jerrymacgp
@jerrymacgp.bsky.social
Registered Nurse & union activist in northwestern Alberta 🇨🇦. Pragmatic left-wing politics. Settler in Treaty 8 territory. Married, dad of 3 & granddad of 4. Vaxxed. Interests: #abpoli & #cdnpoli, heavy metal & Star Trek. No crypto! He/him/his.
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jerrymacgp
@jerrymacgp.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Well I just unfollowed over 90% of my list on ‘X’. I don’t feel I can fully deactivate there, as I still follow a scant few institutional & municipal accounts that I predict will stubbornly stick with that platform & can’t not keep up with. #Xodus2025
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Alberta's 2025/26 fiscal year started April 1 and its next fiscal update is due later this week.
I don't have a crystal ball but if I had to guess the tone in a single emoji, I'd go with 😬
I don't have a crystal ball but if I had to guess the tone in a single emoji, I'd go with 😬
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Alberta's 2025/26 fiscal year started April 1 and its next fiscal update is due later this week.
I don't have a crystal ball but if I had to guess the tone in a single emoji, I'd go with 😬
I don't have a crystal ball but if I had to guess the tone in a single emoji, I'd go with 😬
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UCP WASTES $125 MILLION on DynaLife lab services.
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
UCP WASTES $125 MILLION on DynaLife lab services.
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
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Garry Kasparov at Halifax Security Forum:
"For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
"For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Garry Kasparov at Halifax Security Forum:
"For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
"For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
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Best things he did was CERB and legalize cannabis.
Debatable. But CERB is something I don't think fit the neoliberal playbook. Not arguing that he too wasn't a neoliberal. But left of Carney (and Harper I guess 😅}
Debatable. But CERB is something I don't think fit the neoliberal playbook. Not arguing that he too wasn't a neoliberal. But left of Carney (and Harper I guess 😅}
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Best things he did was CERB and legalize cannabis.
Debatable. But CERB is something I don't think fit the neoliberal playbook. Not arguing that he too wasn't a neoliberal. But left of Carney (and Harper I guess 😅}
Debatable. But CERB is something I don't think fit the neoliberal playbook. Not arguing that he too wasn't a neoliberal. But left of Carney (and Harper I guess 😅}
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social Not only is expertise dead, grave robbers are mauling its corpse
IT FINALLY HAPPENED.
A potential client emailed me about a project which needs an engineering analysis. He had already done some preliminary 'analysis' although he is not an engineer. HE ASKED CHATGPT TO CHECK HIS 'WORK' and emailed me its garbage.
I have no words
A potential client emailed me about a project which needs an engineering analysis. He had already done some preliminary 'analysis' although he is not an engineer. HE ASKED CHATGPT TO CHECK HIS 'WORK' and emailed me its garbage.
I have no words
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Not only is expertise dead, grave robbers are mauling its corpse
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IBM had this to say in a 1979 training...
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
IBM had this to say in a 1979 training...
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Sounds like you have to charge them extra to fix the mess they've created
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sounds like you have to charge them extra to fix the mess they've created
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED.
A potential client emailed me about a project which needs an engineering analysis. He had already done some preliminary 'analysis' although he is not an engineer. HE ASKED CHATGPT TO CHECK HIS 'WORK' and emailed me its garbage.
I have no words
A potential client emailed me about a project which needs an engineering analysis. He had already done some preliminary 'analysis' although he is not an engineer. HE ASKED CHATGPT TO CHECK HIS 'WORK' and emailed me its garbage.
I have no words
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
IT FINALLY HAPPENED.
A potential client emailed me about a project which needs an engineering analysis. He had already done some preliminary 'analysis' although he is not an engineer. HE ASKED CHATGPT TO CHECK HIS 'WORK' and emailed me its garbage.
I have no words
A potential client emailed me about a project which needs an engineering analysis. He had already done some preliminary 'analysis' although he is not an engineer. HE ASKED CHATGPT TO CHECK HIS 'WORK' and emailed me its garbage.
I have no words
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“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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That's probably their natural position.
PMJT was an outlier. Possibly due to the NDP holding the swing votes. Or maybe just in part.
PMJT was an outlier. Possibly due to the NDP holding the swing votes. Or maybe just in part.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
That's probably their natural position.
PMJT was an outlier. Possibly due to the NDP holding the swing votes. Or maybe just in part.
PMJT was an outlier. Possibly due to the NDP holding the swing votes. Or maybe just in part.
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Capitalists are not left. Ever.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Capitalists are not left. Ever.
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Really wish people would see that the Liberals arent on the left. They are normally very centre, and Carney is to the right of that.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Really wish people would see that the Liberals arent on the left. They are normally very centre, and Carney is to the right of that.
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Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?
Undocumented immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?
Undocumented immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off
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Transformation to winter complete. Don’t @ me about the calendar, on the prairies it’s winter when the snow stays.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Transformation to winter complete. Don’t @ me about the calendar, on the prairies it’s winter when the snow stays.
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it amazes me that USians still believe that The Rich People Who Wouldn’t Pay Taxes aren’t the same fucking people, today
FFS
Take a longer look 👀
The British were telling the Colonial Rich to pay for their security from Spanish, French & Portuguese raiding
Why do you think The French helped?
FFS
Take a longer look 👀
The British were telling the Colonial Rich to pay for their security from Spanish, French & Portuguese raiding
Why do you think The French helped?
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
it amazes me that USians still believe that The Rich People Who Wouldn’t Pay Taxes aren’t the same fucking people, today
FFS
Take a longer look 👀
The British were telling the Colonial Rich to pay for their security from Spanish, French & Portuguese raiding
Why do you think The French helped?
FFS
Take a longer look 👀
The British were telling the Colonial Rich to pay for their security from Spanish, French & Portuguese raiding
Why do you think The French helped?
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Alberta’s growing list of MLA recall petitions is a grassroots phenomenon that’s turning into a grassfire! albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
Alberta’s growing list of MLA recall petitions is a grassroots phenomenon that’s turning into a grassfire! - Alberta Politics
Knowing that he’s almost certainly destined for the long jump, metaphorically speaking, it must be mildly satisfying for Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure to have to keep approving those MLA reca...
albertapolitics.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Alberta’s growing list of MLA recall petitions is a grassroots phenomenon that’s turning into a grassfire! albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
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I had absolutely nothing to do with the $100+ million DynaLife lab service debacle.
Except when I represented them as a lobbyist to the UCP while I was president of the Alberta Enterprise Group which they were members.
Read: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
Except when I represented them as a lobbyist to the UCP while I was president of the Alberta Enterprise Group which they were members.
Read: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I had absolutely nothing to do with the $100+ million DynaLife lab service debacle.
Except when I represented them as a lobbyist to the UCP while I was president of the Alberta Enterprise Group which they were members.
Read: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
Except when I represented them as a lobbyist to the UCP while I was president of the Alberta Enterprise Group which they were members.
Read: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
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The people running Silicon Valley are some of the craziest people alive, and the people running the White House are the most loathsome demons in the western world, and the rest of the billionaires are mostly evil weirdos, and all of them have the equivalent of lead poisoning from the Internet
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The people running Silicon Valley are some of the craziest people alive, and the people running the White House are the most loathsome demons in the western world, and the rest of the billionaires are mostly evil weirdos, and all of them have the equivalent of lead poisoning from the Internet
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The idea of Trump assisting in a covert operation is like imagining a llama trying to do brain surgery.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The idea of Trump assisting in a covert operation is like imagining a llama trying to do brain surgery.
1/. An oil pipeline to BC's North Coast is still a non-starter, no matter what Daniellezebub & PMMC say. The coastal First Nations will fight it tooth & nail, & it will get stalled in the courts, just like the old Northern Gateway did.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
1/. An oil pipeline to BC's North Coast is still a non-starter, no matter what Daniellezebub & PMMC say. The coastal First Nations will fight it tooth & nail, & it will get stalled in the courts, just like the old Northern Gateway did.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
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It’s the guns!!! Someone please help!!!!
August 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It’s the guns!!! Someone please help!!!!