iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My latest -- what is Zionism doing in the Ontario Grade 10 civics curriculum? And of all the democracies in the world, who decided that comparing Canada to Israel made the most sense? noraloreto.substack.com/p/zionism-is...

noraloreto.substack.com

Zionism is part of civics ed now?

New images circulating from the Edwin platform compare Israel and Canada’s democracies

119747

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I guess it was probably inevitable that I’d get there eventually but I’m now officially a NIMBY, in that I’m just not crazy about the evangelical nutters next door wanting to open a daycare for 70 kids.

120

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Trade secret here, landscapers don’t actually keep stocked up with herbicides like Roundup for weed control, we keep it on hand for writing out “Eat Shit” in giant letters on the front lawns of delinquent accounts.

030

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Despite all the hype and lofty claims, AI has not shown exponential improvements in anything even remotely useful whatsoever, but it *has* exponentially increased the ability of the worst people imaginable to be even more weird and off-putting.

040

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

You know that scene at the end of Jedi where celebrations break out around the universe after the Empire is defeated and the Emperor is dead? Just thinking about that for no reason.

010

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It’s gonna be pretty funny if he actually dies during one of these and the world gets to watch a dead guy slumped over on TV for like half an hour while all these goofy sycophants blather on about whatever nonsense behind him. That clip will be replayed to great laughs for all eternity.

Trump slumped over asleep at his desk at the Oval Office with a group of sycophants talking behind him at a presser.

130

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This will probably make me worse than Hitler in the eyes of most Albertan lefties, but I’m cool with the time staying at daylight savings instead of standard time.

210

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Last week, a 20 year-old man threw a molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion; two days later, people fired a gun at it. Earlier that week, someone fired gunshots into an city councilman's house who approved a data center. Why the AI backlash has turned violent:

bloodinthemachine.com

Why the AI backlash has turned violent

And why it's probably only going to get worse from here.

531638534

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Poilievre’s repellent stench hasn’t only fucked the Cons, it’s fucked the NDP and all Canadians. That so many on the left felt that they had to vote Liberal just to block him has removed the Liberal Party’s conscience and proper checks and balances on their power. Great job Pierre ya piece of shit.

030

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada @abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Christo Aivalis: "...the Liberals DO have values, namely the empowerment of the capitalist class. All other things are up for negotiation and compromise. This is why the Liberals are rebuilding the anti-abortion wing of their party."

ricochet.media

Carney's ‘big tent’ makes room for bigotry

By welcoming Marilyn Gladu into its ranks, Mark Carney tests how much Liberal voters will accept to hold and expand power

14530

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

There are people out there who say that they wouldn’t know what to do with themselves if they retired. Not me though, I’m not one of those people. The fuck is wrong with those people?

010

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

J Gwendie @gwendiem.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Premier Danielle Smith is spending millions of tax dollars to sell you an Alberta Pension Plan that nobody asked for. Use this website to send a personalized email to Premier Smith telling her to stay away from our CPP. donttouchcpp.ca/directmessage

donttouchcpp.ca

Protect CPP: Send the Premier a Direct Message

It takes just 2 minutes to act now,

0118

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

You know where Calgary could increase housing density? All those giant church parking lots that sit empty for all but one day a week would sure fit a lot of houses. And the city would certainly collect far more than the present zero dollars in property taxes.

010

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This might be crazy talk here, but I’m getting the feeling that Pierre Poilievre just isn’t a very likable guy.

040

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Canada’s biggest corporations raked in $677 billion last year. Why are they still getting handouts? Corporate profits hit record highs in 2025, while the share of profits they pay in taxes has never been lower canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

canadiandimension.com

Canada’s biggest corporations raked in $677 billion last year. Why are they still getting handouts?

To rein in corporate power and make life affordable, we can’t rely on the same neoliberal toolbox, write Jared A. Walker and Silex Xuereb. Strong, democratic nations are built by investing in people a...

56241

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Next level gaslighting. Well, it's UCP level. Which is 11 on a scale of 10 (Spinal Tap reference). People are dying because of their lies.

293

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

tante @tante.cc · 12/03/2026

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever. It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman.

The text in the Tweet says:
SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

12063622557

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 07/03/2026

"Donald Trump’s White House is blocking top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about rising threats to the homeland tied to his war with Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

dailymail.co.uk

Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war

Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

810677

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/03/2026

Chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching. Pressurized pure oxygen. Raw camel milk. Under RFK Jr., the FDA has taken down a webpage warning about these and other dangerous remedies claiming to treat autism.

propublica.org

Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments

The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

1021301623

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I’m sure there are probably a few greater disappointments in life but a bland cantaloupe is certainly right up there.

471

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 04/03/2026

"A B.C. Supreme Court ... ruled that Dennis Modry, co-founder and former CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project, misappropriated the money from the joint bank account of his aunt and uncle who suffered from Alzheimer’s and dementia, respectively, and ordered him to pay the money back with interest."

cbc.ca

Family seeking $1.3M owed by Alberta separatist leader Dennis Modry after court order | CBC News

Relatives of a prominent Alberta separatist who met with U.S. officials are upset that he has failed to pay back more than $1.3 million that he owes from a court order issued almost a year ago. A B.C....

34925

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 04/03/2026

Most telling part of this rant: That the war will go on until "we decide it is over," not until the aims of the war are achieved - because there are no stated aims; and Trump prefers having none, so any result will allow him to try to claim a "win."

851614445

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

the kind of thing that gets played at a war crimes trial

20854201091

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

jonathanlarsen.substack.com

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

1282127506324

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

You know that scene in Trainspotting where Spud shits the bed, and wakes up just covered in his mess so he tries to cover it up? Then he ends up flinging the crap all over everyone while they're eating breakfast? That's what the Trump administration reminds me of.

010

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In light of tonight's immigration referendum questions from Danielle Smith, here's my chat with a Calgary immigration lawyer who argues Smith's reasoning for some of these proposed policy changes is flawed.

02515

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Dead McCoy 💀🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

After this address by Smith somebody from the NDP had gotta be front and centre defending immigration and saying this referendum is madness. Come on dudes. Put immigrants on your back and fight.

37923

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Dead McCoy 💀🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The UCP has been in power for 51 of the last 55 years but according to Danielle Smith it's the family who arrived six months ago that is wrecking the province.

6329164

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 19/02/2026

Wake up hon, a new addition to ways unintended consequences has fucked the planet & humanity has just dropped.

34617

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 19/02/2026

The 'Turkish Tylenol' debacle reaches its expected end. Alberta paid $70m to Sam Mraiche's MH Care Medical to import this medicine from Turkey, at a drastically inflated price, as a stunt to outdo the feds during a supply shortage. By the time any of it arrived, the shortage was already over.

03216

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

In Danielle Smith’s address to Albertans tonight she’s gonna blame immigrants that have come to Alberta for her all of her failures because she’s discovered that most of the new immigrants to Alberta aren’t the faithful conservative voters they once might have been and she’s watching her base erode.

021

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Ohhhhh boy. Tomorrow’s address is going to be… Something. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

184616

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I truly can’t imagine being able to get worked up about anything to do with curling. Ever.

010

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Someone once said that we as a species deserve hornets not dogs and truer words were never spoken.

063

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

nytimes.com

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

818162879895

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It’s official! The legislature goes back into session on February 24th and for 2026 will be in session for… 14 out of 52 weeks. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

247838

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

If you want a really wonderful, uplifting movie to start your weekend off with may I suggest The Long Walk?

000

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

“Would Smith become a declared separatist if negotiations with Ottawa crash, & support for independence surges as the province moves to a referendum? It’s a real possibility.” The Free Alberta Strategy is finally getting the scrutiny it should. #abpoli #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

calgaryherald.com

Braid: If Ottawa deal crashes, will Smith go separatist? The Free Alberta Strategy says she might

Premier Danielle Smith has adhered to the written Free Alberta Strategy since becoming premier. The last stage is separation

159541

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Years ago, during an extreme cold weather alert, I was homeless and survived by hiding in a heated underground parking garage. Let that sink in. We heat concrete boxes for cars while people are left outside to freeze.

14718

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 30/01/2026

NO CBC. This is not how drugs work and it's not how you do news. This is Fox-style drugs reporting. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A year-long investigation led by London police has resulted in more than 200 charges laid against 11 people, the seizure of 31 guns and 12.5 kilograms of fentanyl — enough to kill one quarter of London's population, police say.

As part of its investigation into increasing gun violence last fall, the London Police Service (LPS) launched Project ALIAS in January 2025, in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

"What began as a local concern quickly revealed criminal activity that crossed jurisdictions and extended beyond our borders," said LPS Chief Thai Truong.

1018155

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I am heartbroken to hear of the death of Catherine O'Hara. What an extraordinary talent. Offering condolences to her friends, family and in particular her sister Mary Margaret. She is with the angels.

49890110

Steve Elaschuk @therealelaschuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

You know what’s better than self-serving, selective benevolence from billionaires and corporations? Taxing those motherfuckers appropriately in the first place, that’s what’s better than self-serving, selective benevolence from billionaires and corporations.

041

Reposted by Steve Elaschuk

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Looking for a tangible way to fight back against the separatists right now? Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has stepped up to be the pointy end of the legal spear, but those battles aren’t free. You can help them fight back for all of us! #abpoli #cdnpoli www.gofundme.com/f/sturgeon-l...

gofundme.com

Donate to Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Lawsuit & Injunction, organized by Deanna Kappo

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is a First Nation in Treaty No. 8 territory. The… Deanna Kappo needs your support for Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Lawsuit & Injunction

1016499