Glenmore Landing | The Sprawl

A 60-year fight against density by the reservoir shores.

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Story of an ambush, written in snow

Photo of a snow bank taken from a cleared sidewalk. Two sets of footprints visible; jackrabbit and cat tracks converge at the edge of the bank, snow is kicked out onto the otherwise clean sidewalk and snow is displaced down to the grass at the point of convergence.

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Jason Filiatrault @feelcanadian.com · 02/02/2025

MFer I grew up before NAFTA. I didn't have an avocado until I was 15 years old. I ate lunch in a Zellers cafeteria. I thought Robin Hood was just a guy who made flour. I was made for this moment.

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery. #bloomscrolling Silky lupine, native here in Alberta; lupinus sericeus

Violet blue flowers of a native lupine, a cluster of a couple dozen pealike flowers up close.

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The opening for the next exhibition at Esker Foundation is tomorrow evening in Inglewood, #yyc #calgary Here's an interview with the curator, Elizabeth Diggon Lucky to have such a nice contemporary gallery in the city.

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Watch Free art exhibitions taking place throughout winter in Calgary Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Here's some nice Oxytropis borealis viscida (Sticky Locoweed) growing on a bit of sand in the ditch. Early June. Remnant native Alberta ecology.

A small population of sticky locoweed growing in sand near a tree root. Leaves are compound and quite fine, not unlike a carrot. About a dozen flower stalks with clusters of flowers that are a vivid mix of purple, pink, and bluea

One flower cluster from above, grasped by a hand for scale. The cluster is just wider than a thumb, with a dozen pealike blue, pink, purple and white flowers radiating out. The interior of the cluster shows the sticky glands at the base of each flower.

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Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

❗Breaking: Alberta minister quietly lifted the coal moratorium (again), meaning Albertans are about to see a lot more coal activity in our mountains. This reverts protections and lifts the suspensions on any approvals paused under the previous orders.

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

It's the middle of the winter, freezing cold, I'm sick, and global fascism intensifies so I'm thinking about spring

A view from a wildflower-covered hill into downtown Calgary in June. The full city skyline is in view, grey rainy skies above and a toddler wanders through the grass and wildflowers in the foreground wearing a yellow spring jacket.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It turns out the “free speech” guys want the federal government, or its proxies, to control all major communications platforms

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KHāyes @the-khayes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Here's some lovely native prairie orchids growing just south of Calgary last June. Corallorhiza striata (Striped coralroot) for some reason I caught myself thinking about this little population again, which is still living sleepily under the snow, waiting for the warmth of spring (me too)

A close photo of the flowers of a striped coral root orchid. Flowers have a yellow and beer red center with white and pink striped petals.

A photo of four flower stalks of the coral root orchid, growing directly from a bed of leaves underneath a tree. Behind is it Boulder a tree and open grassland.

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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Tell me more about that cyclist you saw roll thru a stop sign #calgary

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We need a provincial government that will stand up for Canada and for our sovereignty and our economy. We have to take a Team Canada approach that looks out for the best interest of every Albertan. It’s time for us to fight for Canada! Danielle Smith, are you listening? youtube.com/shorts/NHB-b...

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Danielle Smith must fight for Canada.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

"The tendency to celebrate big trucks and more oil drilling and things we know are bad for us is simply a child’s gut reaction to being told that we cannot have that lollipop. Politically speaking, we are in the tantrum phase of the climate transition." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/uninsurabl...

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Uninsurable Futures

Adapting to a constrained American dream.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

How many traitors does it take to sell Canada?

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 10/01/2025

The data is in. 2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period. More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements, made by thousands of people over many decades, have been condensed into a single number.

Warming stripes for 1850-2024, changing from blues to reds as the world rapidly warms up

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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

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Wildfire climate connection

Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

We’re getting a horrific glimpse at the possible future. Widespread, cataclysmic climate change tragedies made worse by austerity and blamed on minorities by the Right, who will use their power to enable the wealth class as they continue to profit It doesn’t have to be this way. We can change this.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Libertarianism and the individual responsibility doctrine are outmatched in the era of climate change

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Occupy Calgary 🇨🇦 @calgaryoccupy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

~There is no doubt that people have been dying while waiting for treatment, surgeries, and scans. AHS has stopped tracking these deaths so there is no transparency. No one knows how many lives have been lost due to the UCP's blatant neglect! calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

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Opinion: Alberta Health takes wrong turn on waiting list deaths

Last year in Alberta, the data showed 61 patients died while waiting for surgery. A further 179 died while waiting for a diagnostic scan.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 03/01/2025

Anyway, I watched Pierre Poilievre’s interview with Jordan Peterson so you don’t have to, and picked out some of the wildest parts so you know what the guy poised to be the next Prime Minister of Canada is actually saying.

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Comox Tips @comoxtips.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Trump suing journalists into silence. Poilievre aligning with Musk, Peterson and tech bros. Dani Smith legislating corruption. Doug Ford outright stealing. Let’s be clear: conservatism is dead. Autocratic Kleptocracy has replaced it in North America.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Jimmy Carter wrote two books about foreign policy. The first was called, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. The second was a follow up to this book. This should be a focal point as we look back at his legacy.

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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Why does Alberta seem to be ground zero for Christian nationalism in Canada, well... Danielle Smith and the UCP aren't the first to lean into the religious right, restrict information and take control of everything...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I think that this works for us too up here in Alberta! @cpawsnab.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/12/2024

3. This story details the "rushed" timeline by which the AB govt provided 10s of millions in public funding to a company owned by govt affiliates. While the govt kept contact details secret for 20mo, the revelations here outran the govt announcement by 5mo. drugdatadecoded.ca/recovery-cap...

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Recovery Capitalists 2: Spreading public wealth

Over a year after inking the deal, the Alberta Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction has yet to disclose the recipient of its largest contract. The recipient appears to be ROSC Solutions Group, wh...

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/12/2024

2. This 8-mo investigation documents the moment at which the AB govt handed personal health info of countless recovery patients to a private organization w/ extensive ties to the govt, denying them informed consent & control of their personal info. 3/ drugdatadecoded.ca/documents-re...

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Private org has control of Alberta recovery patients' health info

My Recovery Plan was implemented to evaluate and manage substance use treatment waitlists across Alberta. Documents reveal how it denies patients informed consent and control of their personal health ...

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