Stephen Paskaluk
@cleansewithfire.bsky.social
he/him - Amiskwaciwâskahikan/Edmonton
Bikes, fire, code
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Discord: cleansewithfire
Bikes, fire, code
https://www.instagram.com/cleansewithfire/
https://twitter.com/cleansewithfire
https://mstdn.ca/@cleansewithfire
Discord: cleansewithfire
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remind me how trying to be more pro-oil than the conservatives went for Rachel Notley
The new Canada-Alberta MOU is a positive step for our energy future.
Meaningful investments in Pathways, clear measures to reduce emissions, and a stronger industrial carbon price give Albertans the certainty we need to move forward. /1
Meaningful investments in Pathways, clear measures to reduce emissions, and a stronger industrial carbon price give Albertans the certainty we need to move forward. /1
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
remind me how trying to be more pro-oil than the conservatives went for Rachel Notley
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We should only be building proper 5A infrastructure. If it's expensive, build less at a time.
Spoiler: it's less expensive and faster to build than MUPs.
Spoiler: it's less expensive and faster to build than MUPs.
#yeg Pretty sad that in #cbc and other media, it seems the “good behaviour” bar for killing a person with a vehicle is not fleeing the scene. I’m sure the driver didn’t intend to do it, and will suffer with the consequences, but language of “being struck by a car” not by an inattentive driver sucks.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
We should only be building proper 5A infrastructure. If it's expensive, build less at a time.
Spoiler: it's less expensive and faster to build than MUPs.
Spoiler: it's less expensive and faster to build than MUPs.
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My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Quote: "Low-acuity, high-volume day surgeries conducted in CSFs now make up more than 20% of insured surgical procedures in Alberta, and up to 30% in urban centres.
Meanwhile, wait times for nearly all critical cancer and other surgeries are far outside acceptable wait-time standards."
Meanwhile, wait times for nearly all critical cancer and other surgeries are far outside acceptable wait-time standards."
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Quote: "Low-acuity, high-volume day surgeries conducted in CSFs now make up more than 20% of insured surgical procedures in Alberta, and up to 30% in urban centres.
Meanwhile, wait times for nearly all critical cancer and other surgeries are far outside acceptable wait-time standards."
Meanwhile, wait times for nearly all critical cancer and other surgeries are far outside acceptable wait-time standards."
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a 50 year mortgage is actually a great solution to the housing crisis because instead of giving your landlord $3000/mo for the rest of your life you are giving it to a bank PLUS interest
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
a 50 year mortgage is actually a great solution to the housing crisis because instead of giving your landlord $3000/mo for the rest of your life you are giving it to a bank PLUS interest
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The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
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This is the kind of hugely problematic stuff that I feel like @mark-carney.bsky.social is going to make *worse* while ramming through his "nation-building" resource development projects.
The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is the kind of hugely problematic stuff that I feel like @mark-carney.bsky.social is going to make *worse* while ramming through his "nation-building" resource development projects.
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Men don’t believe women about anything. They literally had to read Jeffery Epstein’s e-mails for confirmation.
Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Men don’t believe women about anything. They literally had to read Jeffery Epstein’s e-mails for confirmation.
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The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
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The Americans love it. The salaciousness, the sex, the pedophilia, the years-long drama and months-long evidence drop. There is nothing they won’t make a shameless 3 ring circus. Even the sexual abuse of very young girls and I feel like I need a shower reading them. Listen to yourselves.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Americans love it. The salaciousness, the sex, the pedophilia, the years-long drama and months-long evidence drop. There is nothing they won’t make a shameless 3 ring circus. Even the sexual abuse of very young girls and I feel like I need a shower reading them. Listen to yourselves.
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these epstein emails are pretty damning. i sure hope that we haven't spent the last couple years in a cultural backslide where men are seemingly allowed to openly and gleefully fantasize about dominating young women without any threat of reproach
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
these epstein emails are pretty damning. i sure hope that we haven't spent the last couple years in a cultural backslide where men are seemingly allowed to openly and gleefully fantasize about dominating young women without any threat of reproach
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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so they can use provincial money to make a whole new police force that we don’t need but they can’t pay teachers appropriately or build new schools???????
what the fuck is going on
what the fuck is going on
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
so they can use provincial money to make a whole new police force that we don’t need but they can’t pay teachers appropriately or build new schools???????
what the fuck is going on
what the fuck is going on
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You know the part of the cop show where they invoke right to an attorney & one shows up in a couple hours?
Yeah that’s not really how it works
You will need to be quiet for a long time
They may make you feel like you need to get your own lawyer & maybe you do!
But maybe you end up waiting it out
Yeah that’s not really how it works
You will need to be quiet for a long time
They may make you feel like you need to get your own lawyer & maybe you do!
But maybe you end up waiting it out
“I won’t speak to you without an attorney
& I don’t have an attorney
So I will not speak to you.”
when an attorney shows up, if they’re good, they will also tell you, do not talk to cops!
My autistic comrades : do not talk to cops!
Communication w/ double empathy problem at its most dangerous!
& I don’t have an attorney
So I will not speak to you.”
when an attorney shows up, if they’re good, they will also tell you, do not talk to cops!
My autistic comrades : do not talk to cops!
Communication w/ double empathy problem at its most dangerous!
Scripts to say something & then shut up:
I invoke my right to be silent without an attorney present
& I do not have an attorney
so I will be silent.
Am I under arrest? May I leave?
say them out loud. practice them. you want them to fly from your lips so you may swiftly zip them. be safe, fellas 🫶
I invoke my right to be silent without an attorney present
& I do not have an attorney
so I will be silent.
Am I under arrest? May I leave?
say them out loud. practice them. you want them to fly from your lips so you may swiftly zip them. be safe, fellas 🫶
October 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You know the part of the cop show where they invoke right to an attorney & one shows up in a couple hours?
Yeah that’s not really how it works
You will need to be quiet for a long time
They may make you feel like you need to get your own lawyer & maybe you do!
But maybe you end up waiting it out
Yeah that’s not really how it works
You will need to be quiet for a long time
They may make you feel like you need to get your own lawyer & maybe you do!
But maybe you end up waiting it out
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An Edmonton local University buried a time capsule today, with a copy of the Edmonton Journal and honestly it's fucked up that in 100 years someones going to dig that up and read about how the RCMP refused to search for Samuel Bird which lead to him showing up dead nearly 6 months later
October 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
An Edmonton local University buried a time capsule today, with a copy of the Edmonton Journal and honestly it's fucked up that in 100 years someones going to dig that up and read about how the RCMP refused to search for Samuel Bird which lead to him showing up dead nearly 6 months later
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They want a gd who tells them it’s ok to hurt and kill the people they hate and if they don’t get one they’ll just make one up bsky.app/profile/diew...
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
They want a gd who tells them it’s ok to hurt and kill the people they hate and if they don’t get one they’ll just make one up bsky.app/profile/diew...
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#BREAKING: Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will not serve prison time after a BC Supreme Court judge handed them a suspended sentence in Smithers court today for their role in opposing the #CoastalGasLink pipeline conflict.
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
RCMP Violated Charter Rights During CGL Arrests, Court Finds | The Tyee
Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt may receive shorter sentences due to ‘extremely serious,’ ‘racist’ conduct.
thetyee.ca
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#BREAKING: Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will not serve prison time after a BC Supreme Court judge handed them a suspended sentence in Smithers court today for their role in opposing the #CoastalGasLink pipeline conflict.
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
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They were arrested on their own land for protecting their water source, then attacked by RCMP with axes in cabins, this was all a national shame to protect a pipeline they ran through their land.
#BREAKING: Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will not serve prison time after a BC Supreme Court judge handed them a suspended sentence in Smithers court today for their role in opposing the #CoastalGasLink pipeline conflict.
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
RCMP Violated Charter Rights During CGL Arrests, Court Finds | The Tyee
Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt may receive shorter sentences due to ‘extremely serious,’ ‘racist’ conduct.
thetyee.ca
October 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
They were arrested on their own land for protecting their water source, then attacked by RCMP with axes in cabins, this was all a national shame to protect a pipeline they ran through their land.
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I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?
John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.
www.dailydot.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
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Today is a great day to block and rid your life of Lakota Man.
Not only is he a grifter, raising funds for nonexistent things, but he ALSO scrapes other peoples' and tribes stories and wisdom and pretends they are his own.
He is an example of extractive whiteness, and represents no one.
Not only is he a grifter, raising funds for nonexistent things, but he ALSO scrapes other peoples' and tribes stories and wisdom and pretends they are his own.
He is an example of extractive whiteness, and represents no one.
I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...
Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?
John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.
www.dailydot.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today is a great day to block and rid your life of Lakota Man.
Not only is he a grifter, raising funds for nonexistent things, but he ALSO scrapes other peoples' and tribes stories and wisdom and pretends they are his own.
He is an example of extractive whiteness, and represents no one.
Not only is he a grifter, raising funds for nonexistent things, but he ALSO scrapes other peoples' and tribes stories and wisdom and pretends they are his own.
He is an example of extractive whiteness, and represents no one.
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What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
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It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
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I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.
The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
The Monovalent Mirage
A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.
The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Yeg friends, I just wanted to make sure that you are aware of the Cranksgiving ride honour our recently departed friend @drdagly.bsky.social.
I'll be bringing tampons & panty liners for the #BissellCentre donation.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cranksgivi...
#Bikesky #Yegbike
I'll be bringing tampons & panty liners for the #BissellCentre donation.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cranksgivi...
#Bikesky #Yegbike
Cranksgiving Ride — A Tribute to Dr. Darren Markland
Join us for a Cranksgiving Ride honouring the legendary Dr. Darren Markland!
www.eventbrite.ca
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yeg friends, I just wanted to make sure that you are aware of the Cranksgiving ride honour our recently departed friend @drdagly.bsky.social.
I'll be bringing tampons & panty liners for the #BissellCentre donation.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cranksgivi...
#Bikesky #Yegbike
I'll be bringing tampons & panty liners for the #BissellCentre donation.
RSVP:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cranksgivi...
#Bikesky #Yegbike