WrittenOnRocks
@writtenonrocks.bsky.social
Writing poetry, sometimes fiction.
Always reading. Ever curious.
Sometimes politics spills over, but I try to wipe it up quick!
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Always reading. Ever curious.
Sometimes politics spills over, but I try to wipe it up quick!
These posts are here today, gone tomorrow. Delete-Delete-Delete.
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Wishing Tom Waits a very happy 76th birthday!
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Wishing Tom Waits a very happy 76th birthday!
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Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
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Gardasil is a MIRACLE and anyone who says otherwise is a scammer imo
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Gardasil is a MIRACLE and anyone who says otherwise is a scammer imo
Everyone pays for UCP mistakes, and the UCP makes sure there's no recourse!
RECALL them ALL!
RECALL them ALL!
Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Everyone pays for UCP mistakes, and the UCP makes sure there's no recourse!
RECALL them ALL!
RECALL them ALL!
The only one I want to truly be recalled is ALL OF THEM.
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs now facing recall petitions in their ridings
MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert
daveberta.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The only one I want to truly be recalled is ALL OF THEM.
Walked out the door of a busy strip mall at noon yesterday in #calgary, and came face to face with a very bouncy coyote 🐺
Did not have that on my "what will the heavy snowfall bring?" bingo card.
Did not have that on my "what will the heavy snowfall bring?" bingo card.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Walked out the door of a busy strip mall at noon yesterday in #calgary, and came face to face with a very bouncy coyote 🐺
Did not have that on my "what will the heavy snowfall bring?" bingo card.
Did not have that on my "what will the heavy snowfall bring?" bingo card.
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
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Cancer epidemiologist here, this is really important news for breast cancer patients. 😌
“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
Duke Health researchers announces breakthrough in breast cancer vaccine trial
A small group of women with advanced breast cancer participated in a trial where they received a vaccine, and all are alive today.
abc11.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Cancer epidemiologist here, this is really important news for breast cancer patients. 😌
Just read this poem. Gives all the feels.
Poet: Robin Gow
Poem: Space Heaters
Publication: The Passionfruit Review
passionfruitreview.com/space-heater...
Poet: Robin Gow
Poem: Space Heaters
Publication: The Passionfruit Review
passionfruitreview.com/space-heater...
'Space Heaters' by Robin Gow - The Passionfruit Review
I ask if this is enough. A house is small until you have to keep it warm. Each fire. The li...
passionfruitreview.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just read this poem. Gives all the feels.
Poet: Robin Gow
Poem: Space Heaters
Publication: The Passionfruit Review
passionfruitreview.com/space-heater...
Poet: Robin Gow
Poem: Space Heaters
Publication: The Passionfruit Review
passionfruitreview.com/space-heater...
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Operation Total Recall is a website with information on how to start and track the recall process for every MLA that voted in favour of Bill 2. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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this is the best movie i've ever seen
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
this is the best movie i've ever seen
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European media closely follow Alberta’s separatist chatter. This has negative impact on investment confidence and it compromises Canada’s geopolitical standing.
Separatism only serves foreign interests.
#ForeverCanadian #Cdnpoli #ableg
Separatism only serves foreign interests.
#ForeverCanadian #Cdnpoli #ableg
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
European media closely follow Alberta’s separatist chatter. This has negative impact on investment confidence and it compromises Canada’s geopolitical standing.
Separatism only serves foreign interests.
#ForeverCanadian #Cdnpoli #ableg
Separatism only serves foreign interests.
#ForeverCanadian #Cdnpoli #ableg
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The United Conservative Party government recently awarded a $95-million settlement to the Australian mining firm Montem Resources.
About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee
Two firms that invested far less are getting $235 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.
thetyee.ca
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The United Conservative Party government recently awarded a $95-million settlement to the Australian mining firm Montem Resources.
About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
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The UCP uses closure more than any other party in Alberta history.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The UCP uses closure more than any other party in Alberta history.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
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You can do that in Australia, much tougher when you share the longest border in the world.
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You can do that in Australia, much tougher when you share the longest border in the world.
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As I take my seat in Question Period for the first time today, I will be fighting for teachers and students and standing up for public education. /1
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As I take my seat in Question Period for the first time today, I will be fighting for teachers and students and standing up for public education. /1
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Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from one of the country’s biggest oil and gas firms. Our reporter Zak Vescera explains.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from one of the country’s biggest oil and gas firms. Our reporter Zak Vescera explains.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Danielle doesn't let reality get in her way.
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Premier Danielle Smith’s claims about the Wyant report into the Alberta Health Services contract scandal are contradicted by the report itself. #abpoli
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Smith Still Faces Questions in the Dodgy Contracts Scandal | The Tyee
The premier said a report on AHS procurement practices cleared her government. It didn’t.
thetyee.ca
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Danielle doesn't let reality get in her way.
🙄
🙄
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At any point the gallery could have simply opted out of being robbed
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
At any point the gallery could have simply opted out of being robbed
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Reminder that relying on what an LLM tells you is…not a good idea.
October 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reminder that relying on what an LLM tells you is…not a good idea.
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Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.
October 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.
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I began writing this story with a naive question in mind: What do we lose when public education is privatized? A lot, actually.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
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
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I began writing this story with a naive question in mind: What do we lose when public education is privatized? A lot, actually.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
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Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.
We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.
Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"
US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.