Darryl Darwent 🇨🇦
@prairieroots.bsky.social
Saskatchewan-born. Go Riders. Married. Grandpa. I read stuff and know things. Social Democrat 🇨🇦
I live in Moh'kins'tsis Treaty 7 Territory
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I live in Moh'kins'tsis Treaty 7 Territory
I don't answer DMs. So, don't even bother.
Yet, in the minds of UCP big shots fossil fuel generation and green energy could not coexist.
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Varcoe: How the end of the Clean Electricity Regulations could power Alberta's $100B data centre ambitions
Sidelined federal electricity regulations are an important change the province and industry players believe will propel projects forward.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yet, in the minds of UCP big shots fossil fuel generation and green energy could not coexist.
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Premier Smith now faces official recall notice. 20 UCP members under siege. This is no longer just a flashy political stunt. Some UCP members could lose special elections. Rewritten column.
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calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #abgov #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli
Braid: Recall is heating up; Premier Smith now faces official campaign in her riding
Alberta's recall movement keeps growing. Premier Smith now faces recall. It's no longer just an oddity, but a threat to UCP
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December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A whopper of a UCP bill makes a separatist referendum likely but leaves the recall movement to rage on. UCP assumes far more power over election rules. Column. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abgov #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg
Braid: Giant UCP bill enables separatist vote but allows recall to rage on
Braid: Premier Danielle Smith brings in big bill that will make a vote on independence more likely but declines to choke off recall movement
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December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It's right that the Vatican is returning these Indigenous cultural items—which were stolen decades ago by their representatives. 1/2
Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canadian delegation of Catholic bishops | CBC News
A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But th...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's right that the Vatican is returning these Indigenous cultural items—which were stolen decades ago by their representatives. 1/2
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Calgary is cheering the Blue Jays. This morning the Calgary Tower was awash in blue light. #baseball #WS #WorldSeries
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Calgary is cheering the Blue Jays. This morning the Calgary Tower was awash in blue light. #baseball #WS #WorldSeries
Chris Nelson in his Calgary Herald column makes an excellent case for fully utilising school teachers and the schools they teach in.
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Nelson: If teachers start working full time, everyone wins
Teachers say they're not paid enough but if they worked the same hours as most full-time employees there'd be oodles of cash to reward them.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Chris Nelson in his Calgary Herald column makes an excellent case for fully utilising school teachers and the schools they teach in.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.
September 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.
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New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free universal childcare.
The state's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced free childcare for all families, regardless of income, a move estimated to save families $12,000 per child each year.
The state's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced free childcare for all families, regardless of income, a move estimated to save families $12,000 per child each year.
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free universal childcare.
The state's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced free childcare for all families, regardless of income, a move estimated to save families $12,000 per child each year.
The state's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced free childcare for all families, regardless of income, a move estimated to save families $12,000 per child each year.
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Teacher strike or lockout talk heats up. Smith fumes at Edmonton school board book bans, as if the province didn't start it. Column.
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Braid: Teachers, government trade barbs as Smith fumes over school board book bans
Premier Danielle Smith is furious at Edmonton board for banning so may books, as Alberta edges toward a teacher strike or lockout
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August 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Does saying Netanyahu is a criminal make me an anti-Semite? I don’t care. Anyone who allows the death of a group of people by starving them to death and shooting them at aid stations is a criminal IMHO.
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Does saying Netanyahu is a criminal make me an anti-Semite? I don’t care. Anyone who allows the death of a group of people by starving them to death and shooting them at aid stations is a criminal IMHO.
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It does not make you great when you try to destroy other countries economies
It does make you great when you take away rights to your citizens
It does not make you great putting criminals and pedophiles in charge of agencies
It does not make you great when you put people in concentration camps
It does make you great when you take away rights to your citizens
It does not make you great putting criminals and pedophiles in charge of agencies
It does not make you great when you put people in concentration camps
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It does not make you great when you try to destroy other countries economies
It does make you great when you take away rights to your citizens
It does not make you great putting criminals and pedophiles in charge of agencies
It does not make you great when you put people in concentration camps
It does make you great when you take away rights to your citizens
It does not make you great putting criminals and pedophiles in charge of agencies
It does not make you great when you put people in concentration camps
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No one has successfully removed selenium from a waterway. The Elk River is toxic because the Elkford coal mines have left slag piles to leach into the river for decades, and only removing the piles will stop that process.
No amount of royalties are worth killing a river.
#AbLeg
No amount of royalties are worth killing a river.
#AbLeg
The water contamination, and the environmental and health risks are not worth the minuscule economic benefit this UCP government is chasing. It’s not worth passing these risks and liabilities onto our children.
The UCP gov needs to face the truth and start listening to science and experts. #ableg
The UCP gov needs to face the truth and start listening to science and experts. #ableg
August 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No one has successfully removed selenium from a waterway. The Elk River is toxic because the Elkford coal mines have left slag piles to leach into the river for decades, and only removing the piles will stop that process.
No amount of royalties are worth killing a river.
#AbLeg
No amount of royalties are worth killing a river.
#AbLeg
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations - The Japan Times share.google/1UEBbrkfVkuS...
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
'In their last breaths, no one shouted for the long life of the emperor,” said one veteran about his comrades. 'They called out for their mothers, whom they would never see again.”
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August 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations - The Japan Times share.google/1UEBbrkfVkuS...
@donbraid.bsky.social Spot on article! Commuting downtown daily, the visible struggles with homelessness & addiction are concerning. While personal action is limited, our city leaders must urgently refocus on these issues to make our core safe & vibrant.
#YYC
https://tinyurl.com/28yywxbz
#YYC
https://tinyurl.com/28yywxbz
Braid: Police say crime is down, but social disorder and street crime run wild
Calgary police say crime is down 15 per cent. Meanwhile, the streets are a chaos of drugs, panhandling and petty extortion.
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July 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@donbraid.bsky.social Spot on article! Commuting downtown daily, the visible struggles with homelessness & addiction are concerning. While personal action is limited, our city leaders must urgently refocus on these issues to make our core safe & vibrant.
#YYC
https://tinyurl.com/28yywxbz
#YYC
https://tinyurl.com/28yywxbz
Carbon capture is a flop according to Bob Sandford who is with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health.
The two projects that were demonstrate the ability to capture carbon out of the air have 0.00005 per cent of annual global emissions.
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The two projects that were demonstrate the ability to capture carbon out of the air have 0.00005 per cent of annual global emissions.
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July 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Carbon capture is a flop according to Bob Sandford who is with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health.
The two projects that were demonstrate the ability to capture carbon out of the air have 0.00005 per cent of annual global emissions.
tinyurl.com/2cmlzgz4
The two projects that were demonstrate the ability to capture carbon out of the air have 0.00005 per cent of annual global emissions.
tinyurl.com/2cmlzgz4
Old guy problems: when the highlight of your morning is the anticipation of the sandwich you're gonna have for lunch at work only to open the fridge and find it's spaghetti and meat sauce that you packed last night. Thanks a lot, memory!
#SeniorMoments #LunchtimeLament
#SeniorMoments #LunchtimeLament
June 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Old guy problems: when the highlight of your morning is the anticipation of the sandwich you're gonna have for lunch at work only to open the fridge and find it's spaghetti and meat sauce that you packed last night. Thanks a lot, memory!
#SeniorMoments #LunchtimeLament
#SeniorMoments #LunchtimeLament
🤯 Mind blown! I'm not a mathematician but I find this 😎. The number 142,857 is fascinating. Multiply it by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, and you always get the SAME digits, just cycled around! Try it! It's a numerical magic trick related to 1/7. #MathFun #Numbers #CoolFacts
June 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🤯 Mind blown! I'm not a mathematician but I find this 😎. The number 142,857 is fascinating. Multiply it by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, and you always get the SAME digits, just cycled around! Try it! It's a numerical magic trick related to 1/7. #MathFun #Numbers #CoolFacts
If that asshat in the White House wants to expand his travel ban, he can go ahead and add Canada. I'm furious he joked about annexing us—and now he's pushing another racist ban against Muslim countries. I'm not Muslim, but I'll stand with those targeted.
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Trump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the US
Nationals from countries including Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan ‘fully’ restricted as those of seven other countries partially restricted
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June 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If that asshat in the White House wants to expand his travel ban, he can go ahead and add Canada. I'm furious he joked about annexing us—and now he's pushing another racist ban against Muslim countries. I'm not Muslim, but I'll stand with those targeted.
tinyurl.com/24hh23fl
tinyurl.com/24hh23fl
Herald writer, Rick Bell, (aka Premier Smith's publicist), states the ball is in PM Carney's court to quell Alberta's separatist aspirations. That's a smokescreen for the Premier's own failures. Had she not meddled with referendum laws, this entire issue would be a non-starter.
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Bell: Danielle Smith hopes Carney can cool down Alberta separatist feelings
Premier Smith of Alberta says it is up to Prime Minister Carney to act quickly on Alberta's demands as vote on Alberta independence looms
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June 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Herald writer, Rick Bell, (aka Premier Smith's publicist), states the ball is in PM Carney's court to quell Alberta's separatist aspirations. That's a smokescreen for the Premier's own failures. Had she not meddled with referendum laws, this entire issue would be a non-starter.
tinyurl.com/2yhcbjpq
tinyurl.com/2yhcbjpq
Watched the Canadian Screen Awards tonight. The In Memoriam hit hard — so many names I didn’t recognize.
Canada’s film + TV artists deserve more visibility. We know more about Hollywood than our own storytellers.
That needs to change. #CdnFilm #SupportCanadianArtists
Canada’s film + TV artists deserve more visibility. We know more about Hollywood than our own storytellers.
That needs to change. #CdnFilm #SupportCanadianArtists
June 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Watched the Canadian Screen Awards tonight. The In Memoriam hit hard — so many names I didn’t recognize.
Canada’s film + TV artists deserve more visibility. We know more about Hollywood than our own storytellers.
That needs to change. #CdnFilm #SupportCanadianArtists
Canada’s film + TV artists deserve more visibility. We know more about Hollywood than our own storytellers.
That needs to change. #CdnFilm #SupportCanadianArtists