Super Nerd Michael, Evermasker™
@gofortwoelks.bsky.social
Oilers, Elks, that virus you heard about (2019-?), and progressive politics.
Chess + math in the background. Competence + Compassion always.
Chess + math in the background. Competence + Compassion always.
Jarry cannot buy a 0.900 😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Jarry cannot buy a 0.900 😭
Quinn Hutson at 3:38 through two periods
Excellent coaching
Excellent coaching
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Quinn Hutson at 3:38 through two periods
Excellent coaching
Excellent coaching
Do not like watching a knee bend like that
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Do not like watching a knee bend like that
League-wide CF rankings. RBA puck is so toxic.
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
League-wide CF rankings. RBA puck is so toxic.
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If the federal government wants to take responsibility for housing (as it committed to do in their spring’25 platform) then we need to be prepared to have conflict with - and overrule - municipalities who pander to nonsense, as below.
It’s ok to fight for more housing. It’s a fight worth having.
It’s ok to fight for more housing. It’s a fight worth having.
I thought I had seen all the NIMBY arguments but apparently not. In an official appeal hearing these two points were put forward about a 5 townhome plus basement suite development:
- its unconstitutional because it violates a right to privacy (presumably due to widows looking over yards) 1/
- its unconstitutional because it violates a right to privacy (presumably due to widows looking over yards) 1/
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If the federal government wants to take responsibility for housing (as it committed to do in their spring’25 platform) then we need to be prepared to have conflict with - and overrule - municipalities who pander to nonsense, as below.
It’s ok to fight for more housing. It’s a fight worth having.
It’s ok to fight for more housing. It’s a fight worth having.
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Alberta is headed by a hate-filled, vicious government, and its time more people and organizations fought back.
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Alberta is headed by a hate-filled, vicious government, and its time more people and organizations fought back.
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4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
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I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).
3/ Isolation is important but only works if people can afford it. Many people simply can’t stay home when sick. Without meaningful sick pay, asking people to isolate is unrealistic. Better financial support is essential to reduce transmission.
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).
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BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That seems unwise
Big money Brady Oliveira.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign star hometown RB for $290,000 in 2026 and $300,000 in 2027 and 2028.
He was already the CFL’s highest-paid running back, earning $240,000 in 2025.
3downnation.com/2025/12/15/b...
#Winnipeg #ForTheW #Bombers #CFL
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign star hometown RB for $290,000 in 2026 and $300,000 in 2027 and 2028.
He was already the CFL’s highest-paid running back, earning $240,000 in 2025.
3downnation.com/2025/12/15/b...
#Winnipeg #ForTheW #Bombers #CFL
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
That seems unwise
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While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*.
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
Face masks return at hospitals and health hubs in Derry and the west amid flu and other viruses surge
The Western Trust has announced that all visitors, staff and patients are required to wear face masks at some hospital areas and other health care facilities for the first time since the pandemic, due...
www.derryjournal.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*.
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
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Happy learned how to putt!
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Happy learned how to putt!
But that's... not how.... *sigh*
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
But that's... not how.... *sigh*
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A 7-play, 26-yard drive to set up a go-ahead field goal, followed by a 5-play, 25-yard drive by the other team to go back ahead. C'mon man. This is the NHL shootout on a football field. It's not real ball
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A 7-play, 26-yard drive to set up a go-ahead field goal, followed by a 5-play, 25-yard drive by the other team to go back ahead. C'mon man. This is the NHL shootout on a football field. It's not real ball
To be honest I think we forgot in the 24h after how much we'd talked about the team having no confidence in its goalie(s)
But I draw the line at icing Max Jones
But I draw the line at icing Max Jones
I think the Oilers are a very stupid organization
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
To be honest I think we forgot in the 24h after how much we'd talked about the team having no confidence in its goalie(s)
But I draw the line at icing Max Jones
But I draw the line at icing Max Jones
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Man if we don't rediscover the idea of the common good soon, we're really not gonna make it
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Man if we don't rediscover the idea of the common good soon, we're really not gonna make it
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This is, by far, the best, most accurate and extremely well argued analysis of the power of Danielle Smith's communications style that I have read. This deserves to be widely distributed and as Markham notes, the Alberta NDP should take note.
Danielle Smith’s Superpower: Making Radical Policies Sound Sane and Safe
A field guide to persuading smart people to believe utterly unhinged ideas.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
A field guide to persuading smart people to believe utterly unhinged ideas.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith’s Superpower: Making Radical Policies Sound Sane and Safe
A field guide to persuading smart people to believe utterly unhinged ideas
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is, by far, the best, most accurate and extremely well argued analysis of the power of Danielle Smith's communications style that I have read. This deserves to be widely distributed and as Markham notes, the Alberta NDP should take note.
Classic McDavid, whew
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Classic McDavid, whew
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The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.
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The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
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“You and I have talked about it more than I think that they have in the premier's office. Populists … are all about ends. They don't care at all about means, and they're hoping that nobody else does.”
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Politicians continue to target the courts irresponsibly
‘In a free society, it is emphatically not the courts' role to simply get out of the government's way’
www.nationalmagazine.ca
December 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“You and I have talked about it more than I think that they have in the premier's office. Populists … are all about ends. They don't care at all about means, and they're hoping that nobody else does.”
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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2025 was the darkest for Alberta democracy.
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
2025 was the darkest for Alberta democracy.
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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This fall session, the UCP has nothing to show for helping with what matters to Albertans.
Crowded classrooms, privatized health care, wasted money, and out-of-touch priorities show a government that isn’t working for you.
You deserve better.
Crowded classrooms, privatized health care, wasted money, and out-of-touch priorities show a government that isn’t working for you.
You deserve better.
Out of Touch and Out of Control: UCP Fall 2025 Recap
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This fall session, the UCP has nothing to show for helping with what matters to Albertans.
Crowded classrooms, privatized health care, wasted money, and out-of-touch priorities show a government that isn’t working for you.
You deserve better.
Crowded classrooms, privatized health care, wasted money, and out-of-touch priorities show a government that isn’t working for you.
You deserve better.
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“This is not simply a misunderstanding. It is a breach of good faith. It is a misrepresentation that affected the decisions made at the bargaining table & the understanding of Albertans.”
The ATA is taking their fight to the Alberta Labour Relations Board!
#abpoli #ableg #abed
The ATA is taking their fight to the Alberta Labour Relations Board!
#abpoli #ableg #abed
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM