Author | Lightnews

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 30m

Them: “Danielle Smith changed the rules because voting machines can be hacked for voter fraud”

Me: Explains how tabulators are used that *count paper votes* and no actual voting or hacking occurs on said machines.

Them: 🤯

#YYC #ABPoli

1 1

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 1h

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Despite reports of long lineups at the polls — pushing some people to bail on voting altogether — Alberta’s minister of municipal affairs stands behind the changes.”

Long lineups making people bail contributed to the lowest voter turnout in the city’s history.

Why Alberta voters filled out forms at the polls — and how the information will be used | CBC News

Municipalities are now provincially mandated to create and maintain permanent electors registers, or lists of eligible voters.

www.cbc.ca

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 1d

If you were to carve a pumpkin with Trump's face on it
that would be a Jerk-o-lantern RS

3 3 53

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 1d

I hope I never meet the kind of people who are Door Dashing a Starbucks order at 8:30 am.

#Shudder

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 1d

GOOD.

1

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 1d

Forever Canadian has apparently reached their goal of 300,000 signatures.

x.com/PeterGuthrie...

#Alberta

20 85 260

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 1d

So here’s the thing:

What if Farkas’s “rehabilitation tour” where he “learned to work with people” was all an act, and he’s still the same person from The Manning Centre and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation? 🤔

#YYCElection #ABPoli

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 1d

Jeromy Farkas edges Sonya Sharp in tight Calgary mayoral race

#cbc #cbc-top-stories #Canada

1 2 3

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 2d

Prison and a lifetime driving ban.

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 2d

Polling Station volunteers just told us it will be an hour to vote folks.

Can’t wait to hear about how this is the Trudeau-Notley-Nenshi alliance’s fault.

#FireTheUCP

2

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d

Municipal election in Edmonton today.

So, so, so depressing how MAGA style lies (about crime, evidence-based planning, etc) are having a massive influence.

Incredible how right-wing populism is sneaking into every corner...

7 18 110

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 2d

3 hours to go folks!

Calgary's Future @calgarysfuture.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s the day! Go vote and help make sure we don’t get stuck with a mayor and city council who will make life worse for everyday Calgarians. Polls close at 8:00pm and you must vote at your assigned polling station.

Find your poll and vote now: https://calgarysfuture.ca/endorsements/#openchat
#YYC

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

How to Join ICE

theonion.com/how-to-join-...

STEP 1
Be born with something just…missing

STEP 2
Try deporting a few neighbors without the constitutional authority to do so, to see if it’s for you

STEP 3
Unlearn any secondary languages you may know

STEP 4
If filling out the application form presents a challenge, candidates may instead demonstrate how hard they can punch a dog

160 2.3K 11K

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2d

Do you guys not have, like, planning regulations in the USA? Surely the White House is some equivalent of a listed building? This is just surreal.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 2d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

1 1

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 2d

Wonder how much battshittery there will be at the polling stations today 🤔

#YYC #YYCElection #CalgaryElection

1

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 3d

This will not have the effect he thinks it will …

1 4

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 3d

Went to the Stamp’s game yesterday and I enjoyed it, minus the Billionaires who own the team telling me who to vote for, for Mayor.

#YYC #YYCElection #ABPoli

2

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

LiveWire Calgary @livewirecalgary.bsky.social · 4d

It's study time in Ward 9, with seven candidates looking to fill a seat left vacant with the departure of former councillor Gian-Carlo Carra. #yyc #calgary #yycvote

buff.ly/OLaOyZn

Calgary election 2025: Seven vie for the open Ward 9 seat - LiveWire Calgary

Ward 9 is an east Calgary ward that was last represented by long-time councillor Gian-Carlo Carra. Carra opted not to continue his 15-year run in office, so the seat is up for grabs. Carra first won…

livewirecalgary.com

2 2

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

This is one of those posts I think about a lot now. Especially on a day when the White House press secretary replied "your mom" to an earnest question about peace negotiations.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

26 390 2.2K

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 5d

2 1 3

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 6d

Wear bright clothing to be safe on our streets.

Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 6d

Perfectly normal vehicle. Honda civic for scale; highest part of civic hood is at bottom of passenger door of truck.

@brenttoderian.bsky.social
@tomflood.bsky.social

7 20 120

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 6d

Why this hasn’t been on billboards across Alberta on every major roadway is beyond me …

1 4

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 6d

Because living in a $2500/month 1-bedroom apartment wasn’t expensive enough.

Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 6d

Sure, Vancouver may hold the line on property taxes, but adopting a chinchilla or hedgehog is going up by 22%, adopting a budgie or finch by 42%, a gerbil or degu by 66%, and adopting a parakeet or lovebird is going up by a whopping 100%!

MyLeatherJacket @myleatherjacket.net · 6d

We have a neighbourhood Book Thief

Boomer guy who pulls up in his SUV with his wife and empties our street’s Little Free Library weekly

He’s either a voracious reader, or he’s flipping the books

If I wasn’t leaving for work this morning when he arrived, I would have asked him what his deal was

Reposted by MyLeatherJacket

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 8d

'“It is not too much to ask that the premier of Alberta demonstrate the same level of respect for the mayor of Calgary and Calgary city council that she demands from the prime minister,” he said."

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business

The Calgary Party and mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen say the big issue is provincial intrusion into city hall by Premier Danielle Smith.

calgaryherald.com

5 26 67