Steve Ricketts
@stevericketts.bsky.social
refugee from Xitter. meteorologist. photographer. youth soccer coach. recovering poligeek. trying to be positive and to stay above the fray
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This video was made 11 years ago in Canada, this video never gets old.
#Canada #CanoeLuge #Sledding ??
Canoe Luge Into Lake | New Olympic Sport!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOI...
#Canada #CanoeLuge #Sledding ??
Canoe Luge Into Lake | New Olympic Sport!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOI...
Canoe Luge Into Lake | New Olympic Sport!
YouTube video by This Is Happening
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This video was made 11 years ago in Canada, this video never gets old.
#Canada #CanoeLuge #Sledding ??
Canoe Luge Into Lake | New Olympic Sport!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOI...
#Canada #CanoeLuge #Sledding ??
Canoe Luge Into Lake | New Olympic Sport!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOI...
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"We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to still get Alberta's oil to market," McKenna says. "And what did we get? They did not live up to their end of the bargain under any stretch of the imagination."
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to still get Alberta's oil to market," McKenna says. "And what did we get? They did not live up to their end of the bargain under any stretch of the imagination."
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A couple of years ago I offered a Studio sculpture experience. For $2000 you could spend the morning or afternoon making or watch me make a sculpture, then you get to take the sculpture home. The proceeds would go to The Stollery. Last time 3 people booked this and they all loved it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A couple of years ago I offered a Studio sculpture experience. For $2000 you could spend the morning or afternoon making or watch me make a sculpture, then you get to take the sculpture home. The proceeds would go to The Stollery. Last time 3 people booked this and they all loved it.
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Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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And of course, there's zero evidence of any cases of 'sterilization of children', because that's not what's happening. This is nothing but an anti-trans moral panic propagated by evil, hateful scum.
The UCP, and their supporters, are claiming that S33 needed to be used to prevent sterilization of children. But no evidence is provided about the amount of surgery occurring below 18 (puberty blockers are not the same thing as surgery). Is it 0, 5, 50, 500, 5000?
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And of course, there's zero evidence of any cases of 'sterilization of children', because that's not what's happening. This is nothing but an anti-trans moral panic propagated by evil, hateful scum.
support of far-right orgs such as TBA doesn't come cheap
"Whether it’s lies about the safety of puberty blockers or the competitive impact of allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports, the stances and statements Smith is repeatedly trotting out.... are at their best misleading and at their worst outright lies."
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
support of far-right orgs such as TBA doesn't come cheap
#BattlestarGalactica is in my top 4 of TV series (Breaking Bad, The Expanse, The Wire)
time to watch it again!
so say we all!
time to watch it again!
so say we all!
Not just because I'm writing a book on #BattlestarGalactica, but damn I wish this show was streaming right now (it's not! this is Not Good). Partly bec it's MORE relevant than ever, partly bec it fucking rules, mainly bec Laura Roslin shouting "I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU" is now my entire personality
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#BattlestarGalactica is in my top 4 of TV series (Breaking Bad, The Expanse, The Wire)
time to watch it again!
so say we all!
time to watch it again!
so say we all!
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Alberta keeps saying it plans to "double" oil production by 2035. But the math here doesn't come close to mathing --- and it has nothing to do with Ottawa's policies. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up
The biggest obstacle standing between Alberta and its premier's repeated pledge to double oil production isn't the tanker ban, the emissions cap, or any other piece of federal legislation. It's realit...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Alberta keeps saying it plans to "double" oil production by 2035. But the math here doesn't come close to mathing --- and it has nothing to do with Ottawa's policies. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
re the new license plate... what a ignorant comment by a minister. it's getting harder to distinguish the UCP from the GOP
the good news is that we can keep our current license plate forever
the good news is that we can keep our current license plate forever
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
re the new license plate... what a ignorant comment by a minister. it's getting harder to distinguish the UCP from the GOP
the good news is that we can keep our current license plate forever
the good news is that we can keep our current license plate forever
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I'm not excusing Tanya Fir's comment, but could you imagine if people could always be heard for 30 seconds after hanging up?
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I'm not excusing Tanya Fir's comment, but could you imagine if people could always be heard for 30 seconds after hanging up?
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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congrats to the UCP govt! it took the PCs 40+ years to become complacent, lazy and out of touch... something that the UCP has achieved in only 6 years
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/ucp-...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/ucp-...
Leong: UCP learns first-hand how badly written laws can have bad consequences
From its use of notwithstanding clause against teachers to shoddy recall legislation, the Alberta government taking flak from all side.
edmontonjournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
congrats to the UCP govt! it took the PCs 40+ years to become complacent, lazy and out of touch... something that the UCP has achieved in only 6 years
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/ucp-...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/ucp-...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Alberta's Bestest Lawyer thinks that meat from cloned animals is the same thing as meat grown in labs. there are no words...
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Alberta's Bestest Lawyer thinks that meat from cloned animals is the same thing as meat grown in labs. there are no words...
my religious anti-abortion MP Garnett Genuis retweets the even more socon MP Dr. Leslyn Lewis about late term abortions. AFAIK, only a very small fraction (1%?) of abortions occur after 20 weeks, only a few clinics offer them up to 24 weeks, and beyond that it's almost entirely for medical reasons
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
my religious anti-abortion MP Garnett Genuis retweets the even more socon MP Dr. Leslyn Lewis about late term abortions. AFAIK, only a very small fraction (1%?) of abortions occur after 20 weeks, only a few clinics offer them up to 24 weeks, and beyond that it's almost entirely for medical reasons
"next, we propose taking the $1T spent annually on the military and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase defence on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"next, we propose taking the $1T spent annually on the military and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase defence on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
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Grey Cup organizers announce today Canadian supergroup Rage Against the Clouds to perform at half-time show.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Grey Cup organizers announce today Canadian supergroup Rage Against the Clouds to perform at half-time show.
this is a wonderful annual event. get yer artwork ready to go!
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
this is a wonderful annual event. get yer artwork ready to go!
this is worth a listen and read
two things can be true at once: politicians, esp women, endure a lot of disgusting comments. and they are often dismissive of legitimate criticism
two things can be true at once: politicians, esp women, endure a lot of disgusting comments. and they are often dismissive of legitimate criticism
An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when you call your MLA?
An errant voicemail gives us insight into how the UCP is handling the backlash against its use of the notwithstanding clause. They're not doing well.
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
this is worth a listen and read
two things can be true at once: politicians, esp women, endure a lot of disgusting comments. and they are often dismissive of legitimate criticism
two things can be true at once: politicians, esp women, endure a lot of disgusting comments. and they are often dismissive of legitimate criticism