Seán Sabraw
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Seán Sabraw
@seansabraw.bsky.social
Calgary musician, guitar/drum teacher.

Think Globally, Act Locally

Banner pic is inside Apple Studios from the movie Get Back, from l to r:  Billy Preston, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, George Harrison.

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Dale Getty was busted trafficking cocaine.

Happy Family Day Alberta!
#AbLeg #abpoli
February 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Druvers don't stop for pedestrians, they speed, don't signal, are distracted and enforcement by @calgarypolice.bsky.social and @edmontonpolice.bsky.social is not up to the task. Don't ask for more officers, just do your job and charge drivers.
#yyccc #yegcc

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
‘An absolute tragedy’: Toddler killed in southwest Calgary crash
Calgary police say a toddler was killed in a crash that happened in a southwest intersection.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
He didn't have to say a word to stir emotion in you.

#RobertDuvall
February 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Taking advice from columnists who don't battle authoritarianism in the streets seems.... irresponsible.
February 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Lowell Green was a racist demagogue who used his CFRA radio show as a soapbox to rant about immigrants and target racialized communities in Ottawa
February 16, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Display an album important to you when you were 19
February 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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As we continue to grieve the pain and loss caused by violence in Tumbler Ridge, we are reminded that tragedy should never be used to justify hate.

We condemn attempts to target trans and gender‑diverse people, and we will not let fear divide our communities.
February 15, 2026 at 9:24 AM
How much corruption do you really want to fund?
February 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Crybaby Separatist seems to think Edmonton is the north and that he wasn’t an essentialist and racist until 2025. Always the last to know. Travel a little, read a bit, blame and bleat less.
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Someone once said that we as a species deserve hornets not dogs and truer words were never spoken.
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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This. Thank you @justinling.ca.

Coincidentally, I'm in day 2 of a course in suicide intervention. I registered for this course 4 weeks ago, because I needed to be able to provide 'suicide first aid', just like I'm able to do conventional first aid.

It's a choice.

alberta.cmha.ca/find-info/su...
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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As part of the last master agreement, govt and AMA came up with a plan for how these alternative relationship plans were supposed to be negotiated. And the AMA says the government is not following that plan. Meanwhile, the 4 year master agreement with docs expires March 31. #AbLeg
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Where are the triage liaison physicians the government announced would help overtaxed ERs starting Feb. 1? The AB govt and health authorities won’t say if any are working. I asked 7 times in two weeks.

#AbLeg #AbHealth
Alberta government won't say if promised new triage emergency doctors are on the job | CBC News
Nearly a month after Alberta’s hospitals minister said emergency room doctors would “immediately” be working to triage patients in overcrowded waiting rooms, the province and its health agencies will ...
www.cbc.ca
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Very much appreciate @thetyee.ca taking the time to compile this explainer looking at AI policies in Canadian newsrooms

Also glad to see @pressprogress.ca's AI policy cited in this round-up – don't worry, only humans create our editorial content:

thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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And here's where you can listen to the whole song, Shoes of a Man from the 1998 recording From Where I Stand -- goodness, I do sound young 😊 !
Shoes of a Man by Maria Dunn 🇨🇦
"This song was inspired by the life of Michael George Arbuckle (1898-1988), a Glasgow man. Like many of his generation, he fought in WWI. In the thirties and forties, he took part in labour and…
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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30 years ago this week, I started writing this song—Shoes of a Man. Inspired by my grandfather's life, it has been a mainstay over the years, and folks still tell me that it is a meaningful song for them.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Quote: "The City of Calgary does, however, allow the use of AI in the workplace. Microsoft 365’s Co-Pilot has been reviewed for its impact and has been approved for use by City of Calgary employees."

There are more artificial intelligence tools to consider than just ChatGPT. Facial recognition?
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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In the run-up to the last Alberta election, an Edmonton Journal columnist gave the major parties an "F" on their healthcare policies, saying they should turn to the ideas of Dr. Peter Attia instead.

"Will the UCP or NDP take up the challenge of turning Attia’s Medicine 3.0 into systemic change?"
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The Alberta government appears to be secretly building drug jails beyond the two announced in Calgary and Edmonton.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
Alberta government hiding additional drug jail plans
Newly obtained documents reveal a hidden plan to build a drug jail in Grande Prairie, raising questions about how many additional facilities are in the works.
drugdatadecoded.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Hidy and Howdy were the mascots for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Considered to be two of the most successful Olympic mascots in history, they were seen everywhere in the years leading up to the Games.
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The Olympic Mascots Hidy and Howdy
YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx
youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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France's Surya Bonaly performed an illegal backflip at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano deliberately. Like trailblazing Black women before her & with incredible athleticism, she landed on one skate blade. Why? Quote: "... if she wasn't going to medal she could at least make history". Say her name. ⛸️✊🏾
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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The latest from me:
“Emails obtained by CBC through an access to information request show that Flanagan’s newspaper letter was sent by the university’s government relations department to staff at the Ministry of Advanced Education before it was published.” By @emilyawilliams52.bsky.social #AbPSE #AbLeg
U of A looks to remove EDI from hiring policy | CBC News
The University of Alberta is proposing to eliminate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy, a year after the school initially said it was moving away from the term.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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"Well look...bullshit to follow"-Danielle Smith

Wait until Smith learns that kids have constitutionally protected rights under the 🇨🇦Charter, esp when recognizing autonomy of mature minors

Most parents are great but some are grossly unfit to raise kids

More rage-farming, undermining MDs

#abpoli
Smith her change to allow parents to see medical records of their kids until age 18...

"Well look, kids can't understand all of this stuff on lab results so parents need to be able to explain it"

As if there wasn't a medical professional who ordered the tests?

#abpoli #ableg
February 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"1 2, 1 2. Good evening everyone!"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"Always wash your hands before you leave the lab"
"What's the method variability?"
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I've called 🇨🇦 $10 bills Desmonds ever since she was honoured on them.

Fewer political figures on currency going forward please!
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM