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Ned
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Commercial and portrait photographer in Edmonton, Canada. See https://cyclopsphoto.com
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neddog.bsky.social
Sounds like Alberta...
No rural doctors, still voting Conservative.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
#BritishColumbia
U.S. regulator issues safety warning for e-bike brand’s batteries, which are also sold in B.C.

Rad Power Bikes disputes the characterization of some of its batteries as defective or unsafe

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
U.S. regulator issues safety warning for e-bike brand’s batteries, which are also sold in B.C. | CBC News
A safety warning has been issued for batteries used in a popular e-bike brand, which is sold in British Columbia.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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vocame.bsky.social
Pack of 24 boxes of tissues fits perfectly 🙌 (we took two bikes so I could add this since it was on sale 😆)
The rear end of a compact long tail cargo e-bike. It had a seat with a back rest and separate handlebars that wrap towards the back. Nestled between them is a pack of 24 boxes of tissues. (There’s a pannier on the bike too, clearly stuffed with groceries, and a second bike visible in the background).
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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gander22h.bsky.social
"What is being billed as the world’s largest aircraft made a lengthy appearance last week as LTA Research took its electrically powered rigid airship out for a few loops around the San Francisco Bay area."

avbrief.com/airship-show...

#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #airship
Airship Shows Off For San Francisco - AvBrief.com
LTA Research aircraft is more than 400 feet long
avbrief.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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economymedicine.bsky.social
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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andrewctenor.bsky.social
Can we get this in Halifax please #BikeHfx
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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tindizzy.bsky.social
Yep. Never felt more betrayed by and suspicious of the political establishment in this country as when they allowed one of the best PMs our country has ever had to be forced to resign over absolutely nothing. NOTHING – no scandal, no envelopes full of cash… And that’s when I knew we were fucked.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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tindizzy.bsky.social
Yeah. I did, too.
mpavictoria.bsky.social Cowboy “Who Keeps the Metric System Down” Socialist @mpavictoria.bsky.social · 1d
I told you all we were gonna miss Trudeau
stevenchase.bsky.social Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 1d
Canada to announce uranium export deal with India in further sign of warming relations

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
neddog.bsky.social
In the war against public spending, infrastructure, services, and supports, we are ALL the "undesirables".

#abpoli #cdnpoli #urbanism
Hannah @theeyecollector Has anyone else noticed how successive governments’ wars on teenagers, homeless people and other “undesirables” have left us with basically zero public seating Posted in r/ehlersdanlos reddit
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
neddog.bsky.social
Birds are people too.
(If birds are even real, that is.)
Monday, Nov 24, 2025 2:33 PM Garage Camera Camera-triggered (Person) Image shows a video still of a bluejay on the garage door, highlighted in orange.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
neddog.bsky.social
So what is the UCP calling trans folks today? They've been promoted from "human feces" to "castrated livestock".

Great job sounding a bit more progressive, UCP! /s

I guess the point is to stick so low to the bottom that you can never get worse.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #transrights #humanrights #lgbtqia
Video still on the left shows a smug MLA Shane Getson in the Alberta legislature on the Second Reading of Bill 9, "Protectingg Alberta's Children Statues Amendment Act, 2025" On the right, the headline under Edmonton Watch reads, "Alberta MLA compares gender-affirming surgery to livestock castration". The following text reads, "The Alberta NDP is demanding an apology from UCP MLA Shane Getson after he compared gender-affirming surgery to livestock castration in legislature earlier this week." Lacombe-Ponoka candidate Jennifer Johnson was speaking at a forum last September about the public school system versus homeschooling. In the recording, Johnson can be heard saying Alberta's high test scores don’t matter because some students are transgender. “It does not matter that we're in the top three per cent of the world. Who cares if they got 89 per cent in Chemistry 30? Who cares that they're entering post- secondary — if they're chemically castrated?” she said in the recording. Johnson went on to compare a handful of transgender students in the school system to mixing a teaspoon of feces into a batch of baked goods. “Enjoy (the cookies), | only put a teaspoon of poop in them, but it doesn't matter because it's only a teaspoon in the whole batch,” she is heard saying. “Same idea — we can be top three per cent, but that little bit of poop is what wrecks it.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
neddog.bsky.social
Carney's government says preemptive use of the clause, before courts can review a law, undermines the Charter.

"We are going to stand ardently in defence of the Charter and the rule of law, and thankfully it will be the court and not a federal or provincial government who will make the decisions."
Justice minister rules out withdrawing legal submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Justice Minister Sean Fraser rejected calls from five premiers for Ottawa to withdraw its legal argument calling for limits on the use of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
What a disgrace.
Trump comes on as the tough guy gangster and nobody believes him.
The United States is no longer a nation anyone can put trust in.
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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ocanannain.bsky.social
Every day Jasmine Crockett goes to work serving the people, she is risking her life. Black, woman, Democrat, opposed to Trump ... she's at risk every minute of the day.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
neddog.bsky.social
They bargained until 11pm every night, then finally had a response from the employer with 1 minute on the timer! Now we have yet to see if the membership will ratify the new agreement.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #Solidarity #union #healthcare #strike
Live press conference at AUPE headquarters with 00:01:00 left on the timer before strike, newly-elected AUPE President Sandra Azocar at the lectern.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
neddog.bsky.social
There is Power in a Union!

#abpoli #cdnpoli #Solidarity #union #healthcare #strike
Janis Irwin is at Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton. Tentative deal reached! 🤝 I arrived on the picket line in support of incredible AUPE nursing care workers bright and early this morning, just in time to hear that their strike is over just after it started! They’re LPNs, they’re healthcare aides, and they do critical work for us all. So proud of the courage of all these workers in fighting for a fair deal! Today and every day we stand with healthcare workers! ❤️✊
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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aupe.org
AHS blinks! We have a tentative agreement – please return to work

AUPE members have set a new standard in health care and the labour movement.

https://aupe.org/news/news-and-updates/ahs-blinks-we-have-tentative-agreement-please-return-work
AHS blinks! We have a tentative agreement – please return to work
Bargaining update for Locals 041, 043, 044, 045, and 046, Alberta Health Services Nursing Care
aupe.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
neddog.bsky.social
The largest (legal) Essential Services strike in Alberta history has been averted, and an agreement has been met!

There is power when people unite!

There will be a press conference at 11am, livestreamed from the AUPE facebook page! You should be able to find it at the link below.

#abpoli #cdnpoli
AUPE - Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
www.facebook.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
neddog.bsky.social
Today Alberta Health Services nursing care goes on strike across the province. Here are the facts:

#abpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #strike #Solidarity #union
WHO ARE WE? We are more than 15,000 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Health Care Aides (HCAs), rehabilitation care workers, mental health aides, psychiatric aides, physiotherapy assistants, operating room technicians, and orthopedic technicians. We are the hearts and hands of your public health care system. We are front-line workers who provide hands-on care for your loved ones every day. We are members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE). WHY ARE WE ON STRIKE? Poor working conditions impact patient care, and we knew it was time to fight for public health care. We have spent more than 20 months negotiating with AHS to fix the issues we face and that have created a crisis in care. These issues include: Staffing shortages that put care at risk... Longer waits, overworked staff, and burnout. We are fighting for safe staffing levels so patients get the care they deserve. Recruitment and retention crisis... The cost of living is too high, and our wages have not kept up. Many nursing care staff work full-time, but still struggle to pay our bills. Poor wages and working conditions make it difficult to hire new nurses and aides to fix the staffing shortage. WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? • Fair wages. • Safe workloads. • Respect for the critical work we do. These standards will help ensure that our hospitals and other care facilities are safe, functional, and able to provide the care you and your loved ones rely on.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
neddog.bsky.social
A must read.

#yegbike #abpoli #urbanism #yeg
Edmonton Just Passed 31 Traffic Deaths This Year. We Are Not Okay With This.
Ten years after adopting Vision Zero, the curve is bending the wrong way.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
neddog.bsky.social
Oh wow, it's already here! :o

#wicked2
Movie poster for second Wicked movie which reads: You will be changed Wicked for good November 21 The image shows Glinda floating in a bubble wearing a puffy dress and tall tiara, reaching towards Elphaba in a black dress and pointed hat, riding a broomstick.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
neddog.bsky.social
Not sure the cause, but all the traffic lights in the west end are out along 95 Ave all the way to 170 St, and some other corridors like 98A Ave right up to 178 St.

Kind of scary, but to be honest Edmontonians drive better in these situations (employing some degree of caution) than they usually do.
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
neddog.bsky.social
This is how you lead and represent.

www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cbt...

#abpoli #transrights #transgenderdayofremembrance
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
neddog.bsky.social
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, honoring the memory of trans folk whose lives were lost in acts of anti-trans violence, following Transgender Awareness Week since the 13th.

2 days ago the UCP stripped trans youth of their Canadian Charter rights in order to pass 3 hateful anti-trans bills.
An illustration of a row of lit candles in trans colours followed by the words, "Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20", also in trans colours.
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM