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Zac Trolley

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Engineer, SciFi author, sustainable thinker, part-time community builder. Living the Luddiete lifestyle. Calgary Alberta. 🇨🇦

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · Aug 30

Expanding the oil and gas sector creates jobs in construction, not oil and gas.

And if we are making construction jobs, we might as well build something else.

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · Aug 29

The number of people needed to produce a barrel of oil has been declining since 2012 -- and no, it isn't Ottawa's fault (it's happening in Texas too).

If we want to create jobs in the future, they have to be jobs *of* the future. #cdnpoli #abpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/28/o...

The ‘de-manning’ of Canada’s oilsands sector

Canada's oil and gas industry has been getting less labour-intensive for more than a decade now. When will our elected officials finally acknowledge that — and its obvious implications for the future?

www.nationalobserver.com

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 1h

The more you know...

And now the UCP is using this as a dog whistle.

Fantastic.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 7h

Agent lobs a gas canister into a residential neighborhood in Illinois for no discernible reason, gassing dozens of neighbors including a baby. The comfort with which they deploy weapons of war is unreal.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 3h

"strong and free"?

Alberta wants to be a US State so bad.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 4h

Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.

Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.

Smith Not Impressed With New Plates "Political Agenda"

Written by Brent Manke Monday, Jul 14 2014, 12:00 AM

The three choices for Alberta's new license plate, plus what we have now. The Opposition Wildrose party is up in arms over the removal of the "Wild Rose Country" slogan from the bottom of the plates, calling it politically motivated.

Highwood MLA Danielle Smith is no fan of Alberta's proposed new license plates.

She supports the new reflective paint job, but not changing the slogan at the bottom from "Wild Rose Country."

She says it's more PC political nonsense.

"All of a sudden this comes out in the middle of the summer, in the middle of a leadership race, taking off the Wild Rose slogan. It's clearly political. People have seen through it. They are outraged and responding in massive numbers. We have a poll going with six thousand respondents so far, most of which, about 70-percent who say keep the Wild Rose slogan."

She says the province would have been better off asking us if we wanted to change the plates in the first place, as well as if we wanted to change the slogan, before moving ahead on their own.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 3h

They tortured Greta while she was in captivity.

Imagine what they do to Palestinians.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 1d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 4h

Imperialism is alive and well in Canada

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 22h

OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5h

Soliciting information from officials is a journalist's job.

The Pentagon's new press policy would make reporters "stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable," explains @npr.org's Tom Bowman.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 5h

I didn't even know a typhoon made landfall. Climate News is taking a back seat to the global authoritarian takeover.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

1 dead, dozens rescued from Typhoon Halong's impact on Indigenous villages in Alaska | CBC News

One person is dead and two are missing in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong over the weekend brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges and floodwaters that swept some h...

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 5h

Why are we letting these complete degenerates plot the course of humanity?

A screen shot from Futurerama where the robot priest proclaims that robosexuality is an abomination.

Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 6h

O'Leary is Canada's discount Peter Tiele. Anything he's associated with should be avoided at all costs.

thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent...

What will the AI data centre boom mean for Canada? | The Narwhal

Sprawling AI data centres, like Kevin O’Leary’s plans for Wonder Valley in Alberta, are hungry for land, water and power

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 13h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

i was surprised to learn that bc most protein powders are considered dietary supplements, they basically fall into a regulatory grey area

there's no federal limit on the amount of lead they can contain and neither manufacturers nor the FDA have to prove these products are safe before they're sold

Protein powders and shakes, like all dietary supplements, fall into something of a regulatory gray area.

There is no federal limit specifying the amount of lead allowed in protein powders. And while the FDA requires that manufacturers keep their products free of harmful contaminants, it largely leaves it up to companies to decide what counts as harmful and test their own products for compliance.

Before 1994, manufacturers had to prove herbal products were safe before selling them. That changed after Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. The law sharply limited the FDA’s authority, leaving supplements far less regulated than drugs.

Today, supplements are “presumed safe unless found otherwise,” says Cohen at Harvard Medical School, and most products face scrutiny only after reaching the market—meaning unsafe or contaminated supplements can reach consumers before problems are caught.

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 22h

My Vega protein falls under "occasionally". Could be worst.

I wish the industry was better. Can we have nutrition without the poisoning, please?

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 22h

The @breachmedia.ca put out a video asking the question: What about public grocery stores?

2/5 video quality
5/5 message content

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Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 1d

Pssst... Hey...

Wanna hear an open secret?

The US is an authoritarian state whose white ruling class is currently unleashing their rage.

Coming to a city near you.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Remember we're already in a world of Kavanaugh stops based solely on ethnicity. If you are from a targeted group, this can happen to you no matter what your citizenship status is. What if you forget your wallet at home? You could end up in detention for days or worse.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Do you want to live in a "papers, please" country?

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