PhDork
@phdork.bsky.social
Educator—climate, poetry, theory, cannibals, zombies. b.326ppm.
Here to find reliable public health information.
Whippet lover, hack musician, amateur woodworker, wannabe surfer.
Here to find reliable public health information.
Whippet lover, hack musician, amateur woodworker, wannabe surfer.
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The right only cares (or pretends to care) about wildlife when they can use it to kill renewable energy projects.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The right only cares (or pretends to care) about wildlife when they can use it to kill renewable energy projects.
So, if Costco successfully sues the US government and gets a tariff refund, do they turn around and refund consumers because of higher prices? What is a business to do with such a windfall?
Or, do they just cover their own “losses.”I don’t see how this will end well for people.
#costco #tariff
Or, do they just cover their own “losses.”I don’t see how this will end well for people.
#costco #tariff
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Local area rage farmer experiences massive crop losses due to face-eating leopards.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Local area rage farmer experiences massive crop losses due to face-eating leopards.
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As we await the pipeline MOU, a reminder that Alberta has 12% of Canada’s population and
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As we await the pipeline MOU, a reminder that Alberta has 12% of Canada’s population and
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
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When we spoke in 2020, Alice Wong wondered if a million Covid deaths would drive Americans to care.
By 2022, a million Americans had died of Covid.
To read the full transcript of this interview, visit tinyurl.com/5ez375t9
By 2022, a million Americans had died of Covid.
To read the full transcript of this interview, visit tinyurl.com/5ez375t9
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
When we spoke in 2020, Alice Wong wondered if a million Covid deaths would drive Americans to care.
By 2022, a million Americans had died of Covid.
To read the full transcript of this interview, visit tinyurl.com/5ez375t9
By 2022, a million Americans had died of Covid.
To read the full transcript of this interview, visit tinyurl.com/5ez375t9
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to dozens of current and former hospital staff. This is a cautionary tale for healthcare providers about AI and patient privacy, watchdog says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
UCP = Underfund Collapse Privatize
How is that healthcare doing, Alberta?
Ready to turf Dani Disaster?
#ucp #alberta #healthcare
How is that healthcare doing, Alberta?
Ready to turf Dani Disaster?
#ucp #alberta #healthcare
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
UCP = Underfund Collapse Privatize
How is that healthcare doing, Alberta?
Ready to turf Dani Disaster?
#ucp #alberta #healthcare
How is that healthcare doing, Alberta?
Ready to turf Dani Disaster?
#ucp #alberta #healthcare
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IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
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I used to wonder
if people would take this virus
seriously again
if evidence emerged
that it increases the risk
of heart attack and stroke,
but now that researchers
have found just that
I find myself wondering
what more it will take.
if people would take this virus
seriously again
if evidence emerged
that it increases the risk
of heart attack and stroke,
but now that researchers
have found just that
I find myself wondering
what more it will take.
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I used to wonder
if people would take this virus
seriously again
if evidence emerged
that it increases the risk
of heart attack and stroke,
but now that researchers
have found just that
I find myself wondering
what more it will take.
if people would take this virus
seriously again
if evidence emerged
that it increases the risk
of heart attack and stroke,
but now that researchers
have found just that
I find myself wondering
what more it will take.
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Large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free
“Quebec and Alberta are the only provinces charging for the COVID-19 vaccine, which has been universally free since the pandemic.”
“Quebec and Alberta are the only provinces charging for the COVID-19 vaccine, which has been universally free since the pandemic.”
Large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free
A large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free. Alberta and Quebec have begun charging for the vaccine.
cultmtl.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free
“Quebec and Alberta are the only provinces charging for the COVID-19 vaccine, which has been universally free since the pandemic.”
“Quebec and Alberta are the only provinces charging for the COVID-19 vaccine, which has been universally free since the pandemic.”
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“This first use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in an act of the Alberta legislature is a stain upon your record & undercuts the credibility of the many calls you have made for all levels of government to respect the rights of citizens.”
ATA to Smith today.
#abpoli
ATA to Smith today.
#abpoli
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“This first use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in an act of the Alberta legislature is a stain upon your record & undercuts the credibility of the many calls you have made for all levels of government to respect the rights of citizens.”
ATA to Smith today.
#abpoli
ATA to Smith today.
#abpoli
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Not even hiding the blatant entitlement anymore.
The Premier's Office continues to remove all checks and balances on its power.
The courts, the legislature, the Auditor General, independent agencies, the federal government, voters and candidates they don't like...
This is getting ridiculous.
The Premier's Office continues to remove all checks and balances on its power.
The courts, the legislature, the Auditor General, independent agencies, the federal government, voters and candidates they don't like...
This is getting ridiculous.
UCP members vote in committee to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, forcing rush to complete health procurement report. He isn't sure he can finish before a newbie takes over. Column
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
Braid: UCP dumps auditor general as he races to finish health scandal report
A UCP committee votes to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, the key person investigating the health contract scandal, writes Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Not even hiding the blatant entitlement anymore.
The Premier's Office continues to remove all checks and balances on its power.
The courts, the legislature, the Auditor General, independent agencies, the federal government, voters and candidates they don't like...
This is getting ridiculous.
The Premier's Office continues to remove all checks and balances on its power.
The courts, the legislature, the Auditor General, independent agencies, the federal government, voters and candidates they don't like...
This is getting ridiculous.
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The UCP attack on teachers gets worse, as more details emerge.
Two things heard today:
1. Schools have been told to take teacher attendance and report it to the government every single day.
(Smith is MIA, but that’s different)
2. Teachers are only paid for about 200 contracted days per year (1/3)
Two things heard today:
1. Schools have been told to take teacher attendance and report it to the government every single day.
(Smith is MIA, but that’s different)
2. Teachers are only paid for about 200 contracted days per year (1/3)
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The UCP attack on teachers gets worse, as more details emerge.
Two things heard today:
1. Schools have been told to take teacher attendance and report it to the government every single day.
(Smith is MIA, but that’s different)
2. Teachers are only paid for about 200 contracted days per year (1/3)
Two things heard today:
1. Schools have been told to take teacher attendance and report it to the government every single day.
(Smith is MIA, but that’s different)
2. Teachers are only paid for about 200 contracted days per year (1/3)
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Looking ahead to next week and the prospect that the UCP will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the teachers' strike...
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Looking ahead to next week and the prospect that the UCP will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the teachers' strike...
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
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This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
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The UCP quietly released the 3rd party report into CorruptCare on Friday afternoon, hoping it would get buried in news around the ATA strike and municipal elections.
Here's a reminder: Judge Wyant was given very narrow scope. The scandal involves wider political interference beyond policies.
Here's a reminder: Judge Wyant was given very narrow scope. The scandal involves wider political interference beyond policies.
October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The UCP quietly released the 3rd party report into CorruptCare on Friday afternoon, hoping it would get buried in news around the ATA strike and municipal elections.
Here's a reminder: Judge Wyant was given very narrow scope. The scandal involves wider political interference beyond policies.
Here's a reminder: Judge Wyant was given very narrow scope. The scandal involves wider political interference beyond policies.
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Got off the plane and walked into a drug store in Ottawa and got my COVID vaccine in under 5 minutes. No line up. No appointment. No cost.
Was even asked if I wanted Moderna or Pfizer.
It’s unconscionable that we can’t get this same level of service in Alberta.
Was even asked if I wanted Moderna or Pfizer.
It’s unconscionable that we can’t get this same level of service in Alberta.
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Got off the plane and walked into a drug store in Ottawa and got my COVID vaccine in under 5 minutes. No line up. No appointment. No cost.
Was even asked if I wanted Moderna or Pfizer.
It’s unconscionable that we can’t get this same level of service in Alberta.
Was even asked if I wanted Moderna or Pfizer.
It’s unconscionable that we can’t get this same level of service in Alberta.
UCP = Underfund Collapse Privatize
Enjoy your COVID shots while you can get ‘em.
We are paying for them now. With manufactured scarcity, the cost will increase.
This is awful.
#alberta #ucp #healthcare
Enjoy your COVID shots while you can get ‘em.
We are paying for them now. With manufactured scarcity, the cost will increase.
This is awful.
#alberta #ucp #healthcare
October 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
UCP = Underfund Collapse Privatize
Enjoy your COVID shots while you can get ‘em.
We are paying for them now. With manufactured scarcity, the cost will increase.
This is awful.
#alberta #ucp #healthcare
Enjoy your COVID shots while you can get ‘em.
We are paying for them now. With manufactured scarcity, the cost will increase.
This is awful.
#alberta #ucp #healthcare
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If you do not order your COVID or FLU vaccines in Alberta by December 15,2025 for the 2026-2027 season you can not get a vaccine. This is proof that #UCP does not want anyone getting vaccinated. Danielle Smith #Antivax supporter.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If you do not order your COVID or FLU vaccines in Alberta by December 15,2025 for the 2026-2027 season you can not get a vaccine. This is proof that #UCP does not want anyone getting vaccinated. Danielle Smith #Antivax supporter.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...