The Nickel Nerd
@ltrytten.bsky.social
Canadian first. Critical metals for the energy transition - development, processing, impacts. Most professional stuff on LI. Also comments on transportation, urban design, and political systems. And other life matters...
Thanks to unseasonably warm (less draw) and dry (more production) weather (but not unprecedented as @yegwxnerdery.bsky.social points out), my solar system has delivered about 2/3 of my power so far this month. In February. But #solar doesn’t work in the winter in #yeg…
February 11, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Thanks to unseasonably warm (less draw) and dry (more production) weather (but not unprecedented as @yegwxnerdery.bsky.social points out), my solar system has delivered about 2/3 of my power so far this month. In February. But #solar doesn’t work in the winter in #yeg…
I bet the adherents of the three major parties have different views of those Canadian values though. How many from wax party would agree that adherents of the other parties share Canadian values? As the CPC drifts further right and Maple MAGA I think the gulf widens. #cdnpoli
Those Who Agree With - "Immigrants should only be allowed in Canada if they adopt Canadian values"
🟢 All: 70%
🟢 Conservatives: 80%
🟢 Liberals: 70%
🟢 New Democrats: 70%
Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
🟢 All: 70%
🟢 Conservatives: 80%
🟢 Liberals: 70%
🟢 New Democrats: 70%
Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
Canadians Grow Increasingly Hostile Towards Immigration
A record high share of Canadians now say the effects of immigration on the nation are mostly negative
canadianpolling.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I bet the adherents of the three major parties have different views of those Canadian values though. How many from wax party would agree that adherents of the other parties share Canadian values? As the CPC drifts further right and Maple MAGA I think the gulf widens. #cdnpoli
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.@ABDanielleSmith and @jkenney pass themselves off as conservatives. In fact, they are "authoritarian libertarians," Smith more so than Kenney.
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
.@ABDanielleSmith and @jkenney pass themselves off as conservatives. In fact, they are "authoritarian libertarians," Smith more so than Kenney.
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
So glad that #yeg has free skate rentals on weekends at the free City Hall ice rink. I always see immigrants trying it out for the first time mixed with old-timers like me. Getting on right after the Zamboni 😁😁
February 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
So glad that #yeg has free skate rentals on weekends at the free City Hall ice rink. I always see immigrants trying it out for the first time mixed with old-timers like me. Getting on right after the Zamboni 😁😁
Hear me out beer peeps - coffee imperial stout (#yeg Polyrhythm) with a bit of milk. Kicks Irish coffee to the curb.
January 31, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hear me out beer peeps - coffee imperial stout (#yeg Polyrhythm) with a bit of milk. Kicks Irish coffee to the curb.
Breaking news, Canadian conservatives confirm they like losing so they can whine and moan, elect a leader unelectable in the country.
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Breaking news, Canadian conservatives confirm they like losing so they can whine and moan, elect a leader unelectable in the country.
I stand (skate) with @heardislandgov.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I stand (skate) with @heardislandgov.bsky.social
That this is necessary tells you something. Autocrats hate independent judiciary because they want no one to be able to stop them. Also why they hate true independent media.
Quite unusual: Alberta's three Chief Justices have issued a signed statement on judicial independence. No reason specified but comes not long after Premier Danielle Smith made some comments re: same during a year-end interview.
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
That this is necessary tells you something. Autocrats hate independent judiciary because they want no one to be able to stop them. Also why they hate true independent media.
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This is exactly why the humanities are critically important in post secondary institutions. The foundations of who we are.
Expertise and knowledgeable analysis of the moment we are in.
Never accept the lie that humanities departments are an unaffordable luxury that universities should axe.
Expertise and knowledgeable analysis of the moment we are in.
Never accept the lie that humanities departments are an unaffordable luxury that universities should axe.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This is exactly why the humanities are critically important in post secondary institutions. The foundations of who we are.
Expertise and knowledgeable analysis of the moment we are in.
Never accept the lie that humanities departments are an unaffordable luxury that universities should axe.
Expertise and knowledgeable analysis of the moment we are in.
Never accept the lie that humanities departments are an unaffordable luxury that universities should axe.
Great day for a bike-skate-bike-skate-bike-beer #yegbike . So great to see many new Canadians learning to skate at City Hall, then very quiet at Legislature rink!
January 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Great day for a bike-skate-bike-skate-bike-beer #yegbike . So great to see many new Canadians learning to skate at City Hall, then very quiet at Legislature rink!
I would really encourage #greenlanders to talk to the US Pacific Island peoples about their experiences with attempts at resource extraction before thinking about deals with US administration. Territories have little rights; Puerto Rico et al still have no path to statehood. Neither will #Greenland
January 25, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I would really encourage #greenlanders to talk to the US Pacific Island peoples about their experiences with attempts at resource extraction before thinking about deals with US administration. Territories have little rights; Puerto Rico et al still have no path to statehood. Neither will #Greenland
My ancestors came to Canada via Minnesota, (Bemidji, Albert Lea). Mostly 1 generation in USA, so glad they headed for southern SK and northern AB! I recognize I am of immigrant settler stock who homesteaded on cheap land from a colonial government. What is going on in MN is sickening.
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
My ancestors came to Canada via Minnesota, (Bemidji, Albert Lea). Mostly 1 generation in USA, so glad they headed for southern SK and northern AB! I recognize I am of immigrant settler stock who homesteaded on cheap land from a colonial government. What is going on in MN is sickening.
Sometimes you wonder about your neighbours…
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Sometimes you wonder about your neighbours…
This.
I have to say, as a Canadian, I'm unabashedly proud of what the prime minister has done here. The global order that feeds all of us has been rotting from hypocrisy, and it needs to be rebuilt when the circumstances allow. Action will need to follow rhetoric, but action begins with thought & speech.
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This.
And yet these people think we should let them rule? F-em for a bunch of quislings.
Among Those Who Say To Defend Our Nation:
All: 59%
New Democrats: 78%
Liberals: 73%
Bloc Quebecois: 46%
Conservatives: 38%
All: 59%
New Democrats: 78%
Liberals: 73%
Bloc Quebecois: 46%
Conservatives: 38%
"If Canada were ever to face a situation in which the United States used military force against Canadian territory, what do you believe should be Canada primary response?"
Defend and Fight: 59%
Avoid Fighting - Make Concessions: 24%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
Defend and Fight: 59%
Avoid Fighting - Make Concessions: 24%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
And yet these people think we should let them rule? F-em for a bunch of quislings.
Currently ripping 25 yr old audio tapes of now-deceased parents and in-laws reading stories for my children for when we moved to Australia for a year. Quite a trip! Don't need AI to keep Grandma present!
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Currently ripping 25 yr old audio tapes of now-deceased parents and in-laws reading stories for my children for when we moved to Australia for a year. Quite a trip! Don't need AI to keep Grandma present!
Always worth reviewing if you’re interested in global climate, energy, supply chain trends!!
Do you like charts? Oh yes you do. I've just published hundreds of them, as I do every year. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Always worth reviewing if you’re interested in global climate, energy, supply chain trends!!
1 person in Canadian politics standing up. Please @eleanorolszewski.bsky.social - get the government off X. Never use X for distribution of information related to your emergency management portfolio. It is not trustworthy and my government should NOT be supporting it. Signed, #yeg centre voter
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
1 person in Canadian politics standing up. Please @eleanorolszewski.bsky.social - get the government off X. Never use X for distribution of information related to your emergency management portfolio. It is not trustworthy and my government should NOT be supporting it. Signed, #yeg centre voter
Finished the CoE climate survey. Focused on transportation options, cost, destination parking, etc and reduced sprawl. No safe secure bike parking at downtown destinations for customers. Make your voice heard! #yeg #yegbike
engaged.edmonton.ca/climateactio...
engaged.edmonton.ca/climateactio...
Climate Action Plan Update (2027-2030)
We invite you to learn more about the City’s climate action plan update and provide feedback on the draft action concepts.
engaged.edmonton.ca
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Finished the CoE climate survey. Focused on transportation options, cost, destination parking, etc and reduced sprawl. No safe secure bike parking at downtown destinations for customers. Make your voice heard! #yeg #yegbike
engaged.edmonton.ca/climateactio...
engaged.edmonton.ca/climateactio...
Got in my first #yegbike and skate today. Ice District has no ice, City Hall is pretty rough (needs a zamboni treatment), legislature is ok. Maybe ice way at Victoria Park tomorrow. Bike routes in decent shape, bumpy ride most places, crossing big snirt piles at intersections ok (warm weather).
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Got in my first #yegbike and skate today. Ice District has no ice, City Hall is pretty rough (needs a zamboni treatment), legislature is ok. Maybe ice way at Victoria Park tomorrow. Bike routes in decent shape, bumpy ride most places, crossing big snirt piles at intersections ok (warm weather).
#yeg #yegbike after walking and riding around NW central areas today, some notes. Most of 121 st is as good as it has been all winter, except the door death zone near Unity Square, use the sidewalk. 114 ave pretty good from 121 st to St Albert Trail. 113 st pretty good from 111 ave to 105 ave but
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM
It would be great if this was a joke. I’m not sure…
Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada
Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre was reportedly seen lighting emergency flares, in hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would "liberate" Canada in the same fashion that he has do...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
It would be great if this was a joke. I’m not sure…
Wow, I’ve never wanted to watch US news, but still.
"We're going to spend less time listening to people who are educated and informed" is certainly....a choice.
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Wow, I’ve never wanted to watch US news, but still.