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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 7h

More curling. Pros this time though. And beer too, obviously.

The men’s quarterfinals at the Grand Slam of Curling event in Nisku, AB.

Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 14h

Beautiful stuff from Woltemade.

Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 22h

I was thinking about going to bed but a fire a couple blocks away suddenly has me wide awake.

The good news is it was under construction, so at least nobody was inside.

Picture of a house fire in Edmonton. 2025/10/18

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 1d

Our Friday night curling league kicked off tonight. And also Friday night beer drinking at the curling club.

A mug of beer at the Shamrock curling club.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 1d

After Game 2 I just wanted the series to get back to Toronto. But having had the lead in the eighth inning, just getting back to Toronto doesn’t seem quite as good.

Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 1d

That was some ugly pitching.

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 2d

I briefly logged in to Edmonton mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell’s zoom town hall tonight. I logged out shortly after he talked about how bad his council colleagues have been to him for the past 4 years before he then started talking about how he’s really good at working as part of a team. 🙄

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Followed immediately by a propaganda commercial from the Alberta government.

a man is sitting at a table with his fist in the air and the words serenity now .

Alt: a man is sitting at a table with his fist in the air and the words serenity now .

media.tenor.com

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 2d

I swear to god, I sometimes think Bouchard is trying to give me an anyeurism.

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 2d

Looking at the money going to Cartmell, it’s not the UCP connection that worries me. It’s the money coming in from developers, BILD and the OEG. Media should be looking at which things these groups lobby for, and who votes in their favour. Start with the recent CRL/outdoor concert venue decisions.

Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Receiving campaign donations from people who have also donated to the UCP isn’t inherently a bad thing. But issuing a statement about transparency while sharing misleading information absolutely is.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

"Transparency matters to us — and the facts are simple.

“Out of 315 donors who have supported the Tim Cartmell and Better Edmonton campaign, only 20 appeared on the United Conservative Party’s 2023 donor disclosure list and five appeared on the NDP’s.”

That’s a very specific defence, as it only applies to donors in 2023.

So, without limiting the search to 2023, how many of Tim Cartmell’s supporters have also donated to the United Conservative Party?

The answer is a little more than $400,000 worth. Postmedia went through Cartmell’s recent donor disclosure lists, as well as the one provided for 2024, and double-checked the names against what appears on Elections Alberta’s search database for UCP funders. In the case of corporate donors, we found directors and or company CEOs, and then input their names into the Elections Alberta database.

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 2d

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.

Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2d

At this rate Duffy is going to bring back leaded gasoline.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "We are gonna save billions of dollars by getting rid of the fuel economy standards that are set way too high, that no combustion engine can meet, costing each car to the tune of thousands of dollars for the end consumer. We're in the process of getting rid of those rules."

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Pro tip: if you’re completely full of shit, maybe don’t include details that can be easily fact-checked.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 2d

Receiving campaign donations from people who have also donated to the UCP isn’t inherently a bad thing. But issuing a statement about transparency while sharing misleading information absolutely is.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

That was a pretty good one to have gone to though.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

Might have said that when I clicked the button to purchase.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

This will be Grey Cup number eleven for me. Nine for Em. Lots of good times in those trips.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

I guess we’re going to Winnipeg this November. I’m sure this is a decision I won’t be questioning later on.

Confirmation that I’ve purchased tickets to Grey Cup.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

Bingo. The province hasn’t shown any willingness to work with the City, so what exactly is the next Council supposed to do? It sure seems like Edmonton could take steps to address their concerns and they would just ask for more.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

An improved relationship with the province would be great. However, it’s the province, not the City of Edmonton, that has strained the relationship. Unless the province has a change of heart, things aren’t likely to improve anytime soon.

Taproot Edmonton @taprootedmonton.ca · 3d

Voters told Taproot they want the next council to fix the relationship with the province edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/10... #yeg

Voters told Taproot they want the next council to fix the relationship with the province

The growing responses to Taproot's listening work in the lead up to the municipal election on Oct. 20 reveal that voters are unsatisfied with the relationship between city council and the Alberta government,...

edmonton.taproot.news

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 3d

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

New, from me: I break down all that is happening with the shutdown.
Shutdowns are bad. But only Trump and Russ Vought are brave enough to ask: what if shutdowns aren’t painful enough? How can we use this as an opportunity to target our political enemies? 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

The Shutdown Shitshow

As Trump uses the shutdown to settle scores, the public bears the cost

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

"We keep offering the same thing and they keep saying no. Our offer is awesome and they're idiots for not accepting it. We do want to continue with negotiations though."

That's basically a summary of the finance minister's comments.

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Ryan Batty @ryanbatty.bsky.social · 3d

The finance minister's quotes in the story leave me with the impression that he has a different definition of negotiation than the average person. It comes across as "we're happy to negotiate as long as they accept our offer" which, you know, isn't a negotiation.

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

'Running out of time': Strike talks stall between Alberta teachers, government

The provincewide strike, affecting about 740,000 students across 2,500 schools in Alberta, entered its seventh day Wednesday.

edmontonjournal.com

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