Citizen Michael
@citizenmichael.bsky.social
Ottawa addiction worker. Former researcher.
Father who is very, very concerned about his son's future in face of the climate crisis and Canada's complete carbon corruption.
And occasional videogame, comicbook and Superman content, because, yeah...
Father who is very, very concerned about his son's future in face of the climate crisis and Canada's complete carbon corruption.
And occasional videogame, comicbook and Superman content, because, yeah...
The oil and gas industry has been staggeringly profitable for Alberta. Despite their promises and greenwashing, the industry is leaving a liability of $100 to $300 billion for the taxpayers.
This is what happens when an industry captures the government. They steal, lie and leave.
This is what happens when an industry captures the government. They steal, lie and leave.
Alberta passing the bill for orphan well cleanup to the public: new report
A new report warns Alberta has not properly confronted the massive environmental and financial liabilities left behind by energy development.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The oil and gas industry has been staggeringly profitable for Alberta. Despite their promises and greenwashing, the industry is leaving a liability of $100 to $300 billion for the taxpayers.
This is what happens when an industry captures the government. They steal, lie and leave.
This is what happens when an industry captures the government. They steal, lie and leave.
He should really, really stick his neck out.
this feels like a positive thing since he was doing Nazi salutes
December 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
He should really, really stick his neck out.
Do it. That country isn't going to recover from authoritarianism. Bankrupt them to minimize the harm they can do to other nations.
Is Europe ready to pull the trigger? Officials whisper about dumping US treasuries if Trump cuts Ukraine deal
European governments US Treasuries: European governments are considering a radical economic strategy by possibly selling off US Treasury bonds to counter a feared Trump-Putin agreement that could jeop...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Do it. That country isn't going to recover from authoritarianism. Bankrupt them to minimize the harm they can do to other nations.
I was incredibly excited for Superman, but I'm even more excited for Supergirl. Is Tom King problematic? Yes. Has he written some bad stuff? Yes again. But he has also shown that he can be an absolute master of short-form stories and series. Supergirl. Vision. Superman: Up in the Sky. All amazing.
Truth. Justice. Whatever. #Supergirl lands in theaters and IMAX June 26.
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I was incredibly excited for Superman, but I'm even more excited for Supergirl. Is Tom King problematic? Yes. Has he written some bad stuff? Yes again. But he has also shown that he can be an absolute master of short-form stories and series. Supergirl. Vision. Superman: Up in the Sky. All amazing.
Alberta is too staggeringly corrupt for the rest of the country to treat as if it's just a very conservative province. The illegality and bad intentions of the Alberta government is a national threat. The UCP is likely closely allied with hostile foreign actors.
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Alberta is too staggeringly corrupt for the rest of the country to treat as if it's just a very conservative province. The illegality and bad intentions of the Alberta government is a national threat. The UCP is likely closely allied with hostile foreign actors.
Every time Trump says "transgender for everyone", I am reminded that a core of my fellow Canadians are so hateful and so easily directed at innocent targets, that they're not only willing to attack trans people, THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GOOD AND DECENT FOR DOING SO.
I loathe these people.
I loathe these people.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Every time Trump says "transgender for everyone", I am reminded that a core of my fellow Canadians are so hateful and so easily directed at innocent targets, that they're not only willing to attack trans people, THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GOOD AND DECENT FOR DOING SO.
I loathe these people.
I loathe these people.
So farmers are getting a bailout, meaning that they are getting tax monies collected from everyone.
They'll whine about blue states, but they're sure fucking eager to steal blue state money. Farmers voted for Trump's policies but just don't want to live with the consequences of them. So. Entitled.
They'll whine about blue states, but they're sure fucking eager to steal blue state money. Farmers voted for Trump's policies but just don't want to live with the consequences of them. So. Entitled.
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So farmers are getting a bailout, meaning that they are getting tax monies collected from everyone.
They'll whine about blue states, but they're sure fucking eager to steal blue state money. Farmers voted for Trump's policies but just don't want to live with the consequences of them. So. Entitled.
They'll whine about blue states, but they're sure fucking eager to steal blue state money. Farmers voted for Trump's policies but just don't want to live with the consequences of them. So. Entitled.
There are no decent big tech companies. Google actively censors Palestinian voices and amplifies Israeli lies. Because it pays them exceedingly well to do so.
If they could get away with it, and they were paid enough, Google would produce search results denying that any babies were murdered.
If they could get away with it, and they were paid enough, Google would produce search results denying that any babies were murdered.
A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent.
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
theintercept.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
There are no decent big tech companies. Google actively censors Palestinian voices and amplifies Israeli lies. Because it pays them exceedingly well to do so.
If they could get away with it, and they were paid enough, Google would produce search results denying that any babies were murdered.
If they could get away with it, and they were paid enough, Google would produce search results denying that any babies were murdered.
I'm playing Routine, a science fiction horror/mystery title. It's great. The visual design is outstanding. You are a technician sent help out on an established moon base. The base is wrecked and abandoned. The robot workforce has turned hostile. You try to survive and discover what has happened.
Save 10% on ROUTINE on Steam
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'm playing Routine, a science fiction horror/mystery title. It's great. The visual design is outstanding. You are a technician sent help out on an established moon base. The base is wrecked and abandoned. The robot workforce has turned hostile. You try to survive and discover what has happened.
I have never watched much anime (Ghost in the Shell, Ergo Proxy, Pluto), but I saw clips of Serial Experiments Lain and decided to give it a try.
It is amazingly good. Full of silences and very prescient, it's an amazing series. I highly, highly recommend it.
More shows should be this moody.
It is amazingly good. Full of silences and very prescient, it's an amazing series. I highly, highly recommend it.
More shows should be this moody.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I have never watched much anime (Ghost in the Shell, Ergo Proxy, Pluto), but I saw clips of Serial Experiments Lain and decided to give it a try.
It is amazingly good. Full of silences and very prescient, it's an amazing series. I highly, highly recommend it.
More shows should be this moody.
It is amazingly good. Full of silences and very prescient, it's an amazing series. I highly, highly recommend it.
More shows should be this moody.
People expect that Canadian government to somehow negotiate with Trump. Well, conservatives expect it. We all see the tempestuous, free-floating torrent of bullshit that the man produces and we're somehow supposed to come to an accord with him? We're supposed to trust him?
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
People expect that Canadian government to somehow negotiate with Trump. Well, conservatives expect it. We all see the tempestuous, free-floating torrent of bullshit that the man produces and we're somehow supposed to come to an accord with him? We're supposed to trust him?
Israel had no intention of honoring the ceasefire. They will continue to murder and steal land, because they will not willingly stop.
Perhaps Hillary Clinton should demand that Palestinian infants have the good grace to die off camera. Maybe if she asked mutilated families to please be quiet.
Perhaps Hillary Clinton should demand that Palestinian infants have the good grace to die off camera. Maybe if she asked mutilated families to please be quiet.
⭕️ BREAKING: New Israeli air & artillery strikes reported in Rafah
Al Araby TV, citing Israel’s Channel 14, reports clashes b/w Israeli occupation forces & Palestinian fighters in southern Gaza’s Rafah area this evening.
Israeli outlets, including Times of Israel, are describing the exchange of...
Al Araby TV, citing Israel’s Channel 14, reports clashes b/w Israeli occupation forces & Palestinian fighters in southern Gaza’s Rafah area this evening.
Israeli outlets, including Times of Israel, are describing the exchange of...
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Israel had no intention of honoring the ceasefire. They will continue to murder and steal land, because they will not willingly stop.
Perhaps Hillary Clinton should demand that Palestinian infants have the good grace to die off camera. Maybe if she asked mutilated families to please be quiet.
Perhaps Hillary Clinton should demand that Palestinian infants have the good grace to die off camera. Maybe if she asked mutilated families to please be quiet.
Tesla is a shitty company that offers increasingly shitty products. It cannot compete with other companies, because it hemorrhages a bulk of its funds to Elon. It also doesn't pay its bills and ignores environmental laws.
It is insanity that Neuralink is allowed to exist. People will die.
It is insanity that Neuralink is allowed to exist. People will die.
Tesla faces class action over Powerwall recall that leaves people with bricked batteries
Tesla’s poorly handled Powerwall 2 recall is now turning into a potential class action lawsuit over for leaving people with...
electrek.co
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tesla is a shitty company that offers increasingly shitty products. It cannot compete with other companies, because it hemorrhages a bulk of its funds to Elon. It also doesn't pay its bills and ignores environmental laws.
It is insanity that Neuralink is allowed to exist. People will die.
It is insanity that Neuralink is allowed to exist. People will die.
I had not heard of the game developer Santa Ragione, but the controversy around their game Horses compelled me to buy a copy. I enjoy games with strong narratives and I do enjoy audacious and compelling creations. I'm not sure if I will get around to playing it, but I support the intention.
HORSES by Santa Ragione, AndreaLB
An enigmatic first person horror adventure. Tend to the horses and adhere to the farmer's rules!
santaragione.itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I had not heard of the game developer Santa Ragione, but the controversy around their game Horses compelled me to buy a copy. I enjoy games with strong narratives and I do enjoy audacious and compelling creations. I'm not sure if I will get around to playing it, but I support the intention.
I sometimes look at what conservative commentators have been writing since Trump was elected. Especially in view of his absolutely horrible economic policies (what they lie that they're experts on), his corruption and especially THE WHITE SUPREMACY.
They have nothing to say about blatant racism.
They have nothing to say about blatant racism.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I sometimes look at what conservative commentators have been writing since Trump was elected. Especially in view of his absolutely horrible economic policies (what they lie that they're experts on), his corruption and especially THE WHITE SUPREMACY.
They have nothing to say about blatant racism.
They have nothing to say about blatant racism.
I have read a lot of science fiction. Alongside Ursula K. LeGuin and Octavia Butler, Gene Wolfe was a genius. And I think that his best book, tragically, was Return to the Whorl.
Why tragically? Because you have to have read ten proceeding books to appreciate it. They are amazing books. But still..
Why tragically? Because you have to have read ten proceeding books to appreciate it. They are amazing books. But still..
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have read a lot of science fiction. Alongside Ursula K. LeGuin and Octavia Butler, Gene Wolfe was a genius. And I think that his best book, tragically, was Return to the Whorl.
Why tragically? Because you have to have read ten proceeding books to appreciate it. They are amazing books. But still..
Why tragically? Because you have to have read ten proceeding books to appreciate it. They are amazing books. But still..
If this had been Biden, the media would be yelling constantly about it. But the larger media is cowed and corrupted with almost no exceptions. They are comfortable people who do not worry about a slide into corrupt authoritarianism, because they think that it won't effect their wealth level.
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If this had been Biden, the media would be yelling constantly about it. But the larger media is cowed and corrupted with almost no exceptions. They are comfortable people who do not worry about a slide into corrupt authoritarianism, because they think that it won't effect their wealth level.
Amazon's AI dub is just shit. They shouldn't have done it in the first place. The horrible quality should tell the company that they made a huge, huge mistake. This is dreadful. Their audience will loathe this. Absolutely hate it. And they should. Many people would have heard this shit in advance.
Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Amazon's AI dub is just shit. They shouldn't have done it in the first place. The horrible quality should tell the company that they made a huge, huge mistake. This is dreadful. Their audience will loathe this. Absolutely hate it. And they should. Many people would have heard this shit in advance.
The UCP base are complete Wildrose bigots. They boo the notion that chemtrails are not real. They boo the idea of remaining in Canada. We subsidize the oil and gas industry to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. We fund major infrastructure projects that industry should fund. They hate us.
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The UCP base are complete Wildrose bigots. They boo the notion that chemtrails are not real. They boo the idea of remaining in Canada. We subsidize the oil and gas industry to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. We fund major infrastructure projects that industry should fund. They hate us.
This upcoming indie game, The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, looks AMAZING. The concept, the execution, the subversive horror- I want more games to be ingenious like this.
It reminds me of something Daniel Mullins would produce. And Mullins is absolutely brilliant.
It reminds me of something Daniel Mullins would produce. And Mullins is absolutely brilliant.
The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time on Steam
"The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time" (TRotEotGRPGoAT for short) is the last hour of a lost (nonexistent) JRPG, "remade” with director’s commentary, the digital manual...
store.steampowered.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This upcoming indie game, The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, looks AMAZING. The concept, the execution, the subversive horror- I want more games to be ingenious like this.
It reminds me of something Daniel Mullins would produce. And Mullins is absolutely brilliant.
It reminds me of something Daniel Mullins would produce. And Mullins is absolutely brilliant.
The Steam Awards are on, so I voted for Lost Records to be game of the year. It won't win, but it is an astoundingly game and deserved far more acclaim. Unfortunately, incels and grifters attack every game with queer content, so they get far less positive attention than they deserve.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Steam Awards are on, so I voted for Lost Records to be game of the year. It won't win, but it is an astoundingly game and deserved far more acclaim. Unfortunately, incels and grifters attack every game with queer content, so they get far less positive attention than they deserve.
There is no moral use of Meta products. There is no moral use of Meta products. There is no moral use of Meta products.
Meta had a 17-strike policy for sex trafficking, former safety leader claims
Meta is in more hot water.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There is no moral use of Meta products. There is no moral use of Meta products. There is no moral use of Meta products.
I was just thinking about great things written by Dwayne McDuffie and noticed this article.
Whatever happened to Icon? Is this another property that DC bought up or created and then let languish and die? Only to be seen in the background of a multiversal event?
Whatever happened to Icon? Is this another property that DC bought up or created and then let languish and die? Only to be seen in the background of a multiversal event?
The TOP 13 DWAYNE McDUFFIE Stories
A tribute to a comics and animation visionary…
13thdimension.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I was just thinking about great things written by Dwayne McDuffie and noticed this article.
Whatever happened to Icon? Is this another property that DC bought up or created and then let languish and die? Only to be seen in the background of a multiversal event?
Whatever happened to Icon? Is this another property that DC bought up or created and then let languish and die? Only to be seen in the background of a multiversal event?
A core segment of our population are not only painfully stupid, they are also constant agitators. These people have no redeeming civic function. And the CPC love them. Poilievre will suck the yolk from an ostrich egg when they arrive.
They might be bigots who are chronically wrong, but they vote!
They might be bigots who are chronically wrong, but they vote!
Leaders of Canada’s Newest Convoy Worry Police Are Trying to Sabotage a Nationwide Protest Avenging a Flock of Dead Ostriches
Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with food inspectors and the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
pressprogress.ca
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A core segment of our population are not only painfully stupid, they are also constant agitators. These people have no redeeming civic function. And the CPC love them. Poilievre will suck the yolk from an ostrich egg when they arrive.
They might be bigots who are chronically wrong, but they vote!
They might be bigots who are chronically wrong, but they vote!
Parents who reject medical treatment are always going to be far more likely to kill or cripple their children.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Parents who reject medical treatment are always going to be far more likely to kill or cripple their children.