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Michael Dell
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Not that billionaire. Retired librarian. Fly fisher. Custom fly tyer.
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bcreality.bsky.social
The choice is pretty damn clear!
#cdnpoli
Mark Carney resume vs Pierre Poilievre
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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emilyoram.bsky.social
This is a beautiful tribute.
kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision. What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
So anyways…

The TBA folks are boosting this poll…

Sure would be a shame if you voted in it…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.westernwheel.ca/polls/do-you...
Do you agree with Premier Smith's approach with Donald Trump?
Click to vote!
www.westernwheel.ca
January 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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woodward.ca
It's been zero days since we've been ashamed of our joke of a premier here in Alberta.
January 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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It’s 2025 and John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave, but Luigi marches on! albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/its-...
It’s 2025 and John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave, but Luigi marches on! - Alberta Politics
Happy New Year, I guess. This year may not turn out to be much better than the last one, but I do have a question for the first day of 2025:  What happens to our Canadian public health care system if ...
albertapolitics.ca
January 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Despite the optimism of its spokespeople, big Trump tariffs would spell a bleak future for Alberta’s beef industry. albertapolitics.ca/2024/12/desp...
Despite the optimism of its spokespeople, big Trump tariffs would spell a bleak future for Alberta’s beef industry - Alberta Politics
Despite a few squawks about the potential impact of Donald Trump’s promised 25-per-cent tariff on All Things Canadian, at least in its public statements Alberta’s cattle industry has been surprisingly...
albertapolitics.ca
December 30, 2024 at 7:54 AM
michaelkdell.bsky.social
Putin will eventually fall out of a window and be replaced by someone worse. You heard it here first.
December 28, 2024 at 10:22 PM
michaelkdell.bsky.social
All these followers and I just don't know where they are coming from?
December 28, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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jurious.bsky.social
I love Tumblr because things like this, Ursula K Le Guin's takedown of Watership Down, come on my dash and it's incredible and eye-opening and I am so angry at myself for not having the critical thinking skills to even have noticed this before...
Image of a block of text from Ursula K Le Guin's "Cheek by Jowl" in which she writes about Watership Down.
December 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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thetyee.ca
Andrew Nikiforuk: The Alberta government gave its citizens an Australian sack of “modern” coal for Christmas, as well as a load of misinformation accompanied by a mountain of disingenuousness. 🏔 #abpoli
Alberta Surrenders to the Australian Coal Lobby | The Tyee
Smith’s government dumps a load of denial and new risks just before Christmas.
thetyee.ca
December 23, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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pastelowl.leftis.best
Jordan Peterson appearance in Detective Comics
December 22, 2024 at 3:29 AM
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djclimenhaga.bsky.social
Chief Actuary’s report on UCP plan to raid Canada Pension Plan fund: Forget about getting 53% albertapolitics.ca/2024/12/chie...
Chief Actuary’s report on UCP plan to raid Canada Pension Plan fund: Forget about getting 53% - Alberta Politics
Let’s cut right to the chase: What the analysis made public yesterday by the Chief Actuary of Canada shows is that if Alberta were to split from the Canada Pension Plan it would only be entitled to 20...
albertapolitics.ca
December 21, 2024 at 7:03 AM
michaelkdell.bsky.social
It seems easy to trigger the orange one.
sethabramson.bsky.social Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Dec 20
CNN confirmed on-air just now that top Trump aides are furiously calling journalists to insist that Elon Musk has been following the orders of Trump rather than the other way around. As predicted, Trump is horrified and enraged at the idea that Musk is now seen as the President of the United States.
December 21, 2024 at 7:08 AM
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Many people are saying it. #PresidentMusk #VPTrump
December 20, 2024 at 5:48 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
If this is announcing that the UCP are handing over Alberta’s foothills and Southern Alberta’s water supply to the richest person in Australia…

Make Christmas conversation lit this year.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
cgriwkowsky.bsky.social Catherine Griwkowsky @cgriwkowsky.bsky.social · Dec 19
Will the government ensure every Alberta child gets a lump of coal in their stocking? Tune in for a pre-Christmas announcement at 9 a.m. on a Friday to find out! #ABleg #ABpoli
Major resource sector policy announcement December 19, 2024 Media inquiries Minister of Energy and Minerals Brian Jean and Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz will share information on the future of coal mining in the foothills of Alberta.
December 20, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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crzyfkinworld.bsky.social
On average, there are 56 homicides committed per day in the US. Most of the victims are not multimillionaires. Most of the cases don't make worldwide news. Most don't involve the FBI, nor a $60,000 reward. How we dedicate our collective attention to the life of a 1% says a lot about equality under the law. There isn't.
December 8, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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nome.bsky.social
Anyone with a single billion dollars is sitting on as much money as three people could spend living in ridiculous luxury and extravagance for a century.

In a world where people die of preventable causes from poverty, it's no different than hoarding food in a famine or medicine during a plague.
December 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
michaelkdell.bsky.social
Attention new followers: I don't know why you followed me. I am not that billionaire. I had the name first. If you continue I warn you to expect irregular posts on Alberta and Canadian politics. And some back and forth with people I know. And occasional bits of schadenfreude. Unfollow if you wish.
December 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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3r1ng.bsky.social
After he tweeted about Twitter bots I realized Elon did not understand how Twitter bots work. I’ve since realized that Elon does not understand how *anything* works.
masnick.com Mike Masnick @masnick.com · Dec 4
Just how does Elon think the ACLU is "funded" in the first place?
Elon Musk tweet: "Defund the ACLU"
December 5, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Saying it again for the cheap seats.

Supporting Alberta does not mean supporting Smith’s agenda.

Danielle Smith and her regressive agenda is not Alberta.

It’s just Smith, a bunch of bigots and the companies they serve.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Bell: Smith tells Nenshi, it's Alberta or Trudeau and you chose Trudeau
Premier Smith tells NDP's Nenshi he could choose between Alberta and Trudeau and he chose Trudeau after NDP voted No on the sovereignty act
calgaryherald.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:01 AM
michaelkdell.bsky.social
I am simultaneously trying to chat with Shaw/Rogers about my email which won't connect and with Telus about my landline which has no dial. First world problems.
December 3, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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As of today, cougars can be hunted on the Alberta side of Cypress Hills Provincial Park. It's just the latest expansion of hunting under Todd Loewen, minister of parks and forestry — an avid hunter whose family runs a outfitting company. #ableg
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-coug...
Alberta quietly opens cougar hunting in provincial park | The Narwhal
Critics say the latest move to expand hunting came with little to no rationale or consultation
thenarwhal.ca
December 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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caulfieldtim.bsky.social
Rage & lies win. Sigh.

Study: Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

- "misinformation sources evoke more outrage than do trustworthy sources"
- outrage facilitates spread of misinformation
- more willing to share rage misinfo"without reading it first"
November 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM
michaelkdell.bsky.social
I saw a quote, attributed to Camille Paglia, which went something like "the world is littered with the ruins of empires who thought they were eternal." So in the parallel with Rome, who is the equivalent to 45/47? Caligula? Nero?
November 28, 2024 at 8:09 PM