Convivial Blue 🇨🇦
@convivialblue.bsky.social
𝘏𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘰, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯
- Rice, Mann, & Weil; professional pirates all.
"Redeem Yourself" pictured in the banner by Rodney White.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯
- Rice, Mann, & Weil; professional pirates all.
"Redeem Yourself" pictured in the banner by Rodney White.
Pinned
Yes. Yes. Yes. They have all compartmentalized their empathy, and libertarian'd their transactions, and moral hazarded any good policy.
So now, just shy of the Conservative Apocalypse they are trying to weasel out of the Republican Rapture so they don't get sucked down the sewer where they belong.
So now, just shy of the Conservative Apocalypse they are trying to weasel out of the Republican Rapture so they don't get sucked down the sewer where they belong.
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We can’t allow the UCP’s for-profit business models to continue eroding the quality of care that Albertans are receiving in continuing care homes!
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We can’t allow the UCP’s for-profit business models to continue eroding the quality of care that Albertans are receiving in continuing care homes!
F-35s are great right up until the latest MAGA dictator hits the kill-switch
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A veteran’s perspective on the F-35 vs. Gripen choice
Why Canada Should Settle for “Good Enough”
substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
F-35s are great right up until the latest MAGA dictator hits the kill-switch
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Because you people wouldn't believe Adobe could get any lower.
🤔
Adobe Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat now available for free on ChatGPT
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Because you people wouldn't believe Adobe could get any lower.
YES. Win-win!
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
YES. Win-win!
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How was Postmedia allowed to infiltrate Canada and buy the vast majority of Canadian newspapers?
Harper.
Media control is a fundamental part of #IDUPlaybook
Harper.
Media control is a fundamental part of #IDUPlaybook
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
How was Postmedia allowed to infiltrate Canada and buy the vast majority of Canadian newspapers?
Harper.
Media control is a fundamental part of #IDUPlaybook
Harper.
Media control is a fundamental part of #IDUPlaybook
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Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe
Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses
pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medve...
Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses
pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medve...
Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe
Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk post in call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses
pdjukes.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe
Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses
pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medve...
Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses
pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medve...
Gerrymandering's double edge *finally* bites.
"And in maybe a normal election they’d still be safe, but with a blue wave like we could see happening next year [...]I think they are straight-up screwed."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"And in maybe a normal election they’d still be safe, but with a blue wave like we could see happening next year [...]I think they are straight-up screwed."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Transcript: Angry Trump Loses 2026 Plot as GOP Panics: “Flashing Red”
As Trump fumes over Democratic attacks that are plainly working, a progressive organizer explains why Tuesday’s special election result is good news—and how Democrats can sustain momentum through 2026...
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gerrymandering's double edge *finally* bites.
"And in maybe a normal election they’d still be safe, but with a blue wave like we could see happening next year [...]I think they are straight-up screwed."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"And in maybe a normal election they’d still be safe, but with a blue wave like we could see happening next year [...]I think they are straight-up screwed."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
Hesus Christos. Way to give the whole fucking game away Putin. Those Ukrainian drone blackouts putin' you out of sorts?
Slava Ukraine!
Slava Ukraine!
I have to admit the Russians are the best at dark hints.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hesus Christos. Way to give the whole fucking game away Putin. Those Ukrainian drone blackouts putin' you out of sorts?
Slava Ukraine!
Slava Ukraine!
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
Fantastic. Let's add prohibiting foreign majority media ownership and lying on radio, cable, and streaming.
Centralization of most important functions of state under federal authority, including healthcare, professional accreditation standards and land use planning
Federal ownership stakes in key industries
MITI
EI for striking workers
Extensive military expansion, including national service and WMDs.
Federal ownership stakes in key industries
MITI
EI for striking workers
Extensive military expansion, including national service and WMDs.
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Fantastic. Let's add prohibiting foreign majority media ownership and lying on radio, cable, and streaming.
Canada is making strategically moronic energy choices as a sop to fossilwashed conservatives.
We have the highest educated population in the world held back by Murdoch-type media.
We have the highest educated population in the world held back by Murdoch-type media.
I really wish #Canada would wake up. Oil and gas is a sunset industry. Listen to this podcast and explain how we're not shooting ourselves in the foot.
www.volts.wtf/p/clean-elec...
www.volts.wtf/p/clean-elec...
Clean electrification is inevitable
Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.
www.volts.wtf
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Canada is making strategically moronic energy choices as a sop to fossilwashed conservatives.
We have the highest educated population in the world held back by Murdoch-type media.
We have the highest educated population in the world held back by Murdoch-type media.
She prefers to commit stochastic terrorism, not experience it.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
She prefers to commit stochastic terrorism, not experience it.
Better hope Ford's a better reader than Smith - or loves his clinic pals less than Smith loves hers...
Ah, who am I kidding!? Postmedia will make sure nobody finds out anything.
Ah, who am I kidding!? Postmedia will make sure nobody finds out anything.
The Alberta Advantage - DYING EARLIER
for-profit private hospitals are even more strongly associated with worse mortality outcomes and lower life expectancy.
#Alberta BACKWARDS #DanielleSmith
#abpoli #ableg
Danielle Smith's Health Care System
for-profit private hospitals are even more strongly associated with worse mortality outcomes and lower life expectancy.
#Alberta BACKWARDS #DanielleSmith
#abpoli #ableg
Danielle Smith's Health Care System
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Better hope Ford's a better reader than Smith - or loves his clinic pals less than Smith loves hers...
Ah, who am I kidding!? Postmedia will make sure nobody finds out anything.
Ah, who am I kidding!? Postmedia will make sure nobody finds out anything.
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"When procurement and governance and accountability breaks down, it's always Albertans who pay the price."
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"When procurement and governance and accountability breaks down, it's always Albertans who pay the price."
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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If you get an email today asking you to sign a Stop the CRA petition, know that the Canadian Taxpayers Association is connected to Americans for Prosperity, the Koch think tank. 🤬🇨🇦
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If you get an email today asking you to sign a Stop the CRA petition, know that the Canadian Taxpayers Association is connected to Americans for Prosperity, the Koch think tank. 🤬🇨🇦
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Dear Canadian Media:
Maybe ‘focus’ on the budget as an investment in SAVING OUR SOVEREIGNTY and not a ‘pearl clutching deficit’…..can you EVER try to support Canada?
Maybe ‘focus’ on the budget as an investment in SAVING OUR SOVEREIGNTY and not a ‘pearl clutching deficit’…..can you EVER try to support Canada?
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dear Canadian Media:
Maybe ‘focus’ on the budget as an investment in SAVING OUR SOVEREIGNTY and not a ‘pearl clutching deficit’…..can you EVER try to support Canada?
Maybe ‘focus’ on the budget as an investment in SAVING OUR SOVEREIGNTY and not a ‘pearl clutching deficit’…..can you EVER try to support Canada?
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today, we will treat sewage.
we will manage the foul remnants of our past, the health of our present, the hope of our future.
days end, but the mission endures.
because there will be sewage to treat tomorrow. but this day is today.
and today, we will treat sewage.
we will manage the foul remnants of our past, the health of our present, the hope of our future.
days end, but the mission endures.
because there will be sewage to treat tomorrow. but this day is today.
and today, we will treat sewage.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
today, we will treat sewage.
we will manage the foul remnants of our past, the health of our present, the hope of our future.
days end, but the mission endures.
because there will be sewage to treat tomorrow. but this day is today.
and today, we will treat sewage.
we will manage the foul remnants of our past, the health of our present, the hope of our future.
days end, but the mission endures.
because there will be sewage to treat tomorrow. but this day is today.
and today, we will treat sewage.
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯*
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
-Carsie Blanton
*I do NOT endorse the rivers of blood a revolution might summon. I just get teary-eyed at an end to suffering.
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
-Carsie Blanton
*I do NOT endorse the rivers of blood a revolution might summon. I just get teary-eyed at an end to suffering.
After the Revolution, by Carsie Blanton
from the album After the Revolution
carsieblanton.bandcamp.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯*
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
-Carsie Blanton
*I do NOT endorse the rivers of blood a revolution might summon. I just get teary-eyed at an end to suffering.
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺
-Carsie Blanton
*I do NOT endorse the rivers of blood a revolution might summon. I just get teary-eyed at an end to suffering.
We have the bauxite, energy, aluminum, rare earth mines & processing, industrial design, most-educated labour, and most of all: the MARKET and access to international markets.
This is what Carney talked about pre-election: integration from raw to product, sold to a unified market.
This is what Carney talked about pre-election: integration from raw to product, sold to a unified market.
ICYMI: @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social calls for stronger government intervention to foster a Canadian Electric Vehicle (EV) industry for the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMcj...
Closed plants: What is the future for the EV industry in Canada?
YouTube video by cpac
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We have the bauxite, energy, aluminum, rare earth mines & processing, industrial design, most-educated labour, and most of all: the MARKET and access to international markets.
This is what Carney talked about pre-election: integration from raw to product, sold to a unified market.
This is what Carney talked about pre-election: integration from raw to product, sold to a unified market.
None of our ideas can bear fruit if lies, foreign opinion, and "catch and kill" practices ruin our discourse.
If you give Canadians good information, I trust they will support good policy.
If you give Canadians good information, I trust they will support good policy.
Canadian media should be owned and operated by Canadians, not American hedge funds.
Please sign the petition below, it takes less than a minute.
Please sign the petition below, it takes less than a minute.
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
None of our ideas can bear fruit if lies, foreign opinion, and "catch and kill" practices ruin our discourse.
If you give Canadians good information, I trust they will support good policy.
If you give Canadians good information, I trust they will support good policy.
Super informative how US-style politicking was imported into Canada.
Modern conservatives lost their Canadian political heritage when they accepted in US political consultants.
substack.northernvariables.ca/p/the-republ...
Modern conservatives lost their Canadian political heritage when they accepted in US political consultants.
substack.northernvariables.ca/p/the-republ...
The Republican Ghost of the Conservative Party of Canada
How a little-known Republican consultant rewired the Canadian right — and why his methods still haunt the party today.
substack.northernvariables.ca
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Super informative how US-style politicking was imported into Canada.
Modern conservatives lost their Canadian political heritage when they accepted in US political consultants.
substack.northernvariables.ca/p/the-republ...
Modern conservatives lost their Canadian political heritage when they accepted in US political consultants.
substack.northernvariables.ca/p/the-republ...