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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

I have a very bad feeling about this...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1h

follow the bouncing ball...

Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @mitchellab.bsky.social · 2h

Folks, the Legislature is sitting again, Naheed Nenshi is in the House, it's that time of day again... Who's ready?
#ableg #abpoli

a kitten is being held by a person and looking at the camera

ALT: a kitten is being held by a person and looking at the camera

media.tenor.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 9h

What's the hurry?

In just 6 years, the UCP has been responsible for nearly half of all time allocation motions in Alberta history.

They're promising to do it again today, this time ramming through a bill that removes Charter rights in a matter of hours.

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 2h

sounds like a long afternoon of drinking...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 17h

in my list of top 10 albums. vastly underrated

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 19h

On this day in 1973, The Who released ‘Quadrophenia’ — a thunderous rock opera about mods, identity, and rebellion. Pete Townshend’s masterpiece turned teenage confusion into one of rock’s most powerful anthems of self-discovery.

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Cam @malaiseforever.bsky.social · 1d

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 21h

Actually, I am okay with the Green Bay uniforms but the Pittsburgh ones are butt ugly

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 21h

and neither one is Seattle!

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

note that per-capita expenditures are higher for the have-not provs and are lower (and not much different) for the largest/richest provs: ON, AB, BC and even QC

so, yes, AB has a large imbalance and "subsidizes" other provs but it's not as large as some would have us believe and it's not alone

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

imbalances are mainly due to how rich (poor) provinces are; this is reflected in the per-capita revenue that they contribute to Ottawa

money flowing from Ottawa to the provs comes in the form of transfers (health, social, equalization) and what the feds spend in each prov

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

for all those people who complain about AB's imbalance with Ottawa (i.e. federal taxes paid versus transfers to and federal spending in AB)... yes, it's large, but for most years, ON's imbalance has been higher

financesofthenation.ca/federal-fisc...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

i've had it with these convidiots saying that it was a peaceful protest, that Lich and Barber did no wrong and are being persecuted

and their lawyer thinks that the Emergencies Act and War Measures Act are comparable

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

seems legit

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

if you don't visit our Big, Beautiful Country, we'll kill this dog. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

famous National Lampoon ad "if you don't buy this magazine we'll kill this dog"

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

"land acknowledgements are the anthem of a suicidal nation"

like, WTAF?

Brodie was considered too radical for Rustad's BC Conservative Party. let that sink in

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

BC POLITICIAN DALLAS BRODIE INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
"Our ancestors did NOT steal Canada - they BUILT Canada"
#cdnpoli

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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 5d

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the 60 Minutes segment I mentioned. It’s… a-peel-ling
www.cbsnews.com/video/savann...

(look slike it's been moved to Paramount)

Savannah Bananas pack stadiums with their zany twist on baseball | 60 Minutes

Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole dreamed of making baseball livelier and more fun. Now the team is taking its dances, acrobatics, and trick plays to sold-out stadiums across the U.S.

www.cbsnews.com

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

To discourage bases on balls, the batter gets to run as far as he can while the defending team has to pass the ball to every player before they can try to tag him

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

Have you watched any stories about the Savannah bananas. They know how to make baseball fun

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

how the heck doe a muffed pop-up between the pitcher and home plate qualify as a hit?

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

we're at the whim of a thin-skinned, brain-addled narcissist who has the power to impose and change tariffs at will... with the support of the GOP who are scared to confront him

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

1. Reagan’s speech is real

2. It’s public domain

3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians

4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check

5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 2d

okay, this is rather funny

Amanda Achtman (the anti-MAiD crusader) and "Alberta PCs: SOME PARTY THAT I USED TO KNOW" www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPlo...

Alberta PCs: SOME PARTY THAT I USED TO KNOW

YouTube video by Amanda Achtman

www.youtube.com

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 2d

dang, i meant pappardelle :)

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 2d

the beginning of the end of modern civilization as we knew it

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”

Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.

➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 2d

fettucine fold :)

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