A Dave you know you know
@notjustdave.bsky.social
I swear a lot, double space after a period, and use Oxford commas.
1st gen Canadian; Calgary, AB
He/him; B.Sc. Geography (geomorph, soils/biogeog, climate); Red Seal Landscaper; husband; cat dad; skier
Team Compassion
1st gen Canadian; Calgary, AB
He/him; B.Sc. Geography (geomorph, soils/biogeog, climate); Red Seal Landscaper; husband; cat dad; skier
Team Compassion
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I would like more cat pictures, please. Riddle my timeline with them.
Dogs and other pets very much welcome.
#CatSky #DogSky #FerretSky #BeardedDragonSky #SomehowDomesticatedSkunkSky
Dogs and other pets very much welcome.
#CatSky #DogSky #FerretSky #BeardedDragonSky #SomehowDomesticatedSkunkSky
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“We very rarely see research with numbers this high,” veteran pollster Janet Brown said.
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
Albertans Say Oil Companies Should Cover Well Cleanup Costs, Outstanding Debts
Albertans are nearly unanimous in wanting oil and gas companies to cover the cost of cleaning up their wells and paying their overdue taxes and land rent, a new poll shows, even as the province prepa...
www.theenergymix.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“We very rarely see research with numbers this high,” veteran pollster Janet Brown said.
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
I wonder when think tanks, pundits, etc. will see that conservative governments have no interest in affordability for consumers because that would mean limiting profits for the privatized utilities. Higher prices lead to increased dividends for shareholders. That's the point.
Electricity prices in ON have already risen 29% this year, partly tied to nuclear spending. New report from @pembina.org warns that leaning on nat gas in the short term + new nuclear in the long term will lead to the province missing low-cost opportunities in renewables. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social
Ford's nuclear push could backfire with higher bills, US gas reliance: report
A new analysis from the Pembina Institute channels the province's plans to invest heavily in nuclear, backstopped by gas, rather than developing renewable energy that it says is cheaper and not relian...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I wonder when think tanks, pundits, etc. will see that conservative governments have no interest in affordability for consumers because that would mean limiting profits for the privatized utilities. Higher prices lead to increased dividends for shareholders. That's the point.
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guys i dont think i defrosted my turkey right
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
guys i dont think i defrosted my turkey right
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And the c-suiters will look at the divisions pretending to use AI as proof that AI can do work it can't, and then force even more AI into everything, while punishing the people actually doing what they're told and using AI because their work is garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
And the c-suiters will look at the divisions pretending to use AI as proof that AI can do work it can't, and then force even more AI into everything, while punishing the people actually doing what they're told and using AI because their work is garbage.
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This is gonna be so funny.
There will be two kinds of divisions at Nvidia: ones that pretend they're using AI for everything but aren't and are therefore still putting out good work, and ones that are actually using AI for everything and are putting out garbage.
There will be two kinds of divisions at Nvidia: ones that pretend they're using AI for everything but aren't and are therefore still putting out good work, and ones that are actually using AI for everything and are putting out garbage.
... I want every task that is possible to be automated with artificial intelligence to be automated with artificial intelligence."
www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-e...
www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-e...
Nvidia CEO told employees to use AI for 'every task that is possible'
AI adoption at Nvidia is top priority, says CEO Jensen Huang in an internal meeting. He promised expanded hiring amid AI growth.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is gonna be so funny.
There will be two kinds of divisions at Nvidia: ones that pretend they're using AI for everything but aren't and are therefore still putting out good work, and ones that are actually using AI for everything and are putting out garbage.
There will be two kinds of divisions at Nvidia: ones that pretend they're using AI for everything but aren't and are therefore still putting out good work, and ones that are actually using AI for everything and are putting out garbage.
Don't get high on your own supply.
... I want every task that is possible to be automated with artificial intelligence to be automated with artificial intelligence."
www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-e...
www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-e...
Nvidia CEO told employees to use AI for 'every task that is possible'
AI adoption at Nvidia is top priority, says CEO Jensen Huang in an internal meeting. He promised expanded hiring amid AI growth.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Don't get high on your own supply.
"Gallaway said the province could shorten surgical wait times by ensuring public operating rooms are fully used and by setting up central referral lists for surgeries."
#AbLeg
#AbLeg
“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta medical leaders want more consultation after new bill unveiled featuring dual health-care system | CBC News
A new bill aimed at allowing Alberta physicians to practise in both private and public health-care systems will keep family doctors out of the private system — for now.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Gallaway said the province could shorten surgical wait times by ensuring public operating rooms are fully used and by setting up central referral lists for surgeries."
#AbLeg
#AbLeg
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“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta medical leaders want more consultation after new bill unveiled featuring dual health-care system | CBC News
A new bill aimed at allowing Alberta physicians to practise in both private and public health-care systems will keep family doctors out of the private system — for now.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
PP is the exemplar of "peaked in high school debate club."
Poilievre is trying to goad Carney into debating the jurisdiction over pipelines, and calling him “pathetic” for not doing so. #QP
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
PP is the exemplar of "peaked in high school debate club."
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We have created a device that shall be integral to your life, to the point where it will be hard to function in society without one; we would prefer these devices to break annually and for you to purchase a new one at full price. If you don't, that's called hoarding. They're a thousand dollars each.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We have created a device that shall be integral to your life, to the point where it will be hard to function in society without one; we would prefer these devices to break annually and for you to purchase a new one at full price. If you don't, that's called hoarding. They're a thousand dollars each.
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Ethnic frauds stir up so many terrible feelings in Indigenous folks, and I don't think the general public really understands this.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ethnic frauds stir up so many terrible feelings in Indigenous folks, and I don't think the general public really understands this.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
The goal of the ongoing colonial project has been the erasure of Indigenous Peoples, meaning our identity and existence has been undermined from every direction.
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like landlords are just so sad that they can't lower your rent to a liveable amount, but if we just gave them the power to evict you more easily they'd do it, bro, trust me bro they totally would
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
like landlords are just so sad that they can't lower your rent to a liveable amount, but if we just gave them the power to evict you more easily they'd do it, bro, trust me bro they totally would
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Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
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The irony of a political party that has always says it is based on the grassroots complaining about a grassroots campaign
against it.
#ableg #abpoli
against it.
#ableg #abpoli
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 7:57 PM
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
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Not one of these MLAs spoke out against the recall petition against Gondek and their own rules say nothing about reasons. They’re getting what they asked for.
Elections Alberta seems ok with the recall reasons. I will canvass for the CIP about the CPP when that’s available.
#abpoli #UCP
Elections Alberta seems ok with the recall reasons. I will canvass for the CIP about the CPP when that’s available.
#abpoli #UCP
Nine of Alberta Premier Smith's UCP legislature members facing recall petitions — The Canadian Press
Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus are
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November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"After months of work, the Alberta government’s 25-person Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team has submitted a seven-recommendation final report to the government.
The Class Size and Complexity Cabinet Committee, created in early November this year"
Don't you mean MONTH of work? #AbLeg
The Class Size and Complexity Cabinet Committee, created in early November this year"
Don't you mean MONTH of work? #AbLeg
BEYOND LOCAL: Government to take provincial findings into account when addressing classroom complexity
Government to take provincial findings into account when addressing classroom complexity
Recommendations include developing class size criteria, hiring additional teachers and educational assistants, and coordinating and communicating across ministries.
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"After months of work, the Alberta government’s 25-person Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team has submitted a seven-recommendation final report to the government.
The Class Size and Complexity Cabinet Committee, created in early November this year"
Don't you mean MONTH of work? #AbLeg
The Class Size and Complexity Cabinet Committee, created in early November this year"
Don't you mean MONTH of work? #AbLeg
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Danielle Smith at a recent press conference: “This is not just a question of Alberta’s energy. It is a global, moral imperative.”
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Danielle Smith at a recent press conference: “This is not just a question of Alberta’s energy. It is a global, moral imperative.”
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
I think I just dislocated an eyeball. 🙄
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At what point do these people start to understand that a handful of billionaires getting richer doesn't mean an economy is moving forwards?
Nobody can afford anything, and the average person is either underpaid or unemployed.
This is not sustainable and -will- collapse.
Nobody can afford anything, and the average person is either underpaid or unemployed.
This is not sustainable and -will- collapse.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
At what point do these people start to understand that a handful of billionaires getting richer doesn't mean an economy is moving forwards?
Nobody can afford anything, and the average person is either underpaid or unemployed.
This is not sustainable and -will- collapse.
Nobody can afford anything, and the average person is either underpaid or unemployed.
This is not sustainable and -will- collapse.
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Universal Healthcare means one high-quality system for everyone, regardless of income.
Two-tier means two systems: faster care for people who can pay, slower (and less accessible) care for those who can't.
Danielle Smith effectively switched Alberta to Two-Tier yesterday.
NoTwoTier.ca #ableg
Two-tier means two systems: faster care for people who can pay, slower (and less accessible) care for those who can't.
Danielle Smith effectively switched Alberta to Two-Tier yesterday.
NoTwoTier.ca #ableg
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Universal Healthcare means one high-quality system for everyone, regardless of income.
Two-tier means two systems: faster care for people who can pay, slower (and less accessible) care for those who can't.
Danielle Smith effectively switched Alberta to Two-Tier yesterday.
NoTwoTier.ca #ableg
Two-tier means two systems: faster care for people who can pay, slower (and less accessible) care for those who can't.
Danielle Smith effectively switched Alberta to Two-Tier yesterday.
NoTwoTier.ca #ableg
"...we’re operating under changes to both voter recall and citizen initiative that came into effect only four months ago. The only reason to rush through any changes is self-preservation."
"Hypocritical and Self-serving" is the UCP's 2027 campaign slogan.
#AbLeg
"Hypocritical and Self-serving" is the UCP's 2027 campaign slogan.
#AbLeg
Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"...we’re operating under changes to both voter recall and citizen initiative that came into effect only four months ago. The only reason to rush through any changes is self-preservation."
"Hypocritical and Self-serving" is the UCP's 2027 campaign slogan.
#AbLeg
"Hypocritical and Self-serving" is the UCP's 2027 campaign slogan.
#AbLeg
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I would absolutely believe it. If the @thetyee.ca & @kehyslop.bsky.social still had remaining bandwidth they could ask similar questions about the school resource officer (SRO) program in Calgary schools under the Calgary Police Service.
When many, many questions are asked they would find:
1/
When many, many questions are asked they would find:
1/
You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
We Finally Have Some Info on School Liaison Officer Training | The Tyee
After two years of FOI requests and complaints, the Vancouver police finally let The Tyee review some training modules.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I would absolutely believe it. If the @thetyee.ca & @kehyslop.bsky.social still had remaining bandwidth they could ask similar questions about the school resource officer (SRO) program in Calgary schools under the Calgary Police Service.
When many, many questions are asked they would find:
1/
When many, many questions are asked they would find:
1/