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Born at 54 degrees. As the old hellsite dies, the new one rises. Same name on the other hellsite - if you were looking for me, here I am

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · Feb 10

Amazon is selling 51st state merch and refuses to stop

1: Go to amazon's website.
2: Click "My Account".
3: Under "Manage your Data" Click "Close Your Amazon Account"
4: Close the account. Action can not be undone yadda yadda
5: Confirm from your email

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

#cdnpoli

Think Canada should be a state? Flags, shirts and caps for sale on Amazon

If you type in the words 51st state in the search column, page after page of apparel appearing to promote the annexation of Canada pops up for sale.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 5h

Biggest predator you will see here is a cougar, but that is very rare. They have been known to come in on the railway lines, is my understanding. Generally though the biggest predator is a coyote, and they are completely harmless.

It's man I worry about :P

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 5h

I read an interview where they said they actually had planned to find some dilapidated areas for shooting but couldn't find anything suitable in Alberta and had to dress down nicer areas to get the aesthetic they wanted. They were surprised by how clean and nice Alberta was.

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 5h

We don't get many in Edmonton, cause we are so much further away from the mountains. In Calgary they come in from Kananaskis.

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like all the big money has gone to the far right candidates (fringe and otherwise).... We have an opportunity to elect a government not beholden to donors... or one bought and sold. Our choice #edmontonElection #yegcc
edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/10...

Disclosures show Cartmell pulled in $834K — about half of all campaign contributions

Interim disclosures filed with the City of Edmonton show that mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell has raised significantly more than his rivals during the 2025 election campaign.

edmonton.taproot.news

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 13h

He had preblocked me... He must be using a block list to avoid detection from NAFO and avoid getting reported.

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 14h

a man sitting at a table with a caption that says the judges will accept that as a yes ..

ALT: a man sitting at a table with a caption that says the judges will accept that as a yes ..

media.tenor.com

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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Mike Jaques (jayks) @jaques.dev · 15h

Amplifying for visibility. If you need to find out where to sign in person (requirement), there is an easy to use visual map of locations. Come on #Alberta, reject Danielle Smith's divisive tactics and tell her Alberta is part of #Canada , period! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpol

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 15h

When a PACE candidate blocks you on facebook, you know you are doing something right.... No one should vote for a rage farming party that lies to you and pretends they can cut taxes while hiring more cops and fighting a war on drugs. Cops cost money. Lots of it.

#yegcc #edmontonElection

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 16h

Whatever happened to just building a box of a building and then putting some nice bricks and stonework on the outside? Brickwork is probably cheaper than these over engineered monstrosities, fits within the existing building code, and looks great.

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 16h

Also how population growth works. In 1917 Edmonton had only 50 thousand people. 1.5 million people now call Edmonton home.

The population of Edmonton today is larger than the population of Toronto was in 1950

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 16h

scared of the bus?

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 16h

In the netherlands, every time there is an accident involving a pedestrian there is a mandatory investigation into whether urban design could have caused the problem, and then they fix it so it can't happen again.

The fixes are usually simple and cheap. Like this...

#yegcc #yeg

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 16h

The high speed exit ramp slip lanes that feed directly into an unmarked crosswalk were a design decision someone made in the 70s or 80s... They were a mistake... this intersection could easily and more naturally come to a right angle, forcing cars to slow down.

#yegcc #yeg

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

I've never scrutineer a municipal election so I don't know what their deal is. . . . but in provincial, sometimes the problem is the supervisor and then it is a fight to get them to follow the rules.

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

Yes - that's been my experience scrutineer provincial elections. The bad players are usually not able to get away with much for long... but that doesn't mean they don't try, or that they don't screw up. Sometimes badly... Lack of training and incompetence is another issue.

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not qualified to be their psychologist....

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Hamdi Issawi @hamdiissawi.bsky.social · 1d

“‘It's early days, but I already have people ready to apply to collect signatures, and just people with a little more spare time than normal that are really interested in helping out,’ she said.”
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#yeg #yyc #abed #ableg #abpoli

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

As we add more people and density to the area, with Blatchford, and NAIT growth we need to do something about the pedestrian safety along kingsway which historically was meant to be a promenade and was never designed to safely handle such high traffic volumes. More accidents will happen
#yegcc

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

The crossing here over Kingsway which is now lit (used to be unlit) unfortunately had killed two different people over the years. One elderly person and one teenager. The latter killed by a drunk driver who did not see the 16 year old crossing. We fixed that crossing but never looked at the others.

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

A big problem here is crossing visibility at night. It's a strange intersection and dark at night with a lot of pedestrians, bikes, scooters, and homeless people wandering in and out of the parking lot nearby for the grocery store, alcohol store, while cars take the corner fast off KW #yeg #yegcc

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 1d

unless a worker was indeed not handing them out... don't assume election workers are always unbiased. Some volunteer for the wrong reasons. It's rare but some do have agendas.

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Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 2d

They fear change... that's all it is. Edmoton is the fastest growing city in Canada. It scares the crap out of them.

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 2d

Both are letting oil lobbyists write their laws...

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦 @squee22.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if Marlaina Smith regrets this whole referendum idea?

#abpoli #ableg #yeg #yyc

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Marcus Riedner 🇨🇦 @daraddishman.bsky.social · 3d

Just gonna leave this here:

www.elections.ab.ca/new-citizen-...

#abpoli #ableg #fucktheucp

New Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued - Elections Alberta

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a citizen initiative proposal application and has determined it meets the requirements of section 2(3) of the Citizen Initiat...

www.elections.ab.ca

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