Ned
neddog.bsky.social
Ned
@neddog.bsky.social
Commercial and portrait photographer in Edmonton, Canada. See https://cyclopsphoto.com
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And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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A Wakefield man was kidnapped five months ago.

His wife paid his bond, the government took her money, but he is still being held in a Texas concentration camp.

This is not immigration enforcement. The courts are moving slowly, when they intervene at all.

Congress has a duty to stop these horrors.
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Oil & gas will likely be highly automated, which makes it less competitive.

There are great reasons to keep it in the ground.

#Design #CdnPoli #AbLeg #Climate #KeepItInTheGround
"Alberta’s oil and gas industry cut about 10,000 jobs last year, but economists say it may not be a terrible thing." - That's because more production (& less jobs) means more profits for shareholders. Attention Alberta workers: Oil & gas doesn't ❤️ you back. edmontonjournal.com/business/ene... #ABLeg
Alberta's oilpatch cut 10,000 jobs last year — even as production soared
The province produced about 122 million barrels of oil in 2011. Last year, Alberta produced nearly 1.4 billion barrels of oil by November.
edmontonjournal.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Canadian Rights and Freedoms WITHSTANDING, even in Alberta.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #fascism
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Is America Great Yet?

#uspol #recession
February 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Oh, I just realized you said Girl Scouts. We have Girl Guides here, and Scouts are now unisex.
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I love the chocolate mint cookies myself, but when my girls go out selling people usually ask for the classic vanilla/chocolate combo cookies. I guess it's a nostalgia thing.
We alternate every season though, so they don't actually get a choice. Mint in the fall, and vanilla/chocolate in the spring.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
"The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files we discovered that contained horrifying allegations against Donald Trump.

But we saved it." 👉

www.meidasplus.com/p/doj-just-d...

#uspol #epstein
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.

We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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The comms rep just had no ability to comprehend that AI takes in the information that already exists in the world and repackages it. Our reporting had yet to be published and therefore wasn't out in the world hadn't been ingested by any chatbot.

And they just... believed the chatbot.
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.

I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.

We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.

Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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We kissed the American middle class goodbye when we believed the lie that we’re ALL better off when the RICH get richer and the POOR get poorer.

What if more companies and corporations (including newspapers), were cooperatively owned by the employees…
February 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I think it's wild that you just go to sleep and dream. No catalog, no prompts... what if you don't even know what to dream?
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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UPDATE:

In an unsettling twist, the Alberta Ethics Commissioner Shawn McLeod has refused to investigate the potential conflicts of interest of Mr. David Yager.
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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All bike infrastructure is car infrastructure.

If we built cities and places for people, instead of cars driving by, we wouldn't need expensive infrastructure to protect us.
“What sometimes seems like millions being spent on bikes is actually millions being spent to avoid impacts to vehicle traffic.”

Even though I am still learning about bike infrastructure, I say a version of this line to people who complain to me about bike lanes.
My Council Update from last week's meeting: Lakes, Bike Network modifications, a One-HRM Membership for Parks and Rec, and regulating ride share companies. Read it here: samaustin.ca/council-upda...
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
You do not get to stop your truck across the crosswalk with humans trying to walk across it, just because you prefer the view from there.

#yeg #abpoli #urbanism #yegbike
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
If blood be the price for your cursed wealth, good God, we've paid it in full!

#solidarity
February 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

#abpoli #cdnpoli #uspol #revolution
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Bay Street Bankers:
"If you let us keep 100% of the wealth you generated, and never ask for even 1% of it back to pay for the operation of the society which generates it, then the excess money sitting in our private portfolio will eventually become a benefit to society! Why don't you all get that?"
Avi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street if it’s time for a wealth tax
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Seriously, what fresh hell is this?

#uspol #fascism
January 30, 2026 at 5:08 AM
From the CBC:
After the U.S. State Department confirmed that Alberta separatists met with the Trump administration, Carney said he expected the United States to always "respect Canadian sovereignty."

#abpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli #never51 #elbowsup #Greenland #venezuela #yeg #yyc
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Alberta Separatists are trying to sell Alberta to the US, while Trump makes threats to annex Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela.

x.com/JeffreyRWRat...

#abpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli #never51 #elbowsup #Greenland #venezuela #yeg #yyc
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 11:07 PM