iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 6h

The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis of Premier Smith's nine referendum questions. They find that most of these proposals would invite immediate court challenges, and several of them are not legally clear at all.

cbaalberta-referendum-analysis.com

CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis

17963

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 11h

Seriously 💥 😡🙄

14681902146

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/7 🇨🇦 VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN ALBERTA HITS DECADE HIGH 🇨🇦 Workplace violence claims by medical staff have surged to record levels. Unions warn an eroding system is leaving front-line workers vulnerable. Source: CBC News #MedSky #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #ErSky #Safety

11511

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This piece, by @jaredwesley.ca and my high school debate club chum Don Padget is a very detailed analysis. But it can be summed up this way: be careful what you wish for. #ableg #cdnpoli #abpoli

35227

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I felt inspired to create this today.

A stylized black and white image of Ronald Reagan holding a baby who has the head of Donald a Trump. Teal background.

13710

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Take a closer look at the label on “Canadian” oil. The companies that dominate oil sands production are predominantly foreign owned, largely by American investors. Tens of billions of dollars flow out of the country through dividends and share buybacks." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #cdnpoli

thetyee.ca

Why Patriotic Calls to Support ‘Canada’s’ Oil Ring Hollow | The Tyee

As Trump’s US rakes in oilsands profits, we’re sold a clouded narrative of energy sovereignty.

34829

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did the projections model the same waste as we've seen under the UCP in these scenarios? Given their utter inability (refusal) to successfully run public departments, Id give the federal government of Alberta around 2 years before we're in Greece 2009 scenario.

012

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And for those that say, why don't you compare it to staying in Canada. That is the baseline assumption. In 3/4 scenarios (smooth vs difficult, short vs long run) Albertans would be economically worse off. Only in the smooth projection after 20 years, would Alberta be better off.

6305

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This reeks of fuckery. #abpoli

1720657

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What I'd like to know: • What did McAllister mean by coming to Canada the right way? • How many UCP MLAs & staff were not born in Canada & how did they immigrate to Canada? • Do those MLAs & staff support the immigration-related referenda questions out of blind loyalty to Premier Danielle Smith?

1196

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

YES!! Lets file a suit against the UCP gerrymandering too!!

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Im voting no to the nine and to remain by mail in ballot, & you can still order yours until the 25th. www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-sp... Lets make an overwhelming statement that prejudicial treatment of vulnerable people in Alberta is not okay but staying a part of a united Canada definitely is.

000

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Everything this government does begins (and often ends) with one calculation: how can we help the oil and gas industry? Not workers. Not Albertans. Not even businesses. Just one industry -- one that's clearly captured this government.

28382173

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@ximenaka.bsky.social article on Smith's claims re: immigrants in Alberta is a deep dive into the numbers and explains that her dangerous rhetoric is divisive and props up racist attitudes that used to be fringe in our province. Well, maybe that last bit is my assertion. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

thetyee.ca

Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The Tyee

Ahead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims.

021

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Like something out of an Anne Rice novel. Spooky.

000

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 08/09/2026

NEW: A group of rural Alberta landowners is teaming up with environmental law charity Ecojustice to challenge the Alberta Energy Regulator's underfunded orphan well levy in court. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

open.substack.com

Landowners take AER to court for underfunded orphan well cleanup

The regulator increased its orphan well levy to almost $155 million this year, which represents just a fraction of the nearly $1.7 billion and growing cost of closing the wells.

17235

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A network of deceptive, AI-generated websites is promoting Alberta separatism, and the people behind it are trying to influence more than just human readers. @supriya.bsky.social digs into @nationalobserver.com's troubling exposé. 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/090826Supriya 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/090826 #cdnpoli

17656

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New from me in the Calgary Herald this morning. Did you know that ordinary Albertans pay MORE (collectively) in personal income taxes than we receive in royalties from from profitable oil and gas companies? calgaryherald.com/opinion/its-... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

calgaryherald.com

It's time for Alberta to rethink resource royalties

Rethinking resource royalties

14724

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Please consider signing this petition asking the federal government of Canada to enforce the Canada Health Act to counter the two tier health systems in place in Alberta and Ontario.

201

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We got our mail-in ballots today. Order yours until the 25th!!

000

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Drew Anderson @drewanderson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Alberta in 2024: shit, there’s a bunch of folks with Canadian flags up ahead. Alberta in 2026: sweet, there’s a bunch of folks with Canadian flags up ahead.

08716

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here are some ways to “De-Google” your life. Other suggestions welcome. If this latest corrupt capitulation to Trump isn’t enough for you, read @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s Enshittification chapter on how Google killed competition and then deliberately made their products worse to increase revenue.

1214165

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

David Bowie picked his favorite albums from his entire collection of 2500 vinyl records www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016...

0439

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Cory Doctorow's recent post on the trade war details how Canada can disenshitify our tech sector and beat the Trump regime while actually helping our American neighbours, who don't deserve to suffer any more than Canadians do. Fuckin' eh!

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So due to algorithmic pricing and the resulting higher prices Ill be paying, Im looking for a side gig online shopping for folks in the upper tax brackets who want to pay lower prices. Flat monthly fee and I have an excellent Uber user rating. Am I joking? Maybe.

000

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Food should either be expensive OR potentially deadly, please pick one

3260497

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Ned Yeung 🍉 @neddog.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Instead she tells us that we won't need to pay out for healthcare and education, because she's going to cut so many Alberta residents off of it! That is the whole purpose of this referendum. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #xenophobia #racism #fascism #education #healthcare

The UCP has wasted 130 million dollars on their separatist referendum.

Here's what they could've done with 130 million dollars:

Full salaries & benefits for 1000 full-time nurses

Bought 320+ fully equipped ambulances

Build 2+ new high schools

Pay 2000 educational assistants

183

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Feser said he's concerned the new restrictions will make some materials less visible to the public, making them essentially disappear. 'Burying a book is almost as effective as burning a book, and they’re really asking us to bury these books,' said Feser." #abpoli #cdnpoli 📚

cbc.ca

Alberta librarians feeling anxious about complying with new restrictions ahead of Jan. 1 deadline | CBC News

Public libraries in Alberta have until the new year to comply with new restrictions around access to materials in their collection with a visual depiction of a sexual act, but with less than five mont...

0104

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So with this latest news about an OpenAI LLM hacking other companies, I think AI orgs should be regulated like viral labs. Like if this entity should escape *again* it could do catastrophic and irreparable harm to world systems that took generations to build? Is it just me?

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Seriously. Every nonprofit, every serious institution, every one who is against union busting, racist, child abandoning scum should have left the platform when Trump won again. I cant even imagine what a cesspool it is now.

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Watching DS9 on a stormy night. This is one of his favourite shows. Must be the prominent role O'Brien has in the series. 😺

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just a thought. If you paid all the fees to remove ads from all your streaming and apps, would you save more because your not constantly being brainwashed to buy stuff?

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Comparing a Sobey's FreshCo to a community centre is a horrendous gaf. This company union busts and this FresoCo was a Safeway that employed like twice as many people. These conversions are not good for communities. Really disappointed to see my councilor celebrating this one.

gounion.ca

Union Goes to Labour Board to Force Sobeys to Tell the Truth About the Future of Safeway | UFCW Local 401

100

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In the up coming referendum you can vote - - On election day - In advance polling 13 - 17 October - Vote by mail - Mobile voting for people in long term care, etc. Make a plan to vote For more info click on the link below #ableg #abpoli #Alberta

02421

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This could increase quality of life for soooooo many women.

000

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What are we doing? "In an urgent and unprecedented plea, five former chairs of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are sounding the alarm about a Carney government proposal that would allow the “wilful extinction” of species across the country." thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

thetyee.ca

Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee

Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.

25519303

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Art and Politics with Renee @reneebfa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Daniel Smith’s UCP is pushing hate not only backstabbing Canadians but our democracy 🇨🇦 is too important to allow this to fester. Daniel is attacking our human rights and putting hate and division on the ballot in an election she us forcing us into youtu.be/gnWxVsfYY3Y?...

youtu.be

Danielle Smith Called Out by Anti-Hate Group

YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

12919

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Its still just so....astonishing. Im regularly struck with a mix of something resembling disgust, facination and fear. Its not a great combo. 1 star. Do not recommend.

010

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The Canadian Red Cross Resilience Fund helps youth (ages 16 - 30) start projects that make their communities stronger. Got an idea to help make your community more resilient? Apply before August 15! www.redcross.ca/sa/resilience-fund-… Canadian Red Cross

ow.ly

Resilience Fund: Youth Leading Change - Canadian Red Cross

Learn about the Resilience Fund which supports youth aged 16 – 30 to create projects that help make their communities stronger.

0114

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (SLCN) Chief Sheldon Sunshine is seeking to remove Rath as trustee of the band’s trust fund that he has overseen since 2017, alleging underpayments, lack of financial disclosure, and “rude treatment by the staff at Rath & Co.” edmontonjournal.com/news/sturgeo...

edmontonjournal.com

Second Alberta First Nation seeks asset freezing order against separatist lawyer

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is seeking to remove Jeffrey Rath as the overseer of its trust fund and recovery of $28.6 million in fees.

1120789

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Okay, hear me out. A new law that regulates all new vehicles only go 20km above 100km. Sure, all that bullshit speed driven marketing would have to end and then risking other people's lives wouldn't be conflated with a person's identity. Thats it. Thats the idea.

static.klipy.com

Lai Xe: Cat Driving Car

ALT: Lai Xe: Cat Driving Car

001

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

IMO When you believe that Trump will save your children & grandchildren from Epstein Island, and that there's a Davos cabal, you have a problem with reality This is the power of propaganda on social media steroids These people need some kind of cult deprograming

064

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If we can agree that our phones are used as tools to manipulates us, then arent mass data centres being rolled out across the continent the infrastructure of public control? Am I the only one saying this? Oh, and while Im at it, people need to stop multiplying too.

000

Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦 @vanessasaurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Are LLMs being built to self-preserve? To protect the tech that makes them run? If so, its conceivable that they would see overpopulation as a threat to their continued operation because it threatens the systems of the planet.

100

Reposted by Vanessasaurus 🇨🇦

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

This past May, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air medevac plane took off from Roswell, New Mexico, and headed west to the town of Ruidoso to pick up a patient. It shouldn’t have been a challenging flight for the two pilots and two nurses aboard. The temperature was 69 degrees; the sky was clear. The 60-mile journey normally takes a half hour, at most.

But once airborne, the plane ran into trouble. At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.

18168402769