Jeff Samsonow
@jeffsamsonow.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood mediocre-man and pandemic buzzkill.😷 he/him in #yeg on Treaty 6. same @ on🦣
The political play was to side with B.C. over Alberta - way, way more seats for the Liberals to win. The humanity-on-the-brink play was to stop building pipelines. Even if B.C. blocks the pipeline (likely, but not 100%), very few winners in all this. Very few winners with a new pipeline too.
Premier Smith and I have agreed to a framework built on shared ambitions — to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, unlock the full potential of Alberta’s energy resources, and build a stronger, more sustainable, more competitive economy.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The political play was to side with B.C. over Alberta - way, way more seats for the Liberals to win. The humanity-on-the-brink play was to stop building pipelines. Even if B.C. blocks the pipeline (likely, but not 100%), very few winners in all this. Very few winners with a new pipeline too.
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Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
Get your feedback in for BRT! 🚌⚡ Survey open now on bus rapid transit (BRT) routes along 97 Street and Whyte Ave. There's also a drop-in event Thursday at the Albeeta Avenue Community Centre, 5-8pm. Details and links 👉🏻 edmonton.ca/busrapidtransit
Bus Rapid Transit Planning | City of Edmonton
The City is planning and designing for Edmonton’s future city-wide Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Routes B1 and B2.
www.edmonton.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Get your feedback in for BRT! 🚌⚡ Survey open now on bus rapid transit (BRT) routes along 97 Street and Whyte Ave. There's also a drop-in event Thursday at the Albeeta Avenue Community Centre, 5-8pm. Details and links 👉🏻 edmonton.ca/busrapidtransit
"When someone has to change the rules mid-game, it’s usually because they’re losing." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Landmark youth climate lawsuit in limbo after Ford government repeals emissions targets at heart of case
“The timing of these ‘amendments’ is not coincidental,” said Nader Hasan, lead counsel for the youth applicants. “These changes are yet another attempt by the Ford government to sidestep its
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"When someone has to change the rules mid-game, it’s usually because they’re losing." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
This is bonkers. The UCP have a four seat majority in the Alberta Legislature, so these recall campaigns are now pushing the government toward losing power. Expect the anger to boil over if/when the UCP changes the recall rules before the holiday break. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/nin...
Nine of Alberta Premier Smith's UCP legislature members facing recall petitions
EDMONTON - Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions – enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is bonkers. The UCP have a four seat majority in the Alberta Legislature, so these recall campaigns are now pushing the government toward losing power. Expect the anger to boil over if/when the UCP changes the recall rules before the holiday break. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/nin...
Cold and wet Sunday morning and Albertans are still showing up for their Trans neighbours, and everyone else targeted by attacks on human and civil rights.
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Cold and wet Sunday morning and Albertans are still showing up for their Trans neighbours, and everyone else targeted by attacks on human and civil rights.
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Sunday morning in Edmonton. Stand up for human rights before the Alberta government takes away yours.
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Sunday morning in Edmonton. Stand up for human rights before the Alberta government takes away yours.
That is a real news headline. ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-pet...
'Jordan Peterson law': Alberta seeks to protect professionals from discipline for off-duty conduct
'I'm hoping that the professional colleges understand that they've gone too far,' Premier Danielle Smith said
zurl.co
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
That is a real news headline. ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-pet...
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This is what's at stake.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
State-level anti-transgender laws increased incidents of past-year suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary young people by 7–72%
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is what's at stake.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
We are just removing people's rights monthly in Alberta now. 50,000 people lost their right to strike or protest in October. Now, transgender kids and girls are losing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
zurl.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are just removing people's rights monthly in Alberta now. 50,000 people lost their right to strike or protest in October. Now, transgender kids and girls are losing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...
Loopholes keep Canada involved in genocide. We'll soon see if (Liberal) MPs support the NDP's Bill C-233 to close the loopholes. youtube.com/shorts/hc7WMB7PE...
This loophole has allowed Canada to be more complicit in Israel's genocide than previously thought
A bombshell report just dropped exposing new levels of Canadian complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.This new report, from the Palestinian Youth Movement,...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Loopholes keep Canada involved in genocide. We'll soon see if (Liberal) MPs support the NDP's Bill C-233 to close the loopholes. youtube.com/shorts/hc7WMB7PE...
You know that point in history books or a documentary (or sci-fi and dystopian fiction) where they say "here is where things took an inevitable turn"? That's what 2025 feels like. I want to be wrong. But governments are rolling back human and civil rights and openly attacking their residents.
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You know that point in history books or a documentary (or sci-fi and dystopian fiction) where they say "here is where things took an inevitable turn"? That's what 2025 feels like. I want to be wrong. But governments are rolling back human and civil rights and openly attacking their residents.
As if public health, medicine and science hasn't taken enough of a hit this decade, now we have AI slop flooding the inboxes of journal editors. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.
zurl.co
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As if public health, medicine and science hasn't taken enough of a hit this decade, now we have AI slop flooding the inboxes of journal editors. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
"You kept making all the stops?"
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
A Man Took a Bus for a Joyride. Turns Out, He’s Not a Bad Driver.
The incident in Hamilton, Ontario, ended safely with an arrest and no injuries (and all fares paid).
zurl.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"You kept making all the stops?"
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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telling my boss I need Sundays off for religious reasons but actually it's so I can buy turnips in Animal Crossing
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
telling my boss I need Sundays off for religious reasons but actually it's so I can buy turnips in Animal Crossing
"Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
Born with muscular dystrophy, she received a MacArthur “Genius” grant in 2024 for her decades of calling attention to the need for equal rights for disabled people.
zurl.co
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
It would be a very good day to donate, in honor of the incredible Alice Wong (@sfdirewolf.bsky.social). chuffed.org/project/crip...
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It would be a very good day to donate, in honor of the incredible Alice Wong (@sfdirewolf.bsky.social). chuffed.org/project/crip...
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Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
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Gutted. We have lost a brilliant voice in the world. Rest in peace Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social you were so inspiring to so many of us. Thank you for sharing all your words and for always shining a light on the disability community.
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Gutted. We have lost a brilliant voice in the world. Rest in peace Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social you were so inspiring to so many of us. Thank you for sharing all your words and for always shining a light on the disability community.
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+ we wouldn't "need" the files if we actually believed survivors.
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
+ we wouldn't "need" the files if we actually believed survivors.
Nobody ever comes back from hiatus. I am months late to this prediction, but I bet today's episode of Speaking Municipally will be the last time @troypavlek.ca is behind the microphone. Good luck to him and @taprootedmonton.ca at the Cdn Podcast Awards though! canpodawards.ca/2025/11/07/c...
The Canadian Podcast Awards
Canadians have been pumping out podcasts for well over a decade now, and we're pretty good at it.
canpodawards.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nobody ever comes back from hiatus. I am months late to this prediction, but I bet today's episode of Speaking Municipally will be the last time @troypavlek.ca is behind the microphone. Good luck to him and @taprootedmonton.ca at the Cdn Podcast Awards though! canpodawards.ca/2025/11/07/c...
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BREAKING: THEY’RE CALLING IT!
Seattle has a new progressive mayor, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
Hopefully a turning point in a city that’s long needed one for better, bolder city-making. Congratulations and good luck Mayor-Elect Wilson, & congrats Seattle voters for choosing a new, better path.
Seattle has a new progressive mayor, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
Hopefully a turning point in a city that’s long needed one for better, bolder city-making. Congratulations and good luck Mayor-Elect Wilson, & congrats Seattle voters for choosing a new, better path.
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
BREAKING: THEY’RE CALLING IT!
Seattle has a new progressive mayor, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
Hopefully a turning point in a city that’s long needed one for better, bolder city-making. Congratulations and good luck Mayor-Elect Wilson, & congrats Seattle voters for choosing a new, better path.
Seattle has a new progressive mayor, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
Hopefully a turning point in a city that’s long needed one for better, bolder city-making. Congratulations and good luck Mayor-Elect Wilson, & congrats Seattle voters for choosing a new, better path.