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alexismac.bsky.social
Older, hopefully wiser Albertan. Mom, Grandmother, cat lady. Kinda grumpy.
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I leave on a roadtrip for a few days a week from Monday & this is harrowing to look at. I’m glad I’m going — but I’m terrified of a future where we have to travel in a 2-week window to miss blizzards & wildfires, or we can’t see central Canada. This impacts the entire planet. This is oil & gas.

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

Alternative headline: Province hobbles City of Calgary with red tape www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

MANITOBA. TODAY. THIS IS THE COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS THE NEW ABNORMAL. GET OFF YOUR ASS AND JOIN THE FIGHT #Wildfires #cdnpoli #abpoli #saskpoli #mbpoli

submitted 18 hours ago • 11 comments

In the words of Mark Twain, Conservative news of the oil and gas industry’s death has been greatly exaggerated. capp.ca/wp-content/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Very excited to share that I’m going to be teaming up with the awesome folks at @nationalobserver.com again to package some of their investigations into digestible videos! First up? An AI chatbot is being weaponized to flood city councils with climate misinformation:

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

If you subscribe to the housing theory of everything, building more compact cities with a) plentiful medium density b) affordable housing for all that suits people's needs, with at least 10-20% of that being social housing c) mixed-use neighbourhoods ...is fundamental to fixing the below.

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Annals of the Law: Auditor general asks appeal court not to permit cross-examination of former AHS CEO about info she’s given his office. CMA launches constitutional challenge of UCP law interfering in gender-affirming care. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/anna...

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Local man child doesn’t get own way, takes ball, goes home. 🤷🏼🤭🤷🏼

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

I just read the tariff decision. The tariffs are gone. The long-term economic damage and the global adjustment in trade will last for years. Expect a bump. Then a drag.

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"The Wall Street Journal… has discovered that sales of blue books have been climbing over the past year. Citing data from a number of large public universities (noting) bulk purchases of the booklets have grown by leaps and bounds since ChatGPT’s launch in late 2022." gizmodo.com/ai-cheating-...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

“News” reports should report facts, not opinions.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.

submitted 20 hours ago • 126 comments

@mikepompeo.bsky.social Mike. Let me be clear... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

submitted 19 hours ago • 3 comments

I like sticks, too. And, also birds. #birdsky #artcamera #sunset #goodnight #photography #birds

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Flight of the Nightingale Jeff Nachtigall 2022

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Today’s Canadian painting is “Cote de Beaupré” painted by John Young Johnstone.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Near Temagami Sir Frederick Banting 1930

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Thanks to my loyalties to oil & gas, I have singlehandedly killed $35 billion in clean energy investments, causing 1,000s of lost jobs, and all so I can keep Albertans paying the highest electricity prices in Canada! Read: archive.is/202505280933... #abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption

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We can’t have money going to people who aren’t in oil and gas or aren’t Sam Mraiche.

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"We've been hinting at eradicating your national sovereignty for months and dragging you into our fascist cult, and it's an insult you don't have more enthusiasm for it" is a hell of a sales pitch

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LisaB for the win youtube.com/shorts/K2ggF...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

You come to Canada and your American rights are to shut the fuck up and follow Canadian laws. Hate speech isn’t allowed here. Threatening, inciting violence — you’re not allowed to pull that shit here. And I NEVER want that to change.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

our hare. #photography #littlethings #visualnarrative #wackywednesdayart

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

This is absolutely about overwhelming the system. And the fact that Miller is pushing to escalate suggests there's probably more to come down the line. As lots of serious people pointed out: "Mass deportations now" was not just some slogan.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

“Investment in Alberta’s renewables sector has dropped off significantly owing to unprecedented policy and regulatory uncertainty, with the number of wind and solar projects in the province’s connection queue shrinking for the first time, a new report has found.” Lasting damage. 🎁

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments