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@habpipes.bsky.social

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Living the dream in Regina. Political shit poster and video game aficionado. Voracious reader; to a point where I got in shit in school for reading books too much.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 19d

The Canadian Justice system loses $20 billion year.

The Canadian military loses $34 billion a year.

Canadian Health Care loses $372 billion a year.

Imagine if Carneys liberals talked about services like it does the Post Office.

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 4h

Force people into for profit treatment facilities, violating their autonomy and human rights, and pad the pockets of their buddies at the same time. Wouldn’t expect anything less from this government.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 5h

Scratch a Sask Party plan and find an Alberta advisor. Every damn time.

drugdatadecoded.ca/saskatchewan...

Saskatchewan government funded two advisory reviews by ROSC Solutions Group

ROSC Solutions Group, a top recipient of AB recovery contracts, was funded for two reports on operations of Saskatchewan recovery centres. Their outcomes are creating a new beachhead for the privatize...

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 8h

Calgarians haven’t had any news on the resignation of their $350,000/year police chief since CBC revealed the police commission was refusing to show his severance package.

So here are fifty documents about his resignation and a story about what’s in them.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Calgary Police Commission documents shed new light on Neufeld resignation

Drug Data Decoded has obtained a trove of new documents on the Calgary police chief and deputy resignations. Despite heavy redactions, they reveal a power struggle within the service fuelled by commis...

drugdatadecoded.ca

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Alec Walker 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @smartalecw.bsky.social · 7h

"A government that claims it can’t ‘afford’ decent class sizes and yet pours $567,000,000 every year into private schools is just lying."

#ABEd #ABleg

David Mitchell :CApride: @davidm-yeg.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Here’s the government’s track record on funding education, currently Alberta public funding is $3,950 per student less than the Canadian average, and Alberta private school funding is $5,000 per student more than the average. In fact, the only reason the Canadian […]

[Original post on mstdn.ca]

A graph of per student funding in Alberta since 2005 in adjusted 2024 dollars.

It shows funding flat around $12,000 per student until a rise in 2016 under the NDP but then dropping precipitously from 2022, currently just over $11,000.

Meanwhile funding for private school students has steadily risen and is now only $1,500/student less than public.

Also marked are Canadian averages in both categories:
Alberta public funding is $3,950 less than the average
Alberta private funding is $5,000 more than the average

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 13h

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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Hadespuppy @hadespuppy.bsky.social · 6h

Fuck yeah, science!

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 20h

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

Sorry sorry it was beat them up.

It was just a wee slip of the tongue.

Which is funny because that's Mike's online dating name.

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

So threatening that he had to beat them off with both hands.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

Garry Bettman - so you're a Habs fan and want to watch their games? How many kidneys do you have?

M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

I wish I could have seen it, but the NHL has sold the tv rights to the Habs like they are organ thieves selling body parts one by one.

Scott Thompson @kemptvillehabsfan.bsky.social · 9h

What a stunning tribute to Ken Dryden by Michael Farber 😍.

❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

#KenDryden

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

I can't watch Oliver's latest take on YouTube because it's not available my country, but I can watch it on Amazon because as my bobble headed conservative friends tell me capitism is awesome and fixes everything.

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Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar 🇨🇦 @sirdigby-cs.bsky.social · 9h

Gee! I wonder why all us woke liberal leftists keep calling them Nazis, are we crazy?

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

Great news for awful people continues

Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 19h

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 9h

Today, Elections AB also issued the petition after a Calgary teacher applied to petition for a referendum on the question of ending public funding to private schools.

Alicia Taylor has until Feb. 11, 2026 to gather 177, 732 signatures in support of a referendum on the Q #AbLeg #AbEd

Background:

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 9h

Of those polled by ARI, 84% said there are "too many kids" in Alberta classes.

56% disagreed that teachers are paid enough.

48% said the Danielle Smith govt is doing a "very poor job" (14% said "poor job") managing public education.

Poll results here: angusreid.org/alberta-teac... #AbLeg #AbEd

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

Now picture a sweaty Scott Moe in a dingy bathroom saying "Drop your pants" before pulling out his wallet to show a handmade "Gential Inspector" badge.

If that ever happens, turn around and run like your frigging life depends on it.

M @habpipes.bsky.social · 9h

The Canadian version is using the blank card to say "the freak show, Scott Moe".

Two of the cards from cards agaisnt humanity.

First says, "Dude, do not go in that bathroom.

There's (a blank) in there."

The second card fills in the blank with the word "Republicans."

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Hoot_OS [V.31] @roadietripp.bsky.social · 2d

real quick, i wanna talk about this absolutely *hilarious* attack ad from the Sask Party because like, this is a massive own-goal in a way not many people really know. 🧵

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

The math checks out

M @habpipes.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, no provider as I haven't had cable in 15 years so I was ordering it directly though TSN. Which was a free trial, so not sure i can even change it until the trial is over.