Martin Grasdal 🍁
@mgrasdal.bsky.social
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Old IT guy, nearing retirement. Living proof that a degree in Engl. Lit & Philosophy is far from useless. Lover of fiction (including sci-fi & fantasy), history, classics, etc,. Classical music lover.
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mgrasdal.bsky.social
Hey, Alberta, this is the same agenda that Danielle Smith is following.
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faineg.bsky.social
judging from what I’m seeing right now, a large-scale Twitter Exodus Event is 100% what’s happening

good!
mgrasdal.bsky.social
They don't try to hide their imperial ambitions, do they?
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jantafrench.bsky.social
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says the ATA's latest proposal to employers included class-size caps and would cost $2 billion more than the province is willing to spend over 4 years. He asked teachers for an offer more "rooted in reality." #AbLeg #AbEd
Back to work legislation possible if Alberta teacher strike continues when assembly returns: minister | CBC News
Alberta's finance minister says the province will consider back-to-work legislation if teachers are still off the job when the legislature returns later this month.
www.cbc.ca
mgrasdal.bsky.social
The corollary to that last assertion is that only by having a King will you get a paycheck. Insane stuff.
atrupar.com
Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Only Rick Bell's target audience (grade 6 literacy level and dumb as a post) will think this is a good idea. In the meantime, while our Project 2025 Premier is unveiling new license plates, the public education system is spiralling, along with health care, and the general crisis in AB deepens.
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Didn't learn from Alberta, SK, or Ontario. They will pay a steep price.
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Thinking of the musical, South Pacific, that included the song, "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", which nearly caused the musical to be cancelled, because of some kind of supposed Communist and anti racist theme. We're in a time warp.
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Many Windows 10 users cannot upgrade to Windows 11 because their current hardware does not meet minimum requirements. Microsoft's policy needlessly increases electronic waste by forcing users to replace hardware prematurely if they want a secure OS that is patched regularly.
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Wouldn't be the first time the GOP has engaged in this kind of dirty trick. Bill Casey wrote the playbook. However, this time, many lives were needlessly lost and callously sacrificed to the ambition of one man, who thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

newrepublic.com/article/1723...
It’s All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages
Suspicions have long swirled around unscrupulous campaign manager William Casey. We believe the evidence is now overwhelming.
newrepublic.com
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gregpak.net
you cannot "abuse" your rights.

civil rights either are protected and real or they are not.
djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.
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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street. 

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore. 

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new 
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Maple MAGA. Of course, the Premier of Alberta is aligned with Project 2025 and every other extreme right wing initiative that has been planned in the US for the past 50 years. It's no accident that she is dismantling public education & health care.
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
How Genocide Happened
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noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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bleary.off-the-records.com
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Not too surprised by these results, when the clearly unhinged leader of the most powerful nation in history and who, along with his nation, is in steep decline, continually threatens the sovereignty and way of life of the closest ally his country has known.
dougsaunders.bsky.social
Who do Canadians regard as an “enemy”? This comes from a new Angus Reid report on India, but get a look at the redder end of that list

(Red = enemy/threat; pink = maybe so)
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audricmoses.bsky.social
The #ForeverCanadian petition needs a final push to get the required 300K signatures. If you're proud to be Canadian and think Alberta should remain part of Canada, PLEASE find a signing location and add your name! There are 241 AB locations, so it should be quick & easy 😁🇨🇦!

#ableg
mgrasdal.bsky.social
Look at what Maple MAGA (UCP) is doing in Alberta, from the dismantling and privatization of education and Medicare to encouraging anti-immigrant prejudice, and to promoting a separatist and anti-Canadian agenda.
mgrasdal.bsky.social
"Inalienable rights" means that they cannot be taken away from or given to the individual. They are not taken away, just not recognized, which is a worse crime, imo.
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gilduran.com
Bari Weiss is building a right-wing CBS knockoff—mimicking the format, harvesting the credibility, but serving pure partisanship.

This is the Venture Capital fascism playbook: clone trusted institutions, staff them with right-wing ideological warriors, and call it ‘balance.’
premthakker.bsky.social
Update: After Bari Weiss was made Editor-in-Chief, CBS News is now uplifting stories from Weiss’s The Free Press.
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jamieb1000.bsky.social
This is unbelievably bad.

If election workers were deliberately misleading voters that represents a severe compromise of process.

Everyone should be paying very close attention to this.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #YYC #Calgary #School #Board
#Trustee #Corruption #voting #station #Canada
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micahloewinger.bsky.social
Holy crap the @pemalevy.bsky.social interview is not to be missed. An eye-opening look at the Nazi-esque dual-state that SCOTUS is enabling
onthemedia.bsky.social
📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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70sbachchan.bsky.social
US has made an all-in bet on Fossil Fuels and AI. China on green tech. @katemac.bsky.social & I @parismarx.com podcast on how China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
techwontsave.us/episode/291_...