Chris Wiebe
@chriswiebe.bsky.social
Husband, father, volunteer, advocate, Anglican. Prof & former Canada Research Chair at the UofW. Deputy Warden St Johns
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My university just dropped this bombshell on the U of Winnipeg community. I've been here long enough that this is not the first time I've seen this happen.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My university just dropped this bombshell on the U of Winnipeg community. I've been here long enough that this is not the first time I've seen this happen.
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FIVE MORE YEARS OF CAPTAIN ADAM LOWRY!
Is it that sweet? I guess so 😏
Is it that sweet? I guess so 😏
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
FIVE MORE YEARS OF CAPTAIN ADAM LOWRY!
Is it that sweet? I guess so 😏
Is it that sweet? I guess so 😏
« The announcement in the throne speech of a new $3B fossil gas-fired power plant to meet growing peak electricity demand is a major disappointment that undercuts the gov’s recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development »
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Opinion: We don’t need fossil gas energy
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November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
« The announcement in the throne speech of a new $3B fossil gas-fired power plant to meet growing peak electricity demand is a major disappointment that undercuts the gov’s recent commitments to emissions reductions, affordability and economic development »
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Hockey fights cancer 💜
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hockey fights cancer 💜
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A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how
Nature - With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.
go.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
go.nature.com/4pusUrn
“Canada should make up for two decades of back dues — to the tune of $300 billion.”
Yeah, sure. We’ll get right on that. Would you accept a cheque?
I’m not sure what we did to elicit so much abuse from the US. They were one of our greatest allies.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Yeah, sure. We’ll get right on that. Would you accept a cheque?
I’m not sure what we did to elicit so much abuse from the US. They were one of our greatest allies.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
GOP lawmaker demands $300B in defense dues from Canada
Canada defends NATO commitment as forward progress at 'breakneck' speed
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Canada should make up for two decades of back dues — to the tune of $300 billion.”
Yeah, sure. We’ll get right on that. Would you accept a cheque?
I’m not sure what we did to elicit so much abuse from the US. They were one of our greatest allies.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Yeah, sure. We’ll get right on that. Would you accept a cheque?
I’m not sure what we did to elicit so much abuse from the US. They were one of our greatest allies.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Some beautiful writing here about loss and living through modern times.
Have a read.
Have a read.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Some beautiful writing here about loss and living through modern times.
Have a read.
Have a read.
If socialism was good enough for Harry Truman, surely it is good enough for House Democrats and at least some of the GOP?
I mean, I’m not really surprised by this vote to condemn “socialism” but it is still upsetting. Sadly, it is the American people that will learn about what it means to do this.
I mean, I’m not really surprised by this vote to condemn “socialism” but it is still upsetting. Sadly, it is the American people that will learn about what it means to do this.
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If socialism was good enough for Harry Truman, surely it is good enough for House Democrats and at least some of the GOP?
I mean, I’m not really surprised by this vote to condemn “socialism” but it is still upsetting. Sadly, it is the American people that will learn about what it means to do this.
I mean, I’m not really surprised by this vote to condemn “socialism” but it is still upsetting. Sadly, it is the American people that will learn about what it means to do this.
Some impressive Freudian projection here.
We will keep our federal leadership and the CBC, thanks.
We will keep our federal leadership and the CBC, thanks.
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Some impressive Freudian projection here.
We will keep our federal leadership and the CBC, thanks.
We will keep our federal leadership and the CBC, thanks.
Uhh… yes. Academics, teachers, and others have been saying this for ages.
Modern university textbooks now let you make AI assignments. Students use AI to solve them. And AI marks them. No exchange of information. It is terrifying.
Modern university textbooks now let you make AI assignments. Students use AI to solve them. And AI marks them. No exchange of information. It is terrifying.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Uhh… yes. Academics, teachers, and others have been saying this for ages.
Modern university textbooks now let you make AI assignments. Students use AI to solve them. And AI marks them. No exchange of information. It is terrifying.
Modern university textbooks now let you make AI assignments. Students use AI to solve them. And AI marks them. No exchange of information. It is terrifying.
Connor Hellebuyck is being shut down for 4-6 weeks for a minor arthroscopic knee surgery, as per Darren Dreger.
Thomas Milic has been recalled and is here at Canada Life Centre for Jets morning skate
Thomas Milic has been recalled and is here at Canada Life Centre for Jets morning skate
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Awhile ago, my colleague Alannah Hallas came knocking on my door about a new material, PtSn4, her student Samikshya Sahu had grown that had a HUGE RRR. The question: was something preventing defects from scattering electrons? Or were there just that few defects?
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Awhile ago, my colleague Alannah Hallas came knocking on my door about a new material, PtSn4, her student Samikshya Sahu had grown that had a HUGE RRR. The question: was something preventing defects from scattering electrons? Or were there just that few defects?
I noticed that Quentin Robinson, former MB NDP candidate in Brandon West last prov election, has spoken out against this project for environmental reasons. Good for him.
It is shocking how the MB NDP has alienated their base with their disastrous policies. #mbpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is shocking how the MB NDP has alienated their base with their disastrous policies. #mbpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
$3B turbine project gets warm welcome from Brandon mayor, cold shoulder from environmentalists | CBC News
A multi-billion-dollar combustion turbine project planned for the city of Brandon will give the province “power sovereignty,” said Mayor Jeff Fawcett.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I noticed that Quentin Robinson, former MB NDP candidate in Brandon West last prov election, has spoken out against this project for environmental reasons. Good for him.
It is shocking how the MB NDP has alienated their base with their disastrous policies. #mbpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is shocking how the MB NDP has alienated their base with their disastrous policies. #mbpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The double hubris of building fossil fuel generating stations to power future AI centres in MB is staggering.
Who is advising the MB NDP on this? The Koch brothers? It might as well be the Marx brothers for what a boondoggle this will be. Kind of like building a pipeline to Churchill. #mbpoli
Who is advising the MB NDP on this? The Koch brothers? It might as well be the Marx brothers for what a boondoggle this will be. Kind of like building a pipeline to Churchill. #mbpoli
"We're only going to burn methane for peak winter loads"
I call BS. This will be used to power AI data centres in Manitoba.
It will be burning & polluting constantly & will jack up our utility bills as a direct consequence.
You heard it here first.
#MbPoli #EndFossilFuels
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I call BS. This will be used to power AI data centres in Manitoba.
It will be burning & polluting constantly & will jack up our utility bills as a direct consequence.
You heard it here first.
#MbPoli #EndFossilFuels
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
$3B combustion turbine gets warm welcome from Brandon mayor, cold shoulder from environmentalists | CBC News
A multi-billion-dollar combustion turbine project planned for the city of Brandon will give the province “power sovereignty,” said Mayor Jeff Fawcett.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The double hubris of building fossil fuel generating stations to power future AI centres in MB is staggering.
Who is advising the MB NDP on this? The Koch brothers? It might as well be the Marx brothers for what a boondoggle this will be. Kind of like building a pipeline to Churchill. #mbpoli
Who is advising the MB NDP on this? The Koch brothers? It might as well be the Marx brothers for what a boondoggle this will be. Kind of like building a pipeline to Churchill. #mbpoli
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1/ Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, a day we honour and mourn the lives taken by transphobic violence.
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
1/ Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, a day we honour and mourn the lives taken by transphobic violence.
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Devastating floods led to a 4.3% global reduction in annual rice yield from 1980 to 2015, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/4iiwfYd
Severe floods significantly reduce global rice yields
Rice-killing floods reduce global rice yield by 4.3%, with losses rising due to increasing extreme floods since 2000.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Devastating floods led to a 4.3% global reduction in annual rice yield from 1980 to 2015, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/4iiwfYd
(1) Communism isn’t the same as socialism. Mamdani is socialist. Maybe if the US dept of education wasn’t cut, these differences would be known.
(2) I have a suspicion that Jesus is a socialist. Cutting a food stamp program wouldn’t be his thing, unlike the modern “Christian” GOP that supported cuts
(2) I have a suspicion that Jesus is a socialist. Cutting a food stamp program wouldn’t be his thing, unlike the modern “Christian” GOP that supported cuts
At least Trump is going into this with an open mind as a positive and optimistic unifier of the American people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
(1) Communism isn’t the same as socialism. Mamdani is socialist. Maybe if the US dept of education wasn’t cut, these differences would be known.
(2) I have a suspicion that Jesus is a socialist. Cutting a food stamp program wouldn’t be his thing, unlike the modern “Christian” GOP that supported cuts
(2) I have a suspicion that Jesus is a socialist. Cutting a food stamp program wouldn’t be his thing, unlike the modern “Christian” GOP that supported cuts
I’m not sure what has to happen for Trump to be impeached and removed from office. Advocating for murdering your own citizens should be a tipping point.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m not sure what has to happen for Trump to be impeached and removed from office. Advocating for murdering your own citizens should be a tipping point.
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Again: If you are an academic at a public university that locals love - even just the football team - and that relies on foreign students to stay afloat, explain that to your community by writing locally if you can. It's a good solid pitch for a local outlet.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Again: If you are an academic at a public university that locals love - even just the football team - and that relies on foreign students to stay afloat, explain that to your community by writing locally if you can. It's a good solid pitch for a local outlet.
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I lie awake most nights stressing out about climate collapse and our f*cking government at every level is doubling down on fossil fuels and planet-killing plagiarism machines. Great.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I lie awake most nights stressing out about climate collapse and our f*cking government at every level is doubling down on fossil fuels and planet-killing plagiarism machines. Great.
More magical thinking from the MB NDP.
More terrible environmental policies. As long as the jobs are unionized and the right people get rich on projects like this, the environment will always be the lowest priority. They were anti-science when I was a part of them and that hasn’t changed. Shameful.
More terrible environmental policies. As long as the jobs are unionized and the right people get rich on projects like this, the environment will always be the lowest priority. They were anti-science when I was a part of them and that hasn’t changed. Shameful.
Mr. Kinew's strategy is pure genius: jack up fossil fuel use by building methane-powered power plants & subsidizing gas guzzlers with gas-tax cuts.
The benefit?
We melt Arctic ice quicker to open up shipping lanes for exporting MORE fossil fuels from Churchill.
Every little bit counts. #FossilFools
The benefit?
We melt Arctic ice quicker to open up shipping lanes for exporting MORE fossil fuels from Churchill.
Every little bit counts. #FossilFools
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
More magical thinking from the MB NDP.
More terrible environmental policies. As long as the jobs are unionized and the right people get rich on projects like this, the environment will always be the lowest priority. They were anti-science when I was a part of them and that hasn’t changed. Shameful.
More terrible environmental policies. As long as the jobs are unionized and the right people get rich on projects like this, the environment will always be the lowest priority. They were anti-science when I was a part of them and that hasn’t changed. Shameful.