Cody Anstead 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@codyanstead.bsky.social
Racecar driver, poli sci & history, car & motorsport enthusiast, sports, art, culture, & more. World traveller in the making & proud Canadian 🇨🇦
Everyday hero stuff. Just absolute balls of steel.
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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Bondi beach shooting live updates
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Bondi terror attack: full report
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What we know so far about the shooting in Australia
A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Everyday hero stuff. Just absolute balls of steel.
Pretty incredible to somehow still be actively losing an election 7 months after the fact. I’m personally opposed to a Liberal majority, but am hopeful this will be the last nail in Pierre’s leadership coffin. #cdnpoli
The Conservative MP from Markham Unionville has crossed the floor to the Liberals
Carney is one seat off from a majority 😳
Carney is one seat off from a majority 😳
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Pretty incredible to somehow still be actively losing an election 7 months after the fact. I’m personally opposed to a Liberal majority, but am hopeful this will be the last nail in Pierre’s leadership coffin. #cdnpoli
Danielle Smith is a corrupt fascist and the UCP caucus is attacking democracy and shredding our charter rights at a frankly insane pace. We are being governed by a right wing radical party intent on never giving up power. #ableg
December 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Danielle Smith is a corrupt fascist and the UCP caucus is attacking democracy and shredding our charter rights at a frankly insane pace. We are being governed by a right wing radical party intent on never giving up power. #ableg
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There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
A joke government run by unserious people who spend all of their free time immersed up to their eyeballs in far-right social media. A cabinet filled with terminally online dipshits and aspiring incels.
'Jordan Peterson law': Alberta seeks to protect professionals from discipline for off-duty conduct
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edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
'Jordan Peterson law': Alberta seeks to protect professionals from discipline for off-duty conduct
The so-called Jordan Peterson law would restrict professional regulatory bodies from disciplining their members for off-duty conduct.
edmontonjournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A joke government run by unserious people who spend all of their free time immersed up to their eyeballs in far-right social media. A cabinet filled with terminally online dipshits and aspiring incels.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
Smith and the UCP have now attacked the charter rights of workers and children all within weeks. Call this what it is; an unhinged abuse of power and a fascist attack on the rights and freedoms of all Albertans. This is an authoritarian government, and it’s time we started acting like it
@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
Danielle Smith Goes Nuclear on Trans Rights | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier is overriding Charter protections. Here’s a fact check on her claims.
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Smith and the UCP have now attacked the charter rights of workers and children all within weeks. Call this what it is; an unhinged abuse of power and a fascist attack on the rights and freedoms of all Albertans. This is an authoritarian government, and it’s time we started acting like it
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The UCP could have ended the teachers' strike using s1. Other govts have.
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The UCP could have ended the teachers' strike using s1. Other govts have.
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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They're not even hiding it. Resolution #29 at this month's UCP AGM promises to roll back reproductive rights.
Don't think they'll use the notwithstanding clause to do it?
I've got a lab testing contract and boatload of Turkish Tylenol to sell you.
Don't think they'll use the notwithstanding clause to do it?
I've got a lab testing contract and boatload of Turkish Tylenol to sell you.
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
They're not even hiding it. Resolution #29 at this month's UCP AGM promises to roll back reproductive rights.
Don't think they'll use the notwithstanding clause to do it?
I've got a lab testing contract and boatload of Turkish Tylenol to sell you.
Don't think they'll use the notwithstanding clause to do it?
I've got a lab testing contract and boatload of Turkish Tylenol to sell you.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
“How dare I be held accountable for my actions and how dare these serfs be upset at me for taking away their constitutional rights?”
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
"he said his constituency office email and phone line have been the target of “some sort of political ploy” as they have been flooded with messages."
Isn't this just called "acountability"?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
okotoksonline.com/articles/no-...
Isn't this just called "acountability"?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
okotoksonline.com/articles/no-...
‘No one should endure this’: Sigurdson responds to recent harassment
RJ Sigurdson responded to recently endured harassment in a Facebook post to the community. He wrote, “I am writing now not as your elected representative, but as a fellow member of this community — s...
okotoksonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“How dare I be held accountable for my actions and how dare these serfs be upset at me for taking away their constitutional rights?”
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
Perfect encapsulation of the UCP’s attitude towards Albertans.
Danielle Smith is a corrupt authoritarian. An aspiring Putin acolyte with no respect for liberal democracy. She has to go.
For those keeping score, the premier:
🔵has already started picking her voters (through voter suppression laws).
🔴wants to choose who can run for office (only "serious" candidates qualify).
⚪️now wants to decide which MLAs deserve to be recalled (and which ones get to keep their seats).
🔵has already started picking her voters (through voter suppression laws).
🔴wants to choose who can run for office (only "serious" candidates qualify).
⚪️now wants to decide which MLAs deserve to be recalled (and which ones get to keep their seats).
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Danielle Smith is a corrupt authoritarian. An aspiring Putin acolyte with no respect for liberal democracy. She has to go.
The Alberta Energy Regulator is a joke that, like the UCP government which commands it, is completely captured by the O&G industry. We live in a petrostate run by corrupt ideological radicals.
Alberta allows a financially struggling company to acquire 170 wells #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ableg thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Alberta Energy Regulator is a joke that, like the UCP government which commands it, is completely captured by the O&G industry. We live in a petrostate run by corrupt ideological radicals.
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Zuckerberg should be in The Hague and Facebook should be melted down for parts. The damage they have caused to the world is likely incalculable at this point.
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Zuckerberg should be in The Hague and Facebook should be melted down for parts. The damage they have caused to the world is likely incalculable at this point.
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The UCP government is comically corrupt and is again firing the people attempting to held them accountable because it knows it’s supporters, fed a reliable drip of propaganda on social media and who view politics as a team sport, will back them no matter what. A true disgrace.
The Alberta auditor general is in the middle of major probe into health contracting and ex-CEO's whistleblowing, and asked for time to finish work.
Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government ignores AG’s offer to stay on 2 more years, starts search for replacement | CBC News
UCP MLAs who make up the majority on an Alberta legislature committee passed a motion Monday to begin the search for a new auditor general even though the person currently occupying the role offered t...
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The UCP government is comically corrupt and is again firing the people attempting to held them accountable because it knows it’s supporters, fed a reliable drip of propaganda on social media and who view politics as a team sport, will back them no matter what. A true disgrace.
Long past time that we kicked this loser out
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Long past time that we kicked this loser out
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Populists like Danielle Smith also skip legislative and judicial scrutiny.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Every day, I become more convinced that populists are more lazy than crazy.
Pluralism requires a lot of work. Building consensus, working with divergent interests, working with checks and balances.
Populists skip all that, ginning up fear, fake majorities, and a shallow sense of the public good.
Pluralism requires a lot of work. Building consensus, working with divergent interests, working with checks and balances.
Populists skip all that, ginning up fear, fake majorities, and a shallow sense of the public good.
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Populists like Danielle Smith also skip legislative and judicial scrutiny.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.
Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.
It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
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Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
I really hope the ATA defies this illegal, undemocratic, and authoritarian order. It is an attack on the charter rights of all Albertans by a premier who fancies herself a queen #ableg #abpoli
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I truly hope that the union rejects this illegal order and refuses to return to work, for the sake of the rights of all Albertans. This lawless assault on our rights cannot be allowed to stand #abpoli #ableg
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
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The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...